Pelican Parts Forums - 2020 New Random Pics

Pelican Parts Forums (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/index.php)

- Off Topic Discussions (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31)

- - 2020 New Random Pics (http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=1065287)

Quote:

Originally Posted by VINMAN (Post 11970125)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681221757.jpg

Ironically it was bicyclists who promoted paved roads back then and first advocated for cities in the US and Europe to pave their streets and build new roads.

https://www.vox.com/2015/3/19/8253035/roads-cyclists-cars-historyi

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg
Here is a photo of the "Tower Fuel Stop - Groom, Texas" on Route 66 with its unique Britten water tower. This water tower lies right alongside the former path of Route 66, which has since been paved over to create US Interstate 40. During the early and mid-20th century, passersby on the "Mother Road" were intrigued by the severe tilt of the tower, asking themselves what on Earth could have caused it.
In reality, it was the work of a heavy-duty vehicle and a bulldozer. Ralph Britten, a man who wanted to start up a truck stop and restaurant off Route 66 in Groom, bought the water tower from the town of Lefors as an ingenious marketing technique to attract new visitors. He towed the enormous thing 34 miles to Groom, wrote “Britten USA” on top, and then, using a bulldozer, elevated two of its legs off the ground, dangling them in midair without support, so that the water tower made an 80-degree angle with the ground.
This helped his business immeasurably. It would catch the eye of every passing motorist on the route for years, many of them becoming terrified that the tower was in the process of collapsing. This played right into Britten’s hand. Worried route-takers often swerved off the road and into his truck stop, shouting “Watch out! That tower’s about to fall!” Britten responded that it had been like that for years, and then asked them to sit down and buy food and a drink.
Britten’s manipulation of the tower did, however, require sufficient knowledge of physics. If the water tower were completely empty or completely full, its center of mass would be directly in the middle of the can, making it topple when slanted. So Britten filled it only partially so that the low level of water would place the can’s center of mass near its base, directly above the two supporting legs, keeping it aloft.
Unfortunately, after many years of success, Britten’s truck stop burned down in a devastating fire, closing down all sales. Despite this unfortunate event, the leaning water tower is still one of the most photographed oddities on the way out west.
This photo is courtesy of 66postcards.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg

I got to eat dinner with Alwin and his wife and I did get his autograph!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681304793.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681304793.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681304793.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681304793.jpg
PHONO SPEED TEST DISC. 33 1/3- 78 RPM Instructions on label.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681304793.jpg
A rare optic sight, the "Brocken spectre," which occurs when a person stands at a higher altitude in the mountains and sees his shadow cast on a cloud at a lower altitude.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681304793.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681246497.jpg

I'm sure whomever made this meme thought the joke was on the butcher. But chickens DO eat grass. They love greens of all kinds.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg
Himalayan griffon Vulture in attack mode

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg
Goblin Valley State Park In Utah, USA!!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg
This is a single tree.
The Cashew of Pirangi is the world's largest cashew tree located in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It covers an area between 7,300 and 8,400 square m.
Having the size of 70 normally sized cashew trees, it has a circumference of 500 m .
The spread over a hectare of land was, unlike other trees, created by the tree's outward growth. When bent towards the ground (because of their weight), the branches tend to take new roots where they touch the ground.
The tree is said to have been planted in 1880's. However, based on its growth nature, "the tree is estimated to be more than a thousand years old."

Quote:

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 11971203)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1681314605.jpg
This is a single tree.
The Cashew of Pirangi is the world's largest cashew tree located in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It covers an area between 7,300 and 8,400 square m.
Having the size of 70 normally sized cashew trees, it has a circumference of 500 m .
The spread over a hectare of land was, unlike other trees, created by the tree's outward growth. When bent towards the ground (because of their weight), the branches tend to take new roots where they touch the ground.
The tree is said to have been planted in 1880's. However, based on its growth nature, "the tree is estimated to be more than a thousand years old."

That's nuts!

in my 20's I pulled several stunts like that first picture...........

Ahhhhhhhhh the good ole days!