Southern California - So Cal needs a long thread "What's Up?" type thread!

Hi SoCal ... Hi Happy.

Plan was to ride before work, but that didn't pan out. It's raining here in Man Jose.

Hi Ron. I was planning to ride but I have the sniffles.

Hi Ron. I was planning to ride but I have the sniffles.

damn ... I hate it when that happens.

HOORAY!

My car's back in the shop for 8 (yes, eight) issues.

Driving a pimp-daddy KIA Optima right now. WOOHOO!!

I had the distinct pleasure of declining the Enterprise insurance coverage...ensuring that the 'boiler-room' hardsalesman didn't get his $100 giftcard to Best Buy...after he tried to guilt me into it. Eff you, you dick.


Jeff: Since you're going to ask:
1. My fuel shuts off at 2 mph...nobody seems to know why...I've tried everything I know to fix it...but Chevy seems to think they have the answer. It happens in 1 out of every 4 or so starts...pulling away from a curb is an adventure every time.
2. My roof weatherstripping leaks. I was Joe Cool in the rain on Friday, with towels draped over me.
3. My oil pressure is reading 130 psi on my digital display...the analog gauge only goes to 80...oil pressure sensor might be bad.
4. When the transmission monkeys re-installed my new clutch, I now have a check engine light. I'm thinking the oxygen sensors weren't hooked up or were installed wrong.
5. Also, when the t-monkeys dropped the rear-end, they misaligned my exhaust tips. It looks totally rice right now.
6. My AM/FM reception is godawful. I'm hoping someone will have sympathy on me and just fix it out of the kindness of their hearts.
7. I'm having their 'transmission expert professional guru-man' take my car for a shakedown drive. Just to make sure the t-monkeys did their fing job right.
8. Lastly, on the hottest days, the driver's side air conditioning is hot, while the passenger's side is ice cold. The diagnosis is that one of the divertor doors isn't actuating.

So...I've been living with most of these problems since I've owned the car. Stupid, small issues that finally irked me enough to throw money at it.

But, I just got my Xmas bonus yesterday...so Happy Hannukah, everybody. (starts today, right?)

Dreidel

I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Then dreidel I shall play.


Chorus:
Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
I made it out of clay,
Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,
Then dreidel I shall play.


It has a lovely body,
With legs so short and thin,
And when it is all tired
It drops and then I win.


(chorus)

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
With legs so short and thin
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
It drops and then I win.


(chorus)

My dreidel's always playful,
It loves to dance and spin
A happy game of dreidel
Come play, now let's begin.


Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
It loves to dance and spin.
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
Come play now, let's begin.

"It has a lovely body,
With legs so short and thin,
And when it is all tired
It drops and then I win. "


Seriously?!!! :roflmao:

So Happy Hannukah, everybody. (starts today, right?)

Yep. Sunset tonight. Happy Hanukkah!!! :)

"It has a lovely body,
With legs so short and thin,
And when it is all tired
It drops and then I win. "



I mean...c'mon!

I'm picturing Go_Fast whispering this in the darkness somewhere.

I mean...c'mon!

I'm picturing Go_Fast whispering this in the darkness somewhere.

http://www.linkbunnies.org/images/other/jame_gumb.jpg

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9748/gollumka4.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/2005624302389479735_rs.jpg

is she hot? I'll move in w/ herr

Thanks for posting this Ovo, I was thinking the same thing! :D

Ok, so I'll be 3rd on the waiting list. :lol:

is she hot? I'll move in w/ herr

WAY too hot for you ovo. And she doesn't care for guys who spend all their time filling potholes on the street. :)

mo you car has bad mojo now, at least it still looks good:p

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9748/gollumka4.jpg


http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/criminal_mind/psychology/serial_killer_art/6-2-Gacy-as-Pogo-the-Clown.jpg

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i'm blind. can't find the burrito thread.

i'm blind. can't find the burrito thread.http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=361153

mo you car has bad mojo now, at least it still looks good:p

I keep pushing up the day 'til I sell it. This is farking ridiculous.

Besides, I'm going to need 4 seats soon for the kids and so I can take my wife's SUV to do fun things. I'm looking at that new Infiniti G37 coupe. It's the only 2 door, 4 seater that I actually like.

you da man, dave. you da man.

I keep pushing up the day 'til I sell it. This is farking ridiculous.

Besides, I'm going to need 4 seats soon for the kids and so I can take my wife's SUV to do fun things. I'm looking at that new Infiniti G37 coupe. It's the only 2 door, 4 seater that I actually like.

or get the 4dr G35. The G37 is NICE though:D You can always get a 07' WRX Sti for about 30k, 4dr
320hp AWD, 6 speed;) Don't recommend the new EVO's they look gay:beer: But its a lil different market the G series.

I'll want an AT for my next car. Wife probably accelerated the need for a new clutch on the Vette. ;) Besides, I can guarantee at least 15 miles of slow-n-go traffic on my afternoon commute, and my left leg is getting disproportionally huge compared to the right. :(

ps. The 4-doors are meh. They look too much like every single other 4-door sedan out there. At least the coupes are a bit distinctive.

I'm keeping my options open, though...I wish Toyota kept making Supras...and I wish Mazda made an RX-7 again that had a legitimate back seat.

...any other options out there for 300 hp+ coupes in the $30K range?

Bump-able by another +$10k? I heard the 335i is quite fun. Downside is the rear seat space. Not sure about the newer models, but in the old ones there isn't that much room.

ps. The 4-doors are meh. They look too much like every single other 4-door sedan out there. At least the coupes are a bit distinctive.

I'm keeping my options open, though...I wish Toyota kept making Supras...and I wish Mazda made an RX-7 again that had a legitimate back seat.

...any other options out there for 300 hp+ coupes in the $30K range?

you can buy my pickup for 19k...throw on a Stillen Supercharger and get about 340 to the back tires, it has heated leather seats, handles quite well for a truck and you can throw your bike in the back, ohh...and it's got a great stereo in it too, and it has four doors...


just sayin.

ps. The 4-doors are meh. They look too much like every single other 4-door sedan out there. At least the coupes are a bit distinctive.

I'm keeping my options open, though...I wish Toyota kept making Supras...and I wish Mazda made an RX-7 again that had a legitimate back seat.

...any other options out there for 300 hp+ coupes in the $30K range?

Why do you care about 300 hp+ if your current ride stalls out at 2 mph? It's just a number.

Now that my parents are here, they've cleaned up my place. It's finally clean and neatly organized! :D

On the downside, I'm a little uneasy having my parents go through my recent bills, especially with the recent new bike purchase... Oh well; reality. :p

Now that my parents are here, they've cleaned up my place. It's finally clean and neatly organized! :D

On the downside, I'm a little uneasy having my parents go through my recent bills, especially with the recent new bike purchase... Oh well; reality. :p

Dave...how old are you?

Just turned 32 recently. Hahaha; yeah, I should really keep my place nice and tidy. :p

Why do you care about 300 hp+ if your current ride stalls out at 2 mph? It's just a number.

:grrr:

It stalls, I restart it, and it goes. It's one crazy electrical gremlin. When it goes...it goes quickly.


Crash: You drive a Taco Doublecab, right? That is, coincidentally, on my list. I do miss having a truck.

Bump-able by another +$10k? I heard the 335i is quite fun. Downside is the rear seat space. Not sure about the newer models, but in the old ones there isn't that much room.

I have a hard time justifying $30k for a car...so $40k will be a big jump.

Just turned 32 recently. Hahaha; yeah, I should really keep my place nice and tidy. :p

more importantly you shouldn't care what your parents think about your spending bro..:D

:grrr:

It stalls, I restart it, and it goes. It's one crazy electrical gremlin. When it goes...it goes quickly.


Crash: You drive a Taco Doublecab, right? That is, coincidentally, on my list. I do miss having a truck.

Actually i have the Nissan Frontier...

Test drive them both...both great trucks however...the frontier handles more like a car..you sit higher in it...it has a bit more HP and you can get a sunroof in the fronty. Sitting in the Taco is like sitting on the floor of a truck..it's weird. Also the rail system that comes stock in the Fronty is the bizl, way better than the optional one. If you want to drive mine let me know, i'll let you borrow it for a day or so.

what's a respectable time in the mile for someone who doesn't run?

what's a respectable time in the mile for someone who doesn't run?

mid to lower 6's.

based on how good of shape you are overall.

you i would say low 6's...

Ditka- 2:48

mid to lower 6's.

based on how good of shape you are overall.

you i would say low 6's...

Ditka- 2:48

you're poopin me. that seems really fast.

you're poopin me. that seems really fast.

Ditka or you?...

i am a runner by design so ....maybe not the best guesser at that?

mid to lower 6's.

based on how good of shape you are overall.

you i would say low 6's...

Ditka- 2:48

A 2:48 mile?

A 2:48 mile?

sarcasm...ditka is god...get the joke?..


i think the record pace for the mile is mid 3...3:36 maybe?

[edit] googled it...3:43.13

you're poopin me. that seems really fast.

It depends on how far you run. Over an OD course I run about a 9-1/2 minute mile, but I have short legs. Some of more my accomplished tribuds can do the OD run in 7 and change (after the swim and bike). If you're talking 1 mile flat on the track with nothing else, lower 6 is a pretty fast clip. 5 minute miles and then you're dealing with people who have run track for a long time.

Those are numbers for serious runners, though. Average people like me run much slower. :o

sarcasm...ditka is god...get the joke?..


i think the record pace for the mile is mid 3...3:36 maybe?

[edit] googled it...3:43.13

Mike Ditka?

Mike Ditka?

ding ding...:D

Interesting article from Information Week magazine

Saving Pro Cycling, One BlackBerry At a Time
Each member of Team Slipstream/Chipotle has been given a BlackBerry Pearl, which will be used to send team updates and to keep track of the riders.

By Richard Martin
InformationWeek
November 16, 2007 02:00 PM


Trying to rehabilitate the ruined image of pro cycling, which has been nearly destroyed by a never-ending succession of doping scandals, the young Slipstream/Chipotle racing team is attempting a radical experiment: to make it virtually impossible for its riders to cheat, and to prove conclusively to the rest of the world they're clean. And the team is using mobile technology to accomplish that feat.
Each of the Boulder, Colo.-based Team Slipstream/Chipotle riders was outfitted with a BlackBerry Pearl last week, which they'll carry with them at all times. The BlackBerry devices will be used to broadcast team updates, to notify riders of scheduling changes, to update the team's racing calendar -- and to keep the riders within contact of team managers at all times so that drug tests can be scheduled with a few hours' notice.

This level of scrutiny is unheard-of in the often-shady world of pro cycling. But it's at the heart of the team's philosophy.

"This sends a simple message to our athletes," said Slipstream Sports chairman and founder Doug Ellis, a New York financier. "Do not dope or you will not compete."

Ellis, who has no cycling background himself, said he became captivated by the sport during Lance Armstrong's dramatic comeback victory in the 2003 Tour de France (which included a now-famous cross-country detour to avoid a crash during a hairpin descent in the Alps). "I realized I had to become involved somehow," he said.

Ellis took over what was then the TIAA-Cref team at a time when sponsors were beginning to flee the sport because it was increasingly obvious that virtually all the top riders were using drugs. Along with team director Jonathan Vaughters, a former top racer himself, Ellis decided to create a different kind of team -- one willing to give up the maillot jaune and stage victories in order to race purely and help clean up the sport.

Surprisingly, the team's leader for 2008 will be David Millar, the former world time-trial champion who was stripped of his title and served a two-year suspension for doping. Millar, still only 30, has said he wants to redeem himself and race again under the banner of an entirely drug-free squad.

Part of the plan is an innovative testing program devised in conjunction with the independent Agency for Cycling Ethics that will take place alongside, not instead of, routine drug-testing by national cycling federations and the World Anti-Doping Agency. Slipstream riders will not be tested only for the direct evidence of illegal drugs: Their baseline personal and biological profiles will be tracked through a combination of metabolic states, lactic acid threshold, hematocrit levels, and medical histories. Any abnormalities will set off alarms, whether EPO or other enhancers are found in their bloodstream or not.

To put this scheme into place, Vaughters and acting Slipstream CFO Beth Seliga decided this year to equip their rides with the Pearl smartphones.

"This way we always know where they are," said operations manager Eric Fostvedt. "So if we need to tell a rider, 'You need to be at this clinic within 12 hours for a blood test,' we can always reach them."

Because the team travels constantly to competitions across Western Europe and North America (in addition to its Boulder headquarters, Slipstream/Chipotle maintains a training base in Girona, Spain), the Pearls have international data-plans from T-Mobile. With the service provider rebate the devices were effectively free; Fostvedt declines to say how much the service, which encompasses several BlackBerry 8700 models carried by team managers, in addition to the riders' Pearls, costs annually.

"It's very cost-effective," he said. Some of the riders are still getting comfortable with the level of constant contact demanded of the Slipstream team members. But, as Fostvedt said: "Jonathan [Vaughters] was very clear about what they were getting into."

"It's the bane of my life," joked Millar, who hopes to become one of the world's top riders again. "I promised my girlfriend I'd never get one because I'm not that important. Now I guess Slipstream says I am."

Millar believes that Team Slipstream/Chipotle will qualify to ride in next summer's Tour de France. If that happens, it will almost certainly be the only American team in the field, with the collapse of Armstrong's Discovery Channel team last month. And the BlackBerrys will be along for the ride.

**edit...since Herb dropped a novel in between me and Chuckles**

If you're just going to run a mile, and that's it...you can do mid-6. That's a pretty good trot, though, and unless you know how to pace yourself, you'll get gassed by the 1/4 mile.

Endurance runners will generally hit an 8 minute mile pace...which would be about a 3.5 hour marathon. When I ran, I'd do 5 miles in 40 minutes...8 minute mile pace. If I was going ten miles, my times would increase...9 minute pace was comfortable, and I could do 10 minute pace all day...or until my knees exploded.

It depends on how far you run. Over an OD course I run about a 9-1/2 minute mile, but I have short legs. Some of more my accomplished tribuds can do the OD run in 7 and change (after the swim and bike). If you're talking 1 mile flat on the track with nothing else, lower 6 is a pretty fast clip. 5 minute miles and then you're dealing with people who have run track for a long time.

Those are numbers for serious runners, though. Average people like me run much slower. :o

i know we were all track stars prior to now but... i used to run like crazy till i was about 24...my average mile time was about 5 flat with a 4:21 a year after high school running indoor track. Right now i run our 1.5 mile prt in about 8:50-9:10ish but have ran it as low as 7:50s.

I am sure with a good strong bikers heart and a couple months of good speed workout runs most guys on this board could run a mile in about 5:30-6:00sih

what's a respectable time in the mile for someone who doesn't run?

running is for wussy.

**edit...since Herb dropped a novel in between me and Chuckles**



So sorry...I guess I should have started a thread for that...:o

Stand by...I have the electronic version of Gone with the Wind uploading now!:rolleyes:

So sorry...I guess I should have started a thread for that...:o

Stand by...I have the electronic version of Gone with the Wind uploading now!:rolleyes:

No problem herb...but without my disclaimer, my post looked as random as Dan actually saying something nice about somebody.

;)

Mo' - you suck slightly less now than before.....yes, definitely......yes, holding.... holding....DOH! ......<sigh>.......back to normal suckage.

No problem herb...but without my disclaimer, my post looked as random as Dan actually saying something nice about somebody.

;)Give him a flashback, that'll settle him down.