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There is no way the US will be able to implement the same legislations as Europe. One obvious hurdle is the power grid. The infrastructure is not there. The only reliable charging stations are provided by Tesla. The third party provider' stations are very often off-line, which is a major complaint from those having EVs that are not authorized to charge at Tesla's.

By the way, I was getting into rebreathers before I stopped diving. I learned on Dräger, at the time. The school was in Spain. This is a lot better than diving with Nitrox which I suppose is the standard nowadays, correct? I got into diving early, because on offshore assignments, in the 80's, I got to spend time with saturation divers on platforms. All these divers worked for COMEX. But then I witnessed an incident, when one of the divers was sick, and they did not want to bring back the other divers in the same saturation dive.

I used to dive a lot, and trained up to Rescue Diver, but never completed the course as I got transferred for work. I actually have here, in Houston, my BDC and my Suunto Computer. I probably used them one season. The best place that I recommend doing diving is Egypt! Sharm El Sheikh is completely geared for diving. The Red Sea is extremely warm, no need for a full suit, and they have something called "Ras Mohamed" dive park where fishing is completely prohibited. This is like paradise under the sea! https://www.circledivers.com/diving-in-sharm-el-sheikh/dive-sites/ras-mohammed You can get the entire family (Padi) certified easily, and they car really enjoy their time there, even if they don't come with you on the boat. You can snorkel and be surrounded by fishes. There are some more technical dives. For example I did the Thistlegorm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Thistlegorm which can be challenging if you venture inside the holds. However, there are way too many tourists now. Even when I dove on it, there were plenty of tours around us, and we were kind of being too many in cramped spaces. Close to Sharm el Sheikh, there is the Blue Hole in Dahab. It is a one day trip. There too, some serious dives. https://www.weseektravel.com/blue-hole-dahab/ Sharm used to be all US Dollars... so you did not need to care about local currency. But after the creation of the EURO, they changed to EUR, because it was 20% higher, and they kept the same rates. So 20USD became 20EUR. Sharm used to be all Italian, then switched to all Russian tourists. I was the only non-Russian on my diving boat, and I had a few issues with my buddy. The entire family would love Egypt. However, because of the events that we know about, you will have to put Egypt on the back burner; I think. I did a lot of diving in the Mediterranean Sea, France, Spain. Ionian Sea Sicily. Those would be more accessible in the current context. But not as much fun as Egypt.... As far as exotic destinations, I did Mauritius; again, not as much fun as Egypt for a family, and very expensive. Unfortunately, I did not dive in the USA, because my days in a dry diving suit are over. Probably why I like the Red Sea so much. It is like diving in your bath tub. I have dived in Brittany, the estuary between UK and France, and this really a poor experience. You can't see anything, it is cold. My last recommendation would be Puerto Madryn in Argentina. The USD is hard currency there. https://www.madrynbuceo.com/ You can fly any of the US major airline to Buenos Aires. If you choose Argentina, I can help you more as I still have an anchor in Buenos Aires myself. Ideally, you would want to go there in December/January/February, during summer.

I also watched the two rounds of the Moto America in Georgia. I have one guy to support, Loris Baz.... lol.... He lost his seat in World Superbike last year, and I was surprised to find him in Moto America, on a Ducati. So plenty of French at Moto America: Gagné, Beaubier x 2, Baz....

To the left of your login name, in the top right corner of the page, there is a little envelope. If you hover upon it, it says Messages. This is how you send private messages. Just type the first few letters of my name, and once the search engine identifies me, click on it. I receive notice into my email directly.

Joe Roberts is working hard to get a spot in MotoGP next year. Finished second in Moto2, and he is currently the top of the championship standings. Good job!

Send your addresses by Personal email Messages. More efficient than me asking each one of you. It is free of charge. The objective is to do some kind of team building for the motley crew. If you feel generous, you can give to the webmaster for providing the playground in which we live. [docc edit: to clarify using the forum's personal "Message" system.]

Received! I am not entirely satisfied with how the green gradient turned out. I should have asked them to send me a sample. Another point is the "L" of the "Le Mans" which is really looking alike the "1". What do you think?

Damp patches that momentarily dry out then return to the track surface - known as weepers - were the cause of multiple crashes in the Spanish MotoGP sprint race. Ahead of Sunday’s grand prix, the state of the track was criticized. Several of the riders, including one who was initially on the podium was demoted because of tire/tyre pressure penalty. Revised tire/tyre pressure rules mean riders must now stay above a lower front minimum of 1.8 bar (instead of 1.88) for 60% (instead of 50%) of a Grand Prix distance, or 30% of a Sprint. Stricter 2024 tire/tyre pressure penalties, no longer allow an official warning for a first offense. You get 8 seconds penalty.

If I had the space, I would seriously consider this one, even in this color.... Anyone else?

Now that you talk about it, I realized that I have never driven a motorcycle with a sidecar....

MMarquez did the pole, after heavy rains during the night, the track was damp. In any case, it will be interesting to watch the sprint race.

Oh.... they have not painted the parking spots?

And the fun continues! Hello , Your item is out for delivery on April 27, 2024 at 7:46 am in HOUSTON, TX 77055. USPS expects to deliver your package today by 9:00pm.

USPS is not isolated in the new trend. At least, their prices are still within reason.

It is not about the wait; it is about the service being priced according to the transit time, and the lack of accountability of not only USPS, but many other companies. I am fresh out of a similar fiasco with FedEx; I paid 234 USD to ship my Quota instruments to Casa di Moto in Germany. The 234 USD I paid was based on a time frame for delivery. Somehow, FedEx Germany did not get the information it needed to clear the package from the German customs. That information was provided when I went to the FedEx Office where I shipped the package from. They gave me a printout to verify that everything was correct, including the custom declaration, the telephone number, address, email address of the recipient. The package got stuck at the German customs, and I received a voice mail from FedEx the package could not be cleared because the recipient's detail were missing. I provided the alleged missing details; phoning FedEx in the US proved to be extremely difficult. After several days, the package was finally delivered to Casa di Moto. FedEx Germany sent a bill too, because instead of doing a temporary importation since the instruments were just going back to the USA, they did a final importation, thus charging duty. It does not stop here, but for the purpose of being brief, I can tell you that FedEx declined making a partial refund for not executing the service as they should have had. Yes, the package eventually got delivered, but the service provided was overpriced. In the same way, you purchase a flight and it gets delayed; you miss your connection with another flight operated by a different company. Post covid, there are serious service quality issues with many providers. I am fine that it may happen, but if you don't provide the service you got paid for, you need to refund something.

I am sorry, but I have to say it: US Postal Services are really subpar! What is the point of providing tracking, if you can't get the basics right... the package was scheduled to be delivered on Saturday 27th. Then Friday, and now Monday. Even Amazon, that used to be fairly reliable, is now bombarding you with texts of changing delivery times, dates.

This is a rare find; this is a cc from the Facebook Quota page. The lady is asking opinions about an ask price. The Quota maybe an odd choice for a side-car, but why not?

After my night at "El Cosmico" in Marfa in 2023, I am apparently ready for just about anything.... Kidding aside, I also had a bed bugs experience in 2022 in a shabby motel around Coleman, where my neighbor had a fight with his fiancée in the middle of the night, threw her out of the bedroom, and she kept banging on his door for a long time after that.... I learned a few explicit words which I had never heard before. I think I am properly prepared to face the dreadful Cedar Vale lodge if it comes to that.

I don't know if I proposed this one before, but it sure feels familiar...

I am checking the Price Tower stay in availability as I type.

I pencil this one too; also because I want to drop by Bartlesville OK, to visit REDA Pumps. https://www.slb.com/resource-library/article/2021/celebrating-90-years-since-the-creation-of-the-reda-pump-company-in-bartlesville-ok In 2000, I was assigned to the Esso Chad project, where oil extraction had to rely on down hole pumps from REDA. I got to interact with personnel from Bartlesville, some of them young enough to maybe still be there. Going quickly through their website, I can see the Electrical Submersible Pumps is no longer their core business, even if you can still find ESP products if you look: https://www.slb.com/products-and-services/innovating-in-oil-and-gas/completions/artificial-lift/electrical-submersible-pumps/agile-esp If my Quota is ready, and if the planets align, I would be interested, camping excepted. There is a "Cedar Creek Lodge" in the vicinity.

This weekend, we have the Spanish Grand-Prix at Jerez. Many pundits, including the grand guru Jorge Lorenzo, have predicted that Pedro Acosta should get his first win. This would rob Marc Marquez of his title of the youngest's MogoGP winner ever. Me think that Marc is probably planning to not lose that benchmark. It will also be interesting to see how Francesco Bagnaia is going to perform, as he is now in a pickle in regard to his principal GP24 rivals. Last but not least, Maverick Viñales will probably need to confirm that his COTA performance was not an isolated effort.

I don't know about the Englishman's pedantic narration. I like the well composed diction. I am unable to listen to anything when people try to squeeze as many words per minute as they can; maybe this is what they are trying to avoid? boring their audience? in my case, it has the opposite effect. That, the talking heads, don't forget to like and subscribe, my name is Gontrand. I am guessing that by now, the people watching YouTube understand the subscription and like button. In many cases, they forget that a video is to convey a message using images. Otherwise, it should be a podcast. My favorite, so far, are the guys "reacting" to a song, or a video, an event. It seems to be successful, because we have more and more of those too.