Random Thoughts II

[MadMax]

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&hl...36278489453573

i was hoping to demonstrate what it's like to drive along a road with shadows of wind turbine blades flicking across the road but instead find a whole bunch of detail blurred out.

anyway, if you move up and down that road you can see the sun passes behind a lot of the turbines.

http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&hl...32843817560454

also notice that google earth shows a smaller street view FOV, effectively zoomed in and more pixelated than maps.google

[crocos]

Originally Posted by CCS

WHAT IS EVERYBODY GOING TO GIVE ME FOR CHRISTMAS?

Hmm... You're a hard one to get something for, but I think I've come up with the perfect gift.

An ass raping. The 6'8" bodybuilding steroid-abusing violent gays have been dispatched and are en route.

Merry Christ-what-a-mess!

[CCS]

Why would you give that to me? You've been saving up for just such a roleplay fantasy for yourself for years now! I can't accept this, crocos. You give yourself a treat.

[caffiend]

Why do garbage disposal units struggle with orange rinds and banana skins? Pretty much any other organic* waste gets minced, no problem...

Weird.

* Sorry, Whiplash.

[CCS]

Yes, I have noticed that also. My current theory is that the peels are light enough that they're hitting the spinning blades and getting flicked upwards and I guess there's not enough sort of sticking out edges, they don't get caught in the blades to be sucked into the works.

I may have to closely inspect the blade configuration and then perhaps do a close up study while the machine is in use. Hmmm.

[CCS]

Hmmm, it seems there is a flaw in my theory. There are no spinning blades as such.

How Garbage Disposals Work
Attached to the underside of a kitchen sink’s drain, a garbage disposal works by shredding food scraps fed down the drain with the flow of water or the push of a garbage disposer accessory. When turned on the garbage disposer uses its motor to spin a turntable that pushes the particles in the unit to the outside of the chamber where is comes into contact with a grinding ring. The action of the spinning turntable forcing the particles into the grinding ring shreds the particles into small enough pieces to flow through holes in the turntable and grinding ring and into the plumbing. Dishwasher drain water can also be run through the garbage disposal so that any large particles are chewed up and drained away.

Except for special models, most of the food waste disposers do not have any sharp blades or scissors.
...
Some commercial and high-end domestic disposals also have an undercutter blade that revolves below the turntable and chops the ground waste, including fibrous material which could cause a drain clog, finer. These disposals can handle fibrous waste such as artichoke leaves that cannot be successfully ground in a standard disposal.

# Do not put fibrous or starchy items in the disposal. Both can cause particularly stubborn drain blockages (fibers get tangled, and starches get thick). The following items should be put in the disposal in minimal increments, preferably cut into small pieces, or not at all:

* banana peels
* celery
* potato peelings
* corn husk or corn cobs
* onion skins and egg shells (unless you're especially careful to completely remove the thin membranes of each, which can wrap around the shredder ring)

# Other items that are too hard, starchy or fibruous, and will jam the motor: stringy vegetables like celery, fibrous vegetables like artichokes, corn cobs or husks, coffee grounds, coffee filters, egg shells, twister seals off bread wrappers, vegetable ties, glass, screws, nails, utensils, cigarette butts, avocado seeds, fruit pits, clippings off flowers, paper, plastic, children's toys, bottle caps, washcloths, melon seeds, coins, rubber bands, hair, grease, pull tabs, string or sponges. Use common sense.

So there you go, YOUR DOING IT WRONG.

But fuck that shit, I put banana peel and egg shells in there all the time. As well as nail, avocado seeds and children's toys o_0

[Mario]

Originally Posted by CCS

But fuck that shit, I put banana peel and egg shells in there all the time. As well as nail, avocado seeds and children's toys o_0

I'd suggest you avoid the egg shells. When ground up they can stick to the walls of the drainpipe and solidfy, and over time can build up to block the pipe completely requiring some pretty extensive plumbing work.

[CCS]

Aww... I'll try telling that to my flatmate who eats lots of eggs but he's lazy, so... yeah...

[StN]

Originally Posted by Mario

I'd suggest you avoid the egg shells. When ground up they can stick to the walls of the drainpipe and solidfy, and over time can build up to block the pipe completely requiring some pretty extensive plumbing work.

I knew eggs were high in cholesterol! Even the shells block the house tubes.

[SpaceCowboy]

Originally Posted by BloodDonor

am i looking at the wrong oil price, or is it at 23.38 ?

where did you see that? i see $33.87 at http://www.wtrg.com/daily/crudeoilprice.html

[Mickey]

I put egg shells in there all the time. Probably explains why we go through one every two years.

[caffiend]

So basically waste disposal units are utterly fucking useless.

Thanks for looking into it CCS.

Originally Posted by CCS

I may have to closely inspect the blade configuration and then perhaps do a close up study while the machine is in use. Hmmm.

Bloody Emo.

[StN]

Originally Posted by caffiend

Bloody Emo.

Cause and effect.

[caffiend]

Waste disposLOL.

[CCS]

I just meant I was going to look at it with my eyes, not my hands/wrists.

[leadinjector]

what do people do for dates now? i cant even remembr the last time i asked a girl out. i dont want to do movies and dinner because its too expensive and boring... maybe we should just play roofie roulette?

[Whiplash]

Moonwalking classes.

[xor]

Originally Posted by Mario

I'd suggest you avoid the egg shells. When ground up they can stick to the walls of the drainpipe and solidfy, and over time can build up to block the pipe completely requiring some pretty extensive plumbing work.

That's what hydrochloric acid is for~ duh

[Juju]

My old mans wastedisposal is still going hard 8 years down the track. And we put *everything* down there, from daily banana skins to chicken carcusses, potato skins to full salads.

Never missed a beat, and only had to use the plunger once or twice.

[BloodDonor]

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboy

where did you see that? i see $33.87 at http://www.wtrg.com/daily/crudeoilprice.html

http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=NYSE:OIL

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=OIL

[StN]

^^ Isn't that a futures index rather than the current barrel rate?

[BillHague]

I'm not sure I see the point of waste disposals; If you are putting stuff down them, it's exactly the same as putting them in a bin, as when the water if filtered all the gunk ends up in a landfill anyway. The only difference is that they're a pain in the ass to use, and seem to block up more often than not.

I'd personally opt for the old compost bin.

[leadinjector]

really? they are totally useful. everytime i have some shit left over after making food or eating, just throw it down the sink. never had a problem with it.

[CCS]

Can't say I've ever had problems with my waste disposal clogging. Your one must be shit. Other than that, not at all a pain in the ass. It's, like, right in the sink next to where I'm preparing food... so... I can just toss shit in there. How hard is that? Beats the tits off going outside and composting shit like a hippy.

[A Corpse]

Originally Posted by BillHague

I'd personally opt for the old compost bin.

The thought of a pile of decomposing garbage in my already-too-small backyard has never appealed to me.

[Yoda]

Some of those units are shit though, underpowered or too small or something.

We've just got a new one, Xmas present from the olds, so nice not to have a smelly bin in the kitchen.

[Rince]

Originally Posted by BillHague

I'd personally opt for the old compost bin.

this.... x3

[StN]

Originally Posted by ChaosWulf

Bear Grylls gets my vote for two reasons - firstly the number of times he manages to get his shirt off, and secondly his name isn't "Angus".

Do you need a shirt in Antarctica?

Yes. Yes you do.

[Redneck]

Former Nazi says being gay as bad as cutting the rainforests down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7796663.stm

DIE RATZINGER. JUST FUCKING DIE.

[CCS]

Lol. Pope = no longer relevant in this day and age.

[Redneck]

wiki says - "Church membership in 2007 was 1.131 billion people; an increase over the 1950 figure of 437 million and the 1970 figure of 654 million. The Catholic population increase of 139% outpaced the world population increase of 117% from 1950-2000."

He could be telling them to love thy neighbour but instead he has to shake his fists at teh homax. Fucking fascist.

[xor]

popes perceive themselves to be a disciple of the jesus and think they can say what they want. cunts!

Tell me where in the bible it talks about purgatory~~ GO GO PAGANS I mean Catholics

[chiquelet]

Originally Posted by CCS

Lol. Pope = no longer relevant in this day and age.

Just because you want it to be true doesn't mean it is.

[CCS]

Haha! Nah, it is true. It really is.

[crocos]

I'm going to have to agree with chiquelet on this one: The Pope (and those like him) is very relevant in this day & age. There's a lot of fear out there and religious leaders have always been excellent at taking advantage of this to promote their own agenda.

[Rince]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/22/pope_galileo/

[CCS]

Originally Posted by crocos

I'm going to have to agree with chiquelet on this one: The Pope (and those like him) is very relevant in this day & age. There's a lot of fear out there and religious leaders have always been excellent at taking advantage of this to promote their own agenda.

What, by creating fear of something else? Like, say, those gays?

Homosexuality is here to stay, no matter how much the Pope denounces it. His church is stuck in the last century.

[Cyberbob]

Last century?

Try again. It's barely moved in the last 500

[caffiend]

Popes have only ever existed to be the symbolic head of a corporation disguised as a Church. His task is to cause gullible people to gape at him in awe while they ignore the sheer absurdity of the crap he spouts and instead shower the Catholic church with money, all of which goes to create ever more repugnantly grandiose altars of greed that only increases the awe factor in the brainwashed.

[CCS]

Haha, well said!