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Old Mar 3, 2022 | 10:39 AM
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Speaking of boats...the Arno XI



Yes, I also thought that was photoshopped, but it is not.
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 10:55 AM
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The Italians always win for their beautiful designs.

But when it comes to packing power, the Americans always win.
And like posted above, we've been doing it forever.
most famously when Gar Wood stuffed 4 Packard V12s in his Harmsworth winning boat. Rules were changed because there just wasn't any competition anymore.



And yeah. Ninja got it, in PM.
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 12:15 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/zinaituharam/videos/954893822058210
**** me fakebook come the **** on. no wonder your stock is worth 50% less in the last 6mos alone...

https://www.facebook.com/zinaituharam/videos/954893822058210
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 12:18 PM
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That has got to be hard on any electronics in those places.
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 01:17 PM
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this probably wont work:
https://www.facebook.com/100066397125534/videos/651942902753711/
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 05:58 PM
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Old Mar 3, 2022 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Having not cheated, I believe that the power in that boat comes from an internal-combustion engine.

What do I win?

That's me with the coffee cup, showing the IT guys I brought with me to handle the fiber cutover the hardware which they never see. This is the ultimate business-end of all of the systems which they manage.
Look up the boat, not the engine and you'll find out what they are pretty quickly.

BTW, can you feel the building move at all on windy days? I remember going to the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas on a windy day and not only hearing/feeling the elevator "scrape" on the way up as the building moved, but was able to watch the water in the toilet move. Was a bit unnerving...
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
Look up the boat, not the engine and you'll find out what they are pretty quickly.

BTW, can you feel the building move at all on windy days? I remember going to the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas on a windy day and not only hearing/feeling the elevator "scrape" on the way up as the building moved, but was able to watch the water in the toilet move. Was a bit unnerving...
I'll go you one better than that. Imagine being on an 1100' tanker working in a medium sea, and seeing the bow move out of sync from your point of view.
Old Mar 3, 2022 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
BTW, can you feel the building move at all on windy days? I remember going to the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas on a windy day and not only hearing/feeling the elevator "scrape" on the way up as the building moved, but was able to watch the water in the toilet move. Was a bit unnerving...
I can't really feel it other than, as you noted, in the elevators. But yeah, both Sears and Hancock do move a tad when it's windy. If you hang a plumb-bob from the ceiling, you can see it in that.

Empire was another matter. That one you could feel. Which is odd, given how massively over-engineered that building was by modern standards.

Interestingly, the condo I lived in when I first moved to Chicago (53rd floor of a 56 story building) didn't sway in the least, despite the fact that it was shaped like a sail and right next to the lake.


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Originally Posted by chiefmg
I'll go you one better than that. Imagine being on an 1100' tanker working in a medium sea, and seeing the bow move out of sync from your point of view.
My dad was stationed on the Shangrila aircraft carrier during the Korean war. The "shitty Shang" was what they called it. He said that in heavy seas you could be at one end of the flattop and the bending of the ship in the middle could make a person disappear up to his waist at the other end.


Old Mar 4, 2022 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
My dad was stationed on the Shangrila aircraft carrier during the Korean war. The "shitty Shang" was what they called it. He said that in heavy seas you could be at one end of the flattop and the bending of the ship in the middle could make a person disappear up to his waist at the other end.
I had a model of her once upon a time.



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Old Mar 4, 2022 | 01:53 PM
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for JP if it works:

https://www.facebook.com/toofcknfst/videos/5107963385915566/
**** ME COME THE **** ON.

https://www.facebook.com/toofcknfst/videos/5107963385915566/
Old Mar 4, 2022 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
**** ME COME THE **** ON.

https://www.facebook.com/toofcknfst/videos/5107963385915566/
Honestly, I don't know why you keep tagging me with videos of idiots hitting people with / being hit by cars.

It was funny when it first started a year or four ago. Now it's getting stale. Like, remember that one kid who kept wearing BK sneakers and saying "Rad!" well into the early 1990s?


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Old Mar 4, 2022 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Wiring inside a control cabinet)
I shut this machine down today for the final time today:



That's the air conditioning controller inside room 9850 at Sears Tower. It'd been modified a few times over the years, but each mod was properly documented.

It took me a long time to get that system really stable, but after that it was perfect. I'm a little bit sad to see it go.
Old Mar 4, 2022 | 11:12 PM
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