Fishy Car

It’s not an entirely new concept— the amphibious car, it’s just the impracticality of the ones out there.    For one, they’re way too expensive, and it’s more than that— people don’t see the need.  Not being able to see it doesn’t mean that the need isn’t there, and with water levels rising, people are beginning to feel the pinch.  The best way is to “refit” existing vehicles in such a way that they can float when needed, butt I think there’s much more that’s needed, and I’ll get into that.

I’ve been playing around with the idea— refitting existing cars, for quite some time, and so now with “fishy car” cropping up, I started thinking on it again.   The refit needs to durable enough to withstand things like ... its a scary thought, butt yeh— shark attacks.  And it also needs to be light enough to make for quick and easy application— floods can happen quickly, and also light enough to float.  And so with a little googling I found something called  aircrete/foam concrete.  Google had brought up other sites from my search, one of them caught my eye: Monolithic Dome, note this excerpt:

• A residential house, the monolithic "Dome of a Home" in Pensacola Beach, Florida, has experienced several hurricanes since it was built.^[6]

Monolithic "Dome of a Home" in Pensacola Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Dennis in 2005

It’s just that the MacGregor’s live in Florida, a place where the inner twin world points out as being in danger.  It is after all very close to sea level... among other things that I speak about in many previous posts.  Note the following information on the wiki page of Pensacola's founder: 

• Tristán de Luna y Arellano (1519 – September 16, 1573) 

Now note this next excerpt from the Pensacola Beach wiki page:

• On 16 September 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated the Pensacola Beach area

And so we have a "September 16(x2)" pattern-cluster.  Note this next excerpt:

• Pensacola Beach is home to several "novelty houses", including the house "Dome of a Home", built in 2002 using a monolithic dome in the form of a large concrete dome, designed to structurally withstand hurricane-force winds at 133 m/s and storm surge. It withstood hurricane Ivan and Dennis. It is also known as the "Flintstone Home" due to the fact it resembles a rock home.^[8]

The “Flintstone” peaked my curiousity... an addition to the recent “Cartoon Theme” pattern-cluster.  Note from the Flintstone wiki page:

Original release	September 30, 1960 – April 1, 1966

• Arthur William Matthew "Art" Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)

And we now have an addition to the recent “Art/Arthur” pattern-cluster.   He died in the same month of his birth... a bit of a cluster and twin heads upp!!  And November 7th had cropped up twice in my previous post... along with November 22, hence generating a “November 4, __, __, 7(x2), __, 9, ... , 22,.../ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.

And look who I find among  the voice actors  of the Flintstones :

June Foray

And I found at least one of the episodes:

1966

The Man Called Flintstone

Tanya

The film is a theatrical spin-off of the 1960-66 television series, The Flintstones, and is a swan song (series finale) of the show, made immediately following the end of production on the series. The working title of the film was That Man Flintstone,^[2] with the film poster featuring Fred in the same pose of the Bob Peakposter for Our Man Flint 

Robert "Bob" M. Peak (May 30, 1927 – August 1, 1992)

• Our Man Flint is a 1966 American action film that parodies the James Bond genre. The film was directed by Daniel Mann, written by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr, and starring James Coburn as master spy Derek Flint. 

Not the following info regarding the Director of the film,  Our Man Flint:

• Daniel Mann  (August 8, 1912 – November 21, 1991)Director

His birthday expands a cluster from my recent April 29 poste, President Tejeda 88... 8/8:

• "January 8(x4), February 8, March 8,  April 8, May 8(x2), June 8, __, August 8(x11)September 8(x4), October 8, __, December 8, / 8th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster  

As you can see, there are now 11 August 8!!  Keep in mind that August 8 is th birthday of my ex husband.  And now note the following info regarding other cast/crew:

• James Harrison Coburn III  (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) 
• Benjamin Starr (October 18, 1921 – January 19, 2014) 
• Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) 
• Daniel L. Fapp (April 21, 1904 – July 19, 1986)
• William Henry Reynolds (June 14, 1910 – July 16, 1997)
• Gila Golan (December 30, 1940)
• Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976 

A number of clusters... two expand:

• a “November 4, __, __, 7(x2), __, 9, ... ,18, __, __, 21, 22,.../ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster. 
• "January 8(x4), February 8, March 8,  April 8, May 8(x2), June 8, __, August 8(x11)September 8(x4), October 8, __, December 8 (x2) / 8th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond:

The World Is Not Enough

1999

Michael Apted

The title The World Is Not Enough is an English translation of the Latin phrase Orbis non sufficit, which in real life was the motto of Sir Thomas Bond. 

The name comes from :

Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, a Caribbeanbird expert and author of the definitive field guide Birds of the West Indies; Fleming, a keen birdwatcher himself, had a copy of Bond's guide 

• James Bond (January 4, 1900 – February 14, 1989) 

The ornithologist was obliquely referred to in the film Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan's Bond picking up a copy of Birds of the West Indies and posing as an ornithologist

• Pierce Brendan Brosnan  (born 16 May 1953) 

Admiral John Henry Godfrey CB (10 July 1888 – 29 August 1970)

And note the list of many notable persons ... with dates re those who played the part of Bond.  Two other dates above need mentioning— May 16 is also the birthday of Rob MacGregor, and August 31 is the birthday of his daughter Megan.

 Besides real life individuals, James Bond was also inspired by one of Dennis Wheatley's characters; the secret agent Gregory Sallust,^[45]based on Wheatley's late friend Gordon Eric Gordon-Tombe.

• Dennis Yeats Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) 

My stepsons birthday is also January 8... and expanding the cluster:

• "January 8(x5), February 8, March 8,  April 8, May 8(x2), June 8, __, August 8(x11)September 8(x4), October 8, __, December 8 (x2) / 8th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster
• November 4, __, __, 7(x2), __, 9, 10, ... ,18, __, __, 21, 22,.../ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.  

The interesting thing with both clusters is the common gap— November 8!!   And so bridging the gap using the formula  we arrive at:

1999 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (b. 1898)

And we have another JUDGE!!  Note from his wiki page:

• Leon Štukelj    (12 November 1898 – 8 November 1999) 

His birthday and date of death adds to one cluster, and his date of death to the other:

•  November 4, __, __, 7(x2), 8, 9, 10,__, 12  ... ,18, __, __, 21, 22,.../ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.
• January 8(x5), February 8, March 8,  April 8, May 8(x2), June 8, __, August 8(x11)September 8(x4), October 8, November 8, December 8 (x2) / 8th Day, Month Sequence" pattern-cluster

 I’ll do one— bridging the November 11 gap, using the formula,  there are two dates re: 11/11/11, here’s one:

• 1911 – Roberto Matta, Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• Roberto Matta   (November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), 

November 23 is my mothers birthday.  And so the cluster expands twice again:

• November 4, __, __, 7(x2), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12  ... ,18, __, __, 21, 22, 23(x2),  .../ Date Sequence” pattern-cluster.

 The other one :

• José Francisco Blake Mora  (  22 May 1966 – 11 November 2011) was a Mexicanlawyer and politician

One day off from the 222nd day of the year... and my name is May by the way.