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Post by mank on Oct 12, 2021 5:36:21 GMT -5
Speaking of William Shatner he was on NBC national news last night. His closing remark was funny. Captain Kirk in space
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Post by Jim on Oct 12, 2021 6:49:22 GMT -5
mank, I just don't think that Americans can see what we find so funny about this. The population of the world is 7.7 billion; 7.4 billion of those think football is played with a round ball. I know of no country except the USA, which plays your version to any serious extent at all. That's not to denigrate it in any way, it is clearly big business in your country. You invited criticism by using the phrase 'real football' in your comment. Where was this match played? In a soccer stadium, because we don't have a single American Football stadium in this country. I must admit, I wasn't aware that half your teams play on grass, that just goes to show how little it matters to life over here. Let me ask you this question. When does the USA play other countries at American football? The game here yesterday involved two American teams, not USA -v- England. England played Andorra this week, at soccer, in the World Cup qualifiers. Next week England will start a cricket series against the West Indies before going to Australia. What international matches do the USA play in American football, baseball etc? Some of us see the funny. Just like the World Series only having eligible teams from the US and US Lite. We're the Champions of the world.. as long as the rest of the world doesn't participate!
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Post by martycanuck on Oct 16, 2021 13:19:50 GMT -5
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Post by frodi on Oct 16, 2021 14:59:09 GMT -5
Gone off? Jeez, how old is it? I once had a bottle of brandy that went off. B opened it to use some for a xmas pudding and it got pushed to the back of the cabinet for some reason or other. A few years later I found it and thought to myself "Sure brandy can't go off." I was wrong. I will say in my defence that I had a customer at the time who used to give me a bottle of brandy every year for xmas so I was never short of a bottle or two.
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Post by martycanuck on Oct 17, 2021 9:37:39 GMT -5
Gone off? Jeez, how old is it? I once had a bottle of brandy that went off. B opened it to use some for a xmas pudding and it got pushed to the back of the cabinet for some reason or other. A few years later I found it and thought to myself "Sure brandy can't go off." I was wrong. I will say in my defence that I had a customer at the time who used to give me a bottle of brandy every year for xmas so I was never short of a bottle or two. We were trying to enjoy some Grand Marnier last night and it clearly was just “not right.” It was a bottle I won at a golf tourney and we’d only just opened it but somethng was clearly off.
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Post by MalcolmR on Oct 27, 2021 8:07:26 GMT -5
I've just used this photo over in the Games section. This is Manchester's Oxford Road Station. I used it twice a day for seven years commuting to school. The tower in the middle (Called the Refuge, in those days) was the tallest building for miles around.
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 7, 2021 13:28:21 GMT -5
I'd like to discuss this police motorcycle chase with those of you that favour two wheels over four. If you haven't got time to watch all 20 minutes, watch the first few, and then fast forward to 17:00. Oh, and nothing much happens after 19:00
Let's just say that this guy rode well in excess of the speed limit (my guess is at least double), blew red lights, rode into oncoming traffic, overtook vehicles in the outside lane, undertook vehicles in the nearside lane, went off-road, on-sidewalk, you name it, for twenty minutes, with a woman riding pillion.
If you tried to do that in a car, you'd probably run out of gas. That sort of insane high speed combined with very heavy braking and acceleration must be murderous on fuel consumption. I know they refuel during some Isle of Man TT races. That's 135mph, 37 miles and 17 minutes per lap, but I can't seem to find out how often they refuel.
How far do you think they could have got? The Bugatti Chiron can empty its tank in nine minutes. If it helps, I believe the bike being chased is a Suzuki Intruder M1800.
And if anyone wants to comment on the morals of the chase, feel free.
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Post by Jim on Nov 7, 2021 14:03:31 GMT -5
Keep in mind, that Chiron has a 16.4L engine. That engine is one of, if not the largest, production engine for a road going car. The Viper ACR was around 8.2L. Bugatti fuel economy just doesn’t have anything to compare against. My 600cc Shadow gets about 120 miles out of a tank before it’s bone dry. If I am lucky, I can hit 75mph.
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Post by Stan on Nov 7, 2021 17:40:26 GMT -5
5.2 gallon gas tank, 35 mpg ... so, ... a ways.
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Post by graham on Nov 7, 2021 18:24:41 GMT -5
How far do you think they could have got? The Bugatti Chiron can empty its tank in nine minutes. If it helps, I believe the bike being chased is a Suzuki Intruder M1800.
A quick check suggests that the tank capacity is 19.5 litres and a consumption of 6.67 litres per 100km which means they would get about 300km (187.5 miles) riding efficiently.
Even going flat out like they did with two up (and assuming that they'd already ridden for a while) they could still expect maybe 100 miles out of a tank.
So after the 15 minutes of the video, they might well have been getting down to (or be on) the reserve, but not be empty.
The problem with a bike on bike chase is that short of waiting for them to run out of road or laminate themselves into another vehicle or a wall, it's very difficult for the pursuing bike to do anything to stop them.
There's no equivalent of the Pit Manoeuvre (where you tap the bandit vehicle you're chasing in their rear quarter with your front quarter and make them spin out), nor can you really block their path, eg there's the point where the police rider actually passes the bandit bike, but, then can't do anything about it.
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Post by Juli on Nov 7, 2021 20:26:29 GMT -5
I was expecting a car to pull out of a side road or move over into their lane, or someone in a parked car to open a door. Or even hitting debris on the road, someone lose a load... I watch too many dash cam videos. Running into a meadow and hiding in the tall grass was not the ending I expected.
I love one of the YouTube comments, about crossing Finland off the bucket list, as we've seen it all in under 30 minutes...
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 8, 2021 8:38:48 GMT -5
I think your numbers are a bit skew-whiff Jim, the Chiron has a 16 cylinder, 8 litre engine.
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Post by Jim on Nov 8, 2021 10:24:32 GMT -5
I see my mistake. I was confusing it with the Veyron EB 16.4, which also has a 8.0L.
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Post by frodi on Nov 8, 2021 17:29:30 GMT -5
A bit of red mist on the bikers side and blue mist on the cops. All together stupid. No problems with it running out of gas. I can do over 200 miles on a tank so even with hard riding I can still make 150. The bike looks as if it is set up for touring which usually means bigger tanks.
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 13, 2021 6:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 23, 2021 9:10:55 GMT -5
Bit of excitement for the day, this just flew right over my house and landed about 30 yards away. You can the the chimneypot of my house just above his tail.
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Post by Jeannette on Nov 23, 2021 13:46:34 GMT -5
Very cool Malcolm - not that it's an air ambulance but...
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 23, 2021 20:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 28, 2021 18:08:37 GMT -5
I’ll raise a toast to Sir Frank!
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Post by mank on Nov 29, 2021 9:28:26 GMT -5
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 29, 2021 9:58:43 GMT -5
Jeez, mank, I feel for you. Let me buy you a barrel or two.
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Post by Jeannette on Nov 29, 2021 11:41:25 GMT -5
Wow Mank that's horrible. Glad you're feeling a bit better.
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Post by mank on Nov 29, 2021 12:56:25 GMT -5
Thanks. I was so itchy and I still am itchy. I take Benadryl at night to knock me out and get some sleep. My skin is dry and peeling all over. I have been sleeping horribly the past two weeks. I am at work today but man I am tired. I get in at 5:30 am and I will be leaving soon. I can't concentrate at all, too dry and itchy. I would say the worst part besides the constant itchiness was that my hands became swollen and my knees, hands, and wrists, hurt like hell any time I moved them.
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Post by Jim on Nov 29, 2021 12:57:45 GMT -5
Yikes. I never had chicken pox, either. I think I had to have a vaccine for it before I was able to move into my college dorm, though.
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Post by Jim on Nov 29, 2021 13:04:00 GMT -5
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 29, 2021 13:25:34 GMT -5
Whoa Mank that looks awful! Where in heck would you have been exposed to the Chicken Pox virus?
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Post by MalcolmR on Nov 29, 2021 16:00:50 GMT -5
The trouble is, we just aren't prepared for bad weather. That place is the highest pub in England, IIRC, so they will get some snow, but generally most places get an inch or two in the south, up to six inches in the North and it melts pretty quickly. You can't expect the local authorities to invest in a huge fleet of snow clearing equipment if it is only going to be used in earnest once every 5 years or so. On one of my trips to the US, I was in XYZ state and noticed that every guys truck had some sort of fixture in the middle of the grill. I asked someone what it was for, and was told it was where his plough would attach. Yes folks, these guys had their own snow ploughs. Now, I don't care where in Britain you live, but if you walked into your local pub and announced that you had bought a new snow plough, the landlord would refuse to serve you (against the Licensing Act to serve anyone who is drunk) and throw you out.
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Post by graham on Nov 29, 2021 16:20:48 GMT -5
Not sure where to put this but I figured I would mention this here. I have been sick the last two weeks or so with Chicken Pox. Youch! I remember being slathered with Calamine lotion when I was a kid to stop the itching, but it was still not fun.
My sympathies
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 29, 2021 16:54:35 GMT -5
The trouble is, we just aren't prepared for bad weather. That place is the highest pub in England, IIRC, so they will get some snow, but generally most places get an inch or two in the south, up to six inches in the North and it melts pretty quickly. You can't expect the local authorities to invest in a huge fleet of snow clearing equipment if it is only going to be used in earnest once every 5 years or so. On one of my trips to the US, I was in XYZ state and noticed that every guys truck had some sort of fixture in the middle of the grill. I asked someone what it was for, and was told it was where his plough would attach. Yes folks, these guys had their own snow ploughs. Now, I don't care where in Britain you live, but if you walked into your local pub and announced that you had bought a new snow plough, the landlord would refuse to serve you (against the Licensing Act to serve anyone who is drunk) and throw you out. Not that uncommon here Malc. Either people who contract plow driveways and business parking lots to people who live rurally and have extremely long driveways to clear.
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Post by martycanuck on Nov 29, 2021 16:56:32 GMT -5
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