What if...

What if during the 1930's, after the Battle of Great Brittan, the one Horton Brother who could fly and was behind the idea didn't decide to test pilot their creations? What if ...

We'd have had to fight Stealth Fighters and Bombers, just like out F117 and B2s. The surviving ones were taken apart at the end of WWII and shipped back to the USA to stay underground in CA, and NV. They were then shipped to the Smithsonian - both by Dulles and their other facility by Andrews. Hitler wanted to use the Horton 229 (above - fighter) and the Horton 18 (much larger bomber) to deliver the payload promised by his scientists for 1947-1949 - the nuclear bomb. He wanted to use this against Moscow, England, as well as - and more importantly - New York and Washington.

Finally in 2008 (63 years after discover) they began a test to see if they were stealth. The planes were made of wood - almost entirely. They were also painted with a very high-carbon paint - think grinding charcoal into paint - but VERY high tech for it's day. You can also see the lines are nearly identical to the lines of our stealth planes of today. Amazing.

Thank goodness the Horton brother pilot flew it on its first flight. Just as he was landing, an engine went out and he crashed. The german's not having much money and having a nut leading them quickly cut the funding to the project...

The tests revealed that the planes would have been very difficult to see using the 1930-1940s radar. 20-40% reduction in the detection range... The stealth and speed advantage, it would take half the time of the fighters coming to get it to get in and bomb the targets... From approx 20-30 minute reation time down to almost 2 minutes response time to seeing them on the radar. The war would have changed.

ASCE's 7-wonders of the Modern World

ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers ranked their 7-wonders of the modern world:

1) Chunnel - Channel Tunnel - 1994-05-06 - UK to France
2) CN Tower - 1976-06-26 - Toronto, ON
3) Empire State Building - 1931-05-01 - NYC, NY
4) Golden Gate Bridge - 1937-05-27 - San Fran, CA
5) Itaipu Dam - 1984-05-05 - Brazil
6) Delta Works - 1997-05-10 - Netherlands
7) Panama Canal - 1914-01-07 - Panama

They have been under consideration to change the list of late to include:
*) Burj Dubai - 2,680 Feet Tall - office building in Dubai (1/2 Mile)
*) Syncude Tailings Dam - Canada - 540,000,000,000,000 Cubic Meters of Water
*) Dubai International Airport - 16,100,000 SQ FEET
*) Jim Yuan Mall (China) - 6,000,000 SQ FEET (Mall of America = 2,500,000)

WAH!!!!

Carolina (#TBD)
5 year old spayed black female. Weighs about 68 lbs. Good with other dogs, children 10 and over, unknown with cats. Carolina is up-to-date on her shots and is heartworm negative. She is housetrained, has very nice household manners and is good on or off of the leash. She likes to retrieve and carry her stuffed animal babies around in her mouth two or three at a time. She likes to be with her people.

Carolina was found when her rescuer was driving north from Florida on I-95. A PA pickup truck ahead of her had a dog in the back; the truck was speeding and swerving side-to-side. The dog finally lost balance and fell out and was almost hit by two speeding cars, but made it to the side of the road. The rescuer got to her and checked her over; a lot of cuts and Carolina couldn't walk. She has scrapes, abrasions and three gashes were sewn up. She is recovering nicely but walks a little stiff and sometimes doesn't put her weight on her back left leg after she retrieves for a while. She has been to our vet and an x-ray of her hips showed her left pelvis was broken and some mild hip dysplasia. The pelvis will heal with time so she has to have limited activity for the next 5-7 weeks.

Boats

Everyone ranted and raved about the RMS Titanic; however, it wasn't the largest ship ever - it was in it's time, but she had two twins, the RMS Olympic and RMS Britannic. And these are some of the comparisons to those ships.

Largest Operating Ships in the World (with Titanic, and Buildings for comparison):
*) 1,815 Feet - CN Tower
1) 1,504 Feet - Sumitomo's Knock Nevis, a supertanker - only 1 in service
*) 1,350 Feet - World Trade Center's twin towers
2) 1,302 Feet - Mearsk's Emma Mearsk, a container ship - 8 in the class
3) 1,245 Feet - Daewoo's Tl Class Supertankers - 4 in the class
4) 1,184 Feet - Royal Caribean's Oasis of the Seas - 1 now, 4 total planned
5) 1,132 Feet - Cunard Line's Queen Mary II
6) 1,125 Feet - Hyundai's Berge Stall - cargo ship
7) 1,123 Feet - USS Enterprise class Aircraft Carriers
8) 1,112 Feet - Royal Caribean's Freedom Class Cruise Ships
9) 1,092 Feet - Hyundai's E-Class Mearsk Ships
10) 1,092 Feet - USS Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier (planned)
11) 1,092 Feet - USS Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier
12) 1,090 Feet - Daewoo's Sirius Star - cargo ship
13) 1,070 Feet - USS Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carrier
14) 1,066 Feet - USS Forestal class Aircraft Carrier
15) 1,053 Feet - USS Kennedy class Aircraft Carrier
*) 1,050 Feet - EMPIRE STATE BLDG
16) 1,003 Feet - USS Midway class Aircraft Carrier
17) 990 Feet - Adm Kuznetuv class Aircraft Carrier (Russian Federation)
18) 887 Feet - USS Iowa class Battleships
19) 882 Feet - RMS Titanic
20) 873 Feet - Shinano class Battleships (Imperial Japan) (sunk)

The current largest ship in the world is nearly TWICE the length of the Titanic.

More Road Art Work

This guy paints things on pavement - you may remember the Coca-Cola bottle and "removed" sidewalk portion that he did in the past.

Where was this over the past few years?????

This is from Dodge. Yes - Dodge! It is all electric, but does have a generator (diesel) and is plug-in. It has power - 0-60 in 5 seconds, top speed of 150, and approx 500 miles per full charge.

Hmmm. If they came out with this a few years ago - when it was suggested - they could have probably saved themselves and made a killing on the expensive gas!

Some Countries Value Education

Some Countries value education and spend money on schools - this one is in British Columbia, Canada!

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