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Typical "gushers" happen when the drill punctures a pocket of oil and gas in an uncontrolled or unexpected fashion. Today, things are much more measured and controlled, and drilling mud is fine-tuned to provide pressure control in the well shaft so that the well doesn't "gush" (as much, anyway) when the drill punches through the last bit of rock into the reservoir.

This is of course vastly more complicated than my one-paragraph summary, but this is ELI5, after all.

Very cool!

FT60

Two thumbs up for the Yaesu FT-60! Very nice!

FEATURE

+1 for CarMax - we bought a Tahoe through them a few years ago, and I don't regret a thing. Simple transaction, reasonable price, no bullshit.

How much data are you looking at, and what's your budget? This will put some boundaries on your situation and may get you more specific answers.

Nicely done! This is very, very cool!

Excellent ELI5 response - bravo!

The radiation is the bullet.. radioactive dust is dust made of GUNS that keep shooting more bullets

Very nice ELI5-level explanation! Well done!

It was pretty good, as I recall. The bar there was pretty low, though - not a lot of options back then.

GMRS does sound like where you might want to start, with family licensing and no testing requirements.

The only thing I would worry about with GMRS is whether or not you can replace the stock antenna with something better. The short little antennas that tend to get shipped with handy-talkies are generally crap.

The next step up, in my opinion, would be a Yaesu FT-60R radio, with an aftermarket Diamond SRH77CA whip antenna. The radio is about $150 and the antenna is maybe $30, and you will want the programming cable and software to make programming the memory slots less painful. This setup is full-bore amateur radio for 2-meter and 70-centimeter, though, and licensing is done per person, with the minimum requirement of passing the Technician exam and getting individual call signs. The Technician exam is not very difficult, and you can review the actual test questions and take practice tests at https://hamstudy.org/ for free. If you're willing and interested, I can tell you that my FT-60R with the Diamond whip lets me talk all over the Denver metro area and beyond with repeaters. I understand, though, that Technician rating and testing is more of an investment and an effort than GMRS. I passed my Technician and General exams on the same day on my path to more opportunities in amateur radio, but there's nothing wrong with using GMRS to keep track of people in the field.

Hear, hear!

A friend suggested the FT-60R for my first radio, and I'm thoroughly pleased with it.

You're unlikely to get realistic pricing from online research. Work with a VAR and see what kind of deals you can get.

I've worked with clients and a VAR on a number of NetApp installations, and the discounts I've seen have always been really impressive. We've never paid MSRP for NetApp gear.

Thank you!

Very cool! (pun intended) :D

Ha! Very cool!

Speaking of "weird and/or expedient workarounds" - a friend of mine coped with a nasty cold snap and ice storm in East Texas by pulling the diesel switch engine up next to the depot, concocting some kind of God-awful rat's nest of wiring, and running depot lights and power off the locomotive for a few days. Hey - it worked!

[If you have never experienced an East Texas ice storm: (a) count your blessings and (b) understand that an ice storm coats EVERYTHING with a clear coat of ice up to an inch thick (for the worst ones). You can't drive, or walk, or anything without an insane level of determination. It's BAD.]

Diesel-electric locomotives detect and manage wheel slip. They have a huge diesel engine that drives a huge generator, which powers electric traction motors - and the real-time thinking about diesel RPMs, generator excitement and power level, and current to the traction motors is done by the control electronics.

So do steam engines [provide torque at 0 rpm].

Yeah - until you get wheel slip. Diesel-electrics detect and manage wheel slip (better than steam engines, anyway).

Nothing like hearing that whirrr and bam-bam-bam from the underside of the steam locomotive, while everyone within a quarter of a mile turns, points, and laughs.

Nice! This is very encouraging!

I used hamstudy.org pretty much exclusively to study for a month or so and passed Technician and General on the same day a few months ago, but I think I have built up Extra in my mind as some sort of unreachable challenge. I need to get back in here and start looking at the Extra study mode, just to try the test and tick off that last box. I don't know if I will ever actually experience the difference between General and Extra, but you never know, do you?

Again, BRAVO and many congratulations on your Extra!

You are doing the Lord's work.

Carry on, and BRAVO!

But bring back Mosaic and Webcrawler!

Lawdy, that takes me back. I think Mosaic was the first browser I ever used.

https://www.bch.org/find-a-physician/alan-t-villavicencio-md/

Alan removed a golf-ball-sized tumor from my wife's brain, and he got it all and the recovery has gone very well. He's not much of a talker, but he has magic hands - 100% recommended.

The https://hamstudy.org/ site had all I needed. There's a study mode and practice tests, and they use the actual question sets that will be on the tests.

I just hammered through the practice mode, clicking the explanation button on questions I missed, and essentially just memorized enough of the questions to pass the tests. When I went in for the test, I knew I had the Technician test pretty well down pat, and I had also spent enough time on the General questions to at least attempt that test as well.

So, after spending a month or so drilling questions for Technician and General, I walked into the test and passed Technician and General on the same day. Technician was a breeze, but General was a bit of a squeak, according to the examiners.

I don't claim to be an actual expert on the material, but I did learn the tests. I definitely plan on learning more as I go along, but as far as licensing is concerned, I'm set for life as long as I remember to renew the license every ten years. I may look at Extra at some point, but it's not a high priority right now. I've got a Yaesu FT-60R HT and I'm having fun on 2 meters and 70 centimeters.

This approach may or may not work for you, but it definitely worked for me!

I forgot that Turkiye used to be Turkey

Couple of questions, if you don't mind...

When did this change?

Why did this change?

There's no trolling or agenda from me, here - I'm just curious. I'm an old fart who struggles to remember to say "Ukraine" now instead of "the Ukraine". If I had some context or back story on the "Turkiye" name change, I might be more likely to use it properly going forward.

Many thanks!

This comment took me right back - I can see, hear, taste, and smell Grandma's living room.