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The season is changing and out comes the warm sunny days. I also hope that means out comes the cars. It will be good to see the FOCC parade their cars with some strength again. It also means we are headed for the end the year and Christmas. A bit early you think! Well it is only three months away. It also means the FOCC is soon to have its AGM and that means Election time. Two things sit with this, the first being what the FOCC should do for Christmas. A Xmas theme meeting, a dinner at the Club rooms, a picnic at some remote location, get you ideas in now so we have time to set them up or be happy with what may come. The second thing is consider if you would like to try your hand at a term in office or would like someone else have a go. You must be nominated to have a chance or you will miss out.
The day started a little damp but soon cleared to a reasonable day. The cruise it self was a calm and sober affair and the cars looked great all lined up at Dundee s. The numbers were a little disappointing but once again, those who where there had fun, I think. Due to prior commitments I separated from the run after arriving at Dundee s so I hope someone else was taking notes.
Exhaust Technology performed a great product demonstration on exhausts and the bits and pieces that go with it. It was all about dealing with a lot of hot air. I wish I could use this stuff at work to deal with the hot air I get told on a daily basis. Some of the products that were shown looked pretty up market but he explained that they also do the low end basic stuff just as willingly. The main battle for today s exhausts is to rid the cab of those resonating sounds. He also offered to check out anyone s existing system and advice on actions to improve on efficiency and performance as well as trying to solve noise problems. So if you have problems getting your hot gasses out of your rear end go see Exhaust Technology at 253 Goodwood Road Kings Park at the Subway. In the scheme of things exhausts are that necessary component to get the motor s spent gasses away in a safe and reduced noise fashion and the patrol car following you knows when yours is not working.
I have had it confirmed that you can not run an engine on Baked Beans but you can run an engine on the gasses that are generated from the biological decomposition created from the consumption of Baked Beans. The mind boggles at the harvesting process required but for some you could go a long way on a direct coupled system. This whole concept is not new or even alien. It was used during WW2 as an alternative because normal fuels were rationed to the point that you could barely drive to your local club. I don t mean using baked beans but similar reactive products as pig and chicken poop. Before you get really sick I don t mean you need to eat it but brew it and collect the gases in a big bag. For those of you with taste you may recall this being done in the TV Series Dads Army . With this in mind, I do wonder if the historic rego boys would allow the historic cars to run on gas because this was a product used as an alternative fuel at that time.
Mr Gullible s never ending mission of trouble . Not much to report this month. As I said last month, other things have come up but some time will still be found to continue on as the days are giving more daylight hours. So expect some outstanding revelations next month. Talking about more daylight hours, daylight saving starts in a couple of weeks on the first Sunday in October. That means going to work in the dark again.
The mother in law is back home after her gruelling operation. It hasn t stoped her from using the phone though. Mrs Gullible sent some pictures of the new Grandson to the Mother in Law but it seems they did not arrive. Pestering every night till we send some more photos is simply not fair. Luck has it that we have some pictures of someone else s little bundle of joy so we have sent them for now. That should keep her off the phone for a while. I am aware that the Mother in laws eye site is not too good these days. Actually she said that she gave up her knitting because she could not see well enough. This could be a good thing, and before you say I am nasty, you need to understand that the replacement photos we sent are not just someone else s baby but that baby is also the wrong gender.
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