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OT Ship collision

Why,apparently, did both navy ship get damaged so close to the water line? Didn't the freighter and the oil tanker have...
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posted by ivanvegvary
12 comments posted 9yrs posted by ivanvegvary

OT How did your eclipse go?

My 16 year old watched eclipse with his science class. I picked up my 11 year old from school 20 minutes before the top...
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posted by ignoramus22488
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by ignoramus22488

Saw the eclipse: Wow.

As luck had it, I found myself in Sun Valley Idaho on business. Right inthe path of totality. Words can't describe what...
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posted by rangerssuck
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Lathe RPM

Is there a speed you just routinely find yourself using most of the time? As I've said many times. I'm not a "real" mac...
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posted by none
8 comments posted 9yrs posted by none

Impeachment is nigh

https://twitter.com/JohnWDean/status/899015068255371265/photo/1
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posted by cap
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eclipse. car tint vs welders mask

Hello. I was wondering if 18% car tint would be the same as using a welders mask to use with my camera. I was thinking...
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posted by nytekrawlr05
18 comments posted 9yrs posted by nytekrawlr05

OT: Local Fire

9pm 8/17/17 I had an exciting day. After hearing a helicopter circling around my neighborhood, I walked out back and wa...
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posted by ljaques
3 comments posted 9yrs posted by ljaques

Where to repair a cast iron casting (transmission)

I bought a used industrial machine (a huge pipe threader). It is a super nice machine in all respects and was rebuilt i...
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posted by ignoramus8462
15 comments posted 9yrs posted by ignoramus8462

Ping Jim: modelling lithium-ion cells

Hey Jim, this may be over-the-top arcane, but SAE is offering a free webinar described as "Learn how to produce physics...
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posted by huntres23
2 comments posted 9yrs posted by huntres23

Big gearbox design

Any gearbox experts here? Just puzzling over why really big gearboxes are c ommonly avoided. Locomotives mostly use ele...
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posted by christopher.tidy
26 comments posted 9yrs posted by christopher.tidy

Chicken Sandwich..

Time for a good laugh! Those guys tricked that chicken pretty good, eih? :>} https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=285_1502622...
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posted by pkangas
0 comments posted 9yrs posted by pkangas

The Solar Energy Fraud

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/08/the_solar_energy_fraud.html August 14, 2017 The Solar Energy Fraud By N...
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posted by whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1
10 comments posted 9yrs posted by whiney_will_have_his_nose_in_my_ass_in_3_2_1

Iggy Old Military Manuals

Do you by any chance have one on a compressor from The Cornelius Co out of Minneapolis Minnesota? The compressor is a 1...
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posted by none
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