Georgia on My Mind

[deb0670]

awesome pic!

[Katniss]

JD,

Thanks so much for posting this! I was wondering with cooler weather how the little fella was getting along. Too cute and apparently very smart!


I hope everyone has a great weekend! Gorgeous weather this weekend and I am determined to get those 300 tulip bulbs in the ground *today* followed by 6 flats of pansies (why, why did I put so many in my cart???)

Enjoy the day ya'll!!


Katniss~~

[DMW]

JD... that is funnier than hell...I have been wondering about that bunny rabbit.
Wow, he/she is the neighborhood rabbit? I wonder what it's name is? I wonder if it has a home? Dang that is too much... Does it snow in Georgia? What about the winter time?

Katniss...i was thinkin' about that cop...and the tachometer...he was really being a smartass cause...
what he was refering to was how high the rpms were measured compaired to the speed. (You know, the tach measures the rotation of the engine per minute so, that is going to be really high.)

So, when you look down at the instrument cluster of the car...if you were to be measuring your speed by the tachometer....rotations per minute of the engine (rpms)... instead of the speed of your traveling car (miles per hour) that would be a helleva lot higher number than the tachometer Numbers that are shown...ie...the basic numbers...the big 2, 3, 4, 5 etc...The number 2 on the tach = 2k per minute...

Basically, i believe the two variables are linear and logarithmic...but the tach speed, of the engine, is exponentially higher compared to the miles per hour of the taveling car.

so, that smartass was basically saying oh...so what were you doin' lookin at the wrong circle on the instrument cluster? and measuring your speed by that....what a ***kin' asshole...

what an asshole

[Katniss]

Originally Posted by DMW

Katniss...i was thinkin' about that cop...and the tachometer...he was really being a smartass cause...
So, when you look down at the instrument cluster of the car...if you were to be measuring your speed by the tachometer....rotations per minute of the engine (rpms)... instead of the speed of your traveling car (miles per hour) that would be a helleva lot higher number than the tachometer Numbers that are shown...ie...the basic numbers...the big 2, 3, 4, 5 etc...The number 2 on the tach = 2k per minute...

Ok...I read what you wrote 3 times and... I still don't understand. But...I will totally cop to breaking the law (<--cop, get it? Like how I did that? LoL) but have to say the $198 ticket plus the $200 tacked on top of that for being a "super speeder"...well, that was an expensive day. I could have flown somewhere for that kind of money. But, my fault so I won't fuss about it.

Katniss~~(wanting to be an Indy Car driver in my next life)

[DMW]

Well, what i wrote was confusing and it was hard to explain.
Sorry i made your head spin...mine did too.
There is more to it. A lot more.

So, when you look down at the instrument cluster of the car...
the tachometer is obviously on the left.
When going a certain speed the tachometer correlates with
the speedometer and rises as the speed does accordingly.

That cop was basically accusing you (he did ask though, smartass)
of watching the tachometer numbers and using it's numbers,
as though it was the speedometer to verify(or keep in check) your speed.
and if so....that would be really fast! If the tach is at number 4
you would be going faster ie...than 40 miles an hour.
Highway driving.

[DMW]

Originally Posted by Katniss

Ok...I read what you wrote 3 times and... I still don't understand. But...I will totally cop to breaking the law (<--cop, get it? Like how I did that? LoL) but have to say the $198 ticket plus the $200 tacked on top of that for being a "super speeder"...well, that was an expensive day. I could have flown somewhere for that kind of money. But, my fault so I won't fuss about it.

Katniss~~(wanting to be an Indy Car driver in my next life)

You are too damn funny Katniss...crack me up. Not so funny about the
$398 dollar dole out. I gotta go and look back at how fast you were goin'.
Yeah, that is kinda how it is. If you break the law...you gotta pay.
The laws are there for a reason. Indy rocks. Maybe you were an Indy driver
in your past life.

[QUOTE=DMW;698621]

That cop was basically accusing you (he did ask though, smartass)
of watching the tachometer numbers and using it's numbers,
as though it were the speedometer to verify(or keep in check) your speed.
and if so....that would be really fast! If the tach is at number 4
you would be going faster ie...than 40 miles an hour.
Highway driving.
[had to fix that was...where it shouldn't have been a was.]

I wanna hear about the bunny rabbit...

[Katniss]

[QUOTE=DMW;698942]Not so I gotta go and look back at how fast you were goin'.Yeah, that is kinda how it is. If you break the law...you gotta pay.
The laws are there for a reason. Indy rocks. Maybe you were an Indy driver
in your past life. [QUOTE=DMW;698621]


I'll save you the trouble...I was going 88 mph in a 65 mph zone. The "base" fine was $148 but then they tacked some other stuff on to it for a $198 total then added the $200 "super' fee. The reason I got off so cheap (said the judge) is because I am a "first time offender."

As to Indy...I have been to the Indy 500 six times as we used to live in Indy when I was in high school. I remember going out and watching the time trials when they were running after school let out. That was back in the "old days" when none of the "juniors" ran. It was Al Unser Sr., Mario Andretti, Bobby Rahal, etc. I actually won 1st place in the "Powderpuff Derby" racing my friend's Firebird (with mods.) back in Freshman year at college at the fairgrounds.
Of course now in Ga. it is all NASCAR all the time and you gotta' go to Talladega at least once. I've also been to monster truck events...yeah, my little red dirt girl background is showing now so I'll just "hush up."

Katniss~~