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OT: Cicada.. LOW!

Larr

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Larr » Fri, 28 May 2004 00:24:12

Has anyone else wondered how/if the Cicada swarms will affect the Indy or
CocaCola 600 races this weekend?

And while I'm at it, who had the bright idea of giving every one of these
bugs their own Star Trek phaser?  Noisy bastaads!

-Larry

Tiny Lun

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Tiny Lun » Fri, 28 May 2004 00:24:10

Haven't seen the little ***s yet myself but I am certain that they will
be a delicacy at the race track. Imagine a Coors and a fistful of Cicadas!
Yummy!

Steve Smit

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Steve Smit » Fri, 28 May 2004 01:35:57

The way I see it, the beat of gazillions of their tiny wings will generate
enuf natural downforce to set new lap records (at least at Indy).



> > Has anyone else wondered how/if the Cicada swarms will affect the Indy
or
> > CocaCola 600 races this weekend?

> it will make the track slippery <g>

> Achim

Joachim Trens

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Joachim Trens » Fri, 28 May 2004 15:35:39


> The way I see it, the beat of gazillions of their tiny wings will generate
> enuf natural downforce to set new lap records (at least at Indy).

Yes, but don't forget the amount of litres of all sorts of body fluids
and excrements these gazillions of little creepers will drop on their
way across the track.

I'm sure these will outweigh the added downforce. What's more, the
downstream they generate will bge turbulent. We cannot be sure how
detrimental how negative the effects of all those little vortices in the
downpouring air will be.

Maybe time for someone to grab the money making opportunity of inventing
and installing Cicadalets (Toilets where Cicadas can go an relieve
nature in an orderly way without interfering with the racing).

We need a Cicada-Simulator as well now, of course.

Achim

Uwe Schürkam

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Uwe Schürkam » Fri, 28 May 2004 18:41:54


> The way I see it, the beat of gazillions of their tiny wings will generate
> enuf natural downforce to set new lap records (at least at Indy).

Sounds like Tony George and his lot receive some of the biblical
plagues of old ;->

Uwe

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Steve Smit

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Steve Smit » Fri, 28 May 2004 19:46:17

If there *is* a God, why hasn't he "harvested" Tony by now?



> > The way I see it, the beat of gazillions of their tiny wings will
generate
> > enuf natural downforce to set new lap records (at least at Indy).

> Sounds like Tony George and his lot receive some of the biblical
> plagues of old ;->

> Uwe

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J.D. Elli

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by J.D. Elli » Fri, 28 May 2004 21:32:16


...paging Dave Henrie, your vitriol is needed in aisle 9...

<VBG>

-jde

Uwe Schürkam

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Uwe Schürkam » Fri, 28 May 2004 21:58:45


> If there *is* a God, why hasn't he "harvested" Tony by now?

That, Dear Steve, is a very good question. Time to re-instate the good
old tradition of human sacrifices again... the richer the better ;-)

uwe

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Mike Donnelly J

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Mike Donnelly J » Sat, 29 May 2004 14:19:11

I used to think the same way.  But, CART screwed itself up to the
point that I can't believe I was rooting for those jokers.  Since they
abandoned oval racing I say let CART rot.  Yet, I'm not a big fan of
Tony yet either.  

Mike

On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:46:17 GMT, "Steve Smith"


>If there *is* a God, why hasn't he "harvested" Tony by now?




>> > The way I see it, the beat of gazillions of their tiny wings will
>generate
>> > enuf natural downforce to set new lap records (at least at Indy).

>> Sounds like Tony George and his lot receive some of the biblical
>> plagues of old ;->

>> Uwe

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>> Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/
>> Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E)
>> GPG Fingerprint:  2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F  67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Larr

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Larr » Sat, 29 May 2004 23:30:19

I watched my first CART race on Spike last weekend.

I felt like I was watching someone play an arcade game.

"Push To Pass" ?  Paleaaase!!!  Mandatory green-flag stops?  You must be
kidding.

The race was a total farce.  Being the best driver or having the best car
has absolutely nothing to do with winning in CART now.

They should be broadcasting on the Game Show Channel.

-Larry



> I used to think the same way.  But, CART screwed itself up to the
> point that I can't believe I was rooting for those jokers.  Since they
> abandoned oval racing I say let CART rot.  Yet, I'm not a big fan of
> Tony yet either.

> Mike

> On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:46:17 GMT, "Steve Smith"

> >If there *is* a God, why hasn't he "harvested" Tony by now?




> >> > The way I see it, the beat of gazillions of their tiny wings will
> >generate
> >> > enuf natural downforce to set new lap records (at least at Indy).

> >> Sounds like Tony George and his lot receive some of the biblical
> >> plagues of old ;->

> >> Uwe

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> >> Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/
> >> Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E)
> >> GPG Fingerprint:  2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F  67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Eldre

OT: Cicada.. LOW!

by Eldre » Sun, 30 May 2004 01:55:41

Yeah, that reminded me of the 'nitro boost' on a driving game.  What Einstein
thought THAT one up?

Eldred
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