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(“Psst… and then meet me back here for The Overnight Open Thread.“)
Posts Tagged ‘Retro’
Bobby never saw it coming.
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 35 Comments › )Filed under Caption This, Humor, Movies, OOT, Open thread at July 25th, 2012 - 10:00 pm
Days Like These
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 80 Comments › )Filed under Art, Entertainment, Humor, OOT, Open thread at July 7th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
The past week or so felt exactly like this. Now it feels exactly like that. It’s a yin-yang kinda thang these days, especially on The Overnight Open Thread.
Crank It, Turn It, Pump It
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 125 Comments › )Filed under Art, History, Movies, Music, OOT, Open thread, Technology at June 30th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
“Mechanical Principles” – Simple gear actions from 1930 by Ralph Steiner, set to classical music. From the UToobage comments:
Some of the mechanisms featured:
0:16 Positive displacement pump
0:26 Four-stroke engine piston;
0:50 Simple steam engines or pumps;
2:00 Steam engine reversing gear as on ships;
3:10 Differential gear;
4:05 Worm gear;
4:10 Archimedes screw;
5:22 Geneva gear;
5:32 Pawl and ratchet;
5:55 Grasshopper escapement;
7:15 Scotch yokes;
8:07 Positive displacement pump (same as 0:16);
9:29 Wheel and disc integrator used in analog computers;
9:54 Possibly a turbine.
So let’s all crank it, turn it and pump it up on The Overnight Open Thread.
Jimbo Hendrix
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 68 Comments › )Filed under Humor, Music, OOT, Open thread, Satire at May 15th, 2012 - 11:00 pm
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It all makes sense now, considering Jimbo Hendrix’ love of the ‘grass. Some of his classics were showcased at the Monterey International Harvester Festival in 1970, including:
Hey Bud
Purple Hayes (tribute to Woody)
Earl Around the Wheat Flour
Breakdown Traffic
MooMoo Child
Stone Fence
Fox-N-Ladle
And my personal favorite: The Wind Cries Opal
Yep. Some of my best friends are rednecks on The Overnight Open Thread.
