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Those might be power line pole platforms, Jesse. there's power likes on either side of the bridge

In all honesty, the FSK doesn't really have dolphins. It has bulkheads that keep the foundation from being worn away by tidal forces but otherwise, not much to speak of. The supports nearest the channel are trapezoidal in shape so maybe that's why the dolphins aren't bigger? The bulkhead extend pretty far out from the base…

Dolphins are designed, typically, to deflect an impact, not take the brunt of it. They work well when designed for the amount and size of the traffic that the channel they are in is servicing. But in the videos, especially the one that Larry posted and it got deleted (you can see it in the article I posted) you can see the…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_(structure) They are everywhere on the East Coast because of the "Intercoastal Waterway". Every navigable channel is required to have "dolphins" of some sort around posts, bollards, supports and any other crossing structure immediately adjacent to the marked navigable channel

I heard about that on the radio running a lunchtime errand. Quick thinking on their part, saved dozens of lives, no doubt.

https://x.com/SquawkCNBC/status/1772601897918038237?s=20

Sorry. We used to have a member here that lived up near Milford, PA which, oddly enough, is west of West Milford, NJ. He would have been about 40 minutes from West Milford. What are you looking to get anyway?

Nah, Lou is about an hour away, probably. It's about 2.5 from me. It is a more affluent area but that's because it's made up of a mix of NJ hillbillies and farmers and NYC executives with their sprawling estates. Census data shows the median household income was $88,800 which means half the population is above that, the…

Baffling, isn't? But I'm not an NFL team GM so what do I know?

Remember when all of Philadelphia was telling Andy Reid he was a bum, he'd never win a Super Bowl and they were glad to be rid of him? I do. Of course Iggles fans deny it but you can actually find the headlines saying just that from all the Philly newspapers from the time. How do you like that bum now?

Well, you do have to crack just a few eggs to make an omelet but I guess if you're making "The Big One", you gotta crack ALL the eggs!

Yeah but they weren't flipping over, they would get tail-happy and make abrupt left or right turns due to a loss of traction up front and power induced oversteer

The thing is, Webber's wreck wasn't even the actual race. It was the warm up laps which is why it was so jarring. I remember it delaying the start of the race and I actually missed it because I had to leave for work. It wasn't the first time Webber went for a ride like that in that race either. The car flipped like that…

Yeah and IIRC, he was pretty badly injured and missed a bunch of the rest of that season from it. Fractured vertebrae or something along those lines. He ended up bailing on Mercedes after that, focusing only on European races 'cause he felt like they didn't care if he was injured or not. The CLR race cars were known to…

No, that was real, I remember watching that race on Speed TV? Or maybe it was still Speedvision? Anyway, it was a simulcast Eurosport feed and they cut away to that camera after it had already happened. That was a WHOA! moment! The other one that's real even if it is grainy, is the race car disintegrating after hitting an…

Man, my "audio room" has no AC and no heat and is full of tools and derelict vehicles! But at least the stereo kicks ****! A whopping 100 watts per channel out of a late 90's Kenwood stereo receiver powering a pair of KLH 20's and using a 3.5mm headphone jack as an input source! Sometimes it needs percussive maintenance,…

Well I'm a day late and dollar short! Happy birthday anyway, Rich!

It's a shame it's illegal in NJ to use headphones while driving.

Each or for a pair?

What's a set of Salons go for?

It's a relatively small venue in the same building as a local public radio studio. https://xpn.org/ I believe it is actually part of the studio that they use for live performances on-air. Seating is limited and the venue is geared towards radio and not necessarily a live venue like a concert hall that would have livelier…

I bought 20 hanging 4 foot fluorescent lights without bulbs for my garage. I hung them all, ran a circuit and dropped outlets near all of them to plug them in. Instead of fluorescent bulbs, I used T8 style LED replacement bulbs in daylight. I did this like 6 years ago now and it was WAY cheaper then. I think I spent about…

Unless this is post disaster and the trailer was put on blocks to get weight off the truck so they could get the mess out from under the trailer. That's when the picture was taken. But, in all honesty, the 5th wheel hitch pin is probably more crooked than a Democrat now and they're going to have to cut it out of the hitch…

Yes.

303 is a conditioner and a sealer. If you use that you only need that. The DuPont Rubber Saver is if you use just a conditioner that doesn't have sealant/protective properties like the 3-in-1 product or the DuPont Krytox. But that Krytox stuff is crazy slick and hydrophobic so a sealant might not stick to it but the Krytox…

OK, so, to address some of the stuff already posted. Alcohol, rubbing, isopropyl, denatured or otherwise is OK for cleaning. But, alcohol, like silicone "cleaners" like Armor All, displaces moisture and once the solvent evaporates, it leaves films that are reactive and/or sticky and they will harden and degrade performance…

So that's how you find TDC with a screwdriver. Also, Big John had given me some very good advice during the 6 or so years I knew him. The best piece of advice was "Take care of your tools and they will take care of you." The best piece of wisdom he ever gave me was in reference to the friend above and that was "I hope…

A Chevy 350 is a non-interference engine which means the valves can all be open with the pistons at the top of the cylinder and they don't touch. I wasn't there for this 'cause I had to work. But a friend had gotten himself a used Chevy 350. It was "built". He got robbed on it 'cause "built" to the guy selling it meant it…

Shut up, Russ...wait, I mean Tom...I think? Maybe? Whatever, just shut up!