24 Hours ago...

Yesterday @ 1:00 pm


Today:

 

Bonus points for the 80's metal!

\m/

 

The music or the bike?

 

I'll take both.

Three really. The car was built in the spring of '89.

 

Damm... I have been listening to metal since I bought my first Sabbath album in the mid seventies, and I *never* heard of this band, Savatage!

Is that a Miata?

 

Yes it is a Miata. One from the first shipment to get to Houston. It's seen better days, but still runs like new (honest).

Have you heard of the Trans Siberian Orchestra? Same guys (mostly).

Last year (while I was busy watching RUSH in concert) they had a HUGE concert at Wacken. Two stages with the set broken onto three parts. Part I: Savatage, Part II: TSO, Part: III Every member to ever have performed in either group (with the exception of Chriss Oliva who was killed by a drunk driver in '93). Nobody does that!! Ticks me off that I missed it (not that I had the money to go).



I hope a BluRay of the concert is in the works. Fan vids are cool, but not quite the same.

 

Rush... that brings me back. I was lucky enough to see every tour they did from Fly by Night through Moving Pictures. I play drums so Neil Peart has always been a drum hero of mine. I think it is amazing that they are still together and playing, and still kicking ass!

 

That last bit is in doubt. Neil has described himself as a retired drummer, twice now.
http://www.neilpeart.net/index.php?cID=286
Can't say that I blame him. I have some minor tendonitis that keeps me from doing things sometimes. He's been touring with tendonitis that's been progressively worsening.
I think RUSH is done, at least as a touring band.

There was a point when I was seriously considering riding from the KC show to Denver so I could catch both. I kind of regret not doing that.

 

Zing!
I meant the band.

TSO, is awesome.

I'm a bassist so Rush is a big influence, I've seen them thrice, read Ghost Rider, Roadshow and Far and Away by Peart and am disheartened by their recent news, but sounds like studio work may still happen.

 

Far and Near is a good read too. There is a new book that might come out late this summer and should have this last tour in it.

 

I have never read any of his books, I have been meaning to. Rush had a pretty envious run as a band, they will undoubtedly go out on a high note, and not be doing shows in Vegas, or summer festivals.
Have you ever seen their DVD, Beyond the Lighted Stage?

this video is awesome... Bubbles cracks me up...

 

Thanks. I worked at a dealership when the first batch came in the the U.S., detailed and prepped the first one off the delivery truck, and fell immediately in love. Tight handling, very balanced and controllable, comfortable even for long distance driving (I took it to Ohio last summer). It's the one car that will never be sold, unless it's to buy a better example. The only thing I don't like about it is the crease from when the garage's retaining wall fell on it when we lived in Portland. I guess it's just more character for the old gal.

 

Bubbles!

I love that documentary, watched at least 4 times and never get bored . . . a favorite quote is near the end when Alex says that they are 'in it for the chicks'! I stole that at one of our swing band (http://www.swingofpearls.com) gigs . . .

 

I know, and they are all so humble, despite the fact they are *Rush*... Neil Peart said that if he never made it as a drummer, he would probably have ended up working at his Dads tractor dealership.

Guitar lessons from Bubbles, 'Liquor and Whores'...

 

K-Moe... BTW, nice car... dont ever sell it. About a month ago I sold my 1989 Supra because despite the fact it still looked and ran awesome, I felt it was on the verge of a couple of expensive repairs. Miss it like crazy, but saving up for a 4th gen Supra, although I might settle for a '91 Turbo (1st year with tri-oval badge) with a t-top

 

I won't. I learned that lesson when I sold my '75 Celica. Wouldn't you know that I was right about it appreciating in value. Seems like I told my wife that before she guilted me into trading it for a truck. Oh well...

I love the A70 Supras (the A60 is my second fav). It used to be one of my post-college purchase goals, but life happens.

 

I have grown to appreciate the Fox body Mustangs. There's a lot of value there.

 

The miata is a great car they dominate a lot of the autocross here in Canada they were rated one of the more fun sports cars . I have yet to own one but have owned an 87 rx7 and 04 rx8 GT prior to my cobalt SS and I can say that the Mazda's are a blast on the road course hell even the SS is a blast when you throw some sticky tires on it

 

And my cobalt SS

 

OOO RX7. I got to drive quite a few when I worked at the dealer. Never as fast or for as long as I would have liked though.

 

And my evening ride was canceled because of this:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=481613495368147

Not my video, but it was shot just about an hour from here, and we got about the same as they did.

 

That's crazy. Hope all is well.

 

Everything is fine here. Hugoton lost a power transformer or two though.

 

A reminder note to y'all.
If you have not synchronized your carbs in a year, do so.
Idle went from "Chuck, chuck, chuck, chuck" to "Tik, Tik, TIk, Tik."
Accel went from "BrrrrRRrrRrR" to 'WrrrRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!".

20 minutes of warmup, and 5 minutes of adjustment makes all the difference in the world.
Me so happy

It's such a gradual process for the carbs to get out of synch that I hadn't really noticed it happening. Mine weren't very far out, but just enough to matter.

 

Not quite sure, was it a rain storm or a sand storm?

 

Wind, with water vapor and dust mixed in. There was no rainfall.

 

We get those all the time here in AZ... they call them 'haboobs' (all right, no snickering in the peanut gallery )

 

Yep, it was a Habob. They aren't quite as common on the High Plains, but we do get them.


On with the theme.
This is just a few hours past being 24 hours ago, so forgive me.



Note to self: always bring the good camera.

 

k-moe, we are expecting yesterday's rainstorm to turn into our April snowzilla here in CO any minute. I imagine you might be getting some of what already passed over us last night.

http://www.weather.gov/media/bou/april2016snowstorm2.pdf

Luckily I have a bike that's unplugged, and parts currently in shipment right now!

On a lighter "note" I saw the Denver RUSH show last summer, R40 tour. It was incredible.

 

Oh we have gotten plenty. Over 5" of rain has fallen so far today, with expectations of another 2-5" over the next 24 hours. I was woken up by a flash-flood warning text at 3 AM. This was after having stayed up to follow the track of the tornado-spawning portion of the storm.
By the time this storm system rolls past, we'll have recieved almost 1/2 of our average annual rainfall.

I was at KC, and more than a few of the regulars said that it was the best show of the tour at that point. I'm sure Denver was at least as good.

 

beautiful car

 

To return the the theme.
24 hours ago I was leaving a far-off town, after having spent too-many days dealing with a serious family issue. This forum is one of the few normal things I was able to do during that time. Thank you all for providing that normalcy.

 

Well I'm breaking the theme a little, as it hasn't been 24 hours yet.
I'm over 1,000 miles from home, and I see this on my Facebook feed.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/1629...rnado-is-literally-your-worst-nightmare-video
We'll hear about any damage to our place sometime tomorrow.
Thankfully the worst of it stayed west of town.

 

That's nuts I hope all is well.

 

I hope you escaped unscathed! Hearing about that kind of stuff when you are away is the worse. Not that you could have done too much anyway, mother nature isn't in the habit of taking requests to kindly take her nonsense elsewhere. Good luck!

 

Hope all is well back home. Those videos are crazy, I've never lived in an area with tornado activity but the thought of one still freaks me out.

 

I just got word from a friend. The only damage was downed limbs; nothing structural. That news is surprising given that one of the larger tornadoes tracked within a 1/2 mile of my home. I expected there to be at least some hail damage.

 

Honestly, I would have liked to be there to see the twisters.

 

I'm sure it would have been a hell of a show!

 

Five dollars buys you the whole seat, but you'll only need the edge!

 

The upside is what happens afterwards. A photo taken by a local.

 

Damn those are big a$$ hailstones

 

Speaking of......canceling the comprehensive insurance on my Durango may not have been the wisest choice.
Hopefully the windshield can be repaired rather than replaced.

 

24 hours ago.........

 

...I was this close to greatness.