Just an Earth-Bound Misfit: The Rantings of an Aging, Armed, Pinko Chick

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, November 29, 2013

Because It's Friday

Old school snow clearing in Alaska.

9 comments:

Deadstick said...: Why's the unit with the plow making black smoke?; 11/29/2013 12:27 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: The rotary plow (a big-ass snowthrower) is itself powered by a steam engine.; 11/29/2013 12:41 PM
Old NFO said...: Yep, truly OLD School! And neat to watch, although I'd be watching from somewhere warm!!!; 11/29/2013 4:48 PM
Peter said...: You inspired me to put up a few videos of steam in South Africa:

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2013/11/memories-of-steam-trains.html

Thanks for the memories!; 11/29/2013 5:56 PM
Deadstick said...: Sure, it's steam powered, but why the difference in smoke composition from the pushing engines?; 11/29/2013 8:24 PM
Comrade Misfit said...: It might have been working harder. Steam engines like that exhaust into a blastpipe in the stack that increases the draft in the firebox. More draft, hotter fire and with a really strong draft, you get unburned particles of fuel coming out of the stack, which show up as black smoke.; 11/29/2013 8:45 PM
Eck! said...: from the notes...

The steam powered snow thrower is oil for fuel and likely running over stoked (excess oil). Like the engines it does use the stack as a blastpipe blower for the waste steam and to enhance the draft. All three are working hard and you can hear a bit of wheel slippage.

In a different video its near clear exhaust while not working hard.

Cool video and interesting to see steam at work.

Eck!; 11/29/2013 10:19 PM
Chuck Pergiel said...: Thanks for the smoke explanation. I suspected "working harder" was the cause, but I didn't know why.; 12/02/2013 3:21 PM
Chuck Pergiel said...: This reminded me of similar video I saw once upon a time (in my dreams?) except the snow was as tall as the engine and it was being thrown a hundred feet non-stop. I spent a couple hours looking for such a video but I could not find one.; 12/02/2013 3:24 PM