Anton Chigurh

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Nice. Apparently OrangeBoxx has really, really, really abhorrent customer service anyway, so you won doubly. I made my own drawers for the back of mine. I like them, but they were expensive to make then (3-4 years ago), and I can’t imagine the cost it would take today with how high lumber is now.

Been a while since we saw that many cars off in a dry session.

https://yokeoutdoors.com/ Price just went up $30, but you can get a discount code for I think 10% off by doing the email thing.

It’s a damn tank. This one is a ‘73. I found it at an estate sale for $8. Replaced the pump leather and just cleaned the tank, and that’s it. I still want a white gas lantern, I just haven’t come across one yet. I don’t really care to pay a premium for it. Of course, I haven’t been to an estate sale either since COVID.

Yep. Seeing California Condors and Great Basin Bristlecones (Pinus longaeva) were the goals for this trip. I completed both, though the Bristlecone photos were just okay (the better ones are in a grove I didn’t get to). It was incredible seeing both of them, though. Both were bucket-list type items for me.

I guess I can post a few pics of the trip too.

Speaking of car camping stuff, I got a chuck box and used it for the first time on a recent trip to Great Basin and Capitol Reef. This thing is awesome. Totally worth the money. Makes everything easy. Also used a computer oven. It’s nice to have without having to utilize a Dutch oven, but unfortunately the heat buildup did cause a little bit of melting on top of the chuck box. Regardless, it’s a great product and I would recommend it.

The whole thing is great, but man, Cobb’s cymbals on “All Blues” are just allsome. Also, I can’t stop listening to the One Flight Up Tone Poet that MC sent me, and damn that is a great sounding record as well.

And a few other random things. Also shot some E100 on 120 with the RB, but I need to finish the second roll and ship that off. Who knows if that will turn out.

The other was seeing the magnificent Pinus longaeva, or Great Basin Bristlecone. The trees I saw aren’t the most photogenic ones that exist, and the lighting was harsh, but I was just happy to be in their presence. I had seen a few juvenile examples before (like this photo): but never any giants. These things are so cool to see.

And a few less-impressive not-great shots of some other guys.

I was finally able to knock a few things of my bucket list. They hopefully will not be the last examples, but I was pretty excited to get them. Here is the first. -Y and V5 are still juveniles. These guys are just such magnificent creatures to see soaring down on you. I think I saw 6 or 7 different birds. It was incredible.

They are totally different. Much narrower, too.

Nice. AJ (and also Omar I think) worked at my parents’ restaurant back in the day.

Monaco is the only race that does their own production, and they suck at it.

Lewis has been burned plenty in his career with strategy/reliability, to be fair. McLaren lost him a championship with bad strategy as a rookie, and he retired from the lead in 3 races in 2012 which would’ve put him square in the title fight. Mercedes also went against what Lewis wanted to do setup-wise on Saturday, which got him pissy to start with. I can’t blame him too much.

This will work, but will probably not be great because it’s not an actual OE one (which aren’t available anymore). http://www.lpgear.com/product/ADCSQLM34MKIII.html It just pulls off and the new pushes in. But, since the cart is in unknown condition, you’re probably better off buying a new cart. Something like this would be okay, but you’d need to align it. Audio-Technica AT-VM95E Dual Moving Magnet Turntable Cartridge Green https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JXD79Q1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_H2ETNAD335YJBD6JC0FH

Agree. I don’t usually watch FP3 unless it’s at a normal time, but I watch every minute of FP1 and 2.

If you have the time….. FWW is a great channel.

Received this today. It sounds magnificent. Also my first Tone Poet, weirdly enough. Thanks so much once again, MC.

This and SIBLY live are my absolute favorite. Also a fantastic Bonham track.

This is pretty sweet. https://www.instagram.com/p/CO3mi2MFhRg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Also, I believe F1TV has the official season reviews. They are long (like several hours) but they sum seasons up extremely well. You could break them up over a few days on a non race weekend and get a good show of what happened. They’re worth a watch if you haven’t seen a specific season.

It’s a funny thing. I rate Russell really highly, myself. I’m a fan of his (I think he will be my next guy once Lewis retires, along with Lando). But at the same time, that was the easiest track there is to do well at, so it’s hard to draw a great conclusion. Lewis has always been one of the best qualifiers we have seen, but his more recent magic is twofold: 1) Tires. He is working the tires in a way that few others can. He drives in ways that will work the fronts more on a rear limited circuit, or work the rears on a front limited circuit, to maximize lifespan and keep them in a good working range. He has an uncanny ability to feel the tires. I think he’s developed this even after the early Merc years (he’s way better at it now than he was in say 2014-2016). His ability to follow in dirty air while keeping the tires alive has made a huge difference so far this year. I think Leclerc is pretty good at this as well. 2) Consistency. His bad days are really damn good days for most other drivers. Yes, he has the tools to make it work, but he doesn’t hardly ever have any bad “off” days. I don’t mean to say Bottas is a top tier driver, but it also means it is unflattering to him when Lewis is so damn consistent. I do think this has also improved with time. 2011 Lewis wouldn’t have let Max push him off at T1. They would’ve crashed. 2021 Lewis is different. We are starting to see Max change a bit in that way, too, but it will be interesting to see Max say, five years from now as far as that aspect goes. It would definitely be interesting to see how Lewis would do in the Red Bull. He’s one of those drivers, similar to Alonso, that can make anything work for him. He drives around setup issues or inherent imbalances. Because of that, I think he would fare extremely well. Max and Charles can do this pretty well also. Sebastian Vettel, while I like him as a driver, has shown that he really struggles without a predictable rear end (TWSS), as he was never able to make the unstable oversteery cars work very well (S[emoji2403]inalla!) When we look back in history, there are few championship winning cars that weren’t the fastest. It doesn’t happen very often. That said, Lewis does somewhat have a case for 2008. I think the McLaren and Ferrari were just about as even as you can get, track dependent. It was similar for a while in 2017 and 2018, but Merc pulled away towards the end, and Ferrari had the worst strategy team in the history of strategy teams. That, plus Singapore 2017 and Germany 2018.