The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[hitssquad]

Nice shot from higher ground:

http://www.efn.org/~callen/imageclue11

 

[hitssquad]

The name of the Volcano this place is on is similar to the name of a famous television dog.

 

[honestrosewater]

Lassen Peak?

 

[honestrosewater]

Or Lassen Park. I found the same picture. :) Bump@ss Hell

 

[hitssquad]

But what is the specific name of this place, Rose?

 

[hitssquad]

Who discovered this place, Rose? What happened to him after he accidentally stepped into a boiling mud pit?

 

[Danger]

i would have nothing left to
play with

Not a Chuck Berry fan, huh?

And again, just because.

 

[hitssquad]

Yes. Bumpass Hell -- named after Kendall Vanhook Bumpass "who discovered it and lost his leg as a result of burns suffered when stepping into a thermal pool."
http://www.cyberhikes.com/HLVP0114.HTM

It's your party, Rose.

 

[honestrosewater]

Who discovered this place, Rose? What happened to him after he accidentally stepped into a boiling mud pit?

Kendall Vanhook Bumpass. He lost a leg.

 

[hitssquad]

Kendall Vanhook Bumpass. He lost a leg.

As the sign says, watch your children and stay on the boardwalk.

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, I'll think of one for the purists.

 

[hitssquad]

Mt. Lassen erupted in 1915. In 1916 it was made a national park.
http://www.shannontech.com/ParkVision/Lassen/Lassen.html

--
Lassen Volcanic National Park, located in north central California at the southern end of the Cascade mountain range, is the only national park containing a volcano which has erupted in the twentieth century.
--

Until St. Helens in 1980, it had remained the most recent eruption in the United States.

 

[honestrosewater]

gray baseball
southern french

 

[wolram]

gray baseball
southern french

I can not think where to start with this one, a base ball stadium in new
orleans?

 

[honestrosewater]

This is a word association clue for the non-googlers. I don't think google will help much, and it's all pretty much common knowledge anyway. Here's another:

gray baseball
southern french
holmes learning

 

[hitssquad]

holmes learning

Elementary.

 

[hitssquad]

I can not think where to start with this one, a base ball stadium in new orleans?

Southern French is creole.

 

[honestrosewater]

Sorry, I forgot about this.
Nothing right or close so far. You're connecting the clues in the wrong way. Here's another:

gray baseball
southern french
holmes learning
liberty arch

 

[honestrosewater]

No one? Not even guesses? Ugh, here's more:

gray baseball
southern french
holmes learning
liberty arch
ding bend

 

[hitssquad]

Sagrada Familia?

 

[honestrosewater]

Sagrada Familia?

Correct! Okay, no, and that's not funny. Okay, a little funny.

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, hitssquad should definitely get this.
There was a big book about IQ by the same name.
It's two words.
The first word: Elisha Gray, southern [blank], Sherlock Holmes, The Liberty [blank], Ding!
The second word: something thrown in baseball, French [blank], learning [blank], arch, bend.

 

[brewnog]

A bell curve!

 

[honestrosewater]

Three cheers for brewnog!
Was that really so difficult?

Elisha Gray- vs. Alexander Graham Bell
southern belle
Sherlock Holmes- Watson, Bell's assistant
The Liberty Bell
Ding!- a sound a bell makes.

something thrown in baseball- curve ball
French curve
learning curve
arch, bend- synonyms or things that curve.

Okay, I'm free. bye bye now.

 

[brewnog]

Ok, this one will be easy for many of you.

http://personalpages.umist.ac.uk/student/E.Smith-2/guess8.jpg

If this is too easy for you, keep quiet about what it is, and let the others have a go!

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, no google. Some kind of clamp? Or for shaping? Or for making holes? It's used with hard materials, metals? Not with wood? Just thinking aloud...

 

[brewnog]

It's not used with wood.

It's not used for clamping, shaping or making holes as such.

 

[hitssquad]

Rose, do you need some help? Here:

images.google.com/images?q=thingamabobber

 

[brewnog]

Rose, do you need some help? Here:

images.google.com/images?q=thingamabobber

That's just cruel...

 

[brewnog]

Look at the tip of the bit which would actually do the work. Think about its shape. And wonder why there's a barrel adjuster on it too.

 

[JamesU]

is it some sort of screwdriver?

 

[brewnog]

is it some sort of screwdriver?

Not as such, but you're not a million miles off.

 

[honestrosewater]

Stand aside everyone, I'm back on the case.

Look at the tip of the bit which would actually do the work. Think about its shape. And wonder why there's a barrel adjuster on it too.

I can't see the bit or its tip. Magnifying the image doesn't work. Do you have a picture of the same type of bit?
I am still rather confused about how exactly tapping works, but is this used for tapping?

 

[brewnog]

Stand aside everyone, I'm back on the case.
I can't see the bit or its tip. Magnifying the image doesn't work. Do you have a picture of the same type of bit?
I am still rather confused about how exactly tapping works, but is this used for tapping?

No, it's not used for tapping, but I can see what you're getting at.

The 'tip' is smooth and cylindrical, with a flat face. If this were a metal forming tool, you might expect the tip to be sharpened, or shaped in some way. However, it's not. It's just smooth, and cylindrical!

This is the kind of tool a mechanic might use (for cars, but also for motorbikes!), or a cyclist.

This is turning out to be a riveting conversation...

 

[honestrosewater]

I willl check again, but is that a boring bit?