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[stuckmotor]

In the 50s, you could mail order and have a monkey sent to you. My aunt had one, for a while. Cute and adorable, not. They kept it in town out on the screened in front porch, until it broke out, and climbed an electric pole. That was the end of that.

A classmate of mine had some kind of a monkey. She said it strangled her cat.

 

[stuckmotor]

Tell us something we don’t know...

Jim Jones (yes, THAT Jim Jones) sold spider monkeys door-to-door in Indianapolis to raise money for his church.

That's the first time I ever heard of a door to door spider monkey salesman.

 

[stuckmotor]

Electric is going new places.

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Does Hi Drive Electric Drive mean it's Diesel Electric similar to a locomotive?

 

[MossRoad]

It must have had a device waiting at the depot to keep it standing when it stopped or did the gyro do that?

Apparently the gyro kept it upright. There's a picture of it standing still with a bunch of people standing on one side and it won't tip over.... until whatever drives the gyro dies.... then... plop!

 

[Dftodd]

How many domesticated and tame horses would tolerate a stranger measuring them head to tail? And then, yes, how many would do it without being restrained? By a stranger?

Can I just shed a little doubt on the photo being a real photo of a feral horse in the bottom of the Grand Canyon, for those and other reasons, e.g. the halter?

Just an amateur here...

All the best,

Peter

I would have to agree with you there

I came home last weekend and found one of the neighbors young calves wandering around my front yard.

Calf is only a month or two old and not used to humans at all.

Well I walked out to see if could get it and coax it back into the pasture across from us where it's momma and the rest of the herd are.


I couldn't get within 60ft of it before it took off.

Thankfully it took off back to momma, found the spot where it got out at, and went back through the fence into the pasture

The rancher found the flag I hung on his fence where it needed some attention, and the next time I saw him out I mentioned that he had a little Houdini

 

[scootr]

It must have had a device waiting at the depot to keep it standing when it stopped or did the gyro do that?

Talk about being too far ahead of the times. I wonder why this idea was never used to date. Gyros are used in many things today...including use in model airplanes to negate ill effects of strong winds or operator error.

 

[ponytug]

I would have to agree with you there

I came home last weekend and found one of the neighbors young calves wandering around my front yard.

Calf is only a month or two old and not used to humans at all.

Well I walked out to see if could get it and coax it back into the pasture across from us where it's momma and the rest of the herd are.


I couldn't get within 60ft of it before it took off.

Thankfully it took off back to momma, found the spot where it got out at, and went back through the fence into the pasture

The rancher found the flag I hung on his fence where it needed some attention, and the next time I saw him out I mentioned that he had a little Houdini

Our calves certainly go through a phase when they "melt" through fences. Part of it is certainly size, but part of it is, I think, a mixture of an innate drive for shelter, and a lack of feedback from things like fence board / wire /electric fence. Our dog once found a young calf curled up under the horse trailer- absolutely invisible to humans, but a wonderfully sheltered and dry spot for a calf.

We have had occasional calves that just seem driven to wander long distances in search of something.

All the best,

Peter

 

[BravoXray]

Does Hi Drive Electric Drive mean it's Diesel Electric similar to a locomotive?

Yes it is.

Details here:

https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/medium-dozers/15969752.html

 

[stuckmotor]

Yes it is.

Details here:

https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/medium-dozers/15969752.html

Thank you!

 

[kenmbz]

Talk about being too far ahead of the times. I wonder why this idea was never used to date. Gyros are used in many things today...including use in model airplanes to negate ill effects of strong winds or operator error.

I think since the gyro can't be running 24x7, having a depot where you could rest a full passenger train was difficult.
And the inevitable engine failure and the train keels over might be another reason.