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[Steve]

So many broken throttle cables, I loved my bug, but…

Throttle cables, yes. I had several air cooled VWs. In high school, I had one with a broken passenger seat. The back was always fully reclined, so if you rode with me you had to keep yourself upright by holding onto the handle in the dash.

Another one had a broken speedometer. The cable actually routed to the front left tire, and I never could get it right. Best I could do was secure it well enough that the needle would bounce. I basically just estimated my speed based on other cars and which gear I was in.

My favorite was a ‘74 Karmann Ghia. Loved that car. Stock engine so going up a steep hill, I could only maintain about 25 mph in second gear. But it was cool, nonetheless.

I still love the sound of fweem.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

I have a steroid shot today (for poison oak issue on my skin). I feel I have a lot of extra energy (feel like 20 years old again). Does anybody have experience in this?

Do you feel

- you have a lot of extra energy?
- your immunity system is weaker?

 

[Steve]

Some cool news. My kid is a grad student at the University of Washington and one of the professors/researchers there was awarded a Nobel prize this year in chemistry. While they are obviously at very different points, she did coauthor a paper with him. I think it’s pretty neat to see her name next to a Nobel laureate’s. Perhaps she’ll be a Nobel winner in 15 or so years.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I'm eating, and enjoying, apple pie that Mrs Xue made

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Some cool news. My kid is a grad student at the University of Washington and one of the professors/researchers there was awarded a Nobel prize this year in chemistry. While they are obviously at very different points, she did coauthor a paper with him. I think it’s pretty neat to see her name next to a Nobel laureate’s. Perhaps she’ll be a Nobel winner in 15 or so years.

Congratulations! That’s real big and real good.

 

[Steve]

Congratulations! That’s real big and real good.

Thanks. To be clear, she was not involved at all with the ground breaking research that won the Nobel prize. But it’s cool that she’s working with and for such high functioning chemists.