Don't be alarmed. Torrential rain was back today. For a while. We got lulled into thinking Summer was happening over the last couple of days but reality beckoned again today. Guess what - cricket was due tonight.
I don't really like to believe in coincidence (if you do, then it can be an unhealthy belief that the world revolves around you - the world doesn't care that much) but ...
No cricket on Monday & Tuesday - rain relatively clear.
Cricket on Wednesday - oars needed to get to work. (Not quite)
Cricket called off - 30 minutes later the sun comes out.
Sun's still out too but there was so much rain this morning, the ground would have been mud. There's another game on tomorrow night, to be played on an artificial pitch. Bit more chance of that game happening but I have my doubts.
Loving my car still - can't quite believe I've almost had it a year now. But ... I think one of these would have been more appropriate for our English summer :
D - designed in 1942
U - Utility
K - driven front wheels
W - two powered rear axles
What that doesn't say is that it had a watertight hull and propeller and could go 5.5 knots in water as well as 50mph on land.
What say to a modern version of one of them ? Might need it if this Global Warming thing continues ! Let's see :
Make it smaller. Say use a Juke chassis or other small SUV.
Keep the hull watertight, lighten it for buoyancy.
Use a powertrain with a "Power Take Off"*
And hook up a steerable propeller or propulsor.
Yeah. Mad Scientist Hat is calling ... I reckon that without needing to take guns and a buncha squaddies, you could get 80mph+ and 10knts+.
*(Power Take Off - is something that lets you hook up the engine to something other than the wheels. Seen on tractors mostly, used to be on 4x4 vehicles. Not seen so much these days)
DUKs all round I think.... [lol]
ReplyDeleteWhen they start appearing in the hire car fleet ... then it'll have been raining ...
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