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[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Catfish

Aren't they meant for naval service

Well...it is the F35...wouldn't surprise me if there's some disasterous fault that renders it inoperable when exposed to water or sea salt.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Oberon

... wouldn't surprise me if there's some disasterous fault that renders it inoperable when exposed to water or sea salt.

http://www.nace.org/CORROSION-FAILUR...Corrosion.aspx

[Oberon]

I feel confident...
http://corrosion-doctors.org/Corrosi...ry/Lessons.htm

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Our first F35 has arrived.



Be interesting to see how they cope with the British summer.

That's the least of the problems https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/10/23/the-f-35s-latest-problem-the-ejection-seat/ U and I (at 200+ lbs) should fly these BBY's; not some poor lil' whippersnapper under 135 lbs. He hath not the neck to bear the $400,000 crown...rising thru the plexi.soda speke! I only looked into the 'British summer' reference as I once did security at an explosive technology plant(keeping an keen eye on the indusrial ovens cooking up this stuff-mein yünghredümbhre days!(nights actually))that made the plastic explosive cord for canopies to allow an ejecting pilot to pass through. Prolonged exposure to sunlight temperature severely heats & cools the cockpit and is not always a good thing vs reliability of the detonation cord.... http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/ejection-seat2.htm
what terrible webs we weave?as we contemplate a 'Plexi-Brexit??!

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

:as we contemplate a 'Plexi-Brexit??!

Now you owe me a keyboard, and a cup of coffee

[Betonov]

You know when one is tired of it all, when his goals in life change from engineer to florist ~ me

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Betonov

You know when one is tired of it all, when his goals in life change from engineer to florist ~ me

WRONG OL CHUM: the engineering is critical to florists! https://www.pinterest.com/HendyCurzon/floral-engineers-innovation/

[Betonov]

floral engineers are horticulturalists

the 2 year horticulture course I'll be attending this year has an extra course in floral arangements and I am not missing that one

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Betonov

floral engineers are horticulturalists

the 2 year horticulture course I'll be attending this year has an extra course in floral arangements and I am not missing that one

I'm confident you'll make for a fine 'pansy'

[Eichhörnchen]

Originally Posted by Betonov

the 2 year horticulture course I'll be attending this year has an extra course in floral arangements and I am not missing that one

My wife says "Good for him, men make good florists" so go for it...

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I'm confident you'll make for a fine 'pansy'

You still can't pronounce my name right, can't you

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

My wife says "Good for him, men make good florists" so go for it...

I have an especially good eye for natural beauty.
Most likely runs in my family. Jaka Čop was one well known relative.

[Eichhörnchen]

Many of us suffer unrequited love at two stages of our lives: the first is in our callow youth, when the object of our desire flings us away like an old sock; the second is when we become parents.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Betonov

I have an especially good eye for natural beauty.
Most likely runs in my family. Jaka Čop was one well known relative.

Is this the Slovenian mountaineer and photographer?

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Is this the Slovenian mountaineer and photographer?

Yes. He was my grandmothers cousin.
Close enough that I had a share in inheritance when he died.

[Eichhörnchen]

Here he is trying on a bald wig. Crazy.