Okay...I really really really want to get into rally so bad right now. After much consideration I have decided to apply for a CoDriver's License rather than a driver's license.
why? to save money and time of course! I know my TSD navigating is deplorable, but Stage rally is much different and I don't have to worry so much about doing any math to make it work.
I have spent the last couple days coming to grasp with the staggering cost of stage rally. as of 1/1/08 all competitors will be required to wear Head and Neck Restraint Devices, which cost about $1000 each. Not to mention the $500+ fire suit and other goodies. So instead of worrying about the $8000+ car prep process I can spend a couple years Navigating for other people and getting really in-depth with the rally scene before diving into the car prep bit.
I will still be facing $1500 worth of safety gear right off the bat, but that is much easier to come up with than the 10,000 worth of a car.
anyway I am babbling because of all the coffee I drank so i will stop now before I go completely off the deep end or make another typo.
rally out, yo!
happy Gabe :)
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Gumball 3000 canceled
Gumball Canceled(Jalopnik)
wow. thanks a lot car 74 for being a couple of real shitheads. Thanks to you two one person is dead, possibly a second, and one of the worlds greatest social-elite rallies has been canceled.
If I were a member of the social-elite Gumball club I would want the both of you to rot in that Macedonian prison for a long time.
wow. thanks a lot car 74 for being a couple of real shitheads. Thanks to you two one person is dead, possibly a second, and one of the worlds greatest social-elite rallies has been canceled.
If I were a member of the social-elite Gumball club I would want the both of you to rot in that Macedonian prison for a long time.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
immigration rallies...are these people out of their minds!?
I see this stuff all over the news today- "immigration rallys" which should read- "mass hysteria over ILLEGAL occupants"
I consider myself a fairly open, easy going person...and I have nothing against people who are down-trodden and attempt to improve their position in life my moving to a different country. BUT...and there is always a but. I do not approve of their illegal activities. All of these protesters are pushing for the United States government to make all of these illegal aliens residents...why?
I read a great analogy today from one of my coworkers of which is basically transposed below:
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Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting
the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.
Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house). According to the protesters:
a. You are Required to let me stay in your house
b. You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
c. You are Required to Educate my kids
d. You are Required to Provide other benefits to me and to my family
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house.
And what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior. Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?!
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Please, if you agree with this line of thinking spread this gem of an analogy around to your friends and keep it going.
On a side note- If they want to bring these illegals into our country as citizens we had better go through every last one of them with a fine tooth comb and take care of all the criminals and psychotics right now. We have enough loonies in our midst as it is, we don't need Mexico's problems too.
ciao,
G
I consider myself a fairly open, easy going person...and I have nothing against people who are down-trodden and attempt to improve their position in life my moving to a different country. BUT...and there is always a but. I do not approve of their illegal activities. All of these protesters are pushing for the United States government to make all of these illegal aliens residents...why?
I read a great analogy today from one of my coworkers of which is basically transposed below:
-
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting
the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration.
Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, to stay indefinitely.
Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests. Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your house). According to the protesters:
a. You are Required to let me stay in your house
b. You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan
c. You are Required to Educate my kids
d. You are Required to Provide other benefits to me and to my family
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to better myself. I'm a hard-working and honest, person, except for well, you know, I did break into your house.
And what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior. Oh yeah, I DEMAND that you to learn MY LANGUAGE!!! so you can communicate with me.
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?!
-
Please, if you agree with this line of thinking spread this gem of an analogy around to your friends and keep it going.
On a side note- If they want to bring these illegals into our country as citizens we had better go through every last one of them with a fine tooth comb and take care of all the criminals and psychotics right now. We have enough loonies in our midst as it is, we don't need Mexico's problems too.
ciao,
G
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Shipping annoyance
Even though I haven't worked in the car parts industry for, like, 3 years I still deal in parts an aweful lot.
Lately I have been trying to clean out parts i have been accumilating over time. Performance BMW parts are at a premium right now i guess. Several people overseas want some of the parts I am selling at this moment. In particular one buyer in the UK and one buyer in Hong Kong stick out. here's why:
USPS is the only reasonable shipper for international shipping so I go to usps.com and get some shipping quotes for these guys. Hong Kong- less than $20. UK- $170.
Who is smoking the crack here? the UK is technically closer to me by hundreds of miles and yet the shipping cost is almost TENFOLD that of mainland Asia!? WTF.
-G
Lately I have been trying to clean out parts i have been accumilating over time. Performance BMW parts are at a premium right now i guess. Several people overseas want some of the parts I am selling at this moment. In particular one buyer in the UK and one buyer in Hong Kong stick out. here's why:
USPS is the only reasonable shipper for international shipping so I go to usps.com and get some shipping quotes for these guys. Hong Kong- less than $20. UK- $170.
Who is smoking the crack here? the UK is technically closer to me by hundreds of miles and yet the shipping cost is almost TENFOLD that of mainland Asia!? WTF.
-G
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Are you tired of media? I sure am.
First off; my condolences for the families of the deceased from the recent VA Tech incident. The world gets more and more complex every day and it is sad when innocent people get mixed up in it.
Now on to my rant of the day-
What the fuck is wrong with the media? Some people died...innocent or not there are only 32 of them. How many people died that day in Iraq/Afghanistan? How many people died that day from traffic accidents? From AIDS? I am sorry but this media frenzy is totally misplaced and overinflated!
It was a random serial killing. They are only going to get more complex and more devastating as time goes on, people. You better come to grips with that soon. The amazing technologies and social climates that we live in today provide for a ridiculously volatile mental state for nearly everybody and when somebody whose not all there to begin with gets put in that mix things like this shooting are going to happen. I heard a guy on the radio today commenting on how "he was surprised this doesn't happen more often considering the freedoms Americans have," like access to guns&ammo, access to drugs, access to a million things that other people around the world don't have access to.
I hate the media most of the time and this is just another event for them to blow up on. laddy-frickin-da.
-G :/
Now on to my rant of the day-
What the fuck is wrong with the media? Some people died...innocent or not there are only 32 of them. How many people died that day in Iraq/Afghanistan? How many people died that day from traffic accidents? From AIDS? I am sorry but this media frenzy is totally misplaced and overinflated!
It was a random serial killing. They are only going to get more complex and more devastating as time goes on, people. You better come to grips with that soon. The amazing technologies and social climates that we live in today provide for a ridiculously volatile mental state for nearly everybody and when somebody whose not all there to begin with gets put in that mix things like this shooting are going to happen. I heard a guy on the radio today commenting on how "he was surprised this doesn't happen more often considering the freedoms Americans have," like access to guns&ammo, access to drugs, access to a million things that other people around the world don't have access to.
I hate the media most of the time and this is just another event for them to blow up on. laddy-frickin-da.
-G :/
I'm back.
I've been back since last Monday actually but haven't realized any writing, much less posting, since.
Being in AZ was an absolute blast and the weather was nearly perfect, sadly the trip itself sucked and cost me somewhere in the $1000+ range thanks to not one; but TWO automotive mishaps during the drives. I survived thanks to capital one, patience, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Perhaps I will post a more in depth post later but i need more pictures first.
-G
Being in AZ was an absolute blast and the weather was nearly perfect, sadly the trip itself sucked and cost me somewhere in the $1000+ range thanks to not one; but TWO automotive mishaps during the drives. I survived thanks to capital one, patience, and Buffalo Wild Wings.
Perhaps I will post a more in depth post later but i need more pictures first.
-G
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Bullitt
I am amazed. I just watched the movie Bullitt for the first time tonight. I thought it was a most amazing movie. Some movies are okay; but they are basically bearable junk. This is one of those movies that are just outstanding because of, not only, the way they are seen on the screen but also they way they are viewed inside yourself. Being a car guy I love the way the cars are so obvious..and yet there is a romantic underlayer that plays with the emotion. A classical good versus evil story line, cutting edge 1968 filming technics, an incredible cast and remarkably good dialogue for movies of the period.I'll stop there since I can't describe it very well other than to say: Go watch it now.
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