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41. Re: State of the Onion speech (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 01:37:08 -0700
Had a longer reply to this thread, but the computer locked up and I lost it. Haven't had a chance to look at the entirety of the thread, but I might have a few small insights into the matter of hydro
/html/fot/2003-01/msg00248.html (8,462 bytes)

42. Didn't make my annual Thanksgiving plea for help, but... (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 01:58:29 -0700
... Christmas is coming. In my town, one of the last large employers is imploding (my own employer, as it turns out). Our own employment has dropped from a peak of 1150 in March, 1998, to 650 in June
/html/fot/2002-12/msg00101.html (7,859 bytes)

43. Re: "Running" on the Battery (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:07:23 -0700
Hmmm. When I worked in Massachusetts, the company I worked for shared a building with another, and I did quite a bit of after-hours fabrication for them, so I talked to their guys quite a bit. One of
/html/fot/2002-11/msg00179.html (8,975 bytes)

44. Re: Blatant : FOT Updating the Competition Manuals (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:56:12 -0700
I think it's time for some statistics. Mark? Not sure how many people are on the cumulative Triumphs lists, but there are about 3000 or so VTR members, and certainly many more ex-Triumph owners in th
/html/fot/2002-11/msg00277.html (9,459 bytes)

45. Limited slips (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:12:56 -0600
Just occurred to me, I can tell this is the turn of the century, and not the `60s. Mention LSD and no one is asking, "now, is that Owlsley purple?" <smile> But, for those not near Union Jack's in Pom
/html/fot/2002-09/msg00110.html (7,172 bytes)

46. Re: Watkins Glen fuel (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:17:27 -0600
Funny, but more true than not... especially if we're talking a little perked-up wood alcohol. At some of the bigger Grand American events at the track where I raced in Florida, all of them tipped a l
/html/fot/2002-09/msg00205.html (7,473 bytes)

47. Re: Speed equation (score: 1)
Author: mporter@zianet.com
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 22:18:48 GMT
Actually, both of these equations overstate mileage by about 2-3%, depending upon the tire. The most accurate equations for such (calculating speeds or determining pulse rates for electronic speedome
/html/fot/2002-08/msg00053.html (9,299 bytes)

48. Re: Leguna Seca/FoT Senior Citizens Tour in September (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:36:27 -0600
Well, I won't get into the age differences (I'm old enough to complain about any mention of age discrimination...), but the above is _funny_! Wanna see it happen, too, and photograph the face of the
/html/fot/2002-08/msg00177.html (9,327 bytes)

49. Re: Alfin drums (really Mike and Jeff) (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 07:31:17 -0600
A pretty good qualified apology, Jack. <smile> Maybe you should just duplicate their setups and beat `em once or twice, and then you wouldn't have to apologize at all. <g> -- Michael D. Porter Roswel
/html/fot/2002-08/msg00254.html (7,330 bytes)

50. Re: Tyre Pressure/Temperature (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 07:53:09 -0600
<smile> Yup, very much like that. Actually, it does involve nitrogen (promotes nitrogen oxides in the bloodstream, which dilate arteries, I believe). There may be some small advantage to using pure n
/html/fot/2002-07/msg00130.html (11,600 bytes)

51. Re: Tyre Pressure/Temperature - Tire Volumes Change (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:46:38 -0600
Steve is probably onto something here, but it's not water vapor in air from home garage compressors. It's more likely liquid water droplets going into the tire with the compressed air. Newton's heat
/html/fot/2002-07/msg00133.html (8,646 bytes)

52. Re: Tyre Pressure/Temperature (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 09:56:16 -0600
Yes, but it will make them sound funny going down the track.... Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell) [mailto:mporter@zianet.com] The gulf between content and substance conti
/html/fot/2002-07/msg00138.html (8,914 bytes)

53. Re: Fwd: RIP Mr.Stan Part 1990-2000 (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 05:45:30 -0600
Irv, after a number of calls today to Cotswold-upon-Damper, UK, I am told that the Right Honourable B. ("Brit") Leyland, a rightfully-elected member of the lower house of Parliament and distant cousi
/html/fot/2002-06/msg00070.html (11,664 bytes)

54. Re: Monster Garage -- no LBC content (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:28:18 -0600
I've got a TR6 engine that would make a nice industrial-sized blender... (margaritas for 2000 people in fifteen seconds does sound like fun!). Hmm, or, maybe, a TR7 snowmobile? Cheers. -- Michael D.
/html/fot/2002-06/msg00218.html (7,321 bytes)

55. Re: STEERING RACKS (score: 1)
Author: mporter@zianet.com
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 02:58:16 GMT
Here's what else I can find so far of the cars using rack & pinion delivered to this country (Steve's figures for the cars above are correct, best as I can determine): Stag: 3.00 TR4: 2.50 TR4A: 2.50
/html/fot/2002-06/msg00292.html (8,448 bytes)

56. Re: LUCKY (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 23:25:35 -0600
Congratulations on a _socially_ successful event, first. I think all of us would not to prefer to make the news in that fashion, and especially so if you (or we) were wiping out favored grapes in the
/html/fot/2002-05/msg00019.html (8,325 bytes)

57. Re: aw nuts! (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 19:34:49 -0600
All this is quite funny. Nature intrudes no matter how hard man tries to tame it. <smile> Be thankful they were lazy and chose the mufflers. My father had consistent hard starting problems on his Dod
/html/fot/2002-05/msg00114.html (7,574 bytes)

58. Re: Overdrive Wiring or Not (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 21:06:44 -0600
Brain fade has to be accounted for, surely. <smile> The way to keep the o/d engaged during shifts, but still provide some protection from accidental engagement, would be to install a two-pole time-de
/html/fot/2002-05/msg00212.html (8,884 bytes)

59. Re: flywheel bolts (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:44:28 -0700
The engineers can probably ignore this, or correct it, as required. <smile> I, too, got into some metallurgy when making knives. I think the essential quality required of the bolts mentioned by Kas i
/html/fot/2002-03/msg00159.html (11,363 bytes)

60. Re: Government assault on our toys! (score: 1)
Author: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 23:19:45 -0700
For the reasons (some misguided) as stated in the original email, this is an idea which will not go away. There have been attempts to institute similar legislation at the state level in at least Ohio
/html/fot/2002-01/msg00053.html (8,602 bytes)

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