pre-heating empty saucepan then pouring kettle water in after 2-3 mins

[tggzzz]

But more importantly I really don't give shit about arguing with someone over the internet nor do I care about how some one makes eggs in romania.

Clearly, given the evidence in this thread, that is an, ahem, "alternative truth".

[raspberrypi]

The critics have gone silent. So I will say thank you for your advice on trying to learn chemistry. I plan on making a doctorate degree out of it. I guess on the internet everyones a critic. 

In future you might like to consider clearly indicating that your "...crude comments..." are intended as "...sarcasm...", so that readers won't get the idea that you believe what you write.

I missed this little gem of a comment here. So basically instead of you using common sense and figuring out if I'm being sarcastic you need me to explain that something is a joke or sarcasm? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of sarcasm? Its not funny if you spoil the joke by having to explain that it is a joke and why its funny. You are smart enough to figure out electronics but you can't tell if something is sarcasm or not? So yes I will take your advice and take all the humor and entertaining parts out of my posts because you might get upset because the statement might not be 100% factually accurate. Why would that upset you in the first place? Are you going to take what I say seriously and try out what I'm saying only to find it won't work because I was being sarcastic? Then get mad it didn't work? Really the only person to blame it yourself for not having enough common sense to figure out someone was messing with you. If you are like this in real life you are going to have a hard time getting people to like you. Or do you need me to draw you a map of the sarcasm in this post?

Heres something you can try: If you need more signal power in a radio you have try plugging the antenna directly into the hot hot prong of an AC outlet. Should boost your signal by 1500 watts! Oh wait don't do that I was being sarcastic and that might be dangerous because you could get a shock or damage your radio.

[Nerull]

The problem is that your statements don't sound like sarcasm, they sound like "I said something stupid and now I'm trying to save face by pretending it was sarcasm."

And, given your posting history, the latter seems far more likely.

[tooki]

 

[raspberrypi]

The problem is that your statements don't sound like sarcasm, they sound like "I said something stupid and now I'm trying to save face by pretending it was sarcasm."

And, given your posting history, the latter seems far more likely.

I did say something stupid, I say stupid shit all the time. I'm often wrong too. If I was a afraid of looking dumb I wouldn't be asking questions in a forum in a subject I know little about. Saving face would imply that I'm trying to impress someone.

[Elf]

[...] Well, many NEMA plugs and sockets are flimsy, but that's because we Americans generally buy flimsy crap, not because the standard requires it. There are vendors that make really good plugs (for example, Apple products have some of the finest NEMA plugs I've ever seen), and quality sockets (like the ones used in hospitals) grip the plugs very decisively. But most homes have cheap sockets that wear out quickly and go very loose, and many things like extension cords use horrible folded sheet metal pins. [...]

I have always favored the BS546 and BS1363 style plugs and receptacles (which I first saw in Hong Kong, incidentally, rather than the UK) vs. NEMA 5-15.

However, are we just picking on NEMA 5-15 and 5-20 plugs? I actually find the NEMA twist-lock plugs to be quite good. They come in many varieties (apart from the strict standard) including shrouded, weatherproofed, etc. For example: http://www.hubbell-wiring.com/Press/PDFS/H5115.pdf

More expensive than a bottom of barrel, cheap NEMA 5-15 of course.

[Ampera]

You have the BS - Bullshit standard
The NEMA - Nematode standard
The Schucko - Sucko standard
The JIS - Jizz standard
The AS - Asshole standard

This is too easy.

[vk6zgo]

Why is that an issue? Is Romania that third world that you have to treat cheap aluminum cookware as investments that are passed down from generation to generation and can't afford to replace? Did you make then yourself from the cases of old cluster bombs?

Interestingly, following WW2, aircraft & other military equipment using aluminium was melted down, &  used to make, amongst other things, cookware.

Possibly Romanians don't buy El Cheapo crap, so their cookware lasts longer.

[vk6zgo]

Also I have never heard of a "Hundredweight"

You have now: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hundredweight
"A hundredweight is a unit of measurement for weight used in certain commodities trading contracts. In North America, a hundredweight is equal to 100 pounds and is also known as a short hundredweight. In the United Kingdom, a hundredweight is 112 pounds and is also known as a long hundredweight."

The story, (which may be apocryphal), I have heard about the origin of the 112lb "hundredweight", is that Millers were ripping farmers off, by retaining larger & larger amounts of the milled grain product, with the farmer getting less & less.
For example,out of 100lb of flour,the farmer often only got  around 50lb.

The farmers complained to the King, who ruled that the milled product would be measured in amounts of 112lb--from this,the farmer got 100lb,& the Miller,12lb.

and similarly
"A US liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.34 pounds or 3.78 kilograms at 62 °F (17 °C), making it about 16.6% lighter than the imperial gallon. There are four quarts in a gallon, two pints in a quart and 16 US fluid ounces in a US pint, which makes the US fluid ounce equal to 1?128 of a US gallon."

There has been a certain amount of "re-imperialisation by stealth" here in Oz,as the "trendoids" like to buy their beer in pints so they can pretend they are in London.

I have a nasty suspicion that they are getty sold wimpy US "pints", instead of the full, red blooded Pommy ones!

Another thing that weirds me out a bit is the TV tax. In the US you buy a TV and you don't need to pay for anything but service and power, but in Germany and most of europe, it's something like 100 euro a year or so. But that's very trivial.

It means we can get good unbiassed television programmes without adverts. In the UK a 1 hour programme contains ~55 minutes of content; in the US your eyeballs/brain are sold to the highest bidder for 1/3 of the time. Unless, of course, you pay money to watch channel X and more money to watch channel Y and more money to watch channel Z.

We used to have TV & Radio Receiving licences in Australia, too,until it was discovered that the cost of running  & "policing" the rules cost more than the returns from the licences.
The ABC is now just financed from normal tax.

[james_s]

The TV license thing would annoy me because I don't watch broadcast TV, haven't had an antenna or cable connected to my TV in more than 15 years. I'm glad I don't have to jump through hoops to prove that I don't use my TV for watching OTA programming and I'm not about to yank the tuner out because then I can't sell as easily later. I'm not about to pay a yearly fee just to posses a piece of equipment I already own outright.

[brucehoult]

There has been a certain amount of "re-imperialisation by stealth" here in Oz,as the "trendoids" like to buy their beer in pints so they can pretend they are in London.

It comes in pints??!!

[Delta]

TwoOfFive, if you are moving to Germany in a few years, you should start reading the Koran now.....

[Arjan Emm]

TwoOfFive, if you are moving to Germany in a few years, you should start reading the Koran now.....

Jeez delta, as if this thread wasn't silly enough.

[Ampera]

TwoOfFive, if you are moving to Germany in a few years, you should start reading the Koran now.....

Your face has conservative written all over it.

[Delta]

TwoOfFive, if you are moving to Germany in a few years, you should start reading the Koran now.....

Your face has conservative written all over it.

Libertarian, if I am forced to identify with a political tag.

Nice assumption though.  If Frau Merkel continues as she is, there will be another three million young muslim men from MENA countries in Germany by the time you arrive.  Knowledge of the Koran would be genuinely useful.

Best of luck to you.

[raspberrypi]

TwoOfFive, if you are moving to Germany in a few years, you should start reading the Koran now.....

Your face has conservative written all over it.

Libertarian, if I am forced to identify with a political tag.

Nice assumption though.  If Frau Merkel continues as she is, there will be another three million young muslim men from MENA countries in Germany by the time you arrive.  Knowledge of the Koran would be genuinely useful.

Best of luck to you.

And what is wrong with that?

[Ampera]

Yeah, I don't really see the issue here.

And at least you don't have an orange faced dipstick of a president.

[raspberrypi]

Yeah, I don't really see the issue here.

And at least you don't have an orange faced dipstick of a president.

Hes not a dipstick; a dip stick has a useful purpose and conveys real information. I would choose a dipstick over this orange faced lunatic any day. If he was a dip stick he would say your car has a billion dollars worth of the most fantastic white oil ever made, when in fact there was no oil in the engine and never had been. Also is it possible for a dipstick to want to have sex with its daughter?