I used to fly around at 10,000 AGL with the door on the Super Cub open on warm clear days in Alaska. Seat belts were mandatory, but not all of my passengers appreciated the amazing view.
Why wind turbines don't get the regular maintenance and inspections they should get. We discussed a design that would have had the wind turbine blades running a pump that pressurized fluid and ran down to the base where it powered a generator. Putting the electronics at the base instead of the apex of a huge lightning rod seemed like a good idea. Much easier maintenance for the tricky bits too.
Didn't go any further than paper bag calculations, not really my field. But sometimes we put in stuff to power remote sites with stretchy utility power. Wind was all the rage at the time, didn't last long as I remember. Since the site was DC powered anyway and had a backup battery, somebody thought that wind turbine would be a great idea. It wasn't. At any rate, no engineer wanted to climb to the top of the thing to do maintenance. And that one was small.
Starker here, uh...that's not a ginger in #3. Gingers have enough problems, they generally don't live a mono-culture and if they did, they wouldn't burn down their own neighborhoods.
#7: At the age of about 12, our coach, who at one time had a try out with the Cincinatti Reds as a pitcher, but was turned down, as being "too lazy", was pitching to us. A senior in high school was there, and stepped in, to see if he could hit our coaches fastball, which was still impressive, for a 40-ish year old. The guy hitting smashed it right back to the pitcher, and got him right on the forehead, knocking him cold. It was a scary few minutes, but everything was ok. As an aside, the guy hitting was from the towns only black family, with parents who were working class, like all of the rest of our families. They had about 6 kids who all went on to college, and made good. The guy hitting ended up winning an Emmy on television for being part of the team that came up with method of putting the line on the screen during football games, denoting the first down line, the line of scrimmage, etc. He was a VP of ESPN, and has had one great career.
#10 - One of my most popular Facebook posts was something like "anyone can be a father, but when you tell your kid to look into a hose, and then turn it on - well, then you're a dad."
#10 must be a step dad.
ReplyDeleteIf #1 is the women's hair care section I can understand all of the cameras
ReplyDeleteLemme guess: A liquor store on MLK Jr Avenue?
Delete#9, NO Way...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to fly around at 10,000 AGL with the door on the Super Cub open on warm clear days in Alaska. Seat belts were mandatory, but not all of my passengers appreciated the amazing view.
DeleteHad a Pteradactyl ultralight in the '80's, an open cockpit. 1500 ft was normal, but had it up to 7000 ft once. Nice.
DeleteGotta wear gloves in the lab, Darlin’.
ReplyDeleteWhy wind turbines don't get the regular maintenance and inspections they should get.
ReplyDeleteWe discussed a design that would have had the wind turbine blades running a pump that pressurized fluid and ran down to the base where it powered a generator.
Putting the electronics at the base instead of the apex of a huge lightning rod seemed like a good idea. Much easier maintenance for the tricky bits too.
That does make a lot of sense. What transmission losses would that setup entail?
DeleteDid you figure the losses from converting to hydraulic?
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Didn't go any further than paper bag calculations, not really my field. But sometimes we put in stuff to power remote sites with stretchy utility power. Wind was all the rage at the time, didn't last long as I remember.
DeleteSince the site was DC powered anyway and had a backup battery, somebody thought that wind turbine would be a great idea. It wasn't.
At any rate, no engineer wanted to climb to the top of the thing to do maintenance. And that one was small.
Thank you.
Delete3. Ginger moon roof?
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Starker here, uh...that's not a ginger in #3. Gingers have enough problems, they generally don't live a mono-culture and if they did, they wouldn't burn down their own neighborhoods.
Deleteuh I think you didn't get the play on the n word Anonymous
DeleteLmao it is a ginger now that I look closer
DeleteNo room in the trunk?
Delete#9 NOPE. Nope, nope, nope, nope.
ReplyDelete#8: Cold-gas attitude control, just like Falcon 9 when landing. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteThe flying shit house just goes to show you that your day could have been far worse that it was...
Delete#10: I once did that as a 20-something when nothing came out of the hose when filling the tank on my motorcycle..........
ReplyDelete#4 - I've done similar. Meant to use the other left.
ReplyDelete#6 - I've done similar there too. Repeatedly. That's why I got kicked out of Chemistry class.
#3 Good thing he's wearing a mask!!
ReplyDelete#7: At the age of about 12, our coach, who at one time had a try out with the Cincinatti Reds as a pitcher, but was turned down, as being "too lazy", was pitching to us. A senior in high school was there, and stepped in, to see if he could hit our coaches fastball, which was still impressive, for a 40-ish year old.
ReplyDeleteThe guy hitting smashed it right back to the pitcher, and got him right on the forehead, knocking him cold. It was a scary few minutes, but everything was ok.
As an aside, the guy hitting was from the towns only black family, with parents who were working class, like all of the rest of our families. They had about 6 kids who all went on to college, and made good. The guy hitting ended up winning an Emmy on television for being part of the team that came up with method of putting the line on the screen during football games, denoting the first down line, the line of scrimmage, etc. He was a VP of ESPN, and has had one great career.
10 might be older brother
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#3 STOP IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!
ReplyDelete#6 Keep the fume hood on while making mustard gas.
- Arc
#4 is Brooklyn, New York...heading toward the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Pretty horrible drivers.
ReplyDelete#8 I can't stop laughing, the launch with the spraying blue chemical water/urine just makes it that much funnier
ReplyDelete#9 - A good friend climbed El Cap twice. I top-roped w/ him numerous times. 70-80' up was all I could take.
ReplyDelete#10 - One of my most popular Facebook posts was something like "anyone can be a father, but when you tell your kid to look into a hose, and then turn it on - well, then you're a dad."
ReplyDelete#8: How the Wizard if Oz REALLY happened.
ReplyDeleteMiss number 6 wins "cool as a cucumber" points, for NOT freaking out! Reltney
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Who says Beemer drivers don't know with that stick hiding behind the steering wheel?
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