I'm beginning to suspect that if Nitro ever needs blood, they won't get it from the blood bank. They will send someone to a Napa Auto parts store.
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And if he ever breaks a bone, they will use these to patch him up.
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And if he ever breaks a bone, they will use these to patch him up.
Honestly, when I saw a "tread thread," I thought first of this:
Then I thought of what became the Marine's logo:
And then I worked my way up to ye ol' Goodyear tire tread, but in no way did I envision massive digging equipment or cars that could drive on snow--pretty cool!
Then I thought of what became the Marine's logo:
And then I worked my way up to ye ol' Goodyear tire tread, but in no way did I envision massive digging equipment or cars that could drive on snow--pretty cool!
All Tread Heads are welcome here.
Technically, I never specified what kind of tread, so your thought process is sound.
I'm surprised no one else brought it up. The most impressive treads of all - the NASA Crawler Transporter.
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Many years ago I had a next door neighbour that worked for a company that made shoes for the Caterpillar treads. He operated the 40 tonne press that stamped out the bolt holes and he got paid well because no one else would operate that press. He was covered in scars from shrapnel.
I was home off work one day and he came home at lunch time looking very sore and sorry for himself. I asked him what was wrong and he explained it. A piece of shrapnel shot out of the press and pinned his safety glasses to his brow, dead centre above his nose. Fortunately he is Aboriginal and has a very heavy brow ridge.
He tried wriggling the glasses to get the piece of steel out of his head but all that happened was that the glasses broke. So he laid down on the floor with a couple of workers to help him, one sat on his chest with a pair of pliers while the other knelt on the floor and helped hold his head still.
They got the bit of metal out of his head but it took some work. The hole in his brow didn’t bother him but in the process of trying to remove the bit of metal he pulled all the muscles in his neck and could hardly move.
I was home off work one day and he came home at lunch time looking very sore and sorry for himself. I asked him what was wrong and he explained it. A piece of shrapnel shot out of the press and pinned his safety glasses to his brow, dead centre above his nose. Fortunately he is Aboriginal and has a very heavy brow ridge.
He tried wriggling the glasses to get the piece of steel out of his head but all that happened was that the glasses broke. So he laid down on the floor with a couple of workers to help him, one sat on his chest with a pair of pliers while the other knelt on the floor and helped hold his head still.
They got the bit of metal out of his head but it took some work. The hole in his brow didn’t bother him but in the process of trying to remove the bit of metal he pulled all the muscles in his neck and could hardly move.
I always kind of liked the "don't tread on me" flag and here, I like how it's been reclaimed by a community that I'm part of, while still basically retaining its original sentiment:
Those tank trends etc remind me of the conveyor chain in the factory I used to work in. It was quite hypnotic to watch in motion. It was quite weird as it wasn't a conveyor in the conventional way you might think of.
There were two chains parallel running about 2 feet apart and there were these "pallets" that would sit on top of the chain and glide along where a sensor and electro magnet would cause them to stop at each station, just lifting them enough so the chain kept moving underneath with the "pallet" in place.
Once you had done the necessary operations, you pressed a button and the "pallet" would drop down slightly allowing enough grip to move to the next station. You could speed up the line by giving them a shove. Useful if something had slowed you down. For example a faulty part had to be removed from the line. Time is of course very much money in such places!
There were two chains parallel running about 2 feet apart and there were these "pallets" that would sit on top of the chain and glide along where a sensor and electro magnet would cause them to stop at each station, just lifting them enough so the chain kept moving underneath with the "pallet" in place.
Once you had done the necessary operations, you pressed a button and the "pallet" would drop down slightly allowing enough grip to move to the next station. You could speed up the line by giving them a shove. Useful if something had slowed you down. For example a faulty part had to be removed from the line. Time is of course very much money in such places!
I always liked the looks of the German "King Tiger" tank in WW2. Particularly when they went into battle without switching their transport treads for battle treads. The transport tracks being no wider than the drive sprocket and return rollers, to accommodate being placed onto railroad flatcars. Which explains why you'd seldom see the side "skirts" or fenders normally bolted to the sides of the tank.
Though the fact that they no longer were switching treads really reflected their loss of infrastructure so late into the war. The reality being that they no longer had the time or effort to make such a switch given how desperately needed tanks were in going directly from the railroad tracks to the battlefield.
Classic example of a King Tiger with transport tracks lacking any skirting other than front or rear fenders, which were also frequently missing or destroyed in both transport and battle conditions.
Though the fact that they no longer were switching treads really reflected their loss of infrastructure so late into the war. The reality being that they no longer had the time or effort to make such a switch given how desperately needed tanks were in going directly from the railroad tracks to the battlefield.
Classic example of a King Tiger with transport tracks lacking any skirting other than front or rear fenders, which were also frequently missing or destroyed in both transport and battle conditions.
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