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MomsDuster
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Did you need my address?
straightlinespeed
Sometimes I pretend to be normal
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Nice nut clusters.
yeah, they eventually modified it, but its still funny. Apollo 8 was actually the most dangerous flight of all the Apollo missions going in. Now 13 obviously became more so but that was only afterwards. Apollo 8, going into launch day, the astronauts were given less than 40% chance of coming home alive. The lowest odds of any mission at launch time.I had some encounters with NASA engineers at SLC6 when I was out there. Surprised they didn't use Bungee cords.
Unconventional
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I was a well paid elevator operator on the Access Tower for about a year. You see the 2 access points from the tower to the shuttle, the lower of which is the Cabin Access Arm. Massive is the only way to describe it. Slides back and forth through the tower on rails and rollers/wheels. Rails were pretty much railroad rail with the usual rounded crown to them, 4 rollers were about 12" and the surface was flat. "Get everyone off the tower Alex. We're going to test the Cabin Access Arm." 3 or 4 remained to monitor and operate it. It didn't move a foot before all 4 of those rollers grenaded
. Parts falling everywhere, chunks of iron bouncing off the girders. Kinda musical 
. I go up to fetch the destructors and they have this look of amazed shame on their faces. I says "Yanno, with those crowned rails and flat rollers, all that weight is trying to move on a contact patch about the size of a dime, right?"
lilfontleroy
annoyinglilLeroy
GROSS
thats awesome!View attachment 1715264328
I was a well paid elevator operator on the Access Tower for about a year. You see the 2 access points from the tower to the shuttle, the lower of which is the Cabin Access Arm. Massive is the only way to describe it. Slides back and forth through the tower on rails and rollers/wheels. Rails were pretty much railroad rail with the usual rounded crown to them, 4 rollers were about 12" and the surface was flat. "Get everyone off the tower Alex. We're going to test the Cabin Access Arm." 3 or 4 remained to monitor and operate it. It didn't move a foot before all 4 of those rollers grenaded
Unconventional
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That was a fun project.
I bet!That was a fun project.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
And someone probably got a big bonus when they solved the problem...View attachment 1715264328
I was a well paid elevator operator on the Access Tower for about a year. You see the 2 access points from the tower to the shuttle, the lower of which is the Cabin Access Arm. Massive is the only way to describe it. Slides back and forth through the tower on rails and rollers/wheels. Rails were pretty much railroad rail with the usual rounded crown to them, 4 rollers were about 12" and the surface was flat. "Get everyone off the tower Alex. We're going to test the Cabin Access Arm." 3 or 4 remained to monitor and operate it. It didn't move a foot before all 4 of those rollers grenaded
Unconventional
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And someone probably got a big bonus when they solved the problem...
The new rollers were convex to mate up with the rail. All the other mobile towers were rail mounted, but they had 20+ 36" rollers per rail and 4 rails.
lilfontleroy
annoyinglilLeroy
looks like elf poops
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Seems quite the talent to be able to identify poop type.. Lot of training? Or just something you have a knack for?
lilfontleroy
annoyinglilLeroy
years of hanging out with all kinds of ****oles gives me a unique insight
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
lilfontleroy
annoyinglilLeroy
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
My apologies. Twas a shitty thing for me to say!years of hanging out with all kinds of ****oles gives me a unique insight
lilfontleroy
annoyinglilLeroy
no harm, hindsight and all that *nuk nuk nuk*
Poor Karl SO much material to choose from today!!
I hate body work. Just found a rear valance panel for the cuda in Cali, Good shape a few dings and comes with the trunk panel. Think 175 is to much TJ? Guess what not to far away from @Mopar Tim !
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That looks nice, grab it....
Poor Karl SO much material to choose from today!!
I don't have time to back read for this week, been busy....
You guys will have to cover for me....
If you dont backread every day,its a wasted day.
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