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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wallpaper Wednesday - Mike Martin

Ohio Prisons Join Facebook

As you know, we love to tweak our friends in Ohio as much as possible here on the MZone. Unfortunately, since we haven't been able to talk much smack about football in a such looooong time, we take what we can get.

Like this beautiful nugget: the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections has started its own Facebook page.

No, seriously, here it is.

According to an ODRC official, the page will be "a useful venue to put out worthwhile information to interested stakeholders."

What in the hell useful prison info is going out to what "interested stakeholders" via Facebook? Big Tony in cellblock C needs help with Farmville?

So far there are only two status updates and one of them is the following:

ODRC puts out prison population numbers every Monday, excluding state holidays. On Monday, September 27, 2010, our prison population was 51,154, 37 more inmates than the week prior.

Every Monday they're gonna update the prison population? It's like the prison equiv of the AP Poll. Unfortunately one can't comment on the page or I was going to congratulate the ODRC about their increased numbers and wish them luck on doing even better next week. Go Prison!

According to the news story linked above, one thing that won't be on the page: execution information.

Good idea. Figuring out how to respond to "Lethal Injection Tuesday -- ODRC invited you" could be awkward.

Also, inmates will not be able to post on the wall. There's a relief. I have a hard enough time deciding if I should accept the friend request of the girl I don't remember from 8th grade. Don't want to piss off the guy doing 8 to 10.

Oh, and the ODRC official said that, while a decision hasn't been made yet, they're also considering using Twitter.

I can see it now...

@ODRC Holy shit! Riot in excr yard. Eyes burning from tear gas. Hey, Ashton Kutcher now following me. Cool! #Shank #lockdown #cracking heads

A Rudge Special four valve 500 cc 1937

Rudge Whitworth Cycles was a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer that resulted from the merger of two bicycle manufacturers in 1894, one of which descended from the original bicycle company founded by Daniel Rudge. Rudge motorcycles were produced from 1911 to 1946. The firm was known for its innovations in engine and transmission design, and its racing successes. Their sales motto was "Rudge it, do not trudge it." The company also produced the first detachable wire wheel in 1907, and was known for its knockoff wheels on sports cars well into the 1960.

Rudge Four:

Rudge

It was called a Rudge Four, because of the four speeds and four valves, not four cylinders. This single-cylinder 350 cc machine showed markedly superior performance to the competition on release, having more power than its 500 cc predecessor. Rudge engineer, George Hack, is said to have taken his design idea from the four-valve head Ricardo-Triumph Special of 1921, a one off machine. He designed a four valve head for Rudge and in 1924 they produced their first four-valve cylinder head on a 350 cc engine. The valves were arranged in parallel, and were not radial.

In 1925, a 500 cc version with linked front and rear brakes appeared, and the big end bearings were now fed oil through the crankshaft pin. The old 350 cc was dropped in 1926. For 1928 Rudge motorcycles were fitted with saddle tanks, and 8 inch internal expanding drum brakes. Stanley Glanfield designed a Rudge for dirt racing, marketed from 1928 as the Glanfield Rudge.

(Bron: Wikipedia)

Al eerder deed ik verslag van de diverse fraaie Rudge (Ulster racers)...

o.m. bij de open dagen Alltimers 2009 & de VMC Regio west meeting 2010,

maar deze mag er ook zijn...

A Rudge Special four valve 500 cc 1937

*(Foto's: vorige eigenaar)

Dame / mijne heren bij deze geef ik met grote blijdschap
kennis van het herleven van mijn Rudge.
Hij is welliswaar nog niet klaar maar de eerste kuchjes zijn een feit.
Dat het kreng daarbij mijn klomp een meter of 5 verplaatste

mag duiden op een gezonde inborst.

E.e.a is op een filmpje vastgelegd...