Am I the only one that finds conveyor belts awesome and mind boggling?
Past few days i've been working in a local factory and they make cans for drinks (fosters, coca cola etc etc) I was helping paint the floors of the factory and I just found myself stopping every now and again to just look at all the cans go whizzing around all the different parts of the factory.
Am I the only one that finds that sort of thing totally awesome?! It's just like, wow, that is some smart **** going on.
We went on a school 'British Industrial Society' trip to Fords Dagenham in '85ish. That was pretty awesome, though as a 15 year old girl I didn't fully appreciate it!
You should take a ride on it and see where you end up
In a can. Imagine writing a letter of complaint to Coca Cola because you found a Mike floating in your can.
Anyway, yeah, I occasionally find myself being very impressed by big, complicated feats of engineering, like automated assembly lines. I was really impressed by the London Underground when I thought about the amount of planning, time, effort and manpower that would have gone into digging all those tunnels and stuff. It struck me as a very complicated system and I thought it was really cool. I was less impressed by the crowds and the smell though. :P
Have you ever watched 'How It's Made', Mike? You'd really enjoy it - it shows you inside the factories where every day items are made and takes you through the manufacturing processes. I find it fascinating and it's often mind-boggling to realise that we (as humans) have created machines that can do so, so much - and to some people, those machines are very basic! O_o
Now I'll play your ghost as my ace, whenever I'm led astray.
But I am actually good, can't help it if we're tilted.
I'm in my right place, don't be a downer.
Whenever I'm at an airport I'm mesmerised by the luggage conveyor belts that you collect your luggage off of at the end of your flight. I'm always tempted to sit on it & go round but haven't yet
