River Ice Breaking 01
 

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice will
occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the surrounding area.
The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that it will move down stream
without piling up. The link is to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex


LdB

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L D'Bonnie added these comments in the current discussion du jour
....

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice
will occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the
surrounding area. The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that
it will move down stream without piling up. The link is to the
Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

Now, THIS is a "tall-ship"! grin

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

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Interesting set of photos!

Paul

River Ice Breaking 01
 

HEMI-Powered wrote:
L D'Bonnie added these comments in the current discussion du jour
...

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice
will occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the
surrounding area. The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that
it will move down stream without piling up. The link is to the
Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

Now, THIS is a "tall-ship"! grin


Perhaps a renaming of the group is in order. Something like

alt.binaries.pictures.tall.short.long.lean-ships-boats-things.that.float.or.not.and.kids.on.cannons:)


LdB

River Ice Breaking 01
 

L D'Bonnie added these comments in the current discussion du jour
....

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice
will occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the
surrounding area. The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so
that it will move down stream without piling up. The link is
to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

Now, THIS is a "tall-ship"! grin


Perhaps a renaming of the group is in order. Something like

alt.binaries.pictures.tall.short.long.lean-ships-boats-things.tha
t.float.or.not.and.kids.on.cannons:)

Nah! I like it just fine, but note the "grin" after my comment as
I really did think the "ship" was pretty damn interesting, I've
certainly never seen anything like it before, so I downloaded it
for my slide show screen saver. Yes, I see the smiley face after
your comment so I imagine you're also kidding in a way.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

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On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:03:53 -0500, L D'Bonnie wrote
(in article ):

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice will
occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the surrounding area.
The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that it will move down stream
without piling up. The link is to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex


LdB



What an incredible contraption! If you go to the Web site, click Videos and
then watch the "Glace" video. Interesting!

-Vlad

--

Vlad & Genny Kedrovsky
Edina, Minnesota, USA
vjkedrovsky at gmail dot com
http://picasaweb.google.com/vjkedrovsky

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:52:48 -0500, Vlad wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:03:53 -0500, L D'Bonnie wrote
(in article ):

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice will
occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the surrounding area.
The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that it will move down stream
without piling up. The link is to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex


LdB



What an incredible contraption! If you go to the Web site, click Videos and
then watch the "Glace" video. Interesting!

-Vlad
That is an interesting thang.

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HEMI-Powered wrote:
L D'Bonnie added these comments in the current discussion du jour
...

On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice
will occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the
surrounding area. The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so
that it will move down stream without piling up. The link is
to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

Now, THIS is a "tall-ship"! grin

Perhaps a renaming of the group is in order. Something like

alt.binaries.pictures.tall.short.long.lean-ships-boats-things.tha
t.float.or.not.and.kids.on.cannons:)

Nah! I like it just fine, but note the "grin" after my comment as
I really did think the "ship" was pretty damn interesting, I've
certainly never seen anything like it before, so I downloaded it
for my slide show screen saver. Yes, I see the smiley face after
your comment so I imagine you're also kidding in a way.

You imagined correctly. There have been many posts to the group that
"stretch" things a tad. I plead guilty to a few of them myself.

Unusual photos provide interesting fill between the rare tall ship
posts. I have saved a few of your "nearly on topic" posts.

Just so you don't have to imagine this time, I believe this image
will clarify things.

LdB

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L D'Bonnie added these comments in the current discussion du jour
....

Now, THIS is a "tall-ship"! grin

Perhaps a renaming of the group is in order. Something like

alt.binaries.pictures.tall.short.long.lean-ships-boats-things.t
ha t.float.or.not.and.kids.on.cannons:)

Nah! I like it just fine, but note the "grin" after my
comment as I really did think the "ship" was pretty damn
interesting, I've certainly never seen anything like it before,
so I downloaded it for my slide show screen saver. Yes, I see
the smiley face after your comment so I imagine you're also
kidding in a way.

You imagined correctly. There have been many posts to the group
that "stretch" things a tad. I plead guilty to a few of them
myself.

Unusual photos provide interesting fill between the rare tall
ship posts. I have saved a few of your "nearly on topic" posts.

Just so you don't have to imagine this time, I believe this
image will clarify things.

Before I started posting, I asked about the apparent broad meaning
of "tall-ships" to include about anything that floats. Bouler,
among others, commented pretty much as you did, namely that so long
as it is a ship or a boat, it is acceptable. And, there appears not
to be a FAQ document, so I've restricted my posts to approximately
the categories of boats & ships I saw here, although I, too, have
stretched the definition as well but nobody seems to be complaining
so why make a fuss when there is any, right?!

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

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"L D'Bonnie" schreef in bericht
m...
On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice will
occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the surrounding area.
The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that it will move down stream
without piling up. The link is to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

What a great invention, seeïng the video's on the page its simply great.
I never saw a ship like this, thats the interesting thing of this newsgroup.

Starting years ago with Tallships, we ran out of pictures from, Tallships.
Then the regulars decided to accept any ship because we are all lovers of
the sea.
Even lighthouses are allowed, even a wooden shoe with a sail.
That keeps this NG alive.
If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.
--
Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:56:45 +0200, "Bouler"
wrote:


"L D'Bonnie" schreef in bericht
om...
On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice will
occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the surrounding area.
The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so that it will move down stream
without piling up. The link is to the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

What a great invention, seeïng the video's on the page its simply great.
I never saw a ship like this, thats the interesting thing of this newsgroup.

Starting years ago with Tallships, we ran out of pictures from, Tallships.
Then the regulars decided to accept any ship because we are all lovers of
the sea.
Even lighthouses are allowed, even a wooden shoe with a sail.
That keeps this NG alive.
If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.
What Bouler said. I approve.

River Ice Breaking 01
 

Bouler added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...


"L D'Bonnie" schreef in bericht
m...
On the Red River in Manitoba. During the spring break up ice
will occasionally jamb up and dam the river, flooding the
surrounding area. The Amphibex machine breaks up the ice so
that it will move down stream without piling up. The link is to
the Amphibex web site


http://www.normrock.ca/1/The_Amphibex/The_Amphibex

What a great invention, seeïng the video's on the page its
simply great. I never saw a ship like this, thats the
interesting thing of this newsgroup.

Starting years ago with Tallships, we ran out of pictures from,
Tallships. Then the regulars decided to accept any ship because
we are all lovers of the sea.
Even lighthouses are allowed, even a wooden shoe with a sail.
That keeps this NG alive.
If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.

Then, crazy people like me came along and started posting "short
ships" and kids sitting on battleship guns and the like! grin
But, as a late-comer, I think the group collectively made a good
decision to broaden the charter of this NG else the number of posts
would be quite small. I'm very happy to be a novice member and I
really like the people here. Plus, I've found a number of very good
pictures to add to my non-car collection so it's a win-win for me.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

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joevan added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

[snip]
Starting years ago with Tallships, we ran out of pictures from,
Tallships. Then the regulars decided to accept any ship because
we are all lovers of the sea.
Even lighthouses are allowed, even a wooden shoe with a sail.
That keeps this NG alive.
If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.
What Bouler said. I approve.

jevan, I hardly want to inject some sillyness about formalizing the
activities of this NG with a set of rules/FAQs unless there is
broad support for such a thing. But, do you, Bouler, anyone think
that at least an INFORMAL document should be put together? I'm also
not trying to create work for anyone, I certainly don't have the
time to take this on. Perhaps it is a moot question since everyone
seems to get along quite well with no FAQs or even posting
guidelines and I've not seen any flame wars as far back as my NSP
has posts so there must be pretty universal agreement with what is
being posted and folks must either like it or are at least neutral.

So, what do you and the others think might/should be done, if
anything? What brought this up is the ice-breaking "ship" which I
personally found extremely interesting as I've never seen such a
beast nor ever even thought about why it might be necessary, so I
say - bring 'em on!

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

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"HEMI-Powered" schreef in bericht
...

Starting years ago with Tallships, we ran out of pictures from,
Tallships. Then the regulars decided to accept any ship because
we are all lovers of the sea.
Even lighthouses are allowed, even a wooden shoe with a sail.
That keeps this NG alive.
If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.

Then, crazy people like me came along and started posting "short
ships" and kids sitting on battleship guns and the like! grin
But, as a late-comer, I think the group collectively made a good
decision to broaden the charter of this NG else the number of posts
would be quite small. I'm very happy to be a novice member and I
really like the people here. Plus, I've found a number of very good
pictures to add to my non-car collection so it's a win-win for me.

Keep it that way;-)
--
Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)

River Ice Breaking 01
 

"HEMI-Powered" schreef in bericht
...

If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.
What Bouler said. I approve.

jevan, I hardly want to inject some sillyness about formalizing the
activities of this NG with a set of rules/FAQs unless there is
broad support for such a thing. But, do you, Bouler, anyone think
that at least an INFORMAL document should be put together? I'm also
not trying to create work for anyone, I certainly don't have the
time to take this on. Perhaps it is a moot question since everyone
seems to get along quite well with no FAQs or even posting
guidelines and I've not seen any flame wars as far back as my NSP
has posts so there must be pretty universal agreement with what is
being posted and folks must either like it or are at least neutral.

So, what do you and the others think might/should be done, if
anything? What brought this up is the ice-breaking "ship" which I
personally found extremely interesting as I've never seen such a
beast nor ever even thought about why it might be necessary, so I
say - bring 'em on!

Its Joevan Jerry, Joevan and I know each other for years and have
e-mailcontacs now and than.
I think this club of friends does not use a faq or other rules, there are
already to many rules in the wold that stops creativity and freedom.
Some rules are OK, but a lot of rules made by Governements make people like
robots, they don't think anymore but just follow a leader and thats
dangerous.
Oops I was serious;-)
--
Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)

River Ice Breaking 01
 

HEMI-Powered wrote:
joevan added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

[snip]
Starting years ago with Tallships, we ran out of pictures from,
Tallships. Then the regulars decided to accept any ship because
we are all lovers of the sea.
Even lighthouses are allowed, even a wooden shoe with a sail.
That keeps this NG alive.
If we only accepted tallships this group would be dead by now.
What Bouler said. I approve.

jevan, I hardly want to inject some sillyness about formalizing the
activities of this NG with a set of rules/FAQs unless there is
broad support for such a thing. But, do you, Bouler, anyone think
that at least an INFORMAL document should be put together? I'm also
not trying to create work for anyone, I certainly don't have the
time to take this on. Perhaps it is a moot question since everyone
seems to get along quite well with no FAQs or even posting
guidelines and I've not seen any flame wars as far back as my NSP
has posts so there must be pretty universal agreement with what is
being posted and folks must either like it or are at least neutral.

So, what do you and the others think might/should be done, if
anything? What brought this up is the ice-breaking "ship" which I
personally found extremely interesting as I've never seen such a
beast nor ever even thought about why it might be necessary, so I
say - bring 'em on!

We are all familiar with the term rules are made to be broken.

There is no trouble until the rules get broken. This is the most
laid back newsgroup I have seen in over twenty years of usernet.
My advice is, If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.

By the way there are many unusual craft on or near the water
Cranes, Dredges, Platforms etc. For example:

http://www.boeing.com/special/sea-launch/

I wouldn't mind seeing photos of these. Not much chance of that
thing floating down the Red River in January. :) Seems like a few
others here have quite an active curiosity as well.

LdB

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Bouler added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

jevan, I hardly want to inject some sillyness about formalizing
the activities of this NG with a set of rules/FAQs unless there
is broad support for such a thing. But, do you, Bouler, anyone
think that at least an INFORMAL document should be put
together? I'm also not trying to create work for anyone, I
certainly don't have the time to take this on. Perhaps it is a
moot question since everyone seems to get along quite well with
no FAQs or even posting guidelines and I've not seen any flame
wars as far back as my NSP has posts so there must be pretty
universal agreement with what is being posted and folks must
either like it or are at least neutral.

So, what do you and the others think might/should be done, if
anything? What brought this up is the ice-breaking "ship" which
I personally found extremely interesting as I've never seen
such a beast nor ever even thought about why it might be
necessary, so I say - bring 'em on!

Its Joevan Jerry, Joevan and I know each other for years and
have e-mailcontacs now and than.

Yes, I made a typo, Bouler. My apologies to jOevan.

I think this club of friends does not use a faq or other rules,
there are already to many rules in the wold that stops
creativity and freedom. Some rules are OK, but a lot of rules
made by Governements make people like robots, they don't think
anymore but just follow a leader and thats dangerous.
Oops I was serious;-)

Fine by me. I just wanted to bring the subject up for a mild
discussion. One of my old bosses used to say "no decision is in
itself a decision", a quote from my "Famous Quotes" document, and I
believe that is how this group wants to deal with it.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

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"HEMI-Powered" schreef in bericht
...

Its Joevan Jerry, Joevan and I know each other for years and
have e-mailcontacs now and than.

Yes, I made a typo, Bouler. My apologies to jOevan.

I think this club of friends does not use a faq or other rules,
there are already to many rules in the wold that stops
creativity and freedom. Some rules are OK, but a lot of rules
made by Governements make people like robots, they don't think
anymore but just follow a leader and thats dangerous.
Oops I was serious;-)

Fine by me. I just wanted to bring the subject up for a mild
discussion. One of my old bosses used to say "no decision is in
itself a decision", a quote from my "Famous Quotes" document, and I
believe that is how this group wants to deal with it.

Well I cannot speak for the whole group, but I'm hanging around here for 8
years and seldom trouble in this group.
--
Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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Bouler added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Its Joevan Jerry, Joevan and I know each other for years and
have e-mailcontacs now and than.

Yes, I made a typo, Bouler. My apologies to jOevan.

I think this club of friends does not use a faq or other
rules, there are already to many rules in the wold that stops
creativity and freedom. Some rules are OK, but a lot of rules
made by Governements make people like robots, they don't think
anymore but just follow a leader and thats dangerous. Oops I
was serious;-)

Fine by me. I just wanted to bring the subject up for a mild
discussion. One of my old bosses used to say "no decision is in
itself a decision", a quote from my "Famous Quotes" document,
and I believe that is how this group wants to deal with it.

Well I cannot speak for the whole group, but I'm hanging around
here for 8 years and seldom trouble in this group.

In my brief visits to this NG at your suggestion, I have found it
to be one of the friendliest of all the Usenet NGs I have ever
visited along with a.b.p.wallpaper and wallpaper.duplicates. I said
when I initially started to post that I did not want to be any sort
of disruptive influence and I believe I have kept to that promise.
So, as to formalizing this NG, let's just let it drop. The entire
discussion got started, I think, by my off-hand joking comment that
the ice-breaking machine in this series was a "tall-ship" I could
identify with. Perhaps I shouldn't have said that at all.
Hopefully, no harm was done and we can all go back to just enjoying
the pictures of whatever people desire to share with us.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"That's all I have to say about that" - Forrest Gump

River Ice Breaking 01
 

"HEMI-Powered" schreef in bericht
...

Well I cannot speak for the whole group, but I'm hanging around
here for 8 years and seldom trouble in this group.

In my brief visits to this NG at your suggestion, I have found it
to be one of the friendliest of all the Usenet NGs I have ever
visited along with a.b.p.wallpaper and wallpaper.duplicates. I said
when I initially started to post that I did not want to be any sort
of disruptive influence and I believe I have kept to that promise.
So, as to formalizing this NG, let's just let it drop. The entire
discussion got started, I think, by my off-hand joking comment that
the ice-breaking machine in this series was a "tall-ship" I could
identify with. Perhaps I shouldn't have said that at all.
Hopefully, no harm was done and we can all go back to just enjoying
the pictures of whatever people desire to share with us.

I know it, sometimes I'm to serious;-)
--
Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)

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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:46:13 +0200, "Bouler"
wrote:


"HEMI-Powered" schreef in bericht
.. .

Well I cannot speak for the whole group, but I'm hanging around
here for 8 years and seldom trouble in this group.

In my brief visits to this NG at your suggestion, I have found it
to be one of the friendliest of all the Usenet NGs I have ever
visited along with a.b.p.wallpaper and wallpaper.duplicates. I said
when I initially started to post that I did not want to be any sort
of disruptive influence and I believe I have kept to that promise.
So, as to formalizing this NG, let's just let it drop. The entire
discussion got started, I think, by my off-hand joking comment that
the ice-breaking machine in this series was a "tall-ship" I could
identify with. Perhaps I shouldn't have said that at all.
Hopefully, no harm was done and we can all go back to just enjoying
the pictures of whatever people desire to share with us.

I know it, sometimes I'm to serious;-)
Do you mean that you are sometimes "too" serious, or "also" serious?
:o)

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"joevan" schreef in bericht
...

Hopefully, no harm was done and we can all go back to just enjoying
the pictures of whatever people desire to share with us.

I know it, sometimes I'm to serious;-)
Do you mean that you are sometimes "too" serious, or "also" serious?
:o)

LOL, maybe you know me better than I do;-)
--
Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)