Ian's Rant

26 June, 2009

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.

12 June, 2009

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.

10 June, 2009

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!