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Neper:

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--- Quote from: Brumby on July 18, 2022, 08:13:47 am ---While doing a quick Google on weather topics, I had this ad presented...



Seriously..   :wtf:  :scared:   :palm:

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Well I suppose if you stick a compass in the sockets then you’re not going to have to pay the bill again  :-DD

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Oh, it would cut both the power and the bill: things wouldn't be switched on.

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In my high-school, there was a mains socket in the staircase that was on the same circuit/fuse as the bell. Every few days, someone would insert a mains plug with a built-in short towards the end of the lunch break to give us an additional 5 minutes - the time the janitor took to run to his den and reset the fuse.

He never found out why the fuse kept tripping but the socket got a bit black over the years...
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: BU508A on July 18, 2022, 08:06:35 am ---This is my preferred climate over the year:



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Well you could move there, the Shetlands have been haemorrhaging people and they'd probably be glad of a new warm body or two.

But, should you do so, you'd have to get used to the phrase "We do not deliver to the Highlands and islands.".
BU508A:

--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 18, 2022, 02:24:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: BU508A on July 18, 2022, 08:06:35 am ---This is my preferred climate over the year:



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Well you could move there, the Shetlands have been haemorrhaging people and they'd probably be glad of a new warm body or two.

But, should you do so, you'd have to get used to the phrase "We do not deliver to the Highlands and islands.".

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There are always drawbacks and disadvantages ....
mnementh:

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--- Quote from: mnementh on July 18, 2022, 12:14:51 am ---...That shit wouldn't be good for anything except to spray one of those stoopit little tchotchke craft boxes... certainly not meant for furniture. What a waste of $11; 3/4 of the can floating in the air, nothing on the tabletop.... |O

mnem
And of course, now I'm done and can barely breathe with my lungs coated in urethane, there's a bluebottle fly buzzing around in here with it...
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Which is why I own a 3 hp compressor that's really too big for my place because it was the smallest one that would drive a pukka DeVilbiss spray gun which eats 14 cuft/min at around 2 bar. Rattle cans are fine for small things, but as soon as something's bigger than maybe a foot square you just can't get paint/varnish/whatever on fast enough to stop yourself from trying to lay wet paint onto stuff that's already part dry.
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Yeah, what I should do is set up both my compressors in tandem like I did when I painted Franken-Cruiser; but I dunno if I kept my HVLP sprayer when we moved.

That said, this rattle-can was egregiously bad; simply not fit for purpose. I can usually get a passable job with a rattle-can that actually works; this was not that. It was obviously never vetted for usability, or some 1d10t substituted a different can/nozzle that was wrong for this product sometime during production.  :palm:
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I looked in all my automotive stuff; couldn't find my HVLPS. There's a tiny chance it's buried in one of the tool bins I haven't opened yet, but I'm not gonna hold my breath waiting for that expedition to happen.

   Went to Target today; needed moo and yo for the kids.

While I was there, I popped in and looked at the half a 10-foot aisle which is all they have now for "Home Improvement/Hardware". Found no paint brushes except these, which the website said were zero stock. They had 10.  ::)

As they were now on clearance for 59c a pack, I took them all. We'll see if they eliminate the "loose bristles" problem or if they just introduce new problems of their own. If no joy, I guess the next step will be another fruitless search for my HVLPS, followed by a trip to Horror Fraught.

Some time after the weather breaks; it's 88% humidity right now, and last night's spray-coat is still too tacky to sand. As if I'd be able to breathe that liquid air long enough to finish sanding it all again anyways... :o

mnem
*drops back and punts*
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: vk6zgo on July 18, 2022, 10:03:08 am ---People "in the know" who were sweltering at 38C plus outside would hurriedly pull on wooly jumpers (pullovers) & jackets in the foyer before entering.

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Only an Aussie would have to say "wooly jumpers (pullovers)" so that we didn't think they meant "wooly jumpers (sheep)" in case we'd mistaken them for a Kiwi.  >:D
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