The anything thread.

[StefanOnHisS10]

Wow that does look top of the world indeed. Nice pic!

 

[cyclemike4]

Lots of credit to the kicker that I don't know what his name is but Smoking Joe Burrow got him in field goal range.

Burrow has done a great job of getting him into field goal range that is very true but a lot of his kicks have been very long range this year. Here is a interesting fact about the kicker. I forgot his name right now too for some reason. Any way his older brother held the Florida state record for longest field goal till he started kicking and he set it at 62 yards. He held that record till his little brother started kicking and he has it as 72 yards. They have a real boot in that family.

 

[cyclemike4]

Oh yea Evan McPherson is the name of the kicker.

 

[cyclemike4]

Just read that 12 of McPherson's field goals have been over 50 yards. Pretty good kicker! Go Bengals.

 

[Sierra1]

IIRC, there was a list of players' "scored points". Kickers were the stop scorers of all time.

 

[Dr Ratbagg]

 

[Dirt_Dad]

Absolutely love Mt. Washington. It's always part of the conversation when discussing my very favorite roads.

Taking the train up is worth doing at least once, but a bike on that road is close to riding perfection. Usually when DM and I get back to the bottom she'll ask me if I want to run up it one more time. Yup, I do. She'll stay down and I'll be back in a bit. Love that ride.

 

[StefanOnHisS10]

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Sanka, you dead?

 

[Sierra1]

Absolutely love Mt. Washington. It's always part of the conversation when discussing my very favorite roads. . . .

Same here. I drove it back in the late '80s in a Mazda B2000. Started up the hill in third gear . . . . ended up in first. Steep hill, and small motor do not match well. Still loved the drive. From recent pictures I've seen, they've paved a lot of the road. It was dirt back then.

 

[Sierra1]

And now, something totally different: Approved for use in Slovakia.

 

[Dirt_Dad]

Cool novelty vehicle.

i'm of the opinion a flying car will never go beyond a toy for very wealthy people. Nothing wrong with that, just have to understand it's for fun dreaming only.

 

[Sierra1]

Yeah, they didn't post the price tag.

 

[Checkswrecks]

And now, something totally different: Approved for use in Slovakia.

Flying cars have been tried for decades and always come to the same problems with respect to hp, torque, weight, complexity, and cost.
This was Molt Taylor's in 1949 and he made a number of them over the years:

The car needs a LOT less hp and less hp/torque than an airplane engine, so the flying Pinto towed a wing and engine assembly.
That design ended badly.

 

[~TABASCO~]

 

[WJBertrand]

Wow, I knew they can get hot, especially when failing, but that’s crazy! When ours failed in our 2011 Rav4, it made a whirring noise and got hot enough to smell like it was burning. It was also quite hot to the touch when I went to replace it.


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[Checkswrecks]

 

[Sierra1]

I have just the neighbor. All I need is a ton of snow.

 

[StefanOnHisS10]

I have just the neighbor. All I need is a ton of snow.

In the news here was that Texas had serious snowfall/winter. How is it in your opinion?

 

[Sierra1]

Last year . . . . when our power grid crashed . . . . less than a foot of snow/ice. Last week after two days of cold . . . . less than 6". We are more prone to ice than snow. We've had 44.3" of snow . . . . accumulated over the last 20 years. 17.3" coming in on '09-'10. Our nemesis is ice. As you know, it doesn't take much to cause problems. Last week, our power outages were due to trees icing over, and falling on power lines.

 

[tntmo]

Our nemesis is ice.

It wouldn't have been such an issue if you would just stop, collaborate and listen.