Friday, October 10, 2008

OK, question of the day, any idea what this is???



On our way back from Florida, somewhere between Tennessee and Kentucky,
we kept finding these 3 semi's carrying a very intriguing load.
We have no clue what it is, any guesses??
I had a guess but don't want to taint your guesses, but will let you know
if we concur...

Now back to behaving and getting my foot up...

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13 comments:

  1. AvengingAngelOctober 10, 2008 at 3:20 PM

    It appears to be a high frequency radio guide antenna. Radio telescope maybe? How about it HB?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 10, 2008 at 3:38 PM

    It's probably something totally useless to the average joe and paid for with an obscene amount of money by the government because of some pork barrel rider attached to a bill to fund a study of mosquito mating.

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  3. drewzepmeisterOctober 10, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    A large propeller...?

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  4. fungiOctober 10, 2008 at 4:44 PM

    they look like blades to a wind turbine.

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  5. hale-boppOctober 10, 2008 at 5:08 PM

    You mean something like this wind turbine?

    I do see what you mean also, AA...not a dish, but possibly parts of a feed horn style antenna.

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  6. LizardmomOctober 10, 2008 at 5:20 PM

    Fungi, nice to see you again!
    That too, is what I thought, at least the only thing that I could come up with. I was just blown away by the extreme length of the thing!

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  7. OrbsCorbsOctober 10, 2008 at 5:38 PM

    I have to admit that my first thoughts were in the gutter. I mean, if it's longer than it is wide . . . Now, I'm so embarrassed.

    Hey fungi!

    LM, I hope you don't mind, but I linked the Open Blog in the Features section to this blog because I forgot to put one up. More embarrassment.

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  8. fungiOctober 10, 2008 at 6:04 PM

    hiyall
    hale-bopp i,m not sure how to link a picture but you can see one here.
    http://ge.ecomagination.com/site/products/wind.html
    they have abunch of these up in fon du lac county. they stand about 300 ft tall with one blade straight up.

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  9. Huck FinnOctober 10, 2008 at 9:11 PM

    Wind propellor blades with a white plastic elements cover on them.
    They are ery big. Big enough to crawl into.

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  10. drewzepmeisterOctober 10, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    Hey fungi,nice to see you again!I've seen those wind turbines you are talking about. I pass them everytime I go Up North.

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  11. kkditherOctober 10, 2008 at 10:20 PM

    Yes, great to see you around fungi!

    It almost looks like some sort of space or air craft. If it was alien, it would be covered up, so I think we are safe.

    You guys are probably right though, just a boring wind turbine generator. All the ones I've seen in person or could find on google images have the long straight propellers. I've never seen curved, shorter blades like those in your pictures.

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  12. SEROctober 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM

    It’s a thing-a-jig which is attached to a what-ya-call-it and all government sponsored

    Some times they mount them to a who-flangie but they work on the same principle.

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  13. LizardmomOctober 11, 2008 at 8:23 PM

    by jove SER, I think you've got it!!!

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