"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Deborah Leigh said... Cmon Anonymous, "lighten up". Yes, it is sad, but the context is humorous. It's like laughing at the guy who slips on the banana peel.
As for the tax collecters, they should be comfortable with the cobras. Snakes are snakes. But it was funny when the charmer said that he had no place to keep the snakes. Wouldn't that be in the basket? And his exclamation that they are poisonous...well, duh. If you don't have a place to keep the "poisonous" snakes, then how about put them back where you got them...the forest!
Paco, how in the heck do those "tubas" work at finding aircraft?
Retronaut is a fun site. Thanks for introducing us to it.
Deborah, they work using the Doppler effect, as applied to sound waves. It's similar in principle to Doppler radar used for weather monitoring today.
Sound is what was used, in the pre-radar days prior to WWII, to locate aircraft and artillery. In fact, sound was used to locate enemy artillery for counterbattery fire in late WWII, at least in Europe.
Think of the tubes as being really big ears. As I recall, they were fairly accurate, and amazingly sensitive, but didn't have a long range.
Deborah Leigh said... Thanks, JeffS. I should have known because my Dad was in radar in the Navy. The family went on a dependents cruise in Hawaii. I learned how to operate and read the radar. Fun stuff.
Not funny, the lightbulb thing.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me angry, I don't want to laugh.
ReplyDeleteYikes, that snake thing had me lifting my feet and looking nervously under the computer desk.
ReplyDeleteBtw, Retronaut really is a fascinating site.
Check out this place!
ReplyDelete#23 tickles me endlessly...
Jeff: Absolute gold!
ReplyDeleteUnexplained photo #10 is probably a doorknocking alpine Krampus.
ReplyDelete#24 reminds me of the Democrats and MSM, for some odd reason.....
ReplyDeleteDeborah Leigh said... Cmon Anonymous, "lighten up". Yes, it is sad, but the context is humorous. It's like laughing at the guy who slips on the banana peel.
ReplyDeleteAs for the tax collecters, they should be comfortable with the cobras. Snakes are snakes. But it was funny when the charmer said that he had no place to keep the snakes. Wouldn't that be in the basket? And his exclamation that they are poisonous...well, duh. If you don't have a place to keep the "poisonous" snakes, then how about put them back where you got them...the forest!
Paco, how in the heck do those "tubas" work at finding aircraft?
Retronaut is a fun site. Thanks for introducing us to it.
Deborah, they work using the Doppler effect, as applied to sound waves. It's similar in principle to Doppler radar used for weather monitoring today.
ReplyDeleteSound is what was used, in the pre-radar days prior to WWII, to locate aircraft and artillery. In fact, sound was used to locate enemy artillery for counterbattery fire in late WWII, at least in Europe.
Think of the tubes as being really big ears. As I recall, they were fairly accurate, and amazingly sensitive, but didn't have a long range.
Deborah Leigh said... Thanks, JeffS. I should have known because my Dad was in radar in the Navy. The family went on a dependents cruise in Hawaii. I learned how to operate and read the radar. Fun stuff.
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