Edinburgh with a dusting of snow.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Picturesque Scotland
Luskentyre estuary backed by the mountains of North Harris.
Edinburgh with a dusting of snow.
Edinburgh with a dusting of snow.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Monday, March 16, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Another sign of the times:
"Break a Leg" is only apropos in the acting profession .. NOT in the teaching. Get well soon :)
Sunday, March 08, 2020
Aliso Creek Trail Update
Link to my: Oct.30th. 2019 posting:
https://chawu.blogspot.com/2019/10/aliso-creek-trail-early-mid-morning.html
Trail upgrades (flood control) complete and the trail is open. Only down side the small bridge over the creek has not been replaced (Yet ?? ) see pictorial views below:
First we have and nice sun rise sky, with last nights rain clouds making their departure:
Trail swings under the 5 Fwy.:
Location of the former bridge: (easy to step across when not in spate).
https://chawu.blogspot.com/2019/10/aliso-creek-trail-early-mid-morning.html
Trail upgrades (flood control) complete and the trail is open. Only down side the small bridge over the creek has not been replaced (Yet ?? ) see pictorial views below:
First we have and nice sun rise sky, with last nights rain clouds making their departure:
Wednesday, March 04, 2020
Good for another 25 yrs ... or so ... rebuilt/new gate .. UPDATE March 2021
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
ICI Nobel Ardeer / Massey Ferguson; Kilmarnock
Short History story:
Leaving school after sitting my “A” and “O” levels ( at Irvine Royal Academy) I took my first “Real Job” .. ICI Nobel division; Ardeer, Stevenston, Ayrshire Scotland. As part of tenure with ICI I managed to attend university and graduated with a Mech. Eng. degree.
The Ardeer peninsula in Ayrshire is basically a gigantic sand dune - chosen by Alfred Nobel in 1871 as the site for his British Dynamite Factory because of it's remote location and lots of sand to make protective berms and blast walls.
It soon grew into the world's largest explosives factory, making explosives for mining and quarrying, and expanding into other explosives and propellants for both civilian and military uses.
Nobel Explosives became part of ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in 1926, but production shifted away and the Ardeer plant diversified into other non-explosive products, unfortunately these didn't do so well - much of the site is now derelict.
Thinking back .. my experiences at Ardeer were to serve me well in future ventures & adventures. It would be a Herculean task just to list the Skilled trades and unique process mastered at Ardeer. Some trades seldom encountered in an industrial habitat: Sailmakers, Patternmakers, Tinsmiths, Blacksmiths, Instrument Artificers, Glassblowers, Train Drivers. These coupled with major: metal, wood and glass working trades along with many detailed facets within a trade made a unique set of learning adventures. Add to all this a plethora of Engineers and Scientists of every ilk. To help visualize this site.. It’s approx 21 Sq. miles .. 7 miles long by 3 miles wide. A shipping dock on the Irvine (south) side. Inside the factory boundaries: Infirmary, Dentist, Banking to name a few.
Nobel Enterprises was sold in 2002 to Inabata.
As an apprentice tool maker and mechanical engineering candidate I got a 6 month rotation in most of the factory activates: Explosives, Chemical and Acids. In the explosives section you learn about Static Electricity VERY fast. Negligence could be and was fatal in some instances. I worked there from 1965 thu 1971.
Shorty after leaving ICI I worked briefly for Massey Ferguson in Kilmarnock, before moving to USA.
Leaving school after sitting my “A” and “O” levels ( at Irvine Royal Academy) I took my first “Real Job” .. ICI Nobel division; Ardeer, Stevenston, Ayrshire Scotland. As part of tenure with ICI I managed to attend university and graduated with a Mech. Eng. degree.
The Ardeer peninsula in Ayrshire is basically a gigantic sand dune - chosen by Alfred Nobel in 1871 as the site for his British Dynamite Factory because of it's remote location and lots of sand to make protective berms and blast walls.
It soon grew into the world's largest explosives factory, making explosives for mining and quarrying, and expanding into other explosives and propellants for both civilian and military uses.
Nobel Explosives became part of ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in 1926, but production shifted away and the Ardeer plant diversified into other non-explosive products, unfortunately these didn't do so well - much of the site is now derelict.
Thinking back .. my experiences at Ardeer were to serve me well in future ventures & adventures. It would be a Herculean task just to list the Skilled trades and unique process mastered at Ardeer. Some trades seldom encountered in an industrial habitat: Sailmakers, Patternmakers, Tinsmiths, Blacksmiths, Instrument Artificers, Glassblowers, Train Drivers. These coupled with major: metal, wood and glass working trades along with many detailed facets within a trade made a unique set of learning adventures. Add to all this a plethora of Engineers and Scientists of every ilk. To help visualize this site.. It’s approx 21 Sq. miles .. 7 miles long by 3 miles wide. A shipping dock on the Irvine (south) side. Inside the factory boundaries: Infirmary, Dentist, Banking to name a few.
Nobel Enterprises was sold in 2002 to Inabata.
As an apprentice tool maker and mechanical engineering candidate I got a 6 month rotation in most of the factory activates: Explosives, Chemical and Acids. In the explosives section you learn about Static Electricity VERY fast. Negligence could be and was fatal in some instances. I worked there from 1965 thu 1971.
Shorty after leaving ICI I worked briefly for Massey Ferguson in Kilmarnock, before moving to USA.
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