New Dwarf Planet Discovered Far Beyond Pluto's Orbit

space.com ^ | 07/11/2016

[Monkey Face]

LOL! Excellent!

[stephenjohnbanker]

My next door neighbor had an all-red 1963 Chevy 409. It was REAL fine : )

[moose07]

What a little Gem !
I see may hours of therapeutic chrome polishing ahead. :)

A 5.7 litre engine , that must really move. (!)

[HKMk23]

Seh’ll save every thin dime she gets once she begins getting any. Good for her it’s not a #1 car, or she’d be looking at a VERY long row to hoe.

[ArGee]

GotG was OK, but Zoe Saldana in green isn’t the draw she once was.

Actually, she won’t get me to watch Star Trek Beyond, either.

But there was a time when I’d watch that girl chewing french fries just because.

[HKMk23]

Sammy is SUPPOSED to be a buddy for Hawkeye, here.
Up to this point, the arrangement is less than stellar.

[HKMk23]

REAL fine, and REAL rare these days.

Nicely restored, a genuine from-the-factory 409 will set ya back at or near $50k.

[HKMk23]

Yes. It’s true. But I have to look on the bright side of life, here; I now have a use for my used toothbrush.

[ColdOne]

LOL!

[HKMk23]

The 5.7 gets it going nicely, but it’s a fairly heavy car, so you don’t get the kick in the backside you might expect. Base curb weight for this model is over 3700lbs; nearly 1700kg.

The original 250hp (190kW) 327cid V-8 with the two-speed Powerglide slushbox could take the car up to nearly 120mph, and run a 1/4-mile in the 17-second range. Now, with nearly 100 extra horses, and the three-speed automatic — I’ve no real idea, but I’m guessing it MIGHT have the gusto to run in the 15’s.

[Tax-chick]

Hawkeye doesn’t look as if he wants a buddy.

[HKMk23]

Now, all that said, this handy little ET calculator over here says otherwise.

https://robrobinette.com/et.htm

Citing 3700lbs curb weight and 350 flywheel horsepower puts the car through the traps in 13.4sec at 112mph. Theoretically, at least. Drop it to 330hp and it’s across the line in 13.7sec at 110mph.

I don’t plan to wind it up like that very much, tho. We didn’t buy the car for competition; just good fun.

Took it out a couple weeks ago on Friday to the local diner to rub elbows with other local hot rod & custom owners. Good bunch of folks driving a nice selection of iron.

[HKMk23]

They an snooze for an hour at-a-time just 2 feet apart, and if they’ve each got someone holding and soothing them, they can get even closer than that, but that’s about as amicable as it gets.

[HKMk23]

BOTH kittehs are all teddy bear snuggly each on their own. But put the two of them together...

“Hypergolic” is a term that comes to mind. LOL!

[Silentgypsy]

Gorgeous! (Both of them LOL!)

[NicknamedBob]

"You haven't seen "Guardians of the Galaxy"?

I think you might like it. I was not sure about it when I heard the concept but it actually turned out good enough that I am looking forward to the next one."

Coming in April or so.

[Tax-chick]

Jake and Shannon don’t care for one another very much.

We brought home a mouse from church: they found it in the bathroom. It’s very small, but Sally is going to try to raise it. I just heated a blanket in the dryer for it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Who cares about the green and blue chicks. I like watching Chris Pratt. :)

[moose07]

Just put my own cars figures through that calculator and it was within a second.
Better to enjoy the beauty of the car than attempt to get a course at Top Gun. :)

[moose07]

Boom