Hijacking a thread

[ford38v8]

I know that lots of guys are reluctant to hijack a thread, but I feel differently and do it often. Think of it as like a round table conversation that evolves as it goes on, touching on many things of interest, while also satisfying the original subject matter. I think this is one reason the Barn is so popular, "like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get!"

[blucar]

Well put Allan.. Some people get their knickers all bunched up when thins don't go according to their way of thinking. From my point of view, if Ford made it, and it fits a later or earlier model, use it..

[Karl Wescott]

There is hijacking... and there is subject drift. The first priority should be (and generally is) to answer the question or resolve whatever initiated the post. Hijacking by changing to an entirely different subject should be avoided as it really needs its own thread.
Subject drift can be fun. A question such as "Why does my 1936 pickup have a garnish molding on one window and not on the other?" Once answered "Early 1935 had garnish... late 1935-37 did not". This could easily drift to when the change occurred, why it occurred, and obscure details (perhaps the color of the primer on the inside of the molding).
Suggesting to a poster that a comment is a hijack is imho not really polite and is unnecessarily confrontational. A more positive comment may be that the (hijack) subject warrants its own thread, or to create a new thread if the subject drift has enough relevance to both be preserved and expanded upon, or identify drift that is not significant with a note on the title of the response "Sidebar ..." As I have done.

[ford38v8]

Karl, You make an excellent point. Subject drift is more what I was making reference to. A highjack would be more like some yahoo offering his car for sale on your thread about something on your car. So yes, "Subject Drift" is fun!

[JayChicago]

I am a retired guy with time on my hands, so I enjoy the round table conversations that evolve. On the other hand, is it fair to the original poster who asked a question for us to be diverting his thread onto unrelated topics?

As with most things in life, I see pros and cons to both sides of this question.

[V8COOPMAN]

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OK ..... "Subject Drift"! I love it ..... here goes!


What is the cause of this cloud above the airplane wing, usually seen while taking off?


Coop

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by JayChicago

I am a retired guy with time on my hands, so I enjoy the round table conversations that evolve. On the other hand, is it fair to the original poster who asked a question for us to be diverting his thread onto unrelated topics?

As with most things in life, I see pros and cons to both sides of this question.

Jay, this is a rare attribute and something to cultivate and be proud of. Those who reply to the original question without considering previous replies must lead a very dull life!

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

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OK ..... "Subject Drift"! I love it ..... here goes!


What is the cause of this cloud above the airplane wing, usually seen while taking off?


Coop

Coop, you bum, you highjacked my thread!

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Coop, you bum, you highjacked my thread!

OK, now that Alan has VERY skillfully alluded to the fact that he does not care to share the answer, anyone else care to take a shot at it?

Coop


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[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

OK, now that Alan has VERY skillfully alluded to the fact that he does not care to share the answer, anyone else care to take a shot at it?

Coop
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OK, I have the answer... That cloud is all in your head.

[FortyNiner]

St Elmo's fire

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

OK, I have the answer... That cloud is all in your head.

See, now you're bringing about "Subject Drift" again!

Coop



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[Lanny]

Is that 'spent fuel' vapor cloud just a wild guess




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[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Lanny

Is that 'spent fuel' vapor cloud just a wild guess




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Plausible guess, but not even close, Lanny.

HINT ..... Top of wing ONLY! (SOME OF YOU PILOT-GUYS must have a clue)

Coop


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[Merc Cruzer]

Not sure, but I saw the same thing in Maverick Top Gun, on the top of their wings.

[ford38v8]

Is this the con trail that some say the government is poisoning us with? ...And if they're poisoning us, how come they can't get the job done already?

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Merc Cruzer

Not sure, but I saw the same thing in Maverick Top Gun, on the top of their wings.

Getting a little closer! A wing produces lift by having LESS PRESSURE on top of wing than on bottom.


Coop


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[Gene1949]

Subject drift
What a great term. I'd like to think this is how "rodders" of the past exchanged information.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Is this the con trail that some say the government is poisoning us with? ...And if they're poisoning us, how come they can't get the job done already?

They're NOT poisoning us with contrails. Contrails are produced behind engines that produce HOT exhaust into EXTREME cold air, air that is extremely high in humidity. Gotta have that high humidity & extreme cold!

Coop


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[JayChicago]

Low pressure above the wing causes moisture vapor in the air to condense out into liquid water droplets/fog. I've seen physics teachers do this by pulling a vacuum in a glass jar.

But I don't understand why lower pressure condenses water vapor. Maybe you can explain that bit of physics to us.

[TonyM]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

Getting a little closer! A wing produces lift by having LESS PRESSURE on top of wing than on bottom.


Coop


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Bernoulli's principle

[flatford8]

How about attempts at a little humor, which of course would have nothing to do with the topic of the thread??.....for instance, I just resisted a smart ass remark about the latest pic of Gary Sisson’s Woody being parked in front of a ...”SPA”.....would that get somebody’s knickers in a knot??......Mark

[ford38v8]

Flatford8, wiseass humor is what makes my world go round! Just ask my family!

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by JayChicago

Low pressure above the wing causes moisture vapor in the air to condense out into liquid water droplets/fog.

I don't understand why lower pressure condenses water vapor. Maybe you can explain that bit of physics to us.

Man, we have some smart cookies here! Jay is sneaking-up on this one real fast. This phenomenon with the airplane wing usually happens with a very heavy aircraft, at or near the point when the lift factor is the most-extreme (that initial lift to start the aircraft skyward), and on a day when the moisture content in the air is saturated. The momentary EXTREME lift produced just as the aircraft rotates produces the greatest degree of LOW PRESSURE on the upper surface of the wing. What you're seeing is the moisture in the air BOILING (think STEAM) at ambient temperature. You can actually boil water at room temperature if you lower the atmospheric pressure to a point low enough.

I think Alan may have just invented our most-infamous new phrase (Subject Drift) for 2024!

Now, back to our regularly-scheduled old Ford stuff!


Coop


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[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

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I think Alan may have just invented our most-infamous new phrase (Subject Drift) for 2024!

Now, back to our regularly-scheduled old Ford stuff!


Coop


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No, Karl made the distinction between hijack and drift.
Regularly scheduled old Ford stuff?
Somehow, Coop always manages to drift our old Ford stuff over to old Sky King stuff!

[1942deluxe]

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Alan, if this gets out of hand we can always use the "Emergency Flashers".

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by 1942deluxe

Alan, if this gets out of hand we can always use the "Emergency Flashers".

I think the Cowboys were looking for some flashers today, but all they saw were streakers!

[GB SISSON]

A picture of Gary Sisson's woodie? I'm glad you finished it with .'being parked in front of a 'spa'. That's the Majestic Hotel (and spa) in Anacortes where the ferry docks on the mainland. . We were across the street innocently eating lunch at a sidewalk cafe. I will say that after my open heart surgery a couple years back I had a few different roommates on the other side of the curtain. I know it doesn't sound like me, but we'd get gabbing about cars and then my wife would say "Show him some of those pictures of your woodie that you have on your phone!" Would this be considered a 4 wheel drift?

[5851a]

I found this post very funny, many years ago a friend wanted me to decode a data plate, we were talking on phone, my Grandmother was across the room and had covered her mouth and laughing till tears. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me "You asked him if you wanted to look up his rear end." 40 years later I still laugh.

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by 5851a

I found this post very funny, many years ago a friend wanted me to decode a data plate, we were talking on phone, my Grandmother was across the room and had covered her mouth and laughing till tears. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me "You asked him if you wanted to look up his rear end." 40 years later I still laugh.

So now we’ve drifted to proctology??

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

Somehow, Coop always manages to drift our old Ford stuff over to old Sky King stuff!

So what, you don't think that Penny was a cutie? I tend to drift ONLY toward subjects that I know a little SOMETHING about, so as not to dazzle folks with BS that I obviously know nothing about.

Coop


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[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

So what, you don't think that Penny was a cutie? I tend to drift ONLY toward subjects that I know a little SOMETHING about, so as not to dazzle folks with BS that I obviously know nothing about.

Coop.

Yah, but Dale Evans was more my type.

[Bored&Stroked]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

"Show him some of those pictures of your woodie that you have on your phone!"

Thank God it was your wife saying that - as you have easily been thrown out of the place.

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

Thank God it was your wife saying that - as you have easily been thrown out of the place.

Oh! it took me a while... Well now,... Um, I guess this thread has covered most of the bases!

[flatford8]

I stayed away from the airplane posts......I know there are very specific reasons an airplane is able to lift and stay in the air....none of which I know anything about.....only that, when I’m in one, I’m very happy that they do....now, the post about Coopman and BS....well, we all have experienced a little of that!!.....LOL.....Mark