Kitchen musings..... shelving vs. cabinets, notions of design....

[krw]

Truly amazing, isn't it? These moron lefties want their $46 microwave but want it hand made in the USA by union thugs, making $50/hr.

He's pretty dull, though.

[pyotr filipivich]

Gunner on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:36:09 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

No heavy lifting and you get to meet new people ...

Rumor control is that is how Nancy Pelosi gained her skills at screwing the people.

tschus pyotr

-- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although more often, Age travels alone."

[Robert Green]

Mick Jagger is alleged to be a graduate of the London School of Economics.

I believe Art Garfunkel has a degree in math and Lou Reed one in English.

[The Daring Dufas]

Years ago I worked a short time for a company selling self contained fire alarms and I believe they even had a similar self contained fire extinguisher. I do remember seeing the type extinguisher as the one in your link. ^_^

TDD

[Michael A. Terrell]

This looked like a flop house. Old, dirty & beds everywhere. The kind of building that the city was activly buying and buldozing, if the owner couldn't bring it up to code.

[Michael A. Terrell]

Some of those caves were made from stone beer bottles. ;-)

[Michael A. Terrell]

That's the type that doesn't notice the damage till it's too late. Hell, a GOOD US made membrane switch would sell for more than $30 in quantities of 5,000 or less.

Being who I am, I am replacing the switches in a wireless mouse. I can't find another model that doesn't bother my Carpal Tunnel, and Logitech has used the same switches for over a decade. Not that I think most people could replace one on a double sided, board with PTH.

[Gunner]

Prostitution in that part of Nevada was legal. So it was far more "commercial" than in other places. No money spent on keeping the cops away via bribes and whatnot. And the girls were well paid.

As a cop..Ive seen a bunch of poorly paid ladies..their pimps taking the vast majority of their pay. Which is why it should be legalized across the US.

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Gunner]

Which reminds me...I picked up a microwave last week from a Scratch and dent store for $20. Kenmore product, current model. I fired it up before buying it and it worked well. Got it home..fired it up..and it ran for about 30 seconds and then it puffed out some smoke and died.

So I popped it open and found a thermostat secured to the top of the cooking chamber that had literally melted down. Bypassed it..and it works fine. I suspect its a safety that senses if the chamber gets too hot because of fire or other extreme temperature. Simple open/close device that had for some reason..melted. Wires were fine, plastic on the connectors was not melted and there were black smoke smudges on the inside of the cover. No idea of why it melted down. Must have been something internal..not well made. Near the klystron and above the lightbulb compartment. Main power runs through it. So I put the thing back in operation with wire strippers and a wire nut... and in fact..cooked dinner in it tonight. Works fine.

So I took the old Panasonic that had failed..and Id replaced with the new Kenmore out and opened it up too. Filled with spider webs, the odd fly, roach and lots and lots of crumbs. Probably 12 or more years old. And virtually identical to the Kenmore internally. The only difference was the position of several of the internal sensors and the electronic display for the various cooking programs. Cleaned it out, sprayed the circuits with board cleaner to get the crumbs and roach turds off the board, , let it dry out, fired it back up and it now works just fine as well.

I was rather amazed at the simularity between the Panasonic guts, some

12 or more years old..and the new Kenmore guts. Obviously Sears doesnt make their own nukes and is buying them from Panasonic. Shrug

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[The Daring Dufas]

Microwave ovens are very simple technology, if it works, why screw with the design since the math doesn't change? ^_^

TDD

[Jim Wilkins]

Some reviews of the Logitech M570 trackball say it helps their CTS:

I bought one to control 7 Media Center from the arm of a chair and am slowly approaching the precision I acquired with a mouse from 20+ years of CAD work. At first it was very awkward.

My hand is slightly too small for it and slides back unless I position it where the chair back supports my elbow. jsw

[krw]

Legalizing prostitution doesn't eliminate pimps. It solves very few problems and creates a lot more, IMO.

[Robert Macy]

For $46, I expected the magnetron to fail

Come on. No sharp finger nails, just finger pads.

[Robert Macy]

Uh, say what?! How'd you get into a personal attack? Why do you consider me "...pretty dull,...."? Boring, probably, Dense, no.

Especially, not so 'dull' as to expect the $46 microwave oven to last very long. I simply was sharing my experience, reinforcing someone's tongue in cheek comment about how it is not necessary to clean the microwave surfaces because the microwave will fail first! The poster's joke was like all good humour, based in truth.

Don't know why YOU assume a leftie, member of the Republican National Committee, personally invited by Bob Dole to join the Republican Inner Circle. More details witheld because this IS a public forum regarding home repair and most importantly, this is NOT a political forum.

[krw]

Dumb.

Anyone bitching about the quality of a $46 WallyWorld microwave doesn't have electricity to all floors.

...and a liar. Perhaps to himself, but a liar, nonetheless.

[Robert Macy]

Michael, I did notice the deterioration right from the start. So what's your point? Obviously, being such a cheap plastic membrane, the deterioration just kept on. I suppose I could have 'sprayed' a sealer coating over the membrane switch or RTV'd it or put that PCB gunk on it to preserve the integrity of whatever seal the manufacturer was seeking, but come on, this was a cheap microwave.

[Robert Macy]

Again for the denseness you have been displaying. Not dumb, either.

As I said, I didn't expect much from the product, but was surprised the Chinese didn't have decent plastics. Active circuitry I expected to fail, not passive housing.

With your last statement, you show your true character. You are describing yourself when you try to call me a liar. Upon rereading my last paragraph, perhaps I am lying to myself that this is not a political forum. Other statements are true.

Also, end of this discussion.

[Gunner]

What more will it create?

Proper medical inspections (none today)

Clean hookers (few today..most are drug addicts)

Safety for clients and the girls (none today)

I could go on. Now its your turn to advise us of what problems it creates

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Gunner]

It does take a little while to get used to a trackball, but Ive been using them for at least a decade and they are very good.

Be sure to change the settings in Windows (or whatever OS ) so the ball moves properly for your "touch". Its all changable of course and can be adjusted nicely

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

1. Lie
2. Repeat the lie as many times as possible
3. Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
4. Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
5. The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
6. Then everyone must conform to the lie

[Dave]

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:25:42 -0800 (PST), Robert Macy

Unfortunately, sooner or later, most any discussion here turns into a rant, rave or complaint. Just human nature I guess. Don't know if that means you're lying to yourself or not, but there you are.