-MCF ToDay- MEMBER's Blog: TUESDAY, September 1, 2009
#11
09-01-2009, 07:58 AM
Yea...who needs sleep anyway...its over rated when you have cool places to be like the MCF...haha. Sorry guys, I love this place in all, but I still need sleep! I wish I could get away with a few power naps here and there like you Space.....
I try and keep the Monte clean...sometimes it gets more dirty than i'd like, but thats what happens when you put 80-150 miles a day on your car. Good news though, I ordered a STB bar last night for the Monte...and I plan ordering the new mats for it this week (3rd freakin pair)...I hope this pair is what I am looking for, and last...But I really did my research on these things before I click that buy button. I also ordered samples, so I could compair colors, and materials...So that should be nice once I get them!
Of course i'll share some pics for all of you!
I try and keep the Monte clean...sometimes it gets more dirty than i'd like, but thats what happens when you put 80-150 miles a day on your car. Good news though, I ordered a STB bar last night for the Monte...and I plan ordering the new mats for it this week (3rd freakin pair)...I hope this pair is what I am looking for, and last...But I really did my research on these things before I click that buy button. I also ordered samples, so I could compair colors, and materials...So that should be nice once I get them!
Of course i'll share some pics for all of you!
#13
09-01-2009, 08:15 AM
Wow Mike. A little bit of a spending spree, huh? I'm hearing the STB is definitely money well spent. Good luck on the floor mats. Hopefully the third time is the charm.
Good Morning Space dude, and everyone!
The end of another work day for me. Or should I say, "work night". Turned a little cool here in the Detroit area. Gotta wear a jacket at night now.
Good Morning Space dude, and everyone!
The end of another work day for me. Or should I say, "work night". Turned a little cool here in the Detroit area. Gotta wear a jacket at night now.
#14
09-01-2009, 08:27 AM
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast PA
Posts: 25,136
So far though with the added pressures, and shift changes, and not having to see my stupid CEL on I'm thoroughly enjoying the ride since the installs. It idles A LOT better now (around 700, instead of jumping constantly from 600-1k) and it seems a tiny bit throatier. Harder shifts also feel a lot nicer
#15
09-01-2009, 08:27 AM
Good Morning `Lou,
That's cold 4 this early in the season
Weather for Windsor, ON, Canada
54°F | °C
Current: Partly Cloudy
Wind: N at 0 mph
Humidity: 100%
We could use some cool weather here. Send it 2 `us.
The MOTM was a super race, and I was look'in 4ward
to getting back from work this early AM to see the results.
Oh, they sent me a new laptop + refund of shipping cost.
Now I have to again reload everything, but happy
I got my laptop back 4-Sure.
Hope that you get some rest & get back 2 your MCF Family : )
I'm still concerned/worried about Mod J.J.
I sure hope we hear something .....soon...
Peace/Happiness 2 `all
The MOTM was a super race, and I was look'in 4ward
to getting back from work this early AM to see the results.
Oh, they sent me a new laptop + refund of shipping cost.
Now I have to again reload everything, but happy
I got my laptop back 4-Sure.
Hope that you get some rest & get back 2 your MCF Family : )
I'm still concerned/worried about Mod J.J.
I sure hope we hear something .....soon...
Peace/Happiness 2 `all
#18
09-01-2009, 09:27 AM
Crap, I got to do back to back confrence calls today, so from 9-11 I will be stuck on the phone...BLAH! LOL! The joys of Tuesdays!
Lou, yea, I spent a few bucks, but honeslty the STB bar was only like 82 bucks after shipping from ZZP, which I thought was pretty cheap....The mats, God knows what those are going to cost me...The first set was $150, turned out to be the wrong color, so I gave them to my aunt that has a white 06 LS, and bought thesame ones again in the correct color...So I think you can all see why I am being so picky about the damn mats this time. I want exactly what I want, because I dont want to buy ew mats for a few years this time...These ones lasted 8 months and they are crap.
Its sad, I feel guilty spending $200 bucks on cloths and shoes for myself, but when it comes to my car, I spend that kind of money multiple times over all the time just so its always PERFECT. What can I say...
Lou, yea, I spent a few bucks, but honeslty the STB bar was only like 82 bucks after shipping from ZZP, which I thought was pretty cheap....The mats, God knows what those are going to cost me...The first set was $150, turned out to be the wrong color, so I gave them to my aunt that has a white 06 LS, and bought thesame ones again in the correct color...So I think you can all see why I am being so picky about the damn mats this time. I want exactly what I want, because I dont want to buy ew mats for a few years this time...These ones lasted 8 months and they are crap.
Its sad, I feel guilty spending $200 bucks on cloths and shoes for myself, but when it comes to my car, I spend that kind of money multiple times over all the time just so its always PERFECT.
What can I say...
#19
09-01-2009, 09:29 AM
Hi `Todd, you are a great sport & teacher, plus a super MCF
Family Member... I think you already are a Winner 4-Sure.
Family Member... I think you already are a Winner 4-Sure.
Thanks for all your super contributions to our Family.
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BlkSheep `Mike,
Thanks for your post update...Look forward to your progress
Thanks for your post update...Look forward to your progress
on your Monte & Life...
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The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth - a place where no human is thought to have ever set foot.
To search for the perfect site to take pictures of the heavens, a U.S.-Australian research team combined data from satellites, ground stations and climate models in a study to assess the many factors that affect astronomy - cloud cover, temperature, sky-brightness, water vapor, wind speeds and atmospheric turbulence.
The researchers pinpointed a site, known simply as Ridge A, that is 13,297 feet (4,053 meters) high up on the Antarctic Plateau on the continent at the bottom of the world.
The study revealed that Ridge A has an average winter temperature of minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 degrees Celsius) and an extremely low amount of water in the air.
The site is also extremely calm, which means that there is very little of the atmospheric turbulence that elsewhere makes stars appear to twinkle.
"It's so calm that there's almost no wind or weather there at all," said study leader Will Saunders, of the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Australia.
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#20
09-01-2009, 09:58 AM
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast PA
Posts: 25,136
Space, you mention updates on life, and I realized I never put up a few shots from Virginia!! How dare I!!!
White Water Rapids ride.
We got a little wet.....
Here's us by a tree. It was in the Ireland section of Busch Gardens. We were waiting for the Emerald Beat (riverdance) show to start!
Here's your classic cheesy shot of us before we went out to dinner Saturday night. Since the rain put a damper on our day at Busch Gardens and we had to go back Sunday night unlike we planned, I decided to make my g/f feel better by taking her out to a nice dinner.
If you look at the front row all the way to the right (left to the people on the ride) You'll see good ol' me, chillin in the seat ready to take on Busch Garden's newest coaster the Griffon! It has 2 90° free-fall drops that are amazing, and sitting in the front row was even better.
And here's a shot of one of the drops.
It was a great weekend, I wish I could have taken more pictures, but it's a pain carrying a camera all the time honestly.
White Water Rapids ride.
We got a little wet.....
Here's us by a tree. It was in the Ireland section of Busch Gardens. We were waiting for the Emerald Beat (riverdance) show to start!
Here's your classic cheesy shot of us before we went out to dinner Saturday night. Since the rain put a damper on our day at Busch Gardens and we had to go back Sunday night unlike we planned, I decided to make my g/f feel better by taking her out to a nice dinner.
If you look at the front row all the way to the right (left to the people on the ride) You'll see good ol' me, chillin in the seat ready to take on Busch Garden's newest coaster the Griffon! It has 2 90° free-fall drops that are amazing, and sitting in the front row was even better.
And here's a shot of one of the drops.
It was a great weekend, I wish I could have taken more pictures, but it's a pain carrying a camera all the time honestly.