Subj : Various Things (1) To : Daryl Stout From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Feb 20 2023 07:41:00 Hi Daryl! BM> Hmmm: on the one hand if you cut the boxes and put them in your BM> container they will weigh it down a bit and so lessens it flying off in BM> the wind. On the other hand the wind knocks over the recycling BM> container and the cardboard pieces fly off in the wind -- usually just BM> to the edge of your yard! DS> If they are too large, they get stuck in there. The trash and DS> recycle trucks have a "claw" that grabs the container, and lifts DS> it up into the truck to empty it...then they set it back down on DS> the ground. Sometimes, they do it so haphazardly, that it ends up DS> being tipped over. They want to do the same job, with less DS> people. Right: same method here. We've gone through two trash carts: if the mechanism is set too fast when the cart is set down it doesn't quite have time to balance and can tip over. Occasionally into the street and then every so often the truck runs over. ...It's 'horrifyingly funny' to watch the video: poor innocent trash can falls over and flails as it meets its demise. Meanwhile the truck hasn't a clue and just keeps going. DS> Along that line, with all the mess with the 2 derailments from DS> Norfolk Southern (first in Ohio, then in Michigan), this is going DS> to revive the call to put extra crew on the train, to watch for DS> things like smoking or flaming wheels (hotbox) as the train goes DS> down the track (they did that years ago, before getting rid of DS> the cabooses). DS> Apparently, one of the defect detectors failed, and the DS> dispatchers didn't notify the crew. The lawsuit attorneys already DS> smell blood in the water, and I'm sure heads are going to roll. DS> People and animals are dying from health related issues, and DS> there's "a chemical rainbow" in the water. I didn't hear anything (or at least don't recall hearing) about the failed detector. Probably will get a new law requiring redundancy, which on the surface sounds twice as safe but they would need to have a system notification of when the first detector failed -- and obviously they don't have that -- else same issue when the second detector fails. The news has 'mentioned' the dead fish, chemical rainbows when sturring up the water, and s/s of headaches and rashes; tests coming back normal. I don't doubt the tests are normal as a little bit of pathogen can be tolerated; it's when a little bit of Pathogen_1 gets mixed with a tiny bit of Pathogen_2 they're not testing for. DS> The thing is, many hazardous materials and chemicals can only DS> be shipped by rail. If you think our economy is bad now, stop all DS> the shipments of ethanol, gasoline, LP gas, and related hazardous DS> materials...and watch the price of everything skyrocket. The DS> wacky environmentalists want to ban the LP gas stoves, and DS> anything powered on gasoline. Yet, the electric cars are catching DS> fire (many ferries have banned them from being on board), and an DS> EMP will crash the power grid. The problem is everything is bad; we need to take steps to minimize the bad. Might be as simple as slowing down: I don 't recall if the cause of the OH derailment was stated but perhaps slowing down from 90 MPH to 75 MPH would have reduced the accident. Probably still would have had the derailment but perhaps not as badly damaging the cars, thus better retaining their integrity and maybe not leaking, or not leaking as much. DS> Their goal is like Satan's...he wants to destroy all human life DS> on the planet...and according to Scripture, he will nearly do it. "I vow to do better!" BM> As for wx, yesterday we had a severe storm warning which locally BM> fizzled: only 3 to 4 inches. Iowa City (about an hour's drive west) BM> got 10 to 12 inches. DS> We have a risk of severe weather twice this week...Wednesday DS> and Saturday. So, that means more downtime. The updated forecast for up here is now a possible ice storm on Wednesday, or Wednesday into Thursday' all depends on how fast moves, whether shifts north or south, if that little butterfly in South Africa..... BM> Plus the Uber/Lyft drivers won't accept! DS> That's why if I'm getting something, it's very small, like I DS> can put in a small bag, like getting an ink cartridge for the DS> printer. Ah-HA! Smuggling!! DS> laments "Maybe we should call an Uber". :P BM> Well they are getting old! DS> Aren't we all?? I'm ripening! BM> They've been talking of adding a spur (?) so Amtrak can stop at the BM> Quad Cities. Would either be Moline or Rock Island (IL) -- vaguely BM> recalling the track was available to make the connection but don't BM> recall about the station. Probably easier to build the station than BM> lay the track! DS> I saw something about that. The Iowa-Interstate Railroad is DS> along the former Rock Island line, and they are restoring several DS> items recently donated by the Union Pacific Railroad, including DS> the Challenger 3985 steam locomotive. You'll know more about it that I do (because it's your hobby). BM> I know: I ordered some USB batteries and big sticker on the box it BM> contained batteries and 'forbidden on passenger flights'. (USB BM> batteries: rechargeable via a USB charger.) DS> The Lithium batteries are starting fires now. I remember Al DS> Lewis (who played Grandpa on The Munsters...I loved his laugh, as DS> well as Frank Gorshen, who played "The Riddler" on the Batman TV DS> Series), who did a commercial for the secret to long life -- DS> "lithium batteries". I think all batteries can cause fires, even the 'dead' ones: they don't have enough charge to do their job in a flashlight, remote control, etc., but have the two terminals contact something to complete the circuit and there's more than enough to heat up and potentially cause a fire. DS> You could open a big can of worms there. BM> Yummm! Family size! DS> That would give me gas and indigestion. But, if you can get the DS> worm and fish on and off the hook in record time, does that make DS> you a master baiter?? (yes, I did just go there) . Took that one hooker, line and stinker! ¯ BarryMartin3@ ® ¯ @MyMetronet.NET ® .... Bruce Lee's vegetarian brother: Broco Lee. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .