agreed. Greg's contention is that "North America" is a term for a section of the northern USA, at least the way I read it. I'm just trying to make clear that "North America" is the continent from Panama to the tip of Baffin Island, not some designated territorial area of the USA.
You mean North America or land/corporate ownership within the USA?
I'm taking this all tongue-in-cheek, BTW. My nlood pressure is still staying at its normal 128/72. Jay CNS&M Wireheads of the world, unite!
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 01:05:06 UTC, Mark Newton wrote: 2000
Just look at photos of steamers in the late days of steam, especially those that ran in bad water districts. Looking at a picture of an Espee cab-forward in clean condition you see mineral deposits running from the turret to the running board, deposits on the running board below the pop valves and deposits below the whistle. Anywhere steam was exhausted (or leaked) or water leaked there would be deposits. Since I never saw a steamer that wasn't dripping water I would say there were plenty of opportunities for mineral deposits. I will discuss blowdown in answer to another post.
If you think these deposits are easy to remove then you haven't been around any of our hard water areas.
In the good old days when the railroads tried to keep their passenger locos in good shape you didn't see the deposits on them as they were wiped down after each run. The freight units were not so lucky.
Having said all that you still need pictures to tell you how to position the deposits and how large and dense they should be.
No. USA means USA. America means the whole continent. See reference to "Humpty Dumpty" earlier in the thread. I think Canada may be the largest country in the world now that the USSR is defunct. I don't know for certain, because I suppose the remaining Russian Republic is still pretty damn big. Anyway, canada is more grass than I care to mow. Its a whole lot bigger than Amer.........uh, I mean the USA.
Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, my oldest kid, who is currently a Chief Petty Officer in the U. S. Navy (which may give you an idea just how old and crusty I am), used to sing a parody of a ommercial -- something to do with "...you deserve a real burger today, at McLaughlin's..."
Real meat, with 25 % pork and 25 % lamb, ground at home with the beef; real Emmentahler for those who wanted Swiss, and Tillamook cheddar for those who did not understand real cheese....
What has happened to hamburger standards!!!???
... and by the way, here are special four letter word treats for the North Dakota idiot -- meat, lamb, pork.
Grind on that.
-- Jim McLaughlin
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Since Panama was a state in Colombia until Teddy Roosevelt wanted the mosquito ditch, where in Colombia does North America end and South America begin?
Well, as I don't live on those continents and the ships I was involved with were too big to fit through the ditch, why should I care? Washington perhaps?
Actually, to correct myself, it's Ellesmere Island. I didn't have a map in front of me at the time and I have since looked at the globe because Baffin Is. didn't sound right.
I'm trying to find my copy of "Why Australia Is A Continent, Japan Is Not, and Greenland Is Up for Grabs", or something like that. In it, the author asks "What denotes a continent?"
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