Trimet will be increasing fares for riders, Portland bros. Meanwhile the meth heads go on for free. ITS OVER https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trimet-board-votes-fare-increase/283-e2bc622d-9e6b-498f-ba32-791c4d09478d
>>1914393>Honored Citizenwhat does this nuspeak word mean in oldspeak?
>>1914905>repopulating it with mexican refugeesThat would just make it an even bigger shithole.
>>1914393I'm sure the Mayor of Portlandia will get right on that
>>1914913https://trimet.org/fares/honoredcitizen.htmgrannies, povs, cripples, and neets
>>1914393I lived in the PNW 20 years ago and it was so fucking nice. It was even safe to stay out in Portland late at night skateboarding and going to venues for live music while I was in highschool. What the fuck happened
Generation Alpha has no clue what ''Taxi'' means
Communist Uber
>TaxiIs that some newspeak for Tango?
Tractor thread
>>1878684Allis Chalmers :( i dont want to say kys because thats rude
>>1892406My family has a Ford 8N from my Grandfather. Except my Dad wants to sell it. It’s a little heartbreaking because it’s like selling a piece of history and a family heirloom. Wish I had my own farm that I could put it on. We also have the Ferguson equivalent from my other grandfather but it’s just won’t be the same without that 8N.
>>1910982yeah i can get that. My grandfather had a few tractors growing up. When I came around, he only had one and it was after he retired from farming but it still means a lot to me. My brother and I are gonna go into it together to by it from my grandma, or uncle, whoever gets it next so we can hold on to it. pic related
People love their oldtimer tractors here.
lotsof,,,collections waiting foreguvination.
Where the fuck is it?
>>1912477>why the hell is it so huge when there is only a single pilot and no passengers?Because to reduce the overall project cost they built the design around an F-16 central frame. That takes up the middle third of the frame and the wing layout borrows a bit from the F-16XL project. The long nose is unavoidable. The engine location is slightly due to the limitations of the frame choice.
>>1913306Would.
>>1913438JFK is next to the Atlantic, and the people int he UK don't matter, so I don't see how this is an issue.
>>1913438Not so bad (as if an uncalibrated soundtrack played on a shitbox iPhone means anything).Question: What do you do if you like in lightning alley with daily thunderstorms?
>>1910642>tfw Australian and trapped at the edge of the world and there's no supersonic flights and won't be (affordable) for your whole life
Anyone here ride an Ofo bike?
I have one that I'm planning to turn into a fixed gear over the summer when I get some extra cash
>>1914830there was an anon who spray painted one of these gold then toured across the southern US. that must have been at least 2 years ago.
>>1914839it's not gonna workjust give it back trayvon
>>1914830frame weighs 5 kilos, very deliberately so
>>1914877Absolute lege/n/d, he also made a blog documenting the journey but I lost that link. It was pretty epic
ITT: We thank bearings for all the incredible work they do.Thank you, bearings.
>>1912143>shimano buys bearing manufacturing facilities in the 80’s>enjoys years of rock-bottom production costs for hubs, freewheels, bottom brackets>consumers and manufacturers both switch to easily replaced low-maintenance high-precision bearings and enjoy less design constraints and more consistent reliability>shimano continues to act like cup and cone still has a place in 2020+ for $30 rear wheels>now phasing out
>wheel hub has 60002RS deep groove cartridge bearings>deep groove bearings are not designed for high axial (side to side) loads>bearing dust cover has NO LOCK NUT, it lies directly on the inner race and serves as a contract point to the fork at the same time>due to not having a lock nut, it can move freely on the axle threads when the wheel is off the bike>everytime you put the wheel back on you inadvertently crush the bearings a little bit against the inner race due to the thread toleranceBearings dead and crunchy within a year. These people engineered the rest of the bike and hundreds of thousands of people ride them.
>>1911164kino
>>1908015>bearings>doing workIf there's an energy gradient over a bearing in your system you'd better replace it.
>>1908015No u
What's the pay like?What are the duties? Are you responsible for doing stuff like maintenance and inspections or do you just sit on your ass in a tower all day waiting for the occasional boat to show up?What's the office like? Is it comfy?
ITT Design your own ship and sell us on its features and specifications
kino
why did the viking longship design on ships die out?
>>1912201
>>1912201Two words, flame thrower.>>1912236Your question interested me so I did some light research on the topic. At the end, it all kind of boils down to every other country in Europe were copying the vikings ship building techniques after a few dozen raids too many. Which all in all made raids more difficult to achieve/worth it. It came to an end during sometime around the 13th century where ships wen't from light and maneuverable long ships, to stronger and heavier "cogs". "Cogs" being the new type of ship the Scandinavians were using afterwards. Do note that some isolated regions like the Hebrides and the northern coast of Ireland still used long ships well into the 17th century. If you needed anymore proof of how stubborn Celts can be lol. There's a little bit more in the article I read down below if you want to give it a try.https://www.danishnet.com/vikings/when-did-viking-ships-disappear-use/
Im looking for a folding bike on a budget. We all know Bromptons are top tier. Would a cheap used schwinn be good enough? What other models do people recommend?
Bonjour
>>1907139well i got my bag, same as this guy's >>1914568amazing spot btwdon't think it's worth €150, and it's extremely un-aerodynamicit's made in china as well
>>1914643Good man!
>>1914568>those jeans>those shoesQuintessential Amerimutt-core.
>>1914719Actually, am bong.
I find it funny how much Euros make fun of America for having bad infrastructure because we don't have a good government-funded passenger rail network, despite the fact that the federally-maintained interstate highway system, publically-owned airports, and private freight rail do literally everything Euros think you "need" nationalized rail to do. I can take an hour and a half flight from Boston to Pittsburgh whereas a train from Munich to Paris takes 5.5-8 hours to cover the same distance. Air travel is a better solution for mid and long distance trips unless you're too dirt-poor to afford an airline ticket, which I assume all the people whining about how we need to cripple freight rail in favor of scamtrak are. Fun fact: the US government spends drastically less on EAS subsidies for flights to sparsely populated unprofitable regions than it does to keep Amtrak afloat offering services to major metro centers
>>1914405It's just an issue with corporations being beholden to shareholders instead of owners. All the "le evil" corporations redditors despise were much better when the original founder was still alive and in control. Back when it was Sam Walton in charge Walmart won awards for treating employees so well. When Walt was alive Disney focused on making charming high-quality media, not cash grabs and remakes for their bottom line. When the founder who actually cares about long-term success dies and stockholders take over though, they only care about jacking up valuation so they can sell higher than they bought and move on to something else. If corporations were required to to be owned by an individual instead of a board of bloodsuckers, they'd have to start thinking about how to succeed and keep a market in the long term.
I think the Americans who say "BUT HIGHWAYS ARE JUST AS GOOD" have just never experienced European rail. I wouldn't trade rail for highways any day of the week.
>>1912204We have plenty of gay hatches. It’s the wagons we want. All our “wagons” are just long SUV’s with plastic fender covers to look “rugged and outdoorsy!”
>>1912526This is just not true. Grew up in northeast suburbia and almost all neighborhoods have sidewalks unless they’re really old or really wealthy. Sidewalks are the furthest thing from a premium amenity unless maybe you live in the middle of nowhere.
>Americans think Europe doesn't have highwaysJust lol.
I want a lot of options for how I can get to and from work. What city or town can do I have the most transportation options? Looking for the following:>bicycle to work>train to work>kayak to work>walk to work>horse and buggy to workAny city where all are viable on any given day?
New Paltz, NY.
>>1914538Cambridge, MA. But housing is obscenely expensive here
>>1914556>>1914555How about in warm places? I am a man of few means and so I like to dodge winter if I can. Winter requires infrastructure and that costs money.
>Battery-electric freight trainsJust use overhead lines you brainlets!
>>1912766I’m pretty sure that rock band has enough money to prevent a third current from being discovered
>>1914267I forgot to mention weight, but lets go with your absolute braindead take anyways.
>>1912613Surely making shitload of batteries that not probably but fucking guaranteed to be obsolete in a decade is a better way, right?
>>1912608I'm assuming those are there to allow electric trains to change rail without having to temporarily use a diesel electric locomotive.
>>1914560no, they're there so american railroads can put off electrification
I'm a fat fuck and the axle on my rear bicycle wheel keeps breaking. It's expensive to keep replacing the entire wheel, so I want to know if these things are replaceable? I removed the axle and all these little metal balls came rolling out. I can't figure how to get them back in, or how I would get pic related fitted if I purchased it. Any thoughts? Is this something that is actually user serviceable on wallmart-tier bikes?
>>1910564im assuming your bike uses a freehweelid try changing to a cassette wheel purely because they are much less prone to bending / snapping axles due to the bearings on the drive side being mounted further out
>>1910620yes
>>1910620with a spaceryou could also just one made for 7 speed
>>1910569you can change to a freehub and cassette while keeping the same chain derailleur and everything as long as the cassette is the same size as the freewheel
>>1910564>>1910569Make it out of cold-forged titanium.
How did Airbus crush Boeing?
>>1913611>This is actually not good for Airbus because if Boeing fails regulators will break them up.The Boeing type certificates will always have value as long as examples fly. Airbus will just be prohibited from purchasing them in liquidation.
>>1913371>MD merges with Boeing>Boeing marketshare remains basically the sameI know the reason they bought MD was for its military rather than civilian side, but still: lol lmao.
Boeing planes are just plain better but airbus is better at actually making their planes without fucking up. 787 mogs the A350 on all but the longest range routes (its fuselage is made in much larger segments making it lighter despite both using composites) and the 737max is lighter, marginally more fuel efficient, and carries a similar amount of passengers. But both boeing production lines were fucked for ages.
>>1914488>Boeing planes are just plain betterThe A320 offers better cabin pressure, more elbow room, and better failsafing compared to a 737. It's a much more comfortable ride. Plus Airbus didn't have its entire new run of jets grounded for a year because they were unbalanced trash that kamikazed every time a sensor got jammed.
>>1913565>boeing went to shit because they fired HambiniIt just makes sense
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/air-france-airbus-face-french-court-over-rio-paris-crash-2022-10-10/>But I've had the stick back the whole time!
>>1860396It was a Germanwings flight and there's more evidence that Itavia 870 was accidentally shot down by NATO fighter jets than there is to suggest Islamic Terrorism was the cause of the calamity in the Alps.
>>1857920he should've intuitively felt the airspeed
>>1863904any retard can fly a plane under good circumstances, but pilots are trained for when things go wrong.
>>1899590>trans-oceanic ocean linershe fell for the lighter than water meme
>>1899761>Tesla devices all have kill switchessource?
