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You really should be nicer to Glenn... LOL
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I spent all weekend putting a wakeboard tower on our boat. We were going to upgrade the boat to a nicer wakeboard boat, but decided to hold off another year and just put a tower on ours for this summer.
It was a pain drilling the stainless steel, but all in all it went pretty well.
Swapped the rooftop a/c unit on my trailer to my Dad's. Now it will have cold a/c for Hallett. I just hope I get my car ready to make Hallett. Nice rack James.
The JP clan knows how to live right.
Just got back from Seattle. The flight up on Sunday was interesting.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/12/a...gency-landing/Quote:
Seattle, WA (CBSDFW.COM) - American Airlines flight 1943 en route from Dallas (DFW) to Seattle had to make an emergency landing Saturday afternoon in Salt Lake City.
The emergency landing was due to an ill passenger on board. That passenger was taken to a local hospital in Salt Lake City. The passenger’s name is not available at this time.
The flight is now en route to Seattle.
The story was a bit vague and didn't state the fact that the "ill" passenger went into cardiac arrest and they had a crew of 4 doctors and 3 flight attendants pumping the hell out of his chest. Thankfully didn't have to use the defibrilllator, but they did get it from the overhead bin. He was 6-7 rows back from me but a colleague was across the row. She said he turned blue, then grey before they finally got his heart and breathing going. Had to put a tube down his throat to help him breathe and started an IV. According to my co-worker, they said he had previous history of heart attacks. Landed in Salt Lake City and EMS and Police got on and they took him off the plane and then we were back underway to Seattle... Scary as hell. My wife (nurse) said "Cool..." when I texted her about it...
New brakes on the tow vehicle.
I had lunch at Cafe Capri in Bryan. The food was excellent and the owner seemed like a nice guy. :D
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=h&z=13&om=1
They have a five mile oval!
JJ
I used to work there as a tire test driver/engineer for ride, noise, dry handling, wet handling, off-road perfromance. It is a very cool place, with tons of test surfaces. The five mile circle (not oval) was used in the 60's through late 80's as a high speed tire durability durability track. It is a parobolic bank with neutral speeds up to 120 mph, meaning that at 120 mph you could let go of the steering wheel and the car would follow the top lane of the track all by itslef. Since it is parabolic, it is neutral for other speeds at the lower lanes. The old timers tell a lot of funny stories about the place. Unfortunatley, the circle is in a fairly advanced state of disrepair. They do rent out the facility, but all use has to go through the legal department these days and it is very expensive ($8000-$12000/day) and a pain in the rear.
Google Continental/General Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas. Similar setup without the high speed oval but does have a large dry/wet handling pad, road course, ride roads, and a Jeep Jamboree course. We rent this one from time-to-time at about $5000/day but there is no legal department involvement. They are usually very busy though.
You can also check out Cooper's track, The Tire and Vehicle Test Center near Pearsall, Texas. It is a smaller facility but has a large pad, a road course and a Moab Jeep course.
BF Goodrich/Michelin used to have a track north of Laredo before moving to South Carolina, Firestone has a track in Ft. Stockton and Southwest Texas Research has a track west of San Antonio.
For various reasons the tire companies built tracks in Texas and the car companies built tracks in Arizona, Florida, California and of course Michigan.
I did one of the bet things any CMC'er could do - I started Rob Who's cage today. Main hoop bent and fitted. Diagonal and harness bar to come. No pics.
Hung out at the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Lab
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d9v5xff0pi2d205/IMG_0044.jpeg
I got to spend a beautiful day in Oshkosh, WI. I started the morning flying a Cessna 172 for an hour (logged as pilot in command). I then stepped back in time with a ride on a Ford Trimotor. After that, I hopped into a 1929 TravelAir biplane. I spent the rest of the afternoon roaming through the AirVenture museum and then ending the evening by attending an exclusive birthday party for one of the long time EAA employees that has been the crew chief for the Trimotors for over 30 years. Overall... not a bad day. : )
Gave my 14 year old son his first stick shift driving lesson in my 91 Mustang. I figured if he can fly a glider, he can shift some gears.
Continuing the aviation theme... I flew a Savage yesterday and today for a total of 3.5 hrs, almost completing my tailwheel endorsement. The Savage looks like a small Super Cub and is a Light Sport Catagory aircraft. I don't remember having this much fun flying ... definitely another money intensive hobby though.
Went to Corpus Christi for the weekend with the family. Kids played on the beach and we toured the USS Lexington. It's a WWII aircraft carier that saw service in the Pacific and has a storied history (torpedo and kamakaze hit). Had a really good volunteer that gave us a tour of the flight deck and explained what it's like to launch/land an aircraft... Pretty cool stuff.
Hahaha, I thought that said "back when Jay was in Girl Scouts". :^)
Went to the ortho for what was supposed to be my final appt before getting a clean bill of health. Apparently I'm doing something capable of breaking a titanium screw... I have a CAT scan the Monday after Hallett, so..... I'll still be at Hallett because she said the main reason these break is due to a car accident. I figure if the accident happens "after" it's already broken, no harm, no foul...
She was suprised that I can still go to the gym and not need to live on pain pills. If the CAT scan shown the bone graft is strong enough, they will leave it "as-is".
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That looks like a twist off to me. Got money that says the top half is backing out.
Hope I'm wrong.
I have always thought he had a screw loose.....
Obviously. this is what happens to an AI driver using Ford Racing parts rather than ARP.
I'm the victim of Obamacare. Cheap, offshore materials used to save taxpayer money and ensure a mediocre level of care for all...
"used to save the non taxpayer more money"
fixed that for you