RSS Nov 4, 2007
Three things I learned today
Filed in Blog- The baking tray I bought — the smaller one, you may recall — still didn’t fit properly and required some bending of the handles. Of course, had we turned it 90 degrees, it would have fit just fine.
- You can tuck a lot of toilet paper and kitchen roll away in the rig, if you want.
- A/C (alternating current) is the kind of electricity that comes from a power station. D/C (direct current) is the kind that comes from a storage device like a battery. Don’t laugh! Science was never my strong point and I gave up my intended career as an astronaut when I found out you had to be good at it.
Don fixed the hose carrier so that the drain tubes can no longer fall out on the freeway. You can buy special caps to block them in, but some modification was required using scary-looking power tools.
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pussreboots (88 comments.)
Speaking of direct current, the older New York subways use DC. Edison was convinced DC was the way to go and was a stubborn git about it. He helped design the power system for the subway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_current
Nov 6th, 2007
Linda R. Moore
How cool!
When we were gallivanting on our little electric trains at the museum yesterday we learned that they also ran on DC, so I was even able to quote you :)
Nov 12th, 2007
pussreboots (88 comments.)
When I was a child both my parents worked for the local gas and electric company. I ended up learning a lot about electricity and natural gas. I even wrote a couple school reports on the subjects. LOL.
Nov 12th, 2007
Linda R. Moore
Instant resources are good. :) I have a hard time with “science” in general…I only just learned how to interpret the back of a power brick yesterday when I had to pull out my motorcycle battery. I’m definitely short on whatever side of the brain covers science/logical stuff. ;)
Nov 13th, 2007
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