Originally Posted by
MikeMpls
I just drug a new Maytag ($249 from Home Depot
) down to the basement and really don't have room in the house for another $19.78M, but if any of you are in need of some loose change, just give a jingle to Mr. Mudduck in Amsterdam, NY 12010, Netherlands:
Maybe
fgirard should ditch his gig at the IMF & go to work for the EU?
But then I would not be able to enjoy the wonders that are the developing world, such as crackpot despots and corrupt governments.
And, I couldn't possibly work for the EU as I'm betting that the Eurozone will fail (we have a small betting ring).
Originally Posted by
N830MH
Aren't they trying to breaks the ice? How they can do that? I wasn't sure about this one. Because it going to have a problems for that. I know the weather is very extremely coldest and the ice doesn't have a melt yet.
The icebreaker actually uses the design of its blunt hull to submerge the ice under, and the weight of the breaker will crush the ice. If you notice, icebreakers will maintain a blunt design on both the bow and stern as the boat maneuvers in both forward and reverse, depending on the amount of ice that is needed to be crushed--the accepted maximum is around 4.5 feet. Generally, these vessels are double-hulled for maximum structural integrity.
Originally Posted by
MikeMpls
The boat in the picture is not what Saab makes. The picture was part of a brochure on combat control systems for naval vessels. This particular boat was built by the Swedish subsidiary of a German company.
Saab (Swedish Aerospace, AB) specializes primarily in avionics & aircraft (these days, mostly military). Cars were a not particularly successful diversion that they divested.
But, doesn't that count along the same lines as Saab aircraft engines for non-Saab built aircraft?
And, greetings from Paramaribo, Suriname...