tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post618616444354799709..comments2023-11-03T02:47:54.900-05:00Comments on The Cumberland Post: Draggin'Dapper Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-47060781999722439942011-08-15T17:41:39.033-05:002011-08-15T17:41:39.033-05:00I reread the definition of acceleration from time ...I reread the definition of acceleration from time to time...it's like a shot in the butt of Vitamin B12Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16706154044422069944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-68106198066452997112011-08-07T12:15:57.661-05:002011-08-07T12:15:57.661-05:00Buffalo Bill, I really, really, really enjoyed Bob...Buffalo Bill, I really, really, really enjoyed Bob Bell's Definition of Acceleration. My heart rate shot up while I consumed the definition.Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16706154044422069944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-66067459465438993282011-08-06T18:01:22.034-05:002011-08-06T18:01:22.034-05:00Andy, Nothin' wrong with a Merc Sable. I never...Andy, Nothin' wrong with a Merc Sable. I never have quite got into Nascar either. Way back there in the '50s and '60s when they raced what were fairly close to "stock" cars (and you could root for Pontiacs or Plymouths or whatever) I was a little more interested, but nowdays the cars all look the same. BTW, I've got a '96 John Deere that I think would take your Cub Cadet. Heh.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-54262002518424736442011-08-06T17:03:09.166-05:002011-08-06T17:03:09.166-05:00Yep, Dan...a Merc Sable is about as flashy as Andy...Yep, Dan...a Merc Sable is about as flashy as Andy will dare drive.<br /><br />Black Beauty...what a car.<br /><br />I guess the feces on the wall thing was a little obscure...kind of a personal moment with an old friend thing...<br /><br />I've just never understood the fascination of hundreds of thousands of people watching cars go 'round and 'round in an oval for hours. I know it's just me.<br /><br />Must be.<br /><br />Now...Lawnmower races...that'll get my attention!!!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-38131982963192084142011-08-06T16:59:18.604-05:002011-08-06T16:59:18.604-05:00Andy, I'm still trying to get my head around y...Andy, I'm still trying to get my head around your opening image (feces on the wall!), but I'm not a fast driver either, and I don't think being interested in hot cars and dragsters is necessarily a reflection of how you drive on the street or Interstate. Obviously, since one of my first cars as a young man was a Fiat, I had things other than speed on my mind (what it was, I haven't a clue). <br /><br />Still, if we were at a red light in Shrevetown tonight, I think I could wipe out that Merc Sable (or whatever it is you drive) even in my 2000 Dakota pickup. Keep your eye out for me man, I'm after you. You'll know me by that big J. Cash finger sticker pic I've got on my pickup's rear window...which you'll be looking at as I leave you in my dust.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-91900280499077417352011-08-06T16:43:38.410-05:002011-08-06T16:43:38.410-05:00Buck, The stockers were always my main interest to...Buck, The stockers were always my main interest too. In the '50s seeing what the Chevys would do against the Fords and Hemis was always my priority. Plus, at the little strip I went to, nobody had a dragster. Everyone was running stocks, or slightly modified stocks, or heavily modified stocks.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-12654706509334830882011-08-06T16:40:30.288-05:002011-08-06T16:40:30.288-05:00Inno, your phrase "gloriously stupid" su...Inno, your phrase "gloriously stupid" sums the big dragsters up for me too. I may be wrong, but there's something very American about it also; that other phrase you use to describe the attitude behind the whole enterprise kinda speaks to that.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-63970413493721916322011-08-06T16:02:33.283-05:002011-08-06T16:02:33.283-05:00So, I'll be the feces spread on the wall of &q...So, I'll be the feces spread on the wall of "The Home" here. <br /><br />I've never been one bit interested in racing cars. Never. Not drag racing, stock cars, Formula One (or whatever they call it), or even trying to one-up some bubba from a red light.<br /><br />I drive like a grandma, and wish everyone else would, too.<br /><br />I've never understood the magic that is "NASCAR," either. I think to myself, "Well, tens of millions of people can't be wrong! There must be something wrong with me."<br /><br />I guess that's a "given."<br /><br />BTW, Dan...bitchin' Cash song. Never was much of a Cash fan, either...<br /><br />Crud...I'm just a wet blanket here, I know. But, I do like that one.<br /><br />Actually I do use Cash in many of my posts with my "JohnnyFinger" image, which I stole from Staci Bliss. I loves it...I'm on my notebook, and I don't have the code for a link on it. <br /><br />But, here be the URL: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TeJxggJvg7g/S6tsboEZCOI/AAAAAAAADoE/E9aGCNZKw-U/s1600/JohnnyCashFinger.jpgAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-75592798069577752092011-08-05T13:01:05.296-05:002011-08-05T13:01:05.296-05:00I'm with Inno, to a point, and that point bein...I'm with Inno, to a point, and that point bein' "wonderfully ridiculous." I'm glad Top Fuel exists but I much prefer watching the stockers go at it.<br /><br />As for this... <i>"a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the same rate with 25% less energy being produced."</i><br /><br />That's no doubt true on a "per passenger" basis, but otherwise? I think not.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7867112187125913607.post-43160501942790963722011-08-05T12:44:14.654-05:002011-08-05T12:44:14.654-05:00That's what's great about drag racing: It...That's what's great about drag racing: It is so totally over-the-top. I don't quite know what words I'd use, but I guess it would be "gloriously stupid." 8000 bleacher-rattling horsepower to race for 4 seconds. Wonderfully ridiculous.<br /><br />Nitro cars are a complete and total "SCREW YOU!" to all sense and sensibility. That's exactly why I love 'em.innominatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365636738022339985noreply@blogger.com