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To PC Guru Paul !!!
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message ... In message , philo writes: On 01/24/2014 01:47 PM, Paul wrote: snip Well, don't leave us hanging :-) Where *is* all that dust coming from ? Paul I found this http://www.forteantimes.com/stranged...1044/dust.html and when you think about it, if a house or room is uninhabited, it still gets dusty. Though in my experience of a little-used apartment, though it still gets dusty, there is _less_ dust. But that doesn't prove the skin thing: if a room is less used, it is less disturbed, so is less likely to have plaster dust shaken from the walls, less let in from outside when opening doors, and so on. I think the skin thing is mainly put about by those keen on selling us things like suction ("vacuum") cleaners, followed just by those who enjoy making us feel guilty in general. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "The people here are more educated and intelligent. Even stupid people in Britain are smarter than Americans." Madonna, in RT 30 June-6July 2001 (page 32) 1 human sheds 3lbs approx. of skin per year !! ...so the bulk of white "dust" that ends up in the vaccum cleaner is skin, (discoloured by garden dirt type dust). A while ago, after years of buying / trying all sorts of dust filters, I bought 5 ....or was it more ? ....Plextor air purifiers. Ignoring the rubbish quality fans in them, (which are a nightmare to source and replace), they're VERY good, and the electro-statically charged "blade-cage" can be simply washed in warm soapy water, (AFTER discharging the static by touching the base of it on e.g. a metal sink unit that's grounded to earth), i.e. no cartridge filters to sorce and replace ! regards, Richard |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
"Paul" wrote in message ... Gene E. Bloch wrote: On 1/24/2014, Paul posted: philo wrote: On 01/24/2014 04:08 AM, B.Borbiro wrote: XX Yep, you're pretty good (and concise) with answers on IT topics Paul, but just to bring you back to earth a bit, your English language skills may need a bit of honing. The 'brass monkey' is no animal; in the days of the old man o' war sailing ships the cannon balls were stored on a frame (made of brass) called a 'monkey', and in cold weather that frame would shrink, and some of the cannon ball would pop off. hence, 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Good info which I am sure very people know! Yeah, he got me on that one. I wasn't aware of the history. Here, it's just a figure of speech, something from the school yard. Paul BTW, in my world it's always been "freeze the *nuts* off a brass monkey", presumably a reference to how the parts of a brass monkey (i.e., a brass statue of a simian) might be held together. Either way, your temperatures are chilly :-) I'm in Si Valley, where temperatures rarely get more that a degree or two below 0 C. I've lived in colder climes, however... Well, today it warmed up, but I can't say I was exactly celebrating, because it brought the wind with it. I was still suffering when I got home. And the car didn't exactly put on a stellar performance in starting. My current car, doesn't have a block heater. And at -26C, I'd plug it in for an hour or two, to warm up the oil a bit. On my old car, I had a total of four block heaters. With the first three failing at the two year mark. (Leaking coolant on the driveway.) For some reason, the last block heater installed in that car, lasted until I got rid of the car. I don't really want to go through all that again (block heater roulette). But when it's really cold, it does make a difference to starting. I suppose on the positive side, the leaking block heater is giving you a coolant flush every two years. (Looks like a coffee warmer. You can tell it's working, when you get "ticking" or "cracking" sounds coming from the engine block. The mechanic claims to "knock out a frost plug" to make room for it. Some of these are threaded, as if there's a screw-in option on some cars.) http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.45891...90184&pid=15.1 When shopping for an apartment in a cold climate, if there is outdoor parking, you want a power outlet in your parking spot. You don't use it very often, but it's good to have when the weather is right for it. If the apartment has indoor parking, then you don't need it. I've never bothered with battery blankets, but people in even colder climates like those. The battery isn't in much danger of freezing if it is healthy. But a sick battery can freeze at the drop of a hat (the electrolyte being pretty close to being distilled water). My previous car, the voltage regulator didn't set the voltage to the right level, so the battery never got fully charged. I used to protect the battery in cold weather, by charging it manually from house AC (to a voltage higher than the car voltage regulator could manage). (Entries near the bottom of the table, would be for a sick battery. The lower the percentage charge, the easier it is to freeze one.) http://www.solar-catalog.com/battery...s/image004.gif Paul .....I thought that was what Mobil fully synthetic 0w 30 was for ! i.e. still fluid at extremes of cold ! regards, Richard ....anyhoo, after casting my eye through all the weather related comments on this thread, here in Somerset UK we have problems with roads flooded on the flood plains, e.g. Muchelney village is cut off by the floods, because do-gooder conservationists / UK government would rather spend countless millions of pounds fiddling with the ecosystems on Steart Island to help certain species of birds, rather than dredge the rivers Parrot, Tone and Brue, to reduce the effects of local flooding, and to get the floodwater away faster !! regards, Richard |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
RJK wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message ... Gene E. Bloch wrote: On 1/24/2014, Paul posted: philo wrote: On 01/24/2014 04:08 AM, B.Borbiro wrote: XX Yep, you're pretty good (and concise) with answers on IT topics Paul, but just to bring you back to earth a bit, your English language skills may need a bit of honing. The 'brass monkey' is no animal; in the days of the old man o' war sailing ships the cannon balls were stored on a frame (made of brass) called a 'monkey', and in cold weather that frame would shrink, and some of the cannon ball would pop off. hence, 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Good info which I am sure very people know! Yeah, he got me on that one. I wasn't aware of the history. Here, it's just a figure of speech, something from the school yard. Paul BTW, in my world it's always been "freeze the *nuts* off a brass monkey", presumably a reference to how the parts of a brass monkey (i.e., a brass statue of a simian) might be held together. Either way, your temperatures are chilly :-) I'm in Si Valley, where temperatures rarely get more that a degree or two below 0 C. I've lived in colder climes, however... Well, today it warmed up, but I can't say I was exactly celebrating, because it brought the wind with it. I was still suffering when I got home. And the car didn't exactly put on a stellar performance in starting. My current car, doesn't have a block heater. And at -26C, I'd plug it in for an hour or two, to warm up the oil a bit. On my old car, I had a total of four block heaters. With the first three failing at the two year mark. (Leaking coolant on the driveway.) For some reason, the last block heater installed in that car, lasted until I got rid of the car. I don't really want to go through all that again (block heater roulette). But when it's really cold, it does make a difference to starting. I suppose on the positive side, the leaking block heater is giving you a coolant flush every two years. (Looks like a coffee warmer. You can tell it's working, when you get "ticking" or "cracking" sounds coming from the engine block. The mechanic claims to "knock out a frost plug" to make room for it. Some of these are threaded, as if there's a screw-in option on some cars.) http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.45891...90184&pid=15.1 When shopping for an apartment in a cold climate, if there is outdoor parking, you want a power outlet in your parking spot. You don't use it very often, but it's good to have when the weather is right for it. If the apartment has indoor parking, then you don't need it. I've never bothered with battery blankets, but people in even colder climates like those. The battery isn't in much danger of freezing if it is healthy. But a sick battery can freeze at the drop of a hat (the electrolyte being pretty close to being distilled water). My previous car, the voltage regulator didn't set the voltage to the right level, so the battery never got fully charged. I used to protect the battery in cold weather, by charging it manually from house AC (to a voltage higher than the car voltage regulator could manage). (Entries near the bottom of the table, would be for a sick battery. The lower the percentage charge, the easier it is to freeze one.) http://www.solar-catalog.com/battery...s/image004.gif Paul ....I thought that was what Mobil fully synthetic 0w 30 was for ! i.e. still fluid at extremes of cold ! regards, Richard ...anyhoo, after casting my eye through all the weather related comments on this thread, here in Somerset UK we have problems with roads flooded on the flood plains, e.g. Muchelney village is cut off by the floods, because do-gooder conservationists / UK government would rather spend countless millions of pounds fiddling with the ecosystems on Steart Island to help certain species of birds, rather than dredge the rivers Parrot, Tone and Brue, to reduce the effects of local flooding, and to get the floodwater away faster !! regards, Richard Does that really work ? The volumes they've quoted here under flood conditions, I doubt you could dredge deep enough to handle the whole flow. Maybe you need a house like this ? And when I look up close at that house, imagine being the air conditioner service man :-) http://tjelser.files.wordpress.com/2...lts-w-ramp.jpg I think that's the most elevation I've ever seen, for a house on stilts. Imagine how that would move in an earthquake. Paul |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
"Paul" wrote in message ... RJK wrote: "Paul" wrote in message ... Gene E. Bloch wrote: On 1/24/2014, Paul posted: philo wrote: On 01/24/2014 04:08 AM, B.Borbiro wrote: XX Yep, you're pretty good (and concise) with answers on IT topics Paul, but just to bring you back to earth a bit, your English language skills may need a bit of honing. The 'brass monkey' is no animal; in the days of the old man o' war sailing ships the cannon balls were stored on a frame (made of brass) called a 'monkey', and in cold weather that frame would shrink, and some of the cannon ball would pop off. hence, 'freeze the balls off a brass monkey'. Good info which I am sure very people know! Yeah, he got me on that one. I wasn't aware of the history. Here, it's just a figure of speech, something from the school yard. Paul BTW, in my world it's always been "freeze the *nuts* off a brass monkey", presumably a reference to how the parts of a brass monkey (i.e., a brass statue of a simian) might be held together. Either way, your temperatures are chilly :-) I'm in Si Valley, where temperatures rarely get more that a degree or two below 0 C. I've lived in colder climes, however... Well, today it warmed up, but I can't say I was exactly celebrating, because it brought the wind with it. I was still suffering when I got home. And the car didn't exactly put on a stellar performance in starting. My current car, doesn't have a block heater. And at -26C, I'd plug it in for an hour or two, to warm up the oil a bit. On my old car, I had a total of four block heaters. With the first three failing at the two year mark. (Leaking coolant on the driveway.) For some reason, the last block heater installed in that car, lasted until I got rid of the car. I don't really want to go through all that again (block heater roulette). But when it's really cold, it does make a difference to starting. I suppose on the positive side, the leaking block heater is giving you a coolant flush every two years. (Looks like a coffee warmer. You can tell it's working, when you get "ticking" or "cracking" sounds coming from the engine block. The mechanic claims to "knock out a frost plug" to make room for it. Some of these are threaded, as if there's a screw-in option on some cars.) http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.45891...90184&pid=15.1 When shopping for an apartment in a cold climate, if there is outdoor parking, you want a power outlet in your parking spot. You don't use it very often, but it's good to have when the weather is right for it. If the apartment has indoor parking, then you don't need it. I've never bothered with battery blankets, but people in even colder climates like those. The battery isn't in much danger of freezing if it is healthy. But a sick battery can freeze at the drop of a hat (the electrolyte being pretty close to being distilled water). My previous car, the voltage regulator didn't set the voltage to the right level, so the battery never got fully charged. I used to protect the battery in cold weather, by charging it manually from house AC (to a voltage higher than the car voltage regulator could manage). (Entries near the bottom of the table, would be for a sick battery. The lower the percentage charge, the easier it is to freeze one.) http://www.solar-catalog.com/battery...s/image004.gif Paul ....I thought that was what Mobil fully synthetic 0w 30 was for ! i.e. still fluid at extremes of cold ! regards, Richard ...anyhoo, after casting my eye through all the weather related comments on this thread, here in Somerset UK we have problems with roads flooded on the flood plains, e.g. Muchelney village is cut off by the floods, because do-gooder conservationists / UK government would rather spend countless millions of pounds fiddling with the ecosystems on Steart Island to help certain species of birds, rather than dredge the rivers Parrot, Tone and Brue, to reduce the effects of local flooding, and to get the floodwater away faster !! regards, Richard Does that really work ? The volumes they've quoted here under flood conditions, I doubt you could dredge deep enough to handle the whole flow. Maybe you need a house like this ? And when I look up close at that house, imagine being the air conditioner service man :-) http://tjelser.files.wordpress.com/2...lts-w-ramp.jpg I think that's the most elevation I've ever seen, for a house on stilts. Imagine how that would move in an earthquake. Paul That's hilarious, (house on stilts), ...where's the lift ? ! regards, Richard |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:47:31 -0000, "RJK" wrote:
"Paul" wrote in message ... Maybe you need a house like this ? And when I look up close at that house, imagine being the air conditioner service man :-) http://tjelser.files.wordpress.com/2...lts-w-ramp.jpg I think that's the most elevation I've ever seen, for a house on stilts. Imagine how that would move in an earthquake. Paul That's hilarious, (house on stilts), ...where's the lift ? ! It's not meant to be funny, it's meant to be practical. In some areas, for example along parts of the coast of North Carolina or Alabama, all of the houses built close to the water are elevated that way. People want to live close to the water, but they hate it when the house gets flooded. -- Char Jackson |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
On 1/26/2014, Char Jackson posted:
On Sun, 26 Jan 2014 12:47:31 -0000, "RJK" wrote: "Paul" wrote in message ... Maybe you need a house like this ? And when I look up close at that house, imagine being the air conditioner service man :-) http://tjelser.files.wordpress.com/2...lts-w-ramp.jpg I think that's the most elevation I've ever seen, for a house on stilts. Imagine how that would move in an earthquake. Paul That's hilarious, (house on stilts), ...where's the lift ? ! It's not meant to be funny, it's meant to be practical. In some areas, for example along parts of the coast of North Carolina or Alabama, all of the houses built close to the water are elevated that way. People want to live close to the water, but they hate it when the house gets flooded. There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! Not far from here is another delta, the Sacramento River Delta. Stilts, or at least second-floor living quarters, are also popular there, although fire is a bigger danger than water right now. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
Gene E. Bloch wrote:
There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! You see things like that photo on the barrier islands along the East Coast. Tropical storms can bring *LOTS* of water over the beach! Much better to have the waves pass under the house than crash into the side of it. -- Tim Slattery tim at risingdove dot com |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:36 -0500, Tim Slattery
wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote: There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! You see things like that photo on the barrier islands along the East Coast. Tropical storms can bring *LOTS* of water over the beach! Much better to have the waves pass under the house than crash into the side of it. Sure, but if I lived in such a house, I would still worry about the waves crashing into, and breaking, the stilts. |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
On 1/28/2014, Ken Blake posted:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:36 -0500, Tim Slattery wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote: There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! You see things like that photo on the barrier islands along the East Coast. Tropical storms can bring *LOTS* of water over the beach! Much better to have the waves pass under the house than crash into the side of it. Sure, but if I lived in such a house, I would still worry about the waves crashing into, and breaking, the stilts. Yeah. We should all just move to the central part of the country (I mean the USA), where we have nothing to worry about, save for the occasional tornado and New Madrid earthquake :-) I mentioned the latter because I just noticed a headline a day or two ago that said some geologists are starting to be concerned about possible stress buildup in the New Madrid system. I didn't bother reading further, so I have no idea how serious the threat might be. I live in Silicon Valley, so I have my own worries, along with my five meganeighbors. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:26:01 -0800, Gene E. Bloch
wrote: On 1/28/2014, Ken Blake posted: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:36 -0500, Tim Slattery wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote: There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! You see things like that photo on the barrier islands along the East Coast. Tropical storms can bring *LOTS* of water over the beach! Much better to have the waves pass under the house than crash into the side of it. Sure, but if I lived in such a house, I would still worry about the waves crashing into, and breaking, the stilts. Yeah. We should all just move to the central part of the country (I mean the USA), where we have nothing to worry about, save for the occasional tornado and New Madrid earthquake :-) There are risks everywhere. But they aren't equal everywhere. |
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Ken Blake wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:36 -0500, Tim Slattery wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote: There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! You see things like that photo on the barrier islands along the East Coast. Tropical storms can bring *LOTS* of water over the beach! Much better to have the waves pass under the house than crash into the side of it. Sure, but if I lived in such a house, I would still worry about the waves crashing into, and breaking, the stilts. It is still a *very* good idea to get the heck off the island before the storm hits. The stilts will increase your house's odds, but there are no guarantees. -- Tim Slattery tim at risingdove dot com |
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To PC Guru Paul !!!
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:58:52 -0500, Tim Slattery
wrote: Ken Blake wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:36 -0500, Tim Slattery wrote: Gene E. Bloch wrote: There was a time when my brother lived in New Orleans a few dozen feet from the Mississippi River. Many houses along the river road (but not his) were on stilts, but I don't recall any quite as dramatic as that photo! You see things like that photo on the barrier islands along the East Coast. Tropical storms can bring *LOTS* of water over the beach! Much better to have the waves pass under the house than crash into the side of it. Sure, but if I lived in such a house, I would still worry about the waves crashing into, and breaking, the stilts. It is still a *very* good idea to get the heck off the island before the storm hits. The stilts will increase your house's odds, but there are no guarantees. Yep! You're saying much the same thing I did, just in a different way. |
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