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RPM

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  1. Air China didn't have a bad idea when they made their execs be in the air on Y2K. Quite the incentive to get it right.
  2. If they idle that thing up the hydraulics would work better.
  3. It translates to "Soul brother too beaucoup."
  4. https://x.com/DallasTexasTV/status/1804134425803837895?t=YFSYi-2YSAL3C7uX4f47uQ&s=19
  5. Wow, great racing More of that, please!
  6. Nice move by George
  7. Grid Walk w/o Brundle are a beating.
  8. It fell off the back of a truck.
  9. I didn't know your name was Alex.
  10. Jettison this pig and tell Elon to send up a Dragon.
  11. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk.
  12. I wanted to be in a coke fueled orgy with her, Jan Smithers and Ann Jillian.
  13. ‘Hawaii Five-0’ fan favorite and former UFC fighter Taylor Wily dies at 56 Taylor Wily, a former sumo wrestler who became known for his role as confidential informant Kamekona Tupuola on both “Hawaii Five-0” and “Magnum P.I,” has died, his friend and a “Hawaii Five-0” producer both said Friday. He was 56. Wily played Kamekona on “Hawaii Five-0” from 2010 through 2020 and became a fan-favorite. He continued in the same role with the reboot of “Magnum P.I.” and made a memorable appearance as a hotel worker in the 2008 comedy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” Before he began acting, Wily, born Teila Tuli, was a well-known sumo wrestler and UFC 1 fighter. He became the first knockout victim in UFC history in 1993 when opponent Gerard Gordeau's kick knocked a tooth clear out of Wily's mouth, ending the fight after just 26 seconds. Wily is survived by his wife, Halona, and their two children.
  14. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/19/tech/car-dealership-cdk-cyber-incident-outage/index.html US and Canadian auto dealerships remained at a near-standstill on Thursday because of a second cyber incident at data provider CDK Global, whose software is used at 15,000 auto dealers – an outage that could last for days, perhaps eating into sales over the first official weekend of summer. On Wednesday, CDK spokesperson Lisa Finney said in a statement shared with CNN: “We are actively investigating a cyber incident. Out of an abundance of caution and concern for our customers, we have shut down most of our systems and are working diligently to get everything up and running as quickly as possible.” Later that day the company announced that most of the critical computer systems were back online. But Thursday morning, the company sent dealerships another message indicating things had a taken a turn for the worse. “Late in the evening of June 19, we experienced an additional cyber incident and proactively shut down most of our systems. In partnership with third party experts, we are assessing the impact and providing regular updates to our customers,” CDK said in a statement shared Thursday morning. “We remain vigilant in our efforts to reinstate our services and get our dealers back to business as usual as quickly as possible.” The company later told dealers the systems could be down for several days, according to two sources briefed on the situation. CDK operates numerous different products that car dealers use to handle things like keeping records of negotiated deals to scheduling and communicating about service. Not every dealer uses CDK’s products, and even those that do may not use them for everything, but the system shutdown has been a problem for many. “We have customers coming in today who had deals saved in the system,” said Jeff Ramsey, an executive with Ourisman Auto Group, which is headquartered in Maryland. To protect customer privacy, customers’ details aren’t written out on a piece of paper that’s just sitting on a desk anymore. Instead, information about deals and customer appointments is kept in a server that’s now impossible for his salespeople to access. How this affects buying a car now Ramsey said he understands, though, that CDK is doing what it feels it must to secure this sensitive data. But it’s a major hassle in the meantime and could cost his dealerships some business. Customers who are delayed in closing a sale at one of his dealerships could just find a dealer nearby that’s not having these issues and buy a new vehicle there, instead. It’s car buying season, so it’s a real concern.
  15. Lindell might as well be Eric now. Trump knows who he is and says his name from time to time. That's about it.
  16. Paccar recall prompts ‘do not drive’ order for certain Kenworth, Peterbilt trucks Paccar is recalling several thousand Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks of various models after discovering a steering-related issue similar to a recent Mack and Volvo recall that resulted in advising owners not to drive the vehicles. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Paccar is recalling nearly 4,000 new Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks. The tie rod or drag link assembly may contain an improperly heat-treated ball stud, causing the ball stud to break. A broken ball stud can cause a complete loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash. Kenworth trucks affected by the recall include (all model year 2025): K270 K370 T280 T380 T480 T680 T880 W900 W990 Peterbilt trucks affected by the recall include (all model year 2025): 220 536 537 548 567 579 589 Dealers will inspect and replace the tie rod and drag link assemblies for free. Notification letters will be sent on Aug. 11. Paccar is urging owners of affected trucks not to drive the vehicles until dealers inspect and fix the issue. As of June 6, Paccar had not received any warranty claims or reports about any trucks in the field that may be related to the issue. No related deaths or injuries have been reported. For more information, call Kenworth’s customer service at 425-828-5888 with recall number 24KWG or Peterbilt’s customer service at 940-591-4220 with recall number 24PBG. NHTSA’s number for this recall is 24V-433. Paccar’s recall is nearly identical to one issued by Mack and Volvo Trucks earlier in June. That recall also involved improperly heat-treated ball studs within the drag link assembly. Both recalls reveal that a supplier mixed ball studs with an unvalidated heat-treat process into production-ready ball studs shipped to manufacturers. Mack, Volvo and Paccar likely receive their drag links from the same supplier. A key difference is that Paccar’s recall also includes tie rods, whereas the Mack and Volvo recalls do not. LL https://landline.media/paccar-recall-prompts-do-not-drive-order-for-certain-kenworth-peterbilt-trucks/
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