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Thank you guys and girls so much.

Kelly,

I really like the poem. Thank You! Your dogs are so beautiful.

Magnus,

Thank you!

Animals become your family members and 20 years is a long time. I am very sorry about your loss as well.

Blake,

Thank you so much! I remember when you lost Rosie. I remember thinking how bad i felt for you and when i lost Buddy i thought about you. Thanks!

I thought that i would post a pic of my babies together. This is my fav one.

Wow, soo sorry to hear about your loss! :cries: My prayers go out to him also. :(

den

Thank you so much!

You guys are great!

Steve,

Thank you!

JIBBBY,

Yes i will get another dog. Right now i have a Doberman so i don't know when i will get another one. I do know one thing there will never be another dog like Buddy. Buddy was my baby and he was definitely one of a kind. I love animals and the way that i look at it is that if i get another dog then that dog will have a great life. There life is short, but in that time they will be treated great and they will be loved very much and in there short life they will be happy and well taken care of. Yes, i will probably get upset and cry over every loss, but at least they was happy while they lived with me.

indiasfinest,

It's cool!

Thank you guys so much.

dcfish,

Your dog Zuni is so beautiful. He reminds me so much of Buddy right after a new hair cut.

Hi guys. I know it has been awhile since i posted anything, but i never have time to really do anything anymore. I just lost my dog Buddy and i really wanted to post it. We had him for over 11 years and he was our baby. We loved him sooo much. He was a part of our family. We are all so sad. He had a heart murmur and for about a month now he has been really sick. He just had surgery on his teeth and he did really well. There was a very big chance that he wouldn't make it threw surgery, but he did. He was a fighter. He was at the vet a lot this month and i felt so bad cause he really hated the trips there and back. He was so sweet. Our Vet tried so hard to keep him alive. He is a great Vet. Buddy passed away on Sunday and i called our Vet on his cell and he had us meet him at the clinic. Of course by the time we got there Buddy was already gone. He had fully passed about 5 min. into the drive there. It is so hard to lose a pet. He was like one of my children. We are having him cremated so that we can have him with us all the time. I don't own my home so i just want to take him with me when i go. I just needed to talk about it. Well write about it. I can't sleep cause for the last month i didn't sleep much cause i had to keep getting up to check on him and i am still getting up and checking on him. It's like a habit now. Thanks guys for listening to me.

lol That was funny :D

Thanks for the laugh!

I am so sorry to hear about this Josh.

RIP Pops

My prayers are with his family.

Welcome to LOC :)

Post some pictures. We love to look!

Happy Late Birthday Alan!

Josh,

Sorry that i didn't get to congratulate you sooner (i was laid up with the flu).

Anyway i would like to say Congratulations to you and Meghan.

I wish you both the best of luck. ;)

Congratulations!

When i first bought my car i searched (I can't remember what search it was, Old age, you know! LOL jk) to find out some info on it and that is when i found LOC. I think that it is great here and i am very happy that i found it.

If you wanted a sporty car, why would you ever buy an ES?

And I take it the fam' is footing the bill for these things?

I agree, why would you buy an ES? Why not a SC or a GS or even a IS? I don't understand people who go out and buy a ES and then complain that it is not sporty enough. Everyone knows that an ES is not sporty it's luxury. Sure some people may make them look sporty, but they are still luxury.

Man, just wanted to say that I love you guys. And I'm not trying to get your bud light either. I wanted to say thanks to guys like RFelds, Blake918, Armyofone, SWO, SRK, SK, Thread, Bi-Col, CandaCraig, barkat and the rest of the crew here that are several dozen deep.

We're good people, coming together to talk about everything from our shared love for a car(s), to...political garbage :whistles: ...of which I'm sure I've never uttered before myself :whistles: ...

Anywho.... thanks guys and gals for spending your time here, and making this forum fun! :)

This site is great and everyone here is so nice. I am very glad that i found this site. I might not write a lot, but i sure do a lot of reading and i get a lot of help.

SEARCH is great! I thank you too! ;)

Probably more than you wanted to know!!!

VASCAR (Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder) is really a stopwatch coupled with a calculator. Once a distance is entered, the operator pushes a button to start then stop the stopwatch. VASCAR displays the speed calculated from the distance entered and the time measured.

Thus, a VASCAR measurement depends on human input. Therefore, in order to make a VASCAR measurement as accurate as possible, the observer's/operator's reaction time must be as short as possible. (Reaction time is defined as "the time interval between an input signal (physiological) or a stimulus (psychophysiological) and the response elicited by the signal.)

What is considered "normal" human reaction time? First, let's take a look at the best: Drag racers. Average reaction time of (Top Fuel) drag racers at the 1997 U.S. Nationals was 0.124 ± 0.082 second. Imagine that our cop running VASCAR is a super cop, with drag racer like reaction times: What kind of error is introduced into the VASCAR speed measurement by a reaction time of 0.124 second? With the numbers testified to by our cop:

Distance

_________________ = Measured Speed

Real time ± Error

100

____________ = 60.096 feet/second (40.97 mph)

1.54 + 0.124

or

100

____________ = 70.621 feet/second (48.15 mph)

1.54 - 0.124

depending on whether the cop was 0.124 second too quick or too late.

The calculation above takes into consideration only one opportunity for error. However, the cop must not only start the VASCAR's stopwatch, but he also must stop it. Thus, he can introduce the error twice:

100

____________ = 55.928 feet/second (38.13 mph)

1.54 + 0.248

or

100

____________ = 77.399 feet/second (52.77 mph)

1.54 - 0.248

Looks like we are getting some error margin here: it is almost 15 mph. But wait a minute: the cop alleged that he clocked our man 66 mph (96.8 feet/second). If true, the elapsed time over 100 feet distance was 1.033 second. The error in speed reading introduced by human reaction time becomes even more severe:

100

_____________ = 78.064 feet/second (53.225 mph)

1.033 + 0.248

or

100

_____________ = 127.388 feet/second (86.855 mph)

1.033 - 0.248

WOW! An error margin of more than 33 mph! And remember, we assumed that the super cop in this example has reaction times similar to a drag racer!

Imagine if the cop is only human: Average adults show reaction times around 0.3 second -- it's not even worthwile to do the calculation. Obviously, we can no longer talk about accuracy and VASCAR in the same sentence. One can conclude that using VASCAR over a 100-foot distance cannot yield any accurate speed reading for the speeds alleged in our man's case. We come to this conclusion even before considering other sources of error, such as visual distortion introduced by the parallax effect.

And what about the law? This is what you find in § 3368 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Code:

(4) No person may be convicted upon evidence obtained through

the use of devices authorized by paragraphs (2) and (3) unless the

speed recorded is six or more miles per hour in excess of the legal

speed limit. Furthermore, no person may be convicted upon

evidence obtained through the use of devices authorized by paragraph (3)

in an area where the legal speed limit is less than 55

miles per hour if the speed recorded is less than ten miles per hour

in excess of the legal speed limit. This paragraph shall not apply

to evidence obtained through the use of devices authorized by

paragraph (3) within a school zone.

VASCAR is a device authorized by paragraph (3). Looks like even Pennsylvania lawmakers acknowledge that VASCAR is not a precise method for measuring speed.

Our man was pleased to find the section in red of the above paragraph: All he had to do to convince the judge that 100 feet in 1.54 second is not 66 mph but about 44 mph, with no error. The judge should dismiss the case. But will the judge listen? Although the math "problem" here is rather trivial, perhaps the judge will be more likely to believe someone with a degree in math. Thus, our man enlisted the help of his friend, who is a CMU graduate with a degree in mathematics.

Dismissed!!

And yet Pennsylvania uses it all the time. We have white lines painted all over our roads.

I'm liking it more as I look at it. You can definately see the resemblance to the old car like you can in the GS, LS, and IS. I like the interior, although the oval top of the center stack and the reduction in the overall amount of wood will take some getting used to.

I have a feeling it will look pretty stark in black...

I don't understand why they didn't put some wood along the top of the dash and the door panels. The new LS has wood in this location, and it would have tied in with the LS and ES being the luxury based cars and the GS and IS being sportier.

I really like the new wheels with the Graphite finish (on the UL car only)...

I might think about one of these next summer...

I agree the more i look at it the more i like it.

At first i was not sure if i liked the oval dash or not, but the more i looked at it the more i liked it. ;)

I really like the start and stop button.

I love the body style.

I like the roof a lot. I think that it is great that the people in the back seat can see out the sunroof. My son loves to look out the sunroof so that is a plus imo.

I think that black would be great on this car.

No, I think this is the finished car.

Well if that is true then i have to agree with everything you said.

I'm thinking that may be the angle of the pics too.

I'm trying to adjust the pic of the interior but I don't have a photo program that will angle it about 30 degrees...

As for the sides, anyone else notice the car is missing the chrome band at the base of the doors the LS, GS, and IS has? I figured it would become a styling theme but evidently not.

I noticed that about the chrome as well.

You know you could be right about the angle of the pictures.

I think that it will look better in person.

Its almost like they really don't care about the ES. It seems unfinished to me where its apparent on the IS, GS, and LS that every last detail has been painstakingly debated and decided upon. The lack of the chrome applique to the base of the doors, that oval surround can't have played well with conservative ES focus groups unless it really does look drastically different in person.

Its not a world sedan, but its their best selling car in the US 3 to 1, they need to understand that a LOT of people that come to Lexus come through the ES.

I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be driving mine until I can swing the LS, or I'll wind up in something else like an Infiniti M35. I spent some time in the M35 at the car show and really like it, the interior on that thing is really something special, reminds me of the teak on my dad's sailboat. I haven't driven one, but its not going to ride like a Lexus I'm sure. Shame. Then the resale...ugh.

No matter really, I ran out to get something from the store and took mine, the interior really is a thing of beauty, and she's as graceful as she was when she was new...

You know, i was thinking that we are looking at sneak pictures. For all we know it could not be done yet.

Josh, I'm very sorry for your loss. :( 42 is too young to go. He and his wife will most definantly be in my prayers.

I agree with blake 42 is to young to go. I too am sorry for your loss.

My condolences go out to his friends and family.

they cant, females cannot be moved in with males in the same room.

Well thats no fun at all...

makes no difference, they still come down the hall ;)

And it was a false alarm, i just have to get my own internet connection in the next month, my old roomate decided to leave this connection on for another month.

Well at least you have a month to get it. That should be enough time.

I like your T Shirt, but my sister would really love it. Dale Sr. was her favorite. My sister has a shrine of Dale Sr. and Dale Jr. :o LOL When she cleans she has to take a day all it's own to do her bedroom cause that is where everything is. I don't think that she even needed to have her bedroom painted cause you can't see the walls. LOL :D

Man Josh, I sure am glad that you are OK. I hope that you get better real soon.

Jill! long time no see! how are things?

I will recover, took my first steps on crutches on friday.

YAY!

hey what part of Penn. are you in?

im in Northern NY. up for a meet?

Everything is good here. I sure am glad that you are moving along.

I'm in Pittsburgh. When did you get to NY?

i got here on oct. 3rd, 05. im deploying august 1st 06. ill be in the middlesex NJ area in a few weeks, u anywhere near there?

We are pretty far from NY. It is driving distance, but still far. I am not that close to NJ either, Closer then NY, but still not that close. It is about a 8 or 9 hour drive to NY and about a 6 or 7 hour drive to NJ.

Man Josh, I sure am glad that you are OK. I hope that you get better real soon.

Jill! long time no see! how are things?

I will recover, took my first steps on crutches on friday.

YAY!

hey what part of Penn. are you in?

im in Northern NY. up for a meet?

Everything is good here. I sure am glad that you are moving along.

I'm in Pittsburgh. When did you get to NY?

Man Josh, I sure am glad that you are OK. I hope that you get better real soon.

Did you check the air in them?

Congrats and Welcome!

If you get a chance post some pictures. We love pictures! :D