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SOUTH MILLS, N.C. — After nearly three months of rehabilitation work on lock gates at the Dismal Swamp Canal’s South Mills lock here, Mar. 6, 2012. A crew from U.S. Facilities, Inc., reinstall the two gates, which will safely extend their serviceability for up to 15 years. The two gates are part of the eight sets of gates throughout the Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal waterways. Managed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, each set of the canal’s gates is refurbished on a rotational basis every five years. The Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canals form the historic Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which provides pleasure boaters and commercial shippers with a protected inland channel between Norfolk, Va., and Miami, Fla. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the oldest continually operating manmade canal in the United States. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Gerald Rogers)
South transept window. Church foundation stone sanctuary & nave 15 Aug 1864 by Fr John Smythe, opened 1866 on land donated by Franz Weikert, walls of shale & sandstone quarried on property, stonework carved by Brother Francis Waldman. Tower foundation stone 8 Jun 1871 by Fr Julian Tennison Woods, consecrated 7 Feb 1875, north transept 1910, south transept opened 16 Nov 1997. Jesuit priest, Fr Kranewitter, with Brothers Schreiner & Sadler had settled at Sevenhill in 1851 in a wattle and daub hut. A two-storey stone building opened Apr 1856 to serve as a boys boarding school and a seminary to train diocesan priests, closed 1885.
“The Right Rev. Dr. Sheil left Kapunda on the afternoon of Friday to dedicate the sanctuary of St. Aloysius's Church, Sevenhill. His Lordship stopped on Friday night at Clarevale, the residence of Patrick McNamara. . . On the afternoon of Saturday the Catholics and many Protestants assembled at St. Patrick's, Undalya, to escort the Bishop to Sevenhills. A procession was formed, in which were not fewer than 300 horsemen and between 30 and 40 vehicles of every description. The residents of the Village of Sevenhills had erected a triumphal arch, on which were beautifully worked in evergreens the crosier and mitre — emblems of the episcopal office. On the College grounds two other arches were erected by the students, who displayed great taste in their design and ornamentation. . . . At least 1,000 persons were present on Sunday to witness and assist at the dedication of a portion of St. Aloysius' Church, an event long and ardently desired by all present.” [Weekly Chronicle 24 Nov 1866]
“The church, which was first used about eight years ago, has been greatly enlarged since . . . The front is very tastefully built of white freestone, and the tower at the western end is at present 70 feet high, but will be raised at a future time. The eastern gable is surmounted by a large stone cross 7 feet in height, and the roof is of slate.” [Evening Journal 9 Feb 1875]
“Fr. Kranewitter . . . first he went to Clare with the handful of Silesians, but a few months later with two newly arrived Austrian lay-brothers, he moved to land about four miles away and on this land stands the Church . . . of Sevenhill. They established St. Aloysius' College here which gave higher education to hundreds of Catholics in those early days, and gave the See of Adelaide its first Bishop and Archbishop.” [Northern Argus 18 Nov 1948]
“Father Kranewitter . . . lived with the Brothers till 1856 in a hut made of clay and stout poles, with a thatched roof. . . In September, 1851, the first vines were planted, the stocks being brought by Bro. Schreiner from Bungaree. . . The immediate sphere of the work of Father Kranewitter and Father Tappeiner in these years was in and round a triangle drawn from Clare to Saddleworth in the south, then north from Saddleworth to the Burra, then south west from the Burra back to Clare. A wooden church was built at Bumburney, near Clare, where the working of copper mines had drawn some Catholic Germans, and Mass was said there as well as at Mintaro (seven miles east) in the house of Peter Brady, at Undalya (sixteen miles south and east) in the house of Patrick McNamara, at Saddleworth (about the same distance, more east) at the house of Patrick Manning, and at the Burra, first at Howley's cottage in. Porter Square, then at Knevett's in Chapel Street. . . A two-storey building of local stone, with a serviceable large garret, built by the Brothers, assisted by hired labor, was finished by April, 1856, so as to allow of the opening of St. Aloysius' College, Sevenhill. . . In 1868 a second wing was added to the College, and by 1875 St. Aloysius' Church, Sevenhill, had been built, as it stands at present, complete, except for its spire. It was built of local material, in fine Gothic style, large enough for a cathedral church, from .drawings supplied at Sevenhill, by the Brothers with the aid of hired work men. All the stone cutting and carving was done by Br Waldmann, the principals supporting the roof, the doors and other furnishings by Br. Schneider.” [Southern Cross 30 Oct 1936]
In the early 1980's, the famed Pennsy GG-1's were living on borrowed time. Those which remained could be found in South Amboy, New Jersey. These G's were all serviceable, but they were showing their age. This shot was taken on a very cold morning (note the icicle).
Anything on the bike that's threaded needs to be prepped after brazing/welding. These Paragon 3-piece brake bosses are more expensive than the forged bosses you find on most stock frames, but they look clean, are highly serviceable, and are unobtrusive (because of the removable stud) if you want to ride brakeless. They also have optional Paul Components studs that make it so you don't have to use the little sleeve that their awesome brakes otherwise require.
There are still a few of these framesets that aren't spoken for; contact me for details.
Inexpensive but serviceable carving chisels from a set of twelve, on leather. Left one as they came, right one lightly refinished.
I sharpened that one roughly for testing, and later sanded the metal to get a bit off the sharp edges off so I can hold it closer if I want and finally sanded the handle and refinished in linseed oil varnish. Now that it's dry it has a nice soft wooden feel to it instead of the slick lacquer.
During our guest visit to Toton TMD on 7/10/22 we were able to see the vast majority of the extant fleet of Brush/Procor Class 60 Co-Co Type 5 diesel-electric locomotives. Many of these are stored unserviceable in the yard and unlikely to ever turn a wheel in anger, but around a dozen are in serviceable condition and ten have been sold to GBRF from DB Cargo, who inherited them. Drivers prefer the Class 60 to the 66 apparently, as they are less noisy and less prone to slipping with heavy trains due to independently-excited traction motors which are thyristor-controlled - a feature lacking on the General motors designs.
Until the First World War, when motor vehicles became more widely available, New Zealand's development relied largely on the power of horses. While early economic development was based on income from meat and wool, it has been said that ‘New Zealand was built as much on the horse’s as the sheep’s back’. The first horses in New Zealand were a stallion and two mares, brought from Australia by the missionary Samuel Marsden. They arrived at Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands on 22 December 1814.
Marsden's companion J.L. Nicholas believed the settlers would benefit greatly from 'so serviceable and necessary an animal as the horse'. Draught horses were used for heavy work such as hauling and ploughing. Light horse breeds are more active, and were used mainly for riding or pulling light loads. Ponies, which are able to thrive on poorer quality pastures, were bred for driving and hauling.
According to Nicholas, the local Māori, who had never seen such animals, ‘appeared perfectly bewildered with amazement’, and regarded them as ‘stupendous prodigies’. Another account, possibly apocryphal, tells of the first time a group of Māori saw a horse. It was swimming ashore from a ship. ‘We who were gathered on the beach immediately ran for our lives, for we knew a great taniwha [water monster] was making straight for us.’ After the chief Tāringa Kurī rode the horse, the tribe bought it and ‘all the members of the tribe … took a ride on the taniwha.’
It was not until the 1840s that the importation of horses began to gain speed. By 1900, there were more than 260,000 horses in New Zealand. By 1911, the horse population reached 404,284 - about one horse for every three people.
The image above shows drovers resting their horses and dogs, c.1900 - 1947
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A serviceable native shrub of the coastal plains from se. VA to e. TX. Populations well inland are probably the result of deliberate movement by Native Americans. A brew made from the leaves was used ceremonially by men, sometimes in a purification ritual. The plant itself does not cause vomiting/purging, but some colonists saw it used in this manner and the latin name bears that scar today! It was actually drunk to sharpen mental acuity as it contains variable amounts of caffeine.
Descendants of the European colonists along the barrier islands of Virginia and North Carolina may still be found making the beverage that their ancestors learned to drink from Native Americans. The leaves were marketed overseas as a tea-like beverage, but never competed with true black tea. Its South American counterpart yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) has managed to gain a following outside of its indigenous range. Most females bear red fruit, but bright yellow and orange forms occur. This selection was found in Dare County, North Carolina. The birds devour the fruit in mid to late winter.
As a landscape shrub, it is tough as nails so long as it is not terribly cold (Zone 7 in the USA). Many horticultural forms can be found. They will grow in sand, clay, acidic or slightly salty soils in full sun or semi-shade.
An offside photo of DMS1455 taken a week ago. There's not much going on with this DMS at the moment but we do have tentative plans to make it serviceable again as a classroom for children, doubling up as a rally-control vehicle for some of the shows we attend.
I purchased this Raleigh Wayfarer for the paltry sum of $30 from the depths of east Vancouver, Washington, in December of 2010. The bike was serviceable but needed work and TLC. The Sturmey-Archer AW hub needed to be overhauled and the bike thoroughly cleaned. Love the very 70's white saddle.
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Perhaps in the 19th century or earlier, in all the rest of the
English-speaking world, the term "springe tide" changed to "spring tide." But throughout Newfoundland, people still refer to the monthly "springes," meaning the highest and the lowest tides that appear around the new moon. It was the new moon a few days ago and we got a springe high tide.
This was the sight below our garden in Ganny Cove on New Year's Eve.
The small but usually serviceable wharf, used by a neighbour to stack his lobster pots, was almost fully under water. Springes are
dangerous and I wouldn't be surprised to see this and a much larger wharf just around the headland to the right get carried away in a subsequent springe. I'm a little surprised none of the lobster pots got away this time!
Reala film in my Canon A35F, a completely auto-exposure rangefinder of the late 1970s.
Late October 1971 and tried Kodak TriX. Interestingly it showed up the red-blue front on the 909., however the image turned out grainy. The 909 has been preserved and is currently serviceable. © Henk Graalman 3224
'Les gros-nez vont a Paris' The last two serviceable 54's with original cabs reprised their 1960's exploits by taking a PFT railtour from Brussels to Paris and back. Here they are at Laon. 22nd June 1991
UK - Main Battle Tank Challenger prototype with a 120mm L11A5 gun and two 7.62 mgs; at the Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, March 1998. Designed to replace the Chieftain. The Challenger proved highly successful in the First Gulf War, destroying about 300 Iraqi tanks and many APC's, proving very fuel efficient with a high level of serviceability. A Challenger destroyed one tank at a distance of over 3 miles!
Here we see the "M1" passenger and baggage engine that is a product of Brill, but was ordered as a custom kit and shipped to the East Broad Top Railroad to be assembled on-site. She's as unique as you or I, and definitely is something to see in person. Powered by a 250HP gasoline engine, she is still serviceable and able to be started and ran today! I'd love to see her out on the line!
This and the following photos will represent some of the first, still photos of velvet worm anatomy and feeding behaviour that I have come across over a public forum. There is the awesome documentary life in the undergrowth narrated by David Attenborough put out by the BBC that has some amazing footage of a velvet worm in action. You can see that here: boingboing.net/2011/03/02/death-and-the-velvet.html. Unfortunately my mpe is no longer and so I was reduced to using a raynox msn-202 coupled with a 100mm macro lens. Despite that I was able to get some serviceable pictures.
Nearly six years of searching and I have finally come across a velvet worm! This is was of my awesome finds. Probably rarer than a jaguar, most people I know only ever come across a few in their lifetime. Reclusive, living in low densities they are nocturnal predators with a strongly negative phototactic response. They are usually found in low vegetation though this one was found on a leaf at chest height. These are what those cuddly, fuzzy creatures that morph into blood curdling monsters are based on. They appear as slow, gentle creatures until they begin hunting and then you see the darker, more monstrous side!
They have a slow ponderous movement and their legs move asynchronously. The stubby feet end in what look almost like claws or feet belonging to an animal. They move their antennae back and forth searching for food. When they do locate food they halt, rear up slightly, pause imperceptibly and then their modified front legs which act like miniature canons fire a spray of adhesive that is 90% water which hardens in the air. I touched the adhesive and it is STICKY!!! I pulled up a mosquito lassoed with this glue and ripped the body in half, it is obviously more than adequate for the size of the prey that the velvet worm hunts. They swivel and rotate these 'canons' in a 'Z' or 'S' pattern to increase the surface area to trap their prey. However this motion occurs faster than the eye can see. All I saw was the recoil of the 'canons', I did not see the swiveling motion which is said to occur in .07 seconds! If the prey is large enough it may fire several times. The prey is bound to the surface substrate and the velvet worm approaches...
The velvet worm waits until some of the struggling of the prey has abated and then it moves over the prey. It has an operculum in the ventral surface from which it everts a kind of feeding apparatus that is disproportionately large with the scale of the invertebrate. It possesses two fangs which bite down into the prey and inject proteolytic enzymes and possibly poisons to kill the prey. It then takes up bits of digested prey into its stomach where it is further digested. Complete digestion of the mosquito occurred within roughly 15 minutes.
Velvet worms have remained unchanged for roughly 570 million years (Wikipedia) and uncharacteristically give birth to live young!
Found during a night hike in Reserva Bilsa, Mache-Chindul, Ecuadorian coastal rainforest.
The machine shown in the accompanying photos is a wood working band-saw built in the early 20th century. The plaque riveted to the frame identifies the machine as being caste in the United States by a company called “The Silver Mfg. Co. Makers” based in Salem Ohio. A date on the table-tilt hand wheel at the front of the machine states a patent date of February 1907.
I bought the band-saw privately after receiving the contact of its previous owner from an antique dealer friend of mine. After making contact with the seller, I visited him and was shown to where the machine was stored in an old shed. It laid unceremoniously on its side beneath a large pile of miscellaneous junk. He told me he’d purchased the band-saw some 15 or so years earlier at an auction of old equipment from the original Swan Brewery pattern shop. The machine needed a number of repairs and improvements in order to make it serviceable and has now served for the last 15 years as one of the primary machines in my business, Scarab Studio Wood.
In the days when this saw was built, heavy duty castings for industrial machinery were a common characteristic. This is certainly not the case today. The frame of the old saw, from its top arm right down through its body to its substantial footing, was caste as a single piece. Consequently the machine is very heavy and extremely stable in use. In its basic elements, the design of the modern day band-saw has changed little in the 100 odd years since this proud old machine was commissioned. The old band-saw performs as well today in our fine woodcraft manufacturing business as any modern day equivalent could – and brings a wealth of character to boot!
The Citroën 2CV (French: “deux chevaux” i.e. “deux chevaux-vapeur [fiscaux]”, literally “two tax horsepower”) was an economy car produced by the French car manufacturer Citroën between 1948 and 1990. It was technologically advanced and innovative, but with uncompromisingly utilitarian unconventional looks, and deceptively simple Bauhaus inspired bodywork, that belied the sheer quality of its underlying engineering. It was designed to move the French peasantry on from horses and carts. It is considered one of Citroën's most iconic cars. In 1953 Autocar in a technical review of the car wrote of "the extraordinary ingenuity of this design, which is undoubtedly the most original since the Model T Ford". It was described by CAR magazine journalist and author LJK Setright as "the most intelligent application of minimalism ever to succeed as a car". It was designed for low cost, simplicity of use, versatility, reliability, and off-road driving. For this it had a light, easily serviceable engine, extremely soft long travel suspension (with height adjustment by lengthening/shortening of tie rods), high ground clearance, and for oversized loads a car-wide canvas sunroof (which until 1955) also covered the boot.
During a production run of 42 years between 1948 and 1990, 3,872,583 2CVs were produced, plus 1,246,306 Fourgonnettes (small 2CV delivery vans), as well as spawning mechanically identical vehicles including the Ami – 1,840,396; the Dyane – 1,444,583; the Acadiane – 253,393; and the Mehari – 144,953, a grand total of 8,756,688, of which there are still 3,417 on the road in the UK as of June 2011.
From 1988 onwards, production took place in Portugal rather than in France. This arrangement lasted for two years until 2CV production halted. Portuguese built cars, especially those from when production was winding down, have a reputation in the UK for being much less well made and more prone to corrosion than those made in France. Paradoxically the Portuguese plant was more up-to-date than the one in Levallois, and Portuguese 2CV manufacturing was to higher quality standards.
" Even though originally built from school buses, Buicks and Pierce Arrows, the word “dignified” never seems to have been included in their description, but they were serviceable and definitely fit their purpose. Traveling through the countryside with a horn that could easily be mistaken for the call of a real goose, they were said to have “waddled” down the uneven, poorly maintained tracks of the cash-strapped Rio Grande Southern.
Throughout the Great Depression, World War II and all the way to abandonment in 1952, the RGS continued to operate steam engine powered trains on an irregular schedule as needed for hauling heavy freight and livestock shipments. However, by mid-1933, a Motor – a Galloping Goose – was used for hauling most passengers, small amounts of freight and the U.S. Mail"
Rua Correeiros in the Baixa, looking down towards Rua da Conceicao, where one can pick up the 28 tram up to the Alfama, which is quite a wild ride and a nice welcome to city of Lisbon.
This was quite early in the morning before the restaurants lining the road were open. There is a pretty serviceable grocery store down on the left, at the corner of Correeiros and Conceicao, but I can't recall the name, and we did not notice it for the longest time, because grocery stores are not marked in the way we are used to. You pretty much have to look inside the store to see that it is a market.
When we arrived, we thought it had been raining, but later realized that a lot of these cobblestone streets have a constant sheen to them.
Standing on the site of Shelbourne House, the Shelbourne Hotel was established in 1824 by a Tipperary man, Martin Burke, whose ambition was to open a hotel in Dublin that would ‘woo genteel custom who wanted solid, comfortable and serviceable accommodation at a fashionable address’. To achieve this, he leased three houses – numbers 27, 28 and 29 St. Stephen’s Green. Burke named his grand new hotel The Shelbourne, after William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. In 1867, the buildings were remodelled by John McCurdy, including Nos.30-31, and largely take the external form seen today. The studio of M. M. Barbezet of Paris cast the four external statues, two Nubian Princesses and their shackled slave girls. Two additional storeys (one a mansard) were added by Kaye-parry & Ross in the early 1900s. Thackeray stayed here in 1842, including a sketch from his room in his book Irish Sketch Book, published in 1843.
Locomotive No. 2 was purchased by Ward and Betty Kimball for their Grizzly Flats Railroad in 1938. It arrived in serviceable, but very tired condition. Working in their backyard, the Kimballs and friends transformed the No. 2 into the beautiful “Emma Nevada” you see today. Ward painted the locomotive to resemble the gaily decorated locomotives of the 1870’s (including the paintings on the cab and headlight). The name “Emma Nevada” came from a famous opera star of the late 1800’s. The restored locomotive was fired up in 1942 and was regularly operated by the Kimballs throughout the 1940’s. The Emma was last steamed-up in 1951, when it was side-lined with boiler problems.
No. 2 was built in 1881 for the Nevada Central Railway, a 94-mile line which ran from Battle Mountain, Nevada (where it connected with the Central Pacific) to Austin, Nevada, the center of the Reese River Mining District. The locomotive was used to haul both freight and passenger trains. In 1881 the Union Pacific purchased control of the Nevada Central and Locomotive No. 2 was named Sidney Dillon after the president of the UP. It was retired in 1938.
Technical Data
Type 2-6-0 Mogul
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Date of completion 1881
Fuel Coal
Cylinder diameter and stroke 13" x 18"
Driving wheel diameter 41 inches
Weight 44,000 lbs
In 1970, or thereabouts Yorkshire Woollen District found itself short of serviceable buses. So it hired in from United, West Yorshire, Sheffield Corporation and South Wales Transport, some of the later models they actually purchased. This is and ex SWT AEC "Bridgeblaster" blasting its way up the hill towards Thornhill.
A previous correspondent described YWD's as drivers loving these, well you can have my assurance the fitting staff dested them and had great difficulty keeping on the road. Not AEC's finest hour.
This one is being used by the 497th Medical Detachment on 17 January after being repainted olive drab and marked with Red Cross insignia and a U.S.registration number.
Furnival House, Furnival Gate by Furnival Square - the price of so-called redevelopment: - perfectly serviceable offices left vacant while developers speculate on yet more new offices.
NT$55/US$1.82. Knife-sliced noodles in tomato soup.
I've always had a fondness for knife-sliced noodles. I love the chewy texture and the extra "noodle-ness" of its thickness.
This shop makes a fairly serviceable one.
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龍泉街42號 (師大夜市) [Google Maps]
No.42, Longquan St. (Shida Night Market)
British Railways EM1 Bo+Bo class 76 1500V DC overhead electric locomotive number 76049 (nearest) stands withdrawn on Reddish Traction Maintenance Depot in North Reddish with withdrawn British Railways EM1 Bo+Bo class 76 1500V DC overhead electric locomotive numbers 76004, 76055 and 76052 behind. 08:15, Saturday 18th July 1981
Note, 76049 was built at British Railways’ Gorton works (works number 1056) in 1952 as number 26049 (an E prefix to denote an electric locomotive was added to the number at some time, possibly in association with the introduction of the TOPS classification system in March 1968) and was named JASON without ceremony at Gorton works in August 1960, the nameplates being removed in 1970. It was renumbered 76049 (initially marked as E76049 in error) on 15th August 1972, was stored serviceable at Reddish Traction Maintenance Depot on 4th August 1980 and was stored unserviceable from circa September 1980. It was withdrawn from Reddish Traction Maintenance Depot in week commencing 2nd November 1980 and stored. It was sold for scrap to C.F. Booth Limited, arriving at Rotherham on 25th February 1983 where it was cut up in March 1983
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Lego diorama, France May 1940. My special air service squadron, which fought in France with 5 pilots and only 3 serviceable Planes, which consisted of a Sopwith camel, Sopwith pup and a fairy swordfish bomber which had been converted from a single engined 3 seater biplane to a twin engined 2 seater biplane (they had to remove a man due to weight issues, bombing controls were given to the pilot), and a few vehicles. My squadron has a limited supply of all equipment and only a few spares. But they are lucky to have a bofors 40mm AA gun as well as a American M1A1 Thompson sub Machine guns. My Pilots are the characters from the Biggles books and consist of Biggles with a 45 colt, Algy on the radio, Ginger leaning against a wheel of a 4x4 and lord Bertie with a Thompson on his lap.
Trying out the new coffee shop near Williams Square in Las Colinas called Pax & Beneficia Coffee. Smaller menu than Starbucks but they make a serviceable mocha
and yet another practical and convenient feature of most Swedish Bicycles is a threaded ground post either on the backside of the headtube or in the DT/HT lug. combined with internal wire routing for the lights, this results in a very durable, serviceable, and low-maintenance lighting system.
Lego diorama, France May 1940. My special air service squadron, which fought in France with 5 pilots and only 3 serviceable Planes, which consisted of a Sopwith camel, Sopwith pup and a fairy swordfish bomber which had been converted from a single engined 3 seater biplane to a twin engined 2 seater biplane (they had to remove a man due to weight issues, bombing controls were given to the pilot), and a few vehicles. My squadron has a limited supply of all equipment and only a few spares. But they are lucky to have a bofors 40mm AA gun as well as a American M1A1 Thompson sub Machine guns. My Pilots are the characters from the Biggles books and consist of Biggles with a 45 colt, Algy on the radio, Ginger leaning against a wheel of a 4x4 and lord Bertie with a Thompson on his lap.
SOUTH MILLS, N.C. — After nearly three months of rehabilitation work on lock gates at the Dismal Swamp Canal’s South Mills lock here, Mar. 6, 2012. A crew from U.S. Facilities, Inc., reinstall the two gates, which will safely extend their serviceability for up to 15 years. The two gates are part of the eight sets of gates throughout the Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal waterways. Managed and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, each set of the canal’s gates is refurbished on a rotational basis every five years. The Dismal Swamp and Albemarle and Chesapeake Canals form the historic Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, which provides pleasure boaters and commercial shippers with a protected inland channel between Norfolk, Va., and Miami, Fla. The Dismal Swamp Canal is the oldest continually operating manmade canal in the United States. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Gerald Rogers)
In memoriam: Rover – I’ve saved the most tragic dog for last. This dog that we met briefly in Guangdong seemed like a perfectly serviceable companion—healthy, apparently well behaved, and even reasonably good-looking. As we passed by, our local tour guide made a comment that this dog would “上桌子,” which literally means “go up on the table.” You can probably guess what he meant, but I unthinkingly and naively replied with something like “Oh, lots of dogs have a tendency to jump up on the table.” Foolish foreigner. What he meant, of course, was that the poor dog was destined to be someone’s dinner. As I understand it, in many places in China dogs are generally not eaten, but Guangdong is one of the exceptions. Man’s best friend, indeed. Although I try not to be culturally judgmental, I must admit this is one practice that seems just barbaric to me. On the other hand, if you don’t see anything barbaric, you’re not really traveling. That should be a saying. In any case, rest in peace, o tasty Rover.
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The cockpit, just before remodeling. The office is in a state of flux. Unusual neatness, compared to usual. Normally post-its are reproducing like bunnies.
not all eclipses have blow-offs, but i found a couple in the middle of downtown okc. keep a keen eye peeled as you walk around the downtown area and you may spot one or two as well. these have become so popular with tourists and locals alike that the city has had to weld no trespassing lettering on the hatches and bolt them closed.
here's a few blow-off facts:
these eclipse model #85 blow-off hydrants are designed and engineered specifically for wash down needs and provide excellent flow rates. the #85 hydrants are designed with a heavy wall cast iron top stock and valve body. as you can see, these units have their own box that sits at ground level, however, the box is not traffic rated.
the eclipse model #85 comes standard with all brass and aluminum working parts, numerous outlet sizes 2 ½” NST or smaller, self draining non-freezing drain, numerous inlet sizes, AND low-lead option also available. as with all kupferle products, the eclipse model #85 is fully serviceable from above ground – no digging! can ya dig it?
On this final weekday of day of ME operations Friday December 10th 2021 ME1503 1505 1511 1528 1529 1533 and 1536 were in service with ME 1522 held with carriages to cover breakdowns and ME1517 and 1506 available for service if required in the sidings for serviceable locos On Saturday 11th ME1536 worked an early hours duty while ME 1503 and 1511 worked evening trains to mark 40 years DSB service retirement. Run home final order ME1529 1505 1528 1533 1536 1503 1511
Lego diorama, France May 1940. My special air service squadron, which fought in France with 5 pilots and only 3 serviceable Planes, which consisted of a Sopwith camel, Sopwith pup and a fairy swordfish bomber which had been converted from a single engined 3 seater biplane to a twin engined 2 seater biplane (they had to remove a man due to weight issues, bombing controls were given to the pilot), and a few vehicles. My squadron has a limited supply of all equipment and only a few spares. But they are lucky to have a bofors 40mm AA gun as well as a American M1A1 Thompson sub Machine guns. My Pilots are the characters from the Biggles books and consist of Biggles with a 45 colt, Algy on the radio, Ginger leaning against a wheel of a 4x4 and lord Bertie with a Thompson on his lap.
Granite Rock No. 10 Porter 1942 0-6-0ST
Ex- U.S. Army No. 5001. Gift 9/1995 of Granite Rock Company; restored in 1997 by Granite Rock and California State Railroad Museum. Serviceable; oil burner.
98-0133 doesn't seem to get out much, as I've rarely photographed this jet. Maybe it has a history of poor serviceability. Ironically, it's just been chosen by a diecast firm as a subject for their F-15E mould. It's just gone u/s here and is about to taxi back.
(From left) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Jelstrom, 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron aircrew flight equipment specialist and Staff Sgt. Nancy Kendrick, aircrew flight equipment non-commissioned officer-in-charge inspect aircrew body armor on a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan June 18, 2014. As part of aircrew flight equipment, they are responsible for ensuring aircrew equipment such as helmets, oxygen masks, parachutes and night vision goggles are serviceable for every mission. Jelstrom is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and a native of Cayucos, Calif. Kendrick is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and a native of Philadelphia, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)
W on the High Sierra Trail with the old Kilimanjaro pack I used as a Boy Scout. It was a cheap pack, but fairly serviceable for her as she was small and there was probably very little weight in the pack, nothing but some clothing and other personal items, plus her sleeping bag and Therm-a-Rest. I would have carried the rest (including a tent) in my new pack.
Working through it, the model was pretty old but overall rather serviceable. I've been using my Gundam reference books to figure out the smaller details it was missing and tweaking lots of proportions. Spent some time figuring out the arms in regards to pivots and range of motion, I think I got it about as good as I can in terms of the mechanics, still might have some tweaking in that regard but I think for the most part it's looking good but I might need to work on some of the other arm related stuff like the Dobber Gun and Shield before I "lock down" on the arm but we'll see, I still think there is some work to do on the forearms and the hands in particular too.
Not looking forward to the legs and the hips, but first I need to do the torso, there is still a lot of work there, especially in the waist! xD
There were three Class 10s here - this one D3452 and D3476 serviceable, plus D3497 out of use. We took a bus from Par to see them on a very hot Saturday morning but there was no one around to ask so we just took our pictures and managed to complete the visit in time to catch the same bus back thus saving an hour or more of hanging around. Everything was covered in white clay dust which was blinding in the light and searing heat of that long hot summer.
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On the same cruise through rural Pamlico county where we found Serviceable, the road leads through the town of Oriental. It's a quaint little place on the waters of the Neuse River leading into Pamlico Sound, which is the largest lagoon on the east coast.
Oriental is a haven for recreational sailors as well as shrimpers, and is well worth the visit, but be sure to poke around carefully. Blink, and you'll drive right through town.