Research into a bit of automotive stuff

Nice when someone in the auto industry remembers me, today I am trying to find photos of independent rear suspension assemblies and how the different designs control bump steer.

Bump steer happens when the car is loaded either across the lateral or vertical axis. The affected wheels can move forward or back depending on the loading. This movement makes the wheel move and steer that side of the car independent of steering wheel inputs. Most manufacturers accept some bump steer and even use it to assist turn in. However in a racing situation the drive needs these inputs to be predictable and try to eliminate it.

To check how much a wheel moves race teams have made tools to do the job. Check out this unit on an older Nascar.

Mothers Day and Writing

Each Mothers' Day the world spends billions of dollars on cards, in fact every occasion is celebrated by exchanging gifts, or cards, sometimes letters hold the message. Behind it all someone has written something, it might be short like, I love you Mum, I couldn't do it without you. Your loving son Bill.

    Now I know that's hardly original, but when you think that Bill set out to find a card with the right words to express his love, he had a connection with an often faceless author who penned the lines that captured his imagination. They said what he couldn't articulate.

   The card writers' skill is not to be underestimated, they are part poet, part philosopher and every one a literary genius. Song writers fill a world of emotion into the lines of a song, poets can keep us entertained with a hundred lines, but the person who penned the verse in that card you bought for your mother managed it in just over five to seven lines.

    Today when you pass over your gift with the card sticky taped to the top, give a silent thank you to the unseen writer who cranked out that message and many more to meet the quota his or her job demanded on the day.

I'll raise a glass and toast each one of them today, I challenge you to do the same.

My Anzac Day Tribute

Your Grandad’s medals sit in my drawer

Presented to him at the end of the war

And though he left us when you were young

I keep them to remind me of songs he sung

Like Waltzing Matilda and Danny Boy

Always lusty and sung with joy

On Anzac Day in Seventy Two

He beamed with pride when he first saw you

And so today my son I have them on view

To remind me of the terror that he went through

Believing his land would be safe from harm

If he shouldered a rifle over his arm

I hope like him the day will come

When there will be no need for a mother’s son

To be asked to make such sacrifice

And for our young country to pay such a price

And though you left us when you were young

Presented to you at the end of the war

Your medals sit safely in my drawer

We keep them to remind us of songs you sung

Good information hidden in here

I found this link through a comment I made on Linked in's Author U  pages.

Hope it's helpful:

http://buildbookbuzz.com/amazon-book-description/

Planning a Book Tour for 2017

Hi,

Starting to see the end in sight for Les Gillespie's Gold and beginning to think about a  book launch sometime  in 2017. So I need some suggestions for the following.

• Australian towns to visit.
• What would be better, a library, or book-store launch venue
• Best time of day.
• Would you prefer me to talk on my writing processes, or about the book itself.
• Contact details of the librarian or bookshop manager.

If you can help, Please message me via Facebook or leave a comment on the blog. 

I am looking forward too and will be thankful for your input.

Cheers,

Terry