Thunderbird Club

[Stealth57]

yeah, spent a lot of time in Asia, predominantly in mainland China (three weeks at a time when at Apple) and I was ok with most things till I saw a live porcupine in a cage outside a restaurant waiting to end up in soup…..

Roasted Guinea pig (Cuy) in Peru is a roadside fast food offering...

 

[GBassNorth]

Man... you hillbillies all got each other's backs.

...and that's why I like you!

LOL - I have to be careful where I throw those KY shoreline facts out. My wife spent a good deal of her adult life in Michigan, which I believe has the longest shoreline of any state in the lower 48.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Roasted Guinea pig (Cuy) in Peru is a roadside fast food offering...

i don’t mind cuy, or anticucho especially when washed down with Cuzqueña and or shots of pisco..

 

[Gaolee]

I was close to 50 when I got my one and only sports car, a Miata. I had no problems at all, though our teenaged bio-son at 6'4" and one of our doptasons at 6'10" had problems, especially with the top up. (I'm 5'11", and at the time was ~100 pounds overweight.)

As a person whose first car was a Triumph TR-2 and who has driven Austin Healeys, MGs, and Fiat Spyders over the years (not all mine), a Miata is a whole lot of fun. Racing one looks like it would be a blast, too. I have driven one and it's not quite as elemental as an original British roadster, but it doesn't have some of the less endearing quirks, either. Then again, a leaking top and no windows never bothered me much. British roadsters are probably why I ride motorcycles now. Keep removing things you don't need and eventually you get to two wheels.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Yeah, as I said it is a stretch. Most things like that are. But once pointed out you "see" it and can't not "see" it when you looked at the logo. Some were a little more identifiable. When the change was announced, the old logos items were difficult to get rid of. For obvious reasons.

I'd have expected college students to (ahem) gobble those up.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I get rid of few books because they aren't generally things you read once and have no use for. I have no fiction. But when we moved if did downsize. A good number of went to secondhand stores. Not that you can tell but the number of book cases I still have and books still not in a case. I need more book cases.

Last I checked, we had around 2,000 books. About 1/3 are kids books, but (a) we still love them and (b) when it's not a pandemic. we have plenty of young friends come over with their kids. The playroom and the books are still big hits.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I have a couple Kindles, but don't like them much. I've got my first gen version that will read to you. When I can't sleep I put an ear bud in and turn a book on. Gone through no telling how many books that way. But as for reading--give me a real book any day. The Kindle is just a convenience at times.

Ebooks are great for long times away from home. I don't miss having to haul a ton of books wit me on a two week trip! 2-3 books in my backpack for a T/A flight, maybe 4 if a long layover.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

behind Ghirardelli’s square..

Dark square or milk?

 

[Stealth57]

i don’t mind cuy, or anticucho especially when washed down with Cuzqueña and or shots of pisco..

Cerveza Cuzqueña and chicharrones...not to be confused with Mexican chicharrones.

 

[Stealth57]

As a person whose first car was a Triumph TR-2 and who has driven Austin Healeys, MGs, and Fiat Spyders over the years (not all mine), a Miata is a whole lot of fun. Racing one looks like it would be a blast, too. I have driven one and it's not quite as elemental as an original British roadster, but it doesn't have some of the less endearing quirks, either. Then again, a leaking top and no windows never bothered me much. British roadsters are probably why I ride motorcycles now. Keep removing things you don't need and eventually you get to two wheels.

I might fit the two wheeler, but my head would again be the roll bar on any of those four wheelers. It is why I went with the GT and, hence, my moniker.

 

[JIO]

Ha! We both watched a lot of the same things. Including wrasssling! That alone forever disqualifies both of us from many classy circles in life!

Glad you clarified. You meant less by it that it seemed to sound. But I still have a low opinion of you because you watched wrasssling. Wait, so did I.

I've tried watching bicycle races and can't stay with it when they are out in the streets for some reason. Possibly because I don't understand enough to appreciate what's going on. I do like it when they race on tracks. That's amazing to watch. I think I can follow what's going on better as a non-enthusiast. I had a bad bike accident when I was a kid that broke off my two front teeth and scrapped my mouth and face up big time. For that reason I don't like seeing the accidents at all even beyond the not wanting to see other humans suffer part.

No worries, Bill Clinton used to be referred to as "Bubba" and he's a Rhodes scholar! Bicycle racing is like most competitive events - it is inherently dangerous especially considering speed, hard pave and thin lycra. Luckily standards for head protection are much better now, a bicycle helmet has saved my scalp a number of times over the years riding, training and racing. Had a couple concussions, broken collar-bone, cracked ribs, stitches and plenty of 'road-rash'. It's part of the deal if you are a serious advocate of two wheels. (ask Gaolee) The Tour de France can be a bit confusing to a novice but it can be broken down enough to enjoy watching. A lot easier to understand than Cricket! I bet there's short on-line tutorials on how to understand how it all works. For local amateur races - a criterium (less than a mile circuit around-and-around for multiple laps with left and right hand turns - usually flat) is exciting to watch and you can walk the whole course to get different perspectives. They can be held in city squares or industrial parks. Any time I attend one these days my juices start flowing! (I don't race anymore)

Track racing (which I also did) is a very specific arm of racing bicycles. Not all roadies do track, and some track racers only race the track. A whole 'nother kind of adrenaline-fueled excitement - 1 gear, no brakes (except by back-pedaling on the "fixed" gear), really tight proximity, very fast split-second moves and lots of aggression. Needless to say - not for everyone, even for a lot of experienced road racers.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Cerveza Cuzqueña and chicharrones...not to be confused with Mexican chicharrones.

same goes for ceviche…

 

[dagrev]

East Coast as in Kentucky? A-huh... and what an amazing coastline that is.

East Coast as in anything East of the Mississippi. We're expanding our operations with offers they can't refuse.

Well, to be fair, lake Cumberland does have more shoreline than some east coast states.

Then there's Kentucky Lake the 12th largest man-made lake in the US (2,300 miles of shoreline about half of all of Cal), and Lake Barkley right next to it.

 

[dagrev]

What you said sounds much better than what the picture looks like. View attachment 4555658

Oh no. Someone is missing their Chihuahua.

 

[dagrev]

Man... you hillbillies all got each other's backs.

...and that's why I like you!

You know that's right. And a good thing you don't have a problem with it. We know how to track down them city types.

 

[dagrev]

yeah, spent a lot of time in Asia, predominantly in mainland China (three weeks at a time when at Apple) and I was ok with most things till I saw a live porcupine in a cage outside a restaurant waiting to end up in soup…..

Great idea. A meal that comes with built in toothpicks. Brilliant!

 

[Larry V]

East Coast as in anything East of the Mississippi. We're expanding our operations with offers they can't refuse.

Oh brother...

Then there's Kentucky Lake the 12th largest man-made lake in the US (2,300 miles of shoreline about half of all of Cal), and Lake Barkley right next to it.

That's amazing and unbelievable at the same time so I had to check and sure enough... damn, that's a lot of shoreline.

 

[icefly]

So do you like purple?

According to Reverb is Gibson Thunderbird IV 1977 Metallic Purple/ Metallic Blue Tiger Stripe

Not quite a Gibson or Epiphone

 

[dagrev]

No worries, Bill Clinton used to be referred to as "Bubba" and he's a Rhodes scholar! Bicycle racing is like most competitive events - it is inherently dangerous especially considering speed, hard pave and thin lycra. Luckily standards for head protection are much better now, a bicycle helmet has saved my scalp a number of times over the years riding, training and racing. Had a couple concussions, broken collar-bone, cracked ribs, stitches and plenty of 'road-rash'. It's part of the deal if you are a serious advocate of two wheels. (ask Gaolee) The Tour de France can be a bit confusing to a novice but it can be broken down enough to enjoy watching. A lot easier to understand than Cricket! I bet there's short on-line tutorials on how to understand how it all works. For local amateur races - a criterium (less than a mile circuit around-and-around for multiple laps with left and right hand turns - usually flat) is exciting to watch and you can walk the whole course to get different perspectives. They can be held in city squares or industrial parks. Any time I attend one these days my juices start flowing! (I don't race anymore)

Track racing (which I also did) is a very specific arm of racing bicycles. Not all roadies do track, and some track racers only race the track. A whole 'nother kind of adrenaline-fueled excitement - 1 gear, no brakes (except by back-pedaling on the "fixed" gear), really tight proximity, very fast split-second moves and lots of aggression. Needless to say - not for everyone, even for a lot of experienced road racers.

He was called that among other things! Clinton story. My cousin's husband grew with with him. Lived next door if I recall and went through school together. They stayed in contact over the years. Clinton would call even while president. "Buck" (not his name) a high ranking officer in the service and Bill both had women issues so maybe that was also a bond. Buck said he was the greatest person to be around, everyone's best friend you might say. He would say, "He was a great and fun person to be around, but knowing him there's no way I'd ever vote for him."

Interesting about bicycle racing. I'll have to try to learn more.

NASCAR and many other car racing events are actually very family oriented. (I know there are plenty of Bud Light Bobs as well.) Whole families get involved in the sport on the smaller or regional levels. They build cars at home and going to events is a family thing. Lot's a families in the stands as well also like to travel together to a race and possibly meet their favorite drivers (who tend to be accessible than most large sporting events). It's an interesting sport in that the driver is only one of many components of it all, and he/she has to be a great shape in addition to having skill and nerve to at times drive at 200MPH inches from others and a wall. Temps at times are 130+ in the cars and you are in them about 4hrs. There are now some cooling features, but it's still ungodly hot with a fire suit on and the heat from the car. On Super Speedways the passenger side window is sealed off for more speed greatly limiting air flow. Then there is the building of the cars and engines that teams do. There's something for engineers, fabricators, mechanics, leadership, pit crew (those guys are also real athletes) as well and run out and do their thing inches from other cars coming and going, and transportation as well. Not to mention those who design and apply the "paint" scheme. There are jobs for all kinds of people with very different skills. Most people think of much beyond cars going in circles.

 

[dagrev]

That's amazing and unbelievable at the same time so I had to check and sure enough... damn, that's a lot of shoreline.

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