Running Bear's May 2023 Coffee Shop.
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goscrewyourselves
I'm the one
My Mercedes, a V6, will blow the Vette off the road based on figures. Have never tried it as the damn tires (for both) are a bit on the costly side and I wont use "cheap brands"
I'm not a big rev head BUT, for some weird reason, I feel a V8 should have a tad more get up and go than V6 and definitely more than a 4
Then when you take into account the "massive weight difference" between the Merc and the Vette - you really have to wonder a bit more. Rhetorical point as well guys
goscrewyourselves
I'm the one
Regardless of what sort of car or vehicle you own - at the end of the day they are designed to do one thing, get you from point A to point B and (fingers crossed) back again
Jaz avalley
Station cat
Cut and paste on private conversation me thinks…grins….add me to the queue
Jaz avalley
Station cat
True…but there is a BIG difference in much you enjoy that journey.Regardless of what sort of car or vehicle you own - at the end of the day they are designed to do one thing, get you from point A to point B and (fingers crossed) back again
We have owned
A Triumph Spitfire, the most fun, the plastic rear window open my dobermann lolling her head out, the roof down dressed to the nines going out to a nightclub stepping out of a flash red car, priceless
A 1300cc VW Passat estate out running and outwitting a copper chasing you for speeding (not me driving passenger holding on for hell) priceless, off motorway back on motorway seeing sneaky copper down on the return ramp waiting for you to sneak back but you driving past to nest junction, smug factor, oh beyond priceless, May need a visit to hospital for almost heart attack
A classy black BMW red leather every song and whistle extra and we bought it less than a year old cos the guy who paid for it could not afford the payments his loss our joy for 3 years, plus the cameras on the front wings made it easy pulling out, my first experience with self drive parking, and the whoosh when you put your foot down,came around a corner (other half driving) and a deer clearing a fence impact risk massive already doing 6o the limit and him just flooring it and the car just responding like a sprung cat, delicious
a Ford Sierra 4x4 pre Cosworth, cornered like it was on a railway track….better than trains in recent ex;erience!
A Range Rover top of the. Range same model the Queen owned in the day, the look on a families face when the young boys ball went under and my other half used the air suspension to raise the car so they could get the ball back, gobsmacked
A Tesla still in love with this car, not the performance, not paid for the half second 0-60 increase, but still like a bullet, and other half still will do supersonic starts when he sees I’m not braced for take off, the git lol
Plus othe less illustrious offerings
now maybe we should talk motorbikes! He had (so I rode) that tasty coping from Tom Crise Top Gun, go to bike meets and everyone drools, plus he had a 1000cc power valve or similar the cost of the Japanese plastic was gulp and he pancaked it on a wet day then traded it for a more expensive 750 Honda that a guy could not repair, it needed a new loom so he and a garage said, they traded papers signed, but then in 48 hours he had sourced and repaired the loom and spent 3 months avoiding the bike circuit until he could justify that yeah it was a big job getting it running…..oh smug factor 200 percent
I drove beetles - as a kid - on fields with my dad but by the time I was legal we had different cars, but I did my high five and was suitably pissed if I did not get one back lol, they hi five on Teslas now but the other half is, ”OMG that is so naff!” Sniggers……
troyphoto
Snarky Old Fart (in training)
Well howdy there internet peeps and horseless carriage enthusiasts
It's troy again.
I finished up the upper deck benchwork for the layout (as noted in my own thread).
As I started to think about cleats for the hardboard backdrop, and placement of braces for such in the curves, I realized I've got a new technique to learn.
Looks like I'll be purchasing some Windex with Ammonia D!
Seems to be a bit of a disagreement over applying plain water to bend hardboard, or go for the stuff with Ammonia. From what I can tell, a sizable portion of the MRR community splits the difference and goes for the Windex version. Diluted already, and I can use the leftovers on the windows.
The curve you see above (far right of the pic) is just forcing it by hand without the liquid saturation method. But, I've got a roughly 6-in diameter bull nose to go around on the peninsulas.
Bending hardboard around that section is going to take more than force. I mean, I could Hulk out and bust the hardboard. Or try to anyway.
But bending it sounds a lot more feasible.
It's troy again.
I finished up the upper deck benchwork for the layout (as noted in my own thread).
As I started to think about cleats for the hardboard backdrop, and placement of braces for such in the curves, I realized I've got a new technique to learn.
Looks like I'll be purchasing some Windex with Ammonia D!
Seems to be a bit of a disagreement over applying plain water to bend hardboard, or go for the stuff with Ammonia. From what I can tell, a sizable portion of the MRR community splits the difference and goes for the Windex version. Diluted already, and I can use the leftovers on the windows.
The curve you see above (far right of the pic) is just forcing it by hand without the liquid saturation method. But, I've got a roughly 6-in diameter bull nose to go around on the peninsulas.
Bending hardboard around that section is going to take more than force. I mean, I could Hulk out and bust the hardboard. Or try to anyway.
But bending it sounds a lot more feasible.
Patrick
Alien Attitude.
Morning all,
56° and partly dark, moving on to light. 70° later.
I'm so getting into trouble maybe. City manager send me an email wondering why a council member wasn't receiving email into his city email account. He needs this stuff to work, especially a particular email the council member swears isn't in his city email account and I need to fix it. So I traced the email, connected administratively into the council member's email, and found where he not only received it and read it, but then put it in his deleted items folder. I also found where said email also went to a personal email account he wants his city stuff forwarded to. I took a picture of the email's location and sent it with the findings to the City Manager. And I did because I can...Don't mess with me, I'm a Ghostbuster.
Like dealing with children...
BBL...Maybe.
56° and partly dark, moving on to light. 70° later.
I'm so getting into trouble maybe. City manager send me an email wondering why a council member wasn't receiving email into his city email account. He needs this stuff to work, especially a particular email the council member swears isn't in his city email account and I need to fix it. So I traced the email, connected administratively into the council member's email, and found where he not only received it and read it, but then put it in his deleted items folder. I also found where said email also went to a personal email account he wants his city stuff forwarded to. I took a picture of the email's location and sent it with the findings to the City Manager. And I did because I can...Don't mess with me, I'm a Ghostbuster.
Like dealing with children...
BBL...Maybe.
Bruette
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We would stop and get takeout.
And now you know... the rest of the story.
This is Louis... good day.
BigGRacing
Aka. Gary Russell
Thats a beautiful car! Classic!
Bruette
Well-Known Member
I know those looks!
I had a girlfriend that would drop me off at work in her Pontiac 2-seater. At the time I was a crane operator for a roofing company. The roofers would be gathered at the gate waiting for me to unlock it. It always got a reaction from them.
Bruette
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I loved that car. I helped my Mom pick it out for her to commute to work. After she stopped driving, she gave it to me.
Bruette
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Not long after I left my first wife, I had two vehicles stolen within a few weeks. I can't point fingers, but I suspect what happened.
They stole my GMC 2500 with a utility body and my Cougar. The police recovered the GMC. It had been abandoned with keys in it. Minus over $100,000 worth of tools, electronic diagnostic tools, Tig welder, and other equipment. I still had my keys.
My Cougar was never recovered.
I've tried to just let it go, but I miss the Cougar.
They stole my GMC 2500 with a utility body and my Cougar. The police recovered the GMC. It had been abandoned with keys in it. Minus over $100,000 worth of tools, electronic diagnostic tools, Tig welder, and other equipment. I still had my keys.
My Cougar was never recovered.
I've tried to just let it go, but I miss the Cougar.
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santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning All. Mostly cloudy and 64°. Clouds will linger all day and we'll be a bit cooler at 78° for a high. Back to the mid-80's tomorrow.
Looks like gardening will take priority today, followed by mowing after the recent rains. Definitely will be picking broccoli this morning and I have to tuck the rampant tomato vines into their respective cages. The current cooler weather and the upcoming forecast will delay opening up the pool for at least another week and a half. That's a drag.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I did not attempt to start anything new, but I did do some more work on about a dozen figures. It was also run trains day. Sometimes I get carried away with that. Yesterday was one of those days, I operated for nearly two hours. I must have run every engine.
A few random businesses for your viewing pleasure.
Todd - Pretty aggressive layout plan. Good luck with that staging helix. Getting into the center may be an issue.
Hughie -
Troy -
Curt - My daughter sends texts to my grandsons to announce supper!
Tony -
David -
Everyone have a great day.
Looks like gardening will take priority today, followed by mowing after the recent rains. Definitely will be picking broccoli this morning and I have to tuck the rampant tomato vines into their respective cages. The current cooler weather and the upcoming forecast will delay opening up the pool for at least another week and a half. That's a drag.
Out in the train shed yesterday, I did not attempt to start anything new, but I did do some more work on about a dozen figures. It was also run trains day. Sometimes I get carried away with that. Yesterday was one of those days, I operated for nearly two hours. I must have run every engine.
A few random businesses for your viewing pleasure.
Todd - Pretty aggressive layout plan. Good luck with that staging helix. Getting into the center may be an issue.
Hughie -
Doesn't that describe most mornings in H-Town? That's always been my experience.
Troy -
Don't you just hate it when real work interferes with layout work???
Curt - My daughter sends texts to my grandsons to announce supper!
Tony -
I'd completely forgotten about that slant 6. That was a great little car.
David -
Been there before with daughter, but it wasn't a BMW.
Everyone have a great day.
TLOC
Well-Known Member
Good morning.
Another nice day to golf. That starts like yesterday between 10 and 11 this morning. It was on a course I know like the back of my hand and I should have played very well but I shot an 80. My putting was even worst than normal but just getting to the greens was a struggle yesterday. I won zippo yesterday but nothing more lost out of pocket then the entry fees. The game entry fee is different than the charity event fees. Still had fun even though I would have preferred the normal Monday night dinner out with my golf partner and our wife‘s. Do it again today but the course today is around 2 miles from the house but the golf partner lives only about 200 yards from the clubhouse. Another well known course to me, I better win something today…
I read the postings about the cars. I am not a car guy and never have taken a picture of a car I have owned or even driven. Terry has hundreds of pictures of her toys… There is one vehicle I wish I had taken a picture of. I had a Porsche Cheyenne Turbo 2012 that saved me. I was in the right lane and a semi slowing down in the left lane. Both doing the speed limits per the State HWy Patrol following the accident investigation. Out of nowhere I caught a glance of a pickup coming right at us both. Barely glanced the semi but nailed me full on. Didn’t and still don’t remember being taken to the hospital but that’s where I woke up. Semi driver got me out of the SUV per the report but couldn’t help the lady in the pickup. State Patrol wrote in the accident report and testified in court that my Porsche saved me. Her estate then took legal action against the trucking company, the driver and me personally. Said we should have taken action to avoid the “ collision”. What a crock… We won the case, the judge really let the Attorneys for the Estate have it from the bench for such a baseless case. But, it was tried and a jury of 6 ruled for us. I had never before or since taken legal action against an Estate. But they were greedy, I am a worrier and I worried. So it ended up costing them more then the life of that driver, who by the way was over the legal limit of alcohol.
enjoy your day
Another nice day to golf. That starts like yesterday between 10 and 11 this morning. It was on a course I know like the back of my hand and I should have played very well but I shot an 80. My putting was even worst than normal but just getting to the greens was a struggle yesterday. I won zippo yesterday but nothing more lost out of pocket then the entry fees. The game entry fee is different than the charity event fees. Still had fun even though I would have preferred the normal Monday night dinner out with my golf partner and our wife‘s. Do it again today but the course today is around 2 miles from the house but the golf partner lives only about 200 yards from the clubhouse. Another well known course to me, I better win something today…
I read the postings about the cars. I am not a car guy and never have taken a picture of a car I have owned or even driven. Terry has hundreds of pictures of her toys… There is one vehicle I wish I had taken a picture of. I had a Porsche Cheyenne Turbo 2012 that saved me. I was in the right lane and a semi slowing down in the left lane. Both doing the speed limits per the State HWy Patrol following the accident investigation. Out of nowhere I caught a glance of a pickup coming right at us both. Barely glanced the semi but nailed me full on. Didn’t and still don’t remember being taken to the hospital but that’s where I woke up. Semi driver got me out of the SUV per the report but couldn’t help the lady in the pickup. State Patrol wrote in the accident report and testified in court that my Porsche saved me. Her estate then took legal action against the trucking company, the driver and me personally. Said we should have taken action to avoid the “ collision”. What a crock… We won the case, the judge really let the Attorneys for the Estate have it from the bench for such a baseless case. But, it was tried and a jury of 6 ruled for us. I had never before or since taken legal action against an Estate. But they were greedy, I am a worrier and I worried. So it ended up costing them more then the life of that driver, who by the way was over the legal limit of alcohol.
enjoy your day
chadbag
Well-Known Member
Right after the wall fell, I moved to Germany (not quite 2 years after the fall, not quite a year after reunification).
I was in Munich and saw a Trabant taxi -- all painted out nicely in the W German taxi color of "cream" or whatever they call that beige color. It was in the taxu line with all the Mercedes and other similar cars.
I had two thoughts: Good on this guy for working hard to make his life in the new Germany. Second thought was, why would anyone want to take that taxi when they could wait one car and get the Mercedes?
I was also in E Berlin, in Jan 1990 for a day -- wall down, E Germany still in existence. There was a line of Trabants parked on the street at 45 deg. Like 10 - 12. At the very end of the line was a US Army plated Ford Escort (could have been a private car with SOF plates). The Escort was huge compared to the Trabant line.
Interesting facts about the Trabant: the body panels were made of some sort of fiber soaked in some sort of resin. They were basically indestructible and as the Traabnts started getting junked as E Germans had access to western cars, they did not know what to do with them. The body panels would jam up and clog the crushers/grinders.
When the wall came down, all the W German gas stations had to rush and install pre-mixed Trabant oil/gas dispensers since there were no 2-stroke cars in the west.
Lastly, I saw an article from around 2000 where the then CEO of Volvo USA imported a Trabant. He then put it up next to a 1950s Volvo, which was similar in design and style. He then compared it to a 1990s Volvo, which was fully modern and up to date, and the Trabant had not changed much in 40 years. He wanted his kids to see the fruits of "communism" in that the E Germans had made very little progress and updates to the Trabant where Volvo and all western cars had changed greatly.
McLeod
Forest Lurker
Good Morning, folks!
The winds have changed direction and moved the forest fire smoke towards our town. Both the wife and I woke early with sore throats. The wife is taking the smoke a-lot harder than I am.
Not my photo, but, its from 6am this morning:
Other than some discomfort from air quality, life is normal around here. I'm not worried about our town burning down. Although surrounding towns are evacuated, Whitecourt has been spared.
The most I'm worried about, is some sicko deliberately starting a fire. I'm hearing that is happening in some places.
The army has sent in about 100 soldiers to help fight the fires. Looks like they are setting up shop in one of our local parks.
Still no trains running with any regularity, but, the local switchers have been moving around.
Troy - The bench-work looks great. Well done, indeed!
That's all the news from here. Have a great day!
The winds have changed direction and moved the forest fire smoke towards our town. Both the wife and I woke early with sore throats. The wife is taking the smoke a-lot harder than I am.
Not my photo, but, its from 6am this morning:
Other than some discomfort from air quality, life is normal around here. I'm not worried about our town burning down. Although surrounding towns are evacuated, Whitecourt has been spared.
The most I'm worried about, is some sicko deliberately starting a fire. I'm hearing that is happening in some places.
The army has sent in about 100 soldiers to help fight the fires. Looks like they are setting up shop in one of our local parks.
Still no trains running with any regularity, but, the local switchers have been moving around.
Troy - The bench-work looks great. Well done, indeed!
That's all the news from here. Have a great day!
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