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This should be entertaining... HS

RIP Frank, Cecil, Michael and Lee. HS

Studs stretch some or they break. Metallurgy... Not for the faint of heart when combined with high pressure, heat, detonation... HS

So I pushed my motor a bit more than I intended. Long story short I have a transmission controller and now that I converted the car to an automatic (could not get a manual to survive) I have been playing with locking the torque converter (fluid coupler). At the quarter mile, worked like a dream. Feels like a shift to another gear...powerful and great for my elapsed times and trap speed. Well, I tried the same at the standing mile last year and I had a different result than I planned. Basically, I use overdrive in the standing mile and when I finally got the transmission to take OD (4th gear for me) by getting out of it and bumping it to neutral and back, it made crazy power and pulled like I've never felt her go. That was the good part. The bad part is it excited the turbos more than planned and she made more boost at the manifold than I expected. Result...I raised the heads. So if you haven't seen this before, imagine all they dynamic cylinder compression created by the piston stroke with the benefit of turbo compression flaming out the side of the head/block area. Basically...a blow torch. Managed to get the car safely to a stop and aside from a bit of fire suppressant to ensure the smoking under the hood was not fire, not too hard on the motor/car. But I did do this to the heads and I wanted to share so you could 1) see what it looks like if you haven't before and 2) see some craftsmanship the gent that made these for me does on heads. Basically three steps thus far: my trashing them, welding and rough machining, and then cleaning them nicely. Note on the last step the chambers have been "softened"...there's an edge within the chamber if you will. That's for quenching and better handling the heat from boost and avoiding pre-detonation. vroom vroom... HS

Great looking watch! HS

I like the Tudor with the burgundy bezel. HS

The wifey broke the news to me. RIP Stephen. I hope you find all the answers... HS

RIP, David. Watched every episode...thank you. HS

Godspeed, Roger... HS

It's a good thing you're here to save us all money... HS

oh boy... HS

Somewhat speechless... https://www.massdrop.com/buy/mitchell-and-johnson-gl2-headphones?1=1&utm_placement=21&referer=DKSL7Y&mode=guest_open&utm_campaign=Automated Daily Promotional 2018-03-01&utm_source=SparkPost&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily Promotional&utm_content=1519887629504.596747551711605717660277 HS

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Was listening to her just yesterday. HS

I need a Cliff Notes version if I'm to be of any use... HS

https://youtu.be/okjl4YcSmPc HS PS...won't allow me to embed. apologies...

Condolences on behalf of my family, Todd. RIP Carol... HS

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Physics has a way of shocking me at times. 3.5 yards due to a watch.....that's pretty wild. HS

I experienced the not so shock resistant part golfing with my Omega Seamaster years ago. What a dip... HS

LOL. I'm too old to drink anything but good tequila these days. Only drink it on Fridays...blow off steam after long work weeks. Mostly I sip good rum and I'm particularly smitten with my current daily. It's interesting that you point out a one-watch approach. I think that's easier to pull off with a stainless watch, like your GS, and I could see me perhaps getting there with something like the Daytona. I'm trying to be strong and avoid going down the rabbit hole with watches as I tend to do with most things I take a liking to. Very binary I be... HS

That is a good looking chronograph and I like how you paired it with the brown strap. Sinn does not appear to offer that vintage style strap with the holes currently although it may be as simple as a request of them. It appears a bit largish for my wrist but that seems to be the style these days. The souls comment while I'm drinking my coffee on a Saturday morning after sipping my tequila last night...that made me smile! HS

Very cool that you roast your own, tyrion. I have a some good friends at work that are chem-E's....brilliant nuts that were big tea drinkers. I converted them to the dark side and they're roasting their own now and have had some success in my humble opinion. Roasting is an art and choosing, handling, storing and ultimately deciding how and how long to roast beans is one hell of a dance. Good stuff and it's great that we have so many options to choose from these days in the way of roasted whole beans. I would have never guessed that I'd end up going back to a shop out of Tulsa of all places. Used to be a big fan of George Howell Terroir coffees but they went to seed at some point a few years back. They taught me a lot though about what I prefer. HS