Displacement is based on mass. Draft is based on geometry. 

“ This story originally reported that the Star of the Sea would be larger than the Icon of the Sea. They are actually the same size. We regret the error.”

Bought stuff at a big box hardware - not enough room for the large items. I set them on the floor, but the employees felt the need to move them. I didn’t notice they had done that and only when I got home did I notice them missing. Went right back and fortunately someone noticed the pile and believed me when I said…

If this means all billboards, then I am for it. The 36,000,000 candela “Come to the Beaver Lodge to Pet the Beavers” seem a bit more distracting on more than one level.

All the loose bolts found go into locking nut plates. They just aren’t all the way in. Then there are the missing bolts and why they aren’t there. 

“God Friended Me” was the sequel. The Machine got creative. 

So far the main source of aviation fatalities is mishandling by a pilot, either the pilot on the plane or one who parks in the dark on a runway center line.

It’s also the toughest test. With the full width of the vehicle it’s easier (not easy) to have enough crush to absorb the energy. With this test if the small volume is soft enough to absorb a moderate speed then it is tissue paper at higher energy. If it is tough enough for high energy, then it is too harsh at…

Good luck suing the FAA, but the general rule is to sue every name possible and let them show how they aren’t liable. For those who don’t escape, then the liability is distributed according to the court. 

That same low bidder makes parts for Airbus. A major reason for the spinoff was that as a Boeing in-house factory it was put through hard cycles of demand and lack of demand. This meant hiring and firing large numbers of people. Attempting to source for other companies wasn’t a great option as why would Airbus, for…

Yeah - there was a guy who got a fake check, but it was missing the weasel words that are supposed to be there. It was some advertising gimmick. So he deposited it, waited a bit, then withdrew that same amount. On the order of $10,000. He then got a safe deposit box and put the cash in the box and waited.

The saying is “You cannot cheat an honest man” which may not always be true, but if the scammer said “I’ll pay double if you can start tomorrow” but sends a check for triple, the contractor with so much cash dangling right there, from a sucker who is overpaying to have a driveway taken out, is ready to cheat the…

It is clearly missing the truck-nuts hanging from the hitch, but the rest of your list is spot-on.

The boom is from a compression wave - that is pressurized air. It’s not likely to pressurize air on one side of the airplane without having an equal result on the other side. What this plane is doing is reducing the rate of pressurization by having such a gradual taper. Essentially a 100 foot long plane for a single…

That deeply dropped trailer hitch suggests a 6-8 inch lift on the truck. 

There haven’t been any such instances. The blockage is always at the exit door waiting for passengers that have already exited to clear the bottom of the slide. Those who died, died waiting due to conditions at the door and outside the plane, not from anyone grabbing a purse or a coat.

They had 8 minutes to gather their belongings and 10 more minutes to leave. Too many hyperventilate over getting items when the main blockage is the exit door and waiting for people to clear the escape chute to allow more to leave.

It was 8 minutes to open the doors and another 10 minutes for the last passenger to leave - 18 minutes total. Part of the delay was from a failure of the intercom system with flight attendants waiting for clearance to open doors. At least one engine was still running and that is a huge problem to evacuation as it can…

The US makers did a fake-out. They already knew the economics of making and operating a supersonic jet were terrible, but European pride would not allow seeing the same thing when the Americans were touting their plywood mock-up. The Europeans sank a huge amount of money into a flying elephant, while Boeing cleaned up…

It’s a problem if the car is owned by a corporation that is using them as driverless taxis. The punishment is a fine and points on the license; but the company doesn’t have a driver’s license to have points against and the fine has to be against the driver, not the owner, so there is no one to levy the fine against.