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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/
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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
On 2017-12-30, Michael A Terrell wrote:
http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/ That's amazing, I drool at any such stuff and love going to big factories, which happens a fair amount of time due to my business. Thanks |
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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:16:53 -0500, Michael A Terrell
wrote: http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/ Wow, one helluva big place with big tools, big parts, and gigantic assemblies. Fun tour! Another page from that site which is cool: http://englishrussia.com/2012/04/22/...guns-are-made/ Were those flash suppressors on the ends, or combo noise suppressor/flash suppressor? -- Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. -- Ayn Rand |
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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:16:53 -0500, Michael A Terrell wrote: http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/ Wow, one helluva big place with big tools, big parts, and gigantic assemblies. Fun tour! Another page from that site which is cool: http://englishrussia.com/2012/04/22/...guns-are-made/ Were those flash suppressors on the ends, or combo noise suppressor/flash suppressor? That reminds me of the story of the Soviet nail factory that satisfied a year's production tonnage requirement by making one enormous spike. |
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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:35:21 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:16:53 -0500, Michael A Terrell wrote: http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/ Wow, one helluva big place with big tools, big parts, and gigantic assemblies. Fun tour! Another page from that site which is cool: http://englishrussia.com/2012/04/22/...guns-are-made/ Were those flash suppressors on the ends, or combo noise suppressor/flash suppressor? That reminds me of the story of the Soviet nail factory that satisfied a year's production tonnage requirement by making one enormous spike. I'll bet that didn't go over well. They risked the ire of the carpenters, with their weapons of mass construction. -- Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. -- Ayn Rand |
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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
... On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:35:21 -0500, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message . .. On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:16:53 -0500, Michael A Terrell wrote: http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/ Wow, one helluva big place with big tools, big parts, and gigantic assemblies. Fun tour! Another page from that site which is cool: http://englishrussia.com/2012/04/22/...guns-are-made/ Were those flash suppressors on the ends, or combo noise suppressor/flash suppressor? That reminds me of the story of the Soviet nail factory that satisfied a year's production tonnage requirement by making one enormous spike. I'll bet that didn't go over well. They risked the ire of the carpenters, with their weapons of mass construction. According to the story the bureaucrats of Gosplan (State Planning Committee) awarded the factory manager the Order of Lenin for exceeding his goal so well. https://i.imgur.com/zL6ntxHm.jpg The worker asks: "Who needs this nail?" and the factory bureaucrat answers "This is irrelevant. It's important that we fulfilled the plan immediately." -jsw |
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A Russian factory, that will make you drool.
On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 09:19:50 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:35:21 -0500, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: "Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Dec 2017 04:16:53 -0500, Michael A Terrell wrote: http://englishrussia.com/2015/09/16/leningrad-huge-turbines-plant/ Wow, one helluva big place with big tools, big parts, and gigantic assemblies. Fun tour! Another page from that site which is cool: http://englishrussia.com/2012/04/22/...guns-are-made/ Were those flash suppressors on the ends, or combo noise suppressor/flash suppressor? That reminds me of the story of the Soviet nail factory that satisfied a year's production tonnage requirement by making one enormous spike. I'll bet that didn't go over well. They risked the ire of the carpenters, with their weapons of mass construction. According to the story the bureaucrats of Gosplan (State Planning Committee) awarded the factory manager the Order of Lenin for exceeding his goal so well. https://i.imgur.com/zL6ntxHm.jpg The worker asks: "Who needs this nail?" and the factory bureaucrat answers "This is irrelevant. It's important that we fulfilled the plan immediately." Zat eez right, comrade. They are attempting to apply this plan in America (soon to be Amerika) now. -- Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. -- Ayn Rand |
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