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General => General Discussion and ??? => Topic started by: blue moon on April 11, 2011, 05:29:49 PM
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since nobody else is posting anything I figure I'll get the ball rolling . . .
Who else has crazy hobbies?
one of mine
(http://www.bmpromotional.com/stuff/freefallwplane.jpg)
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or this one . . .
(http://www.bmpromotional.com/stuff/image12.jpg)
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Wow. Those are some cool pictures. I remember seeing the one on your wall. The one falling out of the plane next to the same plane that you jumped out of. Thats you on the bottom right? It's hard to see so I blew it up so it's more clear. Wow. you can actually see the expression on Pierre's face when you blow it up.
Oh, here's he pic.
(http://www.dot-tone.com/graphics/images/stories/portfolio/pierrre--blow-up-freefallwplane.jpg)
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Heres me two weeks ago. Adrenaline is a good thing.
(http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt25/Inkwerksspd/2011Spring_nationals.jpg)[/img]
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NO sir! Thats not you. Your an artist. you don't race. do you?
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Yes sir!. That is really me. I have been doing that for about 18 years off and on. I also race an off road car for a buddy of mine. I was a Crew Chief for a professional off road racing team for a couple of years as a day job before diving into screen printing. Im pretty much a gear head through and through.....lol
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OK, we need to hear more!!!
what are you running and fast does it go?
pierre
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Right now its about a 530 cubic inch big block Chevy. Fuel injected running on alcohol. Right now the class that we run in does 8.60 seconds in the 1/4 mile at 165 mph. A few years back we had a blown big block with the same type of old school fuel injection on it and I was in the low 7s at 199 mph. Its still a sore subject because I wanted to do 200 so bad....lol Its a blast. Probably the same rush as jumping out of that plane. The acceleration is hard to explain to people. You know your going fast when you feel your insides against your rib cage when the chute gets pulled.
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Heres me two weeks ago. Adrenaline is a good thing.
([url]http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt25/Inkwerksspd/2011Spring_nationals.jpg[/url])[/img]
I think I've asked you before. If so disregard this as MY memory leaks... Do you know my buddy Jeff Utterback??? Racer, builder, drummer and all around funny guy.
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Right now its about a 530 cubic inch big block Chevy. Fuel injected running on alcohol. Right now the class that we run in does 8.60 seconds in the 1/4 mile at 165 mph. A few years back we had a blown big block with the same type of old school fuel injection on it and I was in the low 7s at 199 mph. Its still a sore subject because I wanted to do 200 so bad....lol Its a blast. Probably the same rush as jumping out of that plane. The acceleration is hard to explain to people. You know your going fast when you feel your insides against your rib cage when the chute gets pulled.
funny thing is, there is not much acceleration in skydiving. The plane is going 100 mph when you leave so all you are doing is converting the horizontal to vertical movement. The deceleration is another story. Try 120 to 15 in about two seconds. Pretty big jolt!
I've tried to break the 200mph skydiving, got close, but not as close as you. I'd have to check my logs, but probably right around 180.
pierre
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Heres me two weeks ago. Adrenaline is a good thing.
([url]http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt25/Inkwerksspd/2011Spring_nationals.jpg[/url])[/img]
I think I've asked you before. If so disregard this as MY memory leaks... Do you know my buddy Jeff Utterback??? Racer, builder, drummer and all around funny guy.
My memory sucks too. I dont remember if you asked that or not. Where is he out of? This race is out of Bakersfield California. Its mostly all nostalgic race cars from the 60's and 70's era. Good group of people. I have a video somewhere of some in car footage. I will see if I can dig it up.
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So that's the Altered! Very cool! I'm finishing up this project http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=327069 and then starting on our "Project Red Hat" bonneville salt flats truck! Did the skydiving with my youngest on her 18th and that rocked too! When that chute pops it definitely gets your attention!
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It looks like your slicks have more pressure in them than mine did.....they also get your attention when you start decelerating and they begin to fold and buckle.
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It looks like your slicks have more pressure in them than mine did.....they also get your attention when you start decelerating and they begin to fold and buckle.
Now thats a sweat looking car. I run about 6 1/4 psi most of the time but bumped it up to 7 psi to try and get a bounce out of it about 100 ft out. Plus the torque converter was starting to have issues so it brought my reaction times back down to comp for the lag in the converter. The wheelie bar was also set higher here than usual to get it to lift up out of the beam faster. It was all working perfect until I lost the converter off the line in the second round.
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Certified Cave Diver/old washed up semi-pro paintballer
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(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/1338820680_a230935eca_z.jpg?zz=1)
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Is that blood?
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([url]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/1338820680_a230935eca_z.jpg?zz=1[/url])
Is that blood?
Must be a tough crowd you play for . . .
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I don't have any crazy hobbies, or pictures of me doing crazy things. I rode dirt bikes for 15 plus years and shredded my knee the last time I rode one. It's been over 3 years and I still have major knee issues. Right now I play softball one night a week and when the baby gets older, I'll get back into playing tournament ball and traveling all over the state, assuming I still have the talent by then. I also play golf every other Sunday. I take my golf very seriously, I don't get to play much but when I do play, I expect to play well. I am a 4-5 handicap right now and I got down to a 2 when I was playing 3-4 times a month. I have shot under par on several occasions but I'm typically in the high 70's, low 80's on most courses I play.
I'd love to skydive, and I love riding anything with a motor. I've been over 150mph in a car and around 170mph on a motorcycle, in my younger days. I love watching extreme sports but I know that I'm too old and basically somewhat disabled due to my knee problems to try most of them.
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Besides my wife and 2 kids, these are mine, DH mountain bikes and dirt bikes, I raced DH bikes for a few years, then gave that up for the dirt bike. I haven't raced dirt bikes yet, but am not planning on it with the kids around, last year I tore the PCL in my left knee, and that was enough to convince me to keep everything mellow. My wife is not found of the dirt bike, but I can't wait to get my son out on a 50cc in a couple years.
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/766/dh2006.jpg)
(http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6425/nov2010rt.jpg)
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Must be a tough crowd you play for . . .
Eh. I'm my own worst enemy on stage.
Toughest crowd is the one that doesn't show up.
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I was a "sound guy" for the local music scene for years. Promoter/manager/etc.
In the last few years I've stopped all that, now I just record bands.
Have a modest little home studio setup. And have ties to a full commercial studio in Las Vegas that I designed & helped build.
Here's the studio in Vegas
www.camelhumpmusic.com (http://www.camelhumpmusic.com)
And the current group I'm working with
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofU7eb9cIGg&feature=related[/youtube]
Hey Evo
Remember this show?
Was working on the main stage crew so I missed your set. (but I won't tell anybody you didn't play the main stage ;D)
Wow! that was a looong time ago!
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One of my more crazy hobbies is trying to unlock the riddle of DNA. I've got genome databases on my computer and have written some programs to parse the data and look for pattern.
The attached image is a segment of DNA, where the 4 different base pairs are different color beads and it is woven on 3 different colors of string which represent the triplet code (codons) of DNA.
So far, i haven't a clue to the answer. That's what makes it so interesting and challenging! That answer is right in front of my face and everyone else's, but so far nobody has figured it out. Like the Rosetta stone, once somebody sees it, the world will change forever.
(http://users.rcn.com/rpohlman/GP.GeneticCode.GIF)
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wait! the answer is 42! you should know that . . .
pierre
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Hey Evo
Remember this show?
Was working on the main stage crew so I missed your set. (but I won't tell anybody you didn't play the main stage ;D)
Wow! that was a looong time ago!
Coldest set ever. I think it was maybe 39 degrees under the lights on stage by the time we went on. By the middle of the set I warmed up to the point where I could finally feel all my fingers and toes.
Good times.
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dont know if theyre considered crazy hobbies so to speak but i did ride quads and i like photography when i have time....heres a couple pics...
Truck i shot for Truckin' Magazine...
(http://www.graphicdisorder.com/shelly/dodgefeature1.jpg)
(http://www.graphicdisorder.com/shelly/dodgefeature2.JPG)
(http://www.graphicdisorder.com/shelly/onquad1.jpg)
(http://www.graphicdisorder.com/shelly/onquad2.jpg)
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I figured I'd put in my .02 on the hobbies thread.. Although I don't consider them crazy, many people do. So I'll just drop some pictures here.
Sold her not too long ago.. Still miss it
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/06%20gsxr/leftfront.jpg)
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/06%20gsxr/rightside.jpg)
I'm really into VW's. Mostly the 80s and 90s.
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/91%20GLI/Mygli0411.jpg)
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/91%20GLI/mygli-1.jpg)
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/91%20GLI/cellbay2.jpg)
This is how I found that car:
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/91%20GLI/idontknow.jpg)
But what has really been taking up my time lately:
I bought this house from the bank. Unfortunately, once I started ripping into it, I couldn't stop. The entire house is down to the studs and is getting a complete makeover. I bought the house for about 30% less than it will be worth. Hopefully, in the end, it will be a smart investment.
(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/vastxpunk/2008%20Ridgelawn%20ave/ridgelawnaveFL.jpg)
That's about it!
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Ok, not so much crazy, but -
Built this:
(http://evonoche.com/kitfin/kit1.jpg)
It sounds like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwlOi6ctS0
Played this jumble of stuff...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3973414134_0d01d02db7_z.jpg)
...for the soundtrack and in-game music for this video game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7kmM7vMCxk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhiGnj7QX2A
Recorded with this nice little kit...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2695360976_2b9afe8eb0_z.jpg)
...for the sequel of the above video game, including the drums for the fake biker band that starred in later portions of the game...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM3yDrzzujg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsng3lppNLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyH_NxJ86vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdEFoyiHYs
Took this pic:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3326590047_cb493b88dd_z.jpg)
Right before this set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96gWLFISvl8
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Evo, you guys by any chance like Crowbar? :)