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Recent content by joecr
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ot, opinions on the savage model 93 ,17 caliber X-mas for a big guy.
Hard to recommend my Ithaca 22, trap-door single shot. But I was 5, Dad was kind of heavy on safety, so that's what I got. I did envy my older brother's gun, but I still have mine. Things get mixed up over the years, so I had to get my Ithaca back by trading back my big sister's fine Remington...- joecr
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How to make this?
Speaking of English, what happened with that fine old English word "Cwen"? Sensible, pronounceable, but now I see it spelled "Queen". What's up with that? Entertaining thread could have died right here: -
How to make this?
Since I'm of six generations now in Texas, if everyone who got here later just left, that'd be great. Having 12 generations on this continent since 1623, if everyone who got here later would just leave, that'd be great too. Oops, there's my mom's side. That would cut out everyone who got here in... -
Need advice for small, dedicated gear cutter
For no particular reason, posting this picture of the old Fellows plant; I happened to be driving by a couple of days ago. I read it once had 3000 people working there, when Springfield only had 8000 in total. edit. Springfield, "Home of the Fellows Gear Shaper", seems to have taken a... -
Japanese earthquake and tsunami
Tepco's own comments should be read When all this started, reactor #4 was cold and empty. Fuel was deep underwater in a cooling pond. Maybe it got cracked, or raided for water to cool other reactors. URGENT: Spraying boracic acid eyed to prevent recriticality at No. 4 reactor | Kyodo News... -
Japanese earthquake and tsunami
Venting of containment chamber is not piped away, why? On a practical matter, why are emergency overpressure vents not piped some safe distance away? At least the inevitable explosion shock would not be so hard on the containment. Overpressure from lots of hydrogen is not a surprise, they... -
Japanese earthquake and tsunami
CNN just now, quoting Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary: Japan quake, tsunami death toll risesThis Just In - CNN.com Blogs Car safety improved by smashing actual models into a test wall that has no substitute. Not so common with nuke plants. I expect plenty of lessons will come out of this. They... -
Japanese earthquake and tsunami
My first thought has to be "that can't be good...." -
Ethical Job Posting? Musings on Craiglist
This is a cool gadget. In an older interview, he gave a demo by aiming it out of an office window at some unsuspecting pedestrian below. Said something like "This is God, and I know what you did". No one else around that pedestrian heard a thing. But although a tightly focused pair of... -
Ethical Job Posting? Musings on Craiglist
Beam with a short throw of 1-5 feet? If you can make an RF beam stop after a few feet, you're the Jedi engineer that invented the light saber and Darth Vader is trying to hire you. Or someone with a vague idea and modest technical expertise thinks magic is easy and cheap. -
McMaster did it again. It's 8:00 AM and my order is here.
I was told years ago by a Mech Engr that you could rebuild western civilization with a McMaster-Carr catalog. He gave me one, out of date but I couldn't disagree Their website is well done. Out of all these comments, someone must have an actual name or department that should receive a... -
OT: "Ghost trains" or freight-cars as economic indicators
Warren Buffet is known for watching that too. Not the richest guy on earth, but maybe #3 behind Gates and Mubarak and makes good bets most of the time. local news, BNSF Railway to spend $3.5 billion this year on upgrades, equipment | Business | Dallas ... "BSNF Railway says it will spend $3.5... -
OT:How to move a barn
What about moving a barn with one person, not 344? Or building a full-weight replica of Stone Henge by a single person using only stone age technology. And no handles. Pyramids, Stonehenge, Easter Island and the Great Pyramid explained by Wallace Wallington! Techniques are shown here Building... -
Help finding oil filter
And you can get a new keyboard cheap at Fry's in Downer's Grove :D -
magnetic gernetor
I might have mentioned this. Many years ago, a big UPS was put in to hold up minicomputers in a control system we were putting in. A friend notices the neutral wire was way smaller than the hot wire, called bs on the poor excuse for an electrician putting it in. The electrician told him, "most...