Simple things you never knew...
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...until an embarrassingly late age.
I know this has been done before but PH Search etc...
This morning I was trying to get through a coded door in a client's premises. One of these kind of locks:
I was fumbling with my phone to find where I'd noted the code, when a staff member came in and punched it in. He punched C721X, whenI found the code moments later it was C127X. I asked if the code had changed and he told me on any of these locks you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.
I've had to memorise dozens of these over my 20 years of work, and have punched them in hundreds of times and I never knew this. Presumably everyone else did.
Anyone else got any gaps in their knowledge that took decades to plug to make me feel better?
I know this has been done before but PH Search etc...
This morning I was trying to get through a coded door in a client's premises. One of these kind of locks:
I was fumbling with my phone to find where I'd noted the code, when a staff member came in and punched it in. He punched C721X, whenI found the code moments later it was C127X. I asked if the code had changed and he told me on any of these locks you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.
I've had to memorise dozens of these over my 20 years of work, and have punched them in hundreds of times and I never knew this. Presumably everyone else did.
Anyone else got any gaps in their knowledge that took decades to plug to make me feel better?
alorotom said:
Johnnytheboy said:
on any of these locks you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.
I didn’t know this till you posted it so you definitely aren’t alone! Johnnytheboy said:
...until an embarrassingly late age.
I know this has been done before but PH Search etc...
This morning I was trying to get through a coded door in a client's premises. One of these kind of locks:
I was fumbling with my phone to find where I'd noted the code, when a staff member came in and punched it in. He punched C721X, whenI found the code moments later it was C127X. I asked if the code had changed and he told me on any of these locks you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.
I've had to memorise dozens of these over my 20 years of work, and have punched them in hundreds of times and I never knew this. Presumably everyone else did.
Anyone else got any gaps in their knowledge that took decades to plug to make me feel better?
FYI you also dont need to press "C" unless you make a mistake and need to cancel I know this has been done before but PH Search etc...
This morning I was trying to get through a coded door in a client's premises. One of these kind of locks:
I was fumbling with my phone to find where I'd noted the code, when a staff member came in and punched it in. He punched C721X, whenI found the code moments later it was C127X. I asked if the code had changed and he told me on any of these locks you can punch the digits in any order, and it will still work.
I've had to memorise dozens of these over my 20 years of work, and have punched them in hundreds of times and I never knew this. Presumably everyone else did.
Anyone else got any gaps in their knowledge that took decades to plug to make me feel better?
Crosshead screws on japanese products are often manufactured with a dot punched besides the cross.
This indicates that the cross is not a Philips type, but a "Japanese Industrial Standard" or JIS.
Attempts to loosen these screws with incorrect Philips tools will often result in rounded-off crosses and cursing.
Japanese motorcycles got part of their hate in the 60s because of this..."screws made of butter..."....
JIS bits are impossible to get in Europe, I bought a set of "Vessel" screwdrivers on a US website.
A bodgy solution that works better than nothing is to grind off the tip of the tip of a Philips-type tool until it sets better in the JIS screw.
This indicates that the cross is not a Philips type, but a "Japanese Industrial Standard" or JIS.
Attempts to loosen these screws with incorrect Philips tools will often result in rounded-off crosses and cursing.
Japanese motorcycles got part of their hate in the 60s because of this..."screws made of butter..."....
JIS bits are impossible to get in Europe, I bought a set of "Vessel" screwdrivers on a US website.
A bodgy solution that works better than nothing is to grind off the tip of the tip of a Philips-type tool until it sets better in the JIS screw.
Not me but my wife.
Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
Benni said:
Crosshead screws on japanese products are often manufactured with a dot punched besides the cross.
This indicates that the cross is not a Philips type, but a "Japanese Industrial Standard" or JIS.
Attempts to loosen these screws with incorrect Philips tools will often result in rounded-off crosses and cursing.
Japanese motorcycles got part of their hate in the 60s because of this..."screws made of butter..."....
JIS bits are impossible to get in Europe, I bought a set of "Vessel" screwdrivers on a US website.
A bodgy solution that works better than nothing is to grind off the tip of the tip of a Philips-type tool until it sets better in the JIS screw.
They are available these days: This indicates that the cross is not a Philips type, but a "Japanese Industrial Standard" or JIS.
Attempts to loosen these screws with incorrect Philips tools will often result in rounded-off crosses and cursing.
Japanese motorcycles got part of their hate in the 60s because of this..."screws made of butter..."....
JIS bits are impossible to get in Europe, I bought a set of "Vessel" screwdrivers on a US website.
A bodgy solution that works better than nothing is to grind off the tip of the tip of a Philips-type tool until it sets better in the JIS screw.
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98elise said:
Not me but my wife.
Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
It would be very tricky on most '98 Elises Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
The visors on my Europa and I think the Evora couldn't be swung to the side.
98elise said:
Not me but my wife.
Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
E-Classes have two visors each side, so you can have one at the side and one at the front, for those times when the sun is either one side of the pillar or the other.Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
Nice.
For another £30,000 on top of an E-Class, the S-Class only has one. Pants.
98elise said:
Not me but my wife.
Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
I want one where the visor extends as far back as where my head is so that when I am driving south in the evening, I can actually block the low sun from shining directly into the side of my face, which being as tall as I am, is back near the B-pillar in most cars whilst the visor falls shortDriving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
Shakermaker said:
98elise said:
Not me but my wife.
Driving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
I want one where the visor extends as far back as where my head is so that when I am driving south in the evening, I can actually block the low sun from shining directly into the side of my face, which being as tall as I am, is back near the B-pillar in most cars whilst the visor falls shortDriving along the motorway over the weekend the sun was low in the sky, and streaming in through my side window, so I pulled the visor around to that window to block it.
My wife said it would be handy if all cars had that!
I don't think I've ever owned a car that you couldn't move the visor to the side window.
SpeckledJim said:
The MGF has a folding extension on its sun visor. It won't sort your issue, but the principle is there.
See, that's the kind of thing I had envisioned being possible in other cars. I'm not going to go and buy an MGF just for that reason as it would be a compromise on too many other things... maybe I could just buy the sun visor from oneGassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff