Random Randomness.

[casimir]

I’ll never look at Zenobia Shriners in the little cars in a parade the same way going forward.

Edited January 2, 2024 by casimir

[chasfh]

No way it was a setup to get media attention, right?

[Tigeraholic1]

On 1/2/2024 at 9:56 AM, Deleterious said:

2024 is off and running.

Steve should go get Brandon and Dylan to exact some revenge.  

 

LOL bikers! Those are mini bikes at best.

[Deleterious]

The Cheers set.

[oblong]

The designer of that set negotiated a royalty for every episode.  A decent one too. When the bosses found out later they were not happy about it.  

[Motor City Sonics]

2 hours ago, oblong said:

The designer of that set negotiated a royalty for every episode.  A decent one too. When the bosses found out later they were not happy about it.  

They hate when someone does what they do first. 

[Deleterious]

I was confused af when I saw headlines saying people are lining up to buy Stanley cups.  

[Motor City Sonics]

Everyone in Michigan today

 

[oblong]

“We’re not a bank Jerry”

”if I want bank interest on $750,000 I  go to Midwest federal and talk to Bill Deel” 

[Motor City Sonics]

5 hours ago, oblong said:

“We’re not a bank Jerry”

”if I want bank interest on $750,000 I  go to Midwest federal and talk to Bill Deel” 

It's a pretty sweet deal

[Motor City Sonics]

Never found out why Jerry needed the money so badly.  I guess that's the MacGuffin of the movie.    

[oblong]

31 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Never found out why Jerry needed the money so badly.  I guess that's the MacGuffin of the movie.    

There was  the scene in the bar when he was going over the details and Carl is about to say something and just says, paraphrasing, “ah screw it. Let’s check out that tan Sierra”.  Was the $750K from Wade to cover his debt or a real deal he’d use the proceeds to cover?

 

I use the line “you ask Stan Grossman, he’ll tell you” when trying to convince someone of a good idea I have. 

[Motor City Sonics]

6 hours ago, oblong said:

There was  the scene in the bar when he was going over the details and Carl is about to say something and just says, paraphrasing, “ah screw it. Let’s check out that tan Sierra”.  Was the $750K from Wade to cover his debt or a real deal he’d use the proceeds to cover?

 

I use the line “you ask Stan Grossman, he’ll tell you” when trying to convince someone of a good idea I have. 

Well Stan did say it was a pretty sweet deal.    Yer darn tootin' 

[oblong]

They called the Shuttle The Flying Brick.  From a technical standpoint it was always an experimental test vehicle.   Both accidents were not suprises when they happened.  

 

[gehringer_2]

7 hours ago, oblong said:

They called the Shuttle The Flying Brick.  From a technical standpoint it was always an experimental test vehicle.   Both accidents were not suprises when they happened.  

 

I think the two failures that led to the accidents were quite different from an engineering perspective though. The thermal tiles were a bleeding edge technology and the risks they carried were the 'normal' kind of 'we're doing something way out at the edge that we know is dangerous and this is the best thing we can come up with to even make it possible. OTOH, launching when it was cold enough that the o-rings were going to be stiff enough to leak was bad safety culture creating a risk where none needed to be. The tech and it's safety parameters were well known and easily understood. There was no 'accepted developmental risk' associated with Challenger. That was a man made disaster.

Edited January 16, 2024 by gehringer_2

[oblong]

19 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think the two failures that led to the accidents were quite different from an engineering perspective though. The thermal tiles were a bleeding edge technology and the risks they carried were the 'normal' kind of 'we're doing something way out at the edge that we know is dangerous and this is the best thing we can come up with to even make it possible. OTOH, launching when it was cold enough that the o-rings were going to be stiff enough to leak was bad safety culture creating a risk where none needed to be. The tech and it's safety parameters were well known and easily understood. There was no 'accepted developmental risk' associated with Challenger. That was a man made disaster.

You are right.  The tiles were an issue known all along. I mean they were there for a reason and times were replaced after each mission. Each one was hand placed and many had to be specifically cut. In that scenario nobody really did anything wrong. Conspiracy theories abound that leadership knew it was doomed, but like they said in Apollo 12 after being struck by lightning at launch and worrying about the heat shield and chute electronics being fried preventing deployment,  “well we would die now or 10 days from now so we might as well do the mission”  They were test pilots.

Doing “rescues” wasn’t feasible given all the prep work involved in a mission and having consumables onboard the doomed craft to support a crew for the time it would take. For a later mission they did have one setup as contingency.  But it would not be easy due to the # of spacesuits required for EVA. I saw an elaborate flowchart showing the sequence between Astros going up and who was already there based on body size.  
 

The O rings was a failure by management and politicians rushing missions and not listening to the engineers. Great documentary on Netflix about it. The Apollo guys involved in the investigation were not happy. 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

On 1/13/2024 at 6:22 AM, Motor City Sonics said:

Everyone in Michigan today

 

and everyone in the PNW today

[Deleterious]

Massive layoffs at Sports Illustrated today.  A report I read said it might be every employee.  SI is essentially dead.  

 

[oblong]

yeah they are building a new hotel in Ann Arbor and throwing the SI name up on it as a brand.

it stinks but among all the lamenting I see about it I have to ask when the last time anybody bought a magazine?

 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[CMRivdogs]

Go to O'Reilly Auto Parts website. Once you in enter 121g in the parts search.

 

You're welcome

[Deleterious]

 

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, Deleterious said:

 

I've been following the gallery on the web site since they started it. It's quite the thing, but I think they got the pyramids built faster.

[oblong]

I can’t wait to run over it. It will be open to pedestrian traffic. 
 

Running over the ambassador bridge for the free press half marathon was so amazing.  That alone makes the training worth it. 

[Biff Mayhem]

7 hours ago, oblong said:

I can’t wait to run over it. It will be open to pedestrian traffic. 
 

Running over the ambassador bridge for the free press half marathon was so amazing.  That alone makes the training worth it. 

You should really do the Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk/Run. Talk about a great experience!