Wow that's one scary place to be, I'll bet the transformers don't have a drop of PCBs,in them Yuk Yuk!
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Wow that's one scary place to be, I'll bet the transformers don't have a drop of PCBs,in them Yuk Yuk!
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In a previous career, we used Arochlor 1254 (a specific PCB formulation) as an agent to stimulate liver enzymes (p450 variants) in rats for use in cancer research; we ran out of our supply, had to get some more and what had previously cost us $$ cost $$$$$ since it was no longer made.
Some wags told us 'just go get some mud from the river' (this was in NY along the infamously polluted by PCB's Hudson River.)
We had an entirely separate room in the building that I had to wear a bunny suit, respirator and two layers of gloves to weigh it out into the container I was going to use. We took that stuff and all the other crazy chemicals and radioactive materials we worked with pretty seriously, (one of our younger research chemists died of liver cancer soon after I started working there, he was only 34).
I can't imagine what life was like for the workers filling those transformers back then...
Rat catchers. Liverpool, England, c. 1933.
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With larger cages, the same technique could be used in the U.S. to straighten-out Congress.....
possibly, but they would require chemical and biological protective clothing to handle them with,plus some very strong adhesive as they are very slipperyQuote:
Originally Posted by VinnieL
ain't enough cages. . .Quote:
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Hey, what if we all get together and build some cages!!! Collectively... we should have all the skills needed to build them!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
just a thought....
It must have been a respectable job. They wear neck ties and white shirts!
I'm in. Perhaps just one big cage; none of that 'across the aisle' nonsense. Most of them will perish ala "Lord of the Flies". I'm thinking last two will epitomize one each of worst and very best of them.Quote:
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And their shoes are shined. Neat appearance just makes thing better.
Meaning no disrespect to you Owen, but fortunately, white shirts and neck ties are not indicators of the need for respect. Nor is smooth talking, it is actions and integrity that command respect.Quote:
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I used to tell my young engineers who would show up for our conferences those ties you are wearing are nothing but an indication that you are planning on being hanged for something you are about to or have already done so you already have the noose around your necks. To me a tie is nothing more than a vanity ornament just like jewelry ie rings necklace's and wrist watches. The only time anyone ever saw me wear one was while I was in the Army and then only when we had to wear the silly dress uniforms for parades or other equally useless events. I'm the same way about a suit I don't own one and refuse to wear one for any reason. I gave both my oral master's and doctoral dissertations wearing jeans and a western shirt and boots my summation was they took me as I was or not made no difference to me.
When ever I see someone wearing a tie in a work place my first thought is they brought their own rope
So it's actually "Dr. S"! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
The number of advanced degrees held by members of this forum is humbling. And it's the good degrees too.
Jon I don't use the tittle to me it just sounds ostentatious
Interior of main garage of American Red Cross, 79 Rue Laugier, Paris, France. March, 1919.
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Doing what you had to do with what you had in the space available
There are exceptions. A lot of bankers and politicians use that disguise. . .Quote:
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and insurance appraisers.
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New York, 1899. Dumping snow carts at the river after a blizzard.
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Proper black and white photography denotes as many possible shades [grey] and total black and white; not easy in snow settings. This is a good example! The focus and depth of field are outstanding too.
Frank S,Quote:
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Doctors practice, I think that you are well past that stage, your accomplishments are respected by many here.
Eric
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Employees at the Western Canada Shipyards, False Creek, Vancouver, April, 1918.
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Making wood frame boats. Interesting that everyone is wearing a hat, no baseball caps.
Ralph
It's really cool to see these old pictures, when I was little I remember all of my older relations,uncle, cousin, Dad and grandfather whore hats also clear in to the mid fifties, every man seem to wear a hat! These old wooden freighters were part of the first world war effort, and many didn't get used at all. Many were anchored in the Sound in Washing State , which become known as "Wilson's Wood Row"!
"Dad and grandfather whore hats also clear in to the mid fifties, every man seem to wear a hat! "
Current thinking is that the widespread advent of driving your own car is what killed off the custom of men wearing hats.
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwic...ginning-with-i
The More You Know!
(also answers the question of why you didn't see any ball caps: caps where a boys headgear, not a man's)
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The hat V cap thing is ,in my opinion, a marketing & profit thing. After a generation of skin cancers to the ears & back of neck etc then there will be a push for sombreros and wide brim hats: not just "slip, slop, slap" as we have here.
I didn't wear hats when younger as i was a "long haired leaping loon" or whatever but even though, later in life, I wore a helmet with muffs while brushcutting, chainsawing, mowing, landscaping, & a hat while gardening etc I still managed to get skin cancer to the top of my ear. Dr said we will have to monitor that one and the one on my cheek so I applied radium weed and beside the cheek's severe pain the cancers scabbed up and dropped off. I told Dr & he said there was research into that euphorbia. Drug companies will charge a bomb for the stuff they concoct.
My elderly friend hates the pain of needles and the cutting out of the cancers on her face( and she has had quite a few-one time she looked like a "little Ausie Bleeder" with all the tiny round bandaids on her face. She decided to get me to apply some sap but with no responsibility on me. Most have gone within a fortnight. One however has scabbed twice and still coming out so had a third application this week: she claims the roots of it must have been very deep and any surgery would have made a mess of her face.
Don't try at home without medical advice & the correct plant.
Cheers
Yeah as a desert dweller myself, I've long been a fan of wide brimmed hats, or at least one like this : https://usa.solbari.com/collections/...-sun-hat-upf50
That one at least is car-seat-with-headrest friendly.
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Replacing the propeller of the SS Leviathan
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That is similar to the Arafat Hat I used to wear but I dont wear one of any kind while driving: I like to have best vision and full attention possible. I get a bit annoyed when my partner asks "is there anything behind?" I generally respond "you are the driver so check it out" but I look anyway as she has reversed into my car; LOL.Quote:
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In old days back in 60s with no headreasts & through to 80s with head restraints, one always avoided an old guy in a hat who was driving = unpredictable! more laughs but true.
Manufacturing propellers for the Hog Islanders cargo and troop transport ships at the Henry Pratt Company plant in Aurora, Illinois, c. 1918.
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Love the dirt floor, don't need to worry about sweeping. How is that drill press powered?
Ralph
Appears to be a lineshaft under floor, look at the cone pulleys on the bottom of the machine to the right.
Looking closer there is a conduit going up, could have been converted to electric motor unless the wire is for lighting.
yeah probable electric, I was wondering about how the spindle was powered, looks like a drive shaft running left to right behind the operators head.
Ralph
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Originally Posted by stillldoinit
Likely both are true. Certain the machine to right is a planer, a lineshaft driven table very possible. Conduit powering a milling spindle could be later additions. Also notice photo subject radial drill isn't quite a 'radial'. Instead of a ground circular column it's more like a cast post with a hinge, not anything rigid like a normal radial. Even the gearing and spindle/ quill kind of lightweight. I believe this machine is suited for smaller holes on wide parts; too big for a table type drill press. Similar to a 'jackknife' drill, very nimble positioning to pick up center-punched layout marks.
My old building [1890's] Attachment 29596was a grain mill; just one big enclosed area, loading dock high, and 16' ceiling. West side of property is concrete pad and footprint of 3, 20 foot silos. Underneath is a machinery room; inside the floor has covered trenches; grain augers and lineshaft(s) to run equipment. I've been in a few line-driven buildings. The overhead variety, all exhibits and museums. Underfloor examples were equally prevalent.
There was until recently the mill Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix was made in, when Rutt-Underwood sold to Davis who went nation-wide. Theirs worked both ways; ground floor overhead, second floor underneath, and so on. The grain lift, steel scoops on a vertical conveyor belt, went up about 6 stories. Perfected recipe in their home kitchen, outgrown quickly. My building might have been phase two, before the big plant. Can't find evidence, just old-timers and hearsay. It was leased to Pillsbury for a time as well, they milled in competition with Davis and Quaker Oats. . .All I've found is business addresses, some with 2 and 3 digit phone numbers, lol; but not the facilities.
Yep. Right there in St. Joseph, MO. Walter Cronkite, Jane Wyman, Pony Express, Jesse Jame Home, St. Joseph's Aspirin, Patee Museum, Lewis & Clark, Cherry Mash, brass firemen's pole and quick horse team harness, how about saltine [soda] crackers? Only instrumental in the migration westward, into households world wide.
Far too many more unique aspects and originals to mention.
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Breaker boys. 1911.
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Another sigh. Mostly adults, maybe a couple teens. But he, right front in the elevator car couldn't be 12 IMHO.
The large pointed pailing gate, when closed was to make them think they were in a castle in a far-off place. Doubt they had reveries like that in there.
the chap on the left just cant wait to do the next shift!
Vivian Cotton Mills. 1908.
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Back then everybody worked from the young boys and girls to the eldest grandmother the grandpas usually died young from working themselves to death
