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Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/9/20 12:58 p.m.

It seems counterintuitive, but its true.

Jesse Ransom
Jesse Ransom GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
9/9/20 12:58 p.m.

Lateral displacement of the belt? I'm dubious that that worked very well...

Jesse Ransom
Jesse Ransom GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
9/9/20 1:02 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

The Tony Foale book is worth reading, a lot. Or reading a lot. I think it's going to take me a number of trips through...

https://motochassis.com/product/book-motorcycle-handling-chassis-design/

Jesse Ransom
Jesse Ransom GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
9/9/20 1:05 p.m.

Also the John Bradley books. Someday I'll find a copy of Vol 2...

slantvaliant (Forum Supporter)
slantvaliant (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
9/9/20 1:42 p.m.

In reply to 914Driver :

Eagle claw?

slantvaliant (Forum Supporter)
slantvaliant (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
9/9/20 2:10 p.m.

Now, that's a race!

NickD
NickD UltimaDork
9/9/20 5:04 p.m.

daeman
daeman Dork
9/9/20 9:29 p.m.

In reply to P3PPY :

I was just going through a few historical pictures, thought it was interesting.

More:

Contemporary sculpture of the mythical King Arthur at a castle in Cornwall.

 

800 year old stave church in Norway.

Built without nails. I would guess that is the highest the sun rose that day.

 

Bronze age settlement in the Shetland Islands.

Rembrandt's Storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Book benches in Bulgaria. My wife noted that they have different texts.

 

This is an actual accessory for a German World war II rifle to allow it to shoot around corners.

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter)
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
9/9/20 10:03 p.m.

Another World war II period set of images. These are two pictures of the same man.

At enlistment, and after 4 years in the Soviet army.

These two pictures are shown side by side in the Andrei Pozdeev museum. The museum caption reads: “(Left) The artist Eugen Stepanovich Kobytev the day he went to the front in 1941. (Right) In 1945 when he returned

 

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa Dork
9/9/20 10:03 p.m.
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:

 

This is an actual accessory for a German World war II rifle to allow it to shoot around corners.

If I remember the stories about it correctly, the stress of curving ended up shattering the bullets so you ended up with what was effectively a mini-shotgun

Floating Doc (Forum Supporter)
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
9/9/20 10:13 p.m.
Mr_Asa said:
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:

 

This is an actual accessory for a German World war II rifle to allow it to shoot around corners.

If I remember the stories about it correctly, the stress of curving ended up shattering the bullets so you ended up with what was effectively a mini-shotgun

That seems likely. Might even be more effective, since aiming it's not possible if used as intended.

1944. A very tall German soldier, talking to a British soldier after surrendering in France.

Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter)
Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter) SuperDork
9/10/20 8:45 a.m.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
9/10/20 10:00 a.m.

GIRTHQUAKE
GIRTHQUAKE Dork
9/10/20 10:27 a.m.

Stairwell in Restaurant Prunier, Avenue 16 by Victor Hugo

ultraclyde (Forum Supporter)
ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
9/10/20 10:42 a.m.
Duke said:

This is why you always get the LSD

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
9/10/20 12:10 p.m.
ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) said:
Duke said:

This is why you always get the LSD

Why'd you buy a BMW?

Ditches, man. 

Ditches love BMWs.

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
9/10/20 1:42 p.m.
Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) said:

Rembrandt's Storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Trivia Time!

How does this painting popularly related (e.g. not art world related) to the one you posted?:

Mr_Asa
Mr_Asa Dork
9/10/20 1:45 p.m.

In reply to aircooled :

Reminds me of Good Will Hunting for some reason.

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