MORE random pics......

[sand_man]

^^^LOLz regarding the "Architecture firm" banter! No picture to post at this time...

[john70t]

Originally Posted by sand_man

^^^LOLz regarding the "Architecture firm" banter! No picture to post at this time...

A piece of flat bent wood + Animal gut + Pointy piece of wood.
(Little bit of ingenuity/free-thinking/jerry-rigging).
=crazy

I know. It's ok.
It won't affect humanity or history.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/World-genetic-map-finds-Genghis-"Khans-impact-across-Asia/articleshow/30539334.cms
The breadth of the distribution of this haplogroup, and the extrapolation that roughly 0.5% of the world's population carried the same Y chromosome together with age estimates led to the idea that Khan himself might have left a lasting genetic impact across Asia."

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[kach22i]

Pareidolia
Pareidolia Example: Face of Jesus in the tree

[kach22i]

Episode 3.2 - Anomaly Research Centre

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[widebody911]

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[GH85Carrera]

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by widebody911

I personally experienced that occurring when I was driving our '87 Jeep Cherokee (2WD) back in the early 90's. The road conditions were similar, but it was pre-dawn hours so it was basically dark. I was driving along on the interstate until a slight incline in the pavement. All the sudden the Jeep shifted lanes and did a 360 turn in the middle of traffic, without touching another vehicle. I did come close to a guardrail though.

[GH85Carrera]

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

I personally experienced that occurring when I was driving our '87 Jeep Cherokee (2WD) back in the early 90's. The road conditions were similar, but it was pre-dawn hours so it was basically dark. I was driving along on the interstate until a slight incline in the pavement. All the sudden the Jeep shifted lanes and did a 360 turn in the middle of traffic, without touching another vehicle. I did come close to a guardrail though.

I did that once on the 57 freeway in the middle of the day.
I was driving my buddy's 23 T bucket with a blown 350 (about 550 hp, 1800#).
We were going about 65 when he said, dump it down to second and jump on it. I figured, hey what could go wrong??????

I tried real hard to pretend I did it on porpoise but he didn't buy it.

[GH85Carrera]

[herr_oberst]

[GH85Carrera]

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

(Captain E.L. Sloniger flew for American Airlines in the 1930s and was #1 on their pilot seniority list. Ernest K. Gann was also a professional pilot, flew with Sloniger, and later in his career wrote several excellent aviation books including Island in the Sky and The High and the Mighty.)

The following is taken from a short story by E.K. Gann, Old Number One, published in his book, Ernest K. Gann’s Flying Circus.

“Slonnie was incapable of snobbisim, nor did he subscribe to the prevalent airline-pilot hauteur as a standard for his own estimation of other flying men. I have heard him lament, with full complement of rueful gestures, ‘Hell … that man will never learn to fly!’ Often enough he was referring to a ten- or fifteen-thousand-hour airline veteran, and when I stopped to consider the addressees of Slonnie’s invective I could only agree. The typical man he scorned was indeed a pilot, a rough and mechanically thinking driver totally preoccupied with the pay and seniority aspects of his job. Such a man could tell you instantly his bidding prowess according to seniority, the pay details of every run on the system, the exact date of his retirement and all the emoluments to be received thereof; but the runways all along his route were dented with his landings and his most elemental maneuvers were erratic and uncertain.”

In simpler terms, that is a h e l l of a lot of tire smoke coming out from under that MD-11.

[daepp]

Wow - And I just thought someone got luck and recorded a crash. Amazing!!!

Regarding airliner tires and smoke, wouldn't some type of vane (?) or device that would make the tires spin forward prolong tire life since they would already be turning when they hit the runway? (hit the ground running - I amaze myself )

Random:





Shinola - actually made in Detroit. And Millennials have know idea about the name...

[GH85Carrera]

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by daepp

Wow - And I just thought someone got luck and recorded a crash. Amazing!!!

Regarding airliner tires and smoke, wouldn't some type of vane (?) or device that would make the tires spin forward prolong tire life since they would already be turning when they hit the runway? (hit the ground running - I amaze myself )

name...

The life of a tire is not just the thickness of the tread, but also its age. I wonder if more tires are placed because of age maintenance/schedule than actual wear and tear.

[GH85Carrera]