The FORD Lounge

[ArdWrknTrk]

Yup
That's the way it is with factory farming.....
You've got another generation growing. It's not like you can stop them.
And you can't afford to keep feeding them
And you have no place for them, because there is always more on the way.

Call it inertia... like a freight train.
If you want to put the brakes on, you've got to start slowing from behind.

[85lebaront2]

Jim, we have 3 chicken plants here, Perdue, Tyson and Mountair farms. If you look at the Wuhan Flu charts for VA, Accomack County is where Perdue and Tyson are, Mountair is in MD.

Bill

[Dorsai]

For those of you into such things, SpaceX will be launching their first crew at 4:33pm ET today.  Live coverage is already underway:

[ArdWrknTrk]

I've been streaming the mission control audio since it went live.

https://youtu.be/y7W4cwmfcgA

I'll switch over to the actual Spacex-X crew demo2 stream once it gets close.

https://youtu.be/rjb9FdVdX5I

Still not the same as watching from the causeway in Cocoa.
For those with Windows you might want to watch (compare & contrast) the NASA stream to SpaceX

[ArdWrknTrk]

Link???

[Dorsai]

Best launch I ever saw was STS-36 (Atlantis) in 1990...it was a classified military flight so everything was closed off.  We climbed a tree in a swamp on the mainland, we had the best seat in the house!

[ArdWrknTrk]

I love how you can really feel it in your chest when you're close!

Like being trackside at the 60' line for a Top Fuel race... except it goes on and on.

[Gary Lewis]

Haven't been there, but was at our little strip when Art brought the Green Monster, although I don't remember which.  But the blast from that exhaust was awesome!

[ArdWrknTrk]

Tying in Bills post, we used to launch from the Higgs farm in Price,MD and I've been to Wallops to see a NASA resupply mission launch.

[ArdWrknTrk]

The headrush you get from inhaling those nitro fumes is intense!

[ArdWrknTrk]

"Bob and Doug's Excellent Adventure!"

I hope the clouds break....

[ArdWrknTrk]

The scrolling comment stream on NASA's side is distracting.

No bueno.
I know where my focus is.

[ArdWrknTrk]

Scrubs are SO disappointing.  

[1986F150Six]

Changing the subject for a moment:

Last week, at an estate sale, I found a bucket of old tools, all made in the USA!

1/2" drive ratchets: Performance Tool W32101 CR-V, Armstrong 12-972; J.H. Williams S-52, Sparta CS-45, Snap-On SL710.

3/8" drive ratchets: Proto 5249, K-D 721117.

1/4" drive ratchets: S-K 40970, Craftsman V-43185.

Extensions: New Britain NB-21 3/8", Wright 3418 3/8", Armstrong S-115P 1/2".

Breaker bar: Craftsman 1/2" drive.

6 chrome folding sets of Allen wrenches: ALLEN, Klein Tools, Eklind Tools, Vaco Products.

7 sets of Allen wrenches: Blue Devil, Unbrako, Bondhus, ALLEN USA.

The old man who owned these died years ago. His widow recently passed away and the family hired an agency to dispose of everything. Sad!

[Gary Lewis]

Those are surely REALLY good tools!  Even the Craftsmans were probably from back when they sold pretty good stuff.

Good find!

Are you going to hang some of those up in your man cave?

[ArdWrknTrk]

The happy part is that his tools have now found someone who appreciates them!

[1986F150Six]

Gary Lewis wrote

Those are surely REALLY good tools!  Even the Craftsmans were probably from back when they sold pretty good stuff.

Good find!

Are you going to hang some of those up in your man cave?

The Craftsman pieces proudly display: Forged in the USA!

I am drawn to the Snap-On, JH Williams and Armstrong pieces and will keep what does not sell. A few machinists and the maintenance man, here at work, have expressed interest.

I do like older things to place in my very modest man cave!

[1986F150Six]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

The happy part is that his tools have now found someone who appreciates them!

Yes, Jim, I just love to look at and handle pre-plastic items!

[Dorsai]

SpaceX is trying again today, and so far the weather is holding.  Launch scheduled for 3:22pm EDT.

https://youtu.be/bIZsnKGV8TE

[ArdWrknTrk]

I'm glued to my tiny screen...  👀