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Post by 58chevy on Dec 16, 2020 9:04:52 GMT -8
I collect cars also, but mine are 1/18 scale. Can't afford the real thing.
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Post by trehopr1 on Dec 16, 2020 11:29:08 GMT -8
I think you fella's may have stumbled onto something here with your correlation between insects and cars... Cars or at least the "appreciation of fine vehicles" has been my 2nd passion in life since I learned how to drive. Muscle cars of both "classic" and modern years always make my heart beat faster... I cannot afford the real deal 1968 Dodge Charger RT (big block) that I've always dreamed of but, I'm at least in the ballpark owning this car in the below photo (taken this past July). A 2006 Dodge Charger RT Daytona.  |
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Post by yorky on Dec 16, 2020 11:50:16 GMT -8
Must be something about entomology and cars, I'm an amateur mechanic and love working on my own cars, replacing parts and servicing them. I've never been one to take it to a garage if it breaks so I'm able to keep my cars for years at minimal expense. I can't justify paying a garage £250 to service my car when I can do an equally good job for £40. Having just cashed in 2 private pensions from past jobs I am finally in a position to buy any car I want within reason and some of the German offerings look very tempting.
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Post by leptraps on Dec 16, 2020 12:26:14 GMT -8
Also, I did not say there was a causal effect between collecting insects and cars. If A causes B and C, it is accurate to say that B and C are correlated. Can I get an explanation of the above statement. |
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Post by eurytides on Dec 16, 2020 12:34:11 GMT -8
Also, I did not say there was a causal effect between collecting insects and cars. If A causes B and C, it is accurate to say that B and C are correlated. Can I get an explanation of the above statement. It is an explanation of “correlation does not equal causation.” For example, if you look at the number of people who like both bugs (B) and cars (C), you may find a correlation in that if you belong to group B, you are more likely to also belong to group C compared to the general population. However, this correlation does not mean B causes C, so liking bugs doesn’t make you like cars or vice versa. In this case, it’s possible a third factor A, appreciation for beauty for example, causes both. So, based on the limited responses thus far, it seems like there is a correlation between those who like bugs and those who like cars. It doesn’t mean one causes the other, merely that if you like one, you are more likely to like the other compared to the general population. |
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Post by eurytides on Dec 16, 2020 12:58:10 GMT -8
I only got into working on cars lately. Saving money is part of it, but I also found out that no matter how careful they say they are, dealerships will damage your car every time you hand them the keys. I like my specimens perfect and the same goes for my car. I finally pulled the trigger and invested in some equipment so I can do my own wheels and oil change...etc. Part of the hesitation is also not having anyone show you what to do. You can only learn so much from Youtube and there is the knowledge that if you screw up, serious harm to yourself or others could result. Anyway, needless to say, I do a lot of research before doing any work on my car.
I got addicted to horsepower some years ago and the problem is, no matter what you drive, after a while, you get used to it and you want something with just a little bit more oomph. Eventually, the rational part of your brain has to take over and say that more horsepower is not necessary, especially if you don’t run track days. My current daily driver has 565 hp and I have decided that is where I will set my limit.
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Post by yorky on Dec 16, 2020 13:10:05 GMT -8
Exactly, a garage will never take as good care of your car than you will. I'm 55 years old, I've been driving for 38 years so I've had plenty of time to gain personal experience, plus my late father was an engineer. I'm not so bothered about A1 expupae quality specimens when it comes to extreme rarities, I figure that I'd rather have an A1- female charaxes fournierae or ornithoptera akakeae than none at all but I do like them to be perfectly spread.
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Post by eurytides on Dec 16, 2020 13:26:07 GMT -8
Well yeah, I think everyone prefers perfect specimens but in reality settle for what they can get. I think if you have a beater car, it doesn’t matter if a few more dents accrue. However, if you have anything remotely nice, you probably don’t want scratches in the paint or chips on the rims.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 16, 2020 14:06:26 GMT -8
Before the pandemic I looked into building a car from scratch. There is a huge amount of tutorials available on YouTube. I was looking into something that should resemble a Ferrari 166 MM to keep it as simple as possible. I started to make the whole list of things needed. The problematic part is the chassis which is extremely expensive and I wouldn't know how to weld one on my own. So I just got a used car for the price that the chassis would have costed. I'm an industrious person, but equally cheap.
Now that I see that the topic is called bucket list. Did anyone of you complete all 50-states of the United States? That's something that was on my mind. Again, because of the pandemic not much progress this year. I'm at 19 right now.
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Post by eurytides on Dec 16, 2020 14:15:03 GMT -8
Building a car from scratch is very ambitious especially if you just want to do it as a hobby. Probably more cost effective to buy a salvaged car and restore it?
I have not done 50 states but I am sure someone here has, perhaps Leroy? If he has not done 50, he is probably close. Since you are 19, you have many years ahead and can provide do all 50 if you really put your mind to it.
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Post by nomihoudai on Dec 16, 2020 15:36:42 GMT -8
19 states, 32 years  But I wanted to finish before I'm 35. |
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Post by 58chevy on Dec 17, 2020 8:16:31 GMT -8
Anybody into slot car racing?
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Post by wolf on Dec 17, 2020 13:43:16 GMT -8
Diving with Tigersharks at Tiger beach in The Bahamas!
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Post by andrewtim on Dec 18, 2020 6:53:25 GMT -8
To observe Ornithoptera, NW Australia is clean, relatively safe (be wary of snakes, spiders, and crocs) and offer western-style accommodations. ..... Being able to watch Ornithoptera in the wild is indeed a treasured memory. That said, they are just as beautiful, and act the same, in the butterfly zoo in Niagara Falls. Chuck But you can easily enjoy the beauty of live Troides and even Priamus in a butterfly garden, without risks as mentioned in PNG or West Irian. |
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Post by jshuey on Dec 18, 2020 6:59:25 GMT -8
I'll keep my bucket list focused on dead insects. I want to personally build one or two more "deep" collections of butterflies from the Neotropics, preferably from either the Andes or the eastern Amazon Basin (or both!). To me, "deep" means something like three, two-week trips to the same general area, such that I had a few thousand bugs which pretty solidly represent the entire species pool of the region (which I define as most of the common species as well as a solid dive into the rarely collected species in each region).
This is what I've done in the past to build samples from Chiapas+Guatemala (8 efforts), Belize (20 efforts - this one really deep!), southern Brazil (3 efforts - but with two assistants on each trip) and the Caribbean (7 efforts). There are lots of obvious holes in the collection, but there are two glaring regional holes that personally irritate me - the Andes and the Amazon - and these need to be filled!
Oh, and my next car will probably be a Tesla, but that's just a matter of buying it once a charging network starts to get developed.... Man if you like acceleration, these are fun to drive!
John
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But I wanted to finish before I'm 35.
