Grinding the Gears

@grindingthegears

Vintage cars and motor racing. Experienced in engineering, aerodynamics, and overall vehicle dynamics. If you want to know something about the technical side of racing cars, boats, or aircraft, drop a message in my inbox. Seasoned billiard player and coach. Talk nerdy to me.

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stefialte-deactivated20210706

1955

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing

yars

undiagnosedautismfeels

that undiagnosed autism feel when you describe your autistic symptoms to your psychiatrist but because youre not a Stereotypical Autistic™ they tell you 'dont worry, youre normal :) you just have Social Anxiety :)'

grindingthegears

ME.

This happened. It took YEARS.

undiagnosedautismfeels

Tuafw you have so much to say, but your mouth isn't making the right words come out, so you just go nonverbal. -🔇🐓

theoldiebutgoodie

How Brazil got 8 F1 World titles?

- Road Racing everything.

czarina-chachki

jawncharles

Thiiiiiis right HERE is why this show is so amazing; it illustrates the pain, humor and beauty of queerness in such an authentic way.

mandytheawesome

ok but this is literally my favorite thing on the internet

systlin

I honestly always find the term ‘spinster’ as referring to an elderly, never-married woman as funny because you know what?

Wool was a huge industry in Europe in the middle ages. It was hugely in demand, particularly broadcloth, and was a valuable trade good. A great deal of wool was owned by monasteries and landed gentry who owned the land.

And, well, the only way to spin wool into yarn to make broadcloth was by hand.

This was viewed as a feminine occupation, and below the dignity of the monks and male gentry that largely ran the trade.

So what did they do?

They hired women to spin it. And, turns out, this was a stable job that paid very well. Well enough that it was one of the few viable economic options considered ‘respectable’ outside of marriage for a woman. A spinster could earn quite a tidy salary for her art, and maintain full control over her own money, no husband required.

So, naturally, women who had little interest in marriage or men? Grabbed this opportunity with both hands and ran with it. Of course, most people didn’t get this, because All Women Want Is Husbands, Right?

So when people say ‘spinster’ as in ‘spinster aunt’, they are TRYING to conjure up an image of a little old lady who is lonely and bitter.

But what I HEAR are the smiles and laughter of a million women as they earned their own money in their own homes and controlled their own fortunes and lived life on their own terms, and damn what society expected of them.

holy-punks

davidout-sortir

This is so important.

neurofish

when you’ve mastered the art of being quietly mentally ill, especially at a young age, being loud only ever feels wrong

luimartins

Timo Mäkinen Mini Cooper 1967

rallyfun

It’s a drug, an addıctıon, there ıs no cure.

fromcruise-instoconcours

Flashy Citroen DS20 and DS21 in storage. The orange DS21 is a rally car, while the patriotic DS20 wagon was actually painted up by an owner in Australia right after the September 11th attacks.

sinfulangel

Here’s to all my boys with love handles, stretch marks, ribs that show, who feel they are too big or too small, who feel “unmanly,” who have cellulite, who can’t grow facial hair, who can’t seem to gain weight or lose it, who feel “too short” or wish they looked like a male model. Y'all matter. Love you. 💕

I forgive you

Of course I forgive you. I'll always forgive you. That probably makes me a moron. Maybe even gullible. Idk. I just know that no matter how hard I try, I'm still a wreck. Idk how to not be.