XPost: alt.folklore.computers
From: tnp@invalid.invalid

On 23/12/2025 23:32, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-12-23, Scott Lurndal  wrote:
>
>> Charlie Gibbs  writes:
>>
>>> On 2025-12-23, rbowman  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:59:00 -0500, c186282 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>      The USA has maybe THE biggest dick in the world, prominently
>>>>>      figured at the govt center in DC. You can ascend to the tip,
>>>>>      symbolic sperm
>>>>
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_Smelter_Stack
>>>
>>> We ran into weather while flying in Montana a few years ago.
>>> We decided to set down at the nearest airstrip and wait for the
>>> weather to pass.  That airstrip happened to be at Anaconda -
>>> we dodged the stack on the way in.  It's an impressive landmark.
>>
>> These (at 500ft each) are almost as tall:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Landing_Power_Plant
>>
>> They're visible from the entire Monterey bay shoreline,
>> from Santa Cruz to Pacific Grove.
>
> If we're talking about big stacks, we might as well
> go for the granddaddy of them all:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inco_Superstack
>
Dwarfed by today's wind turbines...

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