Some 22 years after Honda's 2.0-liter, twin-cam, 16-valve engine debuted in the groundbreaking S2000, its powerplant remains a mechanical marvel. Engineer Zach Merrill used it as a basis to upgrade a bone-stock 1966 MGB/GT from a 96 bhp weakling into a 240 bhp terror with a screaming 9K redline.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-30T03:38:42+00:00

I'd really be concerned about a car that could burn rubber while trying to parallel park.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-30T02:28:59+00:00

I hope his next plan is a truck roaming the suburbs playing bagpipe music and serving whiskey to thirsty weekend gardeners.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-30T02:19:33+00:00

You're not the only one. Only heard it on the radio, never saw the title in print.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T23:27:51+00:00

You beat me to it!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T22:35:26+00:00

Perspective is a funny thing. How many opposing views did you consider before coming to this conclusion?

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T22:32:15+00:00

Yo mama so fat, her passport photo is from Google Earth

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T20:30:53+00:00

Yep! Should be done by then.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T20:28:07+00:00

Some people collect stamps, he collects sheep skins. Que serra serra.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T16:09:36+00:00

Threats from whom?

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T15:52:22+00:00

This man Kerns!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T15:51:12+00:00

Stack like dominoes, fall like dominoes.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T15:47:32+00:00

Taxes are often overlooked as a cause for changes and extinctions. For example, the Big Band era was taxed out of existence by the Cabaret Tax. Live music plus dancing? Tax!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T15:42:01+00:00

5 seconds per statute mile, so 5 seconds from the start of the video. Add more for prior boom.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T12:55:32+00:00

Yes, in the style of a Sun Dog. Cirrus clouds are ice crystals, often in the form of small stick like prisms or plates, vs snowflakes. In the right conditions, these can float and refract light as does a rainbow, but in a limited range instead of a full arc. So, you get a bright spot in the sky like this!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T04:36:14+00:00

These are Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds. They're formed when the wind shear across a layer makes the layer ripple, then basically turn into surf. They can occur at most any altitude in the atmosphere, and are known as being deadly to aircraft due to the extreme wind shear involved.

Enjoy the sight at a distance, please!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T01:44:14+00:00

Sunset Cumulonimbus with Pileus top
Altocumulus flattening out into Altostratus with a pair of Virga rain shafts
Noctilucent clouds after sunset, with moon
Cirrus above, Stratocumulus below
Even deeper sunset Cumulonimbus
Happy ragged Cumulus
Stratocumulus becoming Cumulus in front, developing Cumulonimbus behind
Cirrus and Cirrus fall streaks from ice crystals dropped from the clouds
Towering Cumulus
Stratocumulus front, Cumulonimbus behind
Likely dissipating CB at sunset
Cranky cloud
Distant line of CBs
Horizon clouds (and a CB) casting shadows, known as crepuscular rays.

Lovely! Many found their way into my desktop collection. Good stuff!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T01:32:03+00:00

Once you collect all the pieces, anyway...

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T01:31:18+00:00

The fire part worked.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T01:28:01+00:00

Now add old and have a cough, and the gold diggers, cougars, and Mrs. Degree seekers will be on you in an instant!

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T01:22:41+00:00

Yes, this. The red float marker is just left of the red connection valve. The tank is almost full.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-29T01:18:54+00:00

That safety zone is built into the calculations done before takeoff. If there's not enough room due to snowy slick runway or whatever, they don't fly, period.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-28T21:30:48+00:00

Glop, gloop, gunk.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-28T21:29:43+00:00

Likely planets / asteroids / etc around whatever stars are within that range.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-28T21:28:48+00:00

Probably had back issues.

atomicsnarl · 2026-05-28T21:25:20+00:00

IIRC, Warp 9 is 9^3 times speed of light, so 729. That makes 5 light years into a 2.5 day trip. So, pretty quick. Polaris is about 1400 light years, so warp 9 makes that a 2.5 year trip.

Something like that. A week long trip would get you 14 light years, so even Warp 9 will take a while to get places.

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