"...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
That seriously pissed me off.
As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
looking BMW at the next traffic light. I revved the old bitch up with
the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary european
sidekick.
Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
You know what, though? Thanks to the fact that there wasn't another
light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
I got arrested - at 120.
I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
games.
I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
tom
On Oct 1, 4:28=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Pat Barber" wrote:
> > You have not had to fill up a
> > Chevy 2500 truck lately huh Lew ???
>
> Not really.
>
> About the only thing that clicks are 18 wheelers with 100+ gallon
> saddle tanks and $5/gal diesel which translates into more than
> $1K/fill up (GULP)
>
> Lew
Here's one for you, Lew. <G>
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/10/the-ford-domina.html
What a laugh. And I totally enjoyed the comments at the bottom of the
article.
(btw.. I /know/ it is not a genuine product in the Ford line-up, but
it would sell.)
On Oct 2, 12:00=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote:
>
> Here's one for you, Lew. <G>
>
> http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/10/the-ford-domina.html
>
> What a laugh. And I totally enjoyed the comments at the bottom of the
> article.
>
> (btw.. I /know/ it is not a genuine product in the Ford line-up, but
> it would sell.)
>
> Bubba would love it.<G>
>
I see a distinction between transport and sport. I spend as little as
I can on transportation, but will spend on a fun drive through twisty
roads with gobs of power at my foot.
I think I have a better understanding now of what a bubba is. He's the
guy that paints a big number '3' or '28' or what have you on his car/
truck and then goes to the races with all his right-wing near-beer
swilling buddies and watch all those NASCAR driver trying to get all
those right-wing thoughts out of their heads by turning left for a
couple of hours.
*smirk*
r
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in news:CriEk.929$Dk4.84
@nwrddc02.gnilink.net:
> Tom Watson wrote:
>
>> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
>> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>>
>>
>> That seriously pissed me off.
>
> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>
> Lew
>
>
I think the elements are in place for alternate energy sources, but
viable commercial progress is slow. Right now, it appears to me that the
most viable alternate energy is electricity, whether from recovering
energy (regenerative braking) or using the sun's energy more wisely.
One area where I think there could be major improvement is utilizing
waste heat. Anyone care to install a lava lamp on their tailpipe?
Puckdropper
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On Sep 30, 9:39=A0am, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> more of the same.>
>
> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to some=
one
> that hates us.
>
> cm
Agreed, but it still wouldn't be an alternate source. Just another
hole in the ground. Is Platform B really an alternate source to
Platform C, even though they are parked side by side in the Gulf?
At the risk of getting caught up in semantics, maybe it's the old
alternate vs alternative chapter from my Elements Of Style booklet.
We need to focus on alternative sources, not alternate (finite)
sources.
I think I got that right this time....
cm wrote:
> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> more of the same.>
>
> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to someone
> that hates us.
>
> cm
>
>
Sort of. We'd still pay taxes, which means some of the money would
end up in the hands of the Democrats...
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Maxwell Lol wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
>> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>
> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
And some tell me (and others) that this is nonsense, and they
can be pumping in far less time than that. Why don't we give
them a chance to show us?
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Doug Brown wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:0e2f815a-0716-4a4d-83f1-ce0f3eb4721d@e17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 30, 9:39 am, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
>> more of the same.>
>>
>> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to
>> someone
>> that hates us.
>>
>> cm
>
> Agreed, but it still wouldn't be an alternate source. Just another
> hole in the ground. Is Platform B really an alternate source to
> Platform C, even though they are parked side by side in the Gulf?
>
> At the risk of getting caught up in semantics, maybe it's the old
> alternate vs alternative chapter from my Elements Of Style booklet.
+1 For a Strunk & White reference. Bravo!
>
> We need to focus on alternative sources, not alternate (finite)
> sources.
>
> I think I got that right this time....
OK, grammar correct (I think), but it's arguable that this is
still in the fantasy stage.
>
> You do realize that the USA gets more of it's oil from Canada than from any
> other source, right! And while some of us are at times ambivalent to the US
> most of us don't hate you ;).
As a recovering Canadian, I know the US is held with sort of mix
of bemusement, irritation, and love - kind of like how our spouses
probably see us. OTOH, I'd much rather send my money North than to
pests like Chavez...
Uh, take off ya hoser ... get a new tuke ...
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On Sep 29, 8:21=A0pm, Tim Daneliuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tom Watson wrote:
> > "...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>
> > I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
> > Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>
> > That seriously pissed me off.
>
> > As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
> > looking BMW at the next traffic light. =A0I revved the old bitch up wit=
h
> > the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary european
> > sidekick.
>
> > Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
>
> > You know what, though? =A0Thanks to the fact that there wasn't another
> > light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
> > gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
> > prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
>
> > He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
> > I got arrested - at 120.
>
> > I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
> > games.
>
> > I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>
> > I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
>
> > tom
>
> You are my new hero ...
>
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"I'm taking little white pills and mhy eyes are open wide."
On Sep 30, 9:23=A0am, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jeeezus ... do you guys have to turn every goddamn thread into a fucking
> political pissing contest!?
Apparently, yes. Like the other groups and forums where I
participate, this is a disease that will be with us at least until the
elections are over, at which point the tone will change to "don't
blame me, I didn't vote for him" and "ha, ha, ha, we won".
Long, loud, incisive, sarcastic discourse will follow along with a lot
of hurt feelings.
Finally, the group hijackers and bullies will ruin it altogether.
I was enjoying the thread thinking of Tom whom I know only from here,
getting a ticket while showing some whippersnapper up, only to pay for
it. The irony was dripping, man was I laughing about how much I
related to that one.
Then -
<<Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell. >>
Buzz kill. Fun kill.
This group is starting to be like an old retirement home with a lot of
unhappy residents. NOTHING can go right, and they don't care about
anything but their own agenda.
More of that noise shit I commented on earlier.
Robert
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Tom Watson wrote:
>
>> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
>> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>>
>> That seriously pissed me off.
>
> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
It appears it'll take worse than that - and I wonder how many of the
homes built during the housing "bubble" were super-insulated (as
compared to the number that barely met minimum code requirements)...
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Puckdropper" wrote:
>> One area where I think there could be major improvement is utilizing
>> waste heat. Anyone care to install a lava lamp on their tailpipe?
>
> About all I remember from my thermodynamics classes is the Mollier
> diagram (Enthalpy vs Entropy for water) and it's use in analyzing
> steam generation for electricity generation as well as the basic
> thermo process for converting fuel into usable mechanical energy
> (Internal Combustion Engine).
>
> Both were low efficiency (20% was considered good back then) thus very
> wasteful, but fuel was cheap and emissions were ignored.
>
> Times have changed.
Yes. There is a lot of re-thinking being done (and yet to do) - and
we're seeing a revival of interest in external combustion engines that
can be driven with solar energy without fuel and without emissions.
Puckdropper's comment prompts a quip that "waste heat" is an obsolete
term - it's now "recovered", "secondary use", or "foolishly /wasted/
heat". :-)
--
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DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in
news:4b8aa81f-991b-46bc-8462-ba3baa9d27e0@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
> On Oct 1, 7:05 am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>> > On Sep 30, 6:50 am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
>> >> > Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
>> >> > developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>>
>> >> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
>> >> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>>
>> > But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
>> > more of the same.
>>
>> I'm just saying that ANY proposal will take years before it's useful.
>> The only short term fix is to reduce consumption. Carpool,
>> telecomute, et
> c.
>
> In a similar vein as Clarke's response, carpooling doesn't work for
> people who walk to work, children who don't drive. Carpooling doesn't
> work for bus-drivers either...or truckers..and more of such silly
> shiat. I kid, I kid....
*snip*
What do you call trucks carpooling? A train.
If you do something like the road-railers or Triple Crown does, you don't
even need to pick the trailer up at a yard. A quiet stretch of tracks
would be enough to remove the trailer and send it on to its destination.
(I don't know that they ever do this... but...)
Puckdropper
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Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote in
news:827e2187-ecec-474a-9ec0-01577f48e4c8@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
> On Oct 1, 10:37 am, "NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>> news:4b8aa81f-991b-46bc-8462-ba3baa9d27e0@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com
>> ...
>>
>> But freight?
>> Easily handled by rail... at least a great big chunk of it. There is
>> a network in place already that can be used while the expansion and
>> electrification is underway. All you have to do is look at what it
>> costs to send a 20 ton 40-foot container from LA to NY via rail and
>> via truck.. in terms of fuel consumed.
>>
>> Locomotives, the original hybrids. V16 and V20 diesels with pistons
>> 10 inches in diameter, turbochargers all to power a generator and a
>> compressor.
>>
>> Dave in Houston
>
> <G>...or you could power a train with one of these... (image is large)
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/207196main_soyuz_full.JPG
That's a "rocket sled on rails"
From /Convoy/:
"Well we rolled up interstate fourty-four
"Like a rocket sled on rails
Puckdropper
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On Oct 1, 7:05=A0am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
> > On Sep 30, 6:50=A0am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
> >> > Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> >> > developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>
> >> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
> >> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>
> > But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> > more of the same.
>
> I'm just saying that ANY proposal will take years before it's useful.
> The only short term fix is to reduce consumption. Carpool, telecomute, et=
c.
In a similar vein as Clarke's response, carpooling doesn't work for
people who walk to work, children who don't drive. Carpooling doesn't
work for bus-drivers either...or truckers..and more of such silly
shiat. I kid, I kid....
The europeans, and other people in countries elsewhere, haven't had
the 'luxury' of wasting energy, for a long time already. They have
developed some good ideas, like electrification and high speed
railroads. Expensive you say? ... naaaa, you can do a lot with 700
billion.
I absolutely agree on reducing consumption. A lot of that can be done
immediately, but what is lacking is the mindset. Too many people
(myself included) don't want to have to deal with missing the bus are
having to rush like crazy to make the train on time. But freight?
Easily handled by rail... at least a great big chunk of it. There is a
network in place already that can be used while the expansion and
electrification is underway. All you have to do is look at what it
costs to send a 20 ton 40-foot container from LA to NY via rail and
via truck.. in terms of fuel consumed.
In article
<f532a93b-faf5-4340-b5ce-fd434788b753@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> You know what, though? Thanks to the fact that there wasn't another
> light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
> gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
> prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
He probably just decided to stick to the speed limit.
--
Stuart Winsor
For Barn dances and folk evenings in the Coventry and Warwickshire area
See: http://www.barndance.org.uk
In article <[email protected]>,
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
Count yourselves lucky, in the UK diesel is over $2 per /litre/
To fill the 77litre tank of my car costs $172
--
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For Barn dances and folk evenings in the Coventry and Warwickshire area
See: http://www.barndance.org.uk
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0e2f815a-0716-4a4d-83f1-ce0f3eb4721d@e17g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
On Sep 30, 9:39 am, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> more of the same.>
>
> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to
> someone
> that hates us.
>
> cm
Agreed, but it still wouldn't be an alternate source. Just another
hole in the ground. Is Platform B really an alternate source to
Platform C, even though they are parked side by side in the Gulf?
At the risk of getting caught up in semantics, maybe it's the old
alternate vs alternative chapter from my Elements Of Style booklet.
We need to focus on alternative sources, not alternate (finite)
sources.
I think I got that right this time....
You do realize that the USA gets more of it's oil from Canada than from any
other source, right! And while some of us are at times ambivalent to the US
most of us don't hate you ;).
On Sep 29, 8:17=A0pm, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
> I got arrested - at 120.
...then I woke up...
...with my hands on the wheel of my beat up 5 1/2 cylinder f150 with
the blown headgasket and the cancer spots on the rockers...
...the one that had never been driven over 90...
...had it all been a dream?
...I looked at the receipt for the gas...
... not dream...nightmare...
...i drove home and read myself to sleep...
...some book about a guy named Mitty, or some such...
...
...
...
t.
Tim,
That's funny as heck!!!
cm
"Tim Daneliuk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> cm wrote:
>> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
>> more of the same.>
>>
>> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to
>> someone
>> that hates us.
>>
>> cm
>>
>>
>
> Sort of. We'd still pay taxes, which means some of the money would
> end up in the hands of the Democrats...
>
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On Oct 2, 3:17=A0pm, [email protected] (Scott Lurndal) wrote:
> Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
> >On Oct 2, 12:00=3DA0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> "Robatoy" wrote:
>
> >> Here's one for you, Lew. <G>
>
> >>http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/10/the-ford-domina.html
>
> >> What a laugh. And I totally enjoyed the comments at the bottom of the
> >> article.
>
> >> (btw.. I /know/ it is not a genuine product in the Ford line-up, but
> >> it would sell.)
>
> >> Bubba would love it.<G>
>
> >I see a distinction between transport and sport. I spend as little as
> >I can on transportation, but will spend on a fun drive through twisty
> >roads with gobs of power at my foot.
>
> >I think I have a better understanding now of what a bubba is. He's the
> >guy that paints a big number '3' or '28' or what have you on his car/
> >truck and then goes to the races with all his right-wing near-beer
> >swilling buddies and watch all those NASCAR driver trying to get all
> >those right-wing thoughts out of their heads by turning left for a
> >couple of hours.
>
> Not beer, wiskey:
>
> http://www.headbubba.com/
Yabbut... what is a F 1 link doing on a bubba's page? That style of
racing actually requires skill and strategy, not to mention serious
technology.
<g,d&r>
On Sep 30, 10:23=A0am, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote
>
> > On Sep 30, 6:50 am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
> >> > Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> >> > developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>
> >> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
> >> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>
> > But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> > more of the same.
>
> Jeeezus ... do you guys have to turn every goddamn thread into a fucking
> political pissing contest!?
>
> --www.e-woodshop.net
> Last update: 8/18/08
> KarlC@ (the obvious)
This thread started with a gas guzzling pick up traveling at 120 MPH.
Then somebody proposed to start drilling off-shore to keep that pick-
up going?
Was that wrong?
Did I miss something?
But you're right, Tom should have labeled the thread OT.
Ultimately, it will all be Tim's fault anyway.
<g,d&r>
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT), Tom Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>"...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>
Funny timing... I was working on that song last night, for tonight's gig..
I don't do stuff like you did with the Beemer, Tom, diesel is too expensive...
That's why our lil' Dodge Dakota with the 4.7L is fun sometimes.. blow off folks
without using a lot for fuel.. lol
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
On Oct 1, 10:37=A0am, "NuWave Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:4b8aa81f-991b-46bc-8462-ba3baa9d27e0@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> But freight?
> Easily handled by rail... at least a great big chunk of it. There is a
> network in place already that can be used while the expansion and
> electrification is underway. All you have to do is look at what it
> costs to send a 20 ton 40-foot container from LA to NY via rail and
> via truck.. in terms of fuel consumed.
>
> Locomotives, the original hybrids. =A0V16 and V20 diesels with pistons 10
> inches in diameter, turbochargers all to power a generator and a
> compressor.
>
> Dave in Houston
<G>...or you could power a train with one of these... (image is large)
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/207196main_soyuz_full.JPG
On Sep 29, 8:33=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What burns my butt is that I used to be able to run a Lincoln for a
> month on what it costs to fill up my motorcycle these days.
>
1968 or so, college, used to fill up the 10 gallon tank on my Karmann
Ghia for $2.50 (the whole tank, not per gallon) during the sporadic
"gas wars" (that phrase has taken on a whole different meaning now).
Jerry
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> writes:
>> I'm just saying that ANY proposal will take years before it's
>> useful.
>> The only short term fix is to reduce consumption. Carpool,
>> telecomute, etc.
>
> Carpooling doesn't work for people who are on-call.
>
> Try to fix a busted pipe by telecommuting.
If you can't think of any more examples, I can offer a few.
That's what the "etc." means.
Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sep 30, 6:50Â am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
>> > Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
>> > developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>>
>> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
>> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>
> But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> more of the same.
I'm just saying that ANY proposal will take years before it's useful.
The only short term fix is to reduce consumption. Carpool, telecomute, etc.
Robatoy wrote:
> On Sep 30, 10:23 am, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" wrote
>>
>>> On Sep 30, 6:50 am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
>>>>> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
>>>>> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>>>> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
>>>> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>>> But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
>>> more of the same.
>> Jeeezus ... do you guys have to turn every goddamn thread into a fucking
>> political pissing contest!?
>>
>> --www.e-woodshop.net
>> Last update: 8/18/08
>> KarlC@ (the obvious)
>
> This thread started with a gas guzzling pick up traveling at 120 MPH.
> Then somebody proposed to start drilling off-shore to keep that pick-
> up going?
> Was that wrong?
> Did I miss something?
> But you're right, Tom should have labeled the thread OT.
> Ultimately, it will all be Tim's fault anyway.
> <g,d&r>
:)
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>"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>"I'm taking little white pills and mhy eyes are open wide."
Yeah, but how many people know what a "Georgia overdrive" is?
todd
It's always those dang semantics that always get me....... How about those
summer dresses? Saw another good one the other day. My wife has also went
back to the occasional summer dress after three years of cancer treatment.
Damn good to have her back.
cm
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Sep 30, 9:39 am, "cm" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> more of the same.>
>
> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to
> someone
> that hates us.
>
> cm
Agreed, but it still wouldn't be an alternate source. Just another
hole in the ground. Is Platform B really an alternate source to
Platform C, even though they are parked side by side in the Gulf?
At the risk of getting caught up in semantics, maybe it's the old
alternate vs alternative chapter from my Elements Of Style booklet.
We need to focus on alternative sources, not alternate (finite)
sources.
I think I got that right this time....
"Robatoy" wrote
> On Sep 30, 6:50 am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
>> > Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
>> > developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>>
>> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
>> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>
> But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
> more of the same.
Jeeezus ... do you guys have to turn every goddamn thread into a fucking
political pissing contest!?
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"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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But freight?
Easily handled by rail... at least a great big chunk of it. There is a
network in place already that can be used while the expansion and
electrification is underway. All you have to do is look at what it
costs to send a 20 ton 40-foot container from LA to NY via rail and
via truck.. in terms of fuel consumed.
Locomotives, the original hybrids. V16 and V20 diesels with pistons 10
inches in diameter, turbochargers all to power a generator and a
compressor.
Dave in Houston
You have not had to fill up a
Chevy 2500 truck lately huh Lew ???
With a 32 gallon tank and 3.66, it
is a tad more than $100.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Tom Watson wrote:
>
>> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
>> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>>
>>
>> That seriously pissed me off.
>
> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>
> Lew
>
>
"Robatoy" wrote:
Here's one for you, Lew. <G>
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/10/the-ford-domina.html
What a laugh. And I totally enjoyed the comments at the bottom of the
article.
(btw.. I /know/ it is not a genuine product in the Ford line-up, but
it would sell.)
Bubba would love it.<G>
As for me, have never been interested in vehicles other than as an
abolute necessity.
They are a piece of personal property with rapid depreciation that you
get in, drive 60,000 miles to the next dealer, get out and into
another one to start the process all over.
Lew
In article <8340d6dc-bd0b-417d-812d-4ce98e027088
@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, [email protected] says...
> On Sep 29, 8:33=A0pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>=20
> >
> > What burns my butt is that I used to be able to run a Lincoln for a
> > month on what it costs to fill up my motorcycle these days.
> >
>=20
> 1968 or so, college, used to fill up the 10 gallon tank on my Karmann
> Ghia for $2.50 (the whole tank, not per gallon) during the sporadic
> "gas wars" (that phrase has taken on a whole different meaning now).
Yeah, I remember making $1.60/hr too.
--=20
Keith
Heck I walked 6 miles uphill both ways on my hands and knees...... wait a
minute I didn't have hands and knees, I only had stubs. he he he.
cm
"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I remember paying 22.9 cents per gallon occasionally in my VDubya days --
>could barely get $2.00 worth of gas into that 10.6 gallon tank.
>
> Used to walk to 4 miles to school every day when I was a kid too. In the
> snow. Uphill. Both ways! :-)
>
> --Steve
>
>
> "Jerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:8340d6dc-bd0b-417d-812d-4ce98e027088@x35g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 29, 8:33 pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> What burns my butt is that I used to be able to run a Lincoln for a
>> month on what it costs to fill up my motorcycle these days.
>>
>
> 1968 or so, college, used to fill up the 10 gallon tank on my Karmann
> Ghia for $2.50 (the whole tank, not per gallon) during the sporadic
> "gas wars" (that phrase has taken on a whole different meaning now).
>
> Jerry
>
I remember paying 22.9 cents per gallon occasionally in my VDubya days --
could barely get $2.00 worth of gas into that 10.6 gallon tank.
Used to walk to 4 miles to school every day when I was a kid too. In the
snow. Uphill. Both ways! :-)
--Steve
"Jerry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Sep 29, 8:33 pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What burns my butt is that I used to be able to run a Lincoln for a
> month on what it costs to fill up my motorcycle these days.
>
1968 or so, college, used to fill up the 10 gallon tank on my Karmann
Ghia for $2.50 (the whole tank, not per gallon) during the sporadic
"gas wars" (that phrase has taken on a whole different meaning now).
Jerry
Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>On Oct 2, 12:00=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Robatoy" wrote:
>>
>> Here's one for you, Lew. <G>
>>
>> http://www.moonofalabama.org/2008/10/the-ford-domina.html
>>
>> What a laugh. And I totally enjoyed the comments at the bottom of the
>> article.
>>
>> (btw.. I /know/ it is not a genuine product in the Ford line-up, but
>> it would sell.)
>>
>> Bubba would love it.<G>
>>
>I see a distinction between transport and sport. I spend as little as
>I can on transportation, but will spend on a fun drive through twisty
>roads with gobs of power at my foot.
>
>I think I have a better understanding now of what a bubba is. He's the
>guy that paints a big number '3' or '28' or what have you on his car/
>truck and then goes to the races with all his right-wing near-beer
>swilling buddies and watch all those NASCAR driver trying to get all
>those right-wing thoughts out of their heads by turning left for a
>couple of hours.
Not beer, wiskey:
http://www.headbubba.com/
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Tom Watson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sep 29, 9:24Â pm, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>>
>> That was YOU??
>
>
>"My rig's a little rusty but that don't mean she's slow."
>
>
Dave Dudley's still my favourite rendition:
Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh,
Rollin' down the Eastern Seaboard.
I've got my diesel wound up,
And she's running like never before.
There's a speed zone ahead, all right,
I don't see a cop in sight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
I got ten forward gears,
And a Georgia overdrive.
I'm taking little white pills,
And my eyes are open wide.
I just passed a 'Jimmy' and a 'White':
I've been passin' everything in sight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
Well, it seems like a month,
Since I kissed my baby good-bye.
I could have a lot of women,
But I'm not like some other guys.
I could find one to hold me tight,
But I could never believe that it's right.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
I.C.C. is checking on down the line.
I'm a little overweight and my log's three days behind.
But nothing bothers me tonight.
I can dodge all the scales all right,
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
Well my rig's a little old,
But that don't mean she's slow.
There's a flame from her stack,
And the smoke's rolling black as coal.
My hometown's coming in sight,
If you think I'm happy your right.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
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On Sep 29, 9:24=A0pm, Zz Yzx <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>
> That was YOU??
"My rig's a little rusty but that don't mean she's slow."
cm wrote:
> Tim,
>
> That's funny as heck!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4
>
> cm
> "Tim Daneliuk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> cm wrote:
>>> <But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
>>> more of the same.>
>>>
>>> Not exactly.... every dollar we spend on our own oil would NOT go to
>>> someone
>>> that hates us.
>>>
>>> cm
>>>
>>>
>> Sort of. We'd still pay taxes, which means some of the money would
>> end up in the hands of the Democrats...
>>
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On Sep 30, 6:50=A0am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
> > Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
> > developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>
> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
more of the same.
On Sep 29, 9:02=A0pm, Tim Daneliuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tom Watson wrote:
> > On Sep 29, 8:21 pm, Tim Daneliuk <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Tom Watson wrote:
> >>> "...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
> >>> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
> >>> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
> >>> That seriously pissed me off.
> >>> As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
> >>> looking BMW at the next traffic light. =A0I revved the old bitch up w=
ith
> >>> the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary european
> >>> sidekick.
> >>> Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
> >>> You know what, though? =A0Thanks to the fact that there wasn't anothe=
r
> >>> light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
> >>> gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
> >>> prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
> >>> He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
> >>> I got arrested - at 120.
> >>> I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
> >>> games.
> >>> I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
> >>> I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
> >>> tom
> >> You are my new hero ...
>
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> > "I'm taking little white pills and mhy eyes are open wide."
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Agreed. But it lacks the properly piquant irony.
I'll have to go with the one from my old Ricky album.
On Sep 29, 8:45=A0pm, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "I'm taking little white pills and mhy eyes are open wide."
And 2 miles down the road you had to stop and get more gas. . . LOL
Well the ICC is checking on down the line
I'm a little overweight and my log books are way behind
But nothing bothers me tonight, I can dodge all the scales all right
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight
Cheers
Jim
> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT), Tom Watson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>>
>>
>> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
>> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>>
>
>> That seriously pissed me off.
>
> What REALLY burns my butt is when it takes $70 to fill a PT
> Cruizer!!!
What burns my butt is that I used to be able to run a Lincoln for a
month on what it costs to fill up my motorcycle these days.
>> As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
>> looking BMW at the next traffic light. I revved the old bitch up
>> with the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary
>> european sidekick.
>>
>> Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
>>
>> You know what, though? Thanks to the fact that there wasn't
>> another
>> light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a
>> low
>> gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
>> prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
>>
>> He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off
>> before
>> I got arrested - at 120.
>>
>> I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
>> games.
>>
>> I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>>
>> I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
>>
>>
>>
>> tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
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"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>
>
> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>
> That seriously pissed me off.
What you should be pissed off about is the 700 billion a year we send out of
our country to pay for that oil.
I'm in the mid east, you would not believe how YOUR money is spent.
Maxwell Lol wrote:
> Robatoy <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> On Sep 30, 6:50 am, Maxwell Lol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> Hope it doesn't take $100/tank before the USA gets serious about
>>>> developing alternate energy sources, but time will tell.
>>>
>>> Don't expect overnight changes. Some tell me that offshore
>>> drilling will take 10 years before we see any impact at the pump.
>>
>> But that wouldn't be an alternate energy source, That would just be
>> more of the same.
>
> I'm just saying that ANY proposal will take years before it's
> useful.
> The only short term fix is to reduce consumption. Carpool,
> telecomute, etc.
Carpooling doesn't work for people who are on-call.
Try to fix a busted pipe by telecommuting.
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Maxwell Lol wrote:
> "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>> I'm just saying that ANY proposal will take years before it's
>>> useful.
>>> The only short term fix is to reduce consumption. Carpool,
>>> telecomute, etc.
>>
>> Carpooling doesn't work for people who are on-call.
>>
>> Try to fix a busted pipe by telecommuting.
>
> If you can't think of any more examples, I can offer a few.
> That's what the "etc." means.
I can think of plenty of examples where it is not an option. Most of
my working life I have had jobs where I worked irregular hours and
don't go to the same place every day, I ride a motorcycle anytime
there's not snow or ice on the road and I don't have to carry more
than it can handle, and people still preach at me about how I should
be carpooling and telecommuting and the like.
I've gotten to the point that I am just plain sick and tired of people
preaching about this crap. It's a band-aid for the lack of foresight
that let us remain dependent on fossil petroleum even though nuclear
has been a viable alternative for baseload power for half a century.
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"Puckdropper" wrote:
> I think the elements are in place for alternate energy sources, but
> viable commercial progress is slow.
The technology is in place to use CNG as a bridge fuel for
transportation, thus reducing some of the pressure on oil.
Needs a better distribution system to be viable.
> Right now, it appears to me that the
> most viable alternate energy is electricity, whether from recovering
> energy (regenerative braking) or using the sun's energy more wisely.
I'm a member of the "All options are open" club".
Wind, solar, hydro, hydrogen, etc.
Coal has major possibilities, but also major disposal issues.
Maybe coal gasification?
Even nuclear if the disposal issue is solved; however, stuffing the
waste into Yucca mountain leaves a lot to be desired.
> One area where I think there could be major improvement is utilizing
> waste heat. Anyone care to install a lava lamp on their tailpipe?
About all I remember from my thermodynamics classes is the Mollier
diagram (Enthalpy vs Entropy for water) and it's use in analyzing
steam generation for electricity generation as well as the basic
thermo process for converting fuel into usable mechanical energy
(Internal Combustion Engine).
Both were low efficiency (20% was considered good back then) thus very
wasteful, but fuel was cheap and emissions were ignored.
Times have changed.
Lew
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT), Tom Watson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>
>
>I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
>Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>
>That seriously pissed me off.
What REALLY burns my butt is when it takes $70 to fill a PT Cruizer!!!
>
>As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
>looking BMW at the next traffic light. I revved the old bitch up with
>the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary european
>sidekick.
>
>Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
>
>You know what, though? Thanks to the fact that there wasn't another
>light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
>gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
>prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
>
>He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
>I got arrested - at 120.
>
>I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
>games.
>
>I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>
>I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
>
>
>
>tom
>
>
>
>
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Tom Watson wrote:
> On Sep 29, 8:21 pm, Tim Daneliuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Tom Watson wrote:
>>> "...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>>> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
>>> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>>> That seriously pissed me off.
>>> As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
>>> looking BMW at the next traffic light. I revved the old bitch up with
>>> the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary european
>>> sidekick.
>>> Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
>>> You know what, though? Thanks to the fact that there wasn't another
>>> light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
>>> gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
>>> prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
>>> He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
>>> I got arrested - at 120.
>>> I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
>>> games.
>>> I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>>> I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
>>> tom
>> You are my new hero ...
>>
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> "I'm taking little white pills and mhy eyes are open wide."
I rather like the George Thorogood cover of this tune ...
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:50:07 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Even nuclear if the disposal issue is solved; however, stuffing the
>waste into Yucca mountain leaves a lot to be desired.
I hate to get involved in what is essentially a political thread,
but....
Former WA. State governor Dixie Lee Ray (a huge proponent of nuclear
energy) once said that we needed to carefully store all of our nuclear
waste because sooner or later we would figure out how to extract the
remaining energy from it and it would be a tremendously valuable
resource.
The thing on nuclear waste is that it is really pretty benign
compared to what fossil fuels are doing to us.
--
"We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
Tom Watson wrote:
> "...I got my diesel wound up and she's runnin' like never before"
>
>
> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
>
> That seriously pissed me off.
>
> As an act of revenge I pulled up next to some gay ass sports car
> looking BMW at the next traffic light. I revved the old bitch up with
> the obvious intent of blowing the doors off of my temporary european
> sidekick.
>
> Didn't that little bastard get out of the hole faster than me?
>
> You know what, though? Thanks to the fact that there wasn't another
> light for about two miles, and also owing to what happens when a low
> gear ratio shifts out, I sucked the wind out of that little foreign
> prick about a half mile later and just kept walkin'.
>
> He was a pin point of light when I finally decided to pull off before
> I got arrested - at 120.
>
> I'm fifty eight years old and should not be playing these kind of
> games.
>
> I gotta tell you - I really enjoyed that one.
>
> I guess the economy is starting to get to me.
>
>
>
> tom
>
>
>
>
>
You are my new hero ...
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"Pat Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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: You have not had to fill up a
: Chevy 2500 truck lately huh Lew ???
:
: With a 32 gallon tank and 3.66, it
: is a tad more than $100.
:
:
: Lew Hodgett wrote:
: > Tom Watson wrote:
: >
: >> I just spent sixty two dollars to fill up my old F150 8 Cylinder
: >> Detroit Iron Slamma Jamma.
: >>
: >>
: >> That seriously pissed me off.
Try $150 for 35 gallons of diesel.
Dave in Houston