Seen on the street in Kyiv.

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, February 6, 2015

Because It's Friday

A stationary steam engine in a Siamese rice mill:


I imagine that they keep these things in use because the boilers are fired with rice husks, which are a by-product of the milling process. So their fuel costs are near zero.

3 comments:

S O said...

Open flywheel.
Work safety ftw, yay!

Chuck Pergiel said...

Very cool. I wonder how old it is, and where it came from. England, do you suppose?

B said...

Either England or the USA.

THese are not only cheap to operate, but they don't take a great deal of maintainance. Just fill the oil pots daily, and clean the flues every few hours.

Once set up, I'd bet that no one has adjusted it in years.

Likely there is an engineer that comes by once or twice a year that does any required maintainance like repacking gland joints and doing rod shims and such. The rest is fairly low tech...