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^direct the output thrust of the blackhawk twin turbines down (swivel) and then through the tail at higher speeds somehow.
Exposed turbines will always be a vulnerable heat source. (edited rant) Even the latest Toyota Prius has a completely unusable map system after all these years. Road labels (major and minor) disappear and reappear for no reason. Dimming occurs randomly. And for some strange reason, the screen settings decided to randomly lock me out even while parked. 
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John - I despise all in-vehicle touch-screens. Completely counter-intuitive. I've had to pull over to the side of the road in my wife-s car to adjust the heat ....
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Subiaco Abbey and St Benedict's Church: 124 years old and only on their 6th abbot - monastic life must be fairly stress free I guess!      "At Rome he studied, at Subiaco he was silent, at Cassino he taught.”     
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Just got home from Kalaloch on the Washington coast, spent 2 nights in a cabin with foggy/cloudy sky's, upper 50's low 60's... NOT raining. Pretty great for mid May!
Got to see area's we had never seen before while covering 15 miles of coast line on foot, 90% with no other soul in sight. A perfect way to celebrate 30 years of marriage! -1.9' tide the first morning and a -2.2' tide at 8am today. 400 mile round trip and our Subie Legacy with the 3.6 flat 6 never dissapointed when asked to make logging trucks retreat behind us. 28.7777 MPG was appreciated also!      
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"Swedish" fire torches have been around for a good long while, ideal in many situations... particularly on snow or light wind conditions. That particular one burned for a solid 3 hours prior to collapse and reverting to a "normal" fire.
The best bet is wet or fresh fallen wood for a long burn. Cut 7 or 8 2.5' to 4.5' lengths and one shorter piece (8" to 12") for the middle. It's easier with 2 people, one to hold all the lengths in a circle around the shorter center log and one to tie it together with paracord. The trick is to build it in the fire pit, tie it then place rocks around it to hold it together, this also helps protect the paracord from burning and premature collapse (I hate it when that happens). You then simply use some tender and start a fire in the middle (earlier pics show my buddy Karl applying petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls that burn plenty long to start almost any fire "AKA Karl's magic flaming balls"). Then just add small bits of wood to keep it going. These things create their own chimney and radiate heat like crazy! Tall ones chug like a steam locomotive when they are first lit, pretty entertaining. Here's a smaller version from a couple years back:  
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1987 Porsche 944 Turbo
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1971 Porsche 911 2.5L Hotrod (SOLD)
1981 Audi Ur quattro Euro (SOLD)
1988 BMW E30 M3 (SOLD)
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1974 Porsche 911 Carrera (SOLD)
The Rally Wabbit
2004 BMW E46 M3 SMG (SOLD)
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1964 Porsche 356 C Sunroof coupe
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