sodamo
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lostcreekranch
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0 to 60 mph in -1 seconds. You can arrive at your destination ... before you left.
. It will absolutely haul azz but, unfortunately ... it won't haul much hay.John Hennessy's team build great cars and trucks. His shop is 30 miles from the ranch.
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mpham
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Afternoon all!
gorgeous day today, sun was out and some of the snow melted from the streets. My drive to and from Springfield was uneventful.
Off tomorrow to go to the doctors, think the gout is acting up again. Foot and hand this time. Drinking cheery juice.
Sorry about your friend Thomas. My wife has a friend that just went thru surgery due to cancer, they removed a leg and half her pelvis! Not sure what her future is.
Sounds like everyone else is healing up and doing well. Hope you are all safe and Healthy!
gorgeous day today, sun was out and some of the snow melted from the streets. My drive to and from Springfield was uneventful.
Off tomorrow to go to the doctors, think the gout is acting up again. Foot and hand this time. Drinking cheery juice.
Sorry about your friend Thomas. My wife has a friend that just went thru surgery due to cancer, they removed a leg and half her pelvis! Not sure what her future is.
Sounds like everyone else is healing up and doing well. Hope you are all safe and Healthy!
daugen
Epic Contributor
I see a few Hennessy Mustangs around this area, but my style is more the Bullitt, sleeper with nice pipes.
IMHO, other than bragging rights, once you have at least 400hp, you don't need any more for passing, usually, and you just can't use that kind
of power on the street. I remember three on the tree and 100hp straight sixes...
Cars and trucks today are crazy fast, not like the old days when the ISO was your true enemy, the company that provided the performance surcharge information to all the insurance companies. If your car was labeled S, I assume for Sports, at the end of the numerical symbol, often that jacked the price up 50 percent all by itself, and often on liability too.
I know parents want to reward responsible teenagers, and even clearly some irresponsible ones, of which I was one...with a new car (my three best friends got new cars while I drove 200 dollar beaters...) that can get to 60 in 3 seconds, you might as well give the kid a bazooka. Push the wrong button, too much go pedal and you are in the weeds, often into a tree.
My supercharged Jaguar got to 60 in 5 seconds flat, making wonderful noises doing it. I could not imagine needing more power than 400hp, the same as the Hemi in my truck. But wanting is something else and car companies have our number. My concern is we are buying race car power for the street and when Junior Mario Andretti flies off the curve into a school yard, lot of folks will look for answers. Like they do every time some crazy person shoots up a school with a battle rifle.
A Volvo sedan, just what your 16 year old doesn't want...
Because of my fused neck, I am at higher risk for paraplegia in a car accident, something I am very aware of when I drive.
When I asked the surgeon about this risk, he told me to buy a Volvo. Really.
Which is why I want every safety feature they offer on a new car or truck. I may take a lickin' and not do so well...
And the good tech package is often only offered on the most expensive model. I am impressed with Toyota and Honda offering it on lower tier models too.
Legally I think that is smart. Probably they are pretty wary after the Takata air bag disaster.
But on the Ridgeline, I'd have to get the model David got, which has all the safety tech. Only thing I never order is a power glass roof, I just never use it, it costs a lot and adds weight up high. But often it gets lumped in there too in some luxo package that is the only way to get a heated steering wheel, or something you want.
And why can't I get cloth seats that are heated and cooled in a higher line model?
I might go back to leasing since owning one of these overly complicated hard to fix modern cars is eye opening experience after the warranty runs out, as I'm experiencing
on my Ram truck. Or perhaps an early airbag truck with no gizmos, like the Nissan Frontier I owned ten years ago. Only need to pull a one ton trailer.
But the only exterior color Nissan offers a beige interior with is black. Only black. ? And the only interior color most of the smaller trucks offer is also black.
doc took me off statins today due to leg and hand cramps, hoping that will help.
Her assistant, who spent at least ten minutes with me first,
a med student in training, was drop dead gorgeous, brunette, eyes you could fall into. This doc always gets the prettiest
assistants, but they go off to another hospital chain on rotation.
I was told today docs in NC couldn't prescribe CBD for anything other than epilepsy. And the docs know it work, and they tell me to get it.
Not a progressive state for sure, but then most of the South is not.
time to make dinner, 4am was a long time ago.
and this was far too long...
IMHO, other than bragging rights, once you have at least 400hp, you don't need any more for passing, usually, and you just can't use that kind
of power on the street. I remember three on the tree and 100hp straight sixes...
Cars and trucks today are crazy fast, not like the old days when the ISO was your true enemy, the company that provided the performance surcharge information to all the insurance companies. If your car was labeled S, I assume for Sports, at the end of the numerical symbol, often that jacked the price up 50 percent all by itself, and often on liability too.
I know parents want to reward responsible teenagers, and even clearly some irresponsible ones, of which I was one...with a new car (my three best friends got new cars while I drove 200 dollar beaters...) that can get to 60 in 3 seconds, you might as well give the kid a bazooka. Push the wrong button, too much go pedal and you are in the weeds, often into a tree.
My supercharged Jaguar got to 60 in 5 seconds flat, making wonderful noises doing it. I could not imagine needing more power than 400hp, the same as the Hemi in my truck. But wanting is something else and car companies have our number. My concern is we are buying race car power for the street and when Junior Mario Andretti flies off the curve into a school yard, lot of folks will look for answers. Like they do every time some crazy person shoots up a school with a battle rifle.
A Volvo sedan, just what your 16 year old doesn't want...
Because of my fused neck, I am at higher risk for paraplegia in a car accident, something I am very aware of when I drive.
When I asked the surgeon about this risk, he told me to buy a Volvo. Really.
Which is why I want every safety feature they offer on a new car or truck. I may take a lickin' and not do so well...
And the good tech package is often only offered on the most expensive model. I am impressed with Toyota and Honda offering it on lower tier models too.
Legally I think that is smart. Probably they are pretty wary after the Takata air bag disaster.
But on the Ridgeline, I'd have to get the model David got, which has all the safety tech. Only thing I never order is a power glass roof, I just never use it, it costs a lot and adds weight up high. But often it gets lumped in there too in some luxo package that is the only way to get a heated steering wheel, or something you want.
And why can't I get cloth seats that are heated and cooled in a higher line model?
I might go back to leasing since owning one of these overly complicated hard to fix modern cars is eye opening experience after the warranty runs out, as I'm experiencing
on my Ram truck. Or perhaps an early airbag truck with no gizmos, like the Nissan Frontier I owned ten years ago. Only need to pull a one ton trailer.
But the only exterior color Nissan offers a beige interior with is black. Only black. ? And the only interior color most of the smaller trucks offer is also black.
doc took me off statins today due to leg and hand cramps, hoping that will help.
Her assistant, who spent at least ten minutes with me first,
a med student in training, was drop dead gorgeous, brunette, eyes you could fall into. This doc always gets the prettiest
assistants, but they go off to another hospital chain on rotation.
I was told today docs in NC couldn't prescribe CBD for anything other than epilepsy. And the docs know it work, and they tell me to get it.
Not a progressive state for sure, but then most of the South is not.
time to make dinner, 4am was a long time ago.
and this was far too long...
hawkeye08
Elite Member
Transition to new job is going slower than expected, still waiting on year end review for old job, don't expect much before January now.
My wife disappearred this morning while I was on a meeting, she came back just before lunch time after going to urgent care. She has pneumonia and is on antibiotics and cough medicine. She didn't have much energy over the holidays and now we know why.
Stay safe, prayers for those in need.
My wife disappearred this morning while I was on a meeting, she came back just before lunch time after going to urgent care. She has pneumonia and is on antibiotics and cough medicine. She didn't have much energy over the holidays and now we know why.
Stay safe, prayers for those in need.
Bird
Rest in Peace
Remember them? I was a lieutenant on the police department the first time I used a squad car that was NOT three on the tree. And the 1963 Ford squad cars were the first ones with a synchromesh low (first gear). The Chevrolets didn't have that until 1965.
buckeyefarmer
Epic Contributor
Stocked up on pellets on the porch, good for 2 more weeks. Then put Christmas lights on the fence. Got dark on me but kept going. Chilly out.
txdon
Super Star Member
Don, I have about 12 yards of mulch to spread in some flower beds. You can feel free to come up and get more practice... I値l even let you use my tractor
Might be a small logistical problem. Looks like your seedlings bit the dust.
Yes Rick, more seat time:
toppop52
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“ Not a progressive state for sure, but then most of the South is not. “ (Drew)
Progressive has many nuances, not all positive.
Progressive has many nuances, not all positive.
buckeyefarmer
Epic Contributor
Yea, progressive is not a good term in my book.