Pallets in fields

[smstonypoint]

Please post the UPS tracking number for the sack delivery, we can then monitor your progress and prepare ourselves to offer advice--should that need arise of course. In the meantime, I encourage you to update your tetanus and rabies vaccinations, and practice your suturing techniques to minimize scarring.

Also, make sure that the battery/batteries are fresh in your video recording device, and that the person recording the experiment is not squeamish about seeing blood and gore (in the worst case scenario). I am confident that all will go well.

Steve

 

[Marveltone]

Also, make sure that the battery/batteries are fresh in your video recording device, and that the person recording the experiment is not squeamish about seeing blood and gore (in the worst case scenario). I am confident that all will go well.

Steve

What is the proper scientific terminology for "take one for the team"?

Joe

 

[smstonypoint]

What is the proper scientific terminology for "take one for the team"?

Joe

"It's your turn in the barrel."

Steve

 

[txdon]

Wow, you guys up North must be snowed in and the only thing keeping you sane is the pallet thread.

Day 2 no change, however the dog is barking out in pallet field as I type.

 

[ljohnson778]

Wow, you guys up North must be snowed in and the only thing keeping you sane is the pallet thread. Day 2 no change, however the dog is barking out in pallet field as I type.

Do NOT accuse us of being sane! But, if I were you, I'd be tempted to see what the dog was barking at... If you don't return, we'll give you a proper eulogy...

 

[smstonypoint]

Perhaps you should author the abstract, to offer some guidelines and establish criteria. Just a few pages, shouldn't take long.
We are so close.....I can feel it......can you feel it?
The answer is just around the corner.........

Sir, I cannot honor your request that I draft an abstract, as to do so would be unethical on my part. I may be asked to serve as a referee by the scientific journal (e.g., The Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Progressive Farmer, UFO Magazine, ForteanTimes Features | Fortean Times UK, etc.) that you scientists select to publicize your findings.

Steve

 

[stuckmotor]

Sir, I cannot honor your request that I draft an abstract, as to do so would be unethical on my part. I may be asked to serve as a referee by the scientific journal (e.g., The Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Progressive Farmer, UFO Magazine, etc.) that you scientists select to publicize your findings.
Steve

Mad Magazine might be more appropriate.

 

[txdon]

. . . if I were you, I'd be tempted to see what the dog was barking at... If you don't return, we'll give you a proper eulogy...

NO WAY, it's dark out there, very dark.

I'll probably delete the next paragraph in a few minutes because just writing about it gives me the shivers.

. . .

 

[smstonypoint]

Mad Magazine might be more appropriate.

That's certainly a viable alternative.

Steve

 

[ljohnson778]

Sir, I cannot honor your request that I draft an abstract, as to do so would be unethical on my part. I may be asked to serve as a referee by the scientific journal (e.g., The Scientific American, Popular Mechanics, Progressive Farmer, UFO Magazine, etc.) that you scientists select to publicize your findings. Steve

Do you believe you can remain impartial, after all that has happened? We may have lost one, maybe two, members of TBN... Maybe more, in the pursuit of science. I can stand for this no longer... We move on the pallet formation owners at first light!

 

[smstonypoint]

NO WAY, it's dark out there, very dark.

I'll probably delete the next paragraph in a few minutes because just writing about it gives me the shivers.

. . .

You did have a bag over your head to assure a "blind" test, right? That's the idea -- it's supposed to be dark! Rookies.:mur:

BTW, I saw the part you deleted. Maybe we should chug on over to mamby pamby land where maybe we can find some self confidence for you, you jack wagon!

Gunny

 

[dave1949]

Wow, you guys up North must be snowed in and the only thing keeping you sane is the pallet thread.

Day 2 no change, however the dog is barking out in pallet field as I type.

Your efforts are deeply appreciated.

To advance your investigations, please equip Whipper with an infrared dog cam and infra-sound recorder. Since no one has reported seeing or hearing truly sentient life forms (discounting the possibility of the Paladin wannabe) in proximity to the pallets, we must examine the light spectra which are not visible to the human eye and the sound frequencies not detected by the human ear. We must extend our five senses to the utmost.

I include a helpful graphic to aid your sensory memory:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...paONR3UkcH5RiEzanHZIY_Ew&ust=1391230233187599

 

[ljohnson778]

You did have a bag over your head to assure a "blind" test, right? That's the idea -- it's supposed to be dark! Rookies.:mur: BTW, I saw the part you deleted. Maybe we should chug on over to mamby pamby land where maybe we can find some self confidence for you, you jack wagon! Steve

That, my friend, is no way to treat a fellow member of the scientific community... What are you trying to hide by deriding fellow investigators? The plot thickens...

 

[smstonypoint]

That, my friend, is no way to treat a fellow member of the scientific community... What are you trying to hide by deriding fellow investigators? The plot thickens...

That wasn't me that posted that -- it was Gunny. He practices "tough love."


Steve

 

[ljohnson778]

That wasn't me that posted that -- it was Gunny. It's called "tough love." Steve

Fair enough...

 

[txdon]

You did have a bag over your head to assure a "blind" test, right? That's the idea -- it's supposed to be dark! Rookies.:mur:

BTW, I saw the part you deleted.

OPPS I forgot about the bag, my bad. How can I forget the thing in the deleted paragraph. What would do something like that? We need to call it the terror protection bag so others are warned!

 

[Wagtail]

Gentlemen (and any Ladies in this astute discussion), I've had somewhat of an epiphany!

True, the pallet placement and the ancillary proposals as to their purpose have focused our quest, but have we 'had the blinkers on'. Have we not been 'seeing the forest for the trees'?

What if it's not the pallets, per se, but the materials inherent! What if the major factor is the nails used to construct the artifact?

I propose this from personal experience whilst constructing a hay-ring from 6 pallets. During the process I had to de-construct (pull apart with a crow-bar) the pallets that I was going to utilise in order to re-construct them in the desired configuration. In doing so, I discovered an inordinate number of nails had been employed by the 'manufacturer' (and, at times, repair-person) to hold the pallets together. Many were in an 'L' shape, too!

So, are the number of nails a significant factor in our calculations. Is the periodic composition of the nails, and their configuration/placement the underlying answer to our quandary? How important are the 'L' shaped (I'll call them "bent") nails?

I humbly submit this for Peer Review.

 

[dragoneggs]

Gentlemen (and any Ladies in this astute discussion), I've had somewhat of an epiphany!

True, the pallet placement and the ancillary proposals as to their purpose have focused our quest, but have we 'had the blinkers on'. Have we not been 'seeing the forest for the trees'?

What if it's not the pallets, per se, but the materials inherent! What if the major factor is the nails used to construct the artifact?

I propose this from personal experience whilst constructing a hay-ring from 6 pallets. During the process I had to de-construct (pull apart with a crow-bar) the pallets that I was going to utilise in order to re-construct them in the desired configuration. In doing so, I discovered an inordinate number of nails had been employed by the 'manufacturer' (and, at times, repair-person) to hold the pallets together. Many were in an 'L' shape, too!

So, are the number of nails a significant factor in our calculations. Is the periodic composition of the nails, and their configuration/placement the underlying answer to our quandary? How important are the 'L' shaped (I'll call them "bent") nails?

I humbly submit this for Peer Review.

Wagtail, yes back in post #229 I suggested that we look at the materials, construction, and geometry of said pallets. To date, I don't believe we have even established the pallets are constructed of wood. Likely they are... but we all know what can happen when we assume things as a given.

Odd Couple - "My Strife in Court" (Assume Scene) - YouTube

 

[txdon]

The Texas pallets have fallen - like the Alamo. Is this a normal progression or a failed experiment? We did have 40mph winds but I can't assume anything.

 

[dragoneggs]

The Texas pallets have fallen - like the Alamo. Is this a normal progression or a failed experiment? We did have 40mph winds but I can't assume anything.

Did they fall like dominoes or fold into themselves as in a 'stacking' position?