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Jim Henderson wrote:
> (As I've said before, babies don't come with instruction
> manuals.....parents just do the best they can with what they've got....)
Fortunately, babies don't come with a warranty either. Cos my parents
would have taken me back as "damaged goods". o_O
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scott wrote:
>> I hope I and my ASCII are understandable...
>
> Marginally more understandable I suspect than if you had talked about
> torques in 3D ;-)
>
>
I actually started thinking that maybe I should trace the situation (and
reveal the code), 'cause it would be easier to understand ;).
--
Eero "Aero" Ahonen
http://www.zbxt.net
aer### [at] removethis zbxtnetinvalid
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>> Hmm, ours has a spinning brush on the underside. The one time somebody
>> run over the cable, it chewed up the insulation on it. :-/
>
> Oh, mine doesn't have the spinny brush bit on the main unit, only at the
> end of the pipe.
They call it a "beater bar", apparently. These's a little switch to
deactivate it. (It's actually just a lever that pulls the drive belt
tight or slack.)
>> Heh. Just imagine, a petrol-powered vacuum cleaner... Surely your
>> house would end up more dirty than when you started! :-D
>
> Nah, you just store the exhaust on-board in a canister, then dispose of
> it once it's full.
The laws of thermodynamics seem to suggest this wouldn't work too well...
> Or have the engine part outside, and a long pipe :-)
Apparently that's how the first vacuum cleaners worked...
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>>>> Heh. My mum screwed me and my sister to a plank of wood...
>>
>> I would like the record to show the following:
>>
>> This experience was rather painful for both my sister and me. When
>> my mum realised what was going on, she immediately tried to put the
>> drill into reverse drive.
>>
>
> Ok. So what on Earth was the meaning of that experiment? :O
She was actually trying to screw a wooden frame together, but the weight
of it kept making it twist, so she got me and my sister to hold it still
while she did the screws up with an electric drill.
Unfortunately, the only possible way to hold it still... was... to put
your fingers in the way...?
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> They call it a "beater bar", apparently. These's a little switch to
> deactivate it. (It's actually just a lever that pulls the drive belt tight
> or slack.)
Yep, it's the bit that gets all the hairs tangled around it making it hard
to turn ;-) On mine the beater bar is powered by the air-flow, because it's
at the end of the pipe.
> The laws of thermodynamics seem to suggest this wouldn't work too well...
Use a balloon stretched over the exhaust pipe then :-)
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Invisible wrote:
> Fortunately, babies don't come with a warranty either. Cos my parents
> would have taken me back as "damaged goods". o_O
The warranty would only cover manufacturer defects anyway. Damages
caused by, say, accidentally screwing you to a board wouldn't be covered
by the warranty :)
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> The warranty would only cover manufacturer defects anyway. Damages
> caused by, say, accidentally screwing you to a board wouldn't be covered
> by the warranty :)
LMAO!
Thanks for that... :-)
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scott wrote:
> Nah, you just store the exhaust on-board in a canister, then dispose of
> it once it's full. Or have the engine part outside, and a long pipe :-)
No, you store the canister and engine outside, and just use a really
long hose.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/central-vacuum.htm
--
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> That's not scary - just incompetent.
>
> There's also the time she walked into a concrete bollard and went
> face-first into the pavement.
>
> Or the time she stepped backwards down a small half-step and twisted her
> ankle.
>
> Or the time she accidentally amputated her entire fingernail because she
> couldn't be bothered to use the safety guard on the new vegatable slicer
> she bought.
>
> Or the time she took skiing lessons and twisted her angle. (My mate
> who's a ski race coach tells me this is physically impossible since the
> boots prohibit the movement of the ankle.)
>
> I'm not saying my mum's clumsy or reckless or anything, but...
Your mom should be kept as far from power tools as Ethan.
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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Some ASCII-art, seen from top, "b" is bolt, g is
> grabbing-place of wrench
What are you doing posting ASCII art on *this* newsgroup, when you could be
posting a raytraced image? :)
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