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10 hours ago · The navy’s take was to alter the training about when to leave your parachute during a water landing to avoid getting tangled in the lines and drowning. Instead of jumping out of the harness when you are 10 feet from the water (my hillbilly father thought the Gulf of Mexico looked like the local pond he used to jump into—after all, how big is a wave?) you waited until your toes touch, then ...
10 hours ago · The Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its investigative report on the near-grounding of the Rosco Poplar in the Great Barrier Reef, which started with a faulty GPS unit and was narrowly averted at the last minute by a marine pilot.
1 day ago · On July 24, the Standing Committee of the District People's Congress organized the representatives of the Municipal People's Congress of Haojiang District to carry out centralized inspection activities around the promotion of the "Millions of Projects". The delegates inspected the new industrial agglomeration and comprehensive development of the fishing port on the spot.
10 hours ago · Up to 7ft long the traditional Alaskan type of these is great for walking on deep dry powder in open country. Krista: “What are snowshoes?” ($1600) $1K Rock, Paper, Scissors: W/ roots going back to 1649 this Finnish co. began making its distinctive, orange-handled scissors in 1967. Krista: “What are shears?” ($2600) $400 Science:
