a paean to the Model A

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The New York Times today ran an article about the Ford Model A. About five million were built (not counting commercial vehicles) from 1928 to 1931. It...

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It doesn't look like a 1 frame/sec video as you claim. None of the people appear in multiple frames. At a walking pace it should take about ten seconds...

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I witnessed this in 1995 when I visited Durban from 25 March to 15 April. I was on an around-the-world backpacking trip, and I stayed with Peter Utting,...

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The collapse of the cruise ship industry. Hopefully too, the end of airlines that cram people together like sardines.

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My favorite photo blogger gets into this too, referring to the USA as a "bandana republic." https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_o...

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The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of aluminum is 0.000013 inches per inch per °F. If the 1.38" diameter piston rises 300F° its diameter...

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The explanation I'd seen previously involved force vectors, and the earth pulling away from the far-side bulge. I like your explanation better -- it...

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She is real. You can chase down the references, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marily...vant#Biography...

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I did zone out while driving across the Black Rock Desert, not far from Burning Man. I wondered how far it was to the flat horizon. I was able to work...

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The strange thing about the tides is that there are two bulges. When the tide is high at one location, the tide is also high on the opposite side of the...

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The fins are thicker than the grooves (it's usually the other way around). If indeed this matters, it is simple to fix if necessary.

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Here is another good site, recommended by my friend David Quammen https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries.

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Indeed, it is so. I'm sure you could have stifled the algebra if you had been at a chalkboard, sketching it for us as we watch....

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Just like Tiger eyeing a putt, you found the line. And you generalized the approach to include different shapes. That is a major theme of the book....

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That's thinking outside the box.

Let's also stipulate that you have to make the cut with your horizontal bandsaw: https://www.amazon.com...

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You may have had bad teachers.

Here is a math problem which does not involve numbers. It's from p.33 of this new book:

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So, who's going to tell him that his grandfather died from the flu?...

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How far are you from the nearest confirmed case of COVID-19?...

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According to hillbillies pinto beans are good enough for company, so good choice! I always use pintos when making chili. Most of them come from Color...