Everything posted by Crossy
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Can you mix and match different light bulbs?
This is a good point, most of us are assuming we are talking about Edison-screw lamps not fluorescent replacements!
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Can you mix and match different light bulbs?
OK. They "should" just work, but ... Are these mains (230V) or low-voltage (12V) lamps? Do your LEDs work in bedside lamp or similar? If you put a conventional lamp in place of the LED does it work? Are you using dimmers?
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Worst Joke Ever 2026
- If a fan doesn't have a capacitor it will shudder back and forth but can start with a manual hand spin
So it would suck, just like most politicians- If a fan doesn't have a capacitor it will shudder back and forth but can start with a manual hand spin
If it's a fan with a capacitor then a replacement cap is a cheap and easy fix ????- If a fan doesn't have a capacitor it will shudder back and forth but can start with a manual hand spin
No, you cannot simply add a capacitor, it needs a second winding too ????- Life certificates and Thai post
My private pension (I'm not getting my UK state pension yet) will send life certificates by post if you want them. But, they encourage you to use their app "MyPensionID". Once it's set up (not difficult) and they want to prove you're still breathing they send you an email and the app puts up a notification. Open the app take a selfie with the app during which you blink. After a short while it tells you OK or try again. All done.- Worst Joke Ever 2026
- If a fan doesn't have a capacitor it will shudder back and forth but can start with a manual hand spin
Yeah, a single-phase induction motor will sit and hum (it's actually going forwards and backwards 50 times a second) unless it gets a bump in one direction whereupon it will continue to run in that direction. What you have appears to be a ratchet / one-way device which bounces it in the right direction. I had a clock long ago which used the same idea, when it failed the clock would randomly start running backwards. You may struggle to replicate its action; I'd probably just continue to start it manually.- Worst Joke Ever 2026
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The oldies are the goodies! Mrs. Smith; the mother of 3 children was in the process of baking a birthday cake for her daughter, when she mistakenly used BB’s to adorn the top of the cake, instead of colored sugar beads. No one seemed to notice and the birthday cake was a big hit at the family party. Several hours later her daughter came running out of the bathroom screaming, “Mommy Mommy Mommy, I just went pee pee and BB’s came out of me. After realizing her baking blunder, Mrs. Smith asked her daughter if she was feeling ok . The little girl replied, “Yes Mommy I feel ok.”. “Well ok then go outside and play”, said Mrs. Smith. About ten minutes later her youngest son came screaming into the kitchen, “Mom, I just peed and BB’s came out.” Again the mother asked, “Are you ok?” The little son replied yes and ran off to go play outside. A while later the oldest son comes into the kitchen crying hysterically. Before he could say anything Mrs. Smith consoles him by saying, “ I know, you went to pee and BB’s came out, right?” The older son replies, “No mom! I was in my room playing with myself and I shot the dog!- Over 19,000 fire extinguishers in Bangkok need to be replaced
Have they been replaced? An extinguisher in "poor" condition is far better than no extinguisher! Get the new ones, then swap out! 19,000 to be replaced, 10,000 ordered!- Water Hose Advice
These things are available in quite long lengths if you are prepared to hunt, a bunch of 1/2" brass joiners and you're good to go. Up to 3m here: - https://www.lazada.co.th/products/zigma-home-water-bile-duct-genuine-stainless-steel-304-safe-no-bad-smell-no-rust-can-be-used-for-a-long-time-all-sizes-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90-cm-and-1-12-15-2-25-3-m-i1952626460-s12115963315.html?- Water Hose Advice
Yeah, as with all these things, YMMV.- Passenger numbers on Yellow Line train drop now fares are being charged
It's doing about 30k passenger trips per day. Someone got their terminology wrong ???? Yes, the rolling stock is identical on the two lines. In fact, all the systems are identical on the two lines.- Water Hose Advice
Yeah, ours isn't the SCG one, I just picked it as an example and I certainly don't recall any of that on the label. We just turn off the water when done (the one on the upstairs patio gets coiled), it still lasts far better than the regular green (which goes hard) or the clear which just falls apart.- Water Hose Advice
We've had good service from the blue "PVC rubber" hose, it's much softer than the green garden hose and seems to take wear better. This kind of stuff.- Passenger numbers on Yellow Line train drop now fares are being charged
Begins with a P ???? I really wish the lines had numbers as well as colours, there is forever confusion between the Light Green and Dark Green.- Passenger numbers on Yellow Line train drop now fares are being charged
- Robot Bodyguard !
Yeah, I was thinking "bloke in a suit" too, movement is nothing like any other bi-pedal robot, far too human. https://www.latestly.com/social-viral/fact-check/the-emir-of-bahrain-arrived-in-dubai-with-his-robot-body-guard-heres-the-fact-check-on-viral-video-claiming-hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifas-eye-catching-arrival-in-dubai-1961996.html The Emir looks like this: -- Giant Centipedes
Cats are pretty clever when it comes to bitey things ???? The centipedes also don't last long with an enthusiastic chicken on each end (then Roo the rooster bites it in half and the girls are happy) ????- SCB EasyNet Mobile App logon?
It's not SCB, it's the government of your host country ???? Even when you return home you may find similar issues without a mobile.- Passenger numbers on Yellow Line train drop now fares are being charged
Hardly surprising! - If a fan doesn't have a capacitor it will shudder back and forth but can start with a manual hand spin
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