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Thursday, August 11, 2016
No Question, The 993 Please
The GREAT Debate: Would You Rather Have A 993 Or 991 For $160k?
Over the past 10 or so years it's been truly remarkable to watch the high-end, used car market.
Cars that were once thought to have seen their good days go flying past have exploded in value.
Two examples that come to mind are the Ferrari Testarossa and Porsche 911. Whether it's a 993 or a 964, these cars are commanding top dollar. As long as it's air-cooled and has a manual gearbox, you will see pretty crazy prices.
And, well, V12s have always demanded a premium.
While I know this market has become rather inflated as of late, I get reminded every now and then how insane it's become. Today, I ran across an Instagram by a local specialty shop. It showed a picture of a gorgeous black 993 Turbo. The asking price was nearly $160,000.
The price for an all-new 911 Turbo is just under $160,000.
So, I've got to ask: WHICH would you rather? The 993 or the 991?
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Over the past 10 or so years it's been truly remarkable to watch the high-end, used car market.
Two examples that come to mind are the Ferrari Testarossa and Porsche 911. Whether it's a 993 or a 964, these cars are commanding top dollar. As long as it's air-cooled and has a manual gearbox, you will see pretty crazy prices.
And, well, V12s have always demanded a premium.
While I know this market has become rather inflated as of late, I get reminded every now and then how insane it's become. Today, I ran across an Instagram by a local specialty shop. It showed a picture of a gorgeous black 993 Turbo. The asking price was nearly $160,000.
The price for an all-new 911 Turbo is just under $160,000.
So, I've got to ask: WHICH would you rather? The 993 or the 991?
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Did You Know - Olympics Edition
Greatest Olympian from every state
Every U.S. state is home to at least one medal winner in either the Summer or Winter Olympics.
Every U.S. state is home to at least one medal winner in either the Summer or Winter Olympics.
California: Florence Griffith Joyner
California’s 122 individual gold medals in the Summer and Winter Games combined are double that of any other state, and it is predictability one of the tougher states to rank. In particular, The Golden State has been home to some of the most decorated swimmers in Olympic history, including Mark Spitz.
However, California’s greatest Olympian was a track athlete, not a swimmer. Griffith Joyner became one of the most adored American athletes ever in the 1980s, and backed up that popularity with her performances on the track.
The Los Angeles native got her first crack at the Olympics in her hometown in 1984 after the United States government boycotted the 1980 Games in Moscow. Against a tough field that included Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Griffith Joyner captured a silver medal in the 200m.
Nobody expected Griffith Joyner to develop into the greatest women’s sprinter ever after that performance, but she set the world record in the 100m with a time of 10.49 seconds at the 1988 U.S. Olympics Trials. Griffith Joyner carried that momentum into the Seoul Games, smashing the field in the Olympic 100m final to win gold.
Later on in the same Games, Griffith Joyner set the 200m world record twice, posting an unheard of time of 21.34 seconds in the final to win gold. Both her 100m and 200m records still stand, and nobody has come within 0.2 seconds of topping the 200m record.
Griffith Joyner also won gold in the 4x100m and silver in the 4x400m in Seoul, giving her a total of five medals in her Olympic career. While Spitz has one of the top medal hauls ever, and won an incredible seven golds in 1972, the fact some of Griffith Joyner’s marks still stand nearly three decades later makes her the greatest Californian Olympian ever.
Friends
How To Be A Good Friend
3. Be happy for their success, even if it’s something you wanted. Don’t be another crab in the bucket. I see this especially when dealing with self-improvement and confidence with women. Men get jealous that they aren’t pushing themselves and try to deter others from excelling. Support your friends in all their productive endeavors. Don’t let your own insecurities prevent you from being fair and supportive.
5. Don’t fault them for what they don’t know. Give your friend a chance to resolve the issue or share their side. They may not even realize they’re doing something wrong until you explain it to them.
10. Keep your word. Don’t share their secrets. Follow through and show up when you say you will. Be someone they can count on. Your word is your bond and it’s the most powerful tool you own. Once you break it, it’s extremely hard to get back —” and sometimes you’ll never regain it at all.
18. Educate and grow with each other. I can talk about anything with my best friends. Yes, we enjoy bro-ing out about video games and hot women (who doesn’t?) But we also have deep conversations about humanity, our greatest fears, and becoming a better person.
We’ve shared our life lessons, insights, and failures. We discuss ideas that benefit all of us. We aren’t afraid to open up and be vulnerable because we trust each other. And our lives are enriched because of it.
Complete list (CavemanCircus.com)
3. Be happy for their success, even if it’s something you wanted. Don’t be another crab in the bucket. I see this especially when dealing with self-improvement and confidence with women. Men get jealous that they aren’t pushing themselves and try to deter others from excelling. Support your friends in all their productive endeavors. Don’t let your own insecurities prevent you from being fair and supportive.
5. Don’t fault them for what they don’t know. Give your friend a chance to resolve the issue or share their side. They may not even realize they’re doing something wrong until you explain it to them.
10. Keep your word. Don’t share their secrets. Follow through and show up when you say you will. Be someone they can count on. Your word is your bond and it’s the most powerful tool you own. Once you break it, it’s extremely hard to get back —” and sometimes you’ll never regain it at all.
18. Educate and grow with each other. I can talk about anything with my best friends. Yes, we enjoy bro-ing out about video games and hot women (who doesn’t?) But we also have deep conversations about humanity, our greatest fears, and becoming a better person.
We’ve shared our life lessons, insights, and failures. We discuss ideas that benefit all of us. We aren’t afraid to open up and be vulnerable because we trust each other. And our lives are enriched because of it.
Complete list (CavemanCircus.com)
The Science Behind A Fast Pool
Could the design of the pool in Rio be fueling Olympic swimming records?
Nine world or Olympic records have already fallen in Rio, but credit could belong to the architects’ design and technology of the pool and venue.
“A fast pool typically has at least three meters of depth to it,” says Teri McKeever, head coach of the University of California’s women’s swimming team, and who served as the U.S. head coach at London 2012. “The deeper the pool is the better, because the splash or the turbulence and everything takes longer to get down to the bottom and then it doesn’t ricochet back up into the swimmers.”
Dampening out the movement of the water in the pool prevents it from disrupting the swimmers, and allows them to swim as fast as they can. When a pool is empty, “you really want that pool to look like a lake in the Midwest in the summer at six o’clock in the morning,” says Scott Hester, president of Counsilman-Hunsaker, a company that designs and operates aquatic facilities and designed the pool for Atlanta 1996. “You see no waves, no ripples, it’s completely still, it’s completely quiet.” If a pool cannot effectively dampen out disturbances when it is empty, and when the greatest disruption may come from the circulation system that brings in clean water, its surface is likely to become very choppy during a race.
(SI.com)
Nine world or Olympic records have already fallen in Rio, but credit could belong to the architects’ design and technology of the pool and venue.
“A fast pool typically has at least three meters of depth to it,” says Teri McKeever, head coach of the University of California’s women’s swimming team, and who served as the U.S. head coach at London 2012. “The deeper the pool is the better, because the splash or the turbulence and everything takes longer to get down to the bottom and then it doesn’t ricochet back up into the swimmers.”
Dampening out the movement of the water in the pool prevents it from disrupting the swimmers, and allows them to swim as fast as they can. When a pool is empty, “you really want that pool to look like a lake in the Midwest in the summer at six o’clock in the morning,” says Scott Hester, president of Counsilman-Hunsaker, a company that designs and operates aquatic facilities and designed the pool for Atlanta 1996. “You see no waves, no ripples, it’s completely still, it’s completely quiet.” If a pool cannot effectively dampen out disturbances when it is empty, and when the greatest disruption may come from the circulation system that brings in clean water, its surface is likely to become very choppy during a race.
(SI.com)
These Stations Are Preset On My Car Radio
1. KDAY - 93.5
- KDAY was the first classic rap station on the planet, and that is important. It also launched George Carlin’s career in the ’60s. But since 2004 the station has centered on oldies hip-hop, as it sews together cuts from several decades, from charted hits to deeper posse cuts, often throwing R&B and freestyle into the mix as well. 93.5 would likely have been on the top anyway, but now that it boasts "The Art Laboe Connection," the best long-running L.A. radio program ever? There’s no question. L.A. hall-of-famer Laboe now closes out every week with his Sunday evening broadcast. There is no better station to cruise the PCH to, lowride to, or put on in the backyard for a cookout than KDAY. If there is a higher power, KDAY will outlive us all.
- Power is the best place in L.A. for contemporary hip-hop and R&B ... and, in recent years, some pop and EDM, too. The station “Where Hip-Hop Lives” offers a solid stable of veteran DJs and personalities like Felli Fel, and it regularly features some top-shelf live mixing and scratching.
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