therin what do you do up north??

I got this in an email today and thought I might share it....

In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University.


On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing
with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Mbembe
approached it very carefully.


He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large
piece of wood deeply embedded in it.


As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the wood out with his
hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.


The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its
face, stared at him for several tense moments.


Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of
nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly,
turned, and walked away.


Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.


Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his
teenaged son.


As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and
walked over to near where Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing.


The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, lifted its front foot off the
ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then
trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.


Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this
was the same elephant.


Mbembe summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way
into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in
wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of
Mbembe' s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.



Probably wasn't the same elephant.

lmfao....

that made me laugh so hard, I love it.

haha!

SO... gettin old... why am i so exited to get a new stackable washer/dryer set...

cause it's that much easier to throw shit from one to the other? new stuff is always cool though.

Day supervisor for a well testing company. not a bad job, but the lifestyle sucks for someone like me.

I just test fit all my ski gear and gave it all a run down. gotta get a good edge/wax job before the season starts, and maybe some new bindings. What seemed like a good plan when I bought them turned out not so good, I need something more lightweight. Unfortunately a dedicated park set isn't in the budget for this year.

Anyone else as stoked as I am? haha

as much as I hate the cold, I can't wait for the snow to get here. I'm going to try and get to the hill as much as possible this year. I only went 3 or 4 times last year before I got injured :(

For who, The Testers, Weatherford?????

i used to work for Northland Energy who was bought out by Precision drilling, so i worked for them, then weatherford bought them, then i quit.

Now i work for a company called Wellco

Well i was on another forum, ls1 rx7 site, and you wouldnt believe what i was saying, i was defending hondas, i know, so one guy went on about saying he had lined up a race with a local kid with a b18c turbo in an integra, he said no thanks and the kid insisted so the guy said ok and they are set to race next sat. a couple guys were saying whats the point etc.. common things you would hear from me, lol. so I posted that dont take it too lightly, one guy posted that he previously had a b16 turbo civic and it wasnt anywhere near as fast as his v8 rx7, so to shut them up i posted tommi's vid and then the excuses came out, that turbo is the size of a zipcode, he asked if that was common i said tommi is special, then hatred of honda came back, i laughed at them. its funny how honda owners know so lil about v8's and v8 owners no so lil about the potential of hondas.

thats the wonderful thing of ignorance i guess.

I just talked to a guy today who ran 13 flat at ashcroft with a turbo b16 and no 4th gear!!

my mr2 will run 13's flat given a few modifications

but i'll have all 5 gears and i'll be able to drive home

want a cookie?
i know a certain NA civic with a 1.8 litre that ran a 12.9 on street tires, with all 5 gears, then he drove home and got some groceries on the way. he also had a hatch full of camping gear and tools just in case

oh yea, my car will run mid to high 12's right now, but that's pretty impressive from a 1.6L and skipping 4th and going straight to 5th!

my car would run in the high 8's :rolleyes:...man...whatev...

love the new sig jeffh...and the spoon ek :D

+1

fucking emo kids

err...isnt it 2.0L ? i have a 1.8L tho...but dont run 12's...maybe 2 min if i pushed it...guess the clutch still does kinda hold/grab barely :S wee for 45 second quarters!!

ya but 12.9 wont keep up with a stock ls1 in a rx7, this guy has gone from the 346ci stock to a 370ci. but we'll what happens.

strengths of materials and thermodynamics fucking blow


just thought i'd inform everybody

higgins bud hows school??

well i'm about to toss a textbook thru my window... other than that fantastic!