The Original Old Farts Club

[Airbone]

yeah big, grey pvc is electrical pvc ... it's a denser polymer plastic compared to water pipe pvc ... and the depth of buried electrical lines of that voltage is 36 inches according to the NEC book, National Electrical Code handbook . .. yeah I bought the book thinking I wanted to get my State Master Electrician License and then found out it's all about politics in your local area and not your abilities ... in fact today in Texas there is no test to be a journeyman or master electrician , just pay monies and walk out with a license .

That’s lame I had to jump through so many hoops, testing, studying and getting some of my prior bad decisions squashed in court to get my contractor license. Now they Just give them out in Arizona as well. But that’s OK I get a lot of business from those people who don’t know what they’re doing. LOL

 

[WeedHopper]

Found this funny as hell.

 

[Hippie420]

Anybody heard from Walt? Hope the 'caine left him alone.

 

[pute]

Afternoon. Just checking in. To much going on to post.

Anybody heard from Walt? Hope the 'caine left him alone.

I have noticed Walt has slowed down a bit on his postings. I hope the O'l geez is ok. Must be writing another book....might be about us. We should get some of the Royalties cause it is gonna be a #1 selling book about the life and times of this forum.

That’s lame I had to jump through so many hoops, testing, studying and getting some of my prior bad decisions squashed in court to get my contractor license. Now they Just give them out in Arizona as well. But that’s OK I get a lot of business from those people who don’t know what they’re doing. LOL

Seems like you need a license just to take a piss now days. Many many years ago I used to be in radio. I only had a 3rd class license with Broadcast endorsement. But, I couldn't be in the station without an engineer. Therefore I needed a 1st class license so......I enrolled in a school that ONLY taught you how to pass the test. I passed....to this day I know nothing about electronics. Worthless license but it opened the doors for more jobs.

Ok, back to doing whatever I was doing.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Anybody heard from Walt? Hope the 'caine left him alone.

Man Hope all is well

 

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[Hippie420]

Two fawns out back. No mama in site, but they perked up their ears and took off on a mad run, so mama must have been calling from the tree line.
Love looking at the little *****.

 

[leafminer]

How bloody weird is that?

 

[pute]

Good night.

 

[Hippie420]

Nitey nite, Pute.

 

[1sickpuppy]

Morning everybody. Thunder storms all day. Makes you feel good. Supposed to be hot too. Yall have a good day.

 

[Unca Walt]

Those are just little girls.....gimme a real woman.

Well... you Da Boss.

This ain't political, it is just funny:

 

[Unca Walt]

On a DC system, it reduces the load on the switches. The current has already done its work by the time it reaches the switch, versus the switch being between the full current and load. They do it in electronics a lot, but inside a cabinet where they aren't readily accessible.

You just triggered an old "EEK! EEK!" memory!

Back in the Olden Days (PS/2) a Mexican supplier goofed. SOME of the power cords were discovered to have had switched wires inside. That meant when you plugged your computer in, the outer casing of the 'puter was HOT.

O raffs...

 

[Unca Walt]

I was doing a Sparky stint in the 80s to feed my family We had just came back from a cruise around lunch and were all crawling back up our ladders when I and few others got tapped hard. Found out that a sheetrock crew had flipped a breaker we forgot to lockout . Yeah, we were higher than sheitt.

Airbone, 120v kills more peeps every year than the higher voltages .. 120v constricts your palm and finger muscles around the volt source, not allowing you to remove yourself from the current, .. people die . Higher voltages with the higher amps will kill but usually just blows a chunk out of you as your flying 10 ft away.

I'm late to this parade, but mine wuz different. I was in a lab, working with a constant current power supply set to 50Amps. A wire flipped over just perfectly and landed on the very tip of my nose.

That was 50 years ago, and it STILL hurts!

 

[Unca Walt]

Ha Yrs ago my friends and I would see who could keep their thumb in a powered light socket the longest.
I always won............................... See my Tongue

That was a standard way to test for a hot socket. TINS. Stick your finger ever-so-lightly down in the socket while holding a ground. It just tingles.

Make sure yo' fingie is dry.

 

[Unca Walt]

Man Hope all is well

We got nuthin'. Highest wind was 12MPH.

"Life, she ees joost a bowl of frijoles." Manuel Labor, The Ole Messican Philosopher said that.

He also said, "I theenk, therefore I yam... I theenk."

 

[Unca Walt]

Dammit. Somewhere in the hodgepodge mess that is my 'puter, there is a photo of an electrician sitting outside wiring a house... with both feet in the water. Cannot find it becuz I dunno what I called it.

And there are half a dozen places on my computer where there are 1000's of fargin pics.

Shitdamnhellpissfartpoop.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Dammit. Somewhere in the hodgepodge mess that is my 'puter, there is a photo of an electrician sitting outside wiring a house... with both feet in the water. Cannot find it becuz I dunno what I called it.

And there are half a dozen places on my computer where there are 1000's of fargin pics.

Shitdamnhellpissfartpoop.

Glad all is well Ole Chap

 

[Unca Walt]

Awright, while we are on the subject, I just gotta show you this one I just re-found. It is what a .44 Magnum Hydra-Shok does to a gel block.

Note that it actually causes an internal detonation complete with fire! And if you lookit the bullet after it leaves, you can see it has opened up like a daisy. I love this gun.

Mine is a Centennial Dragoon. Note that this monster hog-leg spans a dining room chair. It ain't a stubby, so it packs even a bigger wallop than the one in the vid.

Watch this. Hoo BOY! .44 Magnums do not wound. They detonate.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

Awright, while we are on the subject, I just gotta show you this one I just re-found. It is what a .44 Magnum Hydra-Shok does to a gel block. Note that it actually causes an internal detonation complete with fire! And if you lookit the bullet after it leaves, you can see it has opened up like a daisy. I love this gun. Mine is a Centennial Dragoon. Note that this monster hog-leg spans a dining room chair. It ain't a stubby, so it packs even a bigger wallop than the one in the vid. Watch this. Hoo BOY! .44 Magnums do not wound. They detonate.

I didn't care for my 4" Model 29 in 44 mag, because it caused me to start flinching shooting other rounds. It also shot out a huge fireball of burning powder, because the barrel is too short to burn it.

Nice eye pokers Big!