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mouse from merced
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The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 28, 2013 - 01:59pm PT
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There is a book I have read, the name of which I have forgotten, which features Modoc fly-eating people being taught English from a copy of Robert Burns' poetry, so that the boys grew up speaking like the Scots gift shop owner.
"Och, if it's not Modoc, it's fly-shite."
The book treated with a cure for rabies, among other weird subjects.
All this char-smell in the air kinda makes me thirsty.
And it's Friday night.
And I quit drinking.
Ghosts.
I'll live.
So will this poor bloke.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 28, 2013 - 02:11pm PT
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And as long as we got videos on this page, let's stack them. Like barrels of wine.
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Hey, hey, hey!
Tony, Tony, Tony!
Q. for ya, bro: Why is white wine white and red wine red? Is this within the ken of Tony?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 28, 2013 - 02:47pm PT
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WHEELS on Fires. Where the rubber meets the rock.
BIG TIRES on Wheels. Where the rubber meets the dirt.
My memory serves sherbet on hot afternoons.
This last wheel may explode.
The stack of tires may burn.
The whole world fits inside
Of an ice cream churn.
Raspberry, please.
Or watermelon, if ya got it.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Jun 28, 2013 - 03:31pm PT
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Great wheels photos mouse. I was wondering, however, who balances and trues all those wheels? Could it N&M or JB30 de Fresno?
Feeling a bit more inquisitive today (more on this later perhaps), but if the wheels are on fire, where is the smoke or is this all done via smoke and mirrors.
How do you supercool a mirror? Obviously, by being super cool (SuperTopo will not suffice).
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 28, 2013 - 03:38pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 28, 2013 - 03:47pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 28, 2013 - 04:37pm PT
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Dido's Lament
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsOb86jqN04]
This is a Henry Purcell work, libretto by Nahum Tate.
Recitative
Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.
Aria
When I am laid, am laid in earth,
May my wrongs create no trouble,
No trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Jun 28, 2013 - 04:57pm PT
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I saw Doucet play at the Roxy. Blackalicious was not on the bill that night.
I saw Hiawatha right down the road from my mom's farmhouse.
I saw that even Casey Jones could get into trouble in Ironwood.
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Saw Eddie Murphy (and his bodyguards) at Tower Records.
And yes I even saw this fool while driving down Sunset Blvd. All credit to Jim Smeal. He apparently wants it.
Never actually saw Gloria, but her hair was perfect.
Popped my head in the door a couple of times looking for Warren - no luck.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jun 28, 2013 - 09:29pm PT
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I nominate Mouse as the Offishul Huell Howser of the Central Valley!
How say ye all?
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Jun 28, 2013 - 09:37pm PT
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Fuel Howitizer you say? How does he feel about bikers?
This is a two part Instructable designed to demonstrate how to construct 1) A hybrid potato cannon capable of accelerating a projectile to supersonic speeds and 2) A cannon mount that resembles a WWII Howitzer field piece.
This is about is powerful as it gets with this size of potato gun. The boom is like a thunder and if you aren't careful you will quickly lose sight of the projectile. It definitely packs a punch and is "just a blast" to fire.
I found most of the parts for the cannon at a plumbing supply store in town and the rest at Home Depot. Then I pieced together the mount from parts I had laying around my home.
The whole cannon can be made with no welding experience as all the parts can either be screwed together are epoxied together. The only difficulty that comes with this is that you have to fix a lot of leaks before you can operate the cannon, but this is not hard to do.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 29, 2013 - 09:58am PT
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Smokin'! Flamin'!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 29, 2013 - 10:10am PT
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Who is this fool Smeal, anyway, that he wants to get in the limelight yet refuses to let his picture get published?
The only Smeals I know I worked with at Ike's Pump and Drilling.
Our usual truck was a '56 Chevy haf-ton with an old Smeal rig mounted on it, complete with stabilizers fro the rear tower set-up.
Similar to the modern version in that it got the job done on small stuff,
our larger rig for turbine work was a Smeal, as well. It used outriggers on the rear when erecting the tower for better...erection and pulling.
Smeal 7T Pump Hoist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah_eCQAezcM
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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Jun 29, 2013 - 11:21am PT
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I think that is actually a Smealette.
Compare for example the Smeal 50T.
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... infinite speed control from zero to 30 feet per minute
I think this is still off the mark we're looking for of 3/5 of a mile in 10 seconds though.
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