for a photogallery see http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/military-pit-crew-chalenge-is-down-to-2.html
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Sabtu, 22 Oktober 2011
Rabu, 12 Oktober 2011
Interesting things that caught my eye at Speedfest in the pits and car show
the above is an Alpine Tiger... it had a Shelby 289 shoehorned into a tiny english car... sounds familiar huh?
the above seems to be a method of cooling the intake charge... must work, it's this 1917 Chevrolet race car
Senin, 10 Oktober 2011
Toyota/Scion... What the fuck? A college grad gets a 1000 dollar discount, an active duty military servicemember only gets 500 dollars off
That pisses me off.
Why should some kid who's done nothing useful for his country, comrades, squadron, ship, aircrew, brigade, platoon, or company
get a bigger courtesy discount from a car company?
Did some college group head over to Japan to help during the tsunami, free Kuwait from Hussein's hostile takeover, helped Haiti after their earthquake, etc etc? No.
Toyota/Scion is now on my shitlist
Why am I pissed off? I like military people, always have. Most of my uncles, cousins, grandfathers were in the military... and I was in the Navy crewing on 2 submarines and doing a tour as an MP. I worked on the USS Midway, aircraft carrier museum, and met thousands of Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf war vets... liked them all.
College grads on the other hand? Not much I've seen from them to respect. The high school to college types haven't saved lives, risked their own lives for their fellow soldiers/sailors/Marines, and they haven't accomplished a damn thing I think is useful by getting through 2 years of college classes. I did 2 years of mechanics and electronic classroom training before going to sea, and those classes didn't have general electives to waste time and get credits toward a diploma.
Why should some kid who's done nothing useful for his country, comrades, squadron, ship, aircrew, brigade, platoon, or company
get a bigger courtesy discount from a car company?
Did some college group head over to Japan to help during the tsunami, free Kuwait from Hussein's hostile takeover, helped Haiti after their earthquake, etc etc? No.
Toyota/Scion is now on my shitlist
Why am I pissed off? I like military people, always have. Most of my uncles, cousins, grandfathers were in the military... and I was in the Navy crewing on 2 submarines and doing a tour as an MP. I worked on the USS Midway, aircraft carrier museum, and met thousands of Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf war vets... liked them all.
College grads on the other hand? Not much I've seen from them to respect. The high school to college types haven't saved lives, risked their own lives for their fellow soldiers/sailors/Marines, and they haven't accomplished a damn thing I think is useful by getting through 2 years of college classes. I did 2 years of mechanics and electronic classroom training before going to sea, and those classes didn't have general electives to waste time and get credits toward a diploma.
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