Saw this today while reading a story about the prospect of electrical distribution networks failing due to heat: When I mentioned to Candy that transformers don't "slow down" high voltage, but "step down" high-voltage to a lower voltage, she said, "it's just semantics." Though it seems...
Last Post By: Jim Koepke Today, 5:34 PMAccording to the book I'm reading (What If ? 2 by Randall Munroe) The second programmable computer, UNIVAC was the size of a room, made in 1951 from vacuum tubes. If the same machine was made from Iphone chips today, they could be imbedded in a single grain of salt.
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Last Post By: Warren Lake Today, 10:23 AMI buy hardware items for my business from Zoro Tools. I ordered some plastic clamping knobs and they were not as described. So I called customer service which by the way is open till 9:00 pm. A young lady answered and apologized. She said she would credit my order and to keep the knobs or...
Last Post By: Patty Hann Today, 6:05 PMBeen doing it like (or equivalent) this for years. (Votes: 4)
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I have that CD set too. It is remarkable how unwilling some Americans were to admire The Blues until the British Invasion sent their interpretations back
Maurice Mcmurry Today, 6:29 PM
As true for anything you price shop....it depends.
I've price shopped an item that is (by way of example) $50 on Amazon, $45 at
My first #79 was sold years ago thinking the #98 & 99 was good enough. A few years ago my second #79 was purchased.
Just goes to show,
I remembered a few members here saying that they were fans of this company's product.
They're back
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One of the items purchased at Down Home Music was a two CD boxed collection of Robert Johnson's recorded music. It came with a booklet that contained
Jim Koepke Today, 5:49 PM
Lumber supply
Thread Starter: steven c newmanHas been restocked.. Bought 10 planks...for $30...had to cut a few of the 10 footers down, to fit into the Trunk of my Chevy Equinox... Eight 1 x 6 x 6' Five 1 x 4 x 6' And he threw in a stack of shorts And a 3/4" x 8" x 39" slab..
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