Travers: Perhaps you'll favor us with a demonstration while we're here. Buffy: You mean, like, right now? 'Cause, already had my recommended daily dose of fights tonight.

'Potential'


Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Cass - Feb 19, 2006 9:35:03 am PST #128 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Of all the things I can explain, the rules of restrictor plate racing is not one of them... Or the reasoning. Or the why. Or why I wasn't offered the kool-aid at least.

Sheesh... An hour. Why aren't there cars on the track? This is why I never watch these things live at the beginning. I should order me a pizza.


Trudy Booth - Feb 19, 2006 9:42:28 am PST #129 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

Cars? On a track? And when?

Are you meaning to imply that I am watching a race?

I am merely asking a hypothetical question in regards to the size of the grid when using restrictor plates.

I am offended, sir.

Yeah pizza. And beer too -- just embrace it.


Cass - Feb 19, 2006 9:46:27 am PST #130 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I am merely asking a hypothetical question in regards to the size of the grid when using restrictor plates.
43 cars. Same as always. Well 43 start. Significantly fewer finish.

Yeah pizza. And beer too -- just embrace it.
I don't think I can get the beer delivered. Which is a shame.


DCJensen - Feb 19, 2006 9:48:56 am PST #131 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

Trudy, they basically just decided recently (some study?) that OTC cough suppressants don't do jack.

Unless your counter is in a place where they allow codeine, like canada, europe, asia, australia...pretty much everywhere but the US.


Trudy Booth - Feb 19, 2006 9:50:11 am PST #132 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

So are the restrictor plates because of the track? Or do they just like to do some of each?

Oh, and bump drafting seems sorta cool.


brenda m - Feb 19, 2006 10:08:20 am PST #133 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Hot whisky with some honey and lemon.

Trudy, they basically just decided recently (some study?) that OTC cough suppressants don't do jack. So...my Russian coworker would suggest vodka...

Somewhere I saw that what the study actually shows was that it only treats the symptoms, it doesn't actually make the cough any better. Like treating the symptoms is nothing. Must've been a slow news day.


Cass - Feb 19, 2006 10:10:42 am PST #134 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Restrictor plates are because of the tracks. On the fastest tracks, they limit the engines to slow the cars down. Which works. But it also bunches the cars up. Which leads to chain-reaction, massively multi-car accidents, aka The Big One.

Bump drafting can be cool. Two cars can go faster than one. It is also very easy to do it stupid. Which crashes people. And can kill them. So it's better to be smart about it.

BWAH! "Toasting each other" commercial was adorable!


Trudy Booth - Feb 19, 2006 10:15:40 am PST #135 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

In a pre-race show I might have overheard all they seemed to talk about was The Big One. It almost seemed like, you know, people really do watch for the crashes.


erikaj - Feb 19, 2006 10:19:31 am PST #136 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

In my experience social worker=asshat. There are degrees of course; I even like the current one, but if she told me the sky was blue I'd run out and check first. So to speak.


Cass - Feb 19, 2006 10:22:41 am PST #137 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

Well, there are more of the massively multicar accidents in restrictor plate races. But restrictor plates came about because of of the incredibly violent high-speed crashes that were happening on those tracks.

Bigger / more crashes that were comparatively less dangerous -- it's the trade-off.

But the commercials are funny.