Recent content by bunnspecial

Sorry, not trying to stir stuff up, just that I've been repairing watches for a while(and I have single pocket watches worth $5K...I've been collecting for a while...). My point-again-on all of that was that a timing machine really is not a magic bullet to look at/measure the "health" of a...

I have a decade and a half of using timing machines under my belt. I’ve noticed an increasing number of more casual hobbyists having them now. Serious questions to anyone using one: 1. Can you look at a running watch and visually estimate amplitude? 2. Can you listen to a watch and hear...

I’ve been in Illinois the last 5 years, but was born in Kentucky and lived there the first 30 years of my life. It was a real shock to have to pay my deductible for windshield replacement as I’d never paid out of pocket before. My dad use to have a state government job that sent him all over...

As a couple of random thoughts on the Hamilton 992B, 950B, and derivative movements(3992B, 4992B, Ball 999B): A typical American watch prior to these still had a lot of hand fitting of parts as the watch moved through the factory. To help keep things straight, aside from using assembly...

Up until probably the 1940s, nearly all high quality watch lubricants were whale oil based. Hamilton and Elgin both did a lot of work up to and during WWII on synthetic lubricants, and if I'm not mistaken started using them pretty heavily on war contract watches. Post WWII, synthetics pretty...

Actually truth be told it was VERY flimsy especially considering that you posted two blog posts and correlational data. I hadn't had a chance to actually give it a proper response or full read out the one peer reviewed source you did. I don't actually live on this site all day. With that said...

And I remember years ago buying and opening my first bottle of Moebius 941/2, which is one of the higher priced oils in their line up(at the time around $40/2mL as opposed to more like $30 for 9020, etc). Knowing how expensive they are, it can be nerve racking to open the bottle and get some...

And again correlation does not equal causation. I've seen some research that's beginning to tease out causes of diabetes, but unless I'm wrong nothing beyond careful, nuanced statements under controlled conditions has actually been established. Those conclusions MAY be generalizable to larger...

How about a peer-reviewed reference that demonstrates a causational relationship between the factors you cite? The reference you provided only cites correlations, and honestly is pretty thin on anything other than just looking at correlational data.

I generally avoid threads like this because I can't stand all the holier-than-thou pontificating of some posters(not directed at you) who can't help but "alarm" about things they know little about... With that said, I often read statements about X,Y, or Z disease being "more common" now than in...

With the black smoke? More or less. Firing a coal fire is a skill, and usually black smoke gets assigned as "wasting coal" or "inefficient combustion." My GUESS in this case, and the N&W engineers and firemen did nothing but run this grade all day in these locomotives, is that you're...

I wish O scale could be that inexpensive...as I sit here remembering that I need to pay an invoice for a pair of Atlas O L&N U30cs I preordered(and I should convince myself I don't need to order EVERY road number offered...). The pair of them came out to north of 4 figures. These are from the...

Great catch! To me it’s a treat anymore to see a Class I SD40-2 out on the road. I know most of them still have at least a few around, but at least around here(and I can see quite literally all the NA Class Is around St. Louis) it’s rare I see anything but GE for road power. Heck, even some...

A lot of people fall into the trap of thinking a scientific "theory" means "just a guess" since that's how it's incorrectly used in common language. A theory is a piece of the scientific method, and actually a pretty "late" step in the scientific method. For a refresher, as would be taught...

Oh wow, I guess that's a SERIOUS gap in my knowledge, and I'm going to have to go hunting for photos now. Unfortunately 1218 has only barely run in my lifetime and I'm guessing I won't get to see it run again. I'm hoping to get to ride behind 611 in the next few years. I'm assuming the whole...