Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

That is how Lambo got their start. He owned Ferrari's and went to Ferrari to complain they should make it more of a road car instead of a race car for the road. Ferrari told him their cars are perfect and shooed him away. He started out by modifying a Ferrari and then building his own cars.

65’ Lambo 350 GT

That's not the story I heard. Ferruccio's complaint was that his Ferraris kept braking down and Enzo wouldn't rush to fix them. This lead to a huge argument ending with Lamborghini stating he'd put Ferrari out of business by building a better car. This is where the "Raging Bull" logo comes from. It was designed to taunt Enzo and ridicule his "Prancing Horse" emblems.
(Don't believe the stories of it being his Zodiac sign or that he loved bull fighting. That's all just after the fact Public Relations hype.)
You have got to love the Italians and their passion for the dramatic though, EH!

[spike021]

I wanted to grab some iced coffee while it's still not absurdly hot (already 80+ and it wasn't even 9am at the time).

So I went to the nice shopping center even though I knew it'd be dead except for the coffee shop.

Annnd ended up surrounded by cars worth muuuuch more than a BRZ:







I liked how as the Lambo arrived, multiple of the owners started taking photos of / looking at each other's cars, but completely skipped mine. As I was pulling out, I opened my window and said "sorry to break up the lineup!" and one of the guys said "it's cool, we're all car guys!"

But I dunno, are these types of guys reeeally "car guys"?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by spike021

I wanted to grab some iced coffee while it's still not absurdly hot (already 80+ and it wasn't even 9am at the time).

So I went to the nice shopping center even though I knew it'd be dead except for the coffee shop.

Annnd ended up surrounded by cars worth muuuuch more than a BRZ:







I liked how as the Lambo arrived, multiple of the owners started taking photos of / looking at each other's cars, but completely skipped mine. As I was pulling out, I opened my window and said "sorry to break up the lineup!" and one of the guys said "it's cool, we're all car guys!"

But I dunno, are these types of guys reeeally "car guys"?

Yes they are. Same as a minivan or lifted truck fan is still a car guy. They are just a different type.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

... are these types of guys reeeally "car guys"?

Yep. Car guys with lots of money.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by spike021

Annnd ended up surrounded by cars worth muuuuch more than a BRZ:

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Went salmon fishing this weekend.
Caught a rainbow trout.
A 14 pound rainbow trout mind you.
Did not even see a salmon much less catch one.

Yeah, sounds to me like you made out then. Fresh rainbow trout is the best fish, period.

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

One of my lady friends has a dog that kind of does this. He parades around with it for about an hour before finally eating it.

Learned a new fact today. The A-10 has two engines that produce 41kN of thrust each, the 30mm cannon on the front produces 45kN of thrust when fired

Depleted. Uranium.

It's real dense.

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by spike021

The bay area's had an insanely unusual thunderstorm almost all night. It started probably around 3am, but I actually didn't wake up until a splitting loud thunder boom happened right above me, or at least it felt/sounded like that.

Constant lightning bolts/thunder while I was awake and it was still dark out. Then it stopped for an hour or so, and now there's thunder again.

They extended the t-storm watch through tomorrow morning. Crazy.

but no one's talking about iowa:
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/90286...rmath-of-storm

another article said close to 43% of corn crops were destroyed... that's going to have a significant impact on food and gas prices

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Yeah, sounds to me like you made out then. Fresh rainbow trout is the best fish, period.

But 14 pounds of it?

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

But 14 pounds of it?

... Hope you have a lot of friends?

[spike021]

Originally Posted by soundman98

but no one's talking about iowa:
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/90286...rmath-of-storm

another article said close to 43% of corn crops were destroyed... that's going to have a significant impact on food and gas prices

Yeah.. guess it's not "popular enough" for the news cycle..

My sister in Chicago was also affected by that derecho. In fact this week was the first time I'd ever heard of one. Never had heard that word before.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

The bay area's had an insanely unusual thunderstorm almost all night. It started probably around 3am, but I actually didn't wake up until a splitting loud thunder boom happened right above me, or at least it felt/sounded like that.

Constant lightning bolts/thunder while I was awake and it was still dark out. Then it stopped for an hour or so, and now there's thunder again.

They extended the t-storm watch through tomorrow morning. Crazy.

Just remember if you hear the thunder clap, the lightning bolt missed you -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

but no one's talking about iowa:
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/16/90286...rmath-of-storm

another article said close to 43% of corn crops were destroyed... that's going to have a significant impact on food and gas prices

Welp, a lot of corn will be cut for silage.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

But 14 pounds of it?

Oh, just freeze some of it in water - no one but you will know. -