all I need is a Macaw

Quote from: Pinocchio on February 12, 2010, 08:41:58 PM
Watching the last of the two cords of firewood I split burn up in the fireplace.

Do you have a splitter? I have been cutting downed oak all over the neighborhood yesterday and today and am in need of a splitter. I must have cut a cord already and more to go! People are asking me if I want some more wood.

Otherwise, threadwise, I'm watching the Olympics. Wow I wish I had the body and energy to do this again. I miss the slopes. It's hell being an old fart.

Looking at Apollo Ohno on ice is like looking at Stoner or Haga in the lead.

Quote from: RED on February 13, 2010, 04:15:02 PM
Do you have a splitter? I have been cutting downed oak all over the neighborhood yesterday and today and am in need of a splitter. I must have cut a cord already and more to go! People are asking me if I want some more wood.

Otherwise, threadwise, I'm watching the Olympics. Wow I wish I had the body and energy to do this again. I miss the slopes. It's hell being an old fart.

I rented it from AA Rental in Dallas $45 for 4 hours.

No one lost any branches around here. I guess we didn't get it as baqd as Ft. Worth.

Going to Cafe Lux for Valentine's Daylunch with my wife. Yum!

   I'm sitting here watching the Daytona 500 commercial race.  Wading through the one-hour pre-race show there were a dozen of the drivers in a studio doing these really animated explanations of the 2010 rule changes... Looked like an NFL films production; slick soundtrack, moody lighting, gravel-voiced voice-over.  But hey, I'm not complaining - since there is NOTHING else going on race-wise at the moment - I just think at some point the folks running the races need to own up to the "WWF of Motorsport" moniker.  

Which makes me wonder if a NASCAR driver's contract has more pages devoted to sponsor appearances and the like than to the actual race driving part?  

Need... more... coffee    

Taking my 30 min break during a wild V-Day!

I bought cigars for me

Quote from: lisaboyd on February 14, 2010, 08:39:26 AM
   I'm sitting here watching the Daytona 500 commercial race.  Wading through the one-hour pre-race show there were a dozen of the drivers in a studio doing these really animated explanations of the 2010 rule changes... Looked like an NFL films production; slick soundtrack, moody lighting, gravel-voiced voice-over.  But hey, I'm not complaining - since there is NOTHING else going on race-wise at the moment - I just think at some point the folks running the races need to own up to the "WWF of Motorsport" moniker.  

Which makes me wonder if a NASCAR driver's contract has more pages devoted to sponsor appearances and the like than to the actual race driving part?  

Need... more... coffee    

I could only take about 20 minutes of...."And down the straight they come and into Turn one's sweeping left hand turn at 190 mph. They are now approaching Turn 2's awesome left-hand turn at speeds close to to 185 mph. And here they come again into Turn 3's left-hand turn. And another left hand turn...Argh! 
190 mph taxi cabs!!

Oh Lisa, how can you say that the France's (@trademarked namesake family image) NASCAR (@trademarked franchised organization name image) race is commercialized or over-advertised when Dale Earnhart Jr. (@trademark name) in the (@trademark) AMP Energy (@trademark slogan) Car (@trademark image) in his (@trademark interview photo) interview by (@trademark network image) ESPN is expected to do well?

I mean, after all, it is "The Great American Race" (@trademark slogan)(@trademark color(@trademark (Kodak) image))) (copyright 2010 ESPN/NASCAR/Kodak (have a Kodak moment)) Brought to you on FOX (@trademark network image)(())() )( ().

  Yep, you know what I'm talkin' about!





Countdown to WSBK in... 12 days...  [moto]

Quote from: RED on February 15, 2010, 08:50:31 AM
... 190 mph taxi cabs!!

Now THAT would be worth watching...  but with REAL cab drivers!!

Riding around Addison and just saw an awesome
Opel GT. Perfect condition/resto

I had a 1970 Opel GT in high school. It was kind of a UT orange color. What a piece of shit. The paint was awful and faded like it was 30 years old! The final straw was when my Mom backed her big ass Coupe de Ville Caddy up on top of the Opel's hood! She didn't see it in her rear view mirror. Grunt box piece of shit! But, it did get me a few dates with a cute girl who thought it was cool and looked like a mini Vette. Nice but still didn't improve the car's quality. It had a big lever on the counsole that you had to push forward to get the headlights to flip up when you wanted them on. That failed on a regular basis... bingo, night time and no headlights. I think the Germans were just getting even over that whole WWI and II thing.

I once dated a chick with an Opel.

All I know is it looked nice. Didn't know they were a POS