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Messages - Jim Herrud

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The Lounge / Re: Mustang GT runs from the cops
« on: March 26, 2024, 05:23:02 PM »
My issue wasn't brashness - more of a brain fart. I divulged my admission on this forum back in 2019.
https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=7480.msg62613#msg62613

I went to the University in Laramie Wyoming where the WyoTech Automotive school is located. Some of those guys had FAST cars. Occasionally, they would hold clandestine drag races on a little used road north of town where they'd marked out a quarter-mile strip. They would post a guy about a mile away on either side to warn us via CB radio of any approaching traffic. That was probably my most radical scoff-lawery.

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The Lounge / Re: New BF Goodrich tires for the Hertz
« on: February 07, 2024, 11:40:58 AM »
I've always liked the raised white letter look. That's the way we did it in the 60's and 70's. I vote lettering out.

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The Lounge / Enzo in Heaven
« on: December 29, 2023, 09:09:12 PM »
In 1988 Enzo Ferrari, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a small Ferrari flag in the window.

"This house is yours for eternity, Enzo," said God. "This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here."

Enzo felt special, indeed, and walked up to his house. On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a huge mansion painted white with blue trim, a carbon fiber sidewalk, a 50-foot-tall flagpole with an enormous Shelby flag, and in every window, a Shelby logo sign of every imaginable type.

Enzo looked at God and said "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was a good manufacturer, my cars won LeMans and F1 championships, so why is Carroll Shelby getting a bigger and better house than me?"

God chuckled, and said "Enzo, that's not Carroll's house, it's mine!"

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The Lounge / Re: we are all collectors ..............
« on: December 17, 2023, 09:53:00 PM »
Guitars.


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The Lounge / Re: Anyone seen Randy
« on: October 04, 2023, 12:37:20 AM »
My wife and I met Randy at SAAC-46. A cool guy and very helpful.
He organized the only drag race I've ever participated in.
(Correction, the only "legal" one.)

Our sincerest sympathies.

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The Lounge / Re: Braille on a drive up ATM
« on: August 13, 2023, 01:57:54 PM »
I took a tour of Denver's Mile High Stadium a few years ago. I was amused to find that the Officials Locker Room includes the room number in Braille.

Might explain a few calls they made on the field last year.



OK, to be fair, all the rooms in the stadium include a Braille designation.

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I'm actually a NASCAR fan, but I still thought this was funny.

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The Lounge / Re: Shelby GT350 tributes and clones. What's important
« on: June 03, 2023, 07:47:08 PM »
I am a Shelby fan, but it is not a passion. I have a Shelby tribute and have no problem with some referring to it with apparently denigrating remarks such as “Fake Shelby”. I was aware of the bias long before I decided to go down this path.

What I do have a problem with is someone attempting to place an old car, whose claim to distinction is it’s having been modified at a particular location, with the oath that every Veteran has taken, pledging their life in defense of this country.

Look up the meaning of the word “Valor”. In the words of Inigo Montoya, “I do not think that word means what you think it means.”

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The Lounge / Re: What’s in your garages other than Shelbys?
« on: April 17, 2023, 02:31:15 PM »
Another flavor of motorsports...


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Well worth the time to watch. Thx!

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They lost $3 billion for their EV unit, but earned $7 billion in the ICE group and $6 billion on their fleet business.

They said the '22 loss was expected and akin to startup investment costs. Their losses are mounting from '20 and '21 due to ramping up production and will continue to increase for a few years while they continue their EV build-out. So far, all expected results.

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What's the difference between Mecum.com and Ontime.Mecum.com? My credentials for logging into Mecum.com didn't work for Ontime.Mecum.com.

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The Lounge / Re: Happy International Women's Day 2023
« on: March 08, 2023, 10:16:35 PM »
Could've ironed it...

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The Lounge / Re: Music from our time
« on: February 15, 2023, 12:28:31 PM »
Another classic from our time: Led Zeppelin was one of the recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

The finale of the evening's performances was an amazing rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" performed by Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson and featuring Jason Bonham on drums wearing his father's signature bowler. John Bonham's untimely passing in 1980 prompted Led Zeppelin to disband in tribute to their friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Rx09cBs50


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The Lounge / Re: Music from our time
« on: January 07, 2023, 12:55:22 AM »
Me too! Thx for posting!

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