Where Is This? - Page 54

monster · 12-31-2011, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

The cake capital of the world

The Bundt Republic?

GunMaster357 · 12-30-2011, 06:07 PM

I'm pretty sure it is in France but I don't know where.

glatt · 12-30-2011, 06:12 PM

Not France either.

footfootfoot · 12-30-2011, 09:10 PM

I live a few blocks from the birthplace of "Pie a la Mode"

Gravdigr · 12-31-2011, 04:32 AM

Spent an hour on it.

Then I cheated.

Never assume.

glatt · 12-31-2011, 08:15 AM

An hour! Oh man, I'm sorry.

OK, let me give out a big hint for anyone left playing.

There's tremendous airflow through that contraption on the side of the building.

TonyE · 12-31-2011, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

OK, let me give out a big hint for anyone left playing.

There's tremendous airflow through that contraption on the side of the building.

That big hint helped, I was getting nowhere before that hint. Searching for "vertical wind tunnel" did not help, it just gave lots of hits concerning indoor skydiving, but searching on "vertical brick wind tunnel" led to the TsAGI Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in Moscow.

glatt · 12-31-2011, 03:09 PM

Well done!

Gravdigr · 12-31-2011, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

...There's tremendous airflow through that contraption on the side of the building.

It's a whistle factory.

footfootfoot · 12-31-2011, 08:54 AM

Do they make ball bearings or marbles there? It looks a little short for a bearing tower (if that's what they are called) and a little too close to the parking lot, but who knows?

glatt · 12-31-2011, 01:52 PM

No, but now you have me wondering how ball bearings are made.

footfootfoot · 01-01-2012, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

No, but now you have me wondering how ball bearings are made.

Sorry, I confused ball bearing manufacture with lead shot, cf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_bearing

The second link has a very good animated gif that does double duty explaining why the hunter never circles the squirrel.

BigV · 01-01-2012, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Sorry, I confused ball bearing manufacture with lead shot, cf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_tower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_bearing

The second link has a very good animated gif that does double duty explaining why the hunter never circles the squirrel.

No, it doesn't.

Gravdigr · 01-02-2012, 03:14 AM

But the hunter does circle the squirrel.

Doesn't he?

footfootfoot · 01-02-2012, 11:46 AM

no, he does not. He and the squirrel both circle the tree, however.

12-30-2011, 06:07 PM	#2
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I'm pretty sure it is in France but I don't know where. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

12-30-2011, 09:10 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I live a few blocks from the birthplace of "Pie a la Mode" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-31-2011, 04:32 AM	#5
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Spent an hour on it. Then I cheated. Never assume. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-31-2011, 08:54 AM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Do they make ball bearings or marbles there? It looks a little short for a bearing tower (if that's what they are called) and a little too close to the parking lot, but who knows? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-02-2012, 03:14 AM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	But the hunter does circle the squirrel. Doesn't he? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-30-2011, 06:12 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Not France either.

12-31-2011, 08:15 AM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	An hour! Oh man, I'm sorry. OK, let me give out a big hint for anyone left playing. There's tremendous airflow through that contraption on the side of the building.

12-31-2011, 03:09 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well done!

12-31-2011, 01:52 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	No, but now you have me wondering how ball bearings are made.

01-02-2012, 11:46 AM	#15
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	no, he does not. He and the squirrel both circle the tree, however. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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