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[Borg warner]

28 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said:

 

[pipedreams]

They used to be professional comedians.
Today they are your health experts.

[railfancwb]

14 minutes ago, pipedreams said:

They used to be professional comedians.
Today they are your health experts.

Looks like a Red Skelton character. 

[Eric]

Here is something pretty random. A homeowner in Muskegon, Michigan found 160 bowling balls under his patio, stairs and house when he went to demolish the wobbly stairs. The guy who built the house 60 years ago apparently used them as fill, during construction.

 

 

 

[Eric]

Here is something I did not know. 85% of the vanillin used to give things vanilla flavor comes from chemicals extracted from fossil fuels. I wonder if the Left is working on a Green Vanilla Initiative?

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In the future, your vanilla ice cream may be made from plastic bottles. Scientists have figured out a way to convert plastic waste into vanilla flavoring with genetically engineered bacteria, according to a new study.

Vanillin, the compound that carries most of the smell and taste of vanilla, can be extracted naturally from vanilla beans or made synthetically. About 85% of vanillin is currently made from chemicals taken from fossil fuels, according to The Guardian. 

Vanillin is found in a wide variety of food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, cleaning and herbicide products, and the demand is "growing rapidly," the authors wrote in the study. In 2018, the global demand for vanillin was about 40,800 tons (37,000 metric tons), and it's expected to grow to 65,000 tons (59,000 metric tons) by 2025, according to the study, published June 10 in the journal Green Chemistry.

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https://www.livescience.com/vanilla-flavor-plastic-waste.html

[Historian]

On 7/28/2021 at 3:36 PM, ChuteTheMall said:

It gets spooky in the snow at night. Worth a visit in any weather.

They did that memorial justice.    Truly.

I wish the WWII memorial was different.  But that's just my thoughts on it.  Still like it.

[Historian]

On 7/28/2021 at 4:21 AM, Schmidt Meister said:

I would love to see the memorial under similar conditions. That had to have been slightly haunting and realistic at the same time.

It truly is.

I like DC.   Lots to see and do.  Lots of action.

I do not like some of the people who have part-time residences there.

[Eric]

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A flight leaving Sudan’s capital of Khartoum was rapidly forced to land last week when a stowaway cat attacked the pilot.

According to Fox News, the Tarco Aviation flight was scheduled to take a little less than four hours and arrive safely in Qatar’s capital of Doha. It was at cruising altitude about 30 minutes to an hour after departure, however, that the surprise feline passenger appeared in the cockpit and clawed at the terrified pilot.

Unfortunately for the passengers on board, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing back at Khartoum International Airport after the crew’s attempts to wrangle the cat failed.

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/stowaway-cat

 

 

[Eric]

There is an annual Coffee Break Festival coming up on 21 August, in Wisconsin.
 

http://www.stoughtonwi.com/coffee-break-festival

[Swampfox762]

On 7/24/2021 at 12:32 AM, Eric said:

I think I'll just stay outta this thread so I won't get in trouble.  

 I read your "explanation" of what should go here and why.  Guess I just don't get the term "Random"... I use to really enjoy the thread. Lot of cool and funny stuff here lookin back thru the pages...

It's all good.

[Eric]

2 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said:

I think I'll just stay outta this thread so I won't get in trouble.  

 I read your "explanation" of what should go here and why.  Guess I just don't get the term "Random"... I use to really enjoy the thread. Lot of cool and funny stuff here lookin back thru the pages...

It's all good.

You can contact me personally at any time to talk over things like this, man. I don't bite. If you want to discuss this, please PM me. Operators are standing by.

[Schmidt Meister]

How A US Air Force Fighter Landed Itself After The Pilot Ejected

https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/cornfield-bomber-the-us-air-force-jet-that-landed-itself/ Tory Rich | July 8, 2021

The story of the “Cornfield Bomber,” an aircraft that landed without a pilot, might not sound very impressive in today’s age of drones and increased automation. The narrative changes drastically when one key piece of information is added: this happened in 1970, after the pilot was forced to eject from a jet he had last control of.

The bizarre event, on February 2nd, 1970, to be precise, took place during a training sortie for the 71st Fighter Interceptor Squadron out of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Three pilots in F-106 Delta Darts took to the sky for a two-on-one combat training exercise. A fourth was a last-minute scratch from the flight schedule after an equipment issue on the runway, leaving instructor pilot Captain Tom Curtis flying solo against fellow instructor pilot, Major James Lowe, and 1st Lieutenant Gary Foust (at the sticks of the “Cornfield Bomber”). Regardless of the hierarchy, bragging rights were at stake.

“Of course, this was a big ego thing, who was the winner…” said Curtis, whose recollection of the day is available at f-106deltadart.com.

Curtis goes on to detail what led to Foust needing to eject from his aircraft: “I figured I could handle Gary pretty easy, but I did not trust Jimmy. I figured he would probably break off and come after me. With this thought in mind, I came at them in full afterburner. I was doing 1.9 Mach when we passed.

I took them straight up at about 38,000 feet. We got into a vertical rolling scissors. I gave [Gary] a high-G rudder reversal. He tried to stay with me, that’s when he lost it. He got into a post-stall gyration… a very violent maneuver. His recovery attempt was unsuccessful and the aircraft stalled and went into a flat spin, which is usually unrecoverable.”

Lt. Foust started running through emergency recovery procedures by the book, but the jet did not respond and continued to spin and plummet to the Earth. Maj. Lowe instructed him to deploy his drag chute, but it only wrapped uselessly around the tail. Out of options, Foust was finally instructed to eject at 15,000 feet. No one could have predicted what happened next. When Foust ejected, the Delta Dart first went nose down, but then recovered on its own and resumed the straight and level flight Foust had been trying to achieve for about 23,000 feet. Lowe watched Foust eject, and then witnessed the unmanned F-106 take things from there, improbably flying itself away. Unfazed, Lowe still had time for humor, and quipped over the radio: “Gary, you’d better get back in it!” Of course, Foust had little choice but to watch, dumbfounded, as he floated safely to the ground in the mountains of Montana, to be later extracted by locals on snowmobiles.

“I had assumed it crashed,” he said years later in an interview at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (where the jet now sits). However, over fifty miles away as the crow (or Delta Dart) flies, the jet skidded on its belly to a safe landing in a field near a town called Big Sandy. The high-performance interceptor hadn’t gone unnoticed on its approach through rural Montana. According to a 1978 article in the Mohawk Flyer (a local paper near Griffiss AFB in NY, where this particular jet had since been re-assigned), a local sheriff got in touch with the Air Force at Malmstrom and got instructions on how to throttle down the still-turning aircraft. The jet was melting the snow beneath it and still lurching slowly across the field. The understandably apprehensive sheriff decided to instead let the jet punch itself out and run out of fuel, which took another hour and 45 minutes. Fortunately, bystanders had kept a safe distance from the unpredictable monstrosity that managed to crawl another 400 yards. The radar in its nosecone was still sweeping and would have been hazardous to anyone approaching the aircraft from the front, as well. When the dust (or snow) had settled, Foust’s wayward steed was no worse for the wear besides a gash in the belly. It was partially disassembled and transported by train to California, where it was repaired and eventually returned to service.

With the rise of the F-15, and as the Soviets began to focus more on inter-continental ballistic missiles over long-range bombers for nuclear deterrence, the F-106 was slowly phased out. Ironically, many were converted to the QF-106, an unmanned drone used for target practice. This bird, however, was not one of them. Tail number 58-0787 ended up as one of the jets at the 49th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, the Air Force’s last F-106 squadron, at Griffis AFB. As fate would have it, Foust would be stationed there, along with his wingman the day of the incident, James Lowe, who was now his squadron commander. Lowe, who apparently has a delightfully twisted sense of humor, saw to it that Foust was paired back up with his old aircraft.

How did the “Cornfield Bomber” land itself?

An unmanned jet flying itself to a safe landing, away from a populated area, and almost completely unharmed, is improbable, to be sure. It was more than just dumb luck, however. As theorized by Peter Grier in his Air Force Magazine article, the force of the rockets from Foust’s ejection seat, as well as the shift in the aircraft’s center of gravity from a now missing pilot, corrected the spin and set the aircraft back to what it was naturally shaped to do, take advantage of lift and fly.

As it turns out, the attempted recovery procedures carried out by Foust before he bailed out were significant in saving the aircraft. One of those measures was to “trim” the aircraft to take-off settings, which happen to be very similar to those for landing. Trim refers to automated settings that free the pilot from having to maintain constant pressure on the controls to keep flight surfaces (flaps, ailerons, etc.) in the correct position for a given phase of flight (ascent, descent, maintain altitude, etc.) “When Gary ejected, the aircraft was trimmed wings-level for about 175 knots (200 mph), a very nice glide setting,” Curtis said in his account.

Another element of the jet’s salvation, as noted by Grier, may have been a concept in aeronautics known as “ground effect.” In short, ground effect is a change in aerodynamics as an aircraft gets closer to the ground. Because of the way air interacts with the aircraft’s wings as it nears landing, drag is decreased and lift is increased, causing an aircraft to “float,” which is a very plausible explanation for such little damage sustained in this case.

[Schmidt Meister]

Sign we saw outside the Rock Creek General Store. Everything you need, one stop. Gas, Convenience And Liquor Store, Bait Shop. Near the entrance to Itasca State Park, MN.

After thought: @Eric, would this qualify for this thread or the BookFace thread. Just trying to get the feel for this 'random' format. Serious query.

[Schmidt Meister]

Jay Leno went into the audience at his show to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience.

There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!

She said it was midwinter...snowing and quite cold... and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City, Utah.

It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.

They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte!! They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while.

Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point here she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car.

They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation.

Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold.

Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humour of the moment, she answered her date's concerns about' what is taking so long' with a reply that indeed, she was 'freezing her butt off' and in need of some assistance! He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem.

Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.

As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be 'pants down'. And you thought your first date was embarrassing. Jay Leno's comment..... 'This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.'

Oh and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.

[Schmidt Meister]

I need to get a job as quality control at this factory. My station could be right beside this machine.