Ace-Garageguy

"I'm starting to think this isn't the right place for some of you." I suppose that applies to me for posting links to an unbiased report by Volvo concerning the realities of EVs vs ICEs, and following it up with a link to how Chinese industry is developing real-world solutions to carbon emissions and pollution...in the spirit of imparting information I mistakenly believed people supposedly interested in cars would like to know. I missed the "heated political debate" part of that thread entirely. I went back to work and it just disappeared. Ever heard the phrase "petty tyrant"? Let's make this as real as we can, and show everybody exactly where we stand, OK?

That right there's a load of horse apples. Joe frequently answers modeling questions. Right off the top of my head, I can recall learning from his posts about ELO stripper, miniature PE hinges, and the best source of miniature simulated fasteners anywhere.

OK, that's pretty definitive. In other words, no thinking allowed.

SMH

Well, that explains everything. That's one political figure whose travels I rarely pay any attention to. Seriously. I didn't know, and I don't care.

Gee willikers. I must be suffering from an old-guy thing. I have no clue who it was about (unless it's some rapper), and I'm usually pretty well informed politically.

When a thread is just locked with no warning, I think the board as a whole deserves a public reason.

I thought anything other than politics and religion was fair ground for discussion. What am I missing here?

Seemed to me to be pretty well within the purview of "general automotive" topics. I can only assume the thread was "disappeared" on "political" grounds. I don't believe the discussion of the physical reality of automobiles and energy generation is political...unless one is obviously engaged in upholding one particular party line. But facts don't care about politics. EDIT: I think we deserve some clarity about which facts are forbidden ground.

Man...cool truck. I've never seen anything like that before. Definitely watching and learning here.

Great technique, most useful. I find the change speed to be just right for carefully comparing specific areas, one at a time. But it still boggles my mind that "professional" adults can measure the same thing and get different results.

Yup, absolutely fantastic. Definitely one of my favorite builds on this forum since I've been here. That's one of the rare ideas that would be worth building full scale too.

Kinda interesting to see that sleep "experts" are weighing in mostly in favor of permanent Standard Time, as it's in closer alignment with the natural human circadian cycle...which is why it got to be "standard" in the first place (you know, when people invented "time"?).

Looks like the future's here...almost. Great stuff.

Do you have these?

Absolutely beautiful.

I'm thinking the closest you're probably going to get is these that appeared in several Monogram kits (and may be repopped my Modelhaus):

You seem to fail to grasp that making Daylight Saving Time permanent will make an extra dark hour on winter mornings when people who actually WORK for a living are trying to get to their tax-paying livelihoods. Any imaginary accident prevention from the proposed change will likely be offset by sleepy winter morning drivers in the dark. Weather is typically worse in winter...you know, that stuff called snow and ice?...so let's compound that by making winter morning darkness last an extra hour. Brilliant. EDIT: I think it's a GOOD idea to scrap the time change, but do the rational, non-moronic thing and make STANDARD time permanent...LIKE ARIZONA ALREADY DOES (and one of the factors involved in my decision to move there).

Yup.

The way things are going, I wouldn't bank on that over the long haul.

The issue is that the morons want to make Daylight Saving Time the PERMANANT time, with no seasonal changes anymore. Why not leave STANDARD time as the permanent time, like it's been pretty much since the beginning of time? More clueless idiots thinking they can reinvent the wheel 'cause "round" just isn't cool enough.

Being the skeptical, grumpy SOB I am, I can only wonder about these "supply chain" issues the BMF guy (and everyone else and his little dog) is blaming these days. If my remembry is correct, people have been complaining about the garbage BMF has become...for several years. As in...it ain't nuthin' new.

Very fine indeed.

All I have to say is you sure as jell can tell the fools thinking that making Daylight Saving Time permanent is a good idea have never been the ones leaving at 0-dark-30 to go to work in the middle of winter. Making "standard" time permanent, like in Az. would make sense... ...but this is idiocy.