o_O That would've been a LOT of clecos a few hours ago ^_^

Um...? I don't quite understand. I know Tali's in the "Time Corps," but I was thinking her dimension might have 'morphs and humans working side by side. Are you referring to Tali appearing in her feliform in a wartime production factory? Let me know.

Clecos are used to temporarily hold two pieces of metal together before riveting (examples of what they look like -> http://www.averytools.com/products.asp?dept=9 ). They allow assemblers to put parts together, verify tolerances and whatnot, before being attached together permanently with rivets.

Oh! In the shop I used to hang out in, they called them "Riv Nuts." Now I now another name for the contraptions. When we got short on the Riv Nuts, we'd use 2" masking tape. We had to make do with what we had in that old A&P class.

Ahhh, I go by what most of the experimental aviation guys (and tool shops) call em ^_^ Interesting to see there's several names for such ^_^

A cleco forest!

I get the idea Major.

MEOW!

Raaaar... BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! Thunk! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! Thunk!

My Mom use to build B-17s and B-29s during the war...

Really? Oh man... I'd bet she had some interesting stories to tell.

my great aunt was a rosie riveter back during the war..she was a tough ol gal...beating polio as a child..crippled in her leg from it..but still did her part for the war effort...this pic makes me smile..a bit of a reminder that women fought the war too.

Thanks for the kind words. I recall your mentioning your Great Aunt's efforts during the war from awhile ago. There's a monument to the "Rosie the Riveters" who worked in the shipyards in Richmond, not too far from here. That is one of the sights I really want to visit.

I remeber thst poster. But plaese! Don't call me old. lol

Okay. How about "Educated," then?

Yup! History Museum show me it. :D

Lucky....

Ya!

She can build 'em AND fly 'em!

...There you go. When I was in the IPMS chapter at La Habra, we had a gal who flew for the "WASPs" speak at one of our club meetings. I was really impressed by her good humor and "Pluckiness." In fact, she claimed she could fly anything, even a bathtub, as long as it had wings. She also pointed out that there was great discrimination and sabotage carried out by male mechanics and flight crews of that time. One of their most notorious tricks was to put a wooden cone in the fuel tanks which would result in the aircraft running dry prematurely, and crashing. Such an incident killed one of the speaker's lady friend pilots.

Now that's just plain wrong...

Might make for a good cartoon, tho; some weaselly type putting a wooden cone in Tali's tank, not noticing she's standing behind him tapping a large wrench in her paw...

Sabotage? I would say that, in a time of war, that sort of stunt went well beyond mere "sabotage" and could very well count as "treason". Did they ever catch the culprit?

Not Certain. Let's hope the culprit's soul is roasting in Hell by now.

This is COOL!

with all the damage those planes took and cam back i say GOOD job girls

Hear hear! Ever since posting this image I've been introduced to friends and their older relations who either had mothers or grandmothers that worked in the factories during WW II. Some told tales of heartbreak and tragedy such as those where some women had to endure injuries that would these days send a worker home for a week, finish their shift, and be back on the lines the next day. Of course back then, any amount of "Slacking" was considered a hinderence to the War Effort, and any production lost by an individual was considered beneficial towards the Enemy.