Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Truss 5 Prepped for Launch

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17 comments:

  1. Bob from AthensOctober 28, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    Ok, when is the launch and are we gonna get to watch?

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  2. mikeOctober 28, 2009 at 9:08 PM

    cool photo

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  3. tffnguyOctober 28, 2009 at 9:29 PM

    I still want to get out there and visit, but need to find a radiator for my car first. Not sure I even want to be on the road around the time of the chili cook off though.

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  4. Allen HareOctober 29, 2009 at 1:02 AM

    Wow! What a shot!
    tffnguy, you really don't want to be driving after dark in the Terlingua/Study Butte area during the chili cook-off. The state troopers descend on the area and watch like hawks for their next "customer". We sit in our campsite on the hill behind the store, watching the highway, and all the cars being pulled over, one by one...

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  5. PipsqeekOctober 29, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    What's a chili cook-off got to do with state troopers?

    Forgive my naivety, I'm on a different continent.

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  6. Jim ROctober 29, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    pipsqeek,
    Drunks. The chili cookoff brings lots of tourists from Dallas and Houston and elsewhere.

    Although the risk is much lower in the sparsely populated Chihuahuan Desert, and sometimes it hardly matters whether you drive down the middle of the road or next to it, the troopers can catch a lot of drunks and run them through the money wringer.

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  7. ezrabluOctober 29, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    Another awesome photo :o)

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  8. Ben in TexasOctober 29, 2009 at 11:48 AM

    pipsqeek, you ask what State Troopers got to do with Chile Cook off? Well,LOTS of drunks out on that road trying to git somewhere.

    Gets dang dangerous sometimes.

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  9. Guy HodgesOctober 29, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Got to watch your cam for a little while yesterday - looked really good. Keep up the good work!

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  10. AnonymousOctober 29, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    During the month of the chili cook off the Doughnuts are on a break and the cops heard that chili is almost as good.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 29, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    Sounds like a business opportunity to me. A bus or taxi service would be beneficial and a lot cheaper than a DWI.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 29, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    A good idea, at least during the chili cook off. Benita's taxi or bus service.

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  13. tffnguyOctober 29, 2009 at 7:13 PM

    I wonder what the low was last night?

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  14. AnonymousOctober 29, 2009 at 8:42 PM

    Radiator:

    http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

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  15. tffnguyOctober 29, 2009 at 8:55 PM

    Willie Wildcatter, That's likely where I'll get one. Thanks.

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  16. Anonymous?October 30, 2009 at 5:51 PM

    Just a quick question... Have you thought of any diagonals in your trusses?

    Ben

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  17. PipsqeekOctober 31, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    Ah, thanks for the answers guys, OGT... LOL, off season for the doughnuts aye? LOL

    I wasn't thinking about the Chilli cook off being a tourist thing, now it all makes sense.

    The bus idea would be awesome. Shuttle people around on their way to and from. Some local pubs here in Sydney do that for their customers. Too drunk to get home, take the free bus the pub supplies you. Brilliant idea, safe for your, safe for everyone else on the road too.

    Cheers
    pipsqeek

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