I am headed for the garage to make one right now. I use to pat them out by hand. Then I used a saucer. I always wanted a press and I can build that in no time. I like corn tortilla.
We have a similar locks, here in Michigan. In Sault St. Marie, the Soo Locks connect Lake Superior and Lake Huron. They were built by the Army Corp of Engineers. On the last Friday of every June, visitors are allowed to go behind the security fences and get close enough to touch the ships that are travelling through the locks. The Locks are federally controlled, so that is only allowed on that one day per year. The locks are the largest one in the world, and they are building a new one, set to open in 2030, to replace the 2 of 4 that are shut down. I have only been there once, when I was about 6. I think it is a 5-6 hour drive from me.
My first thought was the Soo Locks, but the video shows series locks (two or more locks in a chain, often with just one gate between two locks) for greater lift. The Soo only needs about 21 foot lift, which is easy to do in a single step. The highest elevation in the Panama Canal is 85 foot, which the designers chose to do in 3 steps.
#3 I knew a family that would have loved to have one of those. We lived next door to a Mexican family when I was a kid and as each daughter was learning to cook, they had to do the dishes until they learned to make the tortillas round.
#9 - Did he survive the fall? Guess I am just overly cautious; would never do anything like that. My craziness was on my new Kawasaki motorcycle going across the Bay Bridge at 125 mph. :^)
#5 It isn't but it reminds me of Crabtree Falls in Nelson Co. Va. It's tall and I can't tell you how many have fallen to their deaths. Walk right past the signs onto those slick rocks and goodbye.
#9 I love riding in the back of a pickup. I see people doing that and leaning against the tail gate and think, you are fuckin stupid.
#1 no good deed goes unpunished. #2 and #8 are on track to be missing person cases; also part of why I DON'T have kids. I need #3... I really need #3.... <3 -Arc
#2: I would have caught a well deserved beating for that. Also, I was waiting for the TV to fall and crack him on the head.
#5: WTF is wrong with you? YOU'RE OUTSIDE, TAKE OFF THE MASK.
#6: Two different landings. I feel like that idiot leaning over to get the shot is taking a much greater risk than the guy making the jump too.
#7: I bashed my shin against the edge of our pool when I was a teenager. It hurts about as much as you'd expect and didn't heal all the way up until winter.
#8: Not sure I would have caught a beating at that age, but I feel that I wouldn't have much enjoyment in my life for a while if I had done that. Of course when I was that age TVs that size didn't exist, and they all weighed a hundred pounds. Smashing a CRT screen could have potentially had a bad outcome.
#6- And exactly how does he get back?
ReplyDeleteYouth is wasted on the young.
I think #6 is a phony reproduction
Deletemakes me feel queasy just watching.
DeleteI’d like to personally welcome that kid to his new permanent address.
DeleteIf it weren't for idiots like that, Forestry rescue would have an easy job.
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#8 Kid would regert that! I said REGERT!
ReplyDeleteI think he'd have to gert it before he could regert it. Whatever 'gert' means.
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The moron in #6 is still out there. #9, who knows where he went.
ReplyDelete#5. Not sure which is funnier. The guy falling off the rock or the stupid chick with the mask.
ReplyDeleteit's the guy on the rock. i'd like to know what's happening in his head right then.
DeleteWhat's the deal with #3?
ReplyDeleteIt's a tortilla press.
DeleteI am headed for the garage to make one right now. I use to pat them out by hand. Then I used a saucer. I always wanted a press and I can build that in no time. I like corn tortilla.
DeleteI bought a Victoria cast iron corn tortilla press. My son broke the handle in very short order. Wood seems the way to go.
DeleteThat is a fine looking tortilla press! I wonder what they used for the surface finish that doesn't stick to the dough?
DeleteLots of flour in the tortilla, maybe a thin film of oil on the press.
Delete#4 is Miraflores Locks (I think) on the Panama Canal. I grew up about seven miles away.
ReplyDeleteWe have a similar locks, here in Michigan. In Sault St. Marie, the Soo Locks connect Lake Superior and Lake Huron. They were built by the Army Corp of Engineers. On the last Friday of every June, visitors are allowed to go behind the security fences and get close enough to touch the ships that are travelling through the locks. The Locks are federally controlled, so that is only allowed on that one day per year.
DeleteThe locks are the largest one in the world, and they are building a new one, set to open in 2030, to replace the 2 of 4 that are shut down. I have only been there once, when I was about 6. I think it is a 5-6 hour drive from me.
To me the coolest thing about the Panama Canal is there are no pumps. It's all done with gravity.
DeleteThanks for identifying them.
DeleteMy first thought was the Soo Locks, but the video shows series locks (two or more locks in a chain, often with just one gate between two locks) for greater lift. The Soo only needs about 21 foot lift, which is easy to do in a single step. The highest elevation in the Panama Canal is 85 foot, which the designers chose to do in 3 steps.
#6. How you getting back?
ReplyDeleteapparently you can. that's 2 different jumps.
Delete#3 I knew a family that would have loved to have one of those. We lived next door to a Mexican family when I was a kid and as each daughter was learning to cook, they had to do the dishes until they learned to make the tortillas round.
ReplyDelete#9 - Did he survive the fall? Guess I am just overly cautious; would never do anything like that. My craziness was on my new Kawasaki motorcycle going across the Bay Bridge at 125 mph. :^)
ReplyDelete#5 It isn't but it reminds me of Crabtree Falls in Nelson Co. Va. It's tall and I can't tell you how many have fallen to their deaths. Walk right past the signs onto those slick rocks and goodbye.
ReplyDelete#9 I love riding in the back of a pickup. I see people doing that and leaning against the tail gate and think, you are fuckin stupid.
Used to camp Crabtree Meadows 1 weekend before super bowl. The "Freezathon" we called it
Delete#1 no good deed goes unpunished.
ReplyDelete#2 and #8 are on track to be missing person cases; also part of why I DON'T have kids.
I need #3... I really need #3.... <3
-Arc
#6. No jump back?
ReplyDelete#2: I would have caught a well deserved beating for that. Also, I was waiting for the TV to fall and crack him on the head.
ReplyDelete#5: WTF is wrong with you? YOU'RE OUTSIDE, TAKE OFF THE MASK.
#6: Two different landings. I feel like that idiot leaning over to get the shot is taking a much greater risk than the guy making the jump too.
#7: I bashed my shin against the edge of our pool when I was a teenager. It hurts about as much as you'd expect and didn't heal all the way up until winter.
#8: Not sure I would have caught a beating at that age, but I feel that I wouldn't have much enjoyment in my life for a while if I had done that. Of course when I was that age TVs that size didn't exist, and they all weighed a hundred pounds. Smashing a CRT screen could have potentially had a bad outcome.
#9: RIP