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GUY MARTIN REACHES 135 MPH TO OBLITERATE THE WORLD'S FASTEST TRACTOR RECORD
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GUY MARTIN REACHES 135 MPH TO OBLITERATE THE WORLD'S FASTEST TRACTOR RECORD By David Stubbings
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/H8QIyVQ29-Y Any driver knows the frustrations of getting stuck behind a slow-moving tractor. There’s no danger of that happening here though. British engineering firm JCB has made the world’s fastest tractor (modified), and who better to drive it than lorry mechanic, motorcycle racer and thrill seeker Guy Martin. Guy already has records for the fastest speed on a gravity-powered snow sled (134.368 km/h), the fastest soapbox (137.78 km/h) and highest speed on a Wall of Death (25.77 km/h). For his latest attempt, Guy was to take on the challenge of setting a new tractor speed record not once but twice, at the wheel of a JCB Fastrac (usual top speed, 41 mph). He initially achieved a new record of 166.79 km/h before going even faster by reaching 217.570 km/h. Guy had previously worked with JCB when he built a replica World War I tank. "There are some good folk there and they said about this idea of building the world's fastest tractor. So I said 'if you want it piloting give us a shout' and that’s where it came about," he told Guinness World Records. The location was Elvington airfield, a former RAF station in North Yorkshire (UK) with a three-km runway - the perfect place for the lorry mechanic turned TV presenter and racer to beat the 140.45 km/h achieved by Top Gear in 2018.
The first attempt took place in June 2019, with Guy and the team aiming to reach the magical 100 mph. "I turned up this morning and had a look round," he explained. "I went around [an area to the side of the runway] to get my eye in and get a feel for how it drives and what the clutch is like. "It can’t turn tight as it hasn’t got a differential in the back axle. So just get used to how the gears change, how the engine behaves because it’s fairly sluggish low down until the turbo comes in." After a series of shakedown runs Guy took his yellow speed machine to the end of the runway for a crack at the record. The acceleration was so great the following support cars struggled to keep up each time he put his foot down and disappeared over the horizon from the end of the asphalt within a matter of seconds before returning moments later. After three return runs Guy had secured the record with 166.79 km/h. Afterwards Guy said: "I think we did over 110 mph in one place. It doesn’t feel that fast. It’s a big open place you don’t have anything to reference your speed. You could be doing 250 mph here and it doesn’t feel that fast. "I’ve known for ages [we could do it]. There are some clever people involved and I knew when they said it would break the record it was going to happen. I had no doubt today it was going to happen." While Guy’s record-breaking vehicle still looks like a tractor, it is by no way original. The standard engine has been replaced with a modified JCB engine producing power over 1,000 hp while a new six-speed transmission and a smaller, more aerodynamic cab has been installed. Other modifications include a new aluminium bonnet, additional bodywork such as front bumper, side panniers, rear diffuser, underbody pan and a lighter chassis. All these changes have transformed the driving experience, and if anyone knows it’s Guy who has his own regular tractor at home. “It doesn’t feel like a tractor [to drive]. From the outside it looks like a tractor but it doesn’t to sit in and it doesn’t go anything like a tractor. “You have a five-point harness, there’s no radio, there’s no cup holder, no fridge. Most tractors have fridge and air con. It doesn’t have autosteer on it.” Not content with driving a tractor to an average speed of more than 100 mph, Guy and his team’s thoughts immediately turned to how they could get even more speed out of the JCB-built machine. Four months later on 23 October and the team returned to Elvington aiming to beat their June record. The British autumn weather held to allow Guy to reach an average speed of 217.570 km/h and further extend the record, with a top speed of 153.7 mph. Will we see Guy add to his collection of four Guinness World Records titles? Probably. “I just like going fast. If it’s something a bit risky I’m all for it.”
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Maria en haar man Jim het ‘n hond gehad met die naam van “Lucky”. Lucky, ‘n klein Jack Russel, was omtrent ‘n karakter gewees. Wanneer vriende vir Maria en Jim kom kuier vir ‘n naweek, moes hulle vroegtydig die besoekers waarsku om maar die tasse toe te hou want Lucky sal maklik iets uit die tas gaan gaps waarvan hy hou. Soms vergeet van die gaste soms hiervan en dan raak iets uit die tasse weg. Maria of Jim sal na Lucky se speelgoed boks gaan in die kelder en daar te midde van al sy ander “skatte” sal die vermiste item opgespoor word. Lucky het altyd sy “skatte” wat hy gevind het in sy speelgoed boks gaan bêre en hy was baie beskermend oor sy speelgoed boks – dit wat daar in was, bly daar. Dit het gebeur dat Maria uitgevind het sy het bors kanker. Maria was oortuig dat sy beslis sou sterf van die siekte ..... en dat daar geen hoop op herstel was vir haar nie. Noodgedwonge het sy die operasie vir ‘n dubbele masektomie geskeduleer terwyl vrees haar hele wese oorheers. Die aand voordat sy hospitaal toe sou gaan vir die operasie het sy dat Lucky styf teen haar kom nestel. ‘n Gedagte het deur haar geflits..... wat sou met Lucky gebeur? Alhoewel die drie jaar oue hond van Jim gehou het, was hy Maria se hond deur en deur. “Indien ek sou sterf, sal Lucky verlate wees.” Het Maria by haarself gedink. “Hy sou nie verstaan dat sy hom nie moedswilliglik verlaat het nie.” Die gedagte het haar meer hartseer gemaak as die gedagte aan haar eie dood. Die operasie was baie moeiliker en aftakelend op haar gestel as wat die dokters vermoed het en Maria was vir twee weke in die hospitaal. Jim het getrou Lucky geneem vir sy aand wandelinkie, maar die hond was besig om te kwyn, hy was pieperig en het geen eetlus gehad of lus om enige iets te doen nie. Hy het net daar in sy slaap mandjie bly lê. Uiteindelik het die dag aangebreek dat Maria kon huistoe gaan. Toe sy by die huis arriveer was sy so moeg dat sy nie die trappe kon op tot in hul slaapkamer nie. Jim het Maria gemaklik gemaak op die sitkamer bank dat sy eers daar so bietjie kon rus.
Lucky het daar eenkant gestaan en Maria dopgehou maar hy het nie nadergekom toe sy hom roep nie. Dit het Maria baie hartseer gemaak, maar die slaperigheid het gou oor haar die oorhand gekry en sy het ingedut. Toe Maria wakker word kon sy vir ‘n oomblik nie verstaan wat fout is nie. Sy kon nie haar kop draai nie en haar hele liggaam het swaar en warm gevoel. Maar benoudheid het gou plek gemaak vir ‘n klein laggie toe sy besef wat die probleem is. Sy was oordek, letterlik soos ‘n kombers, met elke “skat” wat Lucky besit het! Terwyl sy aan die slaap was, het die hartseer hondjie een draffie na die ander onderneem na sy speelgoed boks om vir sy geliefde ounooi al sy gunsteling dinge in sy klein honde lewetjie aan te dra. Hy het haar oordek met sy liefdes goed.
Maria het die gedagte van doodgaan opsy geskuif en in plaas daarvan het sy en Lucky weer begin lewe en elke dag weer begin stap, die volgende dag ‘n bietjie verder as die vorige. Dit is nou reeds twaalf jaar en Maria is steeds kanker vry. Lucky? Hy gaps nog steeds skatte en gaan versteek hulle in sy speelgoed boks maar Maria bly sy grootste skat. 3
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Andy Simmons A family tradition of chopping wood together warms the hearths of others. Washington is home to lots of trees—it is the Evergreen State, after all—and lots of fireplaces and wood-burning stoves too. But what if you lived there and couldn’t chop wood or couldn’t afford to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, 21, are happy to lend an ax. The three men chop truckloads of wood—then donate it to those in need. “I want people who are burning cardboard because they’ve got nothing,” Shane explained to heraldnet.com. “Or someone 75 with no money who has a broken shoulder and can’t cut wood.” The idea started as a father-son bonding project, he told msn.com. “I had to cut wood with my dad. He just loved doing it,” says Shane, 48, a divorced father of six. He wanted to pass along that feeling, so he and the twins spent the summer of 2018 like a clan of Paul Bunyans. The result was a great wall of wood piled up around their house in Lake Stevens, 35 miles outside of -Seattle. Technically, it was 40 cords—a cord measures four feet high, four feet wide, and eight feet deep. To buy that much would cost about $10,000. It was too much for the Mc-Daniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He posted on Facebook: “IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF FIREWOOD AND CANNOT AFFORD IT, PLEASE PM [personal -message] ME! If you know someone who BURNS WOOD, and they’re looking at a cold house this holiday season, please help us help them. Please help me and my boys make sure NO ONE GOES COLD IN OUR HOOD.” The response was immediate. One man offered to donate a wood-burning furnace. Others raced over to Norm’s, the mini-mart Shane owns, with more wood for the pile. One woman, noticing the photo of the buff McDaniel men in the Facebook post, started to feel warm in other ways: “Please post more pictures of you in sleeveless shirts. I don’t need the wood. But truly I appreciate the eye candy!” Single mom Katelyn Ticer, 29, and her four-year-old daughter rely on a wood-burning stove as their sole source of heat, so it was a relief to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels before the holidays. “To get that much wood brought me to tears,” she told msn.com. “So much stress and anxiety is off my shoulders. I couldn’t be more thankful.” Not every recipient is as effusive. “Some aren’t even friendly. It’s just not in them,” Shane says. “They are mad at the world and mad that they had to ask for help. They just have no other option than freezing.” But Shane is OK with that. “Giving is the reward,” he says. “It has nothing to do with how well it’s received; it’s about how much it’s needed.”
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Writing that out-of-office email and trying to decide on the correct spelling of traveling vs. travelling? Here's when to use a double "l." One of the tasks everyone has to tackle before leaving for vacation is writing an out-of-office email. Whether yours is all-business or creative or funny, you’ll want to take care to avoid typos and spelling errors that will make you look bad to colleagues, clients, and bosses. Leave yours to the last minute, and you may have little brain power left after all your planning and packing to expend on grammar and syntax. So here’s the answer to your burning question: Should I use “travelling” or “traveling” in my message? Like many spelling questions, the answer depends on where you live. When to use travelled “Travelled” is just one example of the many words that Brits spell differently than Americans do. In British spelling, verbs ending in a vowel followed by an “l” get doubled when adding endings that begin with a vowel, such as “ed,” “ing,” “er,” according to Lexico, but not so in America. For example, “fueling” is the American spelling for “fuelling,” the British version. The words still have the same meaning, just a different variation on the spelling, depending on where you’re from. Tricky, but not as complicated as whole words that mean very different things in England and America. When to use traveled Traveled with one “l” is the more popular spelling version in America. This is likely thanks in part to Noah Webster, the Webster of Merriam-Webster Dictionary, according to Grammarly. When faced with multiple spellings, the linguist generally preferred the shorter versions of words, and that’s what he referenced in his dictionaries. Webster’s version rose to common use in America, but not so much in Britain. And Canada and Australia generally follow British English, rules—so they also follow the double “l” spellings. Travelled vs traveled “Traveled” and “travelled” mean the same thing and neither is strictly speaking “correct” or “incorrect. The correct American English spelling is “traveled,” while the correct British English spelling is “travelled.” So it’s not a battle of travelled vs traveled but rather a question of who will be reading your email. As the purpose of writing is to communicate clearly to your audience, choose the spelling appropriate to the location of your audience. Got it? Good. 13
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