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« Reply #390 on: March 27, 2011, 06:08:46 PM » |
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Come on, Glen, I wouldn't spam ya . . . 
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"Problems are almost always a sign of progress." Harold Bettes Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . . We are NOT rebuilding . . . We are reloading.GOD SAVE MG - The Queen can take care of herself!
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« Reply #391 on: March 27, 2011, 07:57:41 PM » |
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I'm glad to learn that beer doesn't get warm in the trunk of a car in impound!  Mike
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Mike Kelly - PROUD owner of the V4F that powered the #1931 VGC to a 82.803 mph record in 2008!
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« Reply #392 on: March 28, 2011, 10:26:21 AM » |
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Ya gotta love the protocol and remember to keep some "balast" in the pits. 
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Live,Laugh, Love / Jack Scratch Racing /ECTA Amy Hartman-Driver, Frank Hartman-everthing else. C/GALT 137.65 Ohio Mile check that 144.12 2013, AA/GALT 159.34 Ohio Mile 2014. B/GALT 180.577 RECORD 6/15
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« Reply #393 on: March 28, 2011, 02:55:49 PM » |
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I can verify that that was an actual conversation. The principals were filmed, too, but not shown to protect the non-innocent.
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« Reply #394 on: May 21, 2011, 09:55:26 AM » |
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Slim and Nancy were driving from Marquette to Mackinaw City, ( Slim LOVES Mackinaw Island) And Slim put his hand on Nancy`s leg...Nan` says " Jon,....You can go as far as you want". So......He drove all the way to Detroit.................... 
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« Reply #395 on: May 21, 2011, 10:05:42 AM » |
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Jerry, I'm not sure what to say about that one. Give me a few minutes. We're in Denver -- went WAY past Detroit.  That's all the way and then some. . .
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« Reply #396 on: May 21, 2011, 12:19:56 PM » |
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Bill and Bob, two not so bright guys were asked to measure the height of the flag pole.
Bill grabbed one end of the tape measure and gave the other end to Bob and told him to climb up. As much as he tried, he could only get half way before he slid back down.
They traded ends and Bill tried to climb up. He did no better.
Sam comes along and notices their difficulty. He tells them to pull the flag pole out and lay it on the ground. Sam walks off.
Bill says to Bob, "That idiot. We were told to measure the height, not the length."
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Well, it used to be Los Angeles . . . 50 miles north of Fresno now. Just remember . . . It isn't life or death. It's bigger than life or death! It's RACING.
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« Reply #397 on: May 25, 2011, 07:19:44 AM » |
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The police came to my neighbor's front door last night holding a picture of his wife, then asked "is this your wife sir?".
Shocked he answered, " Yes!".
They said "I'm afraid it looks like she's been hit by a bus".
He said "I know, but she has a lovely personality and she's good with the dog."
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Stainless Red Hat 228.039, 2001, 65ci, MSA Bockscar Lakester with a little N20 MSA Bockscar Lakester #1000 my fastest mile 245 and change, 84 ci turbobusa motor... but Corey's 233 MPH H/BFL record is still 3MPH faster than mine.
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« Reply #398 on: May 25, 2011, 11:58:25 AM » |
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Survival video for Michigan's Upper Peninsula, SSS's backyard:
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« Reply #399 on: May 25, 2011, 12:56:05 PM » |
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No doubt -- that fellow has the accent down just right. The background scenery got me all fired up to go for a walk out in the woods behind out house. A summer day (or winter, or fall or spring) out in the woods in the UP is something too good for most of the rest of the world. Stay home - let us enjoy our own stuff, hey?
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« Reply #400 on: May 25, 2011, 10:58:11 PM » |
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« Reply #401 on: May 26, 2011, 05:57:06 AM » |
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When I was in Hoton (Michigan Tech to those of you that don't know the background) I did spend a winter driving taxi* on the crack o' dawn shift. I can identify with Dave. *Okay - quick note here: Houghton/Hancock (Houghton is the home of Michigan Technological University, my alma mater and Walt's school these days) is the metro (what a laugh!) area there -- a pair of towns, one on either side of the Portage Canal waterway. "On either side" -- good phrase, because both towns have STEEP hills leading down to the water. Did I give the impression to you - that the hills are steep? Not insurmountable, but pretty steep. The area gets 250 - 350 inches of snow per winter -- a product of having Lake Superior on about three and a half sides of the area (look at a map of the Keweenaw Peninsula. It's the part of the U P that sticks out into Lake Superior). So -- take STEEP hills, add LOTS of snow every day (one winter when I was there we received measurable snowfall 54 days in a row -- new record!  ). To that snow and steep hills add 5AM -- when the snowplows were just getting started. Steep, snowy, unplowed. The taxis in the "fleet" (there were two cars at Jerry's Taxi Co.) were late-60s Plymouth four-doors - slant-six engine, three speed on the column, walnut shell snow tires REAR WHEEL DRIVE. And some of you wonder why the prospect of driving on a road with an overnight snowfall of six or 8 inches doesn't cause me a moment's concern? Thanks for the video, Walt.
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« Reply #402 on: May 29, 2011, 09:01:36 PM » |
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Siamese twins walk into a pub in Canada and park themselves on a barstool. One of them says to the bartender, 'Don't mind us; we're joined at the hip. I'm John, he's Jim. Two Molson Canadian beers, draft please.' The bartender, feeling slightly awkward, tries to make polite conversation while pouring the beers. 'Been on holiday yet, lads?' 'Off to England next month,' says John. 'We go to England every year, rent a car and drive for miles. Don't we, Jim?' Jim agrees. 'Ah, England !' says the bartender. 'Wonderful country... the history, the beer, the culture...' 'Nah, we don't like that British crap,' says John. 'Hamburgers & Molsons beer, that's us, eh Jim? And we can't stand the English --- they're so arrogant and rude.' 'So why keep going to England ?' asks the bartender. 'Ah, It's the only chance Jim gets to drive.'
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Stainless Red Hat 228.039, 2001, 65ci, MSA Bockscar Lakester with a little N20 MSA Bockscar Lakester #1000 my fastest mile 245 and change, 84 ci turbobusa motor... but Corey's 233 MPH H/BFL record is still 3MPH faster than mine.
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« Reply #403 on: June 17, 2011, 06:41:18 AM » |
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The police respond to a domestic disturbance call and find a rather dead guy in a pool of blood....His wife is standing over his body, Holding a bloody golf club. Cop asks how many times she hit him and she says ..." Six, maybe seven........Put me down for five" 
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I`d never advocate drugs,alcohol,violence or insanity to anyone...But they work for me.
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« Reply #404 on: June 17, 2011, 06:58:39 AM » |
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The police respond to a domestic disturbance call and find a rather dead guy in a pool of blood....His wife is standing over his body, Holding a bloody golf club. Cop asks how many times she hit him and she says ..." Six, maybe seven........Put me down for five"  so, at my place right now she said...." hmmm, golf humour"....then she said..."is that as good as it gets this week?"
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Few understand what I'm trying to do but they vastly outnumber those who understand why................... http://thespiritofsunshine.blogspot.com/Current Australian E/GL record holder at 215.041mph THE LUCKIEST MAN IN SLOW BUSINESS.
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