Raining on & off all day here, cold & windy too.
Spent the day answering email questions from students about my class.
First nice day we have, the Captain & I are going to pack a lunch & drive off somewhere by ourselves.
Posts by Doc&Ruby
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Not a mod, but goodies certainly! My old driving gloves were pretty beat up with two years of sun & weather, so I got a new pair.
Riparo leather motorcycle gloves, black leather with red stitching. Very classy, just the thing for riding - once the weather starts cooperating anyway.
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If the hospitals get overcrowded, who gets care and who does not?
These decisions, known as ethical triage, have been only in the realm of academic ethics classes and speculation before now. But the realities of the Covid-19 emergency - especially in places like New York - mean that some doctors and nurses may have to make the life saving, and treatment denial decisions sometime soon. As the article says, "No one who participates on a triage team emerges undamaged."
Here's the link, its about a 10 minute read.
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https://www.nationalreview.com…hieve-dem-spending-goals/
The global pandemic is "a tremendous opportunity to achieve Democrats spending goals."
I guess I'm kinda glad the Democrats are so straight forward about revealing who they really are, but this kind of "power for us & screw the voters" nonsense makes me really mad! 😡😡
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I also like the higher mounting point, but with our extreme summer heat I would be very hesitant to do any mod that might disrupt airflow to the radiator
This was a primary concern for me, I also wanted the bar lower and underneath because the Nilight bar puts out a tremendous amount of light (9000 lumens or better as I remember)
Didn't want to blind other drivers!
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If you search for Nilight, you will find a series of posts I made last May when I got this and installed it, plus a more in depth review of the product.
Hope that helps, feel free to PM me if you have questions or need photos of the install.
Doc
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Doc&Ruby can you give us some info on the light bar and whee you got it sir. thanks
The whole thing was under $35. I used speaker wire & tapped into fog light wiring for power. Also used clear silicone to seal the light bar, wire input, around the front plexiglass lens. Also took off end caps & sealed them. Some reviews complained about water intrusions and some LED elements shorting out - I've had no problems after 9+ months.
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We (me) and staff continue to work as residential painting contractor....so I hope a little $$$.$$ comes my way...need gas for Slingshot.
Any chance y'all want to do some house painting in northwest Arkansas?
The Captain & I contacted a painter, but we haven't been able to get ahold of him since the virus crap started....
We're ready, got the color picked & everything (Captain's choice, o' course!)
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Is it legal??? Law says 4 headlights for US auto/MC... That's why the Canadian Headlight system only lights on 'high beam".
I've never had a problem, almost never get flashed by other people. The light bar is mounted 6-8 inches back of the front lip of the splitter, so nothing shines UP at other drivers.
The bar also has 2 rows of 12 LEDs. The outer 6 are wide angle floods (120 deg) - these light either side, great for dark corners. The inner 6 are spots (60 deg) that throw light straight out.
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The mayor's of LA and NYC are telling everybody to ware a mask or face covering while in public. But leave the medical grade masks for health care workers.
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SoCal nah!
The selfie reversed everything. I drove alone.
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Went to the vet to pick up flea & tick meds for the boys. They told me, call when you get here & describe your car & we'll bring your prescription out to you!
Hi, its Doc Barth, I'm here to pick up dog meds....
My car? It's the three wheel, red & black job with the shark fin on the back and tiger king stripes on the front fenders.
Looooong silence.
Then the vet and all three assistants came out to see Ruby.
Hello ladies!
Oooh! Do you give rides for free?
(Big smile behind my mask) Sure do!
What's it called?
This is Ruby. She's a Slingshot!
I suppose we can't do it today... but I want a rain check!
(More grinning behind the mask) Absolutely!
Social distancing sure is tough in a Slingshot! 😁
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another option you might want to check out is the light bar that Doc&Ruby installed in the center of the splitter - here is a link to the post
FIRST 24,500 POST ARCHIVE : What was today's Sling project-Mods , goodies.....? CLOSED THREAD
and here is a link to the bar itself
I bookmarked this when Doc posted it - I havent gotten around to it yet as I don't drive much at night, but if I do decide I need more light at some point this is how I think I will go
One of the best things about this light bar is that it helps make you more visible to other drivers both night & day.
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https://carbuzz.com/news/new-s…f-driving-cars-are-racist
So here's another data point showing how corrupt the Left is, and how they filter EVERYTHING through their own twisted political viewpoint.
Scientists did a study and found that the "person detection" algorithm used by many self driving vehicles is 5% less effective when viewing a darker skinned person.
Okay, fine. You might argue whether 5% was significant or important, but let's leave that aside. Should the researchers point out this flaw in the software? Absolutely. Should they call on companies developing self driving vehicles to improve their software to make folks safer? Yes!
But call out the *companies* as racist? This is asinine political theater that actually works against actual improvement and implementation of safer software. Companies will waste time, energy, and resources fighting the charge of racism instead of working on a better performing software system.
This is the Left. Screw the people, push the agenda, divide the people with identity politics. 😡
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Another article about this idiot who is reported to have said that he expected something to break before the end of the day. -
This fellow seems to be an even bigger idiot than I thought.
I think you're going to pay $40-50K for a Tesla 3... for "hooning"?
As bugs bunny might say: "What a maroon!"
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Apparently you guys are much better at math than I am which was really not ever my fortes. I have a question. I see all these graphs, tables, predictions in the news. Are these just “extremely educated guesses” ?? Can’t another new epicenter break out at any time completely blowing up all predictions?? Perhaps I should have actually learned calculus instead of squeeking by with a barely passing grade promptly forgetting that nightmare
You're basically correct, Bill.
Much of the data is incomplete, a lot of what we see is projections - not data.
And yes, nobody's crystal ball is very good. We won't know the whole story until well after it's all over - and probably won't even then.
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I saw this, interesting concept but I think you would need a beefier alternator to make it work.
There is no free lunch, you need to get the energy to drive the compressor turbine from somewhere.
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Mortality rate is far less than 5%. You are assuming that the number of confirmed cases is the actual number of infections.
Best mortality estimates I have seen (for USA) are between 1-1.5%.
Mortality also depends a lot on factors:
Age
Preexisting conditions
Socioeconomic status
Education (yes, better educated people are more likely to follow guidelines & stay healthy)
Locale (not all countries have equal health care, nor do all regions in the US)
Is your healthcare system overwhelmed (bad), never seen this (bad), or do the doctors & nurses have both experience and a bed for you (best case).
There are likely other immunological factors that we don't know about. Prior exposure to a different Corona virus may be one of them (it's a big family)
Just throwing out quick & dirty mortality numbers isn't really helpful or accurate. Models are just models after all... and many of them have biases and inaccuracies - even worse, some have political agendas (this IS an election year on top of everything else.)
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Sorry dad, these are mine now.... 🥰
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An article in electrek.com claims the Brits want to put cigarette style warning labels on gas pumps. They say Canadians are putting photos of wildlife on gas pumps claiming that by filling up you are killing nice animals with Global Warming. 😡
Found same article on another news site & was able to copy the link.
https://mobilitylab.org/2018/1…tes-why-not-on-gas-pumps/
From the article:
"Shifts in tobacco were a result of increasing the stigma of smoking. It’s now considered anti-social. Similar tactics should be applied to fossil fuels. That includes restrictions on advertising by fossil fuel companies to prevent misleading claims."
