desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 5, 2020 8:52:15 GMT -8
Got a topic that doesn't really fit in anywhere? Maybe this is the place to post it. Nothing political, risqué or illegal, please.
How to break open a padlock.
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Post by autumnmist on Nov 5, 2020 13:24:10 GMT -8
I hope wanna be criminals aren't spending time watching these videos.
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desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 5, 2020 13:59:25 GMT -8
I hope wanna be criminals aren't spending time watching these videos. Well, then you might have to watch a video on how to stop criminals who have learned their craft from YouTube videos. Heck, you can find detailed instructions on how to build a nuclear weapon online.
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Nov 5, 2020 15:51:03 GMT -8
I don't just want to have a dog like that. I want to BE that dog.
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 6, 2020 6:24:34 GMT -8
Nothing in the process of evolution can explain why a dog jumps into a pile of leaves. But, a dog with butterfly wings can be a result of natural selection.
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desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 6, 2020 6:26:25 GMT -8
This guy is always figuring out ways to defeat "unbreakable" locks. I think it's because the variety of locks work on the same principle.
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 6, 2020 7:05:44 GMT -8
Exciting things to do in Tucson. Watch trains passing in the night.
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Post by autumnmist on Nov 6, 2020 8:11:31 GMT -8
Trains are fascinating. I don't make a practice of going out of my way to watch them specifically, but I always enjoy seeing them, and I enjoyed riding a commuter train to downtown Detroit. There was something very special about a train ride to work early in the morning. Sometimes I get nostalgic, or historic, and think about how much they've contributed to and changed transportation. That was a different era.
The father of one of my neighbors used to "ride the rails" in his more youthful days. Listening to his tales was like segueing back decades.
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desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 6, 2020 8:27:34 GMT -8
Trains are fascinating. I don't make a practice of going out of my way to watch them specifically, but I always enjoy seeing them, and I enjoyed riding a commuter train to downtown Detroit. Only once have I purposefully went someplace to watch a train. That was a year ago when the Big Boy Steam Locomotive Union Pacific 4014 passed through Tucson during a nation wide tour. The video posted above was from a night bike ride to a brewery and I got caught at the train-crossing. I was hopping the sound was good and captured the "stereo" effect on the small camera I had at the time.
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Post by JRinGeorgia on Nov 6, 2020 8:27:55 GMT -8
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Post by starwalker on Nov 7, 2020 15:17:39 GMT -8
I often go out in my pasture at night to watch and listen to a train go by in the valley. I love the echoes.
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Post by greg1062 on Nov 8, 2020 10:48:05 GMT -8
The father of one of my neighbors used to "ride the rails" in his more youthful days. Listening to his tales was like segueing back decades. Have I got a channel for you. RanOutOnARailThe famous loop is at minute mark 25:30 or so...
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driftwoody
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Post by driftwoody on Nov 8, 2020 14:08:00 GMT -8
With the thread title And Now for Something Completely Different we have not yet had a Monty Python skit?
Well, it's time to remedy that:
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Post by autumnmist on Nov 8, 2020 14:08:14 GMT -8
greg1062, There's just so much to see in the changing terrain, especially the literally sliced out areas in which the train travels through narrowly created passages. The Loop was fascinating not only for the view angle, but the thought of how the tracks had to be designed to accommodate the long but gentle curves. The countryside is so wide open, so vast, so unlike the tracks of the railroads in my area. Overall I enjoyed the peace and serenity; it was very relaxing and calming, and fascinating. Understandably, I've never seen a train from those angles. I can understand the allure of "riding the rails." I'm going to watch it again after plotting the route so I have a different perspective. I want to track it on a map. And I wish my father was still alive; he'd enjoy the video. He hit the trail for California in his early years, worked in the oil fields for awhile before returning to Michigan. I thought the rails seemed to be narrow gauge, but I'm not familiar with those so I want to do some checking. For some reason I remember tracks being wider, but that could have been decades ago. The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan has some old engines, in beautiful condition. They stand large and proud in their section of the museum, fascinating creations and testament to an earlier era. I think it's time for another visit. www.thehenryford.org/visit/henry-ford-museum/exhibits/railroads/Thanks so much for sharing the video.
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Post by mk on Nov 8, 2020 17:30:10 GMT -8
I thought the rails seemed to be narrow gauge Are you talking about the video that was posted? That track is standard gauge -- it's Union Pacific's mainline, but both BNSF and UP run trains on it. They had to gain elevation in a small geographic area, so the engineers designed the tracks to loop over themselves. My husband works for BNSF (almost 35 years), but more importantly, he is what is known as a "foamer," or railroad enthusiast. He is a photographer, and "chasing trains" is a routine part of our life. I'm not quite as enthusiastic, but I do love to ride them. Here's Rick's Flickr link, if you'd like to take a look: www.flickr.com/photos/129992105@N08/
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