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2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
making contact with the bat.
Now, contacting the ball would be a different matter.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I'm not sure running a marathon should even be on the list! I've run two, and my wife claims to be out of shape even though she has run 39. The Tour de France should be much higher on the list because that requires a fairly exhaustive effort for 21 out of 23 days. Those guys spend 4-6 hours each day putting down twice the power I can manage for an hour, and my bike splits are typically in the 2nd quartile of most of the triathlons I race.
2021 Genesis G90
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
When was the first (whatever counts as hitting a baseball?) How many have done it?
On the other hand, the first quad jump in figure skating was in the 1990s, and even in the last Winter Games there were medal contenders that didn't have a quad in their routine.
In the Tour de France, some of the best sprinters... guys with more stage wins than anyone else... struggle to make the time cutoff in the mountain stages.
IMHO, these "rankings" are garbage and biased toward the stick and ball sports. Not that I would make the argument that running a marathon ranks among the most difficult things in sports.
About quadruple quads in skating....no doubt a tremendous feat to be able to do it, but, they have already seen a quadruple axel which is 4 rotations plus a half, and they think within a few years skaters will master a quintuple rotation....or 5 rotations. This will be difficult, but relies on a few calculations.......skaters speed of rotating, slope of his jump etc........they do this sport through calculations.
Hitting a baseball, is not done by a formula, it is done in a 100th of a second, by the batters brain and hand and eye coordination. And the baseball coming in is a big variable......the ice stays in the same spot.
Having said that, a lot of people would agree with you the rankings are meaningless. I think they are interesting and are fairly well thought out....but, there is no definitive answer.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Hope she can make it on her own, and glad you don't have to live with the cat.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Personally, I would find a quadruple quad harder than hitting a baseball since I can't skate. In fact, I can't do a one quad.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2018 430i Gran Coupe
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Relating this to cars: The jump requires subverting basic survival instincts to spin faster than 400 rotations per minute (the wheels on a car going 60 miles per hour rotate about 800 times per minute) without losing control.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
All of these were hidden or there was no way to avoid them. The last one I was on a street that I haven't been on and suddenly my lane was going to end, so I moved over a lane - while a very aggressive guy in a black pick up was trying to keep me out, and I hit a man hole cover that had sunk into the ground.
Another one was near our house, the 4 lane road had been patched. All you could see was a black patch, but hidden behind was a huge hole that dropped down. I called my counselor and it was fixed the next day.
Is there a possibility you can hit a jaw jarring pothole, and not need an alignment?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Hint: I was pulling your chain.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
I've hit some unavoidable bone shakers that made me look closely at the wheel to see is it got damaged. I suppose a hard enough hit would make me get an alignment check. As I wasn't in the car, you have a better idea of how hard it was. And if the hits were all on one wheel, I'd lean towards checking.
Pullling, unusual tire wear, maybe even feeling different when it turns left vs right, all might be very subtle signs
But I'm really sensitive to the feel of the steering and I have Michelins, which I don't want to wear out prematurely. I'm hoping to sell or junk the Cobalt with the same tires without having had to replace them.
I worry more about the rims being forced out-of-round or the tire damaged from the impact.
My alignments are $79 or so depending on how much needed redone. Yours?
I had lots of pothole problems last year because of I75 and the slow repairs on the potholes mostly in downtown Dayton. The folks running Dayton City are terrible about keeping up on reporting the problems for maintenance.
If car does not have noticeable change to the steering, I'd still get it checked. Tire wear could be increased with a toe change. Peace of mind.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
But we had an accident near us a few weeks ago. Guy was driving at 2 a.m., hit a telephone pole. From evidence pieced together at the scene, detectives believe he got out of the car, walking no more than 3 feet before he stepped on a downed hydro wire that was live, Stewart.
Without a street light, police do not believe he saw the black wire.
He was electrocuted and likely killed instantly.
Now they say if you think there could be electrical wires down near your car then stay in the car and don't touch anything on the car.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2018 430i Gran Coupe
The only thing that bothers me is I just know...I could have the alignment done, and I will hit an even larger one the next day.
Guess you have to do it and hope for the best. At least they will throw in a car wash and I won't have to wait 2 hours.
I am sure it will cost more than $79. Roads seem really bad this year, harsh winter and not much infrastructure money!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
. I hope you're right. Son #1 and I could use a good man to help us finishing up his flip house. We're on vacation now at Myrtle Beach but before we left last Friday we laid wood laminate flooring in the living room with more to do in the dining room, hall and kitchen. The 4 bedrooms will be carpeted. I'm not a fan of that laminate flooring but everyone I talk to including realtors keep telling me that people want wood or anything that looks like wood so, the more of that stuff the better. I still don't get the infatuation with that stuff but if the experts say do it, who am I to say no.
Yep, when I get back from vacation @stickguy should be expecting a call from either me or my son. He'll be done with his daughter's place by then and will probably want to show off some of his handy work.
jmonroe
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
It's basically a road hazard issue - as you said, you risk another even worse hit tomorrow, indeed, but long term it causes premature and uneven tread ware on the tires, possibly some other issues on the mechanical systems, if the geometry is significantly out of whack.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
Still, my point remains... skaters hitting quad jumps are competing at the top level of the sport right now, and it was practically unheard of 20 years ago. Kids in Little League are hitting baseballs. Maybe not 100 mph fastballs, but they are hitting baseballs and have been doing so for eons.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
'17 Chevy Volt Premiere
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
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2021 Genesis G90
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
"Over the past few decades, the quadruple jump—consisting of four revolutions in the air", but, they call one rotation a single quad. I was writing quickly so I assumed if a single quad was one rotation, 4 rotations was a quad quad.
Kids hit baseballs in little leagues, kids play soccer, hockey, football, but there is a very different level of skill when a person plays professionally. I could say kids have been skating for a long time too......but, doing even a single quad takes a lot more skill. And, I still say, doing a quad is done by studying and working with a formula.....hitting a baseball traveling 100 mph cannot be done learning a formula.....lightening speed brain reaction, perfect timing, have to be calculating the path of the ball as it leaves the pitchers hand.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
thankfully the project kitchen is probably a total of 80 SF, so once we get everything set up and prepped, won't take long to snap it all together!
the tiles we got are 12x24, so I bought a 12" speed square today to help with making straight cuts, and a flat (undercut) saw to trim down the door jambs. Way easier to do that than to notch the vinyl around them, and deal with the jagged edges later!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
That saw you are talking about used to be called a "floor saw" and were on the high side because they were pretty specialized and not mass produced like circular saws that can't be used for jam trimming. A less expensive saw that can do jam trimming and so much more is a relatively new saw called a "multi-saw". You might want to look into getting one since they can do a lot of different types of sawing with different blades and you can even get a sanding attachment. If it wasn't such a pain postings pics I'd do it but a lot if not all of the tool makers have them so they're not hard to find. You can even get one at Harbour Freight but they don't have one with the quick change blade feature. So, I'd stay away from that one. The one I have is a Porter Cable with the quick blade change feature but there are others that are probably just as good. Mine cost about $150 a few years ago and I would not have wanted to help Son #1 with his flip house without it. That gizmo is worth every penny I paid for it and then some.
jmonroe
2021 Genesis G90
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
jmonroe
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
the kids here are saying if they do ever move they will get something new (or fully done) but the princess loves searching for DIY projects, and after this place is done and they do the equity built math, she will be all over another cheap fixer upper place.
I am using it as a proof of concept, to convince the wife that when we finally move, can do the same thing for us.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.