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I was going to spend today trying to see just how similar two peas in a pod really are, but I haven't been able to find any two-pea pods. If I have, s...
@richard-germiller Perhaps in civilized parts of the world, but around here, if you have a properly-configured vehicle, you're limited only by imagina...
Southern roundabouts.
@john-nolton?ÿ Yes, and thanks for asking. I think there's a How it's Made episode about this one./p> Note the vernier operation.
@flga-2-2?ÿ And for non-surveyors, there was and is the vernier caliper: ?ÿ
Maybe wear one of these around your neck, otherwise it should fit in a vest pocket: Or remember the functions for 0, 30, 45, and 90 degrees and the...
Around here, it's traffic that screws things up. When too many drivers clog up the hypotenuse, the legs become faster.
The California shapefile is here: CA Geographic Boundaries - CA County Boundaries - California Open Data?ÿ Here's what it looks like when imported in...
The NC Geodetic Survey has a boundary shapefile available for free download that can be imported into GE. Perhaps CA has something similar, It's somew...
I think that you might mean Norfolk Southern Railway.
Probably a lot less hoopla when that monument was set than when it was found. I wonder how USGS got up there.
In NC, the railroad right of way is where the railroad says it is, end of discussion, heave to, cease and desist.
@camilla?ÿ I've been retired for six years and don't participate actively in teaching, but I'm forever thinking about how I would present this or tha...
@larry-best?ÿ This has been interrupted by Covid, but it looks like it might go in 2022. We entered three projects back in 20?? (out of Prevagen) and...
I usually used those practical things as labs or enrichment lessons or connections to the real world, whatever suits your fancy. They were excellent f...