I sure hope thereās no āe contentā under there somewhereā¦
last time there was a tropical storm down there with big flooding
(back in 2000) there WAS an E-Type under all that muddy waterā¦ the
65 OTS I am going to be picking up in 9 days.
It is a long and gruesome story, which someday I may tell, but it is
just too hard to relate at the moment.
In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Wed 23 Jul 2003:
Ray,
What? You mean you donāt drive the E-Type down these roads every
day to work? And here I was thinking how nice it was of the hoi
polloi traffic (BMW) to get out of your way! >;->
Regards,
Warrenā
The original message included these comments:
Gee, I guess you got me on the Jag content! About the only Jag
content I can come up with is I often do drive the Jag down these
same roads, and the Jag is parked in the detached garage/shop,
which isnāt too far from the attached garage where the BMW is
usually parked. Is that close enough? If not, I guess Iāll just
have to slink off to some dark corner to hide my head in shameā¦
In reply to a message from J Walker sent Thu 24 Jul 2003:
I thought they were āāTexasāā sized Bass Boats!
Hey Ray - youāll never appreciate brakes till you have to panic
brake to avoid a farmer with a manure wagon. Thatās panic with a
capital āPā. You just have to drive in dairy country to understand!
PS - those cliffs look unforgiving, the front swaybar must have a
godsend!
Rearless & Gearless
Daveā
David Ahlers
Skaneateles, NY, United States
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In reply to a message from David Ahlers sent Thu 24 Jul 2003:
Dave,
We donāt need manure wagons. But come to think of it, I did
know a guy in college who thought BMW stood for Bohemian Manure
Wagon.
However, what we do have is lotsa deer that seem to have
mastered teleportation. They can just magically appear out of thin
air directly in front of you.
Hey, that was you that found your diff output shaft bearings
trashed, right? Howās the repairt going?ā
The original message included these comments:
Hey Ray - youāll never appreciate brakes till you have to panic
brake to avoid a farmer with a manure wagon. Thatās panic with a
capital āPā. You just have to drive in dairy country to understand!
Dave
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Ray Livingston
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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However, what we do have is lotsa deer that seem to have
mastered teleportation. They can just magically appear out of thin
air directly in front of you.
Thatās magic you donāt need to tempt! Iād hate to see your beautiful
car involved in a deer encounter. In the four years Iāve been here Iāve
had the misfortune of meeting two deer by accident. Fortunately not in
the E. Not even your brake upgrade could have prevented them!
Square body, blunt end submarines - must be a Lucas inventionā¦!----- Original Message -----
From: āchuck goolsbeeā cg@goolsbee.org
To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:47 PM
Subject: [E-Type] British Submarines
I sure hope thereās no āe contentā under there somewhereā¦
last time there was a tropical storm down there with big flooding
(back in 2000) there WAS an E-Type under all that muddy waterā¦ the
65 OTS I am going to be picking up in 9 days.
It is a long and gruesome story, which someday I may tell, but it is
just too hard to relate at the moment.
In reply to a message from John Haskey sent Thu 24 Jul 2003:
John,
Well, so far, so good. Seven plus years, and no fauna-cides
larger than perhaps a squirrel (and I think he was just kinda
stunned) with any of our cars. The closest Iāve come with a deer
was about a year ago, one came flying (literally) off the slope
next to the road, right alongside me, aimed directly for the
drivers door of the BMW. Nothing I could do, but he apparently had
ABS, because he missed me, but only by an inch or two.ā
The original message included these comments:
Thatās magic you donāt need to tempt! Iād hate to see your beautiful
car involved in a deer encounter. In the four years Iāve been here Iāve
had the misfortune of meeting two deer by accident. Fortunately not in
the E. Not even your brake upgrade could have prevented them!
ājohn.
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Ray Livingston
Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Wed 23 Jul 2003:
Ah, rocksā¦
Looking at your pix, Rayā¦makes me think rocks! Canāt hep itā¦Iām
a geologist!
FYIā¦in the third picture from left, second row, that looks to be
a textbook definition of what is called a āunconformity:āā Where the
flat āshelfā connects to the steep cliffs just above it looks like
the manifestation of two depositional surfaces, of differing
compositionā¦which is the definition of an unconformity. A great
deal of California is what is called āaccreted terrane.ā Due to the
action of plate tectonics and our liāl friends, the San
Andreas/Garlock/Big Pine fault system, most of CA is ā¦this is a technical term us geologists useā¦
SQUOOSHED up, intāa the heap it is! Aināt you glad I saw your pix?ā
The original message included these comments:
Thought you guys might like to see the daily rush-hour commute.
In a message dated 7/23/03 9:18:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, johnh@haskey.net
writes:
<< Iād hate to see your beautiful
car involved in a deer encounter. In the four years Iāve been here Iāve
had the misfortune of meeting two deer by accident. Fortunately not in
the E. Not even your brake upgrade could have prevented them! >>
Iāve picked off two myself in the last 3 years, both with XJ sedansānot in
the E thankfully. They are drawn like magnets to car lightsāso, when I
drive my country roads at night in the E, it is very slow!
Geeze Ray,
My condolences, how do you put up with that
pauls 67ots
All,
Thought you guys might like to see the daily rush-hour commute.
I have to put up with almost 10 miles of this every day!: http://www.jag-lovers.org/v.htm?1058977765
In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Wed 23 Jul 2003:
Ray, thatās a beautiful drive. The mesquite trees (youād probably
call them bushes) around the Dallas area only get about twice the
height of the Bimmer. And the roads across the farmland donāt
actually have curves. They have ninety-degree angles between
straight sections since the farm roads run on section lines. Itās
a bit like driving a drag race with sharp turns. Iāve got to find
a better driving area when the brakes are done and the temp getās
back below 90-degrees.
Fortunately, the water does have a hill to drain down unlike Johnās
area in Houston. I agree with the comment about not finding E-
types in the flood. I came upon a collector car showroom just
south of Bush Intercontinental Airport (thatās in Houston for you
non-Texans) and they had a '67 Maserati Ghibli that had been in the
flood. It hadnāt been totally submerged and wasnāt running but had
been sold to a collector in France who was going to restore it. He
bought it even knowing about the water damage. There were a lot of
wet cars after that bit of rain.ā
The original message included these comments:
Thought you guys might like to see the daily rush-hour commute.
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Greg
Arlington, Texas, United States
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