Simple things you never knew...

Simple things you never knew...

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Johnnytheboy

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24,498 posts

185 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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.

getmecoat

Anyone else got any gaps in their knowledge that took decades to plug to make me feel better?



Rawwr

22,722 posts

233 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab and, from 1993, manufacturers have been legally obliged to label them 'crab-flavoured sticks'.

alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Rawwr said:
Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab and, from 1993, manufacturers have been legally obliged to label them 'crab-flavoured sticks'.
Or ‘ocean sticks’

alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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!

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Rawwr said:
Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab and, from 1993, manufacturers have been legally obliged to label them 'crab-flavoured sticks'.
Who invented the skip?

Rawwr

22,722 posts

233 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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DrSteveBrule said:
Who invented the skip?
I don’t know invented the bloody skip. Bobby Moore? I don’t bloody know, do I?

Johnnytheboy

Original Poster:

24,498 posts

185 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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!
In fairness I am now going to try this in several locations to prove the theory!

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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!
The "C" is clear. If you don't know the code, give it a clean, and then dust for fingerprints after it's been used...

twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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.




getmecoat

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 wink

TIGA84

5,204 posts

230 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Tubes of stuff, puree, garlic etc.

The lid has a point inside that when turned inversely, is used to pierce the foil on a new tube, negating the need for knives etc and manky bits of foil remaining.

Benni

3,510 posts

210 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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.

98elise

26,376 posts

160 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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.

nyt

1,803 posts

149 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_15?url...

Europa1

10,923 posts

187 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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 wink

The visors on my Europa and I think the Evora couldn't be swung to the side.

Benni

3,510 posts

210 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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Good, I recommend these for everyone who wrenches occasionally with jap bikes, RC models or computers (size 0 and 1 needed).

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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.
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.

Nice.

For another £30,000 on top of an E-Class, the S-Class only has one. Pants.

blindswelledrat

25,257 posts

231 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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On most cars where the petrol gauge is there is a little picture of a petrol pump and an arrow next to it. The arrow points to which side of the car the filler cap is on so you know if you are unfamiliar with the car.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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.
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 short

SpeckledJim

31,608 posts

252 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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 short
The MGF has a folding extension on its sun visor. It won't sort your issue, but the principle is there.

Shakermaker

11,317 posts

99 months

Tuesday 17th October 2017
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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 one