https://www.edctips.com/595175/school-bus-veers-off-road-crashes-through-bridge-over-river/ School bus veers off road, crashes through bridge over river #BlackstoneRiver #BlackstoneRiverMondayAfternoon #board #bridge #Child #ChurchStreet #crash #crew #HeavyDutyTowTruck #massachusetts #Northbridge #NorthbridgePoliceDepartment #OffRoading #river #road #scene #SchoolBus #TowTruck #WCVB
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Woman, 87, trying to parallel park crashes into Malden restaurant near City Hall https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/24815/ #bar #CityHall #EmergencyResponse #malden #MaldenCityHall #MaldenRestaurant #massachusetts #MexicanRestaurant #MexicanRestaurants #PleasantStreet #SantaFeBurritoGrill #SantaFeBurritoGrillAndBar #scene #sidewalk #site #TowTruck #vehicle #WCVB #wednesday
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Driver Destroys a $100K Porsche Panamera in a Desperate Tow Truck Getaway
A driver in Glendale, California, successfully escaped a tow truck on Friday, but the getaway came at the…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #Porsche #PorschePanamera #towtruck
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Driving a Computer
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It’s been sixty-eight years since I started driving legally, and in that time I’ve owned or co-owned twenty-five cars, the first of which was a used Corvair, a disaster on wheels.
For most of those years, we were a two-car family, although no longer. Our latest new car, a Mazda CX30, (which, given my age, may well be our last new car) is a virtual computer on wheels.
I was always a good driver, but never one who understood how to service or maintain my cars. I was able to change a flat tire (once I mastered how to work the jack!); I could refill the windshield washer reservoir; I knew how to check the dipstick and add oil when needed (though I never understood those 5W30 and 10W30 numbers); I even mastered the art of jumpstarting another car with the red and black cables connected correctly!
But I never understood terms like crankshaft, manifold, differential, torque, or gear-ratio. And to this day, I cannot explain the difference between carburetor and fuel-injector. Whenever I encountered a problem at that level, I called a tow-truck!
I am much the same with computers. My first was an IBM PCjr, purchased (perhaps portentously) in 1984. I mastered the art of writing my stories on it after I learned the critical significance of the SAVE key, but I am hard-pressed to explain the difference between hardware and software. My explanation runs along the lines of: the hardware is the thing itself, and the software is what’s inside it.
I write these days on a laptop that is linked in some mysterious fashion to my smartphone and tablet, allowing me to write drafts on the first and edit them on the latter two. I even know how to transfer those edited versions back to the laptop (although finding them is sometimes a problem!). This piece you are reading has successfully transited the gulf.
At some point after 1984, I graduated to Microsoft Windows (which, I was told, was similar to the Apple iOS operating system, neither of which I fully grasped). I’m now at the point where I understand that android systems are anything that isn’t Apple. As far as computers go, I suspect I may be an idiot-savant, minus the second part.
Aside from using computers for my writing, the best part of using them has been the social media aspect. It’s not as if I’m a slavish devotee of online communities, scrolling my way through my senior years, for I am not. After all, my password is nofriends, for I have none other than immediate family online. And I long ago abandoned the toxicity of the tweeting fraternity and other dark areas of the web.
But it is a joy to be able to see our children and grandchildren online when we are physically far apart. I am in daily contact with my three sisters through text messaging, and I feel I know their far-flung families in a way I would otherwise not. We have friends of bygone years we are no longer able to visit with in person, either because of distance or frailty, but with whom we are in regular contact through emails and face-to-face online conversations.
I remember my parents telling me how, as they aged, their world grew smaller. For me, the opposite is true. Thanks to my computer, my world has expanded, even if vicariously to some extent.
My parents, who lived into the first decade of this century, were not tech-savvy, and never owned a computer or smartphone. My mother, distrustful of technology, used the microwave in her Florida home as a breadbox. My father thought it a miracle when they purchased a Panasonic cordless phone that allowed him to pace the room as he talked without tripping on a tangled cord! And neither of them ever rode in a car that talked to them.
Our new car talks to us, though. She talks non-stop, as a matter of fact, through her pleasantly-modulated, AI female voice, and communicates via any number of buzzers, beeps, chimes, and dings. She also connects effectively with us on a large, dashboard-mounted computer screen (a touch-screen, no less!), and via a covert CarPlay link that allows me to use my smartphone for a number of tasks. I can actually start the engine before I am anywhere near the car, although I’ve yet to figure out why I’d want to.
Miracle of miracles, I never get lost anymore while driving. And I’m never late arriving anywhere. If I follow the instructions of Siri, our silken-voiced guide (whom we have yet to rename), I am sure to arrive to my destination. My father, who used to curse the endless unfolding and refolding of those old paper maps, would be gobsmacked!
I am, too! For, just as I have never understood how my cars actually work or how my computers actually function, I am mystified how they have come together so seamlessly. It astounds me that, rather than buying this latest car, we could have acquired a self-driving one that would ferry us to and fro (rendering me obsolete, as it were!). I confess I would balk at that, distrusting the technology just as my mother did with her microwave.
I receive continuous updates and alerts on my smartphone now pertaining to this new car. And if anything is amiss when the car is parked somewhere (an unlocked door, for example, an interior light left on, or a tire losing pressure), I am notified immediately. It really is quite reassuring in a way—although I do have recurring misgivings from that great movie, 2001, where HAL is talking to Dave in such comforting, dulcet tones even as he plots his destruction.
Surely, Siri seeks simply to solve our issues. Or so I suppose.
In any case, we are comfortably acclimatized already to this computerized car’s cocoon of comfort and safety in which we’re ensconced on our road-trips. We are virtually assured that nothing will go wrong. Still, true to my ever cautious nature, I do have a back-up plan, just in case.
I do remember how to call a tow-truck!
#2001 #CarPlay #cars #computers #Corvair #HAL #IBM #Mazda #PCjr #smartphone #techSavvy #towTruck #writing -
Charlotte native, former veteran quarterback set to join Cowboys as offensive assistant https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/954726/ #Cowboys #Dallas #DallasCowboys #DallasCowboys #DavidSatterfield #Football #NFL #TowTruck
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New laws for WA tow truck operators come into effect today
The second tranche of Western Australia’s new laws to regulate the towing industry comes into effect today, aimed…
#Australia #Perth #crash #crashtowingindustry #fees #regulations #towtruck #towing #towinglaws #watowlaws #watowingindustry #watowinglaw
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Testing out the mic in the middle of a tow #audio #towtruck #trending https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7aIjbrlXL0A
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1960s Louis Marx and Company: Commercial Break Classic
Haul away any trouble with the powerful 1960s Marx Big Bruiser! This iconic battery-operated tow truck was ready for action, bringing hours of imaginative play to kids everywhere. A true classic of vintage toy engineering! 🚚🔋
#marx #bigbruiser #marxtoys #towtruck #1960s #60s #batteryoperated #vintagetoys #classictoys #retrotoys #toycollector #tvcommercial #retronostalgia #louismarx #kiddietoys #imaginativeplay #toyhaul
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🚗🔨 Oh, look! Another glorious weekend where a "software update" magically transforms your high-tech #Jeep into a driveway ornament. 🤖🔋 The excitement of hybrid technology meets the timeless thrill of waiting for a tow truck. 🎉🛠️
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/software-update-bricks-some-jeep-4xe-hybrids-over-the-weekend/ #softwareupdate #hybridtechnology #problems #drivewayornament #towtruck #HackerNews #ngated -
Hy hữu tại Hà Nội: Một ô tô tải đang lưu thông trong KĐT Nam Cường (Nghĩa Đô) thì bất ngờ bị sụt xuống hố sâu hơn 1m. Trớ trêu thay, chiếc xe cứu hộ được điều đến hiện trường để giải cứu cũng gặp nạn tương tự.
#HàNội #GiaoThông #TaiNạn #SụtHố #XeCứuHộ #HyHữu
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A Flashback Friday to 2 years ago: While driving my moving truck and towing my car, I had a flat tire before reaching Reno. After a 6 hour wait on I-80, 1 hour of sleep in Reno, and tire replacement, I made it to Jackpot later that day on my way back to Montana.
#FlashbackFriday #flashback #Friday #moving #movingtruck #trailer #car #towtruck #tire #flattire
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Lesney Matchbox 13C Thames Trader Wreck Truck Diecast Restoration video now online:
https://makertube.net/w/koCQdXFPhkUVghKknUSAxh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7vfwCYtYAA
#diecast #diecastrestoration #diecastcollector #vintagediecast #belgiandiecastrestorations #matchbox #matchboxcars #lesney #lesneymatchbox #matchboxrestoration #youtube #youtubechannel #thamestrader #towtruck
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Pritzker signs two laws against rogue towing companies, use of AI therapists
Pritzker signs towing law, bill banning AI therapists Pritzker signs towing law, bill banning AI therapists 00:56 Governor…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #JBPritzker #Technology #TowTruck
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"Alexa, I've fallen, and I can't get up!"
"Remain calm. The tow truck is on its way."
[Minutes later, a tiny truck shows up.]
"Are you supposed to be the tow truck?"
"Tow truck? God no. I'm the toe truck."
"Well, can you help me?"
"No, but I can take your toes and be on my way."
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boston, massachusetts
april 1959policeman with tow truck
pinckney street, beacon hillhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/51689881695
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/6432869941/part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com#photography #film #BlackAndWhite #bw #boston #massachusetts #BeaconHill #StreetPhotography #people #policeman #TowTruck #street #StreetLife #CityLife #1950s
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Tow Vibes:Car wash mayhem customers car recovery inside car wash 🧼 💪🪝 #shorts #towvibes #towtruck https://www.towforce.net/topic/27114-tow-vibescar-wash-mayhem-customers-car-recovery-inside-car-wash-%F0%9F%A7%BC-%F0%9F%92%AA%F0%9F%AA%9D-shorts-towvibes-towtruck/?do=findComment&comment=52930&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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Tow Vibes:When your the coolest guy in the parking lot trend #towtruckcertified #towvibes #towtruck #shorts https://www.towforce.net/topic/26908-tow-vibeswhen-your-the-coolest-guy-in-the-parking-lot-trend-towtruckcertified-towvibes-towtruck-shorts/?do=findComment&comment=52648&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
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When 2 people ignore 2 weeks of parking lot repaving warnings, the tow truck gives them the worst of ALL Monday mornings.
#California #Chico #NorCal #car #cars #tow #towtruck #parkinglot #ignore #warning #poem #poetry #Monday #MondayMotivation
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I’m really happy that she’s alive 😨
A part of me is hoping that when she gets out of the hospital that she says that she just went for it 😅
I wish her well 🙏🏼
Wild #Georgia car #crash: Woman vaults 120 feet off #TowTruck #ramp, #video shows - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/01/georgia-car-crash-video-tow-truck/
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It’s a lovely day in #Seattle… for car prowlers. 😒
I visited with a friend for a few hours in #Wallingford, and came out to find something very wrong with my car - when I turned it on, it revved up like a cross between a Harley & a jet engine.
A look underneath the car indicates some things are disconnected. My mechanic guesses that I’ve fallen victim to #CatalyticConverter theft, the bane of #Prius owners.
Now I get to wait for the #TowTruck. 😕
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Yesterday in #Sayward . GuidingStar with Thomas, our #TowTruck #driver 🙌 Before they left to go rescue their car from Highway 19N snowbank; 30 minutes North of Sayward.
#Winter #HighwayHero #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #TowingRescue #GalentinesWeek #BCNorthIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada
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