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#alloys — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. TBH the young woman is doing far more honest, useful and socially beneficial work in the #tyre #garage her family set up than the AI, startup or blockchain stuff she was being trained for at #University

    I was surprised the business was struggling, maybe roads in #Singapore are so much better than UK that tyres last much longer, or a lot of debt got tied up in stock, particularly #alloys (there were some high end brands like Oz on the stock list!)

    Here in UK a tyre garage which also did alloy refurbs would be *really* popular

    #Automotive #cars #ESEA #TootSEA

    youtube.com/watch?v=rOacmGLwrD4

  2. The 'death' of an #airliner - 'parting out', Around the world, specialist companies exist to recycle components from old, retired airliners. Before the bulk of #aluminium #alloys and other #materials are #recycled, valuable components such as instrumentation and #jet #engines are removed and either sold 'as is' or refurbished for resale. Here we see a #Boeing 767-200ER, formerly of Air #Seychelles, being parted-out at #Cotswold #Airport, #UK #recycling #airliner #engineering #technology