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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:14 last edited by
@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
Except for the fact that you would be dead within a few seconds and would never know what's it like to survive the fall impact.
The average temperature of Venus's atmosphere at the surface is around 462 degrees Celsius (864 degrees Fahrenheit), making it the hottest planet in our solar system due to a strong greenhouse effect caused by its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere; this temperature remains relatively consistent day and night.
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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:
Except for the fact that you would be dead within a few seconds and would never know what's it like to survive the fall impact.
The average temperature of Venus's atmosphere at the surface is around 462 degrees Celsius (864 degrees Fahrenheit), making it the hottest planet in our solar system due to a strong greenhouse effect caused by its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere; this temperature remains relatively consistent day and night.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:37 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Six people each with their own lock and any one of them can open the gate.
The two bottom ones don't do anything.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:39 last edited by
Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
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Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:47 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
... and you can spin the shaft to slide the bar out.
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Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:49 last edited by Mik@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
Yeah they do but it took me a minute. Those flat metal pieces go through a slot in the bottom horizontal bar. If you slide either of them out you can slide the bar out. Both locks need to be secured to prevent sliding them out.
So it would seem, but you can't slide the bar out from the bottom. The hasp is in the way. So again, the bottom two don't do anything.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:52 last edited by
spin, spin, spin.
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wrote on 15 Feb 2025, 17:58 last edited by
Well now you're just spinning it....
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@jon-nyc quite cool
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I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
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I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 17:01 last edited by@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
Whatās the qualitative difference between an $30 pendant and a $30K pendant?
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wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 17:03 last edited by
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
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The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 17:24 last edited by@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
Okay, letās put it this way. Whatās the Qualitative Experiential Difference in spending an extra $15K to get a piano in Bubinga instead of Ebony? The performance of the piano is the sameā¦
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I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
Again, there is a qualitative experiential difference between a Mercedes S class and an 88 (red) Corolla. two o'clock is 2 o'clock on a Rolex or a Timex.
wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 18:05 last edited by jon-nyc@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
I will never understand the fascination with expensive watches. Janet had a Rolex when we me. It was beautiful but needed a tune-up every two or three years at $300 a pop, and that was 30 years ago. I haven't spent $300 on watches in my life.
That reminds me I need to send my IWC Portugueser in for a $500 tune up.
Thatās a guess. It was maybe $375 when I did it last time but that was 15 years ago.
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wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 18:06 last edited by
Honestly Iāll probably tune it one last time and give it to my son for college graduation.
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@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
Okay, letās put it this way. Whatās the Qualitative Experiential Difference in spending an extra $15K to get a piano in Bubinga instead of Ebony? The performance of the piano is the sameā¦
wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 18:14 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:
@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
Okay, letās put it this way. Whatās the Qualitative Experiential Difference in spending an extra $15K to get a piano in Bubinga instead of Ebony? The performance of the piano is the sameā¦
In the case of the watch, the cheap option generally performs better.
I'm with Mik, I've never understood blowing tens of thousands on a watch.
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@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
Okay, letās put it this way. Whatās the Qualitative Experiential Difference in spending an extra $15K to get a piano in Bubinga instead of Ebony? The performance of the piano is the sameā¦
wrote on 17 Feb 2025, 18:34 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:
@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
The quality and beauty of the materials and design. But a pendant is not intended to measure anything or be informative.
Okay, letās put it this way. Whatās the Qualitative Experiential Difference in spending an extra $15K to get a piano in Bubinga instead of Ebony? The performance of the piano is the sameā¦
Because it is a large piece of furniture and needs to look good in your house. Beside that the difference in price between ebony and a wood finish is not orders of magnitude like between a functional and high-end watch.
If you wanted to use pianos, you could simply say the choice between a Samick and a Bechstein. There's a huge qualitative difference in the experience and the performance. That does not apply to watches.