OT - What are you doing right now?

JohnInCarolina

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

Many of the companies are well on their way to having EV lines.  I think it's a good thing in general, and am glad to see it.  

It's probably not a good thing for Tesla, however.  Will be interesting to see if the company is able to survive in the long run.  

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

It rhymes with compensation.  

HeavyG

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

Track Days.

frazzdaddy

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

^^^^^^Having driven a few cars at 180 plus. Don't knock it till you tried it and unless it's a MasterCraft no boat will handle like one of these. (Pick your 200+EUROCAR)

johnnyp

JohnInCarolina said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

Many of the companies are well on their way to having EV lines.  I think it's a good thing in general, and am glad to see it.  

It's probably not a good thing for Tesla, however.  Will be interesting to see if the company is able to survive in the long run.  

The cars are a proof of concept for a battery company. I don't see cars being their bread and butter long term.

milesvdustin

Just made breakfast on the blackstone, bacon and over medium eggs. Was legit 

frazzdaddy

johnnyp said:

JohnInCarolina said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

Many of the companies are well on their way to having EV lines.  I think it's a good thing in general, and am glad to see it.  

It's probably not a good thing for Tesla, however.  Will be interesting to see if the company is able to survive in the long run.  

The cars are a proof of concept for a battery company. I don't see cars being their bread and butter long term.

Agree , a sale to another car company in the next 5 years would not suprise me. He proved what he needed to. MB just built a Battery mfg plant in Alabama.

TTC

Closing a real estate transaction (as the seller) that had a LONG gestation. Imma bout to have a glass of whiskey.  

alaskanassasin

@milesvdustin

alaskanassasin

On top of that somebody went off the road and drove through my mailbox last night hitting it hard enough to blow a check out of the envelope

Eoin

HeavyG said:

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

Track Days.

I never found that I wanted more power on track when I used to do track days in the Elise.  I could easily kill the (uprated) brakes in a few laps with 135 BHP / 900kg.  Saw plenty of people in fancy heavy cars lunch a set of tyres on a TD as well, not to mention the damage to low hanging parts when exiting the track at speed.

DoubleEgger

HeavyG said:

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

Track Days.

More like... 

AlbertaEgger

My dinner last night after a late time getting home. I might make another tonight. Grilled cheese with Bacon and green olives. Olives? Thought why not. it as good, I was hungry, and it was late.

River around home is blown out, and gross right now, still did a day trip up a few hours for a BBQ and to run some new back channels that have opened up due to the high levels.

nolaegghead

Does everyone in Canada own the same kind of boat?

Cool tho.

nolaegghead

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

I don't get the point of owning $20k worth of lures and fishing gear when you just throw the poor bastards back in the water after catching them.

Let's just agree on: if you haven't owned a 200+ mph car or 20k worth of fishing gear, you probably don't get the point.

nolaegghead

My buddy called me up tonight asking what I thought about the new Vette.  I told him it was the first Vette I liked since the early 60's.  He thanked me and after a quick discussion told me he was buying one.

nolaegghead

I'm super lit right now after working all weekend and into morning the past 3 days, my scrips are working to back-fill a month worth of missing data on a test system that resulted from an (unnoticed) error.  Script will run for a week but should bring the data warehouse in sync.  I love and hate my job.

One more major fire to put out and then a minor blaze and maybe I can get something done.

 

Anyway, back to my mental condition, apologies to any possible recipients in advance to whatever I type tonight

milesvdustin

alaskanassasin said:

@milesvdustin

That sucks! 

I ended up pulling both my tires and checking them inside and out, I'm going to get new ones this fall. I just did new bearings and races

DoubleEgger

nolaegghead said:

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

I don't get the point of owning $20k worth of lures and fishing gear when you just throw the poor bastards back in the water after catching them.

Let's just agree on: if you haven't owned a 200+ mph car or 20k worth of fishing gear, you probably don't get the point.

One of these will get you thrown in jail...

frazzdaddy

DoubleEgger said:

nolaegghead said:

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

I don't get the point of owning $20k worth of lures and fishing gear when you just throw the poor bastards back in the water after catching them.

Let's just agree on: if you haven't owned a 200+ mph car or 20k worth of fishing gear, you probably don't get the point.

One of these will get you thrown in jail...

Not on a track... VIR...Atlanta, Charlotte. I have many customers that take their cars to VIR or several local tracks to drive.

BigreenGreg

nolaegghead said:

My buddy called me up tonight asking what I thought about the new Vette.  I told him it was the first Vette I liked since the early 60's.  He thanked me and after a quick discussion told me he was buying one.

After riding in my Friends 718 GTS, I'm loving the mid engine design as long as I don't have to work on it. It looks like a winner especially for the money.

I'm now calculating how much scotch and how many cigars I'll have to do without to get one... Looks like I'll be hanging on to the ol' Tahoe.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

DoubleEgger said:

frazzdaddy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

DMW said:

I'm waiting for this.

https://www.tesla.com/roadster

0 to 60 in under two seconds is absolutely insane.  

If ole Elon has done his homework you won't even hear the tires chirp. Rumor has it MB has a 200 mph electric SLR 

I just don’t get the point of a 200mph car. At least you can drive a boat as fast as you want. 

I don't get the point of owning $20k worth of lures and fishing gear when you just throw the poor bastards back in the water after catching them.

Let's just agree on: if you haven't owned a 200+ mph car or 20k worth of fishing gear, you probably don't get the point.

20k would just be the reels, right not taking the truck up to near150 mph, so 200 is out. having the ability to flip a hummer at 20 mph says i dont need to go 200

alaskanassasin

@milesvdustin Those are new tires, new this spring anyway. The loader operator did load my trailer all to that side but more likely the culprit was the scrap yard I had stopped at before picking up gravel.  Luckily I was close to home so I was able to round up a spare, bottle jacks and cordless impact.

CPFC1905

Imaging the future of Britain after Boris surged to power this morning.  I say surged, 92,000 people (form a population of 60 million) preferred him to another fella.  Only 46,000 liked the other lad.

Since BoJo was born in the US, is it too late to ask if you might like him back, at all?   Have you got space for a larger than life political leader who is fond of attention and is just a tiny bit prone to clumsy statements? 

Happy to sweeten the deal with a few minor Royals and tickets to the 1st Ashes Test at Edgbaston. (England currently marginal favourites, just FYI)

fishlessman

first we send over the fast food franchises to take over the fish and chip market, then we send in boris we are slowly taking over its all in the plans

fishlessman

maybe we can make a boras parade balloon to celebrate

AlbertaEgger

@nolaegghead there are lake boats, and there are river boats, but no, there are several different makes and styles of river boats out here. In the photo for example, all 4 of these boats are different, actually the far boat in the picture weighs around 1850 lbs, where as the closest one in this picture weighs around 3200 lbs. I guess you can tell from the picture, but if you saw them in person you would clearly see the different styles. They also perform completely different.

Acn

Kind of killing time on a Tuesday - tomorrow through Friday will be busy and I'm heading to Maine on Saturday, but today is pretty blah.

CPFC1905

fishlessman said:

maybe we can make a boras parade balloon to celebrate

JohnInCarolina

CPFC1905 said:

Since BoJo was born in the US, is it too late to ask if you might like him back, at all?   Have you got space for a larger than life political leader who is fond of attention and is just a tiny bit prone to clumsy statements? 

we're talking about this guy, right?

https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/1067433184130809859?s=20