Good morning everyone.

Question for Tom

tee, what is the best way to fill the cracks and voids on exterior plywood before painting? Caulking is what I was going to use but I am willing to learn from a voice of experience. Do you think I can use a good quality paint primer combo for the finish? Maybe next time I can just fly you in and you can build me a nice 12' x 12' x 9' cabinet.

Morning guys....Yea, a good quality caulking works as good as anything. As far as paint, I'm not completely sold on those primer-topcoat all in one paints yet. My buddy, the painter tells me, "No way would I use those kinds of paint. A good primer and then the finish coat is best." So take you choice, Tommy. I know they really taut those kinds of paint today.

A little work in the shop this morning, then loading up the Corvette to head to Rosie's dad's place for the night. Tomorrow we'll get up early and head east to my uncles's memorial service is being held. He passed in January and they are having the service tomorrow. After the service we will head on to KC for the weekend. #1 has her birthday Monday, she turns 40. Just wondering how traumatic it will be for her, I know it is for Rosie.

Marcus, they piping I bought is 3/16" I hope that isn't too big. After reading that thread I'm a bit concerned. Oh well, if it is too big I can throw it away, it was less than ten bucks for the 4 yards.

Have a great day guys...

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Tommy, just passing along a humble suggestion provided by a long-time professional painter: tint the primer with with a little of the top coat color.

Thank you both, kind sirs.

....yeah up here we call that rope Tee..... j/k...you will have to see what you think....I don't mind the bigger stuff.....you know bigger is better right? ...man the Royals are in a major league slump right now....they need a slump buster.....

All hell has broken loose up here and the phone just keeps on ringing and the dumb thing is I keep answering it....I need to think...what would Tommy do?

Have a wonderful day Guru's.....

3 year old story from Forbes. I consider them more reliable than many possible sources.

Very interesting


http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell ... emperatures/#20eef7416895

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The environmentalists, bureaucrats and politicians who make up the U.N.’s climate panel recruit scientists to research the climate issue. And they place only those who will produce the desired results. Money, politics and ideology have replaced science.

U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres has called for a “centralized transformation” that is “going to make the life of everyone on the planet very different” to combat the alleged global warming threat. How many Americans are looking forward to the U.N. transforming their lives?

Another U.N. official has admitted that the U.N. seeks to “redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy.” The former head of the U.N. climate panel also recently declared that global warming “is my religion.”

...Yeah very interesting.....like I have always said....there is big money in the Global warming sky is falling scare.....

SUNNY AND COLD THIS MORNING IN THE NATIONS, BUT GLOBAL WARMING IS PREDICTED TO REACH 80 TODAY. THE CHEROKEES WILL MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM LONG SLEEVES TO T-SHIRTS IN DUE TIME.

MOWED THE OBSTACLE COURSE YESTERDAY; WAS ATTACKED BY THE POKE-YOU-IN-THE-EYE BUSHES. SOME PRUNING IS IN ORDER. #1 GRANDSON GRADUATES TOMORROW AT STILLWATER WITH A BS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. HE DID IT IN FOUR YEARS, WHICH I FIND REMARKABLE. HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH FUN IN COLLEGE AS I DID :-)

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YOU BET! A GLOBAL SCAM BY THE PERMANENT POLITICAL CLASS INTERNATIONAL.

Happy Friday! Started the day by getting my teeth cleaned. I wouldn't mind skipping straight to a nap, but unfortunately duty calls. Gonna be in the 80's today, diggin' it.

Have a great day, all!

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That Vette is gonna need some TLC.

Meanwhile, pole-dancing:

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/baybearcigolf2

hi, gang!!!

It's been a hectic few weeks... man...

T-bone and his lovely wife spent a day with us after coming back from a cruise. We were able to drive them around the South Bay area of LA, take a few pictures, tour our little castle, dine at a fave local eatery and get them to the airport with plenty of time to deal with bags and relax a bit. It was a blast having them here!!

Last month, we went to the Long Beach GP for the IMSA race. Due to our compressed travel plans, and some crappy weather, for Sebring, we missed out on a lot of the discussions in the Corral. Well, thanks to Bastet44 not feeling well, and my back really bothering me, we decided to catch up on said tech discussions! Glad we did... I ended up winning a 1/18th scale C6r model from Michelin... and during Ron's presentation, I won the drawing the the 2-day driving school at his Spring Mountain Driving Resort! Exciting!!! I will be claiming that in the fall... It's 45 minutes west of Vegas and it gets hella hot there.

Last weekend, I was down for the count with a stomach bug...

Still dealing with the accident. I have the estimate, need to know the next steps. The insurance company of the driver who hit me is one of these firms for shipping/logistics companies, so they farm out their claims estimates to independent appraisers... need to follow up with the insurance company as to what happens next. Coordinating rentals... I need to get the car to McJacks... and he isn't open tomorrow, so it will have to be next Saturday... and there is always the fear that something bad is lurking under the little tear in the cover.

Between all of this, I am swamped at work, pulling way too many 12 hour days.

whew...

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You WON'T BELIEVE how nice the facility is there.

And you WON'T BELIEVE how good the instructors are.

Until you experience it.

This is the track that GM sends you to as a part of buying a new Z06 (and maybe the GS).

This is a first time driver who drives C2's but bought a new Z. The data graphics are not seen while you're on track, added during debrief.

I seriously can't wait!!

The package I won normally costs $2500!! The owners of a Z06 can get the same package for $1000, GM eats $1500 (or it's buried in the price of the car?).

That video looks bad ass!

Wow Andy congrats on winning.....that would be a blast....

ANOTHER FRUSTRATING DAY AT THE RANGE, SHOT UP ALL THE .308 I HAD LEFT TRYING TO ZERO BEFORE I NOTICED THE RECEIVER SIGHT WAS LOOSE. I HAD ABOUT DECIDED TO SELL THAT RIFLE. THE SAKO .222 MAG PUT THREE ROUNDS TOUCHING AT 100 YD WITH THE DETACHABLE PEEP SIGHT. NO FLIES ON THAT! BUT THEN I COULDN'T BORESIGHT THE SCOPE. MOUNT PROBLEM. FIRST TIME A LEUPOLD PRODUCT HAS EVER DISAPPOINTED ME. I THINK I CAN STONE IT INTO ALIGNMENT.

AND THEN THERE'S THE GOAT:

Two good 'ol Tennessee boys are out hunting, and as they are walking along they came upon a huge hole in the ground.
They approach it and are amazed at the size of it.

The first hunter says, "Wow, that's some hole; I can't even see the bottom. I wonder how deep it is?"

The second hunter says," I don't know. Let's throw somethin' down there, listen and see how long it takes to hit bottom."

The first hunter says, "Hey, there's an old automobile transmission over there.


Give me a hand, we'll throw it in and see."

So they pick it up and carry it over and count one, two, three and heave it in the hole. They are standing there listening, looking over the edge, when they hear a rustling behind them. As they turn around, they see a goat come crashing through the underbrush, run up to the hole and, without hesitation, jump in headfirst.

While they are standing there staring at each other in amazement, peering into the hole, trying to figure out what that was all about, an old farmer saunters up.

"Say there," says the farmer, "You fellers didn't happen to see my goat around here anywhere, did you ?"

The first hunter says, "Funny you should ask, but we were just standing here a minute ago and a goat came running out of the bushes doin' bout a hunnert miles an hour and jumped . . .headfirst into this here hole!!"

The old farmer said, "Naw, that's impossible . .

I had him chained to a transmission."

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Same track config with the instructor driving (showing the student the correct lines. Looks like he's running about 70%.

The camera position is lousy should be showing the driver's hands, etc.

I quit being an instructor this year after 18 years and about 30,000 miles in the right seat, I got bored.

sorry to hear we bored you to tears... would more wrecks have spiced things up? :D

The video is very interesting.

The C7 looks super smooth going around those corners. Flat, no drama. Very nice... and super cool!!!

Looking forward to the writeup Bogus

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I'm just bored with "Brake, Downshift, Turn In".
I will say I've gotten a tremendous amount of satisfaction from being an instructor, the "Oh yea, now I get it", the smiles and the high fives on the cool down laps are why I did it.

And being the Chief of Tech trying to get 70 cars thru the tech line AND then running to jump in a car was exhausting.

I'm now only concentrating on race drivers and setting up their cars, more enjoyable for me. And to blow my own horn, one of my guys who I coached put his 1999 Corvette on the pole for the SCCA National Championships last year (got booted off the track in the first turn). A month later, he won the NASA National Championships.

The only place I've driven a C7 is on the track, it's much more forgiving than the C5-6 for a new driver. And yea, it's very smooth - impressive.

Today we went from this to this:
3 full days at the track next weekend.

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