That sucks. To be honest, after a bit of a warm-up, I would never have thought something like could ever happen.

Sounds about right.

I never post in this thread but happened to see this. In high school (late 80's) our teacher would tune to the oboe. He was an ok player but what an annoying experience. He always had reeds soaking in water and it took forever. I was first chair clarinet and my friend sat next to me. The teacher would reference the oboe then me then the first flute. I had an old Buffet clarinet with two different length barrels. We'd go through the procedure which often took several minutes then I would discreetly swap to the shorter barrel so my horn was a few cents off in pitch. Our teacher had a great ear and it would irk him to no end once he went back to me to check. Naturally it was the oboe's fault...

Why not?

Are red stars allowed in here?

Commie?

What does the red star mean?

see, you have something to add. A nice vignette that adds some class to the place. Plus, you have the sense of fun that would fit in well (ie: you won't be scared off by the insane ramblings of pcad)

www.tpks.ws/lFPR

One-mile intervals. Ouch.

Plus one stop to pick up the mail and two to pet some small puppies getting walked. Priorities.

He needs to buy a Bogner UBERSCHALL, get a Gibson SG with EMG 81 pickups, and be able to down pick 8ths at 220bpm (ala Master of Puppets). As a metal drummer of many years those are my minimum guitar player requirements.

Maybe he works for Roger Corwin.

Snow flurries are flying. Le sigh.

so which Angel is Bostic?

(well done jones)

It's a single cylinder two-stroke GP bike. Uses oil/fuel pre-mix, and they're specialized race bikes. The 125 is what kids used to start on because they're small. They're really really high maintenance though. You have to check the air temp and humidity and change the jetting in the carburetor throughout the day, and there's an engine temp gauge that you have to watch carefully while its running. Basically the dash is just the temp and the tach. no speedo. If the motor is running cold, you put strips of duct tape on the front of the radiator to restrict airflow.

Basically when the motor seizes, it locks the rear wheel.

Found a video of the slightly bigger 250 version of what I ride, at the same track.
I crashed at the end of the long straight part.

As it was explained to me, I crashed at the end of a straight, just as I was tipping into T1 and had finished downshifting. The piston stayed hot, but the cold air/water cooled the cylinder, causing it to contract around the piston. downshifting with no load on the motor made it cool even faster and the motor seized. It freed up again when the engine cooled completely but the cylinder needs to be replated and the piston is probably junk. Brand new piston, and we just had that cylinder fixed... one ****ing piece of duct tape.

:thumb:

Oh please, he could do that in his sleep. :rolleyes:

Again, that really does bite, ts. Crazy little race machines anyway. Looked to be a cool track, though going off at the end of the straight had to be more than a treat.

Yeah, I love that track because it's all turns, no hard braking areas. All about corner speed and connecting the turns well. I had a lot of fun riding all day on Friday at least. :thumb:

That's nuts.

VV - this morning a coworker suggested that instead of puffs of smoke, the vatican should just play this:

Ha ha. They could get those Swiss guards to play it on Alpine horns.

There's a new Pope.

But not here you heathen Fred scum. Toe the line or burn in BF Hell.

Trollheim?

We have a conclave ejaculation = white smoke coming out of a chimney (I heard that on the "Daily Show")

I'm already there.