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Apologies for missing yesterday. Today, I'll feature the first of the "Finer things" dream destinations. Places that I think are exotic and capture the "finer things" in life. Probably won't be every day, but look for it in the future. Anyway, here we go for a new week.

PAL-V One roadable-helicopter spotted flying in Dutch skies



"We all woke to an all new transition is transportation, when Terrafugia Transition flying car made its maiden flight. Taking off the road into thick air with slight modulation, it’s now a three-wheeled fantasy PAL-V One taking to the skies in Holland, in event sending use ever more closer to living the reality of roadable airplanes.

The test version of the PAL-V One making its first public appearance now, has been in the works for over six years, and according to the inventor, John Bakker and the company, it is the “first Personal Air and Land Vehicle (PAL-V) available for anybody.”

Read more here

Gold Rush Backgammon coffee table by E.David



"If you’re looking for a luxury backgammon table fit for royals, then this one might interest you. Emmanuel David, an enthusiast and collector of backgammon for more than 20 years, has designed the “Gold Rush” backgammon, which has been laid out especially for the Hotel Fouquet’s Paris. The 900 x 600 x 600 Backgammon Fouquet “Gold Rush” by E.David is a coffee table adorned with gold leaf."

Learn more here

Chocolate powered racer



"Environ-MENTAL - The steering wheel is made from Carrots… powered by Waste Chocolate and Vegetable Oil… with Potatoes used to produce the bodywork… and it goes 125mph round corners!"

Learn more here

Ferrari 599XX



"Here are the first High-res pics of the new and very limited production Ferrari 599XX, which, according to Ferrari, “incorporates the most advanced technologies resulting from Ferrari’s road-going and F1 research."

See more pics here

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds



"During World War II a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers."

Check out the IMDB page here

"Finer Things" dream destination #1- Monaco





"Monaco-officially the Principality of Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco; Monégasque: Principatu de Múnegu; Italian: Principato di Monaco; Occitan: Principat de Mónegue), is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe. Monaco is the name of the country as well as the name of its capital city. The territory lies on the northern central coast of the Mediterranean Sea has a land border on three sides only with France and is about 16 kilometers away from Italy. Monaco is often regarded as a tax haven, and many of its inhabitants are wealthy and from foreign countries making up a majority of the population, at around 84%."

Wiki page here

Official site here

davestan_ksan wrote:PAL-V One roadable-helicopter spotted flying in Dutch skies

I want

Monaco isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's very crowded and you're not going to get a beer for less than £10

Not bad, Dave, not bad.

Please recall that you should go more by page views than by replies.

That little copter is pretty cute and much better than that little vertical flight mechanism thingy (Can't think of words, just finished with work!) will ever be, if not as good for the chicks. The one car made me hungry while the next, personally, wasn't that great looking. I'd never turn it down, of course.