Recent content by JeffC

I'd just received these photos. Information in that E-mail said that they were taken on Elmendorf AFB. ... We've learned that the bird feeder comes down at breakup. The one year we were late we had a sow and pair of cubs tear it down for a snack. The girls got some good photos of that, too.

Excellent thread. This had been a burning question (one of a number) for me in my current planning (wannabe?) mode. I got a good chuckle out of the sibling metaphor.... of course I think those should come in sets of three... it's how we did it.

Digging back into the grey cells from the few years I'd worked as a corrosion engineer ....(a few years ago, I'm afraid.) Among the most common type of stainless alloys are of a type known as Austenitic Stainless Steels. (This is defined by the grain structure). I think of 'generic' stainless...

Not owning a boat (YET!), I had been 'lurking'. I am very likely to get a C-Dory in the future (but alas not the near future, as the girls just finished their freshman year in college). I've found this site extremely helpful, as I plan for 'the day'. Even though I'm not really in the group...