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EdBlackadder posted:Secondary school in 90s England we all had to learn how to wire a plug (in both pre-EU and current colours/patterns) despite every appliance by then coming with a fitted and fused plug by default. Presumably just in case that turned out to be a fad. I remember doing that but I don’t think it was for things that came without a plug. IIRC it was part of a more general electrical safety thing, along with teaching you not to use your toaster in the bath etc. I remember the plug thing as more something you could do if you damaged the flex and wanted to cut it down and rewire the plug. Something I’ve done a couple of times on power tools. Although most plugs now seem to be sealed rather than ones you can easily unscrew and take apart.
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well why not posted:Ali takes about two weeks to Australia so I’d assume you’d be ok for USA Xmas as long as you aren’t ordering something insane. Right now, though, I'm fighting with a Combined Delivery package sitting in a nearby warehouse for the last two-plus weeks just waiting for the post office to pick it up.  I get an email from Ali every other day or so telling me my package is at a local delivery site, which is kind of true. It's always the same local delivery site a three-hour drive away, mind you. Hey, at least I got a whopping $1 coupon for my trouble!
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I once made an extension lead once for the lawn mower, bought the flex and the plugs and wired it up, and it's still working a decade later. RIP Wilkos. I need to go on ali and buy another darning loom, I gave the last one away.
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Just wondering if anyone has insight about this background, was some dystopian movie made, or what
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Bush Obama Bannon That trenchcoat is the time travel device.
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It can’t make its mind up about how to spell Bannon either, curious.
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Bannannas
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We also did the "how to wire a plug" thing, mid-late '90s Scotland. Weirdly, in my case it was part of Physics (can't remember if Standard Grade or Higher), so people who didn't do Physics presumably never go on to a life of having to wire a plug. I did actually do it a few times after that, but that's mostly because of retro electronics and such, never for a new appliance.
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Perhaps I could interest you in some shirts. or maybe... (  for dick art, but it's worth it) These and more can be yours, for less than $20 all in 
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Oct 2, 2023 16:07
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I'd never go anyplace fancy enough to justify it
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I'll vote for anyone who appears on the senate floor in the dick shirt.
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Oct 2, 2023 16:15
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Those katchup dick pretzels look very gory.
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Oct 2, 2023 16:23
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stephenthinkpad posted:Those katchup dick pretzels look very gory.
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For shame, how dare you call yourselves goons and not be able to identify cartoon bacon.
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I-I'm trying not to look that closely. 
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Bacon wrapped weiners, anyone?
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DeadMansSuspenders posted:Bacon wrapped weiners, anyone? I am sure there is a rule 34 of these.
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DeadMansSuspenders posted:Bacon wrapped weiners, anyone? I had no idea Sir Francis was this explicit!
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Invalid Validation posted:For shame, how dare you call yourselves goons and not be able to identify cartoon bacon. Yeah they're clearly supposed to be pigs in blankets. or hogs in blankets in this case I guess.
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stephenthinkpad posted:I hate that Lego nowadays is making smaller and smaller pieces. Once you put two "half height" blocks together, you can't even take them away with fingernail. I have to use a thread cutter to take them apart. A loving thread cutter. Look at this chump without a specific and varied collection of lego spudgers.
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FYI ordering Lego replacement pieces is <$1 per piece and a small $7 convenience fee
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Anyone who grouses about receiving a thing from the other side of the country for $8 total probably hasn't looked at shipping or labor costs in the past couple decades vvv: and that's a good thing, setting free shipping as an expectation is monopolistic bullshit designed to kill small businesses Sentient Data fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Oct 3, 2023 |
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Oct 3, 2023 03:01
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Free shipping is more surprising than shelling out that kind of money nowadays tbh
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Why do you spend $8 to order a special lego piece. Just use a similar piece from your other legos. And use your mind to imagine, lego is not meant to look 100% life-like!
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I've replaced plenty of plugs in work due to the arcane knowledge learnt in school The youngungs are always amazed it's a thing you can do
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stephenthinkpad posted:Why do you spend $8 to order a special lego piece. Just use a similar piece from your other legos. And use your mind to imagine, lego is not meant to look 100% life-like! Apparently this is a 10-long piece with 9 holes (that will be needed) and filling in is unlikely to have it all line up and work as expected. Trust me I’ve been going through to see if anything else could just fill in. I’m still baffled a piece that big disappeared but I’ve spent a ton of time looking. Kids and dogs are magic(ians of destruction and loss). $8 for one piece isn’t perhaps as big a deal if you’re paying Lego prices of 2-4x AE, the whole reason to do this is to be a bit thriftier. Didn’t see if they were going to get me on shipping too. If you need me I’ll be on my fainting couch.
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REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:2-4x AE My brain read ahead and thought you were talking about Musk's kid
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stephenthinkpad posted:I have so many lego pieces on my floor I have learnt the way of ninja walking. Shh don't tell them that Aussie plugs have the best of both worlds (sheaths, long earth pin, simple design, can't be plugged the wrong way) and let them fight it out.
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maybealabia posted:My brain read ahead and thought you were talking about Musk's kid
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I swear I've seen grounded US outlets that are gated the same way as everyone's talking about, did I just dream this? Also I'd love to sheath my own plugs, is this just a heatshrink thing? I seen precious little online about doing it.
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Shuttered outlets exist, they're just not required and are slightly more expensive which means they won't ever be installed unless specifically sought out
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Big Mac posted:I swear I've seen grounded US outlets that are gated the same way as everyone's talking about, did I just dream this? Yeah, you can just buy them: https://www.amazon.com/Leviton-T5320-WMP-Resistant-Receptacle-10-Pack/dp/B00L4KVTKK/ But, I mean, 10 for $12! What an expense!
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 Not only cheap, but wireless.
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And so tiny for an HD enclosure that's also a wireless server! 
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Big Mac posted:I swear I've seen grounded US outlets that are gated the same way as everyone's talking about, did I just dream this? As others pointed out, there's Tamper Resistant ones that have a shutter on the live/neutral, but they open just by being poked in the live/neutral. Better than nothing, but not as neat as being gated by the ground (since US power cables aren't required to have the ground pin). I guess you could use heatshrink or some kind of lacquer, but the ones in the UK are custom made that way - the live/neutral prongs only have metal at the tip, then the metal gets narrower to travel through the plasic/ceramic/whatever sheath part back into the plug. If the sheath gets damaged the plug is destroyed as the pin won't keep its shape properly anymore, the sheath is structural.
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Charles Ford posted:We also did the "how to wire a plug" thing, mid-late '90s Scotland. Weirdly, in my case it was part of Physics (can't remember if Standard Grade or Higher), so people who didn't do Physics presumably never go on to a life of having to wire a plug. We did it in GCSE Physics around 2004 in England. It's proved more useful than most of that subject.
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That's a cock and balls
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It's a flexing bicep dummy!
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