Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

Originally Posted by 4bee

Thanks Gav. That side is all ok then. Can you buy "plugin" RCDs as you could for Minature CB replacing fuses a few years ago?

No such thing fortunately
You need the neutral wired through the RCD
Stay clear of the plug in circuit breakers
I have seen many a burnt out switch board from those little nasties
They are made of tinned copper and when they get warm it anneals the copper causing them to “relax on the terminals in the fuse receiver resulting in a bad connection
The more current drawn on the circuit causes more heat on the terminal causes less contact making connection worse which in itself draw current that can cause appliances to burn out
Just like those old diacroic spotlights
The more heat the more current
The more current the more heat and so on
Eventually you blow a globe
Put in a new globe, the damage has already started, the quicker the next globe blows and the cycle goes again
Next thing, best case the light no longer works, worst case your house is on fire

Point taken. Mine are all hardwired anyway.


There are too many Gavs on here

Never have to many Gavs

It enables us to pass the buck onto the other Gav easily

Followed the wife into Spotlight today, which is like a female equivalent of Bunnings, and discovered a whole new world of things I didn't know existed.
There was a whole shelf of 'Gloo'. Who knew that was a way to spell 'glue'? I didn't.
I also found 'Distress Ink'. I'm still not sure what it does, or if you have to be distressed to use it, but it has some interesting flavours/strains, including 'Wild honey', 'Hickory smoke' and my personal favourite, 'Ground expresso'.
Every day brings something new ...

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

my personal favourite, 'Ground expresso'.

Expresso or espresso?

Originally Posted by p38arover

Expresso or espresso?

When coffee bars became the 'in' thing in the late fifties, nearly all the youngsters drank frothy cappuccino while listening (and dancing) to the latest hits on the Juke Box, they got misnamed 'Expresso Coffee Bars' since few people even knew what an espresso was.

Not to mention the consumption of the newly discovered Spaghetti Napolitana. Heady days alright.

Originally Posted by Fifth Columnist

When coffee bars became the 'in' thing in the late fifties, nearly all the youngsters drank frothy cappuccino while listening (and dancing) to the latest hits on the Juke Box, they got misnamed 'Expresso Coffee Bars' since few people even knew what an espresso was.

We used to go to a coffee shop in Penrith in the late 60s, drink cappuccinos, and listen to folk and pop music, e.g., The Seekers, Peter, Paul, and Mary, etc. On Friday and Saturday nights there would be a guitarist playing live folk music. No dancing, though.