The random thought thread

[copier addict]

If I put on a shirt and it itches, I will take it off and put on another one.

[NeoMatrix]

Why would the large pharmaceuticals want a cure (no more patients), when they can keep selling a medicine to help with the symptoms?

You are conditoned as a child that lollies/sweets are sugar coated centered delights that make you happy.
As you get older you have sugar coated hydrochloride centered delights that you believe will make you happy.
It business as usual for one lolly/sweets factory or the other...

[NeoMatrix]

Every now and then it occurs to me how weird it is that there are animals that can fly and it doesn't seem fair.

ha...
You want to feel weird, wait until you see a 30-40 cm flying fish fly close by the boat.
It's a weird rub-your-eyes-twice kind of sensation... WTF!
It really gives the senses a reality jolt. Flying fish wings make a chatter sound in fight.

[Josh93]

Good lunch ideas? I'm sick of the plain old ham sandwich, and when you out on calls there isn't much else, no microwaves ect

Any one have any crafty tasty ideas that might make the day a bit more bearable ? Keen to try and get out of the habit of spending big $$$ on fast food all day!

[NeoMatrix]

There was a relatively energetic solar storm that passed through the Earth's neighborhood a couple of days ago. Anybody see the aurora borealis then? It was cloudy here.

I would like to get hold of some of the photos of house size electrical transformers
that explode the top covers off after a back EMF power surge.
These transformers are 40-50 mm thick plate steel and the top covers are welded an bolted every 100-150mm
using 1" dia bolts. The power surge just folds the top cover back like a jam tin lid.
I've seen powerpole mains transformers explode in the city from time-to-time due to solar storms. So I'm informed.

[ZOOTECH]

Good lunch ideas? I'm sick of the plain old ham sandwich, and when you out on calls there isn't much else, no microwaves ect

Any one have any crafty tasty ideas that might make the day a bit more bearable ? Keen to try and get out of the habit of spending big $$$ on fast food all day!

Try something like this - How to Cook Food on Your Car's Engine: 10 Steps

[Tonerbomb]

ha...
You want to feel weird, wait until you see a 30-40 cm flying fish fly close by the boat.
It's a weird rub-your-eyes-twice kind of sensation... WTF!
It really gives the senses a reality jolt. Flying fish wings make a chatter sound in fight.

Ha Neo, we do have an infestation of the flying Asian carp in our river system, The things chase the boats and jump in on their own.......

[Iowatech]

I would like to get hold of some of the photos of house size electrical transformers
that explode the top covers off after a back EMF power surge.
These transformers are 40-50 mm thick plate steel and the top covers are welded an bolted every 100-150mm
using 1" dia bolts. The power surge just folds the top cover back like a jam tin lid.
I've seen powerpole mains transformers explode in the city from time-to-time due to solar storms. So I'm informed.

I saw one of the smaller transformers get struck by lightning in my rearview mirror once. I had to change my underwear when I got home.

[slimslob]

I saw one of the smaller transformers get struck by lightning in my rearview mirror once. I had to change my underwear when I got home.

The transformers for the apartment complex across the alley from me are located underground. The one next to the alley went one Saturday while I working in the front yard. With the flash and the sound, I thought that a bomb had gone off in the alley.

[copier addict]

Invariably, when I walk outside, I am no longer inside.