Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[FUJIMO]

My apologies .i thought BROWNE AND SHARPE were in MASS—— American measuring devices have always been world class. So why do we all buy CHEAP, CHUCKAWAY CHINKIE CRAP???????? WHEN for a few dollars more , we could have once in a lifetime tooling ???

...because technological improvements now occur every hour these days, not once every 20 or 30 years, like when we were coming up...thats why jackie. its hard for us to grasp, i know, but we need to accept its reality. some things can't be improved upon, but most can, and are...

[WaterZebra]

My apologies .i thought BROWNE AND SHARPE were in MASS—— American measuring devices have always been world class. So why do we all buy CHEAP, CHUCKAWAY CHINKIE CRAP???????? WHEN for a few dollars more , we could have once in a lifetime tooling ???

LOL...........I switched to digital micrometers because I've forgotten HOW TO READ analog ones over the years!

[mr fun]

last I herd the new plastic sextants made who knows where were all the rage, give a mellinal a sextant or a phonebook and the delima is the same amount of stress for the poor creature.

[Lake X Kid]

Of course he can’t drive worth a lick- purely the car that he’s always had that does the winning .
Put any other driver in the same car and they would win anyway. Well that’s the story going round.
Whilst the world was singing Verstappens praises and winning all the practice sessions ,plus the first pole position of the new season, Hamilton was quietly dialling in last years car !!!!!!
Lucky bastard only went and won the season opener ???????????? Wonder how the hell that happened
WIN NUMBER 96 methinks ——. No F1 driver ever came close to winning 100 GP’S before —— really does look like the only way to stop him is shoot the bugger; ??????

I admire F1 technology, but competition for a win - throughout the field is lacking. Considering the 3rd place car was almost One Minute behind the winning car.

That is why I will be watching competition tomorrow at Bristol, because no one knows (unlike F1) who is going to be the overall winner. The 40 field Nascar race was postponed today, Sunday, because of rain.

Here is last week V8 powered Late Models slinging clay on the 1/2 mile course. See in-camera action.

[Lake X Kid]

I would like to recognize the small time mechanic (like myself back in the day) who only had a tool box, and not a Rolling Tool Cabinet. Most of them, like me, bought quality tools like craftsman, which were more affordable.

And we never bought tools off the Snap-On Truck, but we nevertheless looked at them.
And later, I also admired the Ingersoll Rand tools. I went to their East LA manufacturing facility, and I saw ratchets with handles at least 2 feet long. The plant is no longer there, but they did quality work.

[GENE LANHAM]

Can't help ya with the Jag, but think the drive was the new TRS. If I remember correctly, that drive with a redesigned McII SSM is what we ran on the Merc Hi-Perf "Rotary Whipper" in 1973 pictured below .....

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Seems to me they said that drive could handle over 750 HP. It would have been the drive Speed Marine bought for their 1st KT in 74. It was also on the Cosworth that Benz drove to win the KT Championship in 78. I don't know if it was still in use in the mid eighties. It was pretty beefy .....

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Any time I see--or hear--MC-II--My brain goes into REVERSE

Must be an age related thing??????

[jackiewilson]

...because technological improvements now occur every hour these days, not once every 20 or 30 years, like when we were coming up...thats why jackie. its hard for us to grasp, i know, but we need to accept its reality. some things can't be improved upon, but most can, and are...

C’mon Fuji, give me a break, just what “hourly improvements” can justify SHODDY GOODS???
Im in touch with reality, believe me, the internet terrifies me —— covid, from a source SOMEWHERE in the Far East which nobody in this day and age can positively trace the source back to, !!!! runs rife in this super modern technology minded world and is running ALMOST out of control.
Before all this modern technology —- important things like voting for a new president or prime minister, had to be done by walking or driving to a polling both and registering your vote by your own hand —— no ifs, or buts —- no cyber, on line, Registering.
If hackers from India, Argentina and Timbuktu can steal my life savings from a supposedly safe bank . What chance is there of having a FAIR ballot.even allowing the world web web anywhere near the ballot box. ????? So much for the you “must accept modern technology” !!!!!!! It begs the question WHY???????? That surely does not mean we should bin all the old rules—-ways—and methods, learned over thousands of years and bow to the undoubtably superior knowledge of modern technology.
Any of you remember the first digital watches???? Chuck away the ticka-ticka- timex and the Rolex perpetual oyster, they were obsolete !!!!!!! Wasn’t long before people got pissed off with digi watches .
BIRO writing implements were humongously expensive at the off——- ten a penny here now———25 for a dollar in Malmarts ——— Good or bad, i don’t know, you’re your own judge !!!
Most things are improved on are they ???? I wonder if they really are Fuji????
One thing i do Know for certain —- Modern Technology divided a nation— that’s a fact.

[FUJIMO]

...One thing i do Know for certain —- Modern Technology divided a nation— that’s a fact.

...in many ways, i can't argue that point...

[Lake X Kid]

Sextant misreading?
The Indonesians do not think it was a miscalculation, with a new digital instruments or the old and simple tech sextant.

Artificial Reefs constructed from Chinese and Vietnamese sunken fishing vessels.
The Indonesian government is playing hardball. And I just became aware of it.
These have to be company vessels, to go from and back to their home base.
I do not think a mom & pop fishing boat, could afford the round trip fuel bill.
And also chance their life’s big expenditure, the family fishing boat being scuttled.

China might now be a superpower, but not all her surrounding waters are friendly neighbors. Especially, when the Chinese fleet comes and over-fishes their waters too.

[jackiewilson]

ROY, don’t you think its a bit weird that every single one of those boats , looks exactly like the one next to it. Just like dinky toys a kid would line up in the bath. 47 boats exactly like one another ????
you might be excused for thinking modern technology is rearing its ugly head here ?????????

[jackiewilson]

I would like to recognize the small time mechanic (like myself back in the day) who only had a tool box, and not a Rolling Tool Cabinet. Most of them, like me, bought quality tools like craftsman, which were more affordable.

And we never bought tools off the Snap-On Truck, but we nevertheless looked at them.
And later, I also admired the Ingersoll Rand tools. I went to their East LA manufacturing facility, and I saw ratchets with handles at least 2 feet long. The plant is no longer there, but they did quality work.

Exactly what i was talking about—- you have to pay a lot more for quality goods , you can’t buy a ROLLS -ROYCE with a FORD pocket !!!
If you want fresh milk delivered to your door by the farmer, it will cost you a whole lot more than you would pay at PUBLIX.
If you want a good brand of power tool ,ie; Milwaukee or DE-Walt , it will cost you a hell of a lot more than any of the cheap chinkie jobs that last for a couple of weeks before you chuck ‘em.
Same with a craftsman—- if you want the best— pay him top money. Job will get finished in time and no penalties!!!!! Just saying !!!!!!!!

[jackiewilson]

ITS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN,——-BLACKTHORN—- every hedgerow in England is aglow with the stuff. It’s a sign winter is nearly done—-spring is in the air —- and summer is a coming.
I’m on the move again and things are not moving as fast as i need them to—- that leads to irritability and the ramifications and consequences????????
At my age——- i have not time to stop ad stare , and wait for those who do not care , for those who always drag their heels , and have just no idea of how it feels — TO BE ALIVE!!!!

[FUJIMO]

...amen...

[jackiewilson]

...amen...

JESUS WEPT FUJI———- are we actually agreeing for once ????

Today—for the first time in my life, i feel “OLD”. My body no longer obeys my thoughts.—— i helped to move our old settee to outside . Woke up in the middle of the night to a chronic backache —- a couple of the thousand miles an hour aspirins to shift it . Damn thing has persisted all day . Whoever said growing old was “fun”, was either 20 years old, or a blatant liar .
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[jackiewilson]

FINALLY, THE CONCRETE PAD WAS LAID!!!!!!! Could have understood if it had been an apartment block———but its a shed for crying out loud—- its all of 16’ x 12MM —- i know its SUPERSHED to me —- but that’s feckin ridiculous . Next thing easters coming up.—— four days vacation .
LIFE GETS TEDIOUS DON’T IT ?????????