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From: Steve Parry on 7 Dec 2009 15:03 "Simon Wilson" <siwilson(a)NODAMNSPAMN.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7o1qm4F3o81q9U1(a)mid.individual.net... > The SO[1] Renault's heater fan finally gave up the ghost this weekend. > > Thought I'd have a go at fixing it. > > The 'proper' procedure for getting at the fan is to take the entire dash > out. Sod. That. Googling reveals a shortcut to get at the relevant > connector. > > I got it out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58125090(a)N00/4162292449/ > > What's so dang hard about using the right sort of connector for the right > amount of current. Don't these plankers ever learn? > > > [1]actually still the newest car I've got, 53 plate. > Heaven is Where: The Police are British, The Chefs are Italian, The Mechanics are German, The Lovers are French and It's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is Where: The Police are German, The Chefs are British, The _Mechanics_ are *French* The Lovers are Swiss and It's all organized by the Italians -- Steve Parry 87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE 02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 82 Suzuki GN400, BMW 330Ci www.gwynfryn.co.uk
From: Pip Luscher on 7 Dec 2009 15:42 On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:22:24 -0500, "Vito" <vito(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: >"Scraggy" <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote| >| Other than the Scorpion and the Thresher you mean? >| >And despite sinking with loss of life, did their power plants explode or >even leak? >Sounds like pretty good nuke management too me. Did they leak though? The Thresher sank in very deep water. One estimate had Thresher's reactor hitting the seabed (OK, ooze) at around 100mph. The submarine didn't just sink; it imploded violently. Debris (of the entire sub) was scattered over a large area. We also have to assume that the reactor hasn't corroded, though I imagine that it was probably made of stainless steel, but if any of the fittings were of other materials, it might be rotting away even as I type... -- -Pip
From: Andy Bonwick on 7 Dec 2009 16:38 On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:42:10 +0000, Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:22:24 -0500, "Vito" <vito(a)cfl.rr.com> wrote: > >>"Scraggy" <scraggy(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> wrote| >>| Other than the Scorpion and the Thresher you mean? >>| >>And despite sinking with loss of life, did their power plants explode or >>even leak? >>Sounds like pretty good nuke management too me. > >Did they leak though? The Thresher sank in very deep water. One >estimate had Thresher's reactor hitting the seabed (OK, ooze) at >around 100mph. The submarine didn't just sink; it imploded violently. >Debris (of the entire sub) was scattered over a large area. We also >have to assume that the reactor hasn't corroded, though I imagine that >it was probably made of stainless steel, but if any of the fittings >were of other materials, it might be rotting away even as I type... It's not something I can really discuss (or speculate about) in a newsgroup given that I work on the construction of our subs and I know plenty about the EBC ones but you can sleep well knowing the oceans are safe.
From: Pip Luscher on 7 Dec 2009 16:42 On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:38:19 +0000, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:42:10 +0000, Pip Luscher ><pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> wrote: > >>Did they leak though? The Thresher sank in very deep water. One >>estimate had Thresher's reactor hitting the seabed (OK, ooze) at >>around 100mph. The submarine didn't just sink; it imploded violently. >>Debris (of the entire sub) was scattered over a large area. We also >>have to assume that the reactor hasn't corroded, though I imagine that >>it was probably made of stainless steel, but if any of the fittings >>were of other materials, it might be rotting away even as I type... > >It's not something I can really discuss (or speculate about) in a >newsgroup given that I work on the construction of our subs and I know >plenty about the EBC ones but you can sleep well knowing the oceans >are safe. Jolly good. That means that those bizzarre-looking fish and glowing eels got that way naturallly. Sheesh. -- -Pip
From: The Older Gentleman on 7 Dec 2009 17:25
Twibil <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 7, 4:11 am, "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > However, the voters don't care about hard data, they make their > > > decisions based on emotions. > > > > A truer word was never said. > > Eh? Which one? > > (And BTW: People who use the above phrase -or who too readily agree > with it- invariably do so with the implication that *they* would never > sink to letting their emotions sway a decision: a statement > exceedingly unlikely, save they were built by IBM.) I repeat what I said above ;-) -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |