August 21, 20204 yr I was today years old when I realized that Cincinnati is at a lower elevation than Cleveland. For instance, Burke Lakefront is 584 above sea level, while Lunken is 483'. It makes sense after thinking bout it and the hydrology of Ohio, but it just seems strange.
August 21, 20204 yr 3 hours ago, Cleburger said: I was today years old when I realized that Cincinnati is at a lower elevation than Cleveland. For instance, Burke Lakefront is 584 above sea level, while Lunken is 483'. It makes sense after thinking bout it and the hydrology of Ohio, but it just seems strange. Hardly anything in the City of Cincinnati is built under about 540 feet, let alone 483. Lunken is protected by its own levee system, which was very expensive to build way back and seems to have problems since water still pools periodically in the center of the airport (I'm not sure if they have pumps or not). All along the Great Lakes they can build right up to the shores of the various lakes and the rivers that flow into them. The fact that you can look but not touch the inland waterways from about Memphis on up is a big reason why the Mississippi River system cities and towns have a different vibe than everything surrounding the Great Lakes and Europe, where the rivers are wimpy and don't seem to jump their banks with any gusto. Also, Lunken Airport was built on the original settlement point in the Cincinnati area, a town called Columbia. This settlement was abandoned two years after the settlers showed up because of a flood. Downtown Cincinnati is where it is because of a total topographical anomaly - what is called an "upper alluvial plain" formed over the last 10,000 years (after the retreat of the last glacier). I'm not really sure how it formed but if it hadn't there would be no major city between the two Miami rivers.
August 21, 20204 yr to be fair there isnt anything even close to the flow rate of the ohio river in america, except for the mississippi. and the ohio is only half of that. so actually all other rivers everywhere are minor leaguers. of course its going to flood more and harder than the miamis or sciotos, etc.
August 21, 20204 yr also, in fact you often cannot build right up to the shore of lake erie without expensive breakers that over time cost much more than the house and property did to take care of. i spent a lot of time running and climbing around on these to swim as a kid. its almost beyond belief what people will fund and put up with to have waterfront property.
August 23, 20204 yr On 8/21/2020 at 3:47 PM, mrnyc said: also, in fact you often cannot build right up to the shore of lake erie without expensive breakers that over time cost much more than the house and property did to take care of. i spent a lot of time running and climbing around on these to swim as a kid. its almost beyond belief what people will fund and put up with to have waterfront property. Much of the breakwalls are taxpayer supported as rich people enlist the Army Corps of Engineers to help save their property. You know, "welfare"....
August 23, 20204 yr On 8/21/2020 at 12:27 AM, jmecklenborg said: Hardly anything in the City of Cincinnati is built under about 540 feet, let alone 483. Lunken is protected by its own levee system, which was very expensive to build way back and seems to have problems since water still pools periodically in the center of the airport (I'm not sure if they have pumps or not). All along the Great Lakes they can build right up to the shores of the various lakes and the rivers that flow into them. The fact that you can look but not touch the inland waterways from about Memphis on up is a big reason why the Mississippi River system cities and towns have a different vibe than everything surrounding the Great Lakes and Europe, where the rivers are wimpy and don't seem to jump their banks with any gusto. Also, Lunken Airport was built on the original settlement point in the Cincinnati area, a town called Columbia. This settlement was abandoned two years after the settlers showed up because of a flood. Downtown Cincinnati is where it is because of a total topographical anomaly - what is called an "upper alluvial plain" formed over the last 10,000 years (after the retreat of the last glacier). I'm not really sure how it formed but if it hadn't there would be no major city between the two Miami rivers. I did not know about the Lunken levees. So what elevation is downtown Cincinnati?
August 23, 20204 yr 7 minutes ago, Cleburger said: I did not know about the Lunken levees. So what elevation is downtown Cincinnati? Around 540. Google Earth (not streetview) shows elevation as you run the cursor across an area. If you go immediately west of DT Cincinnati where all of the 1960s warehouses are you will see the elevation steadily drop off to 510, 500, 490. This was the giant row house neighborhood that was demolished because it kept flooding...except a big flood wall was erected by the feds in 1948 to protect the area. You are reading this correctly - even though a flood wall was built, they kept using the flood argument to tear down the whole place. The Lunken levee is topped by a recreational trail. It's pretty easy to see on google earth. The north side of the levee system is the "Beechmont Levee", which is a section of Beechmont Ave. that was rebuilt on top of a levee berm back in the 1940s or 1950s: https://www.google.com/maps/search/beechmont+levee/@39.1111504,-84.4138736,3550m/data=!3m1!1e3 The Beechmont levee has a pretty weird pre-interstate overpass/ramp system still intact on its left side, which is worth glancing at for anyone interested in early highways stuff that somehow survives to this day.
August 23, 20204 yr 6 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: Around 540. Google Earth (not streetview) shows elevation as you run the cursor across an area. If you go immediately west of DT Cincinnati where all of the 1960s warehouses are you will see the elevation steadily drop off to 510, 500, 490. This was the giant row house neighborhood that was demolished because it kept flooding...except a big flood wall was erected by the feds in 1948 to protect the area. You are reading this correctly - even though a flood wall was built, they kept using the flood argument to tear down the whole place. The Lunken levee is topped by a recreational trail. It's pretty easy to see on google earth. The north side of the levee system is the "Beechmont Levee", which is a section of Beechmont Ave. that was rebuilt on top of a levee berm back in the 1940s or 1950s: https://www.google.com/maps/search/beechmont+levee/@39.1111504,-84.4138736,3550m/data=!3m1!1e3 The Beechmont levee has a pretty weird pre-interstate overpass/ramp system still intact on its left side, which is worth glancing at for anyone interested in early highways stuff that somehow survives to this day. Thanks for the interesting info and tour!
August 24, 20204 yr 14 hours ago, Cleburger said: I did not know about the Lunken levees. Here is why they have levees and how the airport got its nickname. Taken from http://www.lunkentower.com/history.html "Sunken Lunken" - the brand new terminal underwater: Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
August 24, 20204 yr 8 hours ago, Cleburger said: Thanks for the interesting info and tour! If you visit Cincinnati it's worth visiting Lunken Airport. You can park right in front of the terminal and walk in. It has an old art deco interior, a restaurant, and a staircase up to an observation level. You can't rent bikes but it's worth walking a 1/2 mile out onto the rec trail to see the old hangar buildings that are almost 100 years old. Also, if you drive along Wilmer Ave. you can see the various newer terminals for corporate jets. Most of them are pretty generic but a few have ridiculous outdated motifs from the 70s and 80s.
August 24, 20204 yr 7 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: If you visit Cincinnati it's worth visiting Lunken Airport. You can park right in front of the terminal and walk in. It has an old art deco interior, a restaurant, and a staircase up to an observation level. You can't rent bikes but it's worth walking a 1/2 mile out onto the rec trail to see the old hangar buildings that are almost 100 years old. Also, if you drive along Wilmer Ave. you can see the various newer terminals for corporate jets. Most of them are pretty generic but a few have ridiculous outdated motifs from the 70s and 80s. I've been there before, only early morning to catch an Ultimate back to Cleveland after a Bills/Bengals game. I am also a private pilot, so will add KLUK to my list for a "hundred dollar hamburger" visit.
September 1, 20204 yr holy cow my spouse just got an email from ebay with a discount coupon because today is her 25th anniversary as a customer lol. that goes back to the 1900s! that was way before the buy now option, when you had to stay on and bid things up at the last minute. good times lol.
September 1, 20204 yr 20 minutes ago, mrnyc said: holy cow my spouse just got an email from ebay with a discount coupon because today is her 25th anniversary as a customer lol. that goes back to the 1900s! that was way before the buy now option, when you had to stay on and bid things up at the last minute. good times lol. My dad used to sell sports tickets all the time on ebay in the mid-2000's. He would buy other people's tickets and then resell them and make a profit. He had season tickets to the Detroit Lions that he would sell most of. We'd go to a game or two every year. One year, when the Lions were really bad, I think him and I went to like 4 games because he couldn't sell the tickets.
September 1, 20204 yr ^ thats funny. over the winter a friend of mine bought a bunch of tickets for the play hamilton on broadway to resell to tourists on stubhub. the problem is they were for like may, june & july. needless to say he got stuck. wait, i guess its not funny at all!!
September 8, 20204 yr pushing for a katie holmes day in toledo: ‘A.P. Bio’ creator Mike O’Brien lobbies for ‘Katie Holmes Day’ in Toledo By Oli Coleman September 7, 2020 At least one Ohioan is calling for a holiday to be named in honor of Katie Holmes. Mike O’Brien, who created the Peacock show “A.P. Bio,” grew up in the same town as Holmes and says that her rise to fame has become the stuff of legend there. more: https://pagesix.com/2020/09/07/a-p-bio-creator-mike-obrien-lobbies-for-katie-holmes-day-in-toledo/?_ga=2.124992269.647541086.1599526309-1575911165.1523659372 Edited September 8, 20204 yr by mrnyc
September 9, 20204 yr if you need a distraction, this is an interesting read. its an interview with a courtroom sketch artist for high profile fed cases: https://hyperallergic.com/584174/this-courtroom-artist-has-sketched-some-of-the-most-high-profile-cases-of-the-century/?utm_campaign=New York&utm_content=20200909&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Hyperallergic newsletter
September 21, 20204 yr help out -- they are trying to save this cool old bx sign and send it to the sign museum in cinci! Palomba Academy of Music has been teaching music lessons from its storefront in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx for 64 years, but they’ve sadly had to close due to COVID-19. However, there’s a piece of this business that photographers James and Karla Murray hope to preserve. They are working with iconic NYC neon shop Let There Be Neonto remove Palomba’s historic, 25-foot neon sign and have it relocated to the American Sign Museum in Cincinatti, Ohio. But they need your help… more: https://www.6sqft.com/help-save-the-historic-neon-sign-at-the-bronxs-64-year-old-palomba-academy-of-music/
October 9, 20204 yr one of those quaint only in ny things -- that actually happen fairly often: https://www.amny.com/news/arts-entertainment/performer-penny-arcade-takes-walk-down-memory-lane-at-art-festival-show/
October 22, 20204 yr you can snap up the late toni morrison's elegant tribeca place -- its 10 floors! https://nypost.com/2020/10/21/toni-morrisons-former-nyc-home-lists-for-4-75m/
November 22, 20204 yr for it's return to the moon artemis project nasa has revived its retired, very 70s-ish era, 'worm' logo that was used between 1975-82: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-i-rocket-and-spacecraft-receive-worm-welcome they are also using the traditionial 'meatball' logo: https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2020/10/29/nasa-insignia-and-american-flag-applied-to-orion-for-artemis-i/ artemis is of course the greek goddess of hunters, and more to the point the twin sister of apollo, so the moniker is quite apt. also, because the first person to set foot on the moon again will be a woman. the first test flight is scheduled for next year -- more: https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
November 25, 20204 yr the 2020 best cocktail bars in the world list is out: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-bars-2020/index.html
December 1, 20204 yr a very sad sight, the entire ailing arecibo observatory radio telescope in pr has now collapsed. 'A huge loss': Giant Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses, following damage "It was a jewel of science," said a Puerto Rican meteorologist about the Arecibo observatory, which was until recently the world's largest observatory. Dec. 1, 2020, 9:27 AM EST / Updated Dec. 1, 2020, 12:22 PM EST / Source: Associated Press By Nicole Acevedo and The Associated Press The Arecibo Observatory, a huge and previously damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century, completely collapsed on Tuesday. The telescope's 900-ton receiver platform fell onto the reflector dish more than 400 feet below. more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/huge-loss-huge-puerto-rico-radio-telescope-arecibo-collapses-following-n1249515
December 6, 20204 yr "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 6, 20204 yr 13 minutes ago, KJP said: What a clown. Why does he want to be on the board to begin with?
December 17, 20204 yr whoa -- now this is interesting: X-RAY VISION A New Satellite Can Peer Inside Buildings, Day or Night The resolution is so crisp that you can see inside individual rooms. DAN ROBITZSKI DECEMBER 16TH 2020 Capella can peer right through cloud cover, and see just as well in the daylight as in total darkness. That’s because instead of optical imaging, it uses synthetic aperture radar, or SAR. SAR works similarly to how dolphins and bats navigate using echolocation. The satellite beams down a powerful 9.65 GHz radio signal toward its target, and then collects and interprets the signal as it bounces back up into orbit. And because the satellite is sending down its own signal rather than passively capturing light, sometimes those signals can even penetrate right through a building’s wall, peering at the interior like Superman’s X-ray vision. more: https://futurism.com/new-satellite-buildings-day-night
December 18, 20204 yr Quote Illegal winery busted at Alabama town’s sewage plant Sheriff’s officials say they’ve busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the town of Rainsville on Thursday. Investigators then uncovered what’s described as a large illegal winery inside the Rainsville Waste Water Treatment Plant. Photos released by investigators show glass containers, buckets, a fermenting rack and other equipment often used by people who make wine at home. [...] It’s legal to make limited amounts of wine at home in Alabama, but it’s illegal to have more than 15 gallons of homemade wine or beer at a time. Police photos show multiple fermenting vessels filled with what appears to be more than 100 gallons of white and red liquid.
December 18, 20204 yr Hey, @taestell, thanks for the profile photo inspiration. That's a nice touch! When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
December 18, 20204 yr Why do we have 55-gallon drums and not 50-gallon drums? Because the dimensions of the drums were dictated by standard steel sizes - a 55-gallon drum is 24" in diameter and 36" high. BUT now most drums are being produced in China, the land of cheap steel, and there they use the round metric figure of 850mm which translates to 33.4 inches. That means that the 55-gallon drums we use in the United States today are still called "55-gallon" but are actually more like 52 gallons. https://liliequipment.en.made-in-china.com/product/yXrxhOvWpdkK/China-Li-Li-55-Gallon-Open-Top-Steel-Barrel.html
December 18, 20204 yr ^ That reminds me of how we ended up with such strange aspect ratios for modern day video. Most vertical video platforms (TikTok, Instagram stories, etc.) use a 9:16 aspect ratio, which is just a rotation of the 16:9 widescreen standard used for HDTV. 16:9 was chosen because it was the mathematical midpoint of 4:3 (used in SDTV) and 2.35:1 (used in most movies). 4:3 was chosen in the early 1900s when the movie industry standardized on making each frame "4 perfs" tall on 35mm roll of film, resulting in a 4:3 image. Movie studios experimented with multiple widescreen formats but most settled on "Cinemascope" which used a 2:1 anamorphic lens to put a 2.35:1 image on the same "4 perf" frame. So, the reason most video is shot in the 9:16 aspect ratio today is because of the spacing of the sprockets on 35mm film. At no point did we ever "start fresh" with new aspect ratios for new types of video content, we always just carried them forward so that older content could be ported to newer screens.
December 19, 20204 yr 2 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: Why do we have 55-gallon drums and not 50-gallon drums? Because the dimensions of the drums were dictated by standard steel sizes - a 55-gallon drum is 24" in diameter and 36" high. BUT now most drums are being produced in China, the land of cheap steel, and there they use the round metric figure of 850mm which translates to 33.4 inches. That means that the 55-gallon drums we use in the United States today are still called "55-gallon" but are actually more like 52 gallons. https://liliequipment.en.made-in-china.com/product/yXrxhOvWpdkK/China-Li-Li-55-Gallon-Open-Top-Steel-Barrel.html Simply Google ‘why is a barrel 55 gallons’ to get the real story. It’s a lot quicker than me typing it all. My hovercraft is full of eels
December 31, 20204 yr this little writeup gave me a good laugh, although like nick cage bruce willis laughs all the way to the bank: https://dnyuz.com/2020/12/30/the-bruce-willis-journey-from-in-demand-to-on-demand/
January 1, 20214 yr Ralphthemoviemaker had a pretty good video about Bruce's direct to streaming/redbox/dumpster fire career. His Nicholas Cage retrospectives are funny too. vide
January 3, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, mrnyc said: well alrighty now! "{Let's see--should I spend all my inheritance on a full-body Kiss tattoo, or a Transformer Camaro. Option B please!"
January 4, 20214 yr WTF! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 4, 20214 yr the usa launched three unsuccessful ranger missions in the early sixties made of balsa wood, but now japan wants to develop wooden satellites to help cut down on space junk. its uncertain if that would actually help. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a35091091/japan-sending-wooden-satellite-into-space/ https://sea.mashable.com/science/13840/japan-is-building-wooden-satellites-because-theres-too-much-junk-in-space hmm, i wonder how they came up with the idea ...? in a sake bar maybe? 😆 ki masu = traditional wooden sake cup (pro-tip always ask for one!)
January 14, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, Cincinnatus said: Is Publishers Clearing House real? I was wondering yesterday why they're called hamburgers when nobody makes an actual ham burger. It's ground beef. Beef comes from a cow and ham comes from a pig. Nobody even adds a piece of sliced ham to a hamburger. Meanwhile, is McDonald's Hamburgers an Irish appropriation of a German food? Where are the P.C. police?
January 14, 20214 yr 13 minutes ago, jmecklenborg said: I was wondering yesterday why they're called hamburgers when nobody makes an actual ham burger. It's ground beef. Beef comes from a cow and ham comes from a pig. Nobody even adds a piece of sliced ham to a hamburger. Meanwhile, is McDonald's Hamburgers an Irish appropriation of a German food? Where are the P.C. police? The real confusion starts with Steamed Hams... “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
January 14, 20214 yr Look at this gross thing. Thank the lord that you have a desk job: https://www.digitalbuyer.com/notrax-351-sani-trax-plus-32-x-29-disinfectant-floor-mat.html
February 5, 20214 yr this is kinda interesting -- the latest trend in warfare is the opening of a whole new theater and method of attack, drone swarms in near space: Feb 5, 2021,08:36am EST|96 views Robot Motherships To Launch Drone Swarms From Sea, Underwater, Air And Near-Space David HamblingContributor Aerospace & Defense Last week Louisiana-based shipbuilder Metal Shark announcedthat the U.S. Marine Corps had selected them to develop a Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV), an 11-meter robot boat capable of operating autonomously and launching loitering munitions to attack targets at sea and on land. The unmanned boat is just the latest of a series of new platforms for launching drone swarms. “This tiered, scalable weapons system will provide the ability to accurately track and destroy targets at range throughout the battlespace,” according to Metal Shark’s press release. ... swarming drones now represent a powerful new capability. One U.S. General recently suggested that they may become impossible to counter without AI or machine assistance. more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2021/02/05/robot-motherships-to-launch-drone-swarms-from-sea-underwater-air-and-near-space/?sh=6a3596c2215c The U.S. Navy's LOCUST program fires swarms of Raytheon Coyotes from launch tubes. U.S. OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH
February 13, 20214 yr I celebrated last night by picking up dinner at my favorite Chinese restaurant.
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