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December 10, 2008
Tire testing all of a sudden becomes real important
Most of the time we don't hear too many complaints about who is invited to do the tire testing by Goodyear, except maybe a grumble here and there from Roush when he and Ford was left out of testing, now the tire tests have become more important.
It's not that testing the tires has become more important in itself, it's the fact that the teams invited to the tire testing, one from each manufacturer, get a leg up on everyone else because of NASCAR's new no-testing policy.
For the Las Vegas tire test that Goodyear set up, they invited, Mark Martin, David Stremme, Carl Edwards and Brian Vickers, these drivers have the possibility to have a leg up on their competition come race day because of information they get from this two day testing session.
No other announcement as far as other tire testing has been made, but I'll certainly be interested to see who gets invited to those, will they be fair and spread it around or will they keep picking the same drivers/teams over and over again? Only time will tell, but I'm sure they'll be complaints.
Your thoughts?
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Jon,
Read where at either the Toyota or Honda mfg plants in the USA depending on consumer demand can switch from making cars to small suvs all by changing the hands on their mfg robots which can take as little as ten minutes. At their competitors it might take 2-4 weeks to accomplish that change.
Posted by: Jon2 | Dec 18, 2008 11:02:57 AM
Hey! Where did all the posts go?
Posted by: Barb G | Dec 18, 2008 12:51:39 AM
Dottie,
I know and I am really concerned for the families that might be affected, but unfortunately, the sad truth is even with the bridge loan, 10's of thousands people are going to lose their jobs in the re-organizing that will need to be done.
GM, Ford and Chrysler need to discover the concept of Lean Manufacturing and quickly, it is what Toyota used to save billions of dollars in expenses. The company I work for is in the middle of a long term Lean Manufacturing program and it has worked for us.
Posted by: Jon | Dec 17, 2008 2:20:22 PM
RICH!!! aggie far from it!...and if I ever was the Ex got half of it...learned to skate at 3, ski at 5, play gutair at 13 to get the chicks, We used t play smear the queer on sleds...Had 6 or 7 Snowmobiles in my life...gave those up after screaming across the lake at 90 with my son on the back and watching the Ice scream by thinking "I could get hurt really bad" doing this! I have a pair of Hart, Rossignol and K2's we used to have season's pass to Buck Hill and Welch! We ALMOST attempted to ski thru a Chalet at Afton...ala 007...but figured we'd carry too much speed and look more like the Wiley Cayote!
J2, Indiana has "Snirt"...blowing snow mixed with dirt...in Minnesota you expect snow anytime after Labor Day
Posted by: Fan #5 not missin'-50 below | Dec 17, 2008 2:14:25 PM
Jon, I'm not trying to be obnoxious about
the government loan for the Big 3 but I am
concerned about millions of families with
little children losing their jobs. We're
already in a deep recession and as President
Busch said, we don't need to go into a
depression so he is stepping in to give the
Big 3 a loan. The government didn't state
how much the loan will be or if there will
be more stipulations added. Let's just hope
everything works out and the economy starts
to pick up sooner than later.
Posted by: Dottie | Dec 17, 2008 1:07:38 PM
Aggie,
My Sooners are awesome and it was great to see Sam Bradford rewarded for his outstanding play. I can't wait until January 8th in the BCS Championship game, it will be a great game and I am hoping for a replay of the 2000 Championship game in which no one gave the Sooners a chance in hell to beat Florida State.
Posted by: Jon | Dec 17, 2008 1:02:01 PM
jon2
What in life haven't you done?
LOTS j2, learned how to play a guitar for one and heli skied :(, lol life has been good and i miss skiing, i live in the wrong town for my lifetstyle
a ski town would be great to live one regret in my life not living at one, i ran ski bus charters to pay my way thru college that is how a poor imigrant's kid kid got into an elitest sport, f5 must have been rich lol
J2 not many inner city ski clubs booking trips to aspen lol
where many of u live in NC sounds great :), i just have no connection there besides u yahoos on here lol
j2 a gew up in portugal in small town on teh side of a ridge with eculuptus trees all along the top and evryday the wind just blows down and thru the ridge and its just unbelievable the air....the whole ridge is is call the "ridge of air" on the otehr side of teh ridge is fatima where the virgin mary appeared in 1917??
f5 how about sleds would u belive i have been on sled 2x and less than 100 yds lol.....buddies have like 6 each and just come up with every excuse not go lol
jon
how about those sooner teams?? i was in diapers for those classic turkey day games back in the 70's .......still love when bo jackson ran over the boz on that monday nite game for 92 yards
Posted by: aggie | Dec 17, 2008 12:40:46 PM
Dottie,
That is fine if you don't mind paying more taxes, but I for one don't like it. Paying more taxes to fix bad decisions isn't fixing the problem, but that has been governments solution for fixing problems and it almost never works as they planned.
Posted by: Jon | Dec 17, 2008 11:04:47 AM
I live in the heart of PA ski country, agg. With some fairly decent hills 20 to 45 minutes away the kids and I used to go all the time back in the day. Now that I can't get out of my own way just trying to walk I had to give it up. It sure made winter more bearable. lol
Posted by: Barb G | Dec 17, 2008 10:57:19 AM
Aggster,
What in life haven't you done?
You are a man of all seasons and all that from a place called Winniepegg. Amazing.
Posted by: Jon2 | Dec 17, 2008 10:37:41 AM
f5
funy u sent me that as we have always that a 500 ho awd subaro could run with a 800hp WOO outlaw car on the right track and with the right tires
f5 i love these vidoes but the music just sucks iam ole skooole
rather hear t rex's bang a gong as the theme for that video or turn me loose by lover boy......some wankers with with 2cents of talent just dont do it for me
k2 i was dreaming and got unplugged back to reality at teh music store when i played around with some 5k fender stratocaster 2 marshalls stacks and 1000 watt head amp, the guys just howled at my chicago 25 or 6 24 riff
Posted by: aggie | Dec 17, 2008 9:58:43 AM
f5
you had be digging thru the garage and digging out the rossignal 203 lol rememebr that lenght the short skis iam still on?? but man the sure turn quick for us old guys
f6 how about lift tcikets for 7-8 bucks or 50 for a 7 days back in 80's st some small mtn resorts todays its what $80-125 a day??
f5 funneist thing in sking was the boarders and how hills hated them but in the end the boarders saved evry ski hill ass lol from chapter 11 heaven??
Posted by: aggie | Dec 17, 2008 9:46:43 AM
ganne
i caught alil of teh ford kid on larrry king live, kid sounded ok and sincere about this whole deal and spoke highly of the uaw
i did find it funny and i guess it's typical detroit auto exc mentality ( guys flying in on jets asking for a handout mentality arrogance) when larry asked him what he drove he hesistated and even kind of stumbled and then get this, he says some of fords latest products and the THE COMPETTITORS CARS which he mentioned was to see how the competition cars stack up, BUT then 2-3 minutes later he says he just concentrates on fords own issues and tries not to focus on the other car co
when he said the compettitors cars iam sure millions must have said hey the guy probably has a 500sl benz or some jag which is ford's hidden away up in the upper MI for a weekend driver lol
i was a lil ????? when a guy cant answere or recall what car he drove that day?? home or to the studio and this guy is a top dog at ford????
its shi and answeres like this that makes me wonder who is running these companys
Posted by: aggie | Dec 17, 2008 9:42:45 AM
Diane, I agree with your post. Well it seem Sachs is following AIG lead and paying bonuses with tax payers money. Imagine that, another homeowner goes down the tube, some big time suit gets a bonus. Don't you just love our Country.
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 17, 2008 7:20:59 AM
Dottie - We might as well take all the KPS guys with us. EXCEPT FOR YOU KNOW WHO. LOL.
Posted by: Diane | Dec 17, 2008 12:17:56 AM
Jon
What makes you think they can't figure it
out? I don't mind paying taxes if it saves
millions of jobs.
Posted by: Dottie | Dec 16, 2008 11:44:42 PM
DJ, you're welcome to take all the snow you
want. It's still coming down but with the
Christmas lights it's beautiful every where.
Your little boy sounds like he's having a
ball with the Christmas tree. Yeah DJ if you
like to party and have a good time you can
come on board with all the girls. I think,
Barb, Diane and Graceann would approve. lol
How about that girls, you want to let DJ
join us?
Posted by: Dottie | Dec 16, 2008 11:33:35 PM
Fan5,
Johnny Sauter, that's pretty cool. My friends called and it was 0 degrees and Eddie was out shoveling snow and trying to do something with the cows in the barn to keep there asses warm. No the hot tub didn't freeze, cause they were in the hot tub in the snow falling in 0 degrees. Don't you miss those days?????????????
Posted by: Deb | Dec 16, 2008 11:32:33 PM
Yes ladies, I'd gladly join you. The snow plow just went up the street and it's about 20 degrees outside. Ugh.
Posted by: Barb G | Dec 16, 2008 11:32:01 PM
Dottie,
The Big3 have been losing money for years and didn't figure out how to fix it, so what makes you think they are all of a sudden going to figure it out just because taxpayers bail them out. They will end up in bankruptcy sooner or later, you can take that to the bank.
Posted by: Jon | Dec 16, 2008 11:23:30 PM
Ahh! Heck with it all!! Let's just party, tan and forget it all. Aggie, get the car started.
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 11:11:03 PM
Some Beach! Some where, there's big Ol umbrella casting a shadow on an empty chair...
Deb, Farabault is just down the road from Elko Speedway, one of my former stomping grounds...and where I first encountered a chucklehead Johnny Sauter!
Posted by: Fan #5 not missin'-50 below | Dec 16, 2008 10:18:27 PM
Wow...I feel suddenly left out!Ya'll will need a man in the mix.Dot,I would love to have some snow around santa time.Got my lights on some dogwoods and candles in the windows...but it is still in the 60's!Little DJ has literally taken all the balls off the tree as far as he can reach.I think he likes to have have his butt spanked a little....must take after his daddy!!LOL!
Posted by: DJ | Dec 16, 2008 10:11:01 PM
Come get me! Bags are packed bottles of wine are in the snow chillin'
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 9:32:05 PM
Diane
Good idea. We can get Barb G to join us.
Sounds good to me Diane. With the snow
coming down heavy and the Christmas lights
burning it's really pretty outside but
that's all I can say about it. I just
started the fireplace, got my fur throw and
heading to the couch to keep warm.
Posted by: Dottie | Dec 16, 2008 9:28:24 PM
Dottie - Good idea. We can also get Barb G to join us. I'm sure she's not liking the weather in PA either. We can stay at Bob Marley's resort and listen to some Reggae music, mahn. :)
Posted by: Diane | Dec 16, 2008 8:57:33 PM
Graceann - It's even colder up here. Let's
you and me hop a plane and head to DJ's
local joint for some fun. Anyone else want
to come. (by Diane)
Yeah Diane count me in but let's hop a plane
to the Bahamas. It's cold and snowing like
crazy here in Michigan and we're supposed to
get up to 5 inches by morning. The roads are
terrible here right now.
Posted by: Dottie | Dec 16, 2008 8:41:42 PM
Agg, Fan5,
I have a real good friend who lives in Faribault Mn and he gives me shit all the time about our southern weather. He left me a message and said he finally had to put on a coat and I left him a message and said we are still in our shorts and t-shirts here in Ga and I hope he freakin freezes to his soy beans and cows and his hot tub freezes. If it would clear up me and Uno could lay in the sun tomorrow.
Posted by: Deb | Dec 16, 2008 7:56:33 PM
Jon
What makes you think the government loan
won't work for the Big 3? There is no
gurantee in life on anything but if it can
help them get back to being competitive, I
am all for it. The basic problem has been
the collapse of the economy. The Detroit
auto producers and the UAW workers know what
they have to do to become competitive and
they are prepared to do it. When the Govt.
bailed out the financial companies and they
received billions more than the auto co's.
were asking for hardly anyone complained.
When the Big 3 asked for a loan it's a
different story, it's let them go under and
put millions of people out of work. You have
a right to your opinion but I have a right
to disagree.
Posted by: Dottie | Dec 16, 2008 7:55:48 PM
Ok aggie here's when AWD is handy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s_s8bylne0
I'm impressed
Posted by: Fan #5 not missin'-50 below | Dec 16, 2008 7:53:14 PM
f5
wow small world
Lutesen, cindy nelson hill.......Spirit Mountain, skied em both along with sugar hills and giants ridge
f5 best still the tow ropes lol and t bars lol
spirit mtn i liked and killer bar some cove joint in superior
f5 and 4.5 hours from Myrtle Beach so yeah it's the best of both worlds not bad
la its 2 2.5 hours to big bear so NC is close
f5
best ski hills ok
flat hi speed crizing jackson hole yw 4000 vertical
must be seen @ aspen mt and lil nels bar at bottom of chair 3 @ 425 a nite its not motel 6, but a must be place to be seen at and hotel/bar!!
most snow and no one there alta utah and grand targhee or edford place in sundance utah
late season sking mt hood or, f5 sail in the gorge in the afteroon and ski in the am UNREAL DAY 45 miles apart :)
most beautiful place in the usa sun valley idaho especially after the cool people left for aspen
best bang for the buck red lodge mts bridger bowl
flat out wideopen and fun steamboat springs
whistler black comb in bc canada BUT way to many orientals
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 7:40:07 PM
aggie "Hootie"?...Please! I don't care who he blows...Wild Mountain, Lutesen, Spirit Mountain, Welch, Buck Hill...we skiied every where! Flannel lined jeans from Orvis oor Land's end are the Shizznit, Don't have much use for longjohns unless where out in the woods all day...We snowmobiled out on Minnetonka when it was -39 and the windchill was a -72...your whoose with your "automatic car starter"...nothing like jumping in a car at sub Zero and the seat is hard as a rock...not to mention havin' a Hurst Pistol Grip shift that would burn your hand like dry ice!
I'm about and hour from Beech Mt and 3000 ft lower, and 4.5 hours from Myrtle Beach so yeah it's the best of both worlds...My bloods too thin for that weather, I complain when it hits the teens!
Posted by: Fan #5 not missin'-50 below | Dec 16, 2008 7:06:19 PM
gretchen
Country Music Crossover Darius Rucker will be live on the Event Center Stage on February 12th. To ensure your best seat, call tickets sales today!
can we expect you and f5 up here??
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 5:36:55 PM
dj
72 there and f5 is how afr away in the mts skiing man is tehre a beach close by??
send me a real easte news beach mts and 70 in dec sign me up..........do u have hi speed internet there?? and 110 power lol
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 4:55:34 PM
f5
and Skiing Friday I'm stoked!
f5 ok tell me mocassins in the bindings??
ganne the wife and kid have that model also lol ME
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 4:53:29 PM
Oh the sky is falling J2!RG is switching to Toyota.I may drown my sorrows in 7 Modelo Especial's.Like I said,he could switch to a Big Wheel and I would pull for him.Ya'll remember what a big wheel was don't ya?
I also see where that lucky sack the 77 may get into the top 35 based on what the 22 does.Or they may switch the 2's points.As crapy as that team ran last year,I'm sure Kurt might not approve.The 47 gets in as well.That is cool.i like that dude....
Posted by: DJ | Dec 16, 2008 4:01:41 PM
I am going to throw this damn computer out the door in the snow!
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 3:59:22 PM
DJ - How did you know my symbolized cussing was modeled after you and K2? LOL.
Posted by: Diane | Dec 16, 2008 3:58:58 PM
Aggie, your uptown with a remote starter. My remote starte is 17.I just say, "Hey Keith Go start Mom's car". LOL
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 3:57:42 PM
Damn Di!I just had a visual and I may opt for the fireplace and bearskin rug whereever you are as the hopeless romantic classy redneck DJ is all about that notion!LOL!!That symbolized cussing you gave me reminds me of a post or 2 by myself or K2 toward some of our favorties!
Agg...yes I am!Supposed to be this way all week.F5,that cool in Hickory?
Only in moderation GA!
Posted by: DJ | Dec 16, 2008 3:52:47 PM
Aggie, your uptown with remote starters. My remote starter is 17. I just say "Hey Keith go start Mom's car" LOL
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 3:51:55 PM
f5
and Skiing Friday I'm stoked!
Hello down hill where did u learn that in mn at afton alps?? on the bunny hills
f5 do u recall those -72 windchill days up at int falls???
f5 studs are back and fleece lined jeans at costco for 24$ are a gift from the gods :)
f5 time to dust off the yuppie frezer aisle at safeway goretex no face jacket...... f5 its really been brutal for a few days, thank god for remote car starters, if i go out i dont even shut off the van, real nice mpg lol its got a bermuda napa thermostat i think LOL
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 3:23:52 PM
Hellllllo
I will light a fire in the fireplace, cuddle up on my bear skin rug and try to stay warm. :)))))
are you on movie set there??
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 3:16:07 PM
48 and rainin' in the Mountains DJ...aggie have your extemities fallin off yet?...Never been a fan of AWD or studded tires, MN outlawed em in the late 60's and Dad made a tool to remove the studs from the tires and asked me and my brother if "we like to play a game"...a race to see who could get there tire done first!...Outside of the 38's I had on the F250, I did put some snowtires on the Olds Custom Cruiser(winter beater)...Folks down here drive in rain like it's snow...GRRRRR!
A/C D/C this Thursday! (GnR stink) and Skiing Friday I'm stoked!
Posted by: Fan #5 not missin'-50 below | Dec 16, 2008 3:08:23 PM
My Computer is going stupid today!!
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 3:04:08 PM
DJ, You can have this weather any time you want it. Tell you what you take mine and Diane's crappy weather & we'll work on our tan's. Deal?
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 3:03:10 PM
DJ, You work on that tan, I'll just jump in the tanning bed here at the shop, we'll see who gets the better tan. LOL
Posted by: Graceann | Dec 16, 2008 2:56:15 PM
DJ - #%^@*(?$%#>?+#. If you can translate that you know how I feel about your weather compared to ours. LMAO. Just kidding. I will light a fire in the fireplace, cuddle up on my bear skin rug and try to stay warm. :)))))
Posted by: Diane | Dec 16, 2008 2:45:18 PM
dj
70 lovely sunny degrees here at the ROCK.I smell a cold beer and afternoon jam session with my posse
your like a cheap lap dancer's quick tease lol - 35 with the wind chill
dj beer will freeze at that temp :(
Posted by: aggie | Dec 16, 2008 1:59:16 PM
A cast of characters would no doubt be entertaining at the local deck serving pollo and chirozo and mas cervesa's!
GA,I wouldn't mind some of that nasty weather from time to time down here!
I was down at the beach yesterday and Sunday working on the tan as it was nice down there as well.Ya'll stay warm!
Posted by: DJ | Dec 16, 2008 1:53:11 PM
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