Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2026 5:51 am
Thats how I felt welding in this weather . I sweated my a$$ off to the point my pants kept falling down .
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On the funny side of the street
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Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2026 4:33 pm
We had a few very hot days which ended today with more reasonable temperatures around 25C.
Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2026 11:15 pm
I guess 25c = 77f....
Quite a few years back when I was drag racing, our team was hired to match race around this time of the year in London, ON as it was an off weekend for the NHRA in the States due to the 4th of July holiday. So, Saturday morning as we were getting ready to drive to the track from the motel, we watch the news to see what the weather would be and it's metric which meant nothing to us. Obviously before the convenience of cell phones and the Internet.
We stopped at a local gas station for ice, etc and asked a local Canadian how to calculate the temperature. His response was, 28 is 82 and anything higher than 28 is hotter than f#@$.
Never have forgotten that to this day.
I might have related this story in the past, but still find it to be amusing.
Bob
Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 6:11 am
Bob , did you run with John Force or Chuck Etchles ?myerslawnandgarden wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2026 11:15 pmI guess 25c = 77f....
Quite a few years back when I was drag racing, our team was hired to match race around this time of the year in London, ON as it was an off weekend for the NHRA in the States due to the 4th of July holiday. So, Saturday morning as we were getting ready to drive to the track from the motel, we watch the news to see what the weather would be and it's metric which meant nothing to us. Obviously before the convenience of cell phones and the Internet.
We stopped at a local gas station for ice, etc and asked a local Canadian how to calculate the temperature. His response was, 28 is 82 and anything higher than 28 is hotter than f#@$.
Never have forgotten that to this day.
I might have related this story in the past, but still find it to be amusing.
Bob
Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 11:40 am
Dave,
John Force was the headliner. He had his two cars there, the second driven by Tony Pedregon at that time. Our Chicago Fire fuel altered match raced Drastic Plastic. The connection was that Tom Motry, owner of the Drastic Plastic fuel altered was a friend of Force's crew chief Austin Coil so Force insisted that we appear. Jeff Arend got bumped by the promoter to make room for the fuel altered match race.
Good times.
Bob
John Force was the headliner. He had his two cars there, the second driven by Tony Pedregon at that time. Our Chicago Fire fuel altered match raced Drastic Plastic. The connection was that Tom Motry, owner of the Drastic Plastic fuel altered was a friend of Force's crew chief Austin Coil so Force insisted that we appear. Jeff Arend got bumped by the promoter to make room for the fuel altered match race.
Good times.
Bob
Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 2:29 pm
That's funny and also useful Bob, I'll remember 28-82 forever. Canada's funny metric though. Weather temperatures are metric. But baking and cooking is Fahrenheit. On the construction floor it's all feet and inches. But cars go km/h and mileage is also liters/100km. Now here in continental Europe it's fully metric. I still prefer inches though, so that's how I work around the house. It confuses the neighbor that helps me out sometimes, greatly. I was relieved to see that plumbing here is inches too. However, I had to adjust because it's not NPT,rather BSP parallel, not tapered.
Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 8:20 pm
I grew up around 1/4 mile paved oval track . My first taste of live drag was when the team I was doing fab work for took me to Grand Bend (London Ont. ) Chuck Etchels and John Force were doing a promotional seires of "grudge match" races . 2 - 5000 hp Nitro funny cars leaving the line left an impression . Actually I think the percussion left a dent in my chest. It would have been 1989-90 area .myerslawnandgarden wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2026 11:40 am Dave,
John Force was the headliner. He had his two cars there, the second driven by Tony Pedregon at that time. Our Chicago Fire fuel altered match raced Drastic Plastic. The connection was that Tom Motry, owner of the Drastic Plastic fuel altered was a friend of Force's crew chief Austin Coil so Force insisted that we appear. Jeff Arend got bumped by the promoter to make room for the fuel altered match race.
Good times.
Bob
An interesting time in my life forsure .
Re: On the funny side of the street
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2026 10:24 pm
The sensation when standing at the starting line is incredible and not possible to describe without experiencing it. Today's fuel funny cars and top fuel dragsters are in the 12,000 hp range. Zero to over 330 mph in 1000 feet.DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2026 8:20 pmI grew up around 1/4 mile paved oval track . My first taste of live drag was when the team I was doing fab work for took me to Grand Bend (London Ont. ) Chuck Etchels and John Force were doing a promotional seires of "grudge match" races . 2 - 5000 hp Nitro funny cars leaving the line left an impression . Actually I think the percussion left a dent in my chest. It would have been 1989-90 area .myerslawnandgarden wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2026 11:40 am Dave,
John Force was the headliner. He had his two cars there, the second driven by Tony Pedregon at that time. Our Chicago Fire fuel altered match raced Drastic Plastic. The connection was that Tom Motry, owner of the Drastic Plastic fuel altered was a friend of Force's crew chief Austin Coil so Force insisted that we appear. Jeff Arend got bumped by the promoter to make room for the fuel altered match race.
Good times.
Bob
An interesting time in my life forsure .