LEAVEN IN THE BOTTLE

LEAVEN IN A BOTTLEYou have a problem — not what is sour cabbage and salted cucumbers? In fact, the coming fall always provokes a deficit of three-liter cans. Well, in my family, this problem does not exist here already for a few years we use for this purpose plastic bottles from under drinking water with a capacity of five and ten litres. Of course, they have a small mouth, and shove it through the cabbage or cucumbers difficult, but that’s no reason to abandon such a capacious tanks. As it turned out, to provide them with cover is not too difficult.

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BREAD

BREADA Millennium technique and technology of production of bread remained virtually unchanged. Heavy manual labor of the bakers of Ancient Rome almost did not differ from toil bakers tsarist Russia in the twentieth century. And only in the twenties, when our country was created by the baking industry, to replace the ancient bakeries come highly mechanized enterprise. If the “Tsar’s Palace bread” in the Kremlin under Boris Godunov was baked the day 5 tons of bread and fed 5 thousand people, built in Soviet times, the bakery produces daily 300 – 500 tons of bread. Each factory and today provides bread to a million people.

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“DISAPPEARING” STAIRS

A lot of trouble delivers the design of internal stairs, for example, the attic. For convenient large marches, as a rule, not enough space and they are very steep, which is dangerous, especially for older people.
In one of the rooms of the old Czechoslovak magazine offered a curious compromise that we present to our readers. Down, this design resembles a regular staircase, with steps which are quite comfortable to climb. Folded as it rises and does not occupy much space, face the horizontal “door” leading to the attic. The whole design operates the motor, turn on the bottom button.

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MAIN BATTLE TANK “ABRAMS”

MAIN BATTLE TANK Large-scale work on designing a new main battle tank began in the USA after the termination in 1970 of the joint with Germany development of a promising tank МВТ70. In February 1972, the United States was formed the operative group, composed of military and representatives of the companies-developers. Their task was the formulation of a concept of the future tank ХМ1. The result of the work of this group was “Requirements for the material,” published in August 1972. A new tank was developed on a competitive basis. To participate in the competition, the Pentagon chose two companies: Chrysler and “GM”. 18 July 1974 was signed with them the contract to develop and manufacture prototypes of a new tank. Under the terms of the contract, prototypes were to be presented for testing by early 1976.

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GARDEN PATHS

GARDEN PATHSGarden paths at the cottage or the mansion was just as necessary and sidewalks in the city. As a rule, these tracks build from individual concrete slabs with sizes of 400×400 mm and 800×800 mm and a thickness of from 50 to 200 mm And these boards are offered to buyers such as large factories of reinforced concrete structures, as well as small firms. Preliminary calculations showed that the cost of all materials necessary for the production of one tile, four times less than the price of the finished product in trade organizations. So isn’t it better to make them yourself, especially not so this work is difficult. DIY garden paths— more work for the soul than just physical labor. Besides the economic benefits gives strength and promotes creative thinking. Well, if you feel tired, take a break (even for a few days) on any plate.

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HANGER FOR SHOVELS

HANGER FOR SHOVELSNo matter how carefully posed in a corner storage room in the garden or summer cottage the rakes, spades, forks, hoes — they are still getting in the way: take the place of the fall.

 

Right-angled triangles from the Board, attached on the wall next to the pantry, will serve as a hanger storage selkhozinvest after work or the end of the season.

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T92 LIGHT TANK

T92 LIGHT TANKReceived in 1966 the US Army light tank М551 Sheridan made a splash among specialists. The case of aluminum alloys, 152-mm gun — launcher ATGM “Shillelagh”, the ability of the transport aircraft and parachute landing — it was all tanks for US, and for most light tanks the rest of the world a new word in the design and tactics of application. However, the value of these innovations were controversial, but it is not even that… All of the above is well known to many history buffs tanks. Much less known is that if the “cards lay” differently, the American army would get a completely different, though no less interesting light tank T92.

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