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Yeah like switching from Wild Turkey 101 to 81...? Been there done that.

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:28 am I make much better decisions now...

This explains many things for me. 1) falling head-first through a closed sliding-glass door down a flight of concrete steps 2) falling head-first into a kiddie pool filled mostly with water but also my own Wild Turkey-infused vomit 3) falling at least one story after cracking wise to the wrong Tonga...

Let me get this straight his blood could have been screened for his cellphone? Well they did add an extra comma. Goddammit, I thought I read English well, but...wut? Detectives did not seek search warrants for the athlete's blood samples, which could have been screened for drugs or alcohol, or his c...

84 to 87 mph in a 45 zone. No problem Tiger. Can I get your autograph? Also heard he might have panicked and stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake. No Effing way! That excuse is saved for us elderly people. I like how when the police person arrived to get him out the first thing he said wa...

So that I can learn more about track protocols what was the wave from the camera car? Was he saying “Nice one” or “Glad you didn’t flip it” or “Thanks for getting out of my way” or “Glad I didn’t do that” or “Dude I got that on camera!”? Inquiring minds want to know. 8-) Textbook example of why to n...

I would think most any nut on a helicopter could be called a Jesus nut! A guy I used to work with was a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam during the war. He said they were particularly careful as most pilots "requested" the mechanic go for a ride along shakedown flight after a repair...! This...

Don't most big companies only do some small percent of parts inspections per batch received rather than 100% inspection? Of course I would expect aircraft parts particularly military aircraft parts to receive increased scrutiny after all a helicopter has a steep glide ratio without power. Having dea...

Having dealt with major parts manufacturing companies I'm going to guess the outfit that supplied the rods to Porsche had an issue with their supplier or their process that they didn't catch. Or on the more nefarious side the supplier knew of the problem, thought it would be ok and/or shipped anyway...

Your Mom's last car was the Vette...right?

Seems your Mom was very COOL!

5chn3ll wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:42 am
Second, my mom's second-to-last car. Prior to this Camaro*, Mom drove a grey-market Jag with a Chevy stroker. Turns out Mom was a badass. Who knew?

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Sometimes things just don't change. Different catastrophic failure mode, but... 190 Porsche 718 Spyders, Cayman GT4s, and GTS 4.0s recalled for connecting rods that failed quality checks In March 2021, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHT...