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From: Jim Thompson on 7 Jul 2010 12:02 On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:38:47 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 01:54:49 -0700 (PDT), Bill Sloman ><bill.sloman(a)ieee.org> wrote: > [snip]>> >>I've always seen skiing as an expensive way of breaking your leg. > >Life is an expensive way of dying. I think most people live life >backwards, taking great risks while they are young, and getting timid >and idle when they are older. As you have fewer probable years left, >it makes sense to wait til then to do the really risky stuff. I'd >rather slam into a tree at 45 MPH than die in some nursing home. > >>Playing field hockey did put a fracture-line in my jaw, but at least I >>didn't have to pay through the nose for the privilege. > >We have season passes at Sugar Bowl, the resort Walt Disney built, for >this upcoming year, a pretty good deal. The views are incredible. And >I can ski on impulse at Tahoe Donner, $8 for a senior half-day pass. >If I push it, I can get that cost down to about 75 cents a run. A good >beer and some peanuts at the bar will cost more than the lift ticket. > >The sheer physics of skiing makes it worthwhile. Some people have a >liking for violent kinetics, like skiing and roller coasters and hard >driving cars and motorcycles, and some don't. > >http://www.marinmagazine.com/Marin-Magazine/December-2009/Tahoe-Evolves/go2.jpg > >Those "terrain feature" gadgets are fun. > > >John > I make it a point to drive fast enough every day to ensure maximum heart rate ;-) Right now that's around 105MPH in traffic. Used to be 130MPH, but HEY! I'm 70 now :-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples.
From: Joerg on 7 Jul 2010 12:05 John Larkin wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:40:09 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> > wrote: > >> John Larkin wrote: >>> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:25:53 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Now I really don't like Chrysler because I got burned by their products >>>> but when I see the new Dodge Challenger, oh man, all I'd have to do is >>>> work up a good full-blown midlife crisis and I just might ... >>>> >>> How's this for MLC? >>> >>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/A3a.jpg >>> >>> It's only 250 HP, but it's light, so if the surface is anything like >>> wet or snowy or gritty, pretty much everybody else gets left in, >>> literally, my dust. >>> >> Oh, it's cool alright. But a bit too uptown and it doesn't quite have >> that "dude with the tattoos" appeal :-) > > The rack on top lends a bit of macho flavor, especially if you bungee > a bunch of wood and pipe to it. ... Nah, gotta be a surfboard. For those who have their midlife crisis around age 50 a kayak would also be appropriate but it's got to sport some nasty scrapes :-) > ... It has an interesting 6-speed > automatic tranny, two paralleled 3-speed gear sets, two clutches, no > torque converter. It upshifts in 80 milliseconds. > Is that the one that is shifted motorcycle-style? >> Out here the ultimate cat's meouw would be an all tricked-out truck with >> a huge engine, and where you need a ladder to get in. > > On Sunday I let The Brat drive it up to a waterfall near Sierraville, > a beautiful twisty-turney up-and-down run with no traffic at all. She > drives a Jeep Rubicon and was amazed at how low the Audi is... reminds > me of my old Austin-Healey Sprite. Only more reliable and a zillion > times more power. > > She liked it. German cars don't feel anything like Jeeps. > They do behave sportier than other cars. But by now I feel a bit uneasy in Germany, when in a small car where the driver goes down a fairly crowded autobahn at breakneck speed. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM.
From: Jim Thompson on 7 Jul 2010 12:16 On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: [snip] > > >Nah, gotta be a surfboard. For those who have their midlife crisis >around age 50 a kayak would also be appropriate but it's got to sport >some nasty scrapes :-) > I once shot the rapids on the Cheat River (northern WV), without the aid of a canoe :-) [snip] >> > >They do behave sportier than other cars. But by now I feel a bit uneasy >in Germany, when in a small car where the driver goes down a fairly >crowded autobahn at breakneck speed. I've driven an Opel on the autobahn at 210km/h ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples.
From: John Larkin on 7 Jul 2010 12:37 On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:05:45 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:40:09 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:25:53 -0700, Joerg <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Now I really don't like Chrysler because I got burned by their products >>>>> but when I see the new Dodge Challenger, oh man, all I'd have to do is >>>>> work up a good full-blown midlife crisis and I just might ... >>>>> >>>> How's this for MLC? >>>> >>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/A3a.jpg >>>> >>>> It's only 250 HP, but it's light, so if the surface is anything like >>>> wet or snowy or gritty, pretty much everybody else gets left in, >>>> literally, my dust. >>>> >>> Oh, it's cool alright. But a bit too uptown and it doesn't quite have >>> that "dude with the tattoos" appeal :-) >> >> The rack on top lends a bit of macho flavor, especially if you bungee >> a bunch of wood and pipe to it. ... > > >Nah, gotta be a surfboard. For those who have their midlife crisis >around age 50 a kayak would also be appropriate but it's got to sport >some nasty scrapes :-) Decals? Like the bullet holes you see on PT Cruisers. > > >> ... It has an interesting 6-speed >> automatic tranny, two paralleled 3-speed gear sets, two clutches, no >> torque converter. It upshifts in 80 milliseconds. >> > >Is that the one that is shifted motorcycle-style? Yes, incremental. You can do that yourself if you want, with the shift lever or paddles. Lately I just set it to "sport shift" for snow or mountain driving, and let it do all the busy up-down engine braking stuff for me. Getting lazy, I guess. > >>> Out here the ultimate cat's meouw would be an all tricked-out truck with >>> a huge engine, and where you need a ladder to get in. >> >> On Sunday I let The Brat drive it up to a waterfall near Sierraville, >> a beautiful twisty-turney up-and-down run with no traffic at all. She >> drives a Jeep Rubicon and was amazed at how low the Audi is... reminds >> me of my old Austin-Healey Sprite. Only more reliable and a zillion >> times more power. >> >> She liked it. German cars don't feel anything like Jeeps. >> > >They do behave sportier than other cars. But by now I feel a bit uneasy >in Germany, when in a small car where the driver goes down a fairly >crowded autobahn at breakneck speed. The A3 is spec'd for 163 MPH or something insane like that. I'm sure not going to try that with snow tires. John
From: Jim Thompson on 7 Jul 2010 14:59
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:06:48 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: [snip] > >They do have tests for toxoplasmosis, which seems to strongly >encourage risk-taking in human males. I don't enjoy risk as such, >quite the contrary, but I enjoy the speed and motion. I think the same >kinephilia makes me sympathetic to the way circuits work; I look at a >circuit and *feel* it move, independent of any analytical >considerations. It's fun occasionally to catch the big-equations boys >when their math leads them to obviously absurd conclusions. > >John > Do you mean I've graduated from "old hen" to "big-equations" boy ?:-) Newbie alert: Note that Larkin NEVER posts a detailed schematic (with component values) for any topic he posts... vague hen scratching or none at all. This is his "hide behind mommy's skirts" protection mechanism whenever he's cornered. Then he invents some monolog that (sometimes) fits his arguments. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples. |