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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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I've never heard of spalling. Is that chunks falling off? I dunno.
Delamination is when pots flake off in layers, which is different from chunks falling off.
I have had pots which have started to flake in layers, starting with the rim in particular, after icy winters. So I now have a few rimless pots!
The layers that flake can be very thin and sliver-like, a bit like slate.Spalling is more more commonly used for part breaking off one face due to an impact on the other face, whether or not the entire thickness is ruptured.
It's the principle used for anti-tank rounds. Even if the round cannot penetrate the armour, due to the shaped charge used it causes spalling - resulting in sharp, very hot bits flying around inside the tank. Not very pleasant for any occupants of the compartment hit.
Modern armour is designed to avoid this - either by layering the armour with ceramic and other fancy stuff between layers of steel and/or by using active armour, which is basically an array of shaped charges which detonate upon impact to create a force in the opposite direction to that of the round that hit it thereby reducing or, better, negating the force from the round exploding.
While I'd agree that that is spalling.
Spalling I thought was any thin flake of material breaking off for any reason. Bricks certainly can suffer from "spalling"
It was the word that sprang to mind, and just looking on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spall
"Delamination" happens to materials which are laminated. That is made up from multiple thinner layers.
So plywood, fibreglass, etc.
It's when the laminations come apart0 -
I've a wall with a few marks.... I dabbed at it to see if I could cover those up ... not sure really if I've made it more obvious or if it'll dry OK.
I've decided that I'll do that wall in any case, whatever I decide.
I've had "enough" of having a stranger "in my domain" ... getting twitchy. He's perfectly pleasant, it's just me and not liking anybody "in my space"....
I think we're nearly done here now... he'll have probably finished by 1ish... and then it's over to me to finish off things, sort out, tidy away, pack, get the garden round, clear the garden clutter, wash all the windows, thoroughly deep clean the entire house ...... and 101 other little jobs
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I will often use google on my phone even when I know exactly where I am going as it will no how long it will take given current traffic conditions and reroute me round delays.
I do this too.Plug it into a car phone charger, and keep it plugged in while you use it?
And this as well.PasturesNew wrote: »I have got such a beast.... but it really dribble charges. We tried charging the phone with that and it'd just take too long. So it must use a lot more than it offers out. Maybe when the car was built about 13 years ago they never thought beyond the power needs of a little fag lighter... I bet these days those sockets are wired for more power.
It's not the socket - that's wired to the car's battery. It's the little "car socket to USB" adaptor that's the trouble. I've got one with three USB sockets - two are 1A and the other is 2A. I always plug the phone into the 2A one. I can use it as a satnav and it will charge gradually, or it charges faster if I'm not using it at the same time. Even if the phone is completely dead, I only need to wait for it to charge to 2% or so, and then I can use the satnav app as long as the phone remains plugged into the car while I'm using it.
If the phone is fully charged, it should be able to do the satnav app for a lot longer than 10min before giving out. Perhaps her phone battery is nearing the end of its useful life? They don't work as well when they're getting old, and at that point you either need a new battery or a new phone.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
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It's the usual "work to the lowest common denominator" process.
Some people can't do hill starts so we'll make cars that can do it for them - doesn't matter about the people who can actually drive
Of course, the fact that they can do these things doesn't mean that they get it all right.
A real bugbear of mine, in both the Merc and the Duster, is the stupidity of the gear change prompts which insist that I should be in a higher gear - even when the higher gear would be too high for, say, the 1 in 4 gradient I'm climbing. They've got a flippin' inclinometer built in for the hill start assist so why can't they link that in to the gear change nags?
I don't really like "auto stuff" it never seems to quite do what you want it to. It get's it right nine times out of ten, but then when you really need it, it fails.
Modern cameras, with all their modes, and "smart" focusing. Cars with automatic handbrakes, and computers with automatic updates.
They all do what their designer thinks you want, rather than what you actually want.0 -
Just been posting on a US FB group I belong to. There was a surprising amount of activity going on considering it was about 12:30 here, meaning in the US it's anything from 4:30 to 7:30. I commented that they must all be up very early, and it turned out I was mostly "talking" to two other international members - one in Switzerland, who's having lunch as I am, and the other in NZ, who's just about to go to bed!Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
And we're done. Little man has left the premises.
Now it's up to me to get cracking with my own Jobs List .... but there was light at the end of that tunnel.
Starving now...0 -
What's an easy/free phone (android) satnav app that NPs would recommend for "people who want it simple"?
Might as well give a few a look, "just in case". Then I could try keeping a list of postcodes of "shops I might be near" when I'm out and about...
Must be spoken - I can't see the phone if I'm driving.0 -
Many people have a little cradle for the phone. I'm not sure if that's because they want to see the map on the phone or because the GPS only functions if the phone is under the windscreen part of the car?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Many people have a little cradle for the phone. I'm not sure if that's because they want to see the map on the phone or because the GPS only functions if the phone is under the windscreen part of the car?
I have a cradle because I want to see the map. Sometimes if the junction is complicated, it's the best way to make sure I end up on the right road. I don't drive along with my eyes fixed on it, but I glance at it briefly when necessary, just as I do with the speedometer and other dashboard displays.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »What's an easy/free phone (android) satnav app that NPs would recommend for "people who want it simple"?
Might as well give a few a look, "just in case". Then I could try keeping a list of postcodes of "shops I might be near" when I'm out and about...
Must be spoken - I can't see the phone if I'm driving.
My Samsung android came with an app already on it called "Driving". It works well for me. I can ask it to navigate to a particular postcode, or I can ask it for nearby petrol stations, etc. It's pretty good at knowing what the traffic is doing and which is the best route considering where the traffic is worst etc.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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