Silly Picture Thread.

spacesailor · April 7, 2023

And !!!.

From a worker's point .

How can a person put five nuts on a wheel , that is moving on a track , When a " time & motion " expert says it should be done in the Same time as putting four nuts on that same wheel .

The same for spot welding ! , design says this , management says less time for less pay , do it as best as the time allows .

SO the Vauxhall Victor mudguards fall off in 18 months , instead of that designed five year life .

spacesailor

old man emu · April 7, 2023

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

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facthunter · April 7, 2023

That's caused by rusting. They put salt on the roads. (Like Holland). Nev

spacesailor · April 7, 2023

18 months to 2 years is not that long , for rust to eat through 5 ' five ' spot -welds .

And a missing nut off each wheel lightened the load so they went faster ! .

Never saw so many workers with missing fingers.

spacesailor

facthunter · April 7, 2023

Maybe they gave the boss the "Finger" Nev

rgmwa · April 7, 2023

.. and his wife, Helga. (Nev)

Edited April 7, 2023 by rgmwa

red750 · April 7, 2023

Here is a photo of the "Tower Fuel Stop - Groom, Texas" Truck Stop on Route 66 with its unique Britten water tower. This water tower lies right alongside the former path of Route 66, which has since been paved over to create US Interstate 40. During the early and mid-20th century, passersby on the "Mother Road" were intrigued by the severe tilt of the tower, asking themselves what on Earth could have caused it.

In reality, it was the work of a heavy-duty vehicle and a bulldozer. Ralph Britten, a man who wanted to start up a truck stop and restaurant off Route 66 in Groom, bought the water tower from the town of Lefors as an ingenious marketing technique to attract new visitors. He towed the enormous thing 34 miles to Groom, wrote “Britten USA” on top, and then, using a bulldozer, elevated two of its legs off the ground, dangling them in midair without support, so that the water tower made an 80-degree angle with the ground.

This helped his business immeasurably. It would catch the eye of every passing motorist on the route for years, many of them becoming terrified that the tower was in the process of collapsing. This played right into Britten’s hand. Worried route-takers often swerved off the road and into his truck stop, shouting “Watch out! That tower’s about to fall!” Britten responded that it had been like that for years, and then asked them to sit down and buy food and a drink.

Britten’s manipulation of the tower did, however, require sufficient knowledge of physics. If the water tower were completely empty or completely full, its center of mass would be directly in the middle of the can, making it topple when slanted. So Britten filled it only partially so that the low level of water would place the can’s center of mass near its base, directly above the two supporting legs, keeping it aloft.

Unfortunately, after many years of success, Britten’s truck stop burned down in a devastating fire in about the mid-1980s, closing down all sales. Despite this unfortunate event, the leaning water tower is still one of the most photographed oddities on the way out west.

This photo is courtesy of 66postcards.