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June 21 1955. Sam Gray, David Rutford and Fred Hallberg begin their cruise down the Mississippi river from Saint Paul Minnesota on a homemade raft. The raft was built of barrels and planks. Power for the propeller was provided by a 1939 Chevrolet they had paid $ 15 for. the car had 172,000 miles on it. The rear wheels of the car ran against another set of wheels which turned the propeller. The car's steering wheel turned the raft's rudder.
In Saint Louis Missouri the men had a delay as the Chevy's valves needed to be ground. Outside of Memphis Tennessee a bearing on the propeller shaft burned out but the men were able to repair it with tools borrowed from a barge crew. The men ran low on food as they discovered a stowaway was eating their food. The stowaway was a rat. The men tried fishing for food but caught nothing the entire trip.
Other problems encountered included mosquitoes, driftwood in the river and backwash from passing barges. On July 25 1955 the trio reached New Orleans. They planned to drive the Chevrolet back to Minnesota.
Epilogue. The three men made it back to Saint Paul driving the Chevrolet in 49 hours. The car used five gallons of oil for the return drive.
Photo Ramsey County Historical Society.
wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 01:34 last edited by@Mik Quite the trip!
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 01:39 last edited by
File that one under “it seemed like a good idea at the time”.
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 01:46 last edited by
Maybe it involved that saying: "Alcohol - because no good story ever started with someone eating a salad!" 555
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wrote on 15 Jul 2024, 01:48 last edited by
True, dat.
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wrote on 18 Jul 2024, 14:11 last edited by
After almost 5 years playing golf at Cypress Creek, today I hit shot # 100,000.
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wrote on 20 Jul 2024, 02:58 last edited by
The Great Lakes and St Lawrence river superimposed on a map of Europe.
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wrote on 20 Jul 2024, 11:58 last edited by LuFins Dad
@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
After almost 5 years playing golf at Cypress Creek, today I hit shot # 100,000.
Nice… so let’s do the math, if you’re a bad golfer, that’s ~ 150 shots per round, or 650 rounds of golf.
If you’re a pro, that’s 80 shots per round or 1250 rounds of golf.
My guess is you are a very good amateur and shooting 100-110 per round. That’s 1000 rounds, or 200 per year. That’s damn near a full time hob…
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wrote on 20 Jul 2024, 13:26 last edited by Copper
100,000 strokes in 1,165 rounds - Average 85.8 19,072 strokes in 229 rounds the last 365 days - Average 83.3 10,720 strokes in 129 rounds so far this year - Average 83.1 2019 98 rounds 2020 233 2021 207 2022 258 2023 241 Rounds by Day of Week _________ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Rounds 49 203 207 207 198 203 99 Avg Score 89 85 85 85 85 85 91 Max Score 105 108 101 108 111 103 104 Min Score 81 76 75 76 74 76 81 Avg Hrs 3:25 2:13 2:05 2:10 2:09 2:12 3:17 Max Hrs 5:04 3:30 2:50 3:00 3:40 3:00 5:26 Min Hrs 1:20 1:26 1:20 1:26 1:15 1:21 2:20 -
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wrote on 20 Jul 2024, 22:27 last edited by Mik
How to make shadow puppets. From Modern Mechanix 1930.
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wrote on 21 Jul 2024, 19:51 last edited by
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100,000 strokes in 1,165 rounds - Average 85.8 19,072 strokes in 229 rounds the last 365 days - Average 83.3 10,720 strokes in 129 rounds so far this year - Average 83.1 2019 98 rounds 2020 233 2021 207 2022 258 2023 241 Rounds by Day of Week _________ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Rounds 49 203 207 207 198 203 99 Avg Score 89 85 85 85 85 85 91 Max Score 105 108 101 108 111 103 104 Min Score 81 76 75 76 74 76 81 Avg Hrs 3:25 2:13 2:05 2:10 2:09 2:12 3:17 Max Hrs 5:04 3:30 2:50 3:00 3:40 3:00 5:26 Min Hrs 1:20 1:26 1:20 1:26 1:15 1:21 2:20wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 00:37 last edited by@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
100,000 strokes in 1,165 rounds - Average 85.8 19,072 strokes in 229 rounds the last 365 days - Average 83.3 10,720 strokes in 129 rounds so far this year - Average 83.1 2019 98 rounds 2020 233 2021 207 2022 258 2023 241 Rounds by Day of Week _________ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Rounds 49 203 207 207 198 203 99 Avg Score 89 85 85 85 85 85 91 Max Score 105 108 101 108 111 103 104 Min Score 81 76 75 76 74 76 81 Avg Hrs 3:25 2:13 2:05 2:10 2:09 2:12 3:17 Max Hrs 5:04 3:30 2:50 3:00 3:40 3:00 5:26 Min Hrs 1:20 1:26 1:20 1:26 1:15 1:21 2:20That is pretty cool!!!
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Somehow I think that his vision and President Trumps vision of how to accomplish this have more differences than sameness.
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
That way of presenting a map of the USA is a nightmare of false memories.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 15:04 last edited by
I never realized that Alaska bordered Mexico.
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wrote on 28 Jul 2024, 15:08 last edited by
I find it hard to believe that Kansas has any mountain at all, much less one taller than their buildings.
