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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • So many who think bombs are the way to go. They are not.

    None of the following is a good idea, either.

    Fun facts I’ve learned while working for a living:

    1.) A bottle of coca-cola, or any sugary drink, will ruin a concrete pour.

    2.) Diesel equipment doesn’t like water, gasoline, or eggs in the tank.

    3.) There are two ends of a telephone line. One end is at the building. The other end is in a box nearby that nobody is watching.

    4.) A battered hard hat, old steel toe boots, a dirty yellow safety vest, and an air of confidence will turn you invisible.


  • sugar into a concrete mixer and prevent construction and such

    I used to work for a concrete precasting plant. A single 20oz bottle of coke will ruin ten cubic yards of concrete easily.

    But it’s even easier than that. You can spray forms/reinforcement with soda before the concrete is even poured, and it will ruin the pour because the concrete won’t bond to the reinforcement.









  • Does an old school washer dryer that runs off timer relays / knobs / push buttons really have a CPU?

    Nope, it’s just a timer-drive. cam triggering switches. The physical cam IS the CPU.

    We have reached a point in time where there are adults who think everything that runs through multiple steps must have a microcontroller, because only really really old machines* do without.

    *For the most part. I bought a brand new whirlpool dryer late last year, and it has a mechanical timer in it.