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On 3/8/2022 at 4:33 PM, Coytee said:
Yep, darn near the entire school (elementary K-6) participated. Actually, I think it was 3rd or 4th grade on up.....you know, the mature kids. lol.
None the less, it was a very special experience.
Land of the unicycles heading for the tail of the dragon.
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On 1/14/2022 at 9:47 PM, Westcoastdrums said:
@RandyHdisregard.
Put'in him in a ground a little early Eh?
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On 1/6/2022 at 5:31 AM, Islander said:
11 feet? Aww. I need 15 feet.
Anyway, Paul's Infinity IRS V speakers are worth something over $70,000, and even after that he had to rebuild them, and supply new amplifiers for the bass section. Once you've spent that much and more on a pair of speakers (that are actually four 7 or 8 feet tall towers, two bass and two treble), maybe crazy-priced cable starts to make sense.
Speaking of AudioQuest speaker cables, what do you or anyone think of their 72V "Dialectric Bias Current" feature?
I was talking about the maximum performance rating of the amplifiers. Evidently you didn't buy one of the better quality amplifiers, like this one.
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On 1/4/2022 at 10:15 AM, jjptkd said:
Damn what a deal at only $21k a pair! Who the hell buys stuff like this? I wonder how many they sell?
I hope I'm not too late, but that remarkable deal applies only for the 6ft version. If you have an extra $12,800 you can go all the way to 10ft with virtually no loss in quality. The cable is performance rated all the way to 11.
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On 1/2/2022 at 6:09 PM, the real Duke Spinner said:
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Bwaaahaha
Hi there Klipschites. 😀
These are really nice ones....
If you're willing to live with a little less fidelity, you can go with the "Full Range" option and save around $16.5k
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"He will take his hair products with him".... now that was funny.
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On 11/28/2021 at 8:06 AM, Bubo said:
Looking at used vehicles and ran across used Police Vehicles
Pros
Lower cost than similar civilian
Performance tuning and suspension, better brakes
Regular oil changes and brakes
Everyone slams on the brakes when you are passing by
Cons
Engine idle hours are very high
Have seen idle hours equated to 10x up to 60x
The Fleet argument being that the cooling sitting still is ineffective
Water accumulation in the engine etc
Police are believed to drive the vehicles hard for various reasons
Rubberized floors are slippery
- good for vomit, blood, urine etc ...
In the cars
Charger Hemi full time rear drive, 4 wheel when needed
Taurus 3.7 smoking performance, 3x parts costs due to patents
Full time front drive, 4 wheel when needed
4-6 mpg better than charger
Taurus is half the price of the Hemis, due to demand ?
In the SUVs
It's explorer vs Durango vs Tahoe and a few suburbans
Any thoughts or comments ?
One of the of the last, if not The Last source you'd ever want to buy a used car from is Law Enforcement. If you don't get it, ask a Trooper/Sherriff/Local PoPo
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21 minutes ago, RandyH001 said:
Max Verstappen has topped the annual Formula 1 team principals’ top 10 drivers ranking – knocking Lewis Hamilton OFF the top spot.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/verstappen-tops-team-principals-poll-first-time/6891628/
The politics of F1.
10 hours ago, RandyH001 said:Lewis Hamilton set to be punished for skipping gala, suggests new FIA president
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/motorsport/17074911/hamilton-verstappen-f1-trophy-gala-fia/
Seriously, what dumbass wouldn't understand why Hamilton skipped the F1 Championship crowning?
What fan of racing, any kind of car racing, would agree with Michael Massi's last lap decision?
Anyone? anyone?, Bueller... Bueller..... Bueller....
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11 hours ago, RandyH001 said:
, let's discuss the subject as it unfolds............... in 2 years -
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8 hours ago, RandyH001 said:
Max is free as a Bird in 2023 , he can sign with MB if MB makes him an offer -
Max wont leave RB, or at least he said he’d never leave publicly. Anyone who watched F1 over the past 20 yrs and paid attention knows who Adrian Newey is and what it means to have him design a race car. Adrian loves the RB team and will like retire with them. Max would be a fool to leave….. just ask Sebastian Vettel.
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Mercedes withdraws it’s appeal following FIA announcement (Jean Todt) which stated…..
Mercedes’ announcement followed a statement from the FIA on Wednesday evening, in which the sport’s governing body proposed to conduct a “detailed analysis and clarification exercise” around the events of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The statement ran: “Following the presentation of a report regarding the sequence of events that took place following the incident on Lap 53 of the Grand Prix and in a constant drive for improvement, the FIA President proposed to the World Motor Sport Council that a detailed analysis and clarification exercise for the future with all relevant parties will now take place.
“This matter will be discussed and addressed with all the teams and drivers to draw any lessons from this situation and clarity to be provided to the participants, media, and fans about the current regulations to preserve the competitive nature of our sport while ensuring the safety of the drivers and officials. It is not only Formula 1 that may benefit from this analysis, but also more generally all the other FIA circuit championships.
“Following that presentation and an extensive discussion, the World Council has decided to unanimously support the President’s proposal.” -
That was not my take on the British GP, Mad Max always tries to late-brake his opponent (they all do really), but doing so from the outside on that particular turn was wishful thinking. There are many videos from different angles, and if you're not familiar with Mad Max's rock'em sock'em robot style racing history, the overhead helli shot shows that Max carried the bulk of the blame.
Hamilton knew that stunt was never going to work and he knew exactly what to do. Max being Max, anticipated (as usual) that Hamilton would concede, rather than risk the crash. Youthful bravery and ignorance, and Hamilton took him to school. Being on the inside and especially with a faster car Hamilton knew the outcome. I do believe it was more of a racing incident that could only come out one way..... Max spinning off or both cars getting trashed.
A better comparison of Hamilton being a chickenshit would be his incident with Niko at their last USGP,... the turn one incident. Hamilton literally shoved Niko off track, a la Max to Hamilton in this seasons grand finale.
Hamilton is/was a ruthless *******, especially during his early F1 years. But he has since become, or has been trying to portray himself as being more of an English Country Gentleman... which he's clearly is not, but I do believe he has been trying desperately to change or improve his image.
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7 hours ago, RandyH001 said:
Gil ,watch this video at 36 seconds ----Hamilton is not very happy , , although he had a perfect race thus far , it's simply impossible for Hamilton to compete with Verstapen's new tires I realized that about 0.000000001 seconds after Max pitted. , terrible race , lousy race , I don't think I would call it a terrible race or anything like that, what was terrible was the officiating. I think we both agree that this aint F1 racing - Hence, Toto Wolff's formal appeal. But knowing the politics of F1, the FIA will NEVER retract a decision. They may modify or amend "some how?" a bad decision, but they won't change it. Michael Massi has created a dark cloud that will follow the sport for a good while. My money is all on Hamilton for next year. He's not going to leave it for the stewards to the decide.
Hamilton and Verstapen should have both been on New tires on the last lap -
Not sure if you're aware, but Max Verstappen break-checked Hamilton at nearly 180 mph during the Saudi race. He initially claimed to have just slowed down, but within a hour after the race, the FIA issued a statement regarding Max's race car telemetry. Specifically that it indicated a neg. force of 2.4G that occurred the instant before Hamilton almost got caught up and nearly crashed into him. Had Max been successful with that stunt, he would have won the championship one race earlier.
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On 12/6/2021 at 10:00 AM, geezin' said:
Sir Lewis says he's opposed to racing in Saudi Arabia for humanitarian reasons. However he will not put his money where his mouth is.
There's no shortage of people, haters and fans alike, that have poked fun at Hamilton's clothing. Aside from being one of the best of all time F1 racers, he also fancies himself a clothing designer, and at one time, a rap artist. While his success inside the F1 arena has deservedly earned him a "Knighthood", a la Sir Jackie.... His ventures into Clothing Design and Rap Music have, how do we say..... fallen short of his expectation. Personally, after seeing him in that first all purple clown suit with matching socks, about 2 years ago, I thought, "Do street pimps still wear that shyt."
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4 hours ago, Coytee said:
I feel like the azz my wife sometimes describes me to be.
I don't think I can retract nor second comment on my feedback, can I?
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On 12/11/2021 at 12:42 PM, richieb said:
I could bore you with a story about my 1999 Silverado w/62000 miles with a seized LS 5.3. But I won’t -
My 210,000 mile 2003 GMC Sierra, w 8.1L still runs strong, damn strong. Pulled a loaded 24ft trailer a couple weeks ago without problem. Though she was plagued with electrical gremlin's (differential servo, and one of the 3 A/C thermistor's), I sorted them out and she's been reliable. My kids' call my truck "Scar", if you saw it up close, you'ld get it.... nearly 20 yrs of driving the harsh south texas brush country, but mechanically, she's as good as can be for a nearly stock engine and drivetrain. Can't hardly drive it to the Coop or beach without having some youngster ask me if I'm interested in selling.
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On 12/13/2021 at 4:35 PM, RandyH001 said:
hang on , here the Latest from F1 , and I quote " Hang on to what? Facts?.... these are NOT facts.... they're merely comments from RebBull Team Principal, Christian Horner.
“We needed the intervention from the racing gods and thank you very much
Nicholas Latifi. Wrong, thank you very much Michael Massi is what he was thinking, but he surely can't say that. The Safety Car came at a crucial moment in the championship No one will disagree with that. It was an important strategy call. Wrong, relying on a Safety Car is not a strategy in F1, it's called a Hope and a Prayer? The other discussions are a distraction. Coming from Christian Horner, well..... of course RedBull don't want you to read all the facts..... Stay WOKE my friend.“Mercedes made a mistake by not pitting with the Safety Car. We made the right call, [Max] made it work, we used it to our advantage, he made the pass, he’s the world champion.” This particular comment IS the distraction Christian warned you about.
Don't need a link to read Christian Horners' comments, I watched the race and have been following F1 for more than 40 years.
Cheers!! and Christmas came early for Team Red Bull. Toto now has less than 72 hours to deliver his formal appeal/complaint..... and anyone whos' followed the history of F1 knows the outcome will remain unchanged.
Poor Max, he is Championship material, No Doubt About It...... But his 2021 World Championship, came to be as a direct result of the most controversial race and last-lap FIA decision in the history of F1; and Michael Massi's decision will forever be a shytstain on the sport of F1.
RACE RESULTS: There were no real winners' in the last race, only losers, and the biggest loser was the sport of F1, followed by Lewis Hamilton and all F1 Fans.
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As I seem to recall, ebay allows "Follow-Up" feed back, but you cannot change your original.
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44 minutes ago, 000 said:
- the rules did not prohibit Hamilton from pitting and taking on new tires , while Verstapen did -
the RB won because of tires , Hamilton would have won the championship if he had new tires , the decision by Toto Wolff not to pit cost MB the 2021 championship -
LOL, we're pretty dense aren't we. When it rains outside the ground gets wet, go figure.
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1 hour ago, 000 said:
I would agree with what you said and all F1 Fans were very confused as to the new rules , but once the Race Director allows the 5 slower cars to pass the safety car , and Verstapen pits , and Hamilton does not pit , this in fact erodes the 11 second lead of Hamilton down to 0 , and with fresh tires , the RB car has a huge advantage , and the RB wins --the decision by MB not to pit was a mistake that cost MB the championship simply because MB is no longer in a position to challenge a faster car -
- it would appear that MB will not be appealing the Stewart's Decision - Michael Massi is also to blame , for changing Rules without a prior meeting with F1 Teams as far as the new changes -
Allowing the lapped cars to pass is not a new rule. MB was in a catch 22, damned if they did, dammed if they didn't.......... Massi, I suspect unwittingly (I would have hoped) guaranteed RB the victory.
21 hours ago, 000 said:Honda now have the Better Engine in F1 and the Fastest Car -
No they don't, not at all, but they do have a not-so-secret, secret weapon. The "King Midas" of the aero package design, Mr. Adrian Newey. Every car that mans' hands touch turns into a competitive, championship winning machine.
FWIW, Mercedes abandoned development on the current engine even before the 2021 season began, and that engine is still superior to the current Honda. All their engineering efforts and re$ource$ were long ago ear-tagged for new engine and aero package development ahead of the forthcoming 2022 season and new regulations.
3 hours ago, geezin' said:Hamilton has been taking lessons from a certain orange hued man.
I loved that scrap..... ole Checo did a stellar job at keeping Hamilton behind. Checo's tires were shot, yet he was still able to buy his teammate valuable catch-up time so that he could get closer to the back of Hamilton.
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17 hours ago, 000 said:
Verstapen won the Race with new Tires ,while Mercedes did not pit ,bad strategy on MB , they took a risk and they lost Hamilton had no way to go as fast as the Red Bull , in the end , the faster car always wins -
There was no bad strategy on the part of anyone at MB..... they had an 11 sec. lead over the second place contender who was trapped in slow moving traffic 5 cars behind; MB had no choice in the matter what so ever. Had Lewis pitted, Verstappen would surely have stayed out and Lewis Hamilton's 11 sec. lead was not adequate to maintain that position had the team chosen to pit him. Team RedBull were desperate, as soon as Hamilton's car passed the pit entrance, they immediately called Verstappen in, and prayed for a miracle. FIA race director, Michael Massi made good on the miracle by making the unprecedented decision of allowing only the 5 lapped cars (slower moving traffic) that blocked Verstappen to pass the safety car with only one lap to go. That has never been done in the history of the sport. As per the FIA Reg's, it must be done not less than one lap before the safety car is called off the track.
Michael Massi violated 2 key provisions, and incorrectly sited a third to cover his ***. He's relatively new to the position of Race Director, only his second year. His predecessor, Charley Whting, would never made such error in judgment.
The 2021 F1 season could be summed up as a music concert that was promoted with the promise of having all the worlds best musicians, all playing your favorite songs, but at the last minuet, the venue director made the special announcement, right after you've found your front row seat, that for the next 3 hours you were to be entertained by Yoko Ono.
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On 12/6/2021 at 9:26 AM, oldtimer said:
Check your pm, Gilbert.
Will let you know when I go to Waco... cheers!!
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An unusually good year for F1. Two new tracks introduced and two top tier drivers duking it out for the world championship. Tied for first place are Max Verstappen, aka "Mad Max" aka "The Young Lion" is desperate to dethrone the old Lion, Lewis Hamilton. Lewis is struggling but determined to get his 8th world championship, and I'm betting he'll get it.
I LOVE FORMULA ONE, this has been the best year in quite a long time.
2 Red Flags, 3 standing starts.... what a crazy race. Herman Tilke's gonna catch hell for this track.
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