Merry Christmas

Back Seat Driver · 12-19-2001, 04:51 PM

Incase i am not on till after Christmas i am wishin you ALL a very merry christmas.

1BAD89 · 12-19-2001, 05:16 PM

Merry Christmas!!!

mike_navigator · 12-19-2001, 05:45 PM

Merry Christmas, and have a Happy New Year.

Five0 · 12-19-2001, 06:05 PM

I will be here but merry christmas to everyone any way.

12-19-2001, 09:15 PM

HO HO HO and a Very Merry Christmas to you also, Hope you have a great holiday and a wonderful New Year, God Bless

PKRWUD · 12-19-2001, 09:17 PM

I'm flying out of Burbank tomorrow morning, and won't be back until 12/31 (it's a really long flight). I will have limited online access, and probably won't be around much. Think of it as my gift to all of you.

Best wishes to all!

Take care,
-Chris

Five0 · 12-19-2001, 09:59 PM

Hahaha, "PKRWUD" have a safe trip and well see ya when you get back.

Motorhead302 · 12-19-2001, 10:56 PM

Merry Christmas everbody!! And Happy New Year, too!!!

mustangman65_79 · 12-20-2001, 12:59 AM

I hope to see u all back here nexted year, so no one go off and die, YOU HEAR ME?!

6T9PONY · 12-20-2001, 01:27 AM

Quote:

so no one go off and die, YOU HEAR ME?!

That's not a good thing to say when PKRWUD's getting on a plane tomorrow man. Come on now....get with the program.....

mustangman65_79 · 12-20-2001, 01:36 AM

Nono no, I was talking about getting in a car wreck, I don't want to see another totaled Mustang. Now PKRWUD not driving, so I don't care.

J/K, naw PKRWUD going to be ok, I still want him to call me when he gets to SF though.

6T9PONY · 12-20-2001, 01:41 AM

Oh....ok mustangman.....flying is actually safer than driving.....statistically......

1BAD89 · 12-20-2001, 02:27 AM

Not lately...

PKRWUD · 12-20-2001, 04:25 AM

Thanks.

Phucker.

C-ya

mustangman65_79 · 12-20-2001, 04:57 AM

Even with everything that happend, flying is still safer. Still more ppl die driving the flying. Remember, most of the deaths were pll that were not flying.

cyberstang5.0 · 12-20-2001, 09:06 AM

Merry Christmas Yall...

Crazy Horse GT · 12-20-2001, 09:21 AM

merry christmas everyone & happy new year i hope you all have a great one.

Mercury · 12-20-2001, 01:32 PM

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.

I hope everyone hear has a safe and fun holiday season. I know I'll try to. Let us know if you all got any car goodies.

I just wanna race Santa and his sliegh again. He cheated last year.

mustangdani55 · 12-20-2001, 02:02 PM

even the grinch here says MERRY CHRISTMAS

Coupe Devil · 12-20-2001, 02:22 PM

I want to wish everyone amerry christmas and a happy new year as well but:

This is an issue I've been struggling with for years. I thought it would be good therapy if I wrote it down and sent it out for discussion. However, despite the physical laws that govern our world - I'm still a believer!

SANTA CLAUS: AN ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE

There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world.
However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or
Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for
Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the
Population Reference Bureau). At an average(census) rate of 3.5 children per
household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least
one good child in each.

Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different
time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west
(which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to
say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around
1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill
the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever
snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh
and get onto the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is
evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false,
but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking
about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not
counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650
miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound.

For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space
probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can
run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another
interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium
sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons,
not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more
than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times
the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them-Santa
would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the
weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight
of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch).

600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air
resistance. This would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a
spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would
absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would
burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them
and creating sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be
vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa
reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since
Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001
seconds,would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's. A 250 pound
Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh
by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and
reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo.

Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now.

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year everybody.

Brad

12-19-2001, 04:51 PM	#1
Back Seat Driver Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Leamington Ontario Canada Posts: 103	Merry Christmas Incase i am not on till after Christmas i am wishin you ALL a very merry christmas. __________________ Never underestimate me

12-19-2001, 05:45 PM	#3
mike_navigator Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: fayetteville nc Posts: 188	Merry Christmas, and have a Happy New Year. __________________ 93 COBRA vehicle# 689 of 4993 MODS K&N, two chamber flows. admin of www.v8tec.com

12-19-2001, 06:05 PM	#4
Five0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: middleburg, fl, usa Posts: 1,134	I will be here but merry christmas to everyone any way. __________________ James Cox RHC Member #44 nochevy@hotmail.com 1991 Mustang LX Dart iron eagle block, 4340 28oz 347 crank, 4340 h-beam rods, probe ultra light pistons canfield heads “race ported by Brent Frazier”, solid roller cam and lifters “custom grind”, kooks 1 7/8" race headers, and much more. Engine built by Brent Frazier.

12-19-2001, 09:17 PM	#6
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	I'm flying out of Burbank tomorrow morning, and won't be back until 12/31 (it's a *really* long flight). I will have limited online access, and probably won't be around much. Think of it as my gift to all of you. Best wishes to all! Take care, -Chris __________________ Webmaster: Rice Haters Club Jim Porter Racing Peckerwoods Pit Stop Support Your Local RED & WHITE!

12-19-2001, 09:59 PM	#7
Five0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: middleburg, fl, usa Posts: 1,134	Hahaha, "PKRWUD" have a safe trip and well see ya when you get back. __________________ James Cox RHC Member #44 nochevy@hotmail.com 1991 Mustang LX Dart iron eagle block, 4340 28oz 347 crank, 4340 h-beam rods, probe ultra light pistons canfield heads “race ported by Brent Frazier”, solid roller cam and lifters “custom grind”, kooks 1 7/8" race headers, and much more. Engine built by Brent Frazier.

12-19-2001, 05:16 PM	#2
1BAD89 Tubbed and Juiced Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,861	Merry Christmas!!!

12-19-2001, 09:15 PM	#5
gt lee Guest Posts: n/a	HO HO HO and a Very Merry Christmas to you also, Hope you have a great holiday and a wonderful New Year, God Bless

12-19-2001, 10:56 PM	#8
Motorhead302 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Posts: 264	Merry Christmas everbody!! And Happy New Year, too!!! __________________ Proud to be Rice Haters' Club member # 88, 95 GT, Pulleys, Headers, Off-road H, 3.55's, Tremec 3550, Cobra Clutch 14.4's @ 96mph before exhaust. '92 LX, 4.10's, Underdrives, Off-road, Flowmaster 2 Chambers, Chrome Cobra R Wheels NEW TIMES: 8.694@78.7, 13.694@97.76

12-20-2001, 12:59 AM	#9
mustangman65_79 My poor 79 RIP Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suisun City, Posts: 2,320	I hope to see u all back here nexted year, so no one go off and die, YOU HEAR ME?! __________________ '84 mustang GT turbo '85 LTD '89 Camaro Irocz z28 '94 Lightning '96 Trans am

12-20-2001, 01:36 AM	#11
mustangman65_79 My poor 79 RIP Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suisun City, Posts: 2,320	Nono no, I was talking about getting in a car wreck, I don't want to see another totaled Mustang. Now PKRWUD not driving, so I don't care. J/K, naw PKRWUD going to be ok, I still want him to call me when he gets to SF though. __________________ '84 mustang GT turbo '85 LTD '89 Camaro Irocz z28 '94 Lightning '96 Trans am

12-20-2001, 01:41 AM	#12
6T9PONY All about the Windsor. Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 2,052	Oh....ok mustangman.....flying is actually safer than driving.....statistically......

12-20-2001, 02:27 AM	#13
1BAD89 Tubbed and Juiced Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,861	Not lately...

12-20-2001, 04:25 AM	#14
PKRWUD Junior Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Ventura, California Posts: 8,981	Thanks. Phucker. C-ya __________________ Webmaster: Rice Haters Club Jim Porter Racing Peckerwoods Pit Stop Support Your Local RED & WHITE!

12-20-2001, 04:57 AM	#15
mustangman65_79 My poor 79 RIP Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suisun City, Posts: 2,320	Even with everything that happend, flying is still safer. Still more ppl die driving the flying. Remember, most of the deaths were pll that were not flying. __________________ '84 mustang GT turbo '85 LTD '89 Camaro Irocz z28 '94 Lightning '96 Trans am

12-20-2001, 09:06 AM	#16
cyberstang5.0 347ci of HORSE POWER!!! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,416	Merry Christmas Yall...

12-20-2001, 09:21 AM	#17
Crazy Horse GT Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sale Creek, TN. C. S. A. Posts: 4,652	merry christmas everyone & happy new year i hope you all have a great one. __________________ 95 gt vert, lot's of stuff, it aint slow. 04 sonic blue v - six my beater 89 rs camaro iroc turbo hood, other stuff, my wifes ride 84 lx stang cammed up 289 hi po, etc 65 falcon, maybe by the year 2020. black 00gt, gone but never forgotten. R H C- member # 1 o.b.c. da prez- member # 1 if your under 40 dont ask. goodbye for now odie,r.i.p. 11-27-03

12-20-2001, 01:32 PM	#18
Mercury The Redneck James Bond Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 1,707	MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE. I hope everyone hear has a safe and fun holiday season. I know I'll try to. Let us know if you all got any car goodies. I just wanna race Santa and his sliegh again. He cheated last year.

12-20-2001, 02:02 PM	#19
mustangdani55 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana USA Posts: 334	even the grinch here says MERRY CHRISTMAS

12-20-2001, 02:22 PM	#20
Coupe Devil Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,643	I want to wish everyone amerry christmas and a happy new year as well but: This is an issue I've been struggling with for years. I thought it would be good therapy if I wrote it down and sent it out for discussion. However, despite the physical laws that govern our world - I'm still a believer! SANTA CLAUS: AN ENGINEER'S PERSPECTIVE There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average(census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each. Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get onto the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them-Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance. This would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds,would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year everybody. Brad __________________ 1990 GT, 347, TFS TW Heads, TFS Cam, TFS Track heat, Twin turbos, FMIC, T5. Built Ford Tough Moderator

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