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Why am I thinking of an Elephant Seal???

When you see how large pieces of heavy steel behave like.... rubber, it's mind boggling that a structure as big as an aircraft carrier can be built. And I'm a 72 year old retired structural engineer. It's like religion, you have to believe the calculations! They allow you to do things... unimaginable!

Man, I NEEDED that! I totally forgot about her! If she composed and arranged this, she is at the highest level of music creativity/genius. (have to post on my Facebook page - Primus and Prokofiev make a little space.)

RE: The Destruction of America The Big Problem was that when this country was founded, Christianity was everywhere. People had Christian values. And so Free Speech among religious Christians made sense - especially when a lot came here to escape religion persecution. Religion, eh? But now The Young are running wild since they are not religious - their undeveloped brains are gullible, delusional, ignorant, naive, etc., and exhibit Dunning Kruger, etc. which are seduced by the internet which corrupts the real world they experience directly. Societal structure is being destroyed by chaos, groups of people that incompatible creeds, honors, ethics, etc. - no longer Christianity in common. Dare to imagine what the world will be like when in <100 years, Christianity will be dead and in <200 years, Islam will be dead. EDIT: I recently put 1 + 1 together: If you look at religions on the planet, the older ones convert into the newer ones. Christianity spread all over. But the newest religion is Islam which start around 500 AD. Islam has spread all over - changing some Christian states into Islam. And then Muhammad said he is the last prophet which I thought was rather arrogant. So what But wait: Islam is going to be the last religion - can you imagine a new religion sweeping over the earth after the internet has transformed reality? ...what was it that Mu said???? He was going to be the last prophet??? Holly Shit, I'll bet he is right. Did this guy foresee the end of religion and saw how to be the Last Man Standing?

Wonder if any Plane Guys dreamt of this at the Reno Air Races

Wow, just like German where they create new words by stringing them together. Submarine is das Unterseeboot

So many funny things come to mine, but.... how 'bout named "The Bug"?

...reminded me back in the 60's could get a Lahti 20mm Anti-tank for something like $78 complete w/20 rounds.

Occurred to me using military tech could probably target all cars >x mph on a road.

Nobel prize is even a bigger joke run by political maggots. Cofe Annon got it and was responsible for letting the genocide run wild in Rwanda. Annon should have been impeached with dishoron - (if I was King, he would have been hanged.) AND Canadian General Romeo Delair, commander of the NATA forces in R mutinied when Annon order withdrawal and did not abandon the Rwanda people. His men guarded and protected people from the roving militias with no bullets in their guns. If a man ever deserved to get a Nobel Peace Prize, it was Delair.

Is there a fine hair clock spring on the fast idle cam? If there is, it isn't a thermal spring. The only bimetal (thermal) spring is in the black electric choke housing.

There isn't a Fast Idle Spring. The electric choke black plastic cover has a bi-metal spring in it that deforms as it heats up. As the spring moves, it opens the choke. As the choke opens a link moves the fast idle cam that has steps in it. The fast idle adjusting screw is on touches those steps and holds the throttle plate at a higher opening until the choke opens fully, the fast idle screw comes off the cam, and the throttle plate goes to the opening set by the idle screw. This is very basic, universal operation. The issue is the timing: as the choke opens, the idle is reduced. If the choke opens too quickly, the fast idle will drop too quickly. If this happens you wind the choke spring tighter but this could result in too much choke. OR you could turn up the fast idle screw to deal with the choke opening too soon. It's a PITA since the fast idle screw is very hard to get to.

That's funny. Definitely wanted to see what they did with Biden. What? I looked at all GZero posts... and they begin with Trump. No Biden. Seriously, Biden is a cornucopia of comic treasure. No Raegan either. ...meh

I hate Woke - it is fucking up my SciFi The enemy of my enemy...

How did the Bear bomber muster 575 mph from turbo props? More jet thrust?