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I always thought that was funny (and probably intentional)........"Joey" was the kid's name on "Fury", too.

Yeah, but then you'd have to find him before dinner. (or at least find enough of him!)

Anyone old enough may remember this: http://brokenwheelranch.com/ Never missed it on Saturday mornings.

http://www.gatorama.com/recipes.htm

OK...so the "skip" is not applying force continuously. Acceleration of the rock at the instant the force is applied is (Applied force - resistive force)/m (using static coef). After that, the acceleration is negative and the dynamic coefficient is used and is simply resistive force/m.

Here's a stab at it. resistive force = coef of friction * normal force. normal force = mass * g a = F(difference between resistive and applied forces)/m I'm probably forgetting something but maybe not. Since the rock is sliding I think you use the dynamic coef. I don't think the static coef is needed.

Sigh.....stuck at home with a sick kid. I will try to get out there some time Sunday.

That's Britannia, since you're goin' on abou' spelin' I don't want to pick nits or pile on but I think it's harkens, not harks.

there are a few specialty jumps that require a C/D license and some DZ's have landing areas for C/D license holders (closest to packing area). also in australia there is a new DZ that requires a D license b/c you have to land on the beach. Yep!.... Specialty jumps motivated my license advancements. I had an A for a loooong time and had no reason to apply for higher licenses. Then I wanted to do an upcoming high-altitude jump and since I already met all the requirements for a C I took the test and applied. Later I wanted to do some beach jumps and the DZO required a D at that time. I lacked only the night jumps so I did them and got the D. I skipped B altogether.

A couple of years ago a K-9 Officer and his dog, DiOGi, were killed in the line of duty here in Central Florida.

A six-toed stray cat at Phoenix/ZHills was named "E.T." (for "Extra Toes"). Also, The pilot at the time, Johanna, had a Rottweiler named "Labby". I just assumed it was some Finnish term of endearment until I asked her what the name meant. She told me she named her dog that because she always wanted a Labrador Retriever. Don't know if she was pulling my leg or what, but I felt a little silly for asking.

If I turn the water hose on you do I still get to be king?

The ability to read tomorrow's newspaper today.

A couple of the parts houses here will rent or lend specialized tools if parts are bought from them. Doesn't hurt to ask.

Also, on a Beech 18 it looks like the landing gear doors completely cover the strut forward of the wheel when retracted. http://www.kopeikingallery.com/media/gallery/Beech-18%20(SNB-2).jpg

Could Howard's pic be a Lockheed C-40A / model 12 Electra Junior? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lockheed_C-40A_rear_quarter.jpg http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/photos/lock12-a.jpg

Did the horizontal stab ever extend outboard of the vertical stabs on a twin beech? I can't find any pics where this is the case. Plenty of Lockheeds do, though (Electras & Lodestars).

None! Zip! Zero! Nada! ......at least not in "atom" form! Ill rephrase to ask what I meant. What does a quantum singularity consist of? ETA, Ill bet some smartass will jump in here and say "a googolplex". ETA2, with the gravity generated by a quantum singularity Ill bet its a hella amount of something! A black hole is not necessarily a singularity, "quantum" or otherwise. Either way it's full of stuff that may have useta been atoms, photons, free quarks, electrons and neutrinos and other -ons and -inos. But from the point of view of all that stuff, it was never anything other than what it is now ("now" meaning eternity) since time does not exist "inside" the hole. (some theories even suggest that it is not impossible that there is only one particle or "thing" in the universe and that the direction of time is two ways. A positron can be described as an electron travelling "backwards" in time as we perceive it. In that case the same particle can be travelling back and forth in time very fast playing the part of each particle that we perceive in our universe.) I read that somewhere.

None! Zip! Zero! Nada! ......at least not in "atom" form!

WN4GRG a long time ago (late 60's). Built my xmtrs and used an old Zenith black-dial radio chassis from a big console and later a BC-348 for receivers.

He's probably never heard of it. .... (

That's a great quote. Started 19 months ago at the age of 40. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm hoping I am just now at "mid-life". The past 18 years have gone by waaaaaayyy too fast! Maybe 59 can be the "new" 41.

I started at 41. I hope that's ~mid-life.

My understanding is that the 2' to 7' wave heights are the amplitude of the waves as they propagate across the open ocean. Various wave amplitudes and periods are forcast for different beaches. I think they will be much higher at landfall, depending on the geography of the near-shore ocean bottom. (Hope I'm wrong about that!) Another thing I haven't heard mentioned is that, although the 1960 9.5 quake was much larger, it's epicenter was several miles inland. The wave that hit Hilo had a "runup height" of 35'. Today's quake occurred a few miles offshore and I would think it would have more effect on the generation of waves. Maybe not!? What an amazing display of nature's power! http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/events/1960_05_22.php

Wahoo!!! I think you are on to something Wally. I think they should have the same nudity rule for the guys Trouble is though..... all that shrinkage down there by the ice. shrinkage? probably not!....."Rowdy Curling Crowds"!? http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/blogs/postblog/2010/02/emergency-shipment-of-condoms-headed-to-olympic-athletes.html