Comments on: BARREL STAVE SKIS http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070298 Randy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:11:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070298 Oh, at my age I'm more like Yoda... Oh, at my age I’m more like Yoda…

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070297 Firebrand38 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:03:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070297 Randy: Okay Obi-Wan Randy: Okay Obi-Wan

]]> By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070295 Randy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:56:19 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070295 Point being, everything is relative based on your frame of reference. :) Point being, everything is relative based on your frame of reference. :)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070294 Firebrand38 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:59:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070294 Randy: And the side on the snow is convex. So what? Randy: And the side on the snow is convex. So what?

]]> By: Randy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070292 Randy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:12:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070292 The surface to which the slippers are nailed is concave throughout its length... I'm just an engineer and can see that. :) The surface to which the slippers are nailed is concave throughout its length… I’m just an engineer and can see that. :)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070287 Firebrand38 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:05:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070287 Toronto: "Everything’s either concave or -vex"? Unless it's flat. 5000 comedians out of work and a physicist has to crack wise. And his name was spelled Hein. Toronto: “Everything’s either concave or -vex”?

Unless it’s flat.

5000 comedians out of work and a physicist has to crack wise.

And his name was spelled Hein.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070279 Toronto Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:12:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070279 Also see "Peanuts", July 9, 1957. "What in the world are barrel staves?" Also see “Peanuts”, July 9, 1957. “What in the world are barrel staves?”

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070278 Toronto Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:10:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070278 Piet Hien, a Dane, once wrote: Everything's either concave or -vex So whatever you dream will be something with sex. (He was a friend of Einstein, and quite possibly one of the more fascinating minds of the mid-twentieth century. Me, I like his gruks.) Piet Hien, a Dane, once wrote:

Everything’s either concave or -vex
So whatever you dream will be something with sex.

(He was a friend of Einstein, and quite possibly one of the more fascinating minds of the mid-twentieth century. Me, I like his gruks.)

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070277 Firebrand38 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:28:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070277 Jari: Your English is a LOT better than any foreign language I allegedly know. Jari: Your English is a LOT better than any foreign language I allegedly know.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070276 Jari Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:16:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070276 Btw, Firebrand, thanks for correcting my errors. By now, you might have realized, that English is not not my first languagae. :) Btw, Firebrand, thanks for correcting my errors. By now, you might have realized, that English is not not my first languagae. :)

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070275 Jari Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:14:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070275 True, now that I checked the definitons. My bad. True, now that I checked the definitons. My bad.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070271 Firebrand38 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:55:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070271 Convex, I think you mean. Convex, I think you mean.

]]> By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1070267 Jari Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:54:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1070267 Definetly not for cross-country skiinig, as they are concave throughout their length, they're only good for having fun in backyard downhills. Definetly not for cross-country skiinig, as they are concave throughout their length, they’re only good for having fun in backyard downhills.

]]> By: Eamonn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/16/barrel-stave-skis/comment-page-1/#comment-1069775 Eamonn Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:54:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8010#comment-1069775 I know ski design has changed over the years but standing forward of the center seems like a good way to fall on your face. Or are these special cross-country skis? I know ski design has changed over the years but standing forward of the center seems like a good way to fall on your face. Or are these special cross-country skis?

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