"The WB" (thewb)
08/22/2013 at 21:15 • Filed to: TWO STROKE GOOD
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"The WB" (thewb)
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On a side note, definitely gotta try this thing out. I must've done something right, because it was gifted to me by my girlfriend's father. His local track closed down and he gave it to me on the condition I run it hard and often. It's a Birel Rotax 125, should be good fun when I can get it out of mothballs and back on the track.
Another side note, I'm moving back to Oklahoma for work after working in West Texas for the past 4 years. They have a drag strip, a cart track, and a road course. Oh, and also grass. An appropriate home for each of the pictured items, I'll let you guess which one goes where. :D
Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> The WB
08/22/2013 at 21:25 |
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*looks straight past mustang, porsche, and kart to Cub Cadet*
Bird
> The WB
08/22/2013 at 21:39 |
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You're going lawnmower racing! Sweet!
Hah. J/K looks like you have all the right tools for the new location.
XJDano
> The WB
08/22/2013 at 21:42 |
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is this a mail box of some sort?
[looking into it too much]
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The WB
> Bird
08/22/2013 at 21:46 |
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I'm excited for the move, nothing like a new home to shake it up.
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The WB
> XJDano
08/22/2013 at 21:50 |
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It is! It's made of brick to deter baseball-bat weilding ne'er-do-wells.
doodon2whls
> The WB
08/22/2013 at 21:58 |
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Birel makes a great chassis ! Is it a 32mm ? Does it have an adjustable rear stiffening bar across the rear of the chassis below the rear axle ?
Sooo, what configuration is the engine ? Formula Y ?
Madness... I need a kart in my life...
Le sigh...
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XJDano
> The WB
08/22/2013 at 22:13 |
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I have always wanted to take the oversized mailbox, then put a regular size inside and fill gap with concrete. Now that I have a mailbox on the street, I live in a nice neighborhood in a cold-a-sack so really no need for all that.
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Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> XJDano
08/22/2013 at 22:57 |
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Phrase is "cul de sac". Means "end of a bag", because those who created it as a French-ish phrase for "Dead end" were tripping. J.R.R. Tolkein thought it was funny, hence "Bag End" in The Hobbit.
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XJDano
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
08/22/2013 at 23:04 |
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sorry, nevermind
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Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> XJDano
08/22/2013 at 23:05 |
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Linguists are weird, man.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> The WB
08/23/2013 at 00:28 |
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When I was a kid, some bat wielding ne'er-do-wells decided one night that our mailbox would look really good smashed into the next yard. When Dad saw it the next morning, he was pissed and inspired.
What we ended up building was a "sleeper" mailbox. We started by digging a hole about 3 feet deep and setting a piece of 4" square steel tubing in the hole. I forget what wall thickness we got, but there was a lot of steel in there. Concrete came next, filling the hole and the inside of the square tubing. Once we had an indestructible spine, we retired to the garage to build the mailbox itself. We built a sleeve that went over the square tube in the ground but looked like a standard wooden mailbox post. We made it out of redwood so it'd last forever. A little construction adhesive and a bolt through the bottom held it firmly to its concrete and steel core.
It's still standing 25+ years later. I'm sure that eventually something will happen and the current homeowner will have to repair/replace it. On that day, he will curse us.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!…
ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
> The WB
08/23/2013 at 09:09 |
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Excellent garage. What else could you possibly need?
Stef Schrader
> The WB
08/23/2013 at 11:39 |
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Want want want want want want want.
More of the 911SC, please. Err, more of this in my carport.
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The WB
> doodon2whls
08/23/2013 at 20:42 |
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It doesn't have the stiffening bar, I actually am not sure if it's 30mm or 32mm, I just got it the other day.
It's technically not in race spec right now so I'm not sure... these are things I need to look up but haven't had time yet.
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The WB
> XJDano
08/23/2013 at 20:45 |
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The neighborhood is pretty good, there hasn't been a violent crime in the town since 1975. But it's a stylistic thing around here.
My neighbors had a stout mailbox made out of 3/8" wall 6" steel pipe.
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The WB
> Clown Shoe Pilot
08/23/2013 at 20:51 |
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Nice! It looks ordinary enough from the outside, I'd never suspect it.
Didn't realize you lived in Arlington, I've been up and down Eastchase Pkwy, had a buddy who lived out that way.
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The WB
> ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
08/23/2013 at 20:51 |
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Only thing it's missing is a beer fridge.
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The WB
> Stef Schrader
08/23/2013 at 20:53 |
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Once I take care of its leaking problem I'm going to get it out and do a proper photo shoot, but with my relocation for work and everything going on it's on the back burner for the next month or two.
I'll post 'em up when I have them!
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Clown Shoe Pilot
> The WB
08/23/2013 at 22:29 |
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I live in Austin now, and haven't lived in Arlington for almost 20 years. I THINK Dad and I built that mailbox when I was still in junior high, thought it might have been high school.
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The WB
> Clown Shoe Pilot
08/24/2013 at 11:43 |
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Another good place to live! I do love Texas though.