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[svandamme]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

When I see pics like this I wonder if the way they lived wrt sanitation is why that generation tended to be tougher and inmany cases longer lived.

I would not say in many cases, that they lived "longer".. on the contrary..
The average for that entire generation was waay lower
And Child mortality was much higher

You had to get tough or die.

[GH85Carrera]

The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in Arizona, United States, near its northern border with Utah. The formation is situated on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness of the Colorado Plateau.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by svandamme

I would not say in many cases, that they lived "longer".. on the contrary..
The average for that entire generation was waay lower
And Child mortality was much higher

You had to get tough or die.

I knew that there had been essentially constant lengthening, but that's an interesting graph. I assume the dip in the early 1900s is due to WWI.

[john70t]

[john70t]

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by john70t

That has to be Breezewood, the most idiotic interchange in the world.

[asphaltgambler]

^^^ You know someone got paid a lot of gob-mint money to design and execute that^^^

[GH85Carrera]

Cross section of a Boeing 747

[masraum]

My favorite on/off-ramps are the 270º type...



Although there are times when it's a little less appealing

[john70t]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

That has to be Breezewood, the most idiotic interchange in the world.

Meh that could be Anytown, USA I'd think.
(But hot damn how did you identify Breezewood? The original post on another website said it was in PA.)

There is a truck stop town like that in KY or TN iirc on the I-75 corridor but I'm forgetting the name. Nothing but miles of mountain wilderness before and after. You cross the hill and enter a huge wide-open bowl. Below in the center is an exit with a solid mass of concentrated signs and businesses. The 'fog' from semi brake n jake can be seen on both sides. It's a memorable view. And the only hope of gas around.

[bkreigsr]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

That has to be Breezewood, the most idiotic interchange in the world.

..and I had this pegged at X175 - I-95 S, Rocky Mount, NC.

Breezewood was a lot less complicated when I was schooling in Loretto, PA (1964-1968) - ez on - ez off. One station,with an in-house eatery.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by john70t

(But hot damn how did you identify Breezewood? The original post on another website said it was in PA.)

It may or may not be BW, but the amazing thing is you do NOT, at least a few years ago, have the option of NOT going through the stoplights making the switch from the Penn TP to I-70S in Breezewood.

The most inane thing on any road in the USA.

Some nature shots from yesterday.

Fox and No Friends. Photo through my window screen. Very casual Guy.



The Birds. Every year we get these flocks of birds, mostly Seagulls, that feast on the later summer bugs. Hundreds of birds circle the horse pasture and wait for the Dragon Flies and others to lift.

[McLovin]

Safety First

[Jim Horton]

Originally Posted by McLovin

Safety First

Doesn't like eating bugs?

[GH85Carrera]

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

C5M Supergalaxy(2) & C17 Globemaster

Those are all variants of the C5. Here is a C17.

[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Those are all variants of the C5. Here is a C17.

I already posted that correction..

[craigster59]

A fake rooftop suburb that hid a whole WWII airplane factory underneath, 1944

They say this was Boeing Plant #2 in Tukwilla, Wa.

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by rattlsnak

I already posted that correction..

Oops... I musta missed it. Prolly 'cuz you didn't post a pic...

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by masraum

I knew that there had been essentially constant lengthening, but that's an interesting graph. I assume the dip in the early 1900s is due to WWI.

Nope...Spanish flu pandemic. Antibiotics yet to have been invented.