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Here is a gorgeous (IIRC) OSB 66 FHC XKE (is that enough acronyms for you?) at last year’s Monte Shelton Rally. I can’t recall their names, but I do remember them being fun guys, and their license plate frame having a programmable LED screen with funny notes on it. Always nice to rally with people who don’t take themselves too seriously!
I noted that one of our trees had little buds on it… perhaps Spring is coming sooner this year? I can’t wait!
On my way into work yesterday I had a close call with The Law. Cruising southbound on I-5 Express Lanes in Seattle near 70th street. The Express Lanes are usually a pretty “safe” spot as they are a place where I have only seen the State Patrol doing speed enforcement work maybe three times in 20+ years. But, following my own advice, I was in the right-hand lane rather than over in the “fast lane” (Number 5) and I was exceeding the speed limit by a margin I’m not willing to admit. Not “autobahn speeds” by any stretch, but certainly faster than the posted limit, and even a bit faster than other cars around me. As the road made a wide right-hand bend my detector (Number 1)went off, and I immediately slowed down(Number 7). WAAAAY over on the left shoulder of the road was a Washington State Trooper, his Crown Vic parked right up against the concrete jersey barrier. He was wedged in the open driver’s side door, pointing his LIDAR device at me. I watched as I slowed down, and he dropped the LIDAR from his eye and looked at me, then looked around at the surrounding traffic, “tagged me” again with his SMD, then looked at me again. I surmise that he was weighing the risk & probability of success of climbing in and pursuing me. As I had already slowed to the posted speed limit, and traffic was pretty thick at the time, I guess he decided to let me go and get back to the low-hanging fruit in the fast lane.
It all happened right about here (don’t bother with Street View) as it does not cover the Express Lanes)
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Thank you Officer… should we ever meet again I’ll buy you a beer. 😉
Our friend John “Mad Dog” Morrow is sliding around some snow-covered road in France as we speak, participating in the Monte Carlo Historique. We all wish him luck and safe passage all the way home.
He promises me though, that he & his daughter, in their E-type FHC will join me & my dad at this year’s Monte Shelton NW Classic Rally later in the summer. Above is a shot of a big Healey waiting for its start at last year’s Monte Shelton.
There are four classic cars shown in this photo. Can you name them all?
A yellowjacket looks for lunch among the roadkill on the headlight of a classic car.
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I noted on John “Mad Dog” Morrow’s website this morning that he’s in Reims and readying for the start of the Monte Carlo Historique. Bon Chance mes amis!
Update Friday, January 30, 2009: The planned upgrade did not happen last night. I came down with a nasty sinus headache, and just drove home and went to bed. The work has been postponed until the weekend
Just an FYI I’ll likely do a software upgrade on the site tonight. I successfully ran the WP upgrade on a test blog last night and it went well. That site though is much smaller than this one, so I expect things to take longer here, and the possibility of downtime is higher. If the site vanishes for an hour or two, you’ll know why.
(and yes, I make backups. if everything goes tango-uniform I can back out of the upgrade.)