Compliments to the van driver!
Thanks Maurice!
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Just minding my own busine- WAIT FOR THE PEDESTRIANS YOU PIECE OF SHIT!
Compliments to the van driver!
Thanks Maurice!
Yikes, bad news, 6 in the hospital after roller coaster "The Sandblaster" derails in Florida
Emergency services rescued 10 riders from a dangling roller coaster car at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk. A total of six people have been sent to the hospital, including two riders who fell to the ground from more than 30 feet
https://twitter.com/i/moments/1007450258253574151
the last Stinson A Trimotor in existence was protected from a wildfire in 1968. 1 of 32 built. It crashed in 1947 and for years unsuccessful attempts had been made to get it out of the tundra.
A BLM official was looking for a crew to volunteer to save the only remaining example of an old Stinson A Trimotor supposedly for the Smithsonian Institute. The aircraft was in the path of a massive fire.
It was 1968 and these guys may have wanted to fight wildfires, or, avoid the draft. Either way, they were in the vast tundra of Alaska having bugged out of their previous jobs in Glacier National Park in Montana.
in 1964 J.D. “Red” Berry acquired rights to the plane that had crash-landed in 1947 and spent the next eight years getting it out of the tundra.
Berry wrote a very interesting and entertaining book called “Stinson Tri Motor Recovery.”
The aircraft was then purchased by Eugene Coppock in 1970, who spent from 1972 until 1979 rebuilding the Trimotor and finally flew it for the first time in July of 1979.
The Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum purchased the Trimotor in 1988 and considered it the jewel of their impressive collection. Greg Herrick, a private collector, then purchased and had the aircraft restored in 1998 (click here for an article detailing that restoration) and it is currently housed in Minnesota.
https://disciplesofflight.com/saving-the-last-stinson-trimotor/
http://fireaviation.com/2016/05/16/firefighters-in-1968-saved-the-last-stinson-a-trimotor-from-an-approaching-wildfire/
https://www.facebook.com/platinumfightersales/
WW2 B-26 warbird project for $120,000
B-26 project.
This aircraft saw combat in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, during World War II. She was assigned to the 28th Composite Group, 73rd Bomb Squadron, and took part in bombing missions over Dutch Harbor, during the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians in June of 1942.
Ironically, this aircraft was nicknamed “Basket Case”. She flew a few more patrols, searching for Japanese transports and warships, until August 16, 1942. On returning from a patrol mission she skidded off of the runway at Naknek Airfield, due to bad weather.
This aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair at that time, and was stripped for parts, and abandoned. This is a viable restoration project capable of being returned to flight.
https://www.facebook.com/platinumfightersales/posts/10156299285849669
military surplus planes... not in one piece, but, also not very expensive for artists, creative types making yard art, etc etc
34 T-28's. 15 are currently registered and have logbooks. Engine, props, tons of spares
https://www.facebook.com/platinumfightersales/posts/10156527559549669
Jaques in Pomerode-SC Brazil, sent me photos of his cool gravity racers... that he made for good roads, and off road, when he was a kid. Very cool! "carrinho de rolimã" in Portuguese
The rules on making competitive Rolima:
It must be no more than 1.5 m in length, with roller wheels and no steering wheel or sharp objects.
Simple huh!
But these wheels do not work on grass or dirt hills.
So Jaques used either wood wheels or lawn mower wheels to ride through grass and mud, and you see in the below image
His first car in 1994 was made by his father, based on a car that his father built for him. So, 3 generations have been enjoying a sport, that isn't difficult to get into, nor expensive to stay in. His home town didn't have smooth paved roads when he was a kid, so they couldn't use some slick bearings for wheels, they had to go with these lamnmower wheels you see below.
https://www.bcnoticias.com.br/inscricoes-abertas-para-torneios-de-carrinho-de-rolima-e-de-pipas-em-camboriu/ top image only, the others are all from Jaques!
Thanks Jaques!
Lucio Venna – nome de plume of painter and commercial artist Giuseppe Landsmann (1897-1974)
At just fifteen years old he left the lagoon city and his family, with the firm conviction of dedicating himself to painting, and in May 1912 arrives in the rich and culturally dynamic of Florence at the beginning of the century.
one of the first Futurist artists and an active contributor to the movement’s initiatives in the very first years after Filippo Tommaso Marinetti founded it.
In the early 1920s, Venna left both Futurism and painting, and focused entirely on commercial art.
http://www.italianways.com/lucio-vennas-cinema-and-cars/
one more time. Quit trying to correct what YOU think is wrong on my blog. It's annoying. Just move along, go find some other site to entertain you. Today, Bob's monkey wrench, ironically, smacked him in his face
Bob Foss commented -
The wrench that 'Trendy' is using is NOT a monkey wrench. It is probably an 18" or so pipe wrench. This is a monkey wrench. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench
The term monkey wrench is also used colloquially to refer to the pipe wrench, owing to their broadly similar shapes. is the 3rd sentence at that link he thought would correct my use of the term Monkey Wrench
I replied in the comments section: (and want all of you to just chill the fuck out with the constant criticism)
Bob, you didn't read that Wiki link... I quote the relevant 3rd sentenceThe wrench that 'Trendy' is using is NOT a monkey wrench. It is probably an 18" or so pipe wrench. This is a monkey wrench. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_wrench
The term monkey wrench is also used colloquially to refer to the pipe wrench, owing to their broadly similar shapes. is the 3rd sentence at that link he thought would correct my use of the term Monkey Wrench
I replied in the comments section: (and want all of you to just chill the fuck out with the constant criticism)
"The term monkey wrench is also used colloquially to refer to the pipe wrench, owing to their broadly similar shapes."
Now, why are you writing to try and correct me when I'm right, entertaining, and generally speaking, humorous?
Just because I'm colloquially conversational, and may not be deemed 100% accurate by the judges of the linguistic dept of Oxford, or the stick up your ass, isn't a good reason for you to tip over my apple cart of wonders I'm delivering to the masses. Think... are you making the day any better by raining on my parade?
Have you, ever, sent me a fucking cool thing to share, to offset the criticism you send?
Just consider... you could be making someone happy right now, but instead, you are unsuccessfully trying to get me to not use the term monkey wrench, and, you sent me proof that I was indeed not wrong.
Find something to be happy about, and quit pissing in my cheerios. I'm busy over here making a bunch of people happy to stop by and see what I've put on the internet today.
“The Rolls Royce of dumper trucks” under construction, by James Sebright. Caterpillar 725, 735, 745 models
Made in England, specifically in Peterlee, one of County Durham’s flagship manufacturers.
The factory here started life as a moderately successful family-owned British concern making trucks. This was bought by the American giant who were able to invest a great deal into the factory, both financially and in terms of knowledge.
With an apprentice program providing meaningful work to young people in the area, and the opportunity to go all the way to the top (the current MD started as an apprentice in the factory); the company engages with the community in lots of meaningful ways, for example sharing their training facilities with schools, the unemployed and ex-servicemen.
Year 12 students gain first hand experience of Engineering/Manufacturing processes in the real world, how raw material enters the factory, is processed, painted, and assembled to the completed product. In relating classroom theory to technology such as as CAD/CAM/CNC machinery, robotics and assembly techniques are used to create products.
The Peterlee plant makes articulated vehicles for all conditions, from -40C in Arctic tundra, to 40C in the Sahara.
It uses 35,000 tonnes of steel every year to help make its trucks, and could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in the same time frame with the oil and fluids needed to run vehicles.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/13934640.Caterpillar__which_has_a_plant_in_Peterlee__warns_of_tough_year_ahead/
http://trinitycatholiccollege.org.uk/y12-engineering-students-visit-caterpillar-peterlee/
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14344652.County_Durham_s_Banks_Mining_teams_up_with_Peterlee_s_Caterpillar_in___3_5m_expansion/
Thanks Steve!
the Old Red Museum of Dallas has a history exhibit of Mobil Socony Vacuum
Built in 1892, the beautifully restored Old Red Courthouse became the Old Red Museum, a local history museum, in 2007, and contains some of Dallas' most fascinating historical artifacts.
There is a special exhibit gallery on the first floor, while the second floor is filled with exhibits, 41-touch screen computers, an educational learning center and four mini theatres.
Mobil Oil Company’s trademark has been a feature of Dallas since first welcoming attendees to a 1934 petroleum convention.
The flying red horses began their journey in 1911, when a Vacuum Oil Company subsidiary in Cape Town, South Africa, first trademarked the Pegasus logo. Based in Rochester, New York, Vacuum Oil had built a successful petroleum lubricants business around an 1869 patent by its founder, Hiram Everest, long before gasoline was even a branded product. At first, a stylized red gargoyle advertised the company, which produced early petroleum-based lubricants for horse-drawn carriages and steam engines.
The Pegasus trademark proved to be a more enduring image. In Greek mythology, Pegasus – a winged horse – carried thunderbolts for Zeus. By 1931 growth of the automobile industry expanded the Vacuum Oil product lineup to include Pegasus Spirits and Mobilgas – later simplified to Mobil.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/news/2015/06/29/8-years-after-opening-dallas-old-red-museum-is-still-in-the-red
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County_Courthouse_(Texas)
https://aoghs.org/petroleum-art/high-flying-trademark/
The Philippine govt has a policy to crush illegally imported motorcycles, cars, and scooters... and by simulcasting the crushing of contraband vehicles on state TV, their President Rodrigo Duterte wants to make it clear... he's not going to tolerate illegally imported vehicles. What's his policy on illegal aliens?
over 100 Vespa scooters, a Harley-Davidson and and several other motorcycles and SUVs were destroyed by an excavator.
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/06/13/philippine-government-crushes-over-100-illegally-imported-motorcycles.html
Thanks Gary!
This is why I feel we have to keep watch over the young, the stupid, and the drunk. They'll do any damn fool thing to win a bet. Stop them please. It's embarrassing to everyone
This past weekend, the Winstock Country Music Festival was the place to be, to drink, and this teen was enticed to prove that the exhaust pipe was indeed big enough to put her head in.
19-year-old Kaitlin Strom told the Hutchinson Leader “We were just all having fun and I saw this big exhaust pipe and I was like, ‘Hey, my head could probably fit in that, so I tried it. It did fit, but it didn’t want to come back out.”
Strom said she was trapped for about 45 minutes before firefighters used a chain saw to cut the exhaust pipe and get her head out.
Tom Wold of Darwin, the owner of the exhaust pipe was cool with the whole situation, as you'd expect of a country guy with a diesel truck with a ridiculous exhaust mod.
“I did not know him, but everyone who was around me knew him,” she said. “He was wonderful. I remember getting my head unstuck, and I just looked at him and apologized, and he said, ‘No, I’m just glad you’re OK. Don’t worry about it.’ He has already fixed his exhaust and is going to be working on that. I did not have to pay for anything like that, because he was absolutely wonderful.”
http://www.citypages.com/music/try-not-to-do-this-video/485257211
http://katu.com/news/offbeat/exhaust-ing-ordeal-woman-gets-head-stuck-in-tailpipe
http://www.crowrivermedia.com/hutchinsonleader/news/local/second-video-propels-litchfield-teen-to-internet-fame/article_6dc54133-4683-56f3-83d9-becf75551f7f.html
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
This is a Pizza truck, it comes and makes Pizza in your driveway, or business, or where ever. 1937 Dodge and woodfired pizza oven
a wood fired oven on the back of a 1937 Dodge Truck.
Maiale Di Volo, otherwise known as “The Flying Pig” is based in Beaverton Oregon, providing catering services to the Greater Portland Metro and Southwest Washington area.
http://maialedivolopizza.com/about.html
http://www.foodcartsportland.com/2013/11/12/maiale-di-volo/
http://viralthings.tumblr.com/post/128387286969/this-is-a-pizza-truck-it-comes-and-makes-pizza-in
Highway 1 by Big Sur California, the southern route might open as early as late July, and vacationers can once again travel California coast
It's been 14 months, and they've moved a hell of a lot of dirt, and the highway is a bit ahead of schedule to get opened to traffic. It was the largest landslide ever recorded on the Big Sur coast, and covered a third of a mile of the highway and burying it beneath 40 feet of dirt and rock.
The slide also added 15 acres to California’s picturesque coastline.
So the target date for completion, previously set for mid-September, has been moved forward to late July
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/12/big-surs-southern-route-to-open-in-late-july/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-highway-1-reopen-20180613-story.html
and there's a great drone video in hi def at https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article213044949.html
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