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A slice of Psych pop from 1967;


The Cyrkle was a short-lived American rock-n-roll band, active in the mid-1960s. They were best known for their 1966 song "Red Rubber Ball," which went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band was discovered and managed by Brian Epstein and given the unique spelling of their name by John Lennon.

Damaged an L3 disk when I was about 42 when lifting a short wet log (150 lbs estimated) into the back of my Cherokee. Was having trouble and decided to power through. Was successful with the log but in the process heard a thunk from my lower back and felt a shift that I expect was the disk rupturing. Was largely recovered in 9 months but 23 years later it still seems to sap my energy about 30%. Whole lower back becomes tight with moderate activity that includes bending over.

I didn't think you were trying to school me, I was just trying to focus more on the turbulent jet making its way into production. Achieving 40% thermal efficiency is amazing for a gasoline engine.
I do have concerns about longevity of that design. The pre-chamber appears to be a different metal piece which is probably press fitted into the head. Will that last 150,000 miles, or will it work loose and destroy the engine?

Due to the work that I did when I first came to Los Angeles, installing cell phones, Chuck was the first celebrity that I met doing that work. He had a Mercedes 560 SEL back in the day and it was literally the first phone I ever installed in someone’s car. I remember trying desperately to get the backseat out of that thing to the point that I ripped the leather under the headrest, I was able to repair it to a point that it wasn’t noticeable any longer, but I still lived in fear for a good long time afterwards that I was going to get my AZZ kicked by Chuck Norris. Looking back on it now I wish he would have because it would’ve been something else to have a memory about. About a year later, he came back in the shop and we took the phone out of that car and installed it in a different one. Over the years I met with him I half a dozen more times the last time being about 2002. He was always smiling, cheerful, and pleasant to be around. And he always had a story to tell. He was a great man. He will be missed.