Nonsense Thread

[Hooffenstein HD]

Yeah, but he has to live in Australia even if he has a cool ute.

Touché.

[supermansocks95]

Anyone else here just waiting to get the hell out of the workplace and go home?

[E30 Wagen]

So, what's the deal with glass? It's like, a solid, but at the same time it's like transparent and I'm like how does that work?

[roguetoaster]

So, what's the deal with glass? It's like, a solid, but at the same time it's like transparent and I'm like how does that work?

It's just proto-transparasteel.

[doorman]

So, what's the deal with glass? It's like, a solid, but at the same time it's like transparent and I'm like how does that work?

My e30s windshield is closer to solid then transparent after 30yrs!

[Exodus_2pt0]

So, what's the deal with glass? It's like, a solid, but at the same time it's like transparent and I'm like how does that work?

Glass not a solid, I once was told that it was a liquid, but it's not quite that either. It's somewhere in the middle.

I'm not kidding.


Over the years it will deform and flow towards the ground. The effect can be seen in 100+ year old buildings with original windows.

[Exodus_2pt0]

It started to get hot today. First sweaty work day of the season and we're just getting started.

I just can't wait to do exhaust work! Here's the process.

Remove shitty fiberglass insulation from exhaust system (inside a closed area.)

Replace blown gaskets or broken expansion joints. (Engine has been cooling for a day by now, so the worst part yet is the fiberglass.)

Torque hardware after install of replacement parts.

Torque all hardware on the exhaust system.

Climb into the air condition cab, because things are about to get real bad for me. Enjoy it, meditate, prepare for battle.

Start 3,600hp 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel (all of this is in a closed wagon with tight spaces and poor circulation).

Load said massive engine up to 900rpm, 26psi of boost, 3600hp output for about 10 minutes so it can get good and toasty back there.

Drop engine back to idle, and cry a little.

Shut down engine, slap self in the face a few times, and reluctantly head for the engine room.

Retorque. Every. Fucking. Bolt.

After you're body temperature has reached nuclear meltdown, and you are 100% soaked from head to toe with salty sweat, and your face feels like it is burning off from the oven you are working in....

After all that, reinstall the mother of all that is ungodly fiberglass insulation. Remember that soaked from head to toe in sweat part? Oh yea, this fiberglass loves to shed little pieces throughout the air.

No problem, right? Just wear long sleeves right? DID YOU FORGET THE PART ABOUT THE OVEN YOU ARE WORKING IN?!?!?!

I'm not exaggerating either. It's the most hellish job I have to do. Sure, I am no longer low man on the totem pole, but I'm not an asshole, so me and my guys rotate out on that job.

I really do love my job though, for the most part.

[rturbo 930]

Over the years it will deform and flow towards the ground. The effect can be seen in 100+ year old buildings with original windows.

Not true. Old windows are wavy because of the way they were made.

This will give you the idea of how it was done.



There's also another, older, method that gives this sort of result:

[15Michaeljoseph]

It started to get hot today. First sweaty work day of the season and we're just getting started.

I just can't wait to do exhaust work! Here's the process.

Remove shitty fiberglass insulation from exhaust system (inside a closed area.)

Replace blown gaskets or broken expansion joints. (Engine has been cooling for a day by now, so the worst part yet is the fiberglass.)

Torque hardware after install of replacement parts.

Torque all hardware on the exhaust system.

Climb into the air condition cab, because things are about to get real bad for me. Enjoy it, meditate, prepare for battle.

Start 3,600hp 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel (all of this is in a closed wagon with tight spaces and poor circulation).

Load said massive engine up to 900rpm, 26psi of boost, 3600hp output for about 10 minutes so it can get good and toasty back there.

Drop engine back to idle, and cry a little.

Shut down engine, slap self in the face a few times, and reluctantly head for the engine room.

Retorque. Every. Fucking. Bolt.

After you're body temperature has reached nuclear meltdown, and you are 100% soaked from head to toe with salty sweat, and your face feels like it is burning off from the oven you are working in....

After all that, reinstall the mother of all that is ungodly fiberglass insulation. Remember that soaked from head to toe in sweat part? Oh yea, this fiberglass loves to shed little pieces throughout the air.

No problem, right? Just wear long sleeves right? DID YOU FORGET THE PART ABOUT THE OVEN YOU ARE WORKING IN?!?!?!

I'm not exaggerating either. It's the most hellish job I have to do. Sure, I am no longer low man on the totem pole, but I'm not an asshole, so me and my guys rotate out on that job.

I really do love my job though, for the most part.

Sounds like a shitty day to me. But i do like trains. Been waiting on an update on your locomotive thread :)

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[Reichart12]

Tire selection sucks in 225/45/16. But I guess it's still cheaper than buying tires for newer cars where the general tire diameter is larger.

[Exodus_2pt0]

Sounds like a shitty day to me. But i do like trains. Been waiting on an update on your locomotive thread :)

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Yea haven't had much new stuff to share lately. I'm getting relocated soon with the start of our lifecycle maintenance program. Should have some interesting heavy work to share in a few months. The engines are almost 6 years old now so we are getting into overhauls and other fun things.

[flyboyx]

Not true. Old windows are wavy because of the way they were made.

This will give you the idea of how it was done.



There's also another, older, method that gives this sort of result:

hmmmm......i remember when i was in school hearing the teacher say exactly what exodus stated above. we called glass a plasma in science class. mostly a solid but not really.

that is a cool video. thank you for sharing it. fuck that shitty job.

[Stanley Rockafella]

Tire selection sucks in 225/45/16. But I guess it's still cheaper than buying tires for newer cars where the general tire diameter is larger.

tell me about it. Finding a decent selection of tires for 15's is even worse!

[nick526]

Come on parts department, we can do better.

[gwb72tii]

Glass not a solid, I once was told that it was a liquid, but it's not quite that either. It's somewhere in the middle.

I'm not kidding.


Over the years it will deform and flow towards the ground. The effect can be seen in 100+ year old buildings with original windows.

glass is a supercooled liquid