Random Thoughts Thread

[oldshurst442]

This thread has become less than random.

Sorry.

 

However....that sorry I just gave you was not a random sorry.

 

Sorry about that too.

[FAPTurbo]

[El Kabong]

Tonight my wife and I are having a date night. She let me pick the movie. Because I am genteel, sophisticated, and whatnot, I decided we should go to see the Minions Movie.

No, I don't care what any of you think. Screw off

[oldshurst442]

Im set to see that darned Minions Movie sometime in the next two weeks...

I saw Despicable Me 2 in 3D at the Movies....top that Mr.Debonair...Mr Savoir Faire.

Edited July 17, 2015 by oldshurst442

[El Kabong]

I saw an Adam Sandler movie in the theatre once.

[oldshurst442]

I recorded on PVR...Dont Mess With the Zohan...and I still have it...

[ccap41]

Tonight my wife and I are having a date night. She let me pick the movie. Because I am genteel, sophisticated, and whatnot, I decided we should go to see the Minions Movie.

No, I don't care what any of you think. Screw off

NICE! And that movie looks awesome so no judgement here other than you have fun taste in movies!

[Drew Dowdell]

Tonight my wife and I are having a date night. She let me pick the movie. Because I am genteel, sophisticated, and whatnot, I decided we should go to see the Minions Movie.

No, I don't care what any of you think. Screw off

I can't wait to see it! Minions are my favorite!

[ccap41]

Tonight my wife and I are having a date night. She let me pick the movie. Because I am genteel, sophisticated, and whatnot, I decided we should go to see the Minions Movie.

No, I don't care what any of you think. Screw off

I can't wait to see it! Minions are my favorite!

Those little guys are so damn funny!

[Drew Dowdell]

[JessiFox]

I guess I can't expect everyone to be good at debating (or you know, rational thought...) but the number of times I've gotten nothing more than the "you're a shill!" response in the past few days is getting absurd. 

[Suaviloquent]

another day and yet another one bites the dust at work. I swear, I look out for the young ones; I warn 'em weeks before it happens. They gotta get a pep in their step. A real sense of urgency. A drive to be more than just the sum of their parts. Effort and results.

 

Too bad. 

 

Actually, good riddance. No more lazy jerkoffs at work.

[El Kabong]

That's what I like about you, man. Always looking out for the little guy

[ocnblu]

shoes

[cp-the-nerd]

The Minions movie exists because the studio wants to make a billion dollars selling toys. IMO the second movie suffered because they took time away from the good characters and overall plot to give kids more of the inane "fart joke" humor of the minions, but I'll be damned if it's not twice as profitable for them.

[balthazar]

Other than taking a 20 min ride to mortar up some seams in a 2-tread bluestone step, this is the first weekend with no work in a month.

What the hell should I do with this windfall of time?? 

[balthazar]

Watching Batman & Robin from 1949.

The crooks are in a stolen truck & see a car coming toward them, a bone stock 1949 Merc convertible. One crook yells out "It's Batman!'

 

I yell out "How can you tell??"

 

Can't tell you how disappointed I was to see they had no 'Batmobile', even tho earlier comics had this:

 

[cp-the-nerd]

Thank for adding to the stories thread. I'm trying not to flood it with my own posts so maybe more people will check it out.

[ccap41]

 

F the midwest right now.

[ocnblu]

Book titles that arouse suspicion...

[Suaviloquent]

That's just wrong.

 

So why am I so amused? 

[ccap41]

Just watched the GT350 get its first win. The driver also got his first win and he's only 16 years old. Continental Tire Sportscar Series

[FAPTurbo]

Spray car wax makes a great hair detailer. 

[El Kabong]

Turnips.

That is all

[Drew Dowdell]

Turnips.

That is all

 

[ccap41]

One of my best friends is supposed to be picking up a 1.0 Fiesta hatch today. I'm pretty stoked as I'll get to drive the lil guy. He's actually trading in his '08 Challenger R/T for it lol..little different.. Priotities change as we get older and spending 1/4 the money on gas will help. Between him only putting premium in the Challenger and the 43mpg highway the Fiesta gets on regular should make a little difference.  

[Suaviloquent]

Heh just pulled off an all nighter and all day'er. 

 

I spilled my guts this morning though. But it was a good one. I had it all lined up while on the can. I must have lost like 10 lbs. Nothing in my belly, my bladder or my you know what. Refreshing. Totally wasted from the last night. Did not get lucky at the bar though. I did have something going but I was flat out done, and unfortunately not prepared.

 

(Dammit!)

 

(Dammit!)

 

(Dammit!)

 

Edited July 23, 2015 by Drew Dowdell
fixed

[Suaviloquent]

I'm about to turn in for the night, if Drew you could pls fix my link for the videyrz pls thank you, I'm wasted I need to go crawl into my bunker and hunker down. 

 

Let it all out!

[balthazar]

You can have your weakly-engineered mercedes' engines.

 

Feast your eyes on a 4-row timing chain:

 

 

and take a stab at what it's from.

[El Kabong]

Kia. Only half-joking.

[Thed]

300E?

[balthazar]

^ By that, do you mean the mercedes or the Chrysler?

[Thed]

^ By that, do you mean the mercedes or the Chrysler?

 

Mercedes, as in the late 80's 300 E. Looks like a straight-six to me. 

[oldshurst442]

I couldnt tell if it was a 6 or 8 from that angle like Thed or if the cylinders are inline or in a Vee formation, but I have a feeling this engine is older than all of us.  It aint a modern piece of machinery. I think its older than what Thed's suggestion of the 1980s....I think its from the 1950s.

 

A 1954-1957 Mercedes 300SL perhaps?

Edited July 21, 2015 by oldshurst442

[balthazar]

I guess the off-hand snipe @ Mercedes in the pic post didn't come across.

It's certainly not a mercedes- I did check and saw no 4-row MB chains.

 

O/H442 : you are going in the right direction.

Edited July 21, 2015 by balthazar

[cp-the-nerd]

I've always been interested in astronomy, but never had a telescope. Recently picked up a pair of star-gazing binoculars (25x70 magnification) and spent an hour just looking at nothing last night, pointing the binoculars where there were no stars and marveling at a hundred points of light appearing everywhere I looked.

 

When I was first getting them focused and adjusted, I just happened to catch a satellite in orbit. I geeked out a bit, haha.

 

Can't wait for a clear night!

[G. David Felt]

I guess the off-hand snipe @ Mercedes in the pic post didn't come across.

It's certainly not a mercedes- I did check and saw no 4-row MB chains.

 

O/H442 : you are going in the right direction.

Could this be one of the Military spec engines Chrysler built for the war effort or Ram did for an old Power Wagon?

[oldshurst442]

 

I guess the off-hand snipe @ Mercedes in the pic post didn't come across.

It's certainly not a mercedes- I did check and saw no 4-row MB chains.

 

O/H442 : you are going in the right direction.

Could this be one of the Military spec engines Chrysler built for the war effort or Ram did for an old Power Wagon?

 

I was thinking tank engine....during the 1940s...

And after close inspection of that pic...I FINALLY saw where the cylinders call home and go up and down...and I realized that....they are in a straight line...

[balthazar]

It is not military. It is a inliner.

 

Thed- I prefer the Chrysler version of the 300-E :

[G. David Felt]

Is the engine marine grade?

[balthazar]

Not marine. It's automotive… and you all know the name.

Edited July 22, 2015 by balthazar

[oldshurst442]

Id like to say that I too...prefer a 300-E as a Mopar rather than a German...

 

Inline engine...

It looks like a husky motor. That is why I said tank motor.

Its automotive...so...if the motor is beefy...that means it belonged in a huge car....and if I was right is saying its an older design...

 

Jeez Louise...inline engines of the 1920s,1930s, 1940s....

 

Stove bolt 6....not big enough and Chevys are not beefy enough.

 

Its too late in the night for me to start thinking about 1920, 1930s, 1940s inline engines...

 

Good night.

[G. David Felt]

You can have your weakly-engineered mercedes' engines.

 

Feast your eyes on a 4-row timing chain:

 

 

and take a stab at what it's from.

Is this part of the SpitFire Engine Series?

[balthazar]

Automotive. Unless you meant Triumph Spitfire. Then; still no.

[oldshurst442]

I know Oldsmobiles and Buicks had inline 8 engines...and they were in big cars...

But somehow I dont see that many timing chains in them...

 

Which leads me to ask this...if not a tank...because the engine looks like a robust engine so... many timing chains....that might suggest a racing car?

 

Alfa Romeo had inline 6s and 8s for their race cars...but I cant visualize a big robust engine in a small Alfa racer...

Mercedes raced slightly bigger cars than Alfas...but you said it aint a Mercedes engine...

Im leaning towards European though....

I dont know enough about Rolls Royce or Bugatti...but Ill go with Rolls Royce...their cars were big cars to house a big engine...because I keep on coming to that beefy engine...

 

Rolls Royce is my final answer, Regis.

[balthazar]

Rolls (automotively) has primarily built QUITE pedestrian, run-of-the-mill engines. It is NOT Rolls; this is far above them, engineering-wise.

 

- - - - -

I will answer the question here : this is a rare look inside of a Duesenberg I-8. Note the loose SECOND 4-row chain…. to drive the double overhead cams.

A 4-row timing chain may be unique in automotive usage. I've never seen an aftermarket hi-po chain that beefy.

[oldshurst442]

Duesenberg...wow...never even crossed my mind...because I dont get to hear things about them anymore...anywhere about anything...Duesenbergs are rarely in my train of thoughts...

 

I did not want to go with Rolls Royce....but I did not have any other ideas...I was stuck...

 

Thanx for that...it made me use my automotive knowledge logically and I used process of elimination to the best degree that I could.  I may have a limited amount of engine builders knowledge...Im just happy that at least I was in the right direction...

 

PS: The Spitfire....and as it happens, the Mustang too... in my sig,  pushed me to say Rolls Royce.

Edited July 23, 2015 by oldshurst442

[FAPTurbo]

IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TIME TO FAP AND CRY.

[ccap41]

Bro Float weekend!

First vacation in a year. Mucho needed.

[El Kabong]

It is cloudy. I am tired. But days off are coming, which means that Ant-Man is coming.