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  • M Mik
    17 Feb 2021, 13:52

    Putting the fun back into concentration camps.

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    mark
    wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 17:58 last edited by mark
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    They don't make them like they used to! lol

    Holy crap that is an excessively large door.

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      Copper
      wrote on 17 Feb 2021, 21:56 last edited by
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      It makes me wonder what they intended to put through it.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:40 last edited by
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        Only non-witches get due process.

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          Only non-witches get due process.

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            wrote on 7 Mar 2021, 10:10 last edited by
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            Only non-witches get due process.

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 14:10 last edited by
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              Only non-witches get due process.

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                8 Mar 2021, 14:10

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                George K
                wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 14:57 last edited by
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                @jon-nyc it's called an "electrician's" or "underwriter's" knot:

                https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-an-underwriters-knot-1152873

                Used in lamps and things like that.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Klaus
                  wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 15:55 last edited by
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                  That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

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                  • K Klaus
                    8 Mar 2021, 15:55

                    That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

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                    George K
                    wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 16:03 last edited by
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                    @klaus a lamp cord has two wires, as you say, joined in a "cable." One has to split them apart to wire the lamp cord:

                    https://www.bplampsupply.com/help/22HowToULKnot.php

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      Klaus
                      wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 16:08 last edited by
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                      I think such cords would be illegal over here.

                      Our power cables look like this.

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                        Copper
                        wrote on 8 Mar 2021, 18:10 last edited by
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                        It's not obvious in the picture, but I suspect the Blue and Red wires are joined.

                        Except where they are separated in order to tie the knot.

                        The 2 wires form a single strand that can be easily pulled apart. Outside of a fixture the covering between the 2 wires is joined.

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                        • K Klaus
                          8 Mar 2021, 15:55

                          That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

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                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 00:19 last edited by Doctor Phibes 3 Sept 2021, 00:20
                          #150

                          @klaus said in Mildly interesting:

                          That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

                          Klaus, you wouldn't believe the wiring over here. It's unbelievable. I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands every time I wire a plug or install a fixture. The first time I opened up a plug in Canada I thought it was a practical joke.

                          I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....

                          I was only joking

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                            9 Mar 2021, 00:19

                            @klaus said in Mildly interesting:

                            That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.

                            Klaus, you wouldn't believe the wiring over here. It's unbelievable. I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands every time I wire a plug or install a fixture. The first time I opened up a plug in Canada I thought it was a practical joke.

                            I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....

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                            Klaus
                            wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 00:23 last edited by
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                            @doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                            I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....

                            But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.

                            I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.

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                            • K Klaus
                              9 Mar 2021, 00:23

                              @doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                              I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....

                              But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.

                              I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 00:35 last edited by Doctor Phibes 3 Sept 2021, 00:36
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                              @klaus said in Mildly interesting:

                              @doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                              I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....

                              But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.

                              I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.

                              It's funny how the priorities differ. When we lived in Canada, the heating systems and protection against the cold were amazing - we were far warmer than we'd ever be in an English house, where they seem to build in the mistaken belief that the UK is a tropical country. But the electric systems were shocking, if you'll forgive the pun.

                              We live in a fairly built up area - a relatively busy suburb of Boston, but we still don't have a sewerage system, the house has a septic tank. The town tried to get people to vote for a sewer, but got voted down because nobody wanted to pay, despite the fact that the water table is in real danger of being corrupted.

                              I was only joking

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 03:46 last edited by
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                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  9 Mar 2021, 00:23

                                  @doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:

                                  I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....

                                  But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.

                                  I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 9 Mar 2021, 03:48 last edited by
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                                  @klaus said in Mildly interesting:

                                  I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.

                                  I remember my first visit to France in 1991. My friend’s apartment had a Minitel. That’s the last time I was impressed by European technology.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    jon-nyc
                                    wrote on 14 Mar 2021, 11:48 last edited by
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                                    No one born after 1935 has walked on the moon.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                      mark
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                                        Baritone Leonard Warren died onstage at the Met in 1960 just as he finished singing Verdi's "Morir, Tremenda Cosi," which means "To Die, A Momentous Thing."

                                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 16 Jul 2021, 03:23 last edited by
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                                          The Appalachian mountains are actually split between North America and Europe. How can that be? They are older than the Atlantic Ocean.

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                                          The mountains were formed before there were land animals, indeed even before fish had evolved. As a result most of the fossils seen on them are from early marine life.

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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