tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post8688202475599908737..comments2023-11-24T07:31:06.204-08:00Comments on nailhed: House of Firenailhedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-15158554307290184132019-03-10T15:48:44.290-07:002019-03-10T15:48:44.290-07:00My dad owned this business (H. Van Patten Co.) and...My dad owned this business (H. Van Patten Co.) and nobody died there.Going Like Sixtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735447776871695507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-75151779646105810492018-12-24T19:15:46.311-08:002018-12-24T19:15:46.311-08:00Interesting. And mathematical, lol.Interesting. And mathematical, lol.nailhedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-37924287882799125482018-12-23T18:53:21.897-08:002018-12-23T18:53:21.897-08:00To explain a bit more: Corn in particular likes to...To explain a bit more: Corn in particular likes to form "arches" when piled in a big container. The odd trapezoidal shape of the kernels lets them fit together like blocks in an arch. These arches form air bubbles throughout a silo. They can collapse seemingly at random. Most of the stories I know involves someone walking around at the top of a pile of corn, trying to unclog/clean/DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433176037815688789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-5762967643062920802018-12-13T18:32:47.058-08:002018-12-13T18:32:47.058-08:00Damn, that's rough!Damn, that's rough!nailhedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-29116113889116282132018-12-05T16:10:41.147-08:002018-12-05T16:10:41.147-08:00Any story about a person falling into a grain silo...Any story about a person falling into a grain silo and suffocating is almost certainly true -- it's unpleasantly common. It's happened multiple times within my lifetime just in my hometown.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433176037815688789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-25990523673832498092018-10-22T19:09:32.726-07:002018-10-22T19:09:32.726-07:00I remember driving past the old mill in bedford ma...I remember driving past the old mill in bedford many times in my life going between Hastings and Battle Creek. There used to be another old building that sat next to the store on the corner across from Barneys. I don't know what it started out as but my friend and her mom lived above it for a few years. It was a pretty cool place. It seems so weird to drive through and see the spaces Pam Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08544838356741553396noreply@blogger.com