tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post1662620940810518045..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: Not Grit in the Gears...soubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-31486930139675911782010-07-10T08:25:27.345-05:002010-07-10T08:25:27.345-05:00Hardly its master, and hardly wily. Or did you mea...Hardly its master, and hardly wily. Or did you mean as in Wile E. Coyote? Ah, well, I'll defer to you. But 75 hp or no, it was more than the gears wanted. You can do the torque translation. I liked the story. Reminds me of once when I tried to blow out the rear end of an old push-button Chrysler. I had an excuse though - I was 16 years old. You weren't even TRYING for damage.<br /><br />As long as it ends well, as I'm sure it will.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-14648075375238402402010-07-10T08:11:36.244-05:002010-07-10T08:11:36.244-05:00we must be related! that same guy's been tryin...we must be related! that same guy's been trying to track me down too! i'm patiently waiting for my check to come. lolKim Hineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735663073994877951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-55424111900196758332010-07-10T07:36:26.511-05:002010-07-10T07:36:26.511-05:00Max: Horsepower in the green thing is not exactly ...Max: Horsepower in the green thing is not exactly excessive. If the engine and its ancillaries were new, it might, on a good day, manage 75 hp, but it's forgotten all that newness a long time ago. Now, instead of brute force, it tackles obstacles with patience, and wily cunning, a bit like its master.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-28572527795926158762010-07-10T07:16:38.183-05:002010-07-10T07:16:38.183-05:00gz: one never hoards quite enough.
When I become ...gz: one never hoards quite enough. <br />When I become a multi-millionaire, due to a lottery win, or that chap whose name i cant recall who died in the concorde crash, leaving billions but no obvious heirs and now his lawyers have tracked me down as his only surviving relative. They're incredibly thorough, aren't they, but i fear they seem to have missed out the existence of my siblings, so I'll either have to bump them off, or come clean and share... but what of the cousins...oh dear... <br />anyway, when I'm a millionaire, I'll have a 200 thousand square-foot warehouse, with racking, and fork-lift trucks, in order to hoard more stuff. but I'll have someone to index it, so when I come in and say "have I got a manifold stud for a 1972 volvo?", he'll just fire up the forklift, and go to bay seventeen, shelf twelve, and retrieve a crate. <br />And in a neatly stacked and labelled box, will be a full set of exhaust studs for a 1972 volvo. "I brought you the new studs," he'd say "You have a used set in bay 34..."<br />"Oh, that's okay" I'll reply, "I didn't actually need one, but I was just wondering, last night, if I had one. I mean, in case I ever happened to buy a 1972 volvo, with a broken exhaust manifold stud....."<br /><br />Oh yes. I need more storage.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-48483734062985669712010-07-10T03:48:33.459-05:002010-07-10T03:48:33.459-05:00A bit too much engine in your toy if you ask me. ...A bit too much engine in your toy if you ask me. People prone to pulling things out of the ground should be protected with less horsepower. Wasn't it you who once told me that there was some sort of ratio between horsepower and I.Q. that needed to be applied before attaching cables to stumps and such? I think it was you, but I forgot the ratio.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-49197480625294311662010-07-05T04:31:06.699-05:002010-07-05T04:31:06.699-05:00one always hoards too much- and never the bits tha...one always hoards too much- and never the bits that break!gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-39329391629775773722010-07-04T19:07:42.272-05:002010-07-04T19:07:42.272-05:00Well, I didn't get the parts today, but that m...Well, I didn't get the parts today, but that might be because I didn't try. Just went out and enjoyed the sunshine.<br /><br />But you're right, the green thing is cool, and I should have been out, with the top off, bumping over a rocky track on the heather-fragrant moors.<br />Ask hubby if he's got a ten-spline halfshaft for a '62 land-rover in his abused machinery bit-box, will you?soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-14132822699160633722010-07-03T19:50:40.151-05:002010-07-03T19:50:40.151-05:00oh goodness, you and my husband would get along wo...oh goodness, you and my husband would get along wonderfully! he loves abusing machinery too lol. i sure hope you find the parts you need, that truck/jeep thing is cool!Kim Hineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735663073994877951noreply@blogger.com