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If Cinderella was a firefighter…
American volunteer fire departments’ wealth (i.e. their patron’s wealth) was once demonstrated by their possession of hose and hose carts. In the early 1800’s fire hose was produced from riveted leather with brass fittings and was notably expensive. Ownership of such a product denoted… Continue Reading “If Cinderella was a firefighter…”
The Real McCoy
If you are a mechanical engineer, Black History Month will naturally lead you to think about rail axles. If you are not a mechanical engineer, this may need some explanation. In the early decades of rail, lubrication of axle bearings was a tedious and… Continue Reading “The Real McCoy”
Encoded Crafting
While I was knitting one day, my eldest son was prattling on about his coding class. I happened to glance down at my pattern and realized – with unjustified surprise – that I was looking at lines of code. An acquaintance of mine describes… Continue Reading “Encoded Crafting”
An Unwarranted Trust
What do we do when something we trust transforms into something beyond our experience – a raging river runs dry, a baby never cries, or a constant in physics becomes inconsistent… I say, why not embrace it! And in the hokiest way possible! In… Continue Reading “An Unwarranted Trust”
The Greatness of the Beast
What’s so great about our 1965 Ford F100 pickup truck (aka The Beast)? Let me count the ways: The truck has a manual choke. What’s so fantastic about this? Young people have no idea what it is. This vehicle will never be stolen except… Continue Reading “The Greatness of the Beast”
Weight Management – a matter of some gravity
What is most important thing in our lives? Family? Career? Love? Religion? No. Whatever you answered is wrong. (Though I’ll allow religion. An afterlife may be useful.) The most important thing in our lives is gravity. Don’t naysay me. Give it a moment’s thought.… Continue Reading “Weight Management – a matter of some gravity”
Making a Beauty of the Beast
When I was a tiny girl, televised car shows showed shapely, scantily-clad, young women dangling themselves over vehicles. This behavior utterly confused my childish mind. Finally, I matured enough to understand that the consumer was supposed to confound lust for the luscious woman with… Continue Reading “Making a Beauty of the Beast”
A Pythagorean Problem
There is no mathematical theorem used more in my daily life than the Pythagorean Theorem. Even my non-mathematical friends make second-hand use of the theorem by calling me with a query about how much material they need for a project involving a triangle (or… Continue Reading “A Pythagorean Problem”
I am past my prime…
I am past my prime. Yesterday, I was not. With the passage of just one day, I’m a year older. What a cruel trick! Surely it’s a mathematical impossibility. How can time contract so? Am I living in a gravitational anomaly? Yesterday, I was… Continue Reading “I am past my prime…”
Wimpy Woman
For some reason or the other, I never included pull-ups in my exercise routine until my early forties. With a modest degree of effort, I was soon able to complete three sequential pull ups. Although I was rather proud of myself, my offspring remained… Continue Reading “Wimpy Woman”
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