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I had a hoot of a time, S. Made it to the Unlimited finals but I ended up backing out. My transbrake was intermittently allowing the car to roll a few inches and I'd drop the second bulb / red light. Kind of a PITA so we loaded the car, had a cocktail and kicked back. Let me see if I can get some crappy vids loaded...photobucket is not being a friend. And here is my transbrake acting up. For those that haven't used one, what works best is getting the line pressure up a bit to help it "bite" so you footbrake and rev slightly then hit the button and hope it bites. I have a two-step I use in tandem so it keeps the rpm's at a set point yet allows me to mash the pedal. When it works it is an elegant way to focus on your timing of launch. When not...it looks like this...LOL vroom vroom.... HS

Attended the Viper Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway last weekend. Needed a fix since I had to depart the Texas Mile early due to a family crisis. Some really cool rides there. I did a poor job of capturing pics of them (e.g. some Audi's, Lamborghinis and a lot of Corvettes). Here are a few shots though. Love the Snakeskin Green vipers. HS

Dang....that makes me feel old. RIP, J. You made my dreams better with that video... HS

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LOL. Methanol is NASTY stuff. I used to use some for water/methanol injection in my race car before I went to turbos (far more efficient and cooler than supercharger). Made the mistake of buying some to mix my own. I should have just bought the pre-made stuff but I wanted to know what I was putting into the motor. Control freak I guess... HS

^^^^this. One hell of a run and he made the most of it. RIP, Mr. Rickles. You made your mark... HS

suited my mood and the hour... HS

LMAO....I needed the chuckle Nice call on Bring a Trailer! Was not aware of the site. HS

Any internal shots? HS

RIP, Mssr. Kakehashi. HS

There is just something bad ass about a fast wagon, especially one that's a stick car. I could do without the red mirrors and the symbol across the side as I prefer understated shock the hell out of the guy in the Corvette at the light factor HS

I think the gent is high on the asking price, but no denying this would be a hoot to drive... https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/audi/s4-avant/1932313.html?refer=news For the Audi fans in the house. HS

That is great news, TMoney! Best of luck on the home. They'll keep you up at night at times (my house is pretty old so it's a fair amount of work), but home ownership is a great thing. Well worth the effort and expense in my case. HS

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Thank you all very much for the kind thoughts! My wife was very close to her mother and that has been the toughest part. Fortunately the service was lovely and we celebrated her life after the burial with a crawfish boil. She was a southern belle from Louisiana so it felt right and it was...a joyous moment in a week of a lot of lows and to-do's. HS

Yes....rough year thus far. RIP, Mssr. Baker. We buried my wife's mother yesterday. Touching event. I was doing great until my youngest son elected to speak a few words. Made me proud, but I cried like a little girl. She was a strong woman and very tolerant of my taking her daughter and grandsons around the world as a result of my career. RIP, GG... We love you. I'm glad I imbibe... HS

Thank you, Nate. I will reach out if I go that route. The plan is to hit a store or two this weekend as time allows and get my hands on some options. Should help point me in the right direction. HS

This is great info, gents. Thank you! I probably need to give Win 10 a test spin here before long in case it's keeping me from being open minded on hardware I should be considering. Arguably, what Apple does well is sell integrated solutions that hook you like crack... It sure is convenient to have an iPhone and a Mac. My family has taken to it so they must be getting something right as I keep buying the stuff. HS This is great info, gents. Thank you! I probably need to give Win 10 a test spin here before long in case it's keeping me from being open minded on hardware I should be considering. Arguably, what Apple does well is sell integrated solutions that hook you like crack... It sure is convenient to have an iPhone and a Mac. My family has taken to it so they must be getting something right as I keep buying the stuff. HS P.S. failed attempt last night to revive the wifey's iPad with bluetooth keyboard. The Pad wouldn't even take a charge....it went on and off regardless of the charging cable I used. Tried using my iPad mini with the bluetooth key board but the mini would not recognize it. I guess that stuff was older than I recalled...

dsavitsk, That's a good thought from a functional perspective. What I can offer is Win 8 made me want to shoot myself (came on my son's laptop). I use Win 7 at work without issue and was very comfortable with XP before we had to lay it down. I have had no exposure to Win 10. If it's anything like 8 I don't think my bar is deep enough... HS and at the risk of being stoned for being behind the times, my Mac Air still runs on Mavericks (it came with Mountain Lion and I upgraded once I felt Mavericks was stable). I didn't bother with Yosemite or El Capitan. I'm a bad person...

That's a good question, Brent. For most of my surfing I sit on a recliner with one of those laptop prop-up jobbies that keeps my legs from getting too hot. My headphone audio rig is to the right and I've got a side table to my left where my rum sits. Occasionally I'll stand at the kitchen counter or sit at the breakfast table with the Mac Air. You touched on one of my concerns...that the keyboard case may not be efficient / effective on the recliner. And, yes...this is HC. I feel the need to piss my money away on new tech I fear. Interestingly, the Mac Book Pro 13" is about the same weight as the Air. WTH is up with that??? The MacBook is 1lb lighter with a screen 1" smaller. Two boys to put through school and a car habit. I'm going to work forever...LMAO. HS

LMAO....and this is why I ask here. Unadulterated honesty... Nate offers an opinion that is where I am today and where I came from. I own the Mac Air specifically for the uses he describes. I'm comfortable in a keyboard environment. I am wondering if there's a better option that offers the iPad / keyboard combo. One fear is it will be awkward and the other is I'll lose too much with a 9.7" screen vs my 13" Mac Air. The full size iPad Pro will be too bulky IMO. I tend to get in a rut and tech is moving so fast I want to see if I'm missing an opportunity. I don't travel much for work anymore so it's not too often I'm stuck on a plane where a tablet clearly would have its advantages. Mostly just personal travel a few times a year. skullguise - I have used this tech you refer to. I have run it on a desktop at home and it's fine. We have a website I can log on to and do this but I haven't used it in a long while. What I do these days is use Cisco VPN combined with Citrix on my Mac Air when I don't feel like carrying my small Windows machine as well as my personal laptop (travel scenario). It's OK. Doesn't mirror my C drive or personal drive on the server, but I pretty much have what I need to get my work done. HS

You might very well be correct, Edipis. Curious that the iPad Pro is thinner than the regular iPad. The term "Air" was lost on me but I expect it's because I wasn't into iPads much the last few years. I know you are correct, grawk. If I'm not crunching stuff for work (which I do on a windows machine), my use is simple. Surf, post, watch vids and listen to music and manage photos and such. Very low level stuff from a processing perspective. All my hotrod stuff logging data is done on old Windows machine I take to the track. HS

Interesting. This is what I'm thinking I might be able to pull off. Hopefully the wifey locates her old keyboard and I can give it a test run this evening. Perhaps I will go to the Apple store this weekend and see if they can set me up so I can try the Pad / keyboard combo on a newer device. There are some rumors that an iPai Air 3 may be released this year... HS

I'm too old for that ^^^^ Proper, old rum for this camper. HS

isopropyl alcohol. HS Or tasty hoppy cerveza HS