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On ‎11‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 11:40 PM, DC Tom said:

Tungsten.

 

It's just so unbelievably useful.  

When my son was in Cubs Scouts... That was our go to material to weight a Pinewood Derby car.

 

"W" is incredibly compact.  You can get rid of all the wood.  One car we designed was as "thin" spring enabling the wood "chassis" to act like an "independent suspension" (legal the way we did it, the body was the spring). I should take a pic.  Hard to explain.  But... Need a band saw to cut it.

 

All, that nice W went packed just in front of the rear wheels.  Almost 4.5 oz.. The rest of the car was only a 1/2 oz. or so.

 

Only thing better is Hg, but that is a toxic no-no.  40 years ago when I was in Cubs, a father used Hg, car crashed and Hg spilled onto track.  Cub Pack was at a firehall... Kid gets DQ'd and race goes on after mop up.  Today, the whole race would have been shut down, hazmat team in and every kid sent to the ER!;)

 

 

Oh... That year... It wasn't even close. Son was like Patriots slicing through a Pop Warner team... All the way through District and Council.

 

Parents that year had own "outlaw" race and I built my car with same design as my son's... But machined my axles, hubs/wheels... Even had one wheel off track... The car was a sliver spring and the rest "W" weight. Totally dialed in.  A puff of air would move it on level ground!

 

LoL... It wasn't even close.

 

I am also thankful for tungsten, I felt like Bill Belicheck, I retired the next year and dialed my son's cars back in all fairness to competition. :D

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9 hours ago, mead107 said:

My awesome wife 

my daughter and Son 

my granddaughters

my brothers and sisters 

my friends 

 

 

also TBD (Scott) for a wonderful place to meet and make new friends that love the Bills. 

 

 

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an early Thanksgiving up here and a later one in the US for which I've gratefully cashed in on both for many years with family and friends and football/hockey road trips.

 

 

Used to enjoy a Red Wings/Lions/tOSUvMichigan road trip with other games tossed in when it was in AA.

 

 

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13 hours ago, teef said:

i'm thankful anytime i walk by a mirror.

 

For me it starts with waking up on the right side of the dirt.

 

After that it's having a great family and circle of friends who for the most part are doing well but are there for each other when needed.

 

And that extends to this board. Very cool to see the board rally when others are suffering (i.e .- depression, addiction and mother nature to name a few)

 

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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1 I was born and raised in the greatest country on earth

2. My hometown has 1 of the 32 cities with a NFL team

3. Owners of the Bills that are committed to keeping the Bills in Buffalo

4. A coach and GM that are willing to get rid of players that are poison in the locker room

5. Able to afford season tickets to the best tailgating in the US and NFL football

6.  Being able to hope and complain about my NFL team ( St Louis, San Diego, and soon to be Oakland would love to have our team)

7.no more games in Toronto

8. Rex is gone

9 our draft picks in 2018

10. Irrational hope for the Bills 

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1 I was born and raised in the greatest country on earth

2. My hometown has 1 of the 32 cities with a NFL team

3. Owners of the Bills that are committed to keeping the Bills in Buffalo

4. A coach and GM that are willing to get rid of players that are poison in the locker room

5. Able to afford season tickets to the best tailgating in the US and NFL football

6.  Being able to hope and complain about my NFL team ( St Louis, San Diego, and soon to be Oakland would love to have our team)

7.no more games in Toronto

8. Rex is gone

9 our draft picks in 2018

10. Irrational hope for the Bills 

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2 minutes ago, Elite Poster said:

A coach and GM that are so delusional, they thought a 5th round pick rookie was going to carry  one of the worst defenses I've ever watched play football in a bills uniform.

 

We are DEAD.

 

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6 minutes ago, kdiggz said:

I am thankful we still have a team to root for. On the other hand, the only way to quit this unhealthy relationship is for them to win the super bowl or to move. I think there's a better chance of them eventually moving

From a football perspective, just glad there still is a team in Buffalo and thankful for it.

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