Community Picture Thread # 5

[Brozly]

Back when I had my Pond..

Couple Red Ears and a Koi

A little Painter (These guy's would come out to see you for food)

There Was a Waterfall hideing in there somewhere...

[WhoGuru]

Heh. so, this is mini-Red ie: Me around four years old with my Dad and my mutt puppy Kelly. Half Collie and half Australian dingo he grew up to be a huge short haired, very muscular looking Collie...and dumb as a post. Best kind of dog.

[_echo]

You were so cute then... what happened? =P

[Khettienna]

You were so cute then... what happened? =P

She got cuter... and more evil!

[WillieSea]

She got cuter... and more evil!

Heh heh

This would be me at 5... Mind you, this was in 1970...

[WhoGuru]

This is me and my middle sis who just joined TESA. gugibufugi, she's the one in the green. I'm the one with the pippy longstocking braids.

[HeyYou]

Lots of racing pics with commentary. Spoiler tag just in case you don't like racing.

One of the earliest photos before my car became heavily modified. At the time, the only modifications were the racing seat, racing harness and rollover bar.

From the amount of body roll, you can see that I handn't upgraded my suspension at the time. In later photos, you'll see the car sits a lot flatter after I added stiffer springs, dampers and sway bars.

Once again, I need stiffer springs!

I spun out at the twisty back section at Wakefield. In this section, it was necessary to keep accelerating around the corners to keep the rear tyres squashed into the tarmac. Because I entered too fast, I had to lift off the gas, causing oversteer and ultimately a spin.

This orange monster had about three times the horsepower I did but I had much faster cornering speeds. Our lap times were quite similar.

Early in the morning before the racing begins, all competitors queue up for scrutineering. The scrutineers check that all the cars meet safety regulations.

With experience, it is possible to get within a few centimeters of the apex, even while the car is sliding around at about 130 km/h.

The ripple strips at Oran Park are very low and flat (most of them at least) so I simply just drive over them. This means I can increase the corner radius by a couple of feet, saving around 0.1 seconds per corner per lap!

The guy in car number 78 is Rodd, my chief rival in the NSW Supersprints. We were always very closely matched, but he seemed just a little quicker more often than not.

I would describe his driving style as "instinctive", and his car control skills are most evident when it was raining. By comparison, I had a very "calculated" driving style, analysing braking and turn-in points down to within centimeters.

Racing him was always fun.

Reducing weight is the cheapest performance modification you can make. Less weight makes the car accelerate faster. It will also handle and brake better as the tyres and suspension are under less load. I found that every 20kg of weight reduced would lower my Wakefield lap time by about 0.1s.

This photo shows what APPLY_HILIGHT can do for textures.

HEY!! Your steering wheel is on the WRONG SIDE!!!

Cool pics. Looks like LOTS of fun.

[Cliffworms]

I have not posted in a while, less so community pictures. I have some to share since I was away.

I'll start with an attire of mine depicting a certain fashion style during the latest Halloween Party.

Typical Mirror Shot

All typical elements of that style on one body

And my natural looks.

Actually no. This is my real one.

My hair and beard grow quickly, so I like to have fun with them, disguising myself as a character and heading to a bar/club downtown with friends.

One dancer at a club hit me by mistake... when he looked at me in my biker outfit, his eyes opened with fear and he excused himself. Loved that moment.

[WhoGuru]

Okay new pic! In my new shirt, courtesy of Teefury.com. It's the Who...a la Doctor Who

[Lady_Nerevar]

The drums kinda look like daleks

To go with the baby pics earlier:

[edit]I just realized its the various Doctors on your shirt. *facepalm*

[WhoGuru]

[edit]I just realized its the various Doctors on your shirt. *facepalm*

Yup! The Fourth, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh.

[myrmaad]

My little girl is growing. I snapped this shot this morning. Miss you guys.

Edited March 17, 2011 by myrmaad

[donnato]

Oooh look at lil miss hollywood...there`s a real cutie Myr sis. Yup sure miss you too.

[Beana]

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Me at 3 maybe?

[HeyYou]

Where are your SOCKS Young Lady?!?!?!

You were cute then too. I see something don't change.

[WillieSea]

Our little trip to Florida, and the Disney characters came to 'US'! No waiting in those long lines!

Thanks "Make A Wish"!

[Witty]

Great photo!

[donnato]

Yup, great shot.

[Arion]

Great picture. Glad you and the family were able to enjoy this time together without the madness of the crowds.

[_echo]

hmm... i dont have any recent pictures... And I don't like taking generic pictures of myself. I like them to be creative

[Jheuloh]

Hey, we get to see Willie & his whole family in one go while refreshing during a vacation!

Also, guess who chopped his excess hair off.

Messed up the camera setting during picture shooting, picture came out far too dark. I brightened it up, but any sense of color is gone now.

Edited March 25, 2011 by Jheuloh

[donnato]

It`s finally here

[WhoGuru]

:woohoo:

Ooooo that's good. TESA and coffee.

[donnato]

Ok...so how about another one...

[Beana]

Yayy hat!!!!

Here is our new cat... his name is Sam-aaach. In other words its how Aiden says the word sandwich. He named him. lol

this is Aiden feedint sammach frosting.... from his toe, through the baby gate (which hes supposed to be on the other side of)

my cellphone camera sucks.