tous Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 30 minutes ago, gwalchmai said: What can we estimate photogrammetrically? - boulder size and velocity - tree diameter and pre-shatter deflection OK, I've done the lion's share of the study design. I'll leave the number crunching to the slide-rule guys. Too bad I passed on that interocitor at the estate sale... Never pass up the chance to acquire an interocitor. Or a copy of Electronic Service Unit #16. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 hours ago, gwalchmai said: Anybody calculate that boulder's energy was when it hit that tree? 1.5 metric ass tons. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Energy would be measured in joules. MKS ass joules. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huaco Kid Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 On 6/17/2019 at 10:49 PM, KWalrad said: With the assistance of LSD or not? It's mellowed to a Rocky Mountain high, now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 IIRC, Rock (typically Granite) weighs approximately 169 lbs. per cubic foot Let's just guess the volume of the boulder at 8 ft. x 8 ft. by 8 ft. 512 cubic feet. 169 lbs. per cubic foot times 512 cubic feet = ~86,000 lbs. or about 43 Tons. This puts the rock at approximately 43 tons. The tree, the car, very little, make any difference to it's path or velocity. Let's say I made an error of 50%. So the rock still weighs about 22 Tons. Nothing else still matters! 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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F14Scott Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Anybody calculate that boulder's energy was when it hit that tree?42 cubic zillajoules.If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing, anyway. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, F14Scott said: 42 cubic zillajoules. Zillajoule! YES! Equivalent to Godzilla stomping one Tokyo city metric for one second. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWalrad Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 7 hours ago, gwalchmai said: Anybody calculate that boulder's energy was when it hit that tree? That's an easy one to measure. It's half squared of the buttnugget that flew through the BVD tightey-whities, carseat, car floor, and pavement. Those pieces of random flotsam skittering about as the car made the 180 aren't car parts or Boulder refuse. It's poo. That driver didn't just **** his pants, he **** the pants of every occupant in his car and the car that passed him in the other direction. In fact, he may have shat my pants. I'll get back to you on that last part. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 23 minutes ago, pipedreams said: Room of Dreams Where is the dog? Can't have a room of dreams without a dog to share it with. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 hour ago, pipedreams said: When carrying something and going out the kitchen door into the garage that is one step down from the door handle. Yes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 For simplicity sake, and to avoid having to convert to metric units, lets say it's a BMF boulder. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 1 hour ago, pipedreams said: Room of Dreams Just think - he could have been married, and have blenders and ****. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul53 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Corrected script. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Hallbert Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Just think - he could have been married, and have blenders and ****. LMAO! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Den of Earth Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 9:16 PM, Eric said: We used to shoot bottle rockets at each other, using pieces of scrap conduit as a launch tubes. I can’t believe we never hurt each other much. We did too. Just held the stick tho, no fancy launch tubes for us. And what a racket it causes when your brother tries lighting them on the kitchen stove, brother two closes the door just to be smart, so in a panic brother one dumps the lit rocket in the kitchen sink (big old farm house sink). Took about a week for mom to settle down. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 12 hours ago, pipedreams said: Dang! When playing rock, automobile, tree, always choose rock. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, tous said: When playing rock, automobile, tree, always choose rock. Crap! You played this before! Edited June 22, 2019 by janice6 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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railfancwb Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 People would **** a brick wall if someone transported a dog like this today. Wasn’t Romney castigated for carrying his dog in a carrier strapped to the roof rack of his vehicle? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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