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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 26, 2015, 01:13:41 AM
[p]Trailer chassis coming soon: [a href="http://www.ecocapsule.sk/exterior"]http://www.ecocapsule.sk/exterior[/a][/p][p]
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(http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t521/minuteman1965/eco-capsule_zpscwp4bgyo.jpg)
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 26, 2015, 01:33:35 PM
[quote timestamp="1432613621" author="@whoofit" source="/post/11385/thread"][p]Trailer chassis coming soon: [a href="http://www.ecocapsule.sk/exterior"]http://www.ecocapsule.sk/exterior[/a][/p][p]
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(http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t521/minuteman1965/eco-capsule_zpscwp4bgyo.jpg"%20style="max-width:100%;)Make it float and troll, maybe....'cuz living on the edge can get old.
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 26, 2015, 05:00:36 PM
[quote timestamp="1432658015" author="@gwbushhog" source="/post/11425/thread"][quote source="/post/11385/thread" timestamp="1432613621" author="@whoofit"][p]Trailer chassis coming soon: [a href="http://www.ecocapsule.sk/exterior"]http://www.ecocapsule.sk/exterior[/a][/p][p]
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[/p][/quote]Make it float and troll, maybe....'cuz living on the edge can get old.[/quote]It flies! Can't you see the propeller?
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 26, 2015, 08:26:44 PM
[quote source="/post/11451/thread" timestamp="1432670436" author="@whoofit"][quote timestamp="1432658015" author="@gwbushhog" source="/post/11425/thread"]Make it float and troll, maybe....'cuz living on the edge can get old.[/quote]It flies! Can't you see the propeller?
[/quote]Oh, wow! Thanks for pointing this feature out, WF!  A lesson is here to keep looking up!  Almost missed the birds for the fish!  
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: peislander on May 27, 2015, 07:33:54 AM
Looks like a sensory deprivation tank. They could market to fishing enthusiasts as "The Bobber" --- imagine it with a red & white colour scheme.
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 27, 2015, 08:35:36 AM
Quote from: @gwbushhog" timestamp="1432682804" source="/post/11466/thread[quote source="/post/11451/thread" timestamp="1432670436" author="@whoofit"]It flies! Can't you see the propeller?
Oh, wow! Thanks for pointing this feature out, WF!  A lesson is here to keep looking up!  Almost missed the birds for the fish!  [/quote]Not so fast. You were on to something! Think of the "fly fishing" possibilities?
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 27, 2015, 08:43:06 AM
[quote source="/post/11515/thread" timestamp="1432722834" author="@peislander"]Looks like a sensory deprivation tank. They could market to fishing enthusiasts as "The Bobber" --- imagine it with a red & white colour scheme.[/quote][p]YES! Bobbing for whales! Now THAT would be a fun application..... 8-)[/p][p]
[/p][p]I look at this design with both lust and distain. I appreciate the engineering aspects. I appreciate the style from an abstract point of view. It is risky. Couple things bug me though.[/p][p]
[/p][p]They have gone through all that work making the shell seamless then proceeded to bust a zillion holes in it for the solar panels, which by any definition, should only be mounted on a single angle of incidence per row. There will also be a bunch of dark cells at any given time.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Imagine trying to find a roof leak on this? Unless they are glued on and that would stink from a different prospective. No, but the wires must route.[/p][p]
[/p][p]Small scale wind is usually a bad idea unless trees are constantly flagging. Around 7-8mph or so.
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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: shovelhead on May 27, 2015, 05:12:05 PM
Wait...wait... it hasn't hatched yet....http://www.jurassicworld.com/
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: peislander on May 27, 2015, 06:00:09 PM
Didn't Superman get to Earth in something like that?
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 27, 2015, 10:33:58 PM
[quote source="/post/11515/thread" timestamp="1432722834" author="@peislander"]Looks like a sensory deprivation tank. They could market to fishing enthusiasts as "The Bobber" --- imagine it with a red & white colour scheme.[/quote]Reminds one of a joke about a guy, Bob, who had no limbs...thrown in pool..... (my bad!)

Seriously, a fully submersible application could be helpful in looking for Nessie...no?   "2000 Livin Lites Under the Sea" sort of thing, 'no wood, no rust or rot!' 
(Starting to see why PinStriper doesn't want to pay for this stuff!  :P) 


Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: spot1 on May 28, 2015, 07:09:04 AM
[quote timestamp="1432760409" author="@peislander" source="/post/11565/thread"]Didn't Superman get to Earth in something like that?[/quote]Yep!
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 28, 2015, 01:15:20 PM
[p]Another thing these folks have figured out, unlike CampLite, is most of the users are over two feet tall. Smashing my head on the opened windows once hurts a bit. But after the seventh time in the same exact spot I start to see stars.... >:D (rofl)[/p][p]
[/p][p]C'mon ...you know you have done it too.[/p]
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: spot1 on May 28, 2015, 01:24:23 PM
[quote source="/post/11631/thread" timestamp="1432829720" author="@whoofit"][p]Another thing these folks have figured out, unlike CampLite, is most of the users are over two feet tall. Smashing my head on the opened windows once hurts a bit. But after the seventh time in the same exact spot I start to see stars.... >:D (rofl)[/p][p]
[/p][p]C'mon ...you know you have done it too.[/p][/quote]Here's my excuse; We hike and I'm always looking down checking for snakes. Still looking down while walking around the camper & wack! Have not damaged any windows, yet!
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 28, 2015, 01:30:21 PM
[p]I'm gonna hang some freakin' caution tape or sumthin'...whap!...ouch!...whap!....ouch!...whap!.....ouch! My wife stopped asking if I'm Okay![/p][p]
[/p][p]Never said I was the brightest bulb on the tree. WHAP! ...yawn.[/p]
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 02:46:58 PM
...whacked, but NOT because you're texting, right?!  Please say it ain't so. 
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 28, 2015, 02:59:00 PM
Just like Sister Constance used to say, GW. "There is no excuse for this behavior, little whoofit." That just right before the...wait for it!...WHAP!

My life is full of whaps? Wazzup with that?
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: spot1 on May 28, 2015, 03:04:27 PM
 Really like CampLite windows, but this is the only issue I can find with them. It can't be my fault, so has to be a design issue!  ;)
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 28, 2015, 03:23:12 PM
Quote from: @exploringcarolina" timestamp="1432836267" source="/post/11643/threadReally like CampLite windows, but this is the only issue I can find with them. It can't be my fault, so has to be a design issue!  ;)
[p]In all seriousness I do too. Been thinking of a way to easily raise them more. A gas strut with a cable limiter could be the ticket or a torsion spring system maybe. A stopper clamp on the existing arms?...hmmmm Haven't measured for that yet. [/p][p]
[/p][p]In the meantime I'll let the swelling go down and try to fit the old sparring head gear... (rofl)
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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: shovelhead on May 28, 2015, 03:53:11 PM
The upscale version....


(https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155245228935082&set=a.461101715081.379568.512970081&type=1)
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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 28, 2015, 04:24:13 PM
[quote source="/post/11646/thread" timestamp="1432839191" author="@shovelhead"][/quote][p]Hey GW! You never said you were in the Navy? Thought the beard, mustache and ball cap could fool us, eh?[/p][p]
[/p][p]Shovelhead I've seen that pic of the Turtle. Always concerned me about that crack in the aft casting.[/p][p]
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(http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t521/minuteman1965/turtle-sub_zps4xqwl162.jpg"%20style="max-width:100%;)
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: drdave on May 28, 2015, 07:27:59 PM
If you ever wondered what a mountian climbing robot dinosaur turd would look like now you know.    
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: peislander on May 28, 2015, 09:23:48 PM
You could say it looks like a suppository. I wouldn't say that but you could.  ;-|  A really big solar-powered suppository. I didn't say that either.



(http://s11.postimg.org/xdudu0wdv/eco_capsule_suppository.jpg)
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 09:54:29 PM
"..to boldly go where no man has gone before." 
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: drdave on May 28, 2015, 10:18:31 PM
Is there an "after" picture with it at the bottom of that hill?  Something round sitting of a cliff is just too tempting.
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 10:25:12 PM
[quote source="/post/11642/thread" timestamp="1432835940" author="@whoofit"]Just like Sister Constance used to say, GW. "There is no excuse for this behavior, little whoofit." That just right before the...wait for it!...WHAP!

My life is full of whaps? Wazzup with that?[/quote]Dunno, but probably had something to do with little Whoofit bustin' moves on the classroom furniture to make shelves and dinettes.  Even so, a big day of whappin' is coming soon for all who hit Whoofit.   And on that day, Sista C will join the chorus of countless others axin the Lord,  "Wazzup with that?"
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 10:36:47 PM
[quote source="/post/11663/thread" timestamp="1432859028" author="@peislander"]You could say it looks like a suppository. I wouldn't say that but you could.  ;-|  A really big solar-powered suppository. I didn't say that either.



(http://s11.postimg.org/xdudu0wdv/eco_capsule_suppository.jpg)
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 10:45:17 PM
Quote from: @tlbones" timestamp="1432852079" source="/post/11659/threadIf you ever wondered what a mountian climbing robot dinosaur turd would look like now you know.    
That's one of the greatest word-pictures ever penned, (typed)!  Thank you, TLB,  for the garish, er...I mean, animated mental imagery.... just before me bedtime!  
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: fasteddieb on May 28, 2015, 11:01:28 PM
I'll play along...

I can just picture it circling Uranus.
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 11:04:12 PM
[quote source="/post/11650/thread" timestamp="1432841053" author="@whoofit"][quote source="/post/11646/thread" timestamp="1432839191" author="@shovelhead"][/quote][p]Hey GW! You never said you were in the Navy? Thought the beard, mustache and ball cap could fool us, eh?[/p][p]
[/p][p]Shovelhead I've seen that pic of the Turtle. Always concerned me about that crack in the aft casting.[/p][p]
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(http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t521/minuteman1965/turtle-sub_zps4xqwl162.jpg)Could it be???  Could it be that with minor mods, we could actually float and troll,  bob and dive ....AND save the dinosaurs?  
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 28, 2015, 11:06:39 PM
[quote source="/post/11669/thread" author="@fasteddieb" timestamp="1432864888"]I'll play along...

I can just picture it circling Uranus.[/quote]Now what kind of crack is that, Fasteddieb?!!!



Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 29, 2015, 09:04:58 AM
[quote source="/post/11663/thread" timestamp="1432859028" author="@peislander"]You could say it looks like a suppository. I wouldn't say that but you could.  ;-|  A really big solar-powered suppository. I didn't say that either.



(http://s11.postimg.org/xdudu0wdv/eco_capsule_suppository.jpg)
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 29, 2015, 09:21:05 AM
Quote from: @gwbushhog" timestamp="1432862712" source="/post/11666/thread[quote source="/post/11642/thread" timestamp="1432835940" author="@whoofit"]Just like Sister Constance used to say, GW. "There is no excuse for this behavior, little whoofit." That just right before the...wait for it!...WHAP!

My life is full of whaps? Wazzup with that?
Dunno, but probably had something to do with little Whoofit bustin' moves on the classroom furniture to make shelves and dinettes.  Even so, a big day of whappin' is coming soon for all who hit Whoofit.   And on that day, Sista C will join the chorus of countless others axin the Lord,  "Wazzup with that?"[/quote][p]Oh yes. Never said I didn't deserve these for being active and stupid. Just like the bumps on the head from the windows...[/p][p]
[/p][p]Just last week I got an event invite on FB. She is finally retiring after 50 years of service at the same school. I will attend and tell her what I always wanted to. Hey, Sister, you need to work on your swing...[/p][p]
[/p][p]I suspect St. Peter will find her name present on the list.  I am absolutely [strong][em]certain[/em][/strong] the USMC will welcome her with great applause.[/p][p]
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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 29, 2015, 09:24:39 AM
[p]So, why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from that thing it laid on the other side![/p][p]
[/p][p]Really though, I still see some merit to this design......(ducks behind the couch) [/p]
Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 29, 2015, 09:38:38 AM
[quote source="/post/11665/thread" timestamp="1432862311" author="@tlbones"]Is there an "after" picture with it at the bottom of that hill?  Something round sitting of a cliff is just too tempting.[/quote][p]PUSH IT![/p][p]
[/p][p]You know you want to. Secretly I want you to too. Maybe a nudge with the bumper? Heck, we are all grown-ups with insurance right?
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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: dh50 on May 30, 2015, 01:19:01 AM
[p]Interesting how such seemingly useless, albeit creative and [em]fun[/em], content has blown up to attain a 'HOT' thread status.  IMHO, it makes for a richer, closer LL PB community when there is freedom to be silly, to laugh.  Thank you for this gift.[/p][p]
[/p][p]To those who might spurn such silliness, please consider that there is one big benefit to the bane banter found herein.  Now the real 'alumi[strong][em]nut[/em][/strong]ties' on this forum have been identified.  And to each 'aluminut' - be proud, always remembering that the mighty oak was once a little nut too.  [/p][p]
[/p][p]Love you LL guys! :-X[/p][p]
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Title: Airstream and R-Pod had a baby.
Post by: whoofit on May 31, 2015, 10:32:29 AM
[quote source="/post/11735/thread" timestamp="1432959541" author="@gwbushhog"][p]Interesting how such seemingly useless, albeit creative and [em]fun[/em], content has blown up to attain a 'HOT' thread status.  IMHO, it makes for a richer, closer LL PB community when there is freedom to be silly, to laugh.  Thank you for this gift.[/p][p]
[/p][p]To those who might spurn such silliness, please consider that there is one big benefit to the bane banter found herein.  Now the real 'alumi[strong][em]nut[/em][/strong]ties' on this forum have been identified.  And to each 'aluminut' - be proud, always remembering that the mighty oak was once a little nut too.  [/p][p]
[/p][p]Love you LL guys! :-X[/p][p]
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[/p][/quote][p]I too appreciate allowance of the silliness. It can get out of hand. Personally, I'm waiting for that infamous ignore button to appear. Life's too short to dedicate to complete seriousness IMO. But to each his/her own I say.[/p][p]
[/p][p]"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." - Dr. Seuss


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