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Singapore "Vending Machine" Dispenses Ferraris, Lamborghinis
by Chris Gallagher
Forget about soft drinks and potato chips - a "vending machine" in Singapore is offer- ing up luxury vehi- cles, including Bentleys, Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
Used car seller Autobahn Motors opened a futuristic 15-story showroom in December, with vehicles on display in 60 slots, billing it as the "world's largest luxury car vending machine".
Customers on the ground floor choose from a touchscreen display which car they wish to see. The car arrives with- in one to two min- utes thanks to an advanced system that manages vehi- cle retrieval, the company says.
Gary Hong, general manager at Autobahn Motors, said the vending machine format was aimed at making efficient use of space in land- scarce Singapore as well as standing out from the compe- tition.
"We needed to meet our requirement of storing a lot of cars. At the same time,
we wanted to be creative and innova- tive," he told Reuters.
He has been approached by developers interest- ed in using the com- pany's Automotive Inventory Management System for parking services, he added.
Vehicles on offer run from modern
luxury sports cars to classics, including a 1955 Morgan Plus 4.
U.S. company Carvana also uses vending machine- like towers to sell used cars. In March, it opened an eight- floor structure that holds up to 30 cars in San Antonio, Texas.
My son and his wife stopped by Sunday unannounced to visit.
I wouldn't answer the door but I did hold up my new medicine container and point- ed to the instruc- tions.
Instructions read: "Take one tablet before bedtime and Keep away from chil- dren."
A teacher was telling her class about plant names that have the word "dog" in them, such as dog-rose, dogwood, dog violet.
She asked the class if they could name another flower with the preface "dog".
Steven raised his hand and said, "Sure Miss Jones. How about a 'collie' flower?"
Police officer talks to a driver: "Your tail light is broken, your tires must be changed, and your bumper hangs halfway down. That will be 300 dollars!"
[Pause]
Driver: "Alright, go ahead and do it. They want twice as much as that at the garage."
A mom's teenage son was having trou- ble mastering the fine points of balanc- ing his new checking account.
"The bank returned the check you wrote
to the sporting goods store," she said.
"Oh good," he said, "NowIcanuseitto buy a new iPad!"
My friend Kimberly announced that she had started a diet to lose some pounds she had put on recently.
“Good!” I exclaimed. “I’m ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out. When I feel the urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I’ll call you first.”
“Great!” she replied. “I’ll ride with you.”
Two businessmen walk into a diner in the countryside. They have decided to stop there for lunch, so without ordering anything they sit down, take out sandwiches from their bags and begin to eat them.
The waiter sees this and says to them, "You can't eat your own sandwiches in here!"
So the businessmen look at each other, shrug, and swap sandwiches.
My next door neigh- bor is originally from Canada. This past February we had what we call here in Oklahoma a blizzard.
I was discussing the 'blizzard' with my neighbor and ask how this compared to Canada.
His reply, "We call this July."
"Hey, what do you call a singing com- puter?"
"I don't know, what do you call a singing computer?"
"A-Dell."
A friend of mine had resisted efforts to get him to run with our jogging group until his doctor told him he had to exercise. Soon thereafter, he reluctantly joined us for our 5:30 am jogs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
After a month of run- ning, we decided that my friend might be hooked, especial- ly when he said he had discovered what “runner’s euphoria” was.
“Runner’s euphoria,” he explained, “is what I feel at 5:30 am on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.”
The person sitting next to me on a flight was a woman. Ever the charmer, I used one of my pick-up lines on her.
I asked, “Does the airline charge you extra for sitting next to good-looking men?”
“Yes,” she replied, “but I wasn’t willing to pay.”
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