I like guns

They finally designed a keyboard for the male population

Norwegian Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi River

As you may have seen on the news it's been very cold in Iowa.

So cold, in fact, that the US Corp of Engineers has borrowed a

Norwegian Icebreaker to clear the Mississippi River for freighter

traffic.  The Icebreaker is starting near Davenport and working

its way northward.

Here is a picture as the hard work of ice breaking begins. Impressive!

christmas trainset

Just a little eye candy

Eastern Montana storms

This is Canadian National locomotive number 2699. It is a 212 ton machine powered by a 183 litre 4400 hp V16 4 stroke diesel.

 Shortly before this picture was taken, while working under load, 2699 experienced what is known in the trade as a catastrophic uncontained engine failure. The train was passing the town of Independence , at the time.
The first picture below shows that one of the 16 cylinder packs that form the engine was ejected through the engine bay body side and thrown clear of the locomotive.
In addition to this the piston from that cylinder was thrown free by the force of the failure. It was ejected so violently that it travelled through the air and crashed through the roof of a nearby home where it imbedded itself in an interior wall.

Beautiful Custom Built 2009 Wooden Car

This custom wooden car rides on  a 1986 Toyota truck frame and gets power from a Chrysler 318  engine. It is driven by an automatic transmission and has merely  1,800 miles on its speedometer. The whole body is made of cedar  and its interior is just as over-the-top as the exterior.

Mood ring

My husband, being unhappy with my mood swings, bought me a mood ring the other day so he would be able to monitor my moods.

 

We've discovered that when I'm in a good mood, it turns green.

When I'm in a bad mood, it leaves a big red mark on his fucking forehead.
Maybe next time he'll buy me a diamond.