I'd be willing to bet that your understanding of this is accurate!

Thanks! I didn't know that.

"Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings

In the rooms of her ice-water mansion

Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams

The islands and bays are for sportsmen

And farther below Lake Ontario

Takes in what Lake Erie can send her"

If you get a book on "fluid dynamics" it covers liquids and gasses, which follow many of the same engineering principles. The major exception is the compressibility of gasses.

The British called the capital of China "Peking" when they forced trade onto China, and it remained Peking in the west for a long time. In 1979, China requested that the west pronounce it a more accurate "Beijing", and it has continued since then.

When Alexander the Great took over Egypt, the people from that country called themselves "Kemet" (or something like that). The way we pronounce Egypt is a rough translation from the Greek.

If you want your roof to be warm in the winter (for melting snow, etc), make sure its black.

If you want your roof to be cooler in the summer, make it white. Why don't we do this? Fashion, and the desire to make sure someone will be willing to buy the house a few years in the future.

I live in tornado country, and I've seen a DOT structure that is thick steel-reinforced concrete in a dome shape. Its the shape that is the most resistant to high winds.

Why aren't houses shaped like this? https://www.thestructuralengineer.info/storage/news/562/featured_image/1160/665e96c29d55b13435d7a8d39deafe53_XL.jpg

I noticed that each wire wrap on a transformer is roughly one volt, so I wonder if that's how one volt of potential acquired that value?

Thanks. I try to present interesting stories in the most compelling way possible.

It's been a while, I may have gotten some of the details wrong.

Lots of children, so sad.

There had been a home with a septic pit in the basement. When the road was widened by the government, that house was demoed like many others.

Then, someone decided to install a public water well in a certain intersection, near the old cesspit.

There was a water table that was refreshed by rain up in the hills. edit: a water table is a layer of sand with a layer of clay under it. Rain percolates down through the soil and hits the clay, then spreads out sideways to make a flat "table" of water. Digging a well is best done near a river, but not too close.

The sun caused tides once a day on the Thames River, and once a month when the moon was on the same side of the Earth as the sun, the double tide makes the Thames water level higher.

Under the right conditions, the water table flows back towards the land, instead of flowing from the land to the river. It flowed from the abandoned cesspit towards the well.

It's a joint military exercise...and both sides are learning quite a bit.

1324 BC was when King Tut was buried. his tomb has a steel dagger made from an iron meteorite.

I use them for cleaning the ceiling fan blades, and then I throw them away.

Millwright, assembly-line mechanic. 24V relays, pneumatics, programmable logic chips PLC's

Robot arms on an assembly line are sometimes electro-hydraulic, or electro-pneumatic, or full electrical with synchros and servo motors. Stepper motors. If you want to impress people, build your own bomb defusing robot with a camera and robot arm. 6WD. Use RC components. Opto-couplers as a switch activator. Hall sensors, reed switches. Normally open, normally closed NO/NC...

Also basic 120V/240V motors and drives. 3-phase, single-phase...

If you can do one, you can do the other.

I agree. Byner was good, but I don't think this was the role for him.

For 1/2, 3/4, 1.0, 1.5 screws, I usually get coarse drywall screws. They are so cheap they are hard to beat. I hate Philips, but...they are cheap.

for 1.0, 1.5 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 I get #8 deck screws with a T25 head.

https://fascofas.com/products/green-color-t25-torx-star-drive-deck-screws-deck-dock-fence-building-construction-fasteners

They take a 1/8th inch drill for a pilot hole, and you can get a cheap 3-pack of 1/8th inch drills with hex shank so they will work in a drill, and also in a 1/4 hex shank driver.

https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-impact-rated-hex-shank-titanium-drill-bit-set-3-piece-64889.html

For bolts, I always keep some 1/4-20 in several lengths. Anything else and I just go to the store if I really need a different size.

I got the 18V Ridgid brushless compact driver specifically because it has the shortest head for getting into tight spots. Nothing wrong with DeWalt/MilwaukeeMakita/etc, but...You can always add an extension, but you cant make it shorter. Others are stronger, but this one will drive T25 deck screws all day.

https://www.amazon.com/RIDGID-Brushless-Compact-Impact-Driver/dp/B09PPZDK9N/ref=sr_1_5

1/4-drive and 3/8ths adapters allow you to drive nuts and bolts with a socket set the 1/2 inch drive never gets used.

https://www.harborfreight.com/hex-shank-socket-driver-set-3-piece-68513.html

I buy peanuts in clear plastic bottles to use the empty bottle to store screws and nails in. Look for a large opening screw-top lid. I prefer the square shaped bottles. Sams Club, Costco, Menards

https://www.menards.com/main/black-friday-2022/fisher-reg-dry-roasted-peanuts-36-oz/7069069824/p-1444436540856-c-13917.htm

Caitlyn Jenner wrote about this in her new book, "Tennis without balls"

As early as the Spanish Civil War, Germany assisted as an "anti-communist" measure. He also took that opportunity to show off recent developments in Germans weaponry in combat situations.

The results were impressive, and were key to convincing the British to back off after Germany took western Czechoslovakia.

In the 19-teens, the Ford Model-T cost around $400, back before financing was available, it had to be a cash purchase.

The first iteration had two forward speeds and a reverse.

Lunch in DC for a congressman, a lobbyist, and each has an assistant.

You can overdose on Tylenol. It will kill your liver. It will be very painful the entire time you're dying.

The only cure is a very painful liver transplant, if they can find a match.

Dont take the wrong medication, and when taking any medication, follow the dosing instructions.

"In spite of Jane's financial success, she was so frugal that she shared her home with another woman to help with expenses. We can only imagine how lonely she must have been, having never found a man to share a life with her and her three cats"

Vito got him out of Italian prison in order to use him as muscle. There was a veneer of friendship that was useful in motivating Brasi, but...the Don never completely trusted Brasi or loved him.

I've always laughed at the trope of an infantry soldier who turns out to be a badass. I've met a LOT of infantry soldiers. Snipers however, are actually trained and go on exercises where they stalk and outmaneuver the enemy.

The snipers I've met (I am no sniper), were second enlistment guys with combat experience. They were mature and calm. They were wicked smaht. A good sniper is playing a chess game with the enemy. There are times when the task calls for a muscle-head, but not sniping.