2020 New Random Pics

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Even easier, just rename the file by changing the extension from PNG to JPG. No conversion program needed.

Do you have a step by step on this?

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Do you have a step by step on this?

That's what I tried and it didn't work. Then I got grumpy and quit.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Do you have a step by step on this?

Oh come on. Just slowly left click click on the image, and when the file name is highlighted, change the extension from PNG to JPG. It will not work on a PDF or TIF file, but PNG is easy, rename and upload.

[GH85Carrera]

Cool History:
Oct. 25, 1955 - The first microwave oven for home use was introduced by the Tappan Company. It initially failed to catch on because it was large, expensive, and only available in built-in/wall-mounted. Also, many didn't understand (or trust) microwave technology, and their food being zapped by invisible rays.
The 1955 Tappan model (intended for home use, and with technology licensed from Raytheon) used 220 volts, cost $1,295 (over $12,500 in today's dollars), and only a few homes had one.
Raytheon coined the term "Radarange" in 1946. It was the first commercially available microwave. It was almost 6 ft tall, weighed 750 lbs, and cost about $5,000 (over $76,500 in today's dollars). Raytheon acquired the Amana Corporation in 1965, and introduced the first countertop microwave oven in 1967, which they named the Radarange. It wasn't cheap, either - at $495 (almost $4200 in today's money). So, two decades after its invention, the microwave oven finally caught on in American homes in the form of Amana's compact unit. Now, over 90% of US homes have a microwave oven.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Cool History:
Oct. 25, 1955 - The first microwave oven for home use was introduced by the Tappan Company. It initially failed to catch on because it was large, expensive, and only available in built-in/wall-mounted. Also, many didn't understand (or trust) microwave technology, and their food being zapped by invisible rays.
The 1955 Tappan model (intended for home use, and with technology licensed from Raytheon) used 220 volts, cost $1,295 (over $12,500 in today's dollars), and only a few homes had one.

I think we got our first microwave in the early/mid 80s, 83-84 I think. It was a microwave convection oven. My parents tried to use the convection feature a couple of times and to cook some bigger stuff a few times before realizing that a microwave was good for some things and not for others. It was a monster. I'm pretty sure it was big enough to cook a turkey in (if you wanted a crappy turkey).

I'm pretty sure it was one of these, Kenmore Microwave Convection oven.

[Jolly Amaranto]

We had a Montgomery Ward microwave/convection oven. It was a beast. Our house was burglarized while we were out of town and it was stolen along with my stereo components. We lived in a patio home with a brick privacy wall in front. The idiots did not buzz the latch on the wrought iron gate (the button right inside the door they broke in) to let themselves out and hoisted everything over the wall smashing all the shrubs. A speaker grill was left in the foliage along with a few other things.

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

The Chrysler A57 Multibank, comprised of five 6-cylinder inline engines joined onto to a common output shaft. This engine powered the M4A4 Sherman. All in, it had 30 cylinders, 30 spark plugs, displaced 20.5 litres (1,253 cu in) and weighed over 2.5 tons. Total output was 450 hp and 1,440 Nm (1,000 lb ft) of torque.
Despite its complexity, the A57 was actually a very reliable engine. However, due to its large size, the M4A4 Sherman had a slightly longer hull to accommodate it.

[GH85Carrera]

Arguably, one of the greatest natural warriors in human history, Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache) reduced to a pumpkin farmer in Oklahoma. The U.S. tried to convert Sitting Bull to farming.

[Racerbvd]

[craigster59]

Happy Birthday John Candy!

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Cool History:
Oct. 25, 1955 - The first microwave oven for home use was introduced by the Tappan Company. It initially failed to catch on because it was large, expensive, and only available in built-in/wall-mounted. Also, many didn't understand (or trust) microwave technology, and their food being zapped by invisible rays.
The 1955 Tappan model (intended for home use, and with technology licensed from Raytheon) used 220 volts, cost $1,295 (over $12,500 in today's dollars), and only a few homes had one.
Raytheon coined the term "Radarange" in 1946. It was the first commercially available microwave. It was almost 6 ft tall, weighed 750 lbs, and cost about $5,000 (over $76,500 in today's dollars). Raytheon acquired the Amana Corporation in 1965, and introduced the first countertop microwave oven in 1967, which they named the Radarange. It wasn't cheap, either - at $495 (almost $4200 in today's money). So, two decades after its invention, the microwave oven finally caught on in American homes in the form of Amana's compact unit. Now, over 90% of US homes have a microwave oven.

Originally Posted by masraum

I think we got our first microwave in the early/mid 80s, 83-84 I think. It was a microwave convection oven. My parents tried to use the convection feature a couple of times and to cook some bigger stuff a few times before realizing that a microwave was good for some things and not for others. It was a monster. I'm pretty sure it was big enough to cook a turkey in (if you wanted a crappy turkey).

I'm pretty sure it was one of these, Kenmore Microwave Convection oven.

My dad had one of the early Tappan micros installed when he had our house built. Damned thing is still there. Not the 6ft tall one, but the size of an oven. Mom used to heat up my formula in it.

Dad also bought a Tappan countertop micro back in 75 or 76. It weighed a ton, about 80 lbs.

[GH85Carrera]

Gonna need a large tub of JB Weld.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Oh come on. Just slowly left click click on the image, and when the file name is highlighted, change the extension from PNG to JPG. It will not work on a PDF or TIF file, but PNG is easy, rename and upload.

I tried that but couldn't get to work. It definitely won't work with .webm (google format)...
Some pics are already named .png or .jpg.
I think I have 'hide file properties' on. Windows could be easier to use.

I just use batch conversion with irfanview. Does all of em at one.
Batch Conversion. Go to source folder. Select file type. Add all. On left click Use This Folder. Start Batch Conversion.
The menu GUI is a little quirky but it works.

[john70t]

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

I wouldn't have thought to hang the airplanes. I'm curious if modern aircraft are stored this way? I suspect they're too big and heavy. Then again...

modern jets weigh 5x more and are already so big, they would not have enough height to hang em and still have useful space under them.

They also carried 15 aircraft more, despite being much smaller carriers than current CVN Ford Class :

Yorktown
36 × Grumman F4F Wildcat
36 × Douglas SBD Dauntless
18 × Grumman TBF Avenger

CVN81
Aircraft carried 75ish

And modern jets and all the systems are just so complicated , There are no planes to spare and either they are up on deck & flying or down below for regular maint, or major repairs or hangar queen/parts donor.. they have to be accessible..

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by john70t

I tried that but couldn't get to work. It definitely won't work with .webm (google format)...
Some pics are already named .png or .jpg.
I think I have 'hide file properties' on. Windows could be easier to use.

I just use batch conversion with irfanview. Does all of em at one.
Batch Conversion. Go to source folder. Select file type. Add all. On left click Use This Folder. Start Batch Conversion.
The menu GUI is a little quirky but it works.

Yea, default in Windows is to hid the file extension. You have to change that to see the extension. PNG is the easiest to just rename and it will upload to Pelican. The PNG will upload just fine, but it will never display. Apple has a HEIC format that is a real pain to convert. The full version of Photoshop 2024 will not open it. It requires me to pay money to a APP to add to my system to open it. Eff that, I refuse to play Apple's game.

I think it is WEP that also can just change the extension.










This! And the British Royal family needs to be the lead story on the news as well!







Street Scene, Bluff, Alaska, c1901.

[red 928]

Luxury!

[red 928]

and

[GH85Carrera]

An old steel was can used as a "box" for an electrical connection.






Orange juice jello with a delicious toothpaste frosting