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Spin Zone / Chef bans vegans from his restaurant
« on: July 03, 2023, 04:52:50 PM »
Hilarious!
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Spin Zone / Twitter is broken
« on: July 01, 2023, 10:37:29 AM »
Elon has implemented temporary but drastic restrictions on how many posts you can view or reply, etc. in an effort to weed out bots that are “scraping” the platform, whatever the hell that is. Try to do something and you get pop ups telling you that you are “rate limited”.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672
I can only READ 600 posts a day? You can hit 600 in no time just scrolling. This is nuts.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672
I can only READ 600 posts a day? You can hit 600 in no time just scrolling. This is nuts.
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Spin Zone / Insect lollipops
« on: June 29, 2023, 05:19:15 PM »
I saw these for real at the Natural History Museum last week. The bug inside is REAL.
https://www.amazon.com/Insect-Sucker-Lollipop-Bundle-Scorpion/dp/B07DD4BNRM/ref=sr_1_2?adgrpid=1224856263170800&hvadid=76553683591963&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=73762&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-76553751894241%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=19974_13491464&keywords=cricket%2Blollipop&qid=1688084111&sr=8-2&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/Insect-Sucker-Lollipop-Bundle-Scorpion/dp/B07DD4BNRM/ref=sr_1_2?adgrpid=1224856263170800&hvadid=76553683591963&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=73762&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-76553751894241%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=19974_13491464&keywords=cricket%2Blollipop&qid=1688084111&sr=8-2&th=1
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Spin Zone / Russia coup attempt
« on: June 24, 2023, 04:10:42 AM »
No, Prigozhin is not better than Putin. Better hope it fails.
https://twitter.com/ChengWeiLai2/status/1672437113726566400
https://twitter.com/ChengWeiLai2/status/1672437113726566400
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Spin Zone / Tripping pipe
« on: June 14, 2023, 07:06:14 AM »
Living in Texas for several years now and know nothing about oil rigs other than we have a lot of them, so I decided to edumacate myself.
They’re basically just a big drill. The bit is on the end of a length of pipe called the “string” made up of sections (called “stands”) typically around 30’ long, that join together at joints. As the well gets deeper, you have to add stands one by one. Some stands are joined in advance in two to four joints before being added to the string, to cut down on the time it takes to complete the dig.
The stands are stored vertically in racks, where, at the top, a “derrickman” moves them one by one over to a pulley block which has an elevator that clamps onto the pipe securing it at the top, and then the derrickman maneuvers the pipe so the floor crew can grab the bottom, and insert the threaded end into the female end of the previous stand. (The first one is disconnected from the “Kelly”, basically a driveshaft).
This derrickman can be as high as ten stories up, and just dangles himself on safety lines over thin air to position the pipe for his work mates below.
The threads are doped, the stand spun to screw it in place, and then “tongs” applied (basically a large wrench) to tighten down the joint. A brake had been applied to the string to hold it for the new section, this is removed, the section lowered, and the process repeated.
Wells can vary a great deal in depth. Many thousands of feet, and this process of adding sections to the string can require hundreds of repetitions. When the bit is worn and needs to be replaced, the process is reversed and the entire string pulled back out section by section, then re-installed again with the new bit. When the well reaches the desired depth, the whole string is removed once again, testing equipment is lowered to confirm that they did indeed strike oil and it’s a good dig. Then a whole new process of installing permanent pipe with concrete casing happens and the well can begin to produce.
In this video they are actually removing the pipe for whatever reason. A string might need to be brought back out if a section is cracked or some idiot drops something down in it or whatever. As it is removed it must be put back up into the vertical rack, or alternately, may be stacked lying down on the ground which I assume is the final removal when drilling is complete. After the pipe is disconnected (using the tongs again) he applies a cap to the end to protect the threads and places it on that slide thingie, (remember the elevator is holding the top) then the elevator lowers it down, the elevator is removed and applied to the next section to pull out.
That mud you see is lubricant. They call it “mud” but it’s not really mud, but a special gel like substance specifically designed for this purpose the weight of which must be controlled or bad things happen. During active drilling it is continuously pumped down through the pipe and moves back up around the outside to be sent to a holding pond (mud pit?), filtered and recycled back.
I love the offscreen guy throwing caps at the roughneck, and he flawlessly catches them every time.🤣🤣
I also like the way he grins at the mud then it splashes at him.
They’re basically just a big drill. The bit is on the end of a length of pipe called the “string” made up of sections (called “stands”) typically around 30’ long, that join together at joints. As the well gets deeper, you have to add stands one by one. Some stands are joined in advance in two to four joints before being added to the string, to cut down on the time it takes to complete the dig.
The stands are stored vertically in racks, where, at the top, a “derrickman” moves them one by one over to a pulley block which has an elevator that clamps onto the pipe securing it at the top, and then the derrickman maneuvers the pipe so the floor crew can grab the bottom, and insert the threaded end into the female end of the previous stand. (The first one is disconnected from the “Kelly”, basically a driveshaft).
This derrickman can be as high as ten stories up, and just dangles himself on safety lines over thin air to position the pipe for his work mates below.
The threads are doped, the stand spun to screw it in place, and then “tongs” applied (basically a large wrench) to tighten down the joint. A brake had been applied to the string to hold it for the new section, this is removed, the section lowered, and the process repeated.
Wells can vary a great deal in depth. Many thousands of feet, and this process of adding sections to the string can require hundreds of repetitions. When the bit is worn and needs to be replaced, the process is reversed and the entire string pulled back out section by section, then re-installed again with the new bit. When the well reaches the desired depth, the whole string is removed once again, testing equipment is lowered to confirm that they did indeed strike oil and it’s a good dig. Then a whole new process of installing permanent pipe with concrete casing happens and the well can begin to produce.
In this video they are actually removing the pipe for whatever reason. A string might need to be brought back out if a section is cracked or some idiot drops something down in it or whatever. As it is removed it must be put back up into the vertical rack, or alternately, may be stacked lying down on the ground which I assume is the final removal when drilling is complete. After the pipe is disconnected (using the tongs again) he applies a cap to the end to protect the threads and places it on that slide thingie, (remember the elevator is holding the top) then the elevator lowers it down, the elevator is removed and applied to the next section to pull out.
That mud you see is lubricant. They call it “mud” but it’s not really mud, but a special gel like substance specifically designed for this purpose the weight of which must be controlled or bad things happen. During active drilling it is continuously pumped down through the pipe and moves back up around the outside to be sent to a holding pond (mud pit?), filtered and recycled back.
I love the offscreen guy throwing caps at the roughneck, and he flawlessly catches them every time.🤣🤣
I also like the way he grins at the mud then it splashes at him.
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Spin Zone / Who the hell is Doug Burgum?
« on: June 11, 2023, 10:56:00 AM »
I just got an email he's running for president?
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Spin Zone / Woke Netflix
« on: June 04, 2023, 06:25:17 AM »
72 Dangerous Animals. I started watching this and in the first minute knew it was going to be trouble when the guy says jaguars are “more intelligent than us”.
So I continue on and they tell the story of little Jasmine Joseph, age 3, out by the river with her mother. Jasmine gets attacked by a jaguar, it clamps its jaws around her head, and drags her off into the bushes. And… she’s in the hospital with a crushed skull and wounds on her face and chest.
WAIT A MINUTE. You skipped over a very important piece of the plot. How did she get away from the jaguar? Presumably her mom saved her? Not with her bare hands I guarantee. She had to have had a gun and shot the thing. Why would Netflix or whoever the hell made this series leave out the most important part of the story?
So I google it and after reading 3 or 4 articles finally get some facts. Apparently there were “aunts” there too and somebody had a gun, shot the cat and killed it.
The girl survived and apparently recovered.
Bottom line: Woke will never admit guns save lives. They also don’t ever admit that countries besides the evil U.S. allow their citizens to own guns.
So I continue on and they tell the story of little Jasmine Joseph, age 3, out by the river with her mother. Jasmine gets attacked by a jaguar, it clamps its jaws around her head, and drags her off into the bushes. And… she’s in the hospital with a crushed skull and wounds on her face and chest.
WAIT A MINUTE. You skipped over a very important piece of the plot. How did she get away from the jaguar? Presumably her mom saved her? Not with her bare hands I guarantee. She had to have had a gun and shot the thing. Why would Netflix or whoever the hell made this series leave out the most important part of the story?
So I google it and after reading 3 or 4 articles finally get some facts. Apparently there were “aunts” there too and somebody had a gun, shot the cat and killed it.
The girl survived and apparently recovered.
Bottom line: Woke will never admit guns save lives. They also don’t ever admit that countries besides the evil U.S. allow their citizens to own guns.
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Spin Zone / What is a Woman streams on Twitter at 8:00 ET
« on: June 01, 2023, 04:33:13 PM »
Starts in half an hour. Twitter was going to throttle it as hate speech, Elon found out, apparently had a come to Jesus meeting with his staff and says it’s being fixed. We should be able to watch it.
https://twitter.com/i/events/1658249029304696832
Well this link isn’t doing anything but playing the trailer?
Try this one! https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312
Well this link isn’t doing anything but playing the trailer?
Try this one! https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1664424891372941312
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Spin Zone / Upside down world
« on: May 28, 2023, 04:20:54 AM »Quote
An Aussie mum has been sacked as a breastfeeding counsellor because she didn’t use the gender-neutral term ‘parent’.
Her crime was using the term ‘mother’, which is being categorised as “hate speech” by the Australian Breastfeeding Association, of which Jasmine Sussex (above left) was a member for almost two decades and a counsellor until last year.
https://www.6pr.com.au/breastfeeding-counsellor-sacked-after-mother-deemed-hate-speech/
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Spin Zone / What the hell just happened in Texas?
« on: May 27, 2023, 04:56:41 PM »
AG Ken Paxton impeached?
All I know is this:
He accused house speaker Dade Phelan of being drunk and calls on him to resign.
Next, there’s a panel investigating Paxton, for bribery and corruption.
And now most of the House voted aye to impeach him, and he’s going to be suspended from his job until a Senate trial?
No no no no no. There’s more to it than that. The FBI has been investigating him for years! This is a political hit job. Ken Paxton led the lawsuit over the 2020 election (Texas et al) and he has been repeatedly suing the Biden Administration over the illegal invasion and other stuff.
They need to get rid of him before the 2024 election. Am I reading this wrong?
All I know is this:
He accused house speaker Dade Phelan of being drunk and calls on him to resign.
Next, there’s a panel investigating Paxton, for bribery and corruption.
And now most of the House voted aye to impeach him, and he’s going to be suspended from his job until a Senate trial?
No no no no no. There’s more to it than that. The FBI has been investigating him for years! This is a political hit job. Ken Paxton led the lawsuit over the 2020 election (Texas et al) and he has been repeatedly suing the Biden Administration over the illegal invasion and other stuff.
They need to get rid of him before the 2024 election. Am I reading this wrong?