[Loch-ruadh] officers meeting

Adam Harrison concrete_donkey at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 11 15:21:51 PDT 2001


Unfortunately, I'm going to miss officers meeting
tonight.  I'm up in Grapevine and won't be back until
well after the meeting will have ended.

-Bjorn






--- Jane Sitton <jane.sitton at radioshack.com> wrote:
> I'm only forwarding this because it mentions duct
> tape.
>
> Madelina
>
> Mississippi State Engineering  Examination
>
> 1.  Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a
> persimmon tree that will
> support a 10 pound 'possum.
>
> 2.  Which of the following  cars will rust out the
> quickest when placed on
> blocks in your front yard?
> A.  '66 Ford Fairlane B.  '69 Chevrolet Chevelle C. 
> '64  Pontiac GTO
>
> 3.  If your uncle builds a still that operates at a
> capacity of 20 gallons
> of 'shine per hour, how many radiators are required
> to condense the
> product?
>
> 4.  A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates
> at 2700 rpm.  The
> density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested
> is 470 trees per acre.
> The plot is 2.3 acres in size.   The average tree
> diameter is 14".  How
> many Budweiser tall-boys will it take to cut the
> trees?
>
> 5.  If every old refrigerator in the state vented a
> charge of
> R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in
> the ozone layer?
>
> 6.  A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine at 24
> inches on center with a
> field rock foundation.  The span is 8 feet and the
> porch length is 16
> feet.  The porch floor is 1" thick rough sawn pine. 
> When the porch
> collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?
>
> 7.  A man owns a house and 3.7 acres of land in a
> hollow with an average
> slope of 15%.  The man has 5 children.  Can each of
> the children place a
> mobile home on the man's land?
>
> 8.  A  2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and
> proceeding down a steep grade
> on a secondary road at 45 mph.  The brakes fail. 
> Given the average traffic
> loading of secondary roads, how many people
> will swerve to avoid the truck
> before it crashes at the bottom of
> the mountain?  For extra credit, how many
> of the vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and
> uncracked windshields?
>
> 9.  A coal mine operates an NFPA class 1, division 2
> Hazardous Area.  The
> mine employs 120 miners per shift.  A gas warning is
> issued at the
> beginning of 3rd shift.   How many cartons of
> unfiltered Camels will be
> smoked during the shift?
>
> 10.  At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of
> 7.5% per generation,
> how long will it take a town that has been bypassed
> by the interstate to
> breed a country-western singer?
>
> A man  needs only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape.
> If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40.
> If it moves and it shouldn't, use the tape.
>
>
>
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