Recent content by oldbrownhat

Probably many of you are aware of this controversy. The US state of Virginia saw some 50% of the nation's Civil War casualties. Now, mass construction of AI data centres is encroaching on historic lands, the environment and local communities. BBC article here.

Wonderful stories (except Gypsum Jim's :( As I type this, looking out the windows on my rural property I am surrounded by trees. Very healthy and relaxing. Made me think of this:

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Hmmm... great minds fret alike. I was just wondering about this a few minutes ago. Here ya go: What Are Push Notifications?

Also true I believe of the power lines out at the road, which are several feet apart on the pole. Apparently there's up to 25,000V on those.

My original old house here, built about 1931 (if the dates on fragments of shredded newspapers I found in a wall were any indication) originally had w&t. All long since replaced but there were some insulators on a beam in the basement. wish I'd kept them as a souvenir before I had it torn down...

That's a relief. It can get lonely out here in Triviaville.

A few scrapings from the interwebs, ie my gf's FB feeds.

Well, I guess that settles it- maybe I AM the only one and just need to get out more :)

OK, maybe I'm the only one... Those little packages of threaded tubes and nuts etc. are pricey. Turns out the specs on those things go back to the 19th c when gas was used for lighting. They're IPS (Iron Pipe Size / NPS (National Pipe Straight). When they went to electric light, the specs were...

We can assume Narragansett wasn;t a Huey pilot :)

Not being Tommy, I might have said "Ernestine".

But does it "go up to 11"?

That's good to know. "Up to the respective province" could be the sticking point.(And a bit odd since firearms regs are federally, not provincially regulated here.) You'd likely have no problem in Alberta as they have no use for the Feds' attitude re firearms and are inclined to go their own way...

Likewise: