tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post3324466565082829374..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Roman Holiday, Part 10: Further Adventures With Buildings and FountainsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-87620617421902730682022-04-25T22:08:20.943-05:002022-04-25T22:08:20.943-05:00There are so many stories I'll never get to th...There are so many stories I'll never get to them all. That's one of the lovely things about the world, I think.<br /><br />I usually get your humor but I have found I'm not good at responding to it in a way that indicates that this has occurred. <br /><br />Someday perhaps I will write the story of how my dad got his bearings. :)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-62656849908878253902022-04-25T20:32:56.735-05:002022-04-25T20:32:56.735-05:00There now, see? I'm fairly certain that that i...There now, see? I'm fairly certain that that is an interesting thing about your father that you've never revealed in this space. (At least, not since I started stalking you. That I remember. Sigh.)<br /><br />People never seem to 'get' my rather warped sense of humor, but it does serve a purpose ... inscrutable though it may be at times.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-75677090514992756672022-04-25T20:23:01.549-05:002022-04-25T20:23:01.549-05:00Thanks! I found that scale was one of the most sa...Thanks! I found that scale was one of the most salient features of these things, to be honest. It continually amazed me how big or small things were.<br /><br />If I wanted those sorts of bearings I'd have gone to my dad's old company in Philadelphia. He spent decades designing fluid-film bearings for power plants and navy ships. :)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-42426866097292542222022-04-25T20:10:33.265-05:002022-04-25T20:10:33.265-05:00"I never did get my bearings in Rome."
..."I never did get my bearings in Rome."<br /><br />Perhaps that is because you were in the wrong country. Top three suppliers and a spare:<br /><br />(From here: https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/top-suppliers/bearing-suppliers-manufacturers/ }<br /><br />◊ Aisin Seiki leads the list in position 1, with annual revenue of $35.84B. Headquartered in Japan ...<br /><br />◊ The Schaeffler Group is the bearing manufacturer in position 2, with $16.48B in annual revenue. With headquarters in Germany ...<br /><br />◊ Japan-based JTEKT Corp. ranks at number 3, with revenue of $12.33B.<br /><br />◊ Sweden is home to SKF, the bearing manufacturer in position 4.<br /><br />A couple of those are kinda close, but none of them are even in Italy - let alone Rome - which would explain, to a certain extent, your difficulties in getting your bearings.<br /><br />Oh, wait ... <i>direction</i>. Never mind.<br /><br />The quality and quantity of photos accompanying your travelog are improving as you go along! One of my pet peeves with travelers' photography is the photographer utterly failing to include familiar objects in the frame for scale reference. Happy to see that this is not one of your failures.<br /><br />Keep 'em coming.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-91090155934601049552022-04-25T07:24:25.744-05:002022-04-25T07:24:25.744-05:00Kim took a pile of pictures of them and she asked ...Kim took a pile of pictures of them and she asked me the same question about the Basilica of St. Peter post, but you know, no. I couldn't figure out how to shoehorn them into the narrative without stretching it out of shape. <br /><br />That is the joy of history. Even when you just list facts not objective, because you have to decide which facts are important enough to include and which aren't. This is a difficult lesson for students, I find, and one that is entirely lost on the current vigilante mob of right-wing culture warriors.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-2089973225063146802022-04-24T22:06:03.692-05:002022-04-24T22:06:03.692-05:00No pics of the dead popes? We enjoyed some of the...No pics of the dead popes? We enjoyed some of the commentary on their graves :).Ewanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15587749873205076612noreply@blogger.com