The first automobile assembly plant I visited was watching Ford Mustangs being assembled in 1964. Our train stopped in Michigan enroute to the Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. I don't recall any stamping operations at that location so the panels may well have come from the Chicago Stamping Plant. My impression at the time was how amazing it was that a car could be put together from what looked like big pieces of a tin can. Unibody construction has been a major departure from the historical solid frame car manufacturing model.
In recent years I have had the opportunity to visit the Toyota plant in Nagoya, Japan where "Just in Time" and "Anyone can Stop the Line" concepts were first introduced. Other auto plants have included the Mercedes facility in Sindelfingen, Germany just outside of Stuttgart and BMW plants in Regensburg and Munich. Those facilities in Germany have their stamping plants on the same sites as the auto assembly factories. It is amazing how robots have all but taken over the stamping and body assembly operations.
A neighbor said she forgot something in her house when she was going somewhere. So she put her truck in park and went back into her house. When she came back outside her truck had slipped out of park and rolled across the street and into my back door.
I woke up the next morning and went out to my car to go to work and saw my back door. Found a note under the windshield wiper. Her insurance took care of everything and it’s already fixed and they repainted the whole side of the car and waxed and detailed the whole car. Now my old car that I won 16 years ago looks brand new again. 🌞
OK, have been saving these photos taken from my office balcony earlier this week for Friday's posting:
Denali f/k/a Mount McKinley looming above the local small boat harbor. The mountain is 130 miles distant from where I stood.
A USAF Aircraft positioned between Mount Foraker and Denali:
The aircraft continues Eastward with only Denali still in view:
Westward is positioned the 80 mile distant range of Volcanic Mountains including Mt. Spurr which has erupted three times in my lifetime (1953 and twice in 1992). Each time the ash cloud traveled the 80 mile distance to deposit on us at least a quarter inch of ash. Street lights came on midday and the city became as dark as at night.
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OK, have been saving these photos taken from my office balcony earlier this week for Friday's posting:
Denali f/k/a Mount McKinley looming above the local small boat harbor. The mountain is 130 miles distant from where I stood.
A USAF Aircraft positioned between Mount Foraker and Denali:
The aircraft continues Eastward with only Denali still in view:
Here are some prior historical views of the same airspace.
Pictured first, is the black helicopter checking for security threats in advance of Air Force One's imminent arrival. It is positioned directly above then named Mt. McKinley.
The black helicopter swoops down to check out the camera gear positioned on my office balcony:
Air Force One makes its appearance:
Air Force One flies past Mount Foraker and on toward then named Mt. McKinley:
With landing gear extending, Air Force One prepares for landing:
The sequence of photos are historic as they capture the occasion of the President as he peered out from Air Force One to look at Mt. McKinley, took a photo of the mountain with a borrowed cell phone, and subsequently announced his renaming of the mountain as Denali.
On ground activities included a visit to Exit Glacier where the President took a selfie with Bear Grylls in a shared appearance on his TV show:
At the end of his stay, The President rides in "The Beast" as it heads back to Air Force One. From the rear side window he waved to those of us gathered to bid him farewell although my camera only caught the images of his security detail in the front seats.
Found this one morning this year at the foot of my driveway. It's the remnants of a Scrub Jay. It's not uncommon to see the occasional gnawed bird body somewhere on my property, but I've never seen one before where the predator ate everything but the wings...
From a visit to an ethnic region of The Three Gorges along the Yangtze River a/k/a "Tribe of the Three Gorges Scenic Area'' as home to the ancient Ba and Chu culture together with the Tujia ethnic minority.
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From a visit to an ethnic region of The Three Gorges along the Yangtze River a/k/a "Tribe of the Three Gorges Scenic Area'' as home to the ancient Ba and Chu culture together with the Tujia ethnic minority.
On the same journey - hopefully the watermarks will not transfer this time:
This is a stray cat I rescued. She used to hang around a house I was renting years ago. One day, I thought she looked hungry so I gave her a can of tuna on my porch. After that she basically adopted me. I named her Huki (pronounced Who-key). She was the sweetest cat and would make eye contact for incredibly long periods of time.
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--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Cool - I worked at the Avon Lake Ford Assembly Plant (Ohio) many moons ago. 12 hour days were so monotonous - but the moolah was great back then!
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The first automobile assembly plant I visited was watching Ford Mustangs being assembled in 1964. Our train stopped in Michigan enroute to the Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. I don't recall any stamping operations at that location so the panels may well have come from the Chicago Stamping Plant. My impression at the time was how amazing it was that a car could be put together from what looked like big pieces of a tin can. Unibody construction has been a major departure from the historical solid frame car manufacturing model.
In recent years I have had the opportunity to visit the Toyota plant in Nagoya, Japan where "Just in Time" and "Anyone can Stop the Line" concepts were first introduced. Other auto plants have included the Mercedes facility in Sindelfingen, Germany just outside of Stuttgart and BMW plants in Regensburg and Munich. Those facilities in Germany have their stamping plants on the same sites as the auto assembly factories. It is amazing how robots have all but taken over the stamping and body assembly operations.
Here are some floral shots from this week:
Adding to the auto assembly plants discussion, here are some photos of vehicles picked up in conjunction with visiting said factories:
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A neighbor said she forgot something in her house when she was going somewhere. So she put her truck in park and went back into her house. When she came back outside her truck had slipped out of park and rolled across the street and into my back door.
I woke up the next morning and went out to my car to go to work and saw my back door. Found a note under the windshield wiper. Her insurance took care of everything and it’s already fixed and they repainted the whole side of the car and waxed and detailed the whole car. Now my old car that I won 16 years ago looks brand new again. 🌞
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Skiing with the kids...
Doesn't ring a bell.
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Lunch time under the feeders.....
And the Blue Jay turned into a Cardinal,,,,,,,
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Hawaii a few years back from a helicopter
Grand Canyon from an airplane
New York Museum
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OK, have been saving these photos taken from my office balcony earlier this week for Friday's posting:
Denali f/k/a Mount McKinley looming above the local small boat harbor. The mountain is 130 miles distant from where I stood.
A USAF Aircraft positioned between Mount Foraker and Denali:
The aircraft continues Eastward with only Denali still in view:
Westward is positioned the 80 mile distant range of Volcanic Mountains including Mt. Spurr which has erupted three times in my lifetime (1953 and twice in 1992). Each time the ash cloud traveled the 80 mile distance to deposit on us at least a quarter inch of ash. Street lights came on midday and the city became as dark as at night.
Here are some prior historical views of the same airspace.
Pictured first, is the black helicopter checking for security threats in advance of Air Force One's imminent arrival. It is positioned directly above then named Mt. McKinley.
The black helicopter swoops down to check out the camera gear positioned on my office balcony:
Air Force One makes its appearance:
Air Force One flies past Mount Foraker and on toward then named Mt. McKinley:
With landing gear extending, Air Force One prepares for landing:
The sequence of photos are historic as they capture the occasion of the President as he peered out from Air Force One to look at Mt. McKinley, took a photo of the mountain with a borrowed cell phone, and subsequently announced his renaming of the mountain as Denali.
On ground activities included a visit to Exit Glacier where the President took a selfie with Bear Grylls in a shared appearance on his TV show:
At the end of his stay, The President rides in "The Beast" as it heads back to Air Force One. From the rear side window he waved to those of us gathered to bid him farewell although my camera only caught the images of his security detail in the front seats.
Looks like the engines that were used to ride on the narrow gauge track that was layed for the building of the Panama Canal.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
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"...easy like Sunday morning".
Driving along Lake Shore Drive on a Sunday morning with the wife!
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I have one exactly like that.
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Staying with the Chicago theme, here is an evening and a night view looking southward toward "Lake Shore Drive" and "Big John:"
Lake Michigan along the Chicagoland shoreline can be seen just past the pictured lagoon:
A closer view of the referenced lagoon itself:
And finally, an added view looking south toward "Lake Shore Drive" with "Big John" (actually identifiable in this photoO:
Navy Pier before the Ferris wheel:
Olympic Sport in the old days, from the film of the Winter Olympics of 1928:
Horse racing on a frozen lake
Skijoring, the most dangerous form of horse racing
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
^Bet your bottom dollar that if I wagered on one, the nag would fall through the ice.
Turkey vulture
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Saturday evening views from this past weekend:
Found this one morning this year at the foot of my driveway. It's the remnants of a Scrub Jay. It's not uncommon to see the occasional gnawed bird body somewhere on my property, but I've never seen one before where the predator ate everything but the wings...
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"Northern Lights" (of a sort) last night:
As glowing over the mountains' silhouette:
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Never tire of a spectacular sunset.
From a visit to an ethnic region of The Three Gorges along the Yangtze River a/k/a "Tribe of the Three Gorges Scenic Area'' as home to the ancient Ba and Chu culture together with the Tujia ethnic minority.
Since I didn't get a proof from the mint yesterday I got this today.
He's in a selffee looking for a bugs on a hill. Whoops, can't post that one, he flipped a feather at the buffet.
On the same journey - hopefully the watermarks will not transfer this time:
First, also along the Yangtze:
And on to Beijing:
Some more shots taken in Brittany this year
This is a stray cat I rescued. She used to hang around a house I was renting years ago. One day, I thought she looked hungry so I gave her a can of tuna on my porch. After that she basically adopted me. I named her Huki (pronounced Who-key). She was the sweetest cat and would make eye contact for incredibly long periods of time.
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