cjboffoli

cjboffoli t1_ixze1eb wrote

Reply to comment by ManlySyrup in Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo. by ArtOak

A way of sawing lumber (diagonally, towards the center of a log, instead of just sawing flat) that crosses the grain in a way that gives you stronger, perhaps more dimensionally stable boards and often beautiful fleck and ray patterns. If you look closely at the Viking ships on display in Oslo at the Vikingskipshuset you can see patterns in the wood that are indicative of quarter-sawn lumber.

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http://www.hardwooddistributors.org/postings/what-is-the-difference-between-quarter-sawn-rift-sawn-and-plain-sawn-lumber

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cjboffoli t1_ixn831k wrote

Reply to comment by Citizen_of_H in Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo. by ArtOak

That really is an excellent museum. I was so surprised when I looked closely at the boats there and noticed that the wood they used to build those ships appears to be quarter sawn. Had no idea the Vikings were so advanced.

I'm intrigued by the current renovations that they'll have when they reopen in 2026.

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cjboffoli t1_iujacf8 wrote

Reply to [image] i trust you by theupsetguy

Tell that to my 98 year-old grandmother who has outlived her parents, siblings, daughter and even a grandson only to have each year get more miserable as her body very slowly fails her.

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cjboffoli t1_itsa3bf wrote

Reply to Back in the day, Worcester had its own big Citgo sign... at the top of Belmont Hill. Okay, big-ish. by CoolAbdul

I think I remember that sign from childhood. The OP is correct. The Atlantic gas station at left of frame (Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO)) is now an Irving gas station at Belmont and Natick St. The building just behind the sign is now D&B Auto Body. The image focal length is compressed because it was shot with a long lens. But the Citgo must have been right at the junction of Shrewsbury Street and Belmont, just across the street from what was then United Chevrolet (now U-Haul). The cars in the distance (coming down the hill) are probably stopped at the light at Plantation Street.

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