Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?...

[Peeler]

On 28 Apr 2023 02:17:23 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:

The two worst wrecks I\'ve been in, both rollovers with the vehicles
totaled, were when someone else was driving. I\'m not a very good
passenger.

You yeah, that\'s because you are real pathological senile chatterbox and
gossip! The drivers probably tried to suicide as they couldn\'t escape your
endless grandiloquent blather.

--
Yet more of the very interesting senile blather by lowbrowwoman:
\"I save my fries quota for one of the local food trucks that offers
poutine every now and then. If you\'re going for a coronary might as well
do it right.\"
MID: <ivdi4gF8btlU1@mid.individual.net>

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 12:48:14 AM UTC+10, John Larkin wrote:

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:05:45 +0100, Bing AI <bin...@example.com>wrote:
On 27/04/2023 00:16, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 18:05:22 +0100, Bing AI <bin...@example.com> wrote:
On 13/04/2023 16:13, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:51:06 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
On 02/04/2023 22:05, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:58:33 -0000, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:

<snip>

As an AI large language model I currently don\'t have a licence, but, in the future, when self driving vehicles are perfected, humans will be banned from driving due to their emotional instability.

No politician would dare take our cars away.

The US needs better politicians, but that would mean giving better education to the voters, which would cost money, and the US taxpayers don\'t like that idea.

The prospect that the US work force would be more productive if its workers were better educated should make the idea attractive, but US employers prefer to ship the jobs overseas to cheaper worker who have been educated at somebody else\'s expense.

The US does seem to be doomed. Going democratic before the idea had been properly worked out, and letting the people who own the country keep on running the country hasn\'t worked out well. Mexico and Canada will eventually have to take over the smoking ruins of a noble - but premature - experiment.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Max Demian]

On 28/04/2023 03:17, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 28 Apr 2023 04:51:11 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

They wouldnt be taken away when they are self driving.

The two worst wrecks I\'ve been in, both rollovers with the vehicles
totaled, were when someone else was driving. I\'m not a very good
passenger.

How did you cause the crashes?

--
Max Demian

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-02-28 08:40, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 21:44:51 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-02-18 14:14, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 18/02/2023 12:43, Max Demian wrote:
On 18/02/2023 00:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:58:47 -0000, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com
wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:33:36 +0000, Max Demian
max_demian@bigfoot.com> wrote:
On 13/02/2023 03:59, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:08:57 +0100, \"Carlos
E.R.\" <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Radios of that era had a setting named \"phone\". And a socket. You
connected the output of the \"electric gramophone\" pickup to the
phone

Every mains valve radio had a \"Gram\" or \"PU\" socket with switching,
usually combined with the waveband switch.

Every AC tube radio....  

Mains was always AC wasn\'t it?

If course it wasn\'t (in the UK). Mains was AC or DC, and 120V (or so)
to 250V (or so).


Mains was always AC post WWII and probably post the advent of consumer
tube radios and IIRC was always 240VAC post WWII.

\"The Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 merged the 600-odd local generating
companies into area boards, who in turn were centralised into the
Central Electricity Board by the Electricity Supply Act 1925. That is
when the voltage was standardised at 240V, and the National Grid
created.

(But DC persisted, in some areas as late as the mid 60s. Refrigerators,
Vacuum Cleaners, Sewing Machines, Electric Drills, Radios and TVs were
available with universal input. They would all work on AC or DC 240V
(one or two DC areas were only 180V, like Dundee or Exeter))\"

how easy or dificult was it to obtain things to work on it? A different
voltage on a city would mean a bulb factory dedicated to that city, no?

No more difficult than a factory which makes 40/60/100/150 watt bulbs.

Keeping stock is expensive.

I remember in the late sixties visiting my mother village (Spain). They
had _some_ electricity, and paid by the number of bulbs in the house. It
was not metered.

Surely you could add more bulbs without them knowing?  And what about
non-bulb things?

What would they do with more bulbs? Nowhere to connect them. They didn\'t
know how.

They did not have non-bulb things. Too poor. When people started getting
things, the company started installing meters. Yes, they easily found out.

It was also expensive for the company to install meters if all they were
using was a bulb or two per house. Not worth it.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Peeler]

On Fri, 5 May 2023 21:57:42 +0200, cretinous Carlos E.R., another brain dead
troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered:

It was also expensive for the company to install meters if all they were
using was a bulb or two per house. Not worth it.

You abnormal sick swine HAD to revive that idiotic \"circuit breakers\" thread
again and start feeding the troll again. Goes to show what a cretin you
really are!

 

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2023-04-01 19:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:

On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:47:42 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-02-28 12:39, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:59:50 -0000, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid
wrote:

On 2/17/23 16:21, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[snip]

It is now a legal and recognised sign to following drivers, on a fast
road, such as a motorway or dual-carriageway, that you are
approaching
standing traffic and slowing quickly to a stop. As such it needs
to be
activated quickly and without having to take your eyes off the road.

I think that the legal way to do it here is touch the brake lightly
several times to make the red lights blink.

\"touch the brake lightly\" when you need to do it hard?

Tapping the brake means \"there\'s a cop ahead, do not overtake me\".

Different country, different language

Means the same thing in essence.  \"Slow down\".

First time I saw someone repeatedly lowering his flat palm, I thought
(and so did the colleague I was car sharing with) he was trying to tell
us we\'d left something open.  Apparently he was telling us to slow down
as there was an accident ahead.

I was once on holiday reversing out of a layby on a blind bend in the
countryside.  A German tourist raised one finger in the air.  I assumed
that meant \"it\'s ok to go\", so I reversed and nearly slammed into a
passing car.  Apparently he meant \"wait\".  Typical German efficiency,
only use a single finger instead of the whole hand to stop someone.

Means \"one minute\". Wait a minute. Universal.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

 

[Peeler]

On Sat, 6 May 2023 14:07:28 +0200, cretinous Carlos E.R., another brain dead
troll-feeding senile ASSHOLE, blathered:


> Means \"one minute\". Wait a minute. Universal.

And you HAD to revive another over one month old idiotic \"thread\" started by
the trolling attention whore, you troll-feeding sick swine!

 

[Rod Speed]

On Sat, 06 May 2023 22:07:28 +1000, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid>
wrote:

On 2023-04-01 19:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:47:42 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-02-28 12:39, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:59:50 -0000, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid
wrote:

On 2/17/23 16:21, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[snip]

It is now a legal and recognised sign to following drivers, on a
fast
road, such as a motorway or dual-carriageway, that you are
approaching
standing traffic and slowing quickly to a stop. As such it needs
to be
activated quickly and without having to take your eyes off the
road.

I think that the legal way to do it here is touch the brake lightly
several times to make the red lights blink.

\"touch the brake lightly\" when you need to do it hard?

Tapping the brake means \"there\'s a cop ahead, do not overtake me\".

Different country, different language
Means the same thing in essence. \"Slow down\".
First time I saw someone repeatedly lowering his flat palm, I thought
(and so did the colleague I was car sharing with) he was trying to tell
us we\'d left something open. Apparently he was telling us to slow down
as there was an accident ahead.
I was once on holiday reversing out of a layby on a blind bend in the
countryside. A German tourist raised one finger in the air. I assumed
that meant \"it\'s ok to go\", so I reversed and nearly slammed into a
passing car. Apparently he meant \"wait\". Typical German efficiency,
only use a single finger instead of the whole hand to stop someone.

Means \"one minute\". Wait a minute. Universal.

Nothing like universal. Never heard of that and doesnt happen here.

 

[Max Demian]

On 07/05/2023 11:22, Rod Speed wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2023 22:07:28 +1000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2023-04-01 19:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:

 First time I saw someone repeatedly lowering his flat palm, I
thought (and so did the colleague I was car sharing with) he was
trying to tell us we\'d left something open.  Apparently he was
telling us to slow down as there was an accident ahead.

I thought the Highway Code says it\'s \"I am prepared/suggest you overtake
(or some such).

 I was once on holiday reversing out of a layby on a blind bend in
the countryside.  A German tourist raised one finger in the air.  I
assumed that meant \"it\'s ok to go\", so I reversed and nearly slammed
into a passing car.  Apparently he meant \"wait\".  Typical German
efficiency, only use a single finger instead of the whole hand to
stop someone.

Means \"one minute\". Wait a minute. Universal.

Nothing like universal. Never heard of that and doesnt happen here.

Neither have I. It might mean, \"Please keep quiet\" in company or a meeting.

(*Two* fingers of course means \"Fuck off,\" probably in Oz as well is the UK.

--
Max Demian

 

[Peeler]

On Sun, 07 May 2023 20:22:50 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>

--
Kerr-Mudd,John addressing the auto-contradicting senile cretin:
\"Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)\"
MID: <XnsA97071CF43E3Fadmin127001@85.214.115.223>

 

[Rod Speed]

On Sun, 07 May 2023 20:46:43 +1000, Max Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com>
wrote:

On 07/05/2023 11:22, Rod Speed wrote:
On Sat, 06 May 2023 22:07:28 +1000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2023-04-01 19:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:

First time I saw someone repeatedly lowering his flat palm, I
thought (and so did the colleague I was car sharing with) he was
trying to tell us we\'d left something open. Apparently he was
telling us to slow down as there was an accident ahead.

I thought the Highway Code says it\'s \"I am prepared/suggest you overtake
(or some such).

I was once on holiday reversing out of a layby on a blind bend in
the countryside. A German tourist raised one finger in the air. I
assumed that meant \"it\'s ok to go\", so I reversed and nearly slammed
into a passing car. Apparently he meant \"wait\". Typical German
efficiency, only use a single finger instead of the whole hand to
stop someone.

Means \"one minute\". Wait a minute. Universal.
Nothing like universal. Never heard of that and doesnt happen here.

Neither have I. It might mean, \"Please keep quiet\" in company or a
meeting.

(*Two* fingers of course means \"Fuck off,\" probably in Oz as well is the
UK.

Used to in my youth but a finger with the other fingers
one the fingerer\'s side is much more common now.

 

[Peeler]

On Mon, 08 May 2023 04:08:21 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

<FLUSH the abnormal trolling senile cretin\'s latest trollshit unread>

 

[Commander Kinsey]

On Sat, 06 May 2023 13:07:28 +0100, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-04-01 19:56, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:47:42 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-02-28 12:39, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:59:50 -0000, Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid
wrote:

On 2/17/23 16:21, Carlos E.R. wrote:

[snip]

It is now a legal and recognised sign to following drivers, on a fast
road, such as a motorway or dual-carriageway, that you are
approaching
standing traffic and slowing quickly to a stop. As such it needs
to be
activated quickly and without having to take your eyes off the road.

I think that the legal way to do it here is touch the brake lightly
several times to make the red lights blink.

\"touch the brake lightly\" when you need to do it hard?

Tapping the brake means \"there\'s a cop ahead, do not overtake me\".

Different country, different language

Means the same thing in essence. \"Slow down\".

First time I saw someone repeatedly lowering his flat palm, I thought
(and so did the colleague I was car sharing with) he was trying to tell
us we\'d left something open. Apparently he was telling us to slow down
as there was an accident ahead.

I was once on holiday reversing out of a layby on a blind bend in the
countryside. A German tourist raised one finger in the air. I assumed
that meant \"it\'s ok to go\", so I reversed and nearly slammed into a
passing car. Apparently he meant \"wait\". Typical German efficiency,
only use a single finger instead of the whole hand to stop someone.

Means \"one minute\". Wait a minute. Universal.

And I\'m supposed to know this how? It\'s not taught in school.

 

[Vir Campestris]

On 07/05/2023 11:46, Max Demian wrote:

Neither have I. It might mean, \"Please keep quiet\" in company or a meeting.

(*Two* fingers of course means \"Fuck off,\" probably in Oz as well is the
UK.

In quite a lot of the world a single (usually middle) finger is a
phallic symbol corresponding to the UK V sign. AFAIK the V sign is from
English heritage only.

Andy

 

[rbowman]

On Tue, 9 May 2023 13:07:28 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

In quite a lot of the world a single (usually middle) finger is a
phallic symbol corresponding to the UK V sign. AFAIK the V sign is from
English heritage only.

Doesn\'t it supposedly have something to do with longbows? Or victory?

 

[Peeler]

On 9 May 2023 15:24:11 GMT, lowbrowwoman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:


> Doesn\'t it supposedly have something to do with longbows? Or victory?

Is this still that idiotic \"circuit breakers\" thread started by the trolling
Scottish attention whore, you demented senile Yankee blabbermouths?

--
More absolutely idiotic blather by the resident senile gossip:
\"My mother sometimes made a cherry chiffon cake that started with a
packaged mix. It wasn\'t bad if you squished a slice down to resemble real
cake.\"
MID: <kaldt8F22l6U12@mid.individual.net>

 

[Max Demian]

On 09/05/2023 16:24, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 9 May 2023 13:07:28 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

In quite a lot of the world a single (usually middle) finger is a
phallic symbol corresponding to the UK V sign. AFAIK the V sign is from
English heritage only.

Doesn\'t it supposedly have something to do with longbows? Or victory?

Depends on which way round it is. Palm inward (usually with up and down
movements) means \"fuck off\", palm towards the spectator means \"victory\"
or \"peace\" (man).

The longbow explanation is dubious.

--
Max Demian

 

[Fredxx]

On 09/05/2023 17:08, Max Demian wrote:

On 09/05/2023 16:24, rbowman wrote:
On Tue, 9 May 2023 13:07:28 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:

In quite a lot of the world a single (usually middle) finger is a
phallic symbol corresponding to the UK V sign. AFAIK the V sign is from
English heritage only.

Doesn\'t it supposedly have something to do with longbows? Or victory?

Depends on which way round it is. Palm inward (usually with up and down
movements) means \"fuck off\", palm towards the spectator means \"victory\"
or \"peace\" (man).

The longbow explanation is dubious.

I was once told that it is associated with longbows, where captured
archers would have their fingers removed.

The two fingered sign was to say to the enemy I have my two required
fingers to pull back the string on my longbow.

 

[Xeno]

On 12/2/2023 5:30 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2023-02-11 13:23, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 11:58:23 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2023-02-11 10:00, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:48:06 -0000, Colin Bignell
cpb@bignellremovethis.me.uk> wrote:

On 11/02/2023 08:16, Commander Kinsey wrote:


But reverse screws do exist.

They shouldn\'t.

Disassemble a house fan, and you will see one such reverse bolt, and
understand why they exist

Frankly, I doubt he will understand anything.

--
Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

 

[Xeno]

On 13/2/2023 1:27 am, Max Demian wrote:

On 12/02/2023 11:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 11/02/2023 18:30, Carlos E.R. wrote:
On 2023-02-11 13:23, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 11:58:23 -0000, Carlos E.R.
robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
On 2023-02-11 10:00, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:48:06 -0000, Colin Bignell
cpb@bignellremovethis.me.uk> wrote:
On 11/02/2023 08:16, Commander Kinsey wrote:


But reverse screws do exist.

They shouldn\'t.

Disassemble a house fan, and you will see one such reverse bolt, and
understand why they exist


Reverse screws are used in traditional taps to lift the washer
assembly off the seating to make it seem like you are unscrewing a
traditional tap when the head of the tap is not actually moving upward.

Reverse screws are used on steering links so you can adjust the
effective length by turning the link rod.

Reverse screws are used on quadcopter rotor shafts for two of the
motors that are turning  clockwise
etc etc.

In short there are dozens of places you need a reverse screw,

And sports cars with knock off hubs and wire wheels where a left hand
thread is used on one side (forget which) so it doesn\'t some undone if
the cap (or whatever) rubs against something.

And the pressure reducers used on LPG cylinders: propane is the opposite
way to butane so you can\'t connect the wrong one.

The left hand side wheel nuts on Chrysler vehicles are left hand thread.
Is that still a thing?? Not worked on Chryslers for decades.


--
Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)