Car Thread

[rogruth]

I am old and still have not heard all of the kind of music I do like for sure.
I don't need to expand my listening.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I am old and still have not heard all of the kind of music I do like for sure.
I don't need to expand my listening.

You're only as old as the woman you feel

[rogruth]

I am old and still have not heard all of the kind of music I do like for sure.
I don't need to expand my listening.

You're only as old as the woman you feel

That's old.

[healey36]

Fifth Avenue, NYC, October 25, 1917, Liberty-bond drive:



A British Mk IV tank, I bet this thing left a few marks on the pavement. It was eventually taken to Aberdeen Proving Grounds where it was on display up until a few years ago when the armor collection there was consolidated and shipped south and west as part of the BRAC program.

Healey

[MurphOnMillerAve]

A NYC and American legend I accept: Flatiron building in the background; 23rd the cross-street, the whole site the origin of the expression from that time of, "Twenty-three skidoo!" Women's skirts billowing upward exposing knees; men standing with backs against the Flatiron ogling; cops shooing.

[HONDO74]

A NYC and American legend I accept: Flatiron building in the background; 23rd the cross-street, the whole site the origin of the expression from that time of, "Twenty-three skidoo!" Women's skirts billowing upward exposing knees; men standing with backs against the Flatiron ogling; cops shooing.

Due to the geography of the site, with Broadway on one side, Fifth Avenue on the other, and the open expanse of Madison Square and the park in front of it, the wind currents around the building could be treacherous. Wind from the north would split around the building, downdrafts from above and updrafts from the vaulted area under the street would combine to make the wind unpredictable.This is said to have given rise to the phrase "23 skidoo", from what policemen would shout at men who tried to get glimpses of women's dresses being blown up by the winds swirling around the building due to the strong downdrafts.

What could have been....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEaTTOAV-5U

[rogruth]

Ms. Monroe was very well put together.
IMHO a better actress than given credit for.
I thought that her last movie with Clark Gable and,I think, Montgomery Clift was very well done
although the critics didn't like it. It was too down for them. It was about catching mustangs, the
horse type, in the Nevada desert. If I recall the movie led to banning these practices.
This may have been the last movie for all three of them but I don't think so.

[healey36]

Sort of a car story...

Some of you may remember about five years ago I was driving home from work late one night and took an owl off the windshield. Long story short, I picked him up, wrapped him in a blanket and took him to a vet buddy. While he initially looked half-dead, he quickly rejuvenated in the back seat of my Pontiac which, in hindsight, was pretty hilarious. The vet patched him up, cost me $400+, then we sent him off to a raptor rescue down in Montgomery County on the Potomac for rehab.

Well, he's back. He now resides with a local raptor program for school kids here in Carroll County. He looks pretty good. A barred owl, they tell me, he's roughly eighteen years old now (thirteen when he bounced off my A-pillar), physically good but is a few bricks short of the full load. Motor-function is shot. Can only fly short distances and can't hunt, so he needs their help. They tell me he should live another ten years.

Anyway, here's a pic of the school-teacher nervously holding him (Spike):



The owl will probably outlive me, lol...

Healey

[Roy]

Tip for next time: hand off an injured wild animal to your local Animal Control. They have their own vets.

[healey36]

Good luck with that at 0230...

[webenda]

Car Thread Topic

Sunday, February 25, 2018, here in Arizona, John Force had a little engine trouble at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler, Arizona.

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This doesn't look good.

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Jonnie Lindberg, the driver of the other car, decides to deploy the brakes and parachute.

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Too late Jonnie.

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John Force had to go to a local hospital only because of NHRA race rules. Doctors looked at him and then released him.

All in a days work for a race car driver John Force?

[v8vega]

Remember this is at 300 MPH.
Everyone who is even remotely interested in hot rods and drag racing should see Top Fuel at least once, not for the chance of a wreck but for the unbelievable display of horsepower.

[HONDO74]

NHRA: Courtney Force wins, father John Force in frightening crash
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nhra-court ... ing-crash/

CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Courtney Force won the NHRA Arizona Nationals on Sunday after her 68-year-old racing great father escaped serious injury in a frightening engine explosion and crash. Courtney Force beat Tommy Johnson Jr. in the final round with a 3.834-second run at 337.16 mph. She won for the 10th time in Funny Car and first since Houston in 2016.

Courtney Force wins Funny Car final after father's terrible wreck | 2018 NHRA DRAG RACING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpGGJdcmt4o

[webenda]

We had an automatic shutoff that my guy on the starting line activated, and it didn’t shut the car off. We are going to address that with the vendor

This week (at Phoenix), I was knocked out (chuckles), but with my hard head, who cares?”

--John Force

Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/nhra/john-f ... z58Y1zS2CR

[E7]

I remember when Don "Big Daddy" Garlits was hoping to be the first person to take a rail sub 5 seconds. Didn't happen! Now they have Funny cars going in the 3's. Only way it can get a whole lot lower ET is if they use the "Way Back" machine! I can see the BIG "Mr. Peabody" logo on the side now! He could get there before he left!