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Wow Buick V8 in an MG? Cool! I worked with a guy once that dropped an 327 in a Corvair. He saw the project in Hot Rod magazine and thought it looked like fun. Did it in his driveway, didn't have a garage. Motor sat in the middle of the car, said it was a hoot to drive. Could hardly spin the tires because of the weight distribution, just start grabbin gears.
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My son had a Porsche 914-8. I forget the displacement of the Ford V-8 engine. I never tried driving it. I remember commercials for the 4 cyl 914 offered (in ice cream colors) as the sun Porsche. I never saw very many on the road though.
I wanted to go the other way though. A computer specialist where I worked had a nice Porsche 912 but I could never convince her to part with it.
I wanted to go the other way though. A computer specialist where I worked had a nice Porsche 912 but I could never convince her to part with it.
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Spicoli43
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All but one Democrat voted to let babies die that are born after an abortion attempt.
Because they are Demonic.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202329
Because they are Demonic.
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202329
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And any vote for a democrat establishes complicity.
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Yes sir, General Chuck Yeager! I flew the General and his Second wife, Victoria, around in the Department airplane. Warden Jerry is sitting next to Mrs. Yeager. Yes, she's half the General's age. . .but that's another story.
I was the Chief Pilot for Cal Fish and Game and my supervisor (the Chief of Patrol) called and asked if we were going to be doing any fish stocking soon (dropping fish out of the airplane into high mountain lakes) and I said, yes. The Chief said there was an avid fisherman that wanted to go along and asked if I minded. I said, "You're the boss. If you want him to go, I guess he will!" The Chief said, OK, Maybe you've heard of him....His name is Chuck Yeager. Well, I about fell out of my chair. Of course I've heard of him. I found my old copy of his book, "Yeager," and got him to sign it.
Here's the fish coming out of the airplane..
Here I am getting lined up on a lake to drop some fish in it.
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I've never heard of an 8 cylinder 914?
I had a 928s4 Porsche. That was an 8 cylinder rocket ship!
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It was a conversion but the shop even cast a 914-8 badge for it.
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Made me think of this video a friend linked to me:
Not much going on today. The tracking number for the PCV valve is now working and it looks like the part is in Georgia and on the way. Got a few other things on the way too. My shoulder pillow and the pulley thing for my shoulder should be here today. I wrote down the tracking numbers for the postal employees to look at if they don't have them ready yet.
Female friend's ex is continuing to be a jerk. She went to get more of her stuff (the ex keeps making her so uncomfortable she forgets things or just wants to leave). He confronted her again when she was trying to pack stuff up & gave her a speech on how he felt. It was verbatim what my best friend said to him about how he felt about his gf cheating on him with some other dude. She repeated it back for my friend and he was so angry that when he was driving he ripped the knob off his gearshift. He was able to put it back on, but he is getting so angry. The TBI he suffered gave him a much shorter temper.
Thus far the ONLY stress and problems he's had in the new relationship have all stemmed from his gf's ex being a d-bag.
Anyway, I'm hoping that at least my pulley rope thing for my shoulder is ready for pickup at the post office bc I want to try using it asap to see if I can unlock my shoulder. Been trying other exercises but can't get the stupid thing to move. I've got arthritis cream with DMSO but it isn't working. I might need a prescription strength version.
Ordered a loft bed for friend's daughter since she will need more space in her room when the room is made smaller. She's so accustomed to not having privacy or her own room so she doesn't mind. She doesn't have a lot of stuff and isn't too picky.
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I understand now. It is similar to my cousin throwing a Corvette LT1 engine into his Jeep TJ. Said it couldn't be done, but with right amount of money, anything is possible!
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Here's a video of me planting fish taken from the cockpit.
This particular lake had a lot of high terrain around it. The idea is to start from the high side of the terrain and go down to the lake. The exit from the lake is through the low side of the terrain. We do a wingover maneuver, at the high point to keep positive G's on the fish tanks while losing the altitude to get down to the lake. To do the wingover, you roll into a steep bank and allow the nose to drop. This causes the airplane to drop quickly but you pull quite a few G's. If we were to just fly over the ridge and "Nose over" at the high point, the airplane would pull negative G's and the fish would float out of the tanks. Another advantage of the wingover maneuver is that you can keep the lake in sight the whole time. After releasing the fish, we use the inertia of the airplane to start the climb as the turbines spool up. If you listen carefully, you can hear the tanks open and the fish being released. There are 30 - 3gallon tanks in the airplane.
View attachment 2013 006 Fish planting from cockpit.mp4
This particular lake had a lot of high terrain around it. The idea is to start from the high side of the terrain and go down to the lake. The exit from the lake is through the low side of the terrain. We do a wingover maneuver, at the high point to keep positive G's on the fish tanks while losing the altitude to get down to the lake. To do the wingover, you roll into a steep bank and allow the nose to drop. This causes the airplane to drop quickly but you pull quite a few G's. If we were to just fly over the ridge and "Nose over" at the high point, the airplane would pull negative G's and the fish would float out of the tanks. Another advantage of the wingover maneuver is that you can keep the lake in sight the whole time. After releasing the fish, we use the inertia of the airplane to start the climb as the turbines spool up. If you listen carefully, you can hear the tanks open and the fish being released. There are 30 - 3gallon tanks in the airplane.
View attachment 2013 006 Fish planting from cockpit.mp4
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This was two of my "Ride alongs" on one fish planting trip. They are "feeding the fish" or Blowing chunks you might say!
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I have only tried catnip with two cats, a Maine Coon and my current Russian Blue. Neither showed any interest or effect.
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Some take pride in not having a TV and some just in not watching the news. I take pride in sports ignorance but occasionally something comes along and spoils it as with take-a-knee Whatsernick. Today I accidentally leaned that a past sports figure's name is Koufax rather than Colfax. Now I'll have to be content with not knowing what he is famous for (or not if someone spoils my record).
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