Monday, October 11, 2021

Off The Net For Awhile -- Need To Recollect My Thoughts -- Some "ME" Time --- October 11, 2021

Lego Stuntz are out of stock

I saw these for the first time at a Lego Store in Nashville, TN. Most interesting Lego concept in a long time. Can't keep them in stock. 

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At The Wave
Kanab, UT

Readers in southwestern United States will be able to explain this phenomenon. This is Olivia running across the "non-Newtonian fluid."



Perhaps: 

... a mixture of fine sand, very fine micron-sized particles of clay, and water. ... liquid mixtures with these properties are known as 'shear-thinning thixotropic non-Newtonian fluids' as they don't seem to follow the normal liquid/solid rules.

They had me at "thixotropic." 

When Olivia's dad attempted to cross, he sunk in three feet deep, mid thigh, had a devil of a time getting out. Soles of hiking shoes separated from the shoes due to strong "suction" of sand-fluid pulling against shoes. 

They came across similar patches without knowing how deep the mixture went. 

1 comment:

  1. You all might be interested in this science fiction novel about a sea of dust on the moon.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fall_of_Moondust

    Similar substance and a fun (but slightly quaint) science thriller).

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