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Although this original remains locked away in the Kremlin Armory Museum in Moscow, thanks to Google, EBay, and Epsy Royal Imperial Faberge Egg Replicas made in Russia can be had for a modest sum.
Having taken Russian in collegeII had contemplated as a student taking the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow. I guess that is why I found this particular Faberge Egg so intriguing when I chanced upon it in the Kremlin Armory. It was created in 1900 as a gift for Easter to the Empress by Nicholas II in conjunction with the nearing completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Inside the egg was a working miniature train and a railway map was engraved on the exterior of the egg.
The Armory is in the same vicinity as Red Square and is within the Moscow Kremlin.
And this is the replica I ended up taking home from Russia as a souvenir:
I'm remembering my MS thesis dissertation [many decades ago] concerning 2 node 3 degree of freedom finite elements for use in designing thin shells of revolution, specifically hyperbolic paraboloids [aka nuclear cooling towers]
PS This was a computer program before computers had keyboards, mice or monitors........man I'm getting old]
OK, its some hours away, but here for this Friday are some added views from last week's travels with an emphasis on Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the coyote and Big Horn Sheep encountered there.
Looking down from the "new" highway bridge that now connects Nevada and Arizona supplementing the road on top of Hoover Dam from decades past.
And now down at the level of the top of Hoover Dam including views from the original crossing road on top of Hoover Dam.
And the Spillway built to prevent the Colorado River waters feeding Lake Mead from ever reaching the top of the Dam. There is one on each side and they empty into huge tunnels that allow the waters exit to the river below the Dam.
Once crossing on the road on top of Hoover Dam from Nevada, Arizona welcomes.
Just up the hillside above Hoover Dam is the Lake Mead lookout.
With a coyote welcoming us at the lookout.
And then a short time later as we exited the Hoover Dam site, Big Horn Sheep made their appearance.
Call it a playground for Bambi and G-Men, where imaginary criminals are hunted and deer are the spectators.
The 547-acre FBI Academy, where some of America's best marksmen fire off more than 1 million bullets every month, happens to be one of the safest places for deer during hunting season
@emeraldATV said:
Try sleeping in their tent, during a thunder storm passing through the badlands.
How was I to know there was a part missing. (The top cover)
@hammer1 said:
I would title this Indian chief meets eskimo.
@emeraldATV said:
Try sleeping in their tent, during a thunder storm passing through the badlands.
How was I to know there was a part missing. (The top cover)
I actually see that one, Eskimo on left, Indian on right.
@hammer1 said:
I would title this Indian chief meets eskimo.
@emeraldATV said:
Try sleeping in their tent, during a thunder storm passing through the badlands.
How was I to know there was a part missing. (The top cover)
I actually see that one, Eskimo on left, Indian on right.
Don't encourage him.
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That's the bar!!! The one I mentioned in that recent post with the piano covered with coins
That bar during that photo or years later actually had what I remember to be Morgans embedded in it.
...I was working at Knott's at the time...I was a tour guide in Sam & Sadie's Haunted Shack
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@1northcoin said:
OK, its some hours away, but here for this Friday are some added views from last week's travels with an emphasis on Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the coyote and Big Horn Sheep encountered there.
Looking down from the "new" highway bridge that now connects Nevada and Arizona supplementing the road on top of Hoover Dam from decades past.
And now down at the level of the top of Hoover Dam including views from the original crossing road on top of Hoover Dam.
And the Spillway built to prevent the Colorado River waters feeding Lake Mead from ever reaching the top of the Dam. There is one on each side and they empty into huge tunnels that allow the waters exit to the river below the Dam.
Once crossing on the road on top of Hoover Dam from Nevada, Arizona welcomes.
Just up the hillside above Hoover Dam is the Lake Mead lookout.
With a coyote welcoming us at the lookout.
And then a short time later as we exited the Hoover Dam site, Big Horn Sheep made their appearance.
A few months ago I told you all how the Canadian Gov't sent me my grandfather's WWII records. There was a photocopy of the personnel photo in the packet, so I asked them if they could send me a high resolution photo. They outsource that kind of work, but they actually provided me with the pic. Didn't need much cleaning up, either. Worth the $25CAD and the months long wait.
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
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Saw one of those last year here in N.E. Tenn. Fun to watch.
When Joe really needed just the facts...
Photo from yesterday's Pi Day added, any math majors here to translate?
Moscow Memories with Easter Approaching:
Looking for a unique Easter egg to place in the basket?
Although this original remains locked away in the Kremlin Armory Museum in Moscow, thanks to Google, EBay, and Epsy Royal Imperial Faberge Egg Replicas made in Russia can be had for a modest sum.
Having taken Russian in collegeII had contemplated as a student taking the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow. I guess that is why I found this particular Faberge Egg so intriguing when I chanced upon it in the Kremlin Armory. It was created in 1900 as a gift for Easter to the Empress by Nicholas II in conjunction with the nearing completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Inside the egg was a working miniature train and a railway map was engraved on the exterior of the egg.
The Armory is in the same vicinity as Red Square and is within the Moscow Kremlin.
And this is the replica I ended up taking home from Russia as a souvenir:
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Not a math major but pretty easy.
sqrt -1 = i
2 cubed = 8
sigma = sum
pi = pie
I ate some pie
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you have a typo
Square root of -1 is 1, not i
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i x i = -1
so the square root of negative one is i
1 x 1 = 1 not -1
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the square root of -4 = 2i
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Help me out here @northcoin
I'm remembering my MS thesis dissertation [many decades ago] concerning 2 node 3 degree of freedom finite elements for use in designing thin shells of revolution, specifically hyperbolic paraboloids [aka nuclear cooling towers]
PS This was a computer program before computers had keyboards, mice or monitors........man I'm getting old]
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This one also with the Pacific Ocean in the background - but looking Eastward rather than Westward.
Some added views from that same earlier this year evening at Waikiki's Ala Moana Beach Park:
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OK, its some hours away, but here for this Friday are some added views from last week's travels with an emphasis on Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the coyote and Big Horn Sheep encountered there.
Looking down from the "new" highway bridge that now connects Nevada and Arizona supplementing the road on top of Hoover Dam from decades past.
And now down at the level of the top of Hoover Dam including views from the original crossing road on top of Hoover Dam.
And the Spillway built to prevent the Colorado River waters feeding Lake Mead from ever reaching the top of the Dam. There is one on each side and they empty into huge tunnels that allow the waters exit to the river below the Dam.
Once crossing on the road on top of Hoover Dam from Nevada, Arizona welcomes.
Just up the hillside above Hoover Dam is the Lake Mead lookout.
With a coyote welcoming us at the lookout.
And then a short time later as we exited the Hoover Dam site, Big Horn Sheep made their appearance.
Thanks for the pics @northcoin
As a civil engineer I love dams
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I have been to Hoover Dam twice. So cool!
From pictures I took at the Getty Center museum a couple of years ago 🌞
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Try sleeping in their tent, during a thunder storm passing through the badlands.
How was I to know there was a part missing. (The top cover)
Happy Friday!
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Did you know Lego's new Roman Colosseum doubles as a $549.99 cat bed?
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Deer find safe home at FBI firing range, academy
Call it a playground for Bambi and G-Men, where imaginary criminals are hunted and deer are the spectators.
The 547-acre FBI Academy, where some of America's best marksmen fire off more than 1 million bullets every month, happens to be one of the safest places for deer during hunting season
full story here
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45790893
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"Long hair and drive shafts do not go well together".
If I remember correctly, that is a drive shaft from a H-57 Chinook
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I would title this Indian chief meets eskimo.
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I actually see that one, Eskimo on left, Indian on right.
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Don't encourage him.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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That's the bar!!! The one I mentioned in that recent post with the piano covered with coins
That bar during that photo or years later actually had what I remember to be Morgans embedded in it.
...I was working at Knott's at the time...I was a tour guide in Sam & Sadie's Haunted Shack
Coins are Neato!
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Wife stepping off landing: "Honey I bought you some beef [BANG] jerkkk... thud.
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yes @hammer1
not a GREAT ad for their product
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Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
A few months ago I told you all how the Canadian Gov't sent me my grandfather's WWII records. There was a photocopy of the personnel photo in the packet, so I asked them if they could send me a high resolution photo. They outsource that kind of work, but they actually provided me with the pic. Didn't need much cleaning up, either. Worth the $25CAD and the months long wait.
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