I had to make an important choice this week, one that I don’t regret: Attend the Lisbon conference or stay at home and attend to my business and do something very important with my son. See below.
We think it looks just as good as the original. Tonight we had the Pinewood Derby weigh in, and thanks to furiously tweaking the weight with lead shot and sinkers and a digital postal scale, we came in at exactly 5.0 ounces (142 grams), the legal limit. Let me tell you, trying to get four nails aligned perfectly in a block of wood so that the car rolls straight isn’t as easy as it might look.
That, and the only sitting Pikachu figures I could find come from Japan as key chains. Thank goodness for Ebay. I’ve never quite understood his fascination with Pokémon, but I gotta tell you, the look on my son’s face when I produced this little monster for the drivers seat today was priceless.
Tomorrow is the big race, wish us luck.
It seems like the folks at Lisbon were having fun too, Steve Goddard provides this video. Congratulations to Judith Curry.
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Ianric Ivarsson says: “‘I’ve never quite understood his fascination with Pokémon…’ Well, a lot of people don’t understand our obsession with exposing the climate scam either.”
It has to do with preventing the greatest evil the world has seen in 65 years.
I remember my car was very possibly the ugliest car in the entire race. But it sure was fun. I work with my hands and even today, I have to apply “pretty” with a hammer.
“”””” Ric Werme says:
January 29, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Harry Bergeron says:
January 29, 2011 at 8:08 am
Lubricant hint: Tri-Flow It’s graphite and Teflon in a very light silicon base.
I swear it’s the best for other mechanical applications, YMMV for this application.
No graphite, at least this bottle says aliphatic hydrocarbons and PTFE. No silicone either (or silicon!). “””””
My vote goes to Molybdenum Disulphide; the slipperiest slippery other than that; well you know that Owl product !