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From: MassiveProng on 8 Feb 2007 20:26 On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:07:07 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >Rich Grise wrote: > >> Ken Smith wrote: >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> > >> >>But since we're here, the lesson only needs to be learned >> >>once as a child with a rock or some hard toy. >> > >> > That is not completely true. The lesson often needs to be reinforced a >> > few times over the period of a couple of years. You can often see by the >> > expression on their face that the child has suddenly remembeered by that >> > action was a bad idea. >> >> Well, I know it only took one try for me to learn to keep my thumb out >> from between the prongs of the plug when plugging in a lamp! > >I can just vaguely recall that poking one of my Mum's hair grips into a 240V >socket was a bad idea ( age 4 ). > >The old 15A sockets didn't have shutters you see. I shudder to think about it...
From: MassiveProng on 8 Feb 2007 20:27 On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:07:51 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >Rich Grise wrote: > >> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:17:32 -0800, Winfield Hill wrote: >> > On Jan 23, Eeyore wrote: >> >> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> >>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: >> >>>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: >> >>>>>>> h...(a)rowland.org wrote: >> >>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 4200 postings and still going strong. Amazing. >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Wow, now 7200 posts and still going strong. And most >> >>>>>>>>>>>> of the posts were under the original subject title. This >> >>>>>>>>>>>> must be some kind of a record. Certainly it's a stress >> >>>>>>>>>>>> test for the Google Groups web-page display code, etc. >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Never have so many, said so much, about so little! ;-) >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>> I heard of one long flame war that passed 10K posts, >> >>>>>>>>>>> but I never found out which newsgroup. >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>> We passed 9000 on the 14th, and are now within 100 posts >> >>>>>>>>>> of 10,000. Keep up the good work guys, you can do it! >> >> >> >>>>>>>>> Good job guys and gals, over 10,000 posts, and still >> >>>>>>>>> going strong. And still on topic more or less. I've only >> >>>>>>>>> read a smattering of the posts here and there, and there's >> >>>>>>>>> a minimum of flaming SFAICS. Nice to see. >> >> >> >>>>>>>> Still going strong, over 11,300 posts, no sign of slowing. >> >> >> >>>>>>> Impressive, zoomed right past 12,000 without slowing, now >> >>>>>>> at 12130 posts and climbing towards 13000, going strong. >> >> >> >>>>>> Hmm, we're slowing down a bit folks! We're now at 12480 >> >>>>>> posts with 12500 in sight, but not so sure about 13000. >> >> >> >>>>> Merry Christmas, Win. :) >> >> >> >>>> Happy New Year Michael :) >> >> >> >>>> With this post we're only three away from breaking the >> >>>> 12500 post BARRIER. I know we can do it! >> >> >> >>> Now at 13950, still going strong! >> >> >> >> Past the 14000 barrier now ! >> > >> > Past the 16,000 barrier, good going! >> > Did I miss when y'all zoomed past 15,000? >> >> Howcome it's the stupidest threads that go on the longest? ;-) > >Are you calling this thread STUPID ? > No. He called himself stupid for not knowing why this thread carries on.
From: Eeyore on 8 Feb 2007 21:33 Rich Grise wrote: > On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:07:07 +0000, Eeyore wrote: > > Rich Grise wrote: > >> Ken Smith wrote: > >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >>But since we're here, the lesson only needs to be learned > >> >>once as a child with a rock or some hard toy. > >> > > >> > That is not completely true. The lesson often needs to be reinforced a > >> > few times over the period of a couple of years. You can often see by the > >> > expression on their face that the child has suddenly remembeered by that > >> > action was a bad idea. > >> > >> Well, I know it only took one try for me to learn to keep my thumb out > >> from between the prongs of the plug when plugging in a lamp! > > > > I can just vaguely recall that poking one of my Mum's hair grips into a 240V > > socket was a bad idea ( age 4 ). > > > > The old 15A sockets didn't have shutters you see. > > They didn't need them. That was back in the days when parents actually > _raised_ their children, rather than just plugging them into the TV. That's true for sure. I owe my parents a debt of gratitude not just for bringing me up well but inspiring a fascination with knowlege and learning. I despair sometimes about how some kids today are being brought up. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Feb 2007 21:35 Rich Grise wrote: > On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:04:53 +0000, Eeyore wrote: > > Rich Grise wrote: > >> jmfbahciv wrote: > >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> >>Ken Smith wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> If I hit my thumb with a hammer, I quickly recieve the information that it > >> >>> is a bad idea. If there is no feedback from actions, you can't identify > >> >>> mistakes. > >> >> > >> >>Picky picky. > >> > > >> > Not really. It's a good example. If there is no written warning > >> > about hitting the thumb, then every body who picks a hammer > >> > will have to learn the same lesson by experience. This takes time-- > >> > lots of time--w.r.t. technology, manufacturing and science. > >> > > >> > >> That's why we spend almost 20 years as children. It's their job > >> to learn everything they can, to become useful adults. > > > > 20 years ? > > That would be about a reasonable expectation. Some stay childish well into > "middle age". ;-) Heck, I can still be childish sometimes even now. You have to have a bit of fun ! I can do the serious thing pretty well too. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Feb 2007 21:49
MassiveProng wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >Rich Grise wrote: > >> Ken Smith wrote: > >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >>But since we're here, the lesson only needs to be learned > >> >>once as a child with a rock or some hard toy. > >> > > >> > That is not completely true. The lesson often needs to be reinforced a > >> > few times over the period of a couple of years. You can often see by the > >> > expression on their face that the child has suddenly remembeered by that > >> > action was a bad idea. > >> > >> Well, I know it only took one try for me to learn to keep my thumb out > >> from between the prongs of the plug when plugging in a lamp! > > > >I can just vaguely recall that poking one of my Mum's hair grips into a 240V > >socket was a bad idea ( age 4 ). > > > >The old 15A sockets didn't have shutters you see. > > I shudder to think about it... I believe they do now but they're no longer used much in the UK itself any more since we moved to the 'square pin' and fused 13A plugs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_1363 The old 15A (BS546) and related but smaller 5A ( and there was a 2A too ) system continues to be used in India. They continue to be used in the UK for stage lighting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_546 Graham |