Sunday, September 2, 2018
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Ouch!
Don Garlits in his Swamp Rat 13, March 1970 at Lions Drag Strip
When the sprag in his experimental 2 speed transmission failed as he let the clutch out,the engine over-revved and spun the transmission drum backwards at three times the engine speed. As the drum approached 30,000 rpm it came apart,and sawed the car in two pieces,it severed his right foot and took off all of his toes.
Drag racing changed forever on this day,as the front engine dragsters were faded away in favor of the rear engine design.
Shave of the Day
I'm batching it this weekend, as Mrs. CW has flown away to New Mexico to visit her Mom and sisters. There's even a nephew. So, I get to eat what I want, go to bed when I want, wear what I want (or nothing!). Went to bed at 3am last night. I left the doors to the deck wide open all night. Cooked and ate a steak for breakfast. I've been fussing with a new camera all morning.
But, you can't overlook the need to shave. I'm not a barbarian.
The theme was Autumn Apples this morning, so voila, a Saturday Shave with a green apple handled brush, PAA Cider House 5 soap, and an apple red Clauss 11/16 hollow ground straight razor from Fremont, Ohio. The finish was Teacher's Pet apple scented aftershave from Summer Break. A nice, slow, fun late Summer shave.
But, you can't overlook the need to shave. I'm not a barbarian.
The theme was Autumn Apples this morning, so voila, a Saturday Shave with a green apple handled brush, PAA Cider House 5 soap, and an apple red Clauss 11/16 hollow ground straight razor from Fremont, Ohio. The finish was Teacher's Pet apple scented aftershave from Summer Break. A nice, slow, fun late Summer shave.
Now, I'm going to go get that steak bone out of the skillet and gnaw on it a while.
Pont du Gard in Nimes, 1st century AD.
An amazing feat of engineering and architecture for the first century AD. The Romans were the imperial rulers of most of civilized Europe for a reason.
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct that crosses the Gardon River near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Pont du Gard, built as three tiers of archways to bring water to the city of Nîmes, is the highest of all elevated Roman aqueducts, and one of the best preserved.
The aqueduct bridge is part of the Nîmes aqueduct, a 31 mile system built in the first century AD to carry water from a spring at Uzès to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes). Because of the uneven terrain between the two points, the mostly underground aqueduct followed a long, winding route that called for a bridge across the gorge of the Gardon River. The bridge has three tiers of arches, stands 160 feet high, and descends a mere 1 inch – a gradient of only 1 in 18,241 – while the whole aqueduct descends in height by only 41 feet over its entire length, which is indicative of the great precision that Roman engineers were able to achieve using simple technology. The aqueduct formerly carried an estimated 8,800,000 imp galions of water a day to the fountains, baths and homes of the citizens of Nîmes. It may have been in use as late as the 6th century, with some parts used for significantly longer, but a lack of maintenance after the 4th century led to clogging by mineral deposits and debris that eventually choked off the flow of water.
After the Roman Empire collapsed and the aqueduct fell into disuse, the Pont du Gard remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. For centuries the local lords and bishops were responsible for its upkeep, in exchange for the right to levy tolls on travellers using it to cross the river.
Excellent drone video from the summit of Kīlauea Volcano showing the huge scale of the hole caused by the draining of the lava
Full size this for full appreciation of the changes at the crater.
The volume change, from early May 2018 to present, is over a billion cubic yards. The vertical collapse of the crater floor is more than 1600 ft.
Where did that lava go? Mainly, out of Fissure 8 and to the sea.
The lava entry zone has built a delta of over 875 acres since the eruption began and the fiery flow reached the sea.
All the close calls fascinate me. This is the Isaac Hale Beach Park and Boat Ramp, that came within a whisker of annihilation. The ramp is currently blocked by black lava sand washed across the ramp by the sea current.
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