TEWKS Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Perfection under extreme pressure! Some real life superheroes right there! 1 Link to comment
roadscholar Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 One more Nurburgring video. For those unfamiliar it's probably the most demanding road racing circuit in the world for cars (and bikes), one lap is 13 miles, has 73 turns and an elevation change of 1000 feet. There used to be F1 races on it until Niki Lauda's terrible crash in 1976 when a suspension piece broke on his Ferrari, if not for fellow drivers he wouldn't have made it out alive because it took emergency vehicles too long to reach the crash site. It's one thing to take a flyer when there's little or no traffic but another altogether in a race among equal competitors, the closer you get to the front the harder they are to pass, there's a reason those guys are up there.. 1 1 Link to comment
mickeym3 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Hope to one day take a ride in the “Nurburgring Taxi” M5, what an amazing track. In the “Cars” thread I posted about my M School experience at COTA and can hardly imagine what the Ring must feel like. The Sully clip calls ro mind one of Churchill’s famous quotes….To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 9 hours ago, roadscholar said: One more Nurburgring video. Good gawd, the audio alone was intense. Link to comment
Traveler1 Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Once we are able to travel again, here's a guy who sets up rides on Nurburgring for bikers. http://www.aeaventures.com He and his wife run and Bed and Breakfast in the Ardennes within striking distance of the "ring", some great riding, and a number of WWII historical sites. Nice folks (they are transplanted Brits) who have a faithful following of bikers from around the world. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 high-performance glider wings are so sensitive to fouling with debris that you can actually buy devices to scrape impacted bugs off of them in mid-flight: Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Farmer Derek discovers new grain silo has epic reverb, invites local college choir to perform in it (and for some reason insists on leading off with a brief trombone solo): 4 Link to comment
mickeym3 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Can’t hear that song without relishing the entire movie (O Brother, Where Art Thou?). Stumbled onto this one on Jackie Gleason, well worth watching. Not only great, but genuine as well. 1 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 The Great One. Thanks for posting. Morley: "Did you ever believe it?" Jackie: *smiling* "You just saw me play pool, didn't you?" Classic! Link to comment
Groanup Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Now that's a happy mechanic! 2 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I wonder if they were trained to do that for the actual phone call. My guess is that dad had to use quite a few burner phones for it to work. Link to comment
Red Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 We have a message machine to screen unwanted calls. My dog howls when the machine announces the caller and he really cranks up if there is a message. It's cute but a PITA when you pick up and he's still doin wooooooooooooooooooooooooo wooooooooooooooooooooo at full thottle. The callers find it interesting. 1 1 Link to comment
AnotherLee Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Came across a video commercial I watched to the end (I usually skip). <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2SmidFihSw> Link to comment
Hank in WV Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 9 hours ago, TEWKS said: Catch! Wow! Imaginewhat would happen if they threw a fastball instead of a knuckleball... Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Turns out you really are never too old to rock. This is the Young@Heart Chorus, and their lead singer here is 89: 1 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 We should form a group, or something. Link to comment
Skywagon Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Don’t know if this has been posted before. I’ve watched several times and it still cracks me up Link to comment
Rougarou Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said: Turns out you really are never too old to rock. This is the Young@Heart Chorus, and their lead singer here is 89: If you've never heard the original, give it a go. Here's a retired aerospace engineer. His singing sucks, but he's having fun with it. Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I had a hard time un-hearing his rendition and had to refer back to the original. Link to comment
fourteenfour Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1:50 mark... these youtubers had captured Gabby Petito's van while out doing their thing and notified the police when they realized what they had on their video, this is near where the body was found. The rest of the video isn't relevant to the case. Link to comment
TEWKS Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Who didn’t know she was dead when he drove home without her? Um..nobody. I don’t know why the cops didn’t at least keep a tight watch on Laundrie in Florida. 2 Link to comment
9Mary7 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, TEWKS said: I don’t know why the cops didn’t at least keep a tight watch on Laundrie Makes no sense to me...... could be a manpower issue at that small department. We had a similar case and surveilled the husband for weeks until the case came together. Homicide investigation 101....... 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Yep seems like a common sense thing to do but… He’s going to be found fairly quickly I’m sure, dead (self inflicted) or alive is the only unknown at this point. Link to comment
mickeym3 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Tragic ending; guess going on a cross-country trip in a tiny camper van is one way to make sure you really want to get married. Another example of social media (ref: her youtube following) making your life look marvelous only to discover something very dark lurking just below the surface. Link to comment
RandyShields Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 5 hours ago, mickeym3 said: Tragic ending; guess going on a cross-country trip in a tiny camper van is one way to make sure you really want to get married. Another example of social media (ref: her youtube following) making your life look marvelous only to discover something very dark lurking just below the surface. Yeah, a horrible outcome for both families. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Here's Tom Scott doing a ride-along at Nurburgring, explaining the history, facts, and policies of the track along the way. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 If you watched the Boardwalk Empire series, you may remember a character named Richard Harrow. He was a World War I vet who wore a mask to cover a terribly facial injury he suffered in the war: Trench warfare made facial injuries like that pretty common, and we were getting good at treating infection, so a lot of very badly disfigured folks survived. It turns out that making masks like this was a real thing: 1 Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Time of useful consciousness, about 10 seconds (not quite enough). Put your own mask on first, if you can. Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I saw on the local news today about a carjacking with a bow and arrow. Yeah, you read that right. That got me wondering whether or not that would actually work, so I searched the world wide web and, sort of, found my answer. I cannot tell what type of bow was used in the carjacking, but the media reports that he shot an arrow at the windshield so the lady got out. A while later, the suspect crashed her vehicle in a different part of town and the responding officer thought it was 'just a traffic crash," but the suspect loaded up the bow and and aimed it at the LEO. The cop returned fire, injuring the perp. Currently he is in the hospital, condition has not made public yet. Link to comment
Red Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Let's try that first bow through a side window. I believe the failure to penetrate was more a function of the angled window surface rather than power of the projectile. So, sleek passenger car windshields would be more resistant that a more verticle PU truck or RV windshield. Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I am not an expert, but another news video showed a better close-up of the bow used in the car jacking and it is a compund bow, Yeah, the driver side window would be an easier barrier to penetrate than the windshield. Link to comment
ESokoloff Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 This one’s for Pat (TWEKS) 1 Link to comment
AnotherLee Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Boy do these guys work hard! Link to comment
TEWKS Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 9:42 PM, ESokoloff said: This one’s for Pat (TWEKS) Just saw this. Here’s mine today! Link to comment
AnotherLee Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 Nice looking engine, Tewks. Anybody like pancakes & jazz? 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Urban legend my arse. Cow Tipping actually happens, but you need to be a pirate (not pilot) flying a Tigermoth. Link to comment
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