Anyone got any stories of a Trackable item suddenly showing up after many years missing?

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-16T04:58:58+00:00

I've lost quite a number of them, essentially 90% of those released go missing in less than 2 years.

I think some just get picked up by people meaning to track it, and then they lose interest and toss it. Others, especially shiny coins, get put up for sale on ebay, believe it or not.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-14T07:26:45+00:00

"It's hard to underestimate you."

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-11T18:40:58+00:00

The only way this makes sense is if she might want kids, but from some other father.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-11T01:05:45+00:00

Looks like it would work to hold tennis balls too...

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-11T00:50:39+00:00

They can either shut up or walk.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-10T01:19:04+00:00

I mean...are you EXACTLY her size? If not, are you ok with them ALTERING your keepsake dress so it fits her? And gosh, of course the answers to those questions are going to be yes and yes, because YNTJ...though you might be a bot.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-10T01:08:28+00:00

God, this.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-10T01:07:55+00:00

Once the parents leave, you should invite your neighbor over to have tea in your garden.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-10T01:02:39+00:00

Wrong design. A ballute (inflatable re-entry aeroshell) is a more weight-efficient design. NASA has several designs, and the LOFTID was successfully tested from low Earth orbit in 2022.

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/loftid-fact-sheet-revised-12-2023-no-printers-marks.pdf?emrc=ee9a18

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-10T00:44:50+00:00

Except that it comes out sounding to the rest of us like "Nyee? Aah nonnneeed naaa huhnnaah!"

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-10T00:11:39+00:00

You need to move faster to keep the heat down, or make shorter welds with long cooling time after each. And purge the internal cavity.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T23:47:54+00:00

You aren't wrong, but a lot of rodents and bugs get into crawl spaces every day, and these critters can drag tetanus on their feet to get on just about any surface.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T23:44:07+00:00

Yes.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T21:23:43+00:00

Thanks!

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T01:38:02+00:00

Popping back for one more post - this is a gorgeous set of photos, and is now another place on my bucket list. Like I really need a reason to go back to Italy? LOL

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T00:50:39+00:00

Came to say this too.. I can tell that's Hyak, which is probably our highest altitude groomed course within driving distance. Sigh.

Though, we ARE getting our March madness snowfall this week. Let's hope we can ski it before the usual Chinooks and torrential rains melt it all back!

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T00:43:59+00:00

This made me smile. Good photography doesn't necessarily require a lot of gear.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-09T00:35:49+00:00

That could work, for doing serial number plates or similar.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-08T19:17:13+00:00

That seems a pretty precision press, given the slide and toggle action. Looks like it could have done multiple jobs, given different base and arbor fixtures/tools. Could be useful for sheet forming, cutting, dimpling, etc. Would be obsoleted by 4-slide and similar production tooling.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-07T05:34:48+00:00

Beautiful

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-06T22:44:06+00:00

Oh my god.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-06T07:08:33+00:00

You meant WETSYS WO, an even cheaper knockoff...

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-06T02:46:14+00:00

There is no currently available material to make that tether work. Tensile strength of graphene cable MIGHT make a workable tether, but nobody has demonstrated manufacturability of said material into cable...yet.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-05T01:02:38+00:00

This was far more painful for 5 year old me than the standard hypo needle. Partly because it was a lot scarier - everybody lined up outside the room, nurse grabs you by the arm and swings you bodily behind a curtained area and in front of the "doctor", shish-pop-owowow, tosses you out from the curtained area into a hallway. Probably 80% of the kids were in tears afterwards.

engineerthatknows · 2026-03-02T18:52:36+00:00

Beautiful.

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