1/7/15 - Cult Of Mac (ces) - Sexy Sci-fi Car Get 84 Mpg

[AriLea]

I have to make one correction, Jerome mentioned the funding while we were talking about the engine, So I do believe the engine news today was THE thing he was inferring we would like this week.
Probably my sickness was starting to affect my performance of duty that day.

 

[AriLea]

Oops, one more 'pick-up' item from Saturday.

I had told Jerome that FWD on this layout would operate better on snow than any 4 wheel car with FWD.
So he said, he drove it a bunch in the snow when he had the chance and he couldn't find a way to 'break it loose'. It just kept driving like it thought it was on pavement. He also tried excess power and that didn't 'lose-it' either since one of the wheels would simply spin a bit more while the other kept grip-contact.

Initially, I think he was trying to break the rear end loose, like what happens when you accelerate with rear-drive, and of course, the rear would just keep following in that situation.

--any one know what a 'Pick-up' item actually is, exactly? 'NSTG8R' should know this one.

Starting in the early days of aircraft when they were assembling/working something for an airplane out on location, say over on the runway or 'assembly area' and they are missing something from their install or repair kits, they call/radio that in and someone will send a pickup from the depot with the missing item. So they intentionally call that a 'Pickup Item', meaning a 'high priority, aircraft waiting for, people waiting for, dispatch delivery, item'.

Not a hard reference to guess at I admit.