Random Thoughts Thread

[G. David Felt]

Awesome!

 

[G. David Felt]

Finally, Stevens Pass where I ski posted our end of the Year SpringFest 2017 VIDEO. It was an awesome day of skiing, live bands, Beer, Wine and crazy antics on the mountain in the snow!

 

[G. David Felt]

George Carlin (1937 - 2008)

I want to live my next life backwards:

You start out Dead and get that out of the way first!

Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day.

Then you get kicked out for being too healthy. Enjoy your retirement and collect your pension.

Then you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40+ years until your too young to work.

You get ready for High School: Drink alcohol, party, and generally promiscuous.

Then you go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, and you have no responsibilities.

Then you become a baby, and then... you spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in Spa-like conditions - Central Heating, room service on tap, and then...

You finish off as an Orgasm!

 

The Movie "The Curios Case of Benjamin Button" is awesome and is just what this is.  

[A Horse With No Name]

27 minutes ago, dfelt said:

George Carlin (1937 - 2008)

I want to live my next life backwards:

You start out Dead and get that out of the way first!

Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day.

Then you get kicked out for being too healthy. Enjoy your retirement and collect your pension.

Then you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work 40+ years until your too young to work.

You get ready for High School: Drink alcohol, party, and generally promiscuous.

Then you go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, and you have no responsibilities.

Then you become a baby, and then... you spend your last 9 months floating peacefully in Spa-like conditions - Central Heating, room service on tap, and then...

You finish off as an Orgasm!

 

The Movie "The Curios Case of Benjamin Button" is awesome and is just what this is.  

I love Carlin!

18 hours ago, dfelt said:

Awesome!

 

Gotta love it...although that Ford was one beautiful truck also!

[G. David Felt]

6 hours ago, A Horse With No Name said:

I love Carlin!

Gotta love it...although that Ford was one beautiful truck also!

Very True, both trucks were nice, the Ford was a nice build, yet we can clearly see the benefit of AWD getting the power down via 4 wheels over two.

[balthazar]

Too busy?

[Drew Dowdell]

Too much like my old kitchen floor

[G. David Felt]

@balthazar Sorry as I am sure the auto is very nice, but that interior is  

[Stew]

The only GM vehicle I want.  Watched many a video of the first drives and it is very impressive.  Weirdly enough, I I priced out a similar Z71 and ZR2 and was within roughly 2500 of each other.  the ZR2 is a freaking bargain. 

[surreal1272]

Well, the world of music just took a another huge hit. 

 

RIP Chris Cornell. 

 

For me, musically, this truly sucks ass. 

[Robert Hall]

13 hours ago, surreal1272 said:

Well, the world of music just took a another huge hit. 

 

RIP Chris Cornell. 

 

For me, musically, this truly sucks ass. 

I've been in shock all day..been a huge fan since first hearing Soundgarden...love them and Audioslave, along w/ his solo work..what a voice.

Edited May 19, 2017 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[oldshurst442]

Grunge aint really my thing....but yeah, very sad day for music indeed.

He did have a powerful voice.

Its even sadder when we just learned that yet another human took his own life...

Many of us it seems suffer mental illness.

 

 

[surreal1272]

1 hour ago, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I've been in shock all day..been a huge fan since first hearing Soundgarden...love them and Audioslave, along w/ his solo work..what a voice.

Same here. I don't normally get this way when a celebrity or a musician dies but he is the main reason why I stated singing live in the first place, way back in '91. It connected to me in more ways than I ever thought possible. 

[G. David Felt]

23 hours ago, surreal1272 said:

Well, the world of music just took a another huge hit. 

 

RIP Chris Cornell. 

 

For me, musically, this truly sucks ass. 

Grunge started here in Seattle, Big hit, the locals are very upset and many tributes to him.

http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/tears-laughter-flow-from-crowd-of-400-at-chris-cornell-wake-at-kexp/ 

[surreal1272]

1 hour ago, dfelt said:

Grunge started here in Seattle, Big hit, the locals are very upset and many tributes to him.

http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/tears-laughter-flow-from-crowd-of-400-at-chris-cornell-wake-at-kexp/ 

Early reports (mostly form his wife) state that he may have taken more than the recommended dosage of Ativan. His wife remarked that sounded very different on the phone after the show and was slurring his speech. He also told her he may have taken more than he was supposed to. Ativan is typically prescribed for anxiety but it carries the same side effects as just about every other anxiety med out there, suicidal thoughts in rare cases. This would certainly explain a lot but it makes it no less tragic. 

[cp-the-nerd]

6 hours ago, surreal1272 said:

Early reports (mostly form his wife) state that he may have taken more than the recommended dosage of Ativan. His wife remarked that sounded very different on the phone after the show and was slurring his speech. He also told her he may have taken more than he was supposed to. Ativan is typically prescribed for anxiety but it carries the same side effects as just about every other anxiety med out there, suicidal thoughts in rare cases. This would certainly explain a lot but it makes it no less tragic. 

The very first report released stated he was found on the floor and had a band around his neck. Police are officially calling it a suicide by hanging.

[surreal1272]

33 minutes ago, cp-the-nerd said:

The very first report released stated he was found on the floor and had a band around his neck. Police are officially calling it a suicide by hanging.

And that definitely but I am betting my bottom dollar on the Ativan being the main culprit. My years working in behavioral health have shown me what can happen when you take too much of that mess, especially if you have a history of depression. Just very sad for his family having to deal with this. 

[cp-the-nerd]

10 minutes ago, surreal1272 said:

And that definitely but I am betting my bottom dollar on the Ativan being the main culprit. My years working in behavioral health have shown me what can happen when you take too much of that mess, especially if you have a history of depression. Just very sad for his family having to deal with this. 

Ok, I just thought you were saying it was a drug OD. Nvm.

[surreal1272]

39 minutes ago, cp-the-nerd said:

Ok, I just thought you were saying it was a drug OD. Nvm.

No worries. Either scenario would have been tragic. 

[daves87rs]

Bummed about Chris cornell....

 

Bummed about my layoff from the auto industry.....

 

Been a rough week.......

[A Horse With No Name]

7 hours ago, daves87rs said:

Bummed about Chris cornell....

 

Bummed about my layoff from the auto industry.....

 

Been a rough week.......

Absolutely!

[balthazar]

[G. David Felt]

7 hours ago, balthazar said:

Maybe you should have built a better engine.  

[balthazar]

Didn't Ford offer a V8 TWENTY THREE YEARS before Chevrolet did?

[oldshurst442]

5 hours ago, balthazar said:

Didn't Ford offer a V8 TWENTY THREE YEARS before Chevrolet did?

He did say "better" engine....

An amusing little meme I found for your internet  forum pleasure.

[Robert Hall]

9 hours ago, balthazar said:

Didn't Ford offer a V8 TWENTY THREE YEARS before Chevrolet did?

Chevy had a short-lived V8 in 1917-1918, and none again until 1955.. Ford's first was was the flathead in 1932? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Series_D

[G. David Felt]

On 5/20/2017 at 9:26 PM, balthazar said:

Didn't Ford offer a V8 TWENTY THREE YEARS before Chevrolet did?

Yes, Yes he did Master Yoda. Chevy paid the highest compliment by coping and then building a better small block that everyone loves to have.  

[Stew]

Love off-roading the Dakota.  Yes she is old and could use some work, but she is tough as nails.  Just good ole 4x4.  No crawl control, no hill descent control, no stability control, just a good 4x4 system. 

[G. David Felt]

Gotta love Nature hitting back. Sad for the Elephants, but no love for wanna be hunters aka big game hunters. Real hunters only kill for food.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trophy-hunter-dies-after-wounded-elephant-crushes-him-in-zimbabwe/ar-BBBnAVE?li=BBnbfcL

[surreal1272]

On 5/20/2017 at 1:46 PM, balthazar said:

But they look so "purty" in there! 

 

Edited May 22, 2017 by surreal1272

[balthazar]

2 hours ago, dfelt said:

Yes, Yes he did Master Yoda. Chevy paid the highest compliment by coping and then building a better small block that everyone loves to have.  

OHHH- then you're talking about 26 years later.

[G. David Felt]

48 minutes ago, surreal1272 said:

But they look so "purty" in there! 

 

Yes, Yes they doo look Pretty in there. Amazing that for the Mustang and Wrangler, the most common transplant is a GM small block put into those auto's.

Nothing like a 502 GM V8 in your Wrangler!

[G. David Felt]

Thought this was funny on an editorial write up about flying.

[Stew]

New Jeep truck caught, has a solid front axle and coil springs.  i think this is my new number 1 because a Rubicon version is sure to show up.  ZR2 is still a close second, though the FE is shockingly low.  

Demon priced from 84,995, way cheaper than i imagined and gives me hop the GC Hellcat will be well below 100k, I am guessing 75kish.

I hate putting the wrong engines in the wrong makes.  The 5.0 (old or new) in a Fox is just where it should be.  Same with an SBC and the Camaro.  Now, there are exceptions.  Imports (IE 240SK and RX7, with SBCs works because their home companies really do not offer a great V8 of their own.  And the reason for the SBC in older Jeeps is ease of transplant and cheap availability.  

[balthazar]

I will amend & agree with Stew's point- if there's a viable familial engine for your Brand X, use it.
If you're hot rodding a Kaiser, perhaps an LS motor is a pretty stout idea.

I want to make my B-59 quick, and while it's original 401 would've been up to the task, the trans, driveline & rear were not.
But never for one split second was a Chevy engine considered, especially when there was a higher power (stock) BBB 455 readily available.

[Drew Dowdell]

Jaguar XJ12 + SBC

[balthazar]

At a major U.S. highway intersection, saw a old prius, with headlights nearly as yellowed as Velveeta, pulled over onto the busy shoulder, the driver emptying a 1-gal can of gas into the tank.

[G. David Felt]

10 hours ago, balthazar said:

At a major U.S. highway intersection, saw a old prius, with headlights nearly as yellowed as Velveeta, pulled over onto the busy shoulder, the driver emptying a 1-gal can of gas into the tank.

Only a matter of time before this would be seen, but in Washington where Prius are very popular, I am seeing more gen 1 & 2 types on the side of the roads. After all they are over 100K miles and in many cases people are not doing the maintenance.

[Frisky Dingo]

8 hours ago, dfelt said:

Only a matter of time before this would be seen, but in Washington where Prius are very popular, I am seeing more gen 1 & 2 types on the side of the roads. After all they are over 100K miles and in many cases people are not doing the maintenance.

 

They almost don't need any. I've seen so many Toyotas that have been terribly, woefully unmaintained that still run and drive great. How they even run at all is a wonder.

[Drew Dowdell]

until the engines sludge up

[FAPTurbo]

[Intrepidation]

EXTENDED DIRECTOR'S CUT

 

OF THE TRUNK UP THAT ELEPHANT'S BUTT

NEVER FORGET (because that elephant surely didn't).

[FAPTurbo]

5 minutes ago, Intrepidation said:

[Intrepidation]

[balthazar]

[G. David Felt]

Loves these cars!

1938 Phantom Corsair

1956 Buick Centurion

1957 Chrysler Dart

[Drew Dowdell]

Now I just need to make space in my powder room for it!

[oldshurst442]

20 hours ago, balthazar said:

Art imitating life?

CASA DELLA TIRES

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Now I just need to make space in my powder room for it!

Yuck!

I thought gay guys had style???!!!

I guess its not good to stereotype!

Edited May 26, 2017 by oldshurst442

[Drew Dowdell]

I like laughing at terrible taste....and I find the fact that some small bit of engineering went into creating that monstrosity to be hilarious.

There is a Facebook page called The Kitsch Bitsch. If you like laughing at terrible taste and style... That's the page for you.

[G. David Felt]

Very Cool, worth 4 min of your time. Amazing.