Recent content by LeroyLaRey

There's a water pump windmill called a BoJon that pumps air through a submerged tube. the air bubbles draw water up tube as they rise. Said to have limitations but is pretty reliable. 9 feet should be a cinch depending on ho much water you have to move & how fast. Try the aquarium air pump in...

A guess: the oil dilates blood vessels and the bath opens pores and increases circulation, together they transfer more heat as absorbed water evaporates.

bummer, I just spent an hour writing up a pretty good post (you should have seen it) meanwhile I guess my session ended and I had to log in again, the post never showed up.

If it's identifiable at all, it will have something in common with Earth organisms. If the shape is identifiable (like cilia or vacuoles), similar organs on Earth (governed by dna) could imply similar dna influence there too. But I expect that because gravity and chemistry is different, the...

how about a wind generator? :)

it depends on the radius of the bend, standard plastic electrical conduit provides a lot of wide sweep elbows, or you could use a piece of flexible conduit for a really wide bend (like 5 foot radius). multi-filament wire might be easier to pull too. :)

1) if the pellets flow easily, put a mesh screen on the bottom end and attach a vacuum hose. 2) if not, fill a slightly smaller tube w/ the pellets and push it to the end of the 40mm tube, use a ramrod to push them in as you withdraw the inside tube, 3) some kind of fluid to keep them...

on reconsideration, The top of a 3.5m tower can be accessed w/ a ladder. use shroud wires and just bury the bottom end like a fence post. plates & cement are nice but probably unnecessary. fungicide might be worthwhile though.

that's not excessively big, and shouldn't take much to build, unless it's an exercise in design. If not, check out this tower: http://dragonflypower.com/towerdemo.htm A guyed wood tower can absorb a lot of vibration, in fact vibration will keep beetles out of the wood. If it's a problem though...

Here's a link to a design for a tabernacle hoist: http://Dragonflypower.com/towerdemo.htm I'll verify that it works.

yes that would be a place to find evidence. I have some doubts about the term "high culture" though, guessing that would mean a ruling class that controls trade, rather than a technological culture, but that's just my opinion. Evidence for a class system would be hard to find. Maybe in widely...

it seems conceivable that there would be no rings, what would cause them?

I can't say for sure because I didn't see it, but there 2 problems here (maybe 3 if grandma used slapping before reasoning): 1) the kid is gaming the system to insult her grandma's values. 2) the cops are tripping on their own power apparently to impress the girl. Grandma took...

indeed some cultures in Borneo & South America wear reed sheaths as casual wear for the appearance of an erection, and it's really bad form there to be seen in public without one. This is called 1stworldpromorphism.

Hi vibjwb: religion works too, to get favors & respect from ancestors and nature spirits like wearing lion skins & carrying bull horns to make magical claims, to impress & intimidate social or territorial rivals. it's still easy to tell a Crip from a Shriner when they're decked out, so the...