today's horseshit for Rich

[ArJunaZ]

Oh yea, I remember it! How did he survive? Gods grace and luck.. Bristol had at least one other similar crash in that spot, due to the gate that allows haulers into the track.. He hit it at exactly the spot where it opened and it tore his car in half. I haven't watched the youtube, but iirc you can see his legs touching the asphalt after the crash..  Any number of roll bars, fence posts, etc. could of easily pierced him and killed him instantly.. And Bristol with it's 30+ degree banking is the fastest half mile race track in the world, as far as I know. Easily going over 100mph coming off the corners. You want to get a feel for how fast these cars are going, go to a local 3/8 mile short track (with far less banking) and see how fast they're going!! With the smell of racing fuel and the sound of a racing V8, it's nearly impossible to attend a live stock car race (anywhere) and not instantly become a fan! 

Back in the early 2000's I used to go to the Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal for seven years straight, until I was too sick to go.  My brother and  my buddies have continued going every year, except last year they went to Monza.

I will NEVER forget the experience. The first time I saw a formula one car take a sharp right/left chicane at 100mph+ and later brake at the end of the 210mph straight to take another violent chicane and back up to speed in a few seconds on the pit straight (right in front of me) my fucking jaw hit the floor.  I could not believe a human being could even survive in that car taking such violent turns at such speed. Television does absolutely nothing to convey the speed these cars travel at. That they can even stick to the track with such high speed violent maneuvers is still difficult to grasp. Amazing tech for sure.  Then back then the sound of the engines felt like it was ripping your heart out. They are much quieter and smaller engines now.

I had been an F1 fan for many decades and watched many hundreds of races on TV, but nothing prepared me for the real thing.  On top of the skills those drivers have to be in incredible shape.

100mph crash is not all that bad for a modern race car in most circumstances as they don't usually hit a solid barrier head on. That Bristol crash was a miracle. That car didn't even look like a car, and that steering wheel and column sticking way off to the side was freaky.

[Mickstix]

Yea, I've never had the pleasure of attending an F1 (or even Indycar) race in person. I can only imagine!! The braking and cornering capabilities of those cars are unbelievable. They (used to) say, an F1 car could, in theory, stick to the ceiling at speed due to the downforce it creates.. Just crazy!

[BarfingMonkey]

COD anyone?

[DC_1908]

COD anyone?

Well, at least fishing season isn’t cancelled

[alta]

COD anyone?

yea, but I don't play online

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wish I could say I was bored shitless...


but I’m bored enough to go cleanse the wasteland of fiends, radscorpions and those damn legion slavers

[richkrt99]

wish I could say I was bored shitless...


but I’m bored enough to go cleanse the wasteland of fiends, radscorpions and those damn legion slavers

You play fallout?  I would not have guessed that.  FO3 is far and away my favorite ever.  I'm not really a gamer, but FO3 is THE game that got me into it years ago.  I have a lifetime of hours in that game and subsequent followups to it.  Never considered myself a gamer, much less a RPG type, but FO3 definitely hooked me. I could not fathom the depths and intricacy of RPG like that until I started playing it.  I was a PC player and now I can't play FO3 because it is an old game that is not supported by new windows.  I've tried and crashed it many times trying to install on a newer system.  I'm sure one of you tech guys could figure out a way, but meh....I don't really miss it.  I know you can play it on a PS, but I just can't manage the controllers for aiming for some reason.


I have FO4 and New Vegas on my laptop, but honestly I wasn't that big a fan of the Vegas one.  Don't think I even "finished"  FO4.  Have probably thousands of hours in them, but haven't even turned one on in months...years maybe?


Don't have the time to invest and those are hard to play 15 minutes at a time.  My wife could not believe I could sit and "play" a game for hours.  "Yeah, but look honey...I'm on a quest and I'm saving my corner of the world and ridding it of awful raiders while on this massive quest"




Although, I rarely have time and probably have not played a computer game in....maybe once in past 12 months.  Maybe.


Well, I guess that's not true.  I do play War Thunder which is an online war game.  I can play that for 15 minutes at a time  (or 185 minutes  ) and at least 3-4 times a week the past several months....(which is where the pic of the tanks came from)


GO CAPS!....I mean....well...


I guess if the shit really hits the fan, I can sit home and play FO on my computer.


I would say stay at home and target practice, but if it turns out to be a really big shit...might want to conserve ammo...

[DC_1908]

You play fallout?  I would not have guessed that.  FO3 is far and away my favorite ever.  I'm not really a gamer, but FO3 is THE game that got me into it years ago.  I have a lifetime of hours in that game and subsequent followups to it.  Never considered myself a gamer, much less a RPG type, but FO3 definitely hooked me. I could not fathom the depths and intricacy of RPG like that until I started playing it.  I was a PC player and now I can't play FO3 because it is an old game that is not supported by new windows.  I've tried and crashed it many times trying to install on a newer system.  I'm sure one of you tech guys could figure out a way, but meh....I don't really miss it.  I know you can play it on a PS, but I just can't manage the controllers for aiming for some reason.


I have FO4 and New Vegas on my laptop, but honestly I wasn't that big a fan of the Vegas one.  Don't think I even "finished"  FO4.  Have probably thousands of hours in them, but haven't even turned one on in months...years maybe?


Don't have the time to invest and those are hard to play 15 minutes at a time.  My wife could not believe I could sit and "play" a game for hours.  "Yeah, but look honey...I'm on a quest and I'm saving my corner of the world and ridding it of awful raiders while on this massive quest"




Although, I rarely have time and probably have not played a computer game in....maybe once in past 12 months.  Maybe.


Well, I guess that's not true.  I do play War Thunder which is an online war game.  I can play that for 15 minutes at a time  (or 185 minutes  ) and at least 3-4 times a week the past several months....(which is where the pic of the tanks came from)


GO CAPS!....I mean....well...


I guess if the shit really hits the fan, I can sit home and play FO on my computer.


I would say stay at home and target practice, but if it turns out to be a really big shit...might want to conserve ammo...

I’d strongly recommend Battlefront 2.  Nothin like blasting Clankers, Clones, Imps, Rebel Scum,  and killing anything from the Disney trilogy 😎

[richkrt99]

So I looked it up on my Steam account...


I have 759 hours played on Fallout 4, but haven't played it in a year.
When I first got it, I thought the mod feature was stupid, but then eventually spent hundreds of hours collecting custom weapons, collecting and building the custom power armors, and finally building a 4 or 5 level home with a billiards room with a bar, a room with all the custom (and standard) armor in the game, and the gem of the collection...a custom weapons room with all the weapons displayed on the walls, along with trophy animals of the game.  My son (18) also played this game quite a bit, and thinks I am total nuts for the time I spent in building stuff.


So....Turns out....I just might be a geek.


I never even purchased Fallout 5 (or whatever it was called), but heard it sucked pretty hard ass.  I can't do online games at home due to inferior internet, and never really had an interest in multiplayer for a 1st person RPG shooter game anyway.


I still prefer Fallout 3.  Maybe just nostalgia, but it was my favorite.


Also, I liked the original Call of Duty which was a WW2 game and it had a zombie mode.  Not sure if that was the original or not, but pretty early on.
My kids (and they are teenagers so lighten up) play newer Call of Duty on the playstation, but I can't compete with them.  I've always been a PC player and I can't control the damn controller worth a damn and get tired of being dominated by my kids at war games.
I still outmatch them in the real gun competitions though 


Man!  I must be bored.  Talking video games.

Go Caps...or ....whatever.

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The original CoD was on PS2, and it's the only reason I've kept it. Though going back and playing is a bit of a downer. After playing Fallout, Far Cry, Assasins Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted and a couple other open world games, playing those older ones where youre stuck in a track sucks ass.


I've always had a hard time forking over $60-$70 for a video game, but with fallout, far cry and Assasins creed I feel like it's worth it. All the side quests will keep you busy for 100-150 hours. A couple other games I've gone through in like 5. Those shouldn't cost more than $10

[richkrt99]

The original CoD was on PS2, and it's the only reason I've kept it. Though going back and playing is a bit of a downer. After playing Fallout, Far Cry, Assasins Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted and a couple other open world games, playing those older ones where youre stuck in a track sucks ass.


I've always had a hard time forking over $60-$70 for a video game, but with fallout, far cry and Assasins creed I feel like it's worth it. All the side quests will keep you busy for 100-150 hours. A couple other games I've gone through in like 5. Those shouldn't cost more than $10

Hah, yeah, I always thought $60 was outrageous and when I first bought FO3, it was like two years old so I think I paid like $30 for the deluxe version with all the add ons (although I might be mis-remembering.  I might have bought the original dirt cheap and a deluxe later.


Either way...I figure with 500 hours played (at least), I probably got my money's worth.
After original fallout3, I played a couple of the Far Cry ones also (2, 3, 4 I think)


Hell, $60 is like two trips to the movies nowadays and I damn sure got more for my $60 from the games.

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at least they haven't stopped excavations at oak island ...

[Mickstix]

Let's all say a prayer for Rich..  If the covid-19 don't get ya, THE BOREDOM WILL!! 

[richkrt99]

Let's all say a prayer for Rich..  If the covid-19 don't get ya, THE BOREDOM WILL!! 

Talk about bored...they have now canceled my kids school until at least April 13.  They gonna lose their minds with nothing to do and no place to go hangout.  And our brilliant Gov has mandated that NO graded work can be assigned to do at home.  So....just let the kids get off with a pass?  Like teenagers NEED influence to be slackers today?

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hard to believe these days but there still are households without a computer or internet, though they are usually way the hell out in the country. Try going through West Virginia with your cell phone, it’s fine until you leave the interstate, then no service. That’s the main reason I still have a cb in the truck. Truckers barley use the things anymore

[Surreylily]

hard to believe these days but there still are households without a computer or internet, though they are usually way the hell out in the country. Try going through West Virginia with your cell phone, it’s fine until you leave the interstate, then no service. That’s the main reason I still have a cb in the truck. Truckers barley use the things anymore

you gone to ground luv?  What do you call it, your panic room, your thingammy bunker?
AHA!  The nuclear bunker!
I wouldn't blame people if they did, tbh.
Worlds'not going to be the same after this.

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you gone to ground luv?  What do you call it, your panic room, your thingammy bunker?
AHA!  The nuclear bunker!
I wouldn't blame people if they did, tbh.
Worlds'not going to be the same after this.

I’m not hiding anywhere, there’s no place to go with everything shut down. It’s fukin ridiculous. Are we going to do this every damn flu season now? Because this one is now part it.

[Surreylily]

I’m not hiding anywhere, there’s no place to go with everything shut down. It’s fukin ridiculous. Are we going to do this every damn flu season now? Because this one is now part it.

This ain't just ordinary flu, though, is it?.  Ordinary flu kills a certain amount of the population.  Those that are frail and infirm.
This is a genetically modified virus designed to cull certain members of the human race.   

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This ain't just ordinary flu, though, is it?.  Ordinary flu kills a certain amount of the population.  Those that are frail and infirm.
This is a genetically modified virus designed to cull certain members of the human race.   

This flu, so far, has mainly killed the elderly and infirm. No different than the normal flu. So far, half of all 60 deaths in this country are at one assisted living home in Washington state. We’re seeing a %98-99 recovery rate. And all indications are this flu was here 4-6 weeks before it was identified. As I understand it, Italy is the same. The big difference there is how extended families are all in one house

[Surreylily]

     Thank you for the hope, false as it might be.   

Our planet is iin crisiis.  It is hugely over-populated.  A pandemic like this.... IS an answer, supposedly....

Unfortunately, it doesn't take in to account many brilliant minds, that are encased in less robust bodies.
Neiither does it take into account all those lesser minds, but bigger hearts that are needed to look after these brilliant minds.  Who is going to be left to boil their eggs?
Nature and our planet has EVERY reason to kick back at us humans, for sure.  THis is not nature's doing. 

This virus is something only us evil humans can deviise.  Much like the HIV viirus