Car Thread

[webenda]

I only got about 693,000 results. Did you take one of the tests?

Yes, I took this one:> http://brainfall.com/quizzes/do-you-have-common-sense

[webenda]

Riding mechanics were mandatory at the Indy 500 from 1912 to 1922 and 1930 to 1937, but teams later abandoned two-man cars after World War II to cut down on weight and improve aerodynamics.

Source: https://www.history.com/news/10-things- ... apolis-500

Is that true? I know about riding mechanics (lots of proof in photos) but mandatory?

[robert.]

who comes up with these questions?


Question: IS IT LEGAL FOR A MAN IN CALIFORNIA TO MARRY HIS
WIDOW'S SISTER?

[Tom Dempsey]

Is that true? I know about riding mechanics (lots of proof in photos) but mandatory?

Yes, one of the favorite mechanics of the era was a fellow name Chick who beside being a great Miller mechanic was also a real lightweight at 97 pounds.

[robert.]

Check out this auction of fords. Pretty cool snowmobile in there. it's about 20 pages long
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25077/? ... nt=MOT-CAR

[rogruth]

I only got about 693,000 results. Did you take one of the tests?

Yes, I took this one:> http://brainfall.com/quizzes/do-you-have-common-sense

Wayne,
I took the same one and gave "straight" answers.I think I'll take it again and be a little playful.

[webenda]

Is that true? I know about riding mechanics (lots of proof in photos) but mandatory?

Yes, one of the favorite mechanics of the era was a fellow name Chick who beside being a great Miller mechanic was also a real lightweight at 97 pounds.

Thank you, Tom. I'll depend on your knowledge to mark that one as true. Mechanics in race cars were once mandatory at Indy.

[webenda]

who comes up with these questions?


Question: IS IT LEGAL FOR A MAN IN CALIFORNIA TO MARRY HIS
WIDOW'S SISTER?

And your answer is?

France is currently the world’s capital of posthumous matrimony. This practice dates back roughly to the First World War, when the fiancées and girlfriends of slain soldiers would tie the knot with their fallen lovers via proxy. In 1950, the French government legally clarified the ritual. Under this legislation, the living spouse must get the approval of the nation’s President and Justice Minister. A simple ceremony is then held in which the bride or groom stands beside a photo of their significant other. The phrase “till death do us part” is eliminated from the vows and “I do” is replaced with saying “I did.”

But the question is about the posthumous marriage of a woman to her sister's dead husband in California. Take into account the "till death do us part" statement in a marriage. The widow sister is no longer legally married to her deceased husband.

[rogruth]

I only got about 693,000 results. Did you take one of the tests?

Yes, I took this one:> http://brainfall.com/quizzes/do-you-have-common-sense

Wayne,
I took the same one and gave "straight" answers.I think I'll take it again and be a little playful.

I did it again with weird answers. IMHO it was harder to do.

[webenda]

I did it again with weird answers. IMHO it was harder to do.

And your scores? I got 96% trying to have common sense and then 88% trying to be stupid. I think I passed the commons sense test both ways.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I got 92 o/o , "Level-Headed" . I wouldn't say all of the questions were flawless in the way they were posed, though. For example, the one about a man marrying his widow's sister should have had a reply that stated the obvious - that he was a corpse - hence the wife now being a widow. None of the choices provided allowed for that plain, simple truth.

I'll betcha that you, Wayne, could make up a better test for "common sense".
Murph

[rogruth]

88 and 16. 16 =a menace to society.
Wayne, you just don't know stupid answers.
I agree with Murph. Some just couldn't be answered stupid enough.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You all failed the common sense test - entire topic should have been in the "How Stupid Are They? " thread further down the page and not the "Car Thread".

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Eh.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Meh...