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Bob Vila would love this group.
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Bad voltage spikes
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Where we live we have regular electrical outages due to a number of
problems. Last night, however, we had a new experience. It must have
been something like a voltage surge. it blew out a drive of mine, my
PC speaker system and screwed up our wireless home network pretty
good. All electricity to the house went off for a few seconds and... more »
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OT caller-id
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OT This afternoon I called someone I don't know. His phone message
suggested my leaving a message, or my emailing him (and he gave his
email address). The message I left said I would call him back in a
couple days and that it was nothing urgent. I didn't leave my
number, mostly because I'm in and out all day.... more »
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NO Death Penalty for Killing US Police
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NO Death Penalty for Killing US Police
Or their informants. Especially the handicapped bags of shit that just hack peoples computers all day. Or fly drones to kill Americans.
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Suburban Water Service: Anybody Heard Of Failure?
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We've been getting these insurance offers from the local water company
to the effect that the service from the main to our house could fail at
any time and that we should pay a few bucks per month to avoid repair
costs.
My kneejerk is that this is a cash cow for the water company.
This neighborhood was built in the mid fifties. I've never heard of... more »
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Metal forming and its processes
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A metal piece or object is mechanically reshaped without adding or removing material through metal forming process. Even the mass of the object remains unchanged during metal forming. Metal forming process provides more consistent characteristics unlike the current processes like cutting and joining of metal objects. Process of metal forming shall be an economical production process on an industrial scale, when it happens with many parts, as heavy and expensive machinery shall be used for generating very high loads and stresses required for reshaping the metal with uniform characteristics. The forming processes adopt the materials science principle of plastic deformation. The various types of forming processes are categorized on the basis of the different effective stresses and loads involved in the course of operations.... more »
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OT/ Canada Going Down the Tubes :)
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Michael Applebaum, whose predecessor resigned under pressure, faces 14 charges linked to two real estate deals, police said during a morning news conference.
Applebaum's arrest is the latest in a string of municipal... more »
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OT-UPS Weirdness
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On Friday I received a package from Amazon. It was a big box with a Reese trailer hitch. Inside the box was also another UPS package for another recipient that did not come from Amazon. Somewhere along the line someone shoved that package into the box from Amazon (which was rather torn up so apparently they shoved it through a tear in the box,... more »
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