And, nice car! I love the looks of those old straight twelve monsters.
I remember building a plastic model of a Duesenberg Town Car;
that’s what started it.
I’m pretty sure it’s a straight-8, look at the pipes. The 5th
pipe would be the cross-over from the other side. The old 8’s
were torque-monsters anyway, while the 12s were more
for speed. Like today’s V-12s.
The 8s were oddly setup, they didn’t understand air-flow like we do now.
That car, IF it still has a gas engine in it, either had one carb, or 4,
depending on the model and what it was made for. Horrible gas hogs too,
and needed constant tuning to keep it running right. Most likely? It has
an electric engine with a rumbler installed. Like Cherry’s car, a
reproduction, I love how the Empire is embracing the retro-cars, since
thanks to the grav engines, makes building them cheaper and easier and
costs little to maintain/operate.
Pretty much? I had a hunch but hey, when in Rome… I love the fact
that they are acting like girls from the 60s, “Can we go for a ride
in your car?” or the whole sleeping thing… Back in those days you
didn’t have to worry about HIV or any number of other issues. which
carried into the 70s. They really do seem to have the whole hippie
thing going on, they would make a good addition to the Empire, that
much energy and desire to live would go a long way. Whether it’s in
combat or in manning deep spacers, or just as moral boosters.
I do love that car! I seen a Ford straight-8 in high school, it was
a project for the seniors. dumb thing was when they tried to test
start it on the stand, they didn’t put the counter-weights on the
crankshaft. At an idle it walked on the floor till it pulled out
the power supply from the wall, I about fell out of my desk laughing
when it happened! I didn’t know at the time what happened, just the
panic all 4 of them had when it started to rumble and bounce!
Reminded me of the old keystone cops bl/w movies.
Back in 1979 I lived with a college friend and his family. One of his cousins
got married, and as Gordon’s roomie, I got invited. His cousin’s father
was a collector. Had an old Pace Arrow, and the factory trailer with it.
They were being used to haul farm workers in a mint field when he spotted
it. Yeah, he fixed it up a bit.
Back to the cousin though; it was an outdoor wedding, in their back yard,
and she arrived being chauffeured in the back of a Lincoln. Don’t recall the
year, but if my memory of what the car looked like is correct, a quick Wiki search
puts it at about a 1938 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 four door sedan.
Was wondering about that. I looked up “pace arrow automobile”
and all that came up was pictures of motor homes. The search
did bring up a Wikipedia article for PIERCE Arrow automobiles.
I’m starting to think this kid was flagged for some kind of deep
undercover op. As far as I’ve heard, usually MPs walk you off-base
and you’re expected to make your own way home or whatever. Here,
a Captain took him to a crappy part of town, to a bar and
someone is waiting for them? Interesting…
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Heh, mostly no, unless this is some kind of test…
Which would be really dumb!
More likely they are into the fun aspect of sex and don’t have taboos
or restrictions on who (or what) they sleep with. Where the Catians
stick to their own kind and don’t make lasting connection past close
friends/bonding. I kinda think it’s because they are a bit like
isolationists due to the core’s actions and the LT and Kima are new
and exciting. That might change if they accept the Empire’s offer.
You have to remember that, for Cats, sex with humans is painful.
Apparently it’s different for these rabbits.
Oh, and while rabbits are supposed to be so fecund, they can’t
hold a candle to hamsters. While rabbits were in the back of the
classroom passing notes and shooting spitwads, hamsters were
sitting on the front row taking lots and lots of notes!
Yes I know bill I mentioned it before. That was my point, the Catains
were designed that way, where most other species are natural. The Cats
weren’t designed to have more than the very basic need to reproduce.
No serious feelings past that. Another cruel act done by their creator,
denying that level of connection to a partner, by the reasoning that it
wouldn’t give them a reason to fight. Very dumb, in my opinion!
And a mouse was doing the teaching! Case in point, My sister has 2 pet snakes
at $5 a young mouse feeding them PLUS driving to the pet shop for feeder mice
was getting costly, so we started to raise mice. Started with 3 females and a male,
by my last count is 4 weeks we have nearly 20! Minus the ones she’d fed to her
snakes of course. I just checked yesterday, there’s 3 more preggers, and a new
litter(?) that was just dropped. Cats, rabbits, and such larger species on average,
drop about 4 to 6 young, while the smaller ones (including hamsters) can often
drop 6-10. her snakes eat 2-3 a week so hopefully it’ll balance out…
Be careful Kima. Marise has shown you how life will be if you stick around.
Somehow reminded of a traditional Apuk (Out Of Cruel Space)
attitude towards kidnapping a husband:
‘If an Apuk takes a man as her husband and he doesn’t escape
he doesn’t despise her enough for it to matter, and if no one
challenges her to take him away then no one loves him more.’
Knight dragon turtle women who could juggle small starships were
bad enough without a degree of cultural yandere behavior.
Well, I guessed wrong. The flirting WAS serious. Bunnies be bunnies.
I guess at this point we have to hope the plumbing is compatible.
It’s a safe bet the gametes won’t be — this will just be for
entertainment and nobody is getting pregnant.
Yep. Serious flirting was going on. And they meant it!
And, nice car! I love the looks of those old straight twelve monsters.
I remember building a plastic model of a Duesenberg Town Car;
that’s what started it.
Sam you beat me by seconds with the Duesenberg.
Beautiful cars. Much better looking cars than todays.
I’m pretty sure it’s a straight-8, look at the pipes. The 5th
pipe would be the cross-over from the other side. The old 8’s
were torque-monsters anyway, while the 12s were more
for speed. Like today’s V-12s.
I was wondering what that 5th pipe, down low, was for.
The 8s were oddly setup, they didn’t understand air-flow like we do now.
That car, IF it still has a gas engine in it, either had one carb, or 4,
depending on the model and what it was made for. Horrible gas hogs too,
and needed constant tuning to keep it running right. Most likely? It has
an electric engine with a rumbler installed. Like Cherry’s car, a
reproduction, I love how the Empire is embracing the retro-cars, since
thanks to the grav engines, makes building them cheaper and easier and
costs little to maintain/operate.
core not Empire,. this is a flashback
Ah I did not know that, I was basing it on how the Empire works,
not the core! I hope this kid survived then…
That is a serious car. It looks like a customized Duesenberg
Just WOW.
Yep hand on butt flirting.
Ooh! Missed the hand on his butt.
Heh, I did too! Kima, if they are anything like RL rabbits,
You WILL be tired! If not injured!
So…they buck like funnies?
Pretty much? I had a hunch but hey, when in Rome… I love the fact
that they are acting like girls from the 60s, “Can we go for a ride
in your car?” or the whole sleeping thing… Back in those days you
didn’t have to worry about HIV or any number of other issues. which
carried into the 70s. They really do seem to have the whole hippie
thing going on, they would make a good addition to the Empire, that
much energy and desire to live would go a long way. Whether it’s in
combat or in manning deep spacers, or just as moral boosters.
Ah, yes, the 60s and 70s.
If I could go back with the knowledge I have now…
PC, you missed an opportunity,
Kima should have been named Kirk, as in James T.
I do love that car! I seen a Ford straight-8 in high school, it was
a project for the seniors. dumb thing was when they tried to test
start it on the stand, they didn’t put the counter-weights on the
crankshaft. At an idle it walked on the floor till it pulled out
the power supply from the wall, I about fell out of my desk laughing
when it happened! I didn’t know at the time what happened, just the
panic all 4 of them had when it started to rumble and bounce!
Reminded me of the old keystone cops bl/w movies.
Back in 1979 I lived with a college friend and his family. One of his cousins
got married, and as Gordon’s roomie, I got invited. His cousin’s father
was a collector. Had an old Pace Arrow, and the factory trailer with it.
They were being used to haul farm workers in a mint field when he spotted
it. Yeah, he fixed it up a bit.
Back to the cousin though; it was an outdoor wedding, in their back yard,
and she arrived being chauffeured in the back of a Lincoln. Don’t recall the
year, but if my memory of what the car looked like is correct, a quick Wiki search
puts it at about a 1938 Lincoln-Zephyr V-12 four door sedan.
Argh! Pace Arrow? That was a motorhome maker in the 70s.
Grandparents had one.
He had an old PIERCE Arrow.
Was wondering about that. I looked up “pace arrow automobile”
and all that came up was pictures of motor homes. The search
did bring up a Wikipedia article for PIERCE Arrow automobiles.
I’m starting to think this kid was flagged for some kind of deep
undercover op. As far as I’ve heard, usually MPs walk you off-base
and you’re expected to make your own way home or whatever. Here,
a Captain took him to a crappy part of town, to a bar and
someone is waiting for them? Interesting…
It appears that the “crappy” is just a cover.
Aaaaaand I don’t think our space farers
will be getting much sleep tonight.
Heh, mostly no, unless this is some kind of test…
Which would be really dumb!
More likely they are into the fun aspect of sex and don’t have taboos
or restrictions on who (or what) they sleep with. Where the Catians
stick to their own kind and don’t make lasting connection past close
friends/bonding. I kinda think it’s because they are a bit like
isolationists due to the core’s actions and the LT and Kima are new
and exciting. That might change if they accept the Empire’s offer.
You have to remember that, for Cats, sex with humans is painful.
Apparently it’s different for these rabbits.
Oh, and while rabbits are supposed to be so fecund, they can’t
hold a candle to hamsters. While rabbits were in the back of the
classroom passing notes and shooting spitwads, hamsters were
sitting on the front row taking lots and lots of notes!
Yes I know bill I mentioned it before. That was my point, the Catains
were designed that way, where most other species are natural. The Cats
weren’t designed to have more than the very basic need to reproduce.
No serious feelings past that. Another cruel act done by their creator,
denying that level of connection to a partner, by the reasoning that it
wouldn’t give them a reason to fight. Very dumb, in my opinion!
And a mouse was doing the teaching! Case in point, My sister has 2 pet snakes
at $5 a young mouse feeding them PLUS driving to the pet shop for feeder mice
was getting costly, so we started to raise mice. Started with 3 females and a male,
by my last count is 4 weeks we have nearly 20! Minus the ones she’d fed to her
snakes of course. I just checked yesterday, there’s 3 more preggers, and a new
litter(?) that was just dropped. Cats, rabbits, and such larger species on average,
drop about 4 to 6 young, while the smaller ones (including hamsters) can often
drop 6-10. her snakes eat 2-3 a week so hopefully it’ll balance out…
Be careful Kima. Marise has shown you how life will be if you stick around.
Somehow reminded of a traditional Apuk (Out Of Cruel Space)
attitude towards kidnapping a husband:
‘If an Apuk takes a man as her husband and he doesn’t escape
he doesn’t despise her enough for it to matter, and if no one
challenges her to take him away then no one loves him more.’
Knight dragon turtle women who could juggle small starships were
bad enough without a degree of cultural yandere behavior.
Well, I guessed wrong. The flirting WAS serious. Bunnies be bunnies.
I guess at this point we have to hope the plumbing is compatible.
It’s a safe bet the gametes won’t be — this will just be for
entertainment and nobody is getting pregnant.