MCF Members Blog: Wednesday November 10, 2010
Monte Of The Month -- September 2009
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,279
From: Bushkill, PA
wooo just got my new e3 plugs and taylor thunder volt 8.2 wires for the truck, and my LED tailgate strip today 
now im too excited to sleep! AAAAGHHHH! lol, gotta get my a$$ in gear for tonight though, gotta have the school spotless for open house tomorrow night!
now im too excited to sleep! AAAAGHHHH! lol, gotta get my a$$ in gear for tonight though, gotta have the school spotless for open house tomorrow night!
* Hi Ryan, we need pictures 
Please....Who inspects your job ? Hope to see pic's soon...Hope the school isn't 2 dirty...
Good Luck...
* Hi Justin, hope you are feeling better & doing your homework looking for the Silverado...
* Blog is slow 2day, but the weather looks good across North America...Hope everyone is having a great day...
Below is from Yesterday Blog On the Mystery in the skies over California... What do you think it was ? I think it was a UFO or some Crazy Kid in his alien jet check'in out the waves in the Pacific : )
Wed Nov 10, 12:23 pm ET
Experts think California ‘mystery missile’ was merely a plane
By Brett Michael Dykes brett Michael Dykes – Wed Nov 10, 2:23 pm ET
Surely by now you've heard about the "mystery missile" that darted across the Southern California sky. Military officials and other federal authorities don't appear to have a clue as to what the flying object could have been. But some outside experts have a simple explanation for the uproar: What appeared to be a projectile spreading across the sky in the video was simply a contrail, the plume of smoke that airplanes typically leave in their wake.
(UPDATE: The Pentagon is now also saying that it was a plane.)
"This thing is so obviously an airplane contrail, and yet apparently all the king's horses and all the king's men can't find someone to stand up and say it,", a defense and aerospace expert, told the Washington Post's John Pomfret. Pike noted that the projectile was moving much slower than a missile would, adding that "there's a reason that they're called rockets."
Here's how Pomfret laid out Pike's case for the contrail theory:
It looked like a , he said, because of an optical illusion that made the contrail appear as though it started on the ground and zoomed straight up. In reality, he said, the contrail began on the horizon and ran parallel to the ground.
"It was an unusually clear day," he said. So what looked like a missile launch 35 miles off the coast of Los Angeles was actually the contrail of a jet that stretched 300 miles into the distance, he said. "At the end of the day, you really have to go with the simplest explanation," he added.
Pike is not alone in that assessment.
Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell told New Scientist that because a helicopter in flight recorded the video of the incident, it employed a visual angle that distorted the arc of the contrail. That effect was compounded, McDowell maintained, by the distinctive lighting of the sky at twilight--and the net result was a bit of an optical illusion.
"What isn't clear to me is whether anyone but this helicopter saw it," McDowell said. "If it's coming over the horizon, straight at you, then it rises quickly above the horizon. You can't tell because it's so far away that it's getting closer to you -- you'd think it was just going vertically up."
[Photos: Mystery object over Manhattan sparks UFO frenzy]
In a blog post titled "It Ain't No Thing," arms control guru Jeffrey Lewis agreed: "The short explanation is that we don't see a lot of jet contrails head-on, especially from the vantage point of a helicopter. So, it looks like a missile to everyone else, including former Deputy Secretaries of Defense. But it probably isn't."
Nor, it seems, is this the first time that a jet contrail has triggered anxious speculation about a mystery in the heavens. There is, indeed, a website called Contrail Science devoted to explaining the visual quirks of contrails -- while debunking some of the wilder theories about what's going on up there.
Below is physicist Michio Kaku on the airplane theory (courtesy of ABC News):
It appears, in short, as though the "mystery missile" may amount to little more than a "Balloon Boy"-style cable non-story.
Please....Who inspects your job ? Hope to see pic's soon...Hope the school isn't 2 dirty...Good Luck...
* Hi Justin, hope you are feeling better & doing your homework looking for the Silverado...
* Blog is slow 2day, but the weather looks good across North America...Hope everyone is having a great day...
Below is from Yesterday Blog On the Mystery in the skies over California... What do you think it was ? I think it was a UFO or some Crazy Kid in his alien jet check'in out the waves in the Pacific : )
Wed Nov 10, 12:23 pm ET
Experts think California ‘mystery missile’ was merely a plane
By Brett Michael Dykes brett Michael Dykes – Wed Nov 10, 2:23 pm ET
Surely by now you've heard about the "mystery missile" that darted across the Southern California sky. Military officials and other federal authorities don't appear to have a clue as to what the flying object could have been. But some outside experts have a simple explanation for the uproar: What appeared to be a projectile spreading across the sky in the video was simply a contrail, the plume of smoke that airplanes typically leave in their wake.
(UPDATE: The Pentagon is now also saying that it was a plane.)
"This thing is so obviously an airplane contrail, and yet apparently all the king's horses and all the king's men can't find someone to stand up and say it,", a defense and aerospace expert, told the Washington Post's John Pomfret. Pike noted that the projectile was moving much slower than a missile would, adding that "there's a reason that they're called rockets."
Here's how Pomfret laid out Pike's case for the contrail theory:
It looked like a , he said, because of an optical illusion that made the contrail appear as though it started on the ground and zoomed straight up. In reality, he said, the contrail began on the horizon and ran parallel to the ground.
"It was an unusually clear day," he said. So what looked like a missile launch 35 miles off the coast of Los Angeles was actually the contrail of a jet that stretched 300 miles into the distance, he said. "At the end of the day, you really have to go with the simplest explanation," he added.
Pike is not alone in that assessment.
Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell told New Scientist that because a helicopter in flight recorded the video of the incident, it employed a visual angle that distorted the arc of the contrail. That effect was compounded, McDowell maintained, by the distinctive lighting of the sky at twilight--and the net result was a bit of an optical illusion.
"What isn't clear to me is whether anyone but this helicopter saw it," McDowell said. "If it's coming over the horizon, straight at you, then it rises quickly above the horizon. You can't tell because it's so far away that it's getting closer to you -- you'd think it was just going vertically up."
[Photos: Mystery object over Manhattan sparks UFO frenzy]
In a blog post titled "It Ain't No Thing," arms control guru Jeffrey Lewis agreed: "The short explanation is that we don't see a lot of jet contrails head-on, especially from the vantage point of a helicopter. So, it looks like a missile to everyone else, including former Deputy Secretaries of Defense. But it probably isn't."
Nor, it seems, is this the first time that a jet contrail has triggered anxious speculation about a mystery in the heavens. There is, indeed, a website called Contrail Science devoted to explaining the visual quirks of contrails -- while debunking some of the wilder theories about what's going on up there.
Below is physicist Michio Kaku on the airplane theory (courtesy of ABC News):
It appears, in short, as though the "mystery missile" may amount to little more than a "Balloon Boy"-style cable non-story.
wow nothing since like 3 this afternoon, 4 almost 5 hrs without a post....
well thunderstorms here in MN IN NOV. Thats just wierd usually it's snow!
well thunderstorms here in MN IN NOV. Thats just wierd usually it's snow!
Well what a bummer of a day. Fedex Home said they delivered my 500.00 intake manifold at 3:32. Ran out to the house to grab it and low and behold no package. Filed claim with fedex and praying the shipper had insurance or that they were stupid enough to deliver it to a neighbor. Will check with neighbors tomorrow. At least I will only be at 230.00 dollars.....
BBK SSi aluminum high flo intake manifold for the Camaro. I paid 230.00 for it so at least only out that much but man it sucks. Hoping fedex left at the wrong house. Will check with neighbors tomorrow.
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 1,759
From: Murfreesboro, TN
Shipping confirmation... I always make it to where I have to sign for it... that way, its the drivers responsibility until signed for... if you aerent home, you go to the office next day to pick it up. Still sucks though todd...
Just worked a usb port for my new radio... now I just need a female to female connector.
Now im tired and must get some sleep... night world.
Just worked a usb port for my new radio... now I just need a female to female connector.
Now im tired and must get some sleep... night world.
I'm working on a project again just waiting for the paint to dry.... i KNEW i shouldn't have settled for the 96 cent paint it's taking forever!!! lol but what it is for Amy's baby shower gift(back befor jack was born) our landlord got us a decal that says "thank hevan for little boys" beign we wont be here for the rest of our life instead of putting it on the wall we put it on a mirror so i am working on lighting it up, kind of a Night light for Jack, i'm using 3 blue side lighting led's (Cristmas light style) i put a peice of corner round on it painted black to match to mask the led's i have tested top, botom, side mounting and top looks to be the best so it's on drilled my holes for the wire, and mounting spots now just waiting for the paint to dry to glue the led's in place and screw the peice on