Prolly won’t be any left by the time I get there. Dang I can eat a ton of that stuff.
The North Pole is moving to Siberia
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Good point, and apparently I have too much time on my hands with a mid-week day off, so I did some more Googling and found that there are about 3700 satellites still in orbit (1100 active and 2600 dead). Assuming they're each about 1000 kg's, and that they average out to be at an altitude of 20,000km (mid-earth orbit, where an orbit is 12 hours), they have a total rotational kinetic energy of 1.7E11 Joules. Wikipedia says Earth (presumably with the raw materials to make all the satellites on its crust) has a rotational KE of 2.13E29 Joules. So it's probably an adequate approximation to say that the satellites in orbit have had an impact to earth's rotational energy of about
0.000000000000000778%. I tried to figure out how many seconds that would alter earth's rotation by but I don't have a calculator with enough significant digits.
Actually his speed was counter to the Earths rotation and approached the speed of light, thus reversing TIME, not the Earth rotation.
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Actually the Polar shift was Made in China.
Recently they caused the Earth to rotate slower.
No joking!
Jim...
PS: Homemade Ice Cream is Global Cooling.
- Oct 22, 2014
- 23,009
Now THAT is funny!So the idea of rockets leaving effecting the planet rotation got me thinking and wondering about perspective and percentage, etc. The space shuttle at launch had a weight of 2 million (2x10^6) kg. The mass of the earth is 5.9x10^24 kg. This is a ratio of 1:2.95x10^18. The circumference of the earth is 40,339 km. Applying the ratio to the circumference give a distance of 0.0000000137 millimeters. Just sayin'
Soooooo. ... when an ice skater puts her arm out... her head will start drifting towards Siberia...
Yep! sounds about right
Gawd, who writes that crap?
So, that's why I'm over weight. There's less centripedal momentum to counter the Earth's gravityActually the Polar shift was Made in China.
Recently they caused the Earth to rotate slower.
No joking!
- Will (Dragonfly)
It’s not rocket surgery. I’m overweight because I eat too much.So, that's why I'm over weight. There's less centripedal momentum to counter the Earth's gravity
- Will (Dragonfly)
A while back my dad's wife considered throwing a theme party. The theme was "foods that remind you of summer". She asked me what I would bring and I said homemade fresh peach ice cream. The other great answer I heard was: a loaf of Wonder Bread, a quart of Duke's mayonnaise, and two pounds of fresh ripe tomatoes. Ahh, memories of growing up in North Carolina. Go Heels!
At first I thought 2 lbs. of tomatoes didn’t sound like much. But then I realized that more than that would require another quart of mayonnaise. ;-). Honestly, my favorite way to eat a tomato is in the garden with the juice running off my elbow. My other favorite way is in a tomato pie. My wife baked one last night. That and an ear of sweet corn is the perfect lead-up to homemade ice cream.
- Oct 22, 2014
- 23,009
While visiting Charleston last April, I ate at StickeyFingers.
In addition to the great Ribs and BBQ Chicken, on the plate were ears of fried corn on the cob. The bar tender shared the secret. The corn is flash boiled, spiced, and fried. While I enjoy fresh boiled corn with butter a little salt, and pepper, I must say this corn was different and not a kernel was left on the plate. SC is a treat to the taste buds.
In addition to the great Ribs and BBQ Chicken, on the plate were ears of fried corn on the cob. The bar tender shared the secret. The corn is flash boiled, spiced, and fried. While I enjoy fresh boiled corn with butter a little salt, and pepper, I must say this corn was different and not a kernel was left on the plate. SC is a treat to the taste buds.
I cook my sweet corn wrapped in foil to hold in the beer while it steams on the grill. Try it. It works great of you use a foil pan covered in foil to hold the steam, but it also works just wrapped in a foil blanket. I like it when it just starts to char the kernels touching the heat.
- Will (Dragonfly)
- Will (Dragonfly)
- Oct 22, 2014
- 23,009
With all this talk of pie... I just had to grab a slice with my morning coffee. My lady baked fresh strawberry pie last night. And foolishly left it in the Kitchen refrig... She knows if you want to save something you put it out of sight. Oh it tastes so good....
Sorry about the full image... The thumbnail did not do the pie justice.
Sorry about the full image... The thumbnail did not do the pie justice.
