Can someone explain to me why when g-force is explained they always say 1 g is the force gravity exerts on you sitting stil. Yet then they go on to talk about how many g’s something pulls and it would seem they are starting at 0. If I’m pulling 1 g sitting at my desk stationary, but a Beatle pulls 0.18 g’s to me that…

LOL... To be honest... I’m pretty sure he actually did say... but I’ve tired to block out as much of what he said to me as possible... so... probably the right one.

Ohhh my GOD you MUST see Rat Race.. That is one of the most outrageously funny movies ever. I think I have only laughed harder once in my life. (excluding tickle torture by older siblings as a child) It’s basically a knock of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Both are Hilarious, but I have to say my vote goes for Rat…

Being stuck on a Bus is Hellish on its own... any added discomfort is just a lower level of Hell.

Ohhh great the trash has spilled over onto OPPO, can’t you guys keep your trash in your own rooms instead of spreading it everywhere else.

How about I didn’t vote for him, (or her either) I don’t roll coal, but I absolutely understand it. And yeah, your pretty much right on....

Nah.. not scary at all, it’s mostly the effect of blinders from the mounted camera... try being a passenger, with no helmet.

At least you were able to leave. A colleague of mine got a ticket in Belgium, when he went to board his flight home they told him he had to pay his ticket before he could board the plane. I guess the moral is, if you visit Belgium, be sure your flight home is out of Schiphol Airport.

Yeah I relayed the story as I remember it being told to me, and in telling it here and to others the same thought occurred to me. My thought is, one something like that once might be enough to cause you to set it down and walk away. the other thought is that I can’t imagine my colleague not making some radio…

The thing is generally a little load on the motor warms things up a lot faster than sitting at idle or even fast idle. Certainly if you have a heavy load, or your jumping on the on ramp to race up to speed, or going out on a race track, warming up is more important. Anything where you will be asking the motor to work…

Speaking of Helicopters and war zones. A colleague of mine was a helicopter mechanic in the first gulf war. He was given a helicopter to fix. I don’t recall the exact helicopter but I think probably a Blackhawk, but not important to the story beyond that it had a stability augmentation system. The pilots refused to…

I recently learned how many stories I have. A colleague at work is absolutely terrified of flying. For me... mahh. I love to tell him my close call stories, which absolutely freak him out. It’s gotten so if I even begin to talk about flying he just walks away, screaming at me.

First I am assuming you are at least partially referencing Wheeler Dealer. I’ve not seen many episodes in which they get a car anywhere close to that cheap. I know in the early episode they have a budget of £2000 and about half of that is generally for the purchase. I know they have managed to get a few vey low priced…

Hmm gives credence to a claim a colleague of mine made about his Ford Mustang. Apparently it was going to get scraped, and of course you have to drain the fluids, before hand. They drained the oil, and then decided to drive it around an empty parking lot until the motor seized. Apparently they got bored doing donuts…

Pretty much why the German autobahns are safer than American interstate system. You pay a hell of a lot more attention to what you are doing, and what everyone else is doing, and everyone is safer for it. Still, I’ll let everyone else have that on their steering wheel, I’ll just drive like I’m in Germany.

In generally NP, in fact I’d probably check it out... except for the damn go fast stripes. I’d be all over it if I was still in my teens, or even early 20's, but with those stripes, I’d have to wear a paper sack over my head at my age. A heat gun ought to correct that issue, and then it’s priced about right.

Wheels tend to move up and down to go over bumps, ok in this case, left and right to go through door frames. But yes admittedly it’s a pretty surprising shot. Pretty explainable, except for the incredible odds of hitting at just the right angle, at just the right momentum. I have to imagine the words from the firemen…

I think the color in these pics makes it hard to judge. That shade of yellow just lets down the Mustang. I do like the changes to the headlights. Otherwise I don’t notice many significant changes.

I won’t disagree with your description of Nico, I’d mostly agree with it. However if your his team mate none of those things are really going to upset most people. They may be annoying, or cause you to not want to spend time with him away form the track, you may roll your eyes, but none of it really personally affects…

Safer... when it comes to aerodynamics, and high speed, you’re always risking a stall, and race cars can’t recover from a stall like planes... often can.