Kimo

Snow in Chicago is like Richard Simmons visiting the Playboy mansion.

Loveland came thru with some sales events for 4paks in Boulder. Yay! 10/10/2009 Neptune Mountaineering Sale Time: 10am-5pm 633 S. Broadway #A Boulder, CO 80305 (888) 499-8866 www.neptunemountaineering.com <HR>10/11/2009 Neptune Mountaineering Sale Time: 10am-5pm 633 S. Broadway #A Boulder, CO 80305 (888) 499-8866 www.neptunemountaineering.com ps thx to Bola for looking into doing this kind of sale, I guess Neptune had us beat

I've chased TVR and Snowman around that mountain a couple times. Had me some good runs.

I've actually flown over the one the in Missouri. I was like, WTF, is that ski run next to the river?

Wisconsin has ski areas?

Hey, if it was good enough for Urkel, it's probably good enough for y'all.

Any of you guys gonna be at any of the pass sale events for Lovey willing to pick up a 4pack for me so I can ride with the cool kids? Loveland apparently doesn't deem anybody North of Denver worthy to put on a sales event and I don't want to give them the $10 extortion fee to have them mail it to me.

All I wear is a cup. Extra bonus, since I don't take up much space, there's enough extra room in there to store a sandwich for lunch.

C'mon Ken. We all know the real reason you wear body armor. It's to make your pecks and shoulders look bigger to impress the ladies . You're not going to get caught from behind and you never fall so it can't be those reasons.

Then again... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/companies/03att.html?_r=1&hp

Yeah, 705. I don't know how I'd attach it. Maybe velcro strap over my upper sleeve. Doesn't matter because I can't afford it. Go to www.mapmyride.com. Their site is a bit archaic, but they have an app for the iPhone as a bike computer and a mount to put it on your handlebars. It's only a matter of time before someone comes up with a BlueTooth cadence/speed/power sensor and the iPhone will be all you need.

Hmmm. I have the HTC Tilt on AT&T. The quality isn't so bad. I've heard complaints that it's actually 1st gen iPhones that have bad call quality (something about the antenna design) whereas BlackBerries are supposed to have the best call quality. My wife has a 2nd gen (3G) iPhone and I hear no complaints from her... a rarity. Maybe the 3G S is worth another look. Otherwise, I like the Garmin 601/701 GPS units, but I've been looking at them as bike computers, not ski trackers.

What about the iPhone? There's tons of GPS apps for that thing. SkiTrak allows GPX file imports so any app that exports GPX files should work... and I wouldn't be surprised if SkiTrak comes out with their own app before too long.

Yes, you can get new smoke, but it has to come in almost, if not exactly, the same type of container that your old smoke escaped from and must be installed in this new container. Next time, resist the urge to set the volume at 11.

not me, but I bet if you try playing under water, you'll find that leak.

Reminds of a bumper sticker that I think applies here. "Guns kill people the way Rosie O'Donnel's spoon made her fat."

Does that include me too? I committed to the 3 mountain pass again (we'll see if there're funds in the fun account for a Lovey 4pak later). Hopefully, we'll be riding again soon.

Sorry buddy. Maybe it's the universe telling you it's time to open up a BBQ joint. I think Colorado would be better off for it. :)

How 'bout being so hard core about playing guitar that, when you pretty much destroy your right elbow, you have the doctors set it at a permanent right angle so at least you'll still be able to play.

I thought pick up trucks.

Did you notice the video of the run away turbine in the comments section for that article? I've seen it before and that's what made me wonder about hurricanes. Not that there's much to hit around ocean based wind farms except other turbines.

Definitely twitchy. That's why they're making the next one a catamaran instead of a trimaran. Two lifting foils and two control foils compared to 2 and 1, respectively, as now.

You're probably right about the invasion practice, unless it involved the pilots' vodka rations being a little too high. Typical racing sailboats are all pretty spartan. The crews are lucky if they get hammocks to sleep in on transoceanic race boats.

Wow! I'd seen pictures of those Russian ground effect planes before, but never video. I don't know why they were beaching them. I thought they were basically flying boats, not amphibians.

In some vids, it looked like they had a canting mast, but I'm not sure. I am fairly sure that the main hydrofoils are engineered with tapered chord and possibly some foil twist to naturally control the rise and fall of the plane thru the water (e.g. when the plane goes up, less lift is generated by the foil and so it goes back down). Also, the orientation of the foils (inward at 45 deg or whatever) tends to create stability because, when the boat heels to one side, that lowside's foil becomes more horizontal thru the water and produces more upward lift while the highside's foil becomes more vertical reducing upwards lift essentially self leveling the boat. It looks like there is no analagous structure to an aileron. I don't know if the entire foil itself is adjustable/repositionable so as to be able to change the angle of incidence of the foils.