Shit That Impresses You

[old goat]

The terrifying part is he does it wearing sandals. And the other guy welding with no mask.

[jono]

Some of the time he's barefoot! I have some associates who like to show me scary pics of "wiring" in Chinese factories they've visited, but I think it's pretty next level to sell that stuff as a product.

On the other hand, I can't help thinking how much that would be worth with the same labor and just slightly better materials. Mind bottling.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

So, back in the mid ‘90s I knew this family in CA, they owned an old foundry for large scale pipe. They got some contract to supply fittings on a project for the Central Valley project. Like 8’ iron pipe fittings. They contracted out to China.

They had a video of the foundry over there. It was like a big pole building, open on the sides. Huge. The workers were moving these huge vats of molten iron around on an overhead track and tipping the vats with pikes to fill the castings. They were wearing t-shirts, shorts and flip flops.


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[jono]

The guys showing me pics were visiting foundries, too. I don't know what it is about molten metal that makes people so cavalier, but it sure works a trick.

Last one I was looking at was a very deep pit with water in the bottom and a multi-section ladder to climb in and out on. In the bottom of the pit, mostly between the puddles, was a pair of "extension" cords. Wires at their ends were twisted together and partly taped. I guess they needed to bring a light down with them.

[stealurface831]

crackheads impress me.

[old goat]

I was reading in Fine Woodworking about a furniture shop in Cairo. All they had was a few simple hand tools and they could perfectly duplicate any piece you showed them a picture of--no plans or even dimensions necessary.

Or for that matter Roy Underhill on PBS--who used to cut dovetails entirely by eyeball--no measuring or layout of any kind, no square or bevel gauge--and they were better I could ever hope to make with all my fancy layout tools.

[OldLarry]

My oldest daughter- kids got her shit together more than almost anyone I know. When she is home the whole family subconsciously raises their game- need to go on Maury Povich to make sure she's actually mine.

[old goat]

Div I college pitcher strikes out 21 of 21 batters faced. First time in NCAA history.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/s...fect-game.html
For a truly perfect game all she gets is some high 5's. No being crushed by all the players jumping on her halfway between the mound and home plate? Lame.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Div I college pitcher strikes out 21 of 21 batters faced. First time in NCAA history.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/s...fect-game.html
For a truly perfect game all she gets is some high 5's. No being crushed by all the players jumping on her halfway between the mound and home plate? Lame.

Well, it was her 3rd 21K game.

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[old goat]

Well, it was her 3rd 21K game.

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But the other two weren't even shutouts. OTOH the relatively subdued reaction does bring to mind the Lombardi quote after somebody did an end zone celebration--"Next time you're in the end zone, act like you've been there before."

And thinking about getting 21 K's and still allowing hits and runs--apparently her teammates don't get a lot of practice fielding batted balls. (Eddie Feigner used to win softball exhibitions with himself, a catcher, a SS, and a 1B--and the only reason there were 4 is so that there would be someone to bat if there were 3 on base.)

[Meadow Skipper]

...the Lombardi quote after somebody did an end zone celebration--"Next time you're in the end zone, act like you've been there before."

For some reason I’ve never heard that quote before. It impressed me.

[old goat]

For some reason I’ve never heard that quote before. It impressed me.

The counter to that is what Chris Collinsworth said. He's pretty old school but on the subject of end zone celebrations, after someone got an unsportsmanlike for excessive celebration--they're excited young men just having a good time. Nothing wrong with that.

[old goat]

RIP Charles Coolidge--oldest living Medal of Honor recipient dies at 99.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...819_story.html
He had already earned a Silver Star in Italy when as an NCO he commanded a small group of infantry in France that held off a much larger German force that included tanks.

One quote from the article: "He received the Silver Star for his actions in Velletri, where he repelled an enemy attack with his machine-gun section, and once traversed a minefield with his fellow soldiers by forcing sheep through first at bayonet point. In quieter moments, he had dined on watermelon and cantaloupe while marching through the countryside, busting open fruit with his boots."

So if you ever need an excuse after being caught having unnatural relations with a sheep--"I was just trying to clear a minefield."

Read the rest of the article if you can--the guy had balls.

[riser4]

RIP Charles Coolidge--oldest living Medal of Honor recipient dies at 99.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...819_story.html
He had already earned a Silver Star in Italy when as an NCO he commanded a small group of infantry in France that held off a much larger German force that included tanks.

One quote from the article: "He received the Silver Star for his actions in Velletri, where he repelled an enemy attack with his machine-gun section, and once traversed a minefield with his fellow soldiers by forcing sheep through first at bayonet point. In quieter moments, he had dined on watermelon and cantaloupe while marching through the countryside, busting open fruit with his boots."

So if you ever need an excuse after being caught having unnatural relations with a sheep--"I was just trying to clear a minefield."

Read the rest of the article if you can--the guy had balls.

Who says its unnatural?

[Boissal]

This is half impressive and half amusing.
My mom sent me this pic of my 67 yo dad today. He was actively trying to dodge any celebration of their 39th wedding anniversary so he loaded his shit on the e-bike and went touring instead. Started from the house, went about 15 miles and 3000' in eco mode (cause he hates having an ebike but can't tell that to my mom who bought it for him), chained the bike to a lift tower, and banged out a couple of 2500' laps of spring mush.

He was always fit thanks to working for the FS but never exercised as his job was hard as shit and he didn't have any interest in beating himself up more on the weekends. He started riding bikes at 55 and touring at 65. He averages 2000 miles a year of non e-bike riding and now tours 30+ days a year.
Big shoes to fill for me and it gives me hope that I have a solid 30 years of fun ahead of me!



[/sappy proud of my dad post]

[Dantheman]

Awesome. My Dad is 69 and skis 100+ days per year, analog MTBs many thousands of miles per year, does several big backpacking trips per year, and camps all over the west in his GoFast rig. Don't slow down and the future is bright.

[Boissal]

^^ Fook yeah!!
Hopefully the toll of past stupid action isn't too heavy when we reach that age and we can go on crushing until we fold quietly.

[old goat]

Medal of Honor recipients impress me. This guy waited a while to get his.
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-medal-o...181422873.html
(Not sure deliberately exposing yourself to fire is the tactically smartest maneuver but I don't anything about combat so maybe.)

[Benny Profane]

I learned about the Kolb brothers on my recent trip to Grand Canyon, and was impressed. In 1911 they ran the Green from Green River WY. To where it met up with the Colorado, then on to Needles, CA. through the Grand Canyon. All this in pre Hoover and Glen Canyon wild river times. I thought that was pretty bad ass.

[Dantheman]

An estimated $150 billion of stolen money has been smuggled out of Iraq in corrupt deals since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...cid=uxbndlbing

[The AD]

I learned about the Kolb brothers on my recent trip to Grand Canyon, and was impressed. In 1911 they ran the Green from Green River WY. To where it met up with the Colorado, then on to Needles, CA. through the Grand Canyon. All this in pre Hoover and Glen Canyon wild river times. I thought that was pretty bad ass.

Then I raise you John Wesley Powell.

[old goat]

An estimated $150 billion of stolen money has been smuggled out of Iraq in corrupt deals since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...cid=uxbndlbing

Only 150B ?

[abraham]

Then I raise you John Wesley Powell.

How about a 60 year old doing it on a homemade tule reed raft?

https://vimeo.com/516523843

https://www.adventure-journal.com/20...ust-like-this/

Martin decided to test the theory by sending an old friend down the Grand on a boat made of tule reeds (Schoenoplectus acutus), which grow wild throughout the Colorado basin. “My wife and I boogied down to Blythe and harvested some of the stuff and dried it out in the backyard,” he said.

Martin lashed the dried reeds into bundles, and the bundles into a boat about 10 feet long, with a curved prow and square stern. For raft-building techniques, Martin turned to YouTube..

“This isn’t rocket science,” he says. “I can build a whisk broom, and that’s what this looks like. There are some beautiful traditional indigenous boats out there, but there are some crappy ones too. I figured I can build a crappy one and if I failed, nobody would know.”

[Core Shot]

That boat is a faggot.

Literally

I’m sure indigenous boats were way better

And why did the guy that “built” it not paddle it?

[Benny Profane]

Then I raise you John Wesley Powell.

Oh, agreed, especially since he did it with one arm.