The lack of maintenance records is a little iffy, too. On the one hand, since he's only had it a couple of months, he may not have that much to show. On the other hand, two months is plenty of time to take it to somebody and then spend a crap ton of money getting it fixed or getting a nice big quote. Could be lots of…

"She was flying, sir!"

They started coasting the empty loads a bit more by my house before I left for college in '04. They'd even shut the engines off from time to time to save diesel. They never coasted the loaded ones. I'm guessing freight cars must be different than coal cars 'cause these things still groaned like crazy and there was…

This ^. I grew up in a little coal camp house about 60 feet from tracks that carry nothing but very, very heavy coal cars. The house shakes and rattles and, when the train is going slowly, you can feel every groan, lurch and slam those cars make; not to mention the rumble of the engines under your feet. Hell, you can…

I hope all of the Bruce fights in this game are started by a meowing cat.

But I liked having my five wives and one husband, even if they were neglected at times! It's hard to live the family life when you're constantly saving someone from peril or attending to some thankless busy-work all across Albion. So what if my character drank too much and so what if he may or may not have beaten his…

Behold this glorious donk I saw while visiting the mother-in-law over Thanksgiving...

One of my favorite movies.

'Cause it denies those poor children one more made-for-TV-then-almost-instantly-straight-to-DVD Disney movie. It's based on the story of a disgruntled old man who takes a chance on a horse that his fictional granddaughter sees at an auction at the county fair. They arrive back at the family farm and the grandpa tells…

Found the results of that race after some Sunday reading but only snippets of video. It was the 2002 Race of Champions and Marcus Gronholm was the overall winner with the US winning the Nations Cup event after upsetting the Italians in the final. The drivers were Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Colin Edwards (motorcycle…

I really wish someone like Busch or maybe Johnson would give it a shot. It would probably take tons of $$$ to pull either one of those guys, but maybe they'd leap at the chance. I would love to see it.

Yeah, I thought it was telling that the first thing he mentioned was the viewership and $ she'd bring in, not the skill.

Agree completely that the last second is the hardest to find. I'm only assuming, but since Gordon only had about four laps in the car and managed to get to the within a second mark, my optimistic side says that, were he given more practice laps and development time, he would more than find it. Just IMO, of course, but…

I completely agree it's not the same, but at the same time I think that great driver will adjust. To an always-competitive level? Maybe not. Montoya, for example, has only been meh but he is competitive. Those guys are all used to driving and racing at very close proximity at very high speeds. It's a totally…

Jeff Gordon didn't do too poorly whenever he had a go in Montoya's Williams BMW at Indy a number of years ago. He loses it in a corner on the first lap (a left turn *cue laughter*) but doesn't make that mistake again. I remember watching go it on TV when it came out and they were talking about how he was off the…

Jeff Gordon didn't do too badly when he took a few laps in Montoya's Williams BMW a number of years ago. He loses one corner in the first lap, but doesn't make the same mistake again. I watched it on SPEED whenever it came out and I remember them talking about how he was off qualifying pace by just under a second, and…

Jeff Gordon didn't do too bad, either, when he ran Montoya's Williams BMW at Indy a number of years ago. Takes him a lap or so to adjust, loses one corner on the first lap, doesn't make that mistake again. I remember watching this when it came out and they were saying he was off qualifying pace by just under a second,…

Dirt bikes are deceptively fast and torquey. Two-strokes are especially tricky, as they always feel like they're ripping the earth apart, or not doing much at all; that's how I always felt, at least. A two-stroke 125cc is fast, a 250cc can be downright scary, even if you are experienced.

My paternal grandmother's first cousin stormed Omaha on D-Day. Later on, he was assigned to be one of Patton's Jeep drivers, so he has (still living) quite a few interesting stories to tell. He's been pretty open about the whole thing and even shared a few Patton stories, things he'd say to him. He's a little guy but…

Most do, for sure, but the 60s and 80s are all over the place around here. The price for them on CL has gone up considerably in the last few years, way outta my "Lemme take a look at that and maybe I'd buy it" range.