THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[releventchair]

I have had the froggy foggy windows.
(I will admit not happened in a few decades now-if you catch my drift 😉)
I digress
Anyways it happens when a certain change from the inside vs the outside. The warm up I have waited, and waited, wiping, and then swearing. ( Yes I'm still referring to the windows)
I have read that it's a oil/dirt film from us and the ventilation system.

Why do I have the inkling to go to the drive in movies?🤣

Ya. Don't wiggle around with your Mrs. in my plow truck or you might fall through the floor. Seat and all.

Sun was shining.( I know you're suspicious but it really was briefly.)
As I cleared snow off the windows outside ; the glass started to condensate inside the cab.
Not all from mouse pee.

The newer trucks glass is harder to keep clean. Chemical from synthetic material is suspect.
But that's a haze not condensation.

 

[K9-1]

I see you're well on your way of getting a lardass. So why don't you get busy on my schedule of.
Appeasing buyer if snowplow blade.
Go measure and photograph mount.
Find out how much a mount would cost.
Who will install it.
And tell the guy to go .... off before seller gets pissed.
The only thing he hasn't asked for is a wiping, after he's been fed.
So let me know if I have to out in this snow.
Thank you for getting off the arse .

Im amazed i actually fixed it!?

I think i could handle your problem for you...lol!

 

[pepperj]

Im amazed i actually fixed it!?

I think i could handle your problem for you...lol!

I take 8 photos measurements.
"Can I get a few further away?"
Grumbling in my chair.

 

[Chilli]

The difference between a cheap and a high quality light bulb is the solder on the end.
Everything you have a lightbulb go on there's a tiny arc. It eats away at the glob on the end. When the socket inside piece touches the now exposed wire of the bulb POOF!.

If you add a thicker glob of solder to the end it just keeps on going.
My Brother-in-law had one of these burning for 3 decades or more.

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Yeah they purposely make them that way to fail. High quality are not an option for the majority of people, especially these days with people struggling, they don't even exist on the shelves of 99% of places. I don't know about where you are but incandescent here are all but phased out replaced by LED, Flouro CFL, or Halogen.
Zero incandescent on the shelves within cooee of where we live bar tiny oven ones.
Some specialty light places still stock particular types but they're probably no better life span wise than they used to be. I remember here when LEDs came out they lasted about 4 times the lifespan of incandescent, even though we were told 10X, very soon they went to about just 2 times 🤔
The Govt even set up an incandescent replacement scheme where people would come to you home and offer a full free lightbulb replacement in your home with the new ones. Unfortunately they didn't do a quality check on them and millions of good light bulbs were replaced by cheaply made chinese junk CFLs that failed faster than what they replaced. We had them fitted as we were renting, still do, and had no option to refuse as it was organised by the real estate. First one failed within 2 weeks and the rest over the following few months. So much for the 10 yr lifespan they touted them to have. This meant I had to buy full replacements for the entire home after just 3 or so months of having them fitted. What a joke.

 

[pepperj]

Yeah they purposely make them that way to fail. High quality are not an option for the majority of people, especially these days with people struggling, they don't even exist on the shelves of 99% of places. I don't know about where you are but incandescent here are all but phased out replaced by LED, Flouro CFL, or Halogen.
Zero incandescent on the shelves within cooee of where we live bar tiny oven ones.
Some specialty light places still stock particular types but they're probably no better life span wise than they used to be. I remember here when LEDs came out they lasted about 4 times the lifespan of incandescent, even though we were told 10X, very soon they went to about just 2 times 🤔
The Govt even set up an incandescent replacement scheme where people would come to you home and offer a full free lightbulb replacement in your home with the new ones. Unfortunately they didn't do a quality check on them and millions of good light bulbs were replaced by cheaply made chinese junk CFLs that failed faster than what they replaced. We had them fitted as we were renting, still do, and had no option to refuse as it was organised by the real estate. First one failed within 2 weeks and the rest over the following few months. So much for the 10 yr lifespan they touted them to have. This meant I had to buy full replacements for the entire home after just 3 or so months of having them fitted. What a joke.

We still buy ours online. No CFLs burning in our home. The LED are programmable to many different levels of light. We have T5 fixtures for big light in the cave, feeding room, summer kitchen, mudroom. T5 can be used as a growing light. ( but I haven’t seen any height movement in the 5ft Mrs)
I saw a thing that the EU banned those poison bulbs.
The free programs flooded our world with those types that had mercury in them.
Break one-better have a mask, and the data sheet for the clean up.
DON'T PUT THEM IN THE GARAGE-HAZARDOUS WASTE.
So why would I want them in my home arseholes?

 

[Chilli]

We still buy ours online. No CFLs burning in our home. The LED are programmable to many different levels of light. We have T5 fixtures for big light in the cave, feeding room, summer kitchen, mudroom. T5 can be used as a growing light. ( but I haven’t seen any height movement in the 5ft Mrs)
I saw a thing that the EU banned those poison bulbs.
The free programs flooded our world with those types that had mercury in them.
Break one-better have a mask, and the data sheet for the clean up.
DON'T PUT THEM IN THE GARAGE-HAZARDOUS WASTE.
So why would I want them in my home arseholes?

This place is all LEDs and so far about 14 mths in here nothing has needed replacing. A good as in decently made LED should last 50,000 hrs. But that figure im getting for high end things for industrial and hydroponics with really good diodes and drivers, not sure what is considered typical these days for an average decent home lighting globe. Id imagine the average ones people buy would be much less.
Tell you what I hate is the LEDs in cars, they are absolutely blinding at times. They're as bright as the old high beams used to be. I had a 4wd come up behind me the other week with his lights on, during the day, not DRLs but his normal lights. I had to flip my rear vision mirror to night mode as it was too much even in the daylight. Had that happen on numerous occasions. Yeah some probably aren't leveled properly but often its just the 4wd is so much higher it looks like they aren't. I've had them come towards me and im "mate, turn your highs off" and flicked mine for just a second only to have then hit theirs and leave them on like a "get lost" reply blinding me and nearly burning out my retinas until they've gone past. You'd swear they'd had their high beams on.

 

[pepperj]

This place is all LEDs and so far about 14 mths in here nothing has needed replacing. A good as in decently made LED should last 50,000 hrs. But that figure im getting for high end things for industrial and hydroponics with really good diodes and drivers, not sure what is considered typical these days for an average decent home lighting globe. Id imagine the average ones people buy would be much less.
Tell you what I hate is the LEDs in cars, they are absolutely blinding at times. They're as bright as the old high beams used to be. I had a 4wd come up behind me the other week with his lights on, during the day, not DRLs but his normal lights. I had to flip my rear vision mirror to night mode as it was too much even in the daylight. Had that happen on numerous occasions. Yeah some probably aren't leveled properly but often its just the 4wd is so much higher it looks like they aren't. I've had them come towards me and im "mate, turn your highs off" and flicked mine for just a second only to have then hit theirs and leave them on like a "get lost" reply blinding me and nearly burning out my retinas until they've gone past. You'd swear they'd had their high beams on.

We bought 2 LED bulbs probably 15 + yrs ago.Then they were $18.00 each. Probably weigh nearly a 1/2 a pound. I have been burning the same bulb in the barn for 15 hrs a day now for 6 yrs.
Have the other one someplace in a lamp in the house.
Built to last probably, I forget the amount of hours they rated the bulb for, but it was really a longtime.
Now I mention it, the sucker will pop tomorrow. 🤣

 

[ARC]

I just recently had 2 smaller go bad... 11ish years old perhaps.
They were half lit / dim... was weird and looked almost sketchy.

Floodlights outside... 2 going on 11 years but come on with movement.
1 Flood stays on all night... this is a replacement ... prolly 8 yo now.

Converted all lights over 11 years ago.

 

[Gare]

Evening Tnetters

 

[Chilli]

We bought 2 LED bulbs probably 15 + yrs ago.Then they were $18.00 each. Probably weigh nearly a 1/2 a pound. I have been burning the same bulb in the barn for 15 hrs a day now for 6 yrs.
Have the other one someplace in a lamp in the house.
Built to last probably, I forget the amount of hours they rated the bulb for, but it was really a longtime.
Now I mention it, the sucker will pop tomorrow. 🤣

Murphys law mate, you just invoked it 😆

 

[Chilli]

I just recently had 2 smaller go bad... 11ish years old perhaps.
They were half lit / dim... was weird and looked almost sketchy.

Floodlights outside... 2 going on 11 years but come on with movement.
1 Flood stays on all night... this is a replacement ... prolly 8 yo now.

Converted all lights over 11 years ago.

Wow hearing you and Peps experiences with them makes me think we are the dumping ground for crapolla! We knew we were for many things but now I can add lighting to the list 🫤

 

[pepperj]

Murphys law mate, you just invoked it 😆

That farker is the bane of my existence it seems. In health, getting along with the mate, finding that item or tool, batteries, everything it seems. It's an instant knock out if I meet that Murphy in another life.🤣

 

[Oregon Viking]

Ok, can't they just walk out instead of using divers. 🙄

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Sometimes KISS works the best.

I would agree and think most likely is the correct answer.

 

[Oregon Viking]

Good Evening !!!!

 

[pepperj]

I would agree and think most likely is the correct answer.

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Have they refloated the vessel yet.

 

[K9-1]

My washer has has an issue for awhile now. Well after my success with the dryer. I did some research, ordered, 2 parts...same part i just break things...and have decided to give it a try. Pretty sure its just a clogged cold water intake. Super simple! I think? Maybe? It is me doing this so the possibilities are endless! Now I haven't asked the wife about this yet so she may stop it!? I know ill hear her remind me 100 times to unplug the machine! I tend to get a good shock on a frequent basis. So I cant blame her.

 

[Red_desert]

 

[Red_desert]

 

[Chilli]

A Mongolian rock band. That's different. Unique kind of sound there Red desert.

 

[ARC]

G morn T Crew.