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Commercial Items Identified on my Commute

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I see a lot of interesting commercialitems on truck on I-75. When you make the commute many times you start to see the same items over and over again. Sometimes it is huge equipment tires, sometimes heavy equipment of different types. I see these huge blocks of aluminum going North. I think about what the mill must look like and where it is going. And how much aluminum foil a block like this will make. Using the Tesla Full Self-Driving (supervised) allows me to look for these things on the highway. The FSD also helps me through the crazy stop and goes. Easily over 70MPH and then sudden traffic at dead stops, frequently. I see accidents every trip. It is amazing there aren't more. A side note- aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. The reason why is that the foil is folded as it goes through massive rollers. The shiny side is the side that faces the steel roller. The dull side faces itself - aluminum.
NASA Seeks New Frontier in Jet Engines I am off to work for a couple of hours this morning. It is a big job printing our new -------------. After that Bonnie and I are going to farm school at Cornell. We have some mini-seminars this afternoon. Fawna spent the night outside last night. The low was 48 degrees. I figured it is probably good for her.
Injuries Associated with Hazards Involving Motor Vehicle Batteries The other night we were wakened very quickly at about 4:00 am. There was an explosion in the house. It turned out that a car battery I had under charge in the radio room decided it had enough charging and it blew up. It was quite loud. It tossed another gel cell on top of it flying and split the case in half. Batteries do explode.
Slashdot | Opera Promises Voice-Operated Web Browser I am back from Florida. I got bumped on the way back so I got a free round trip ticket. I am not sure how I am going to use it yet. We will have to see. Fawn is still not all better. We are optimistic that the warmer weather that is supposed to start today will help a lot.