Random Picture Thread

My new skis work OK on hard pistes

 

Eddy the glider dog with his scratch built 'Houston Hawk':



A toss into dune lift:



And away:



"Any landing you can walk away from...":



I really need to learn how to post 'thumbnails'...

 

It's not difficult, just select "Go Advanced" and scroll down from the message window and click on "Manage Attachments"

It's a courtesy to those who do not have access to highspeed internet, if they are at sea for example ...

 

just love those flying stabilizers!

(T-tails too, but they tend to be more frial)
nice work

 

Eddy is a clever little fella indeed....go Eddy.

 

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/391522-random-transportation-pictures-409.html



http://swipelife.com/2009/07/06/omni-future-sound-speakers/

 

Some really random pictures:

 

Yemeni dhow

 

http://www.chefzachary.com/


http://www.chefzachary.com/order.htm

 

Snow coming:

 

How do Norwegians heat the homes?

 

We use electricity, approx 20.000kwh for a house per year, including hot water and lights.
We also burn wood, in a stove or chimney, at home mostly for really cold days, like minus 15 or so, but at a typical mountain hut wood is the primary heat source.
If electricity cost a little more we would invest in some kind of converters, "heat pumps" we call them, air to air converters has a pay back time of a few years, but we need to heat water that flows in our floors, that's more expensive technology.

 

I wondered, because when electricity fails, the problems begin. Electrically fired gas furnaces don't work in a power outage. It just seems to show a lack of foresight.

 

Nice-sounding forecast, mild temperatures, gentle breezes, days without snow - actual sun - I think I might move to Norway! We're getting snow more or less continuously, I've given up clearing it and just scrape a pathway to the street a few times a day. The boat is starting to disappear again and it's raised half a meter off the ground. When/if it ever stops I will crank up the snowthrower and do a decent job. They tell us we missed the big storm: could have fooled me.

 

Some people build new houses without a chimney, that's a lack of foresight.
We can keep warm and probably make some coffee and food with our stove.
I even found free firewoods in containers when neighbors rebuild their houses

Yes, the forecast is good. It's been raining for a week now, after a perfect white winter from early November. Yesterday night I was skiing with my kids while it was snowing again. If we are lucky, the skiing will last until we start boating in June