Edward Lye

The slingshot poster boy story:



I don't have good muscle coordination so I probably need something like this:

We hold a secret Santa. You draw the name out of a hat. There is a budget limit of the equivalent of USD 4. I usually stick to books/DVDs or food. This year I bought a cigarette lighter USB charger. This has an LED readout that displays the current drawn and the battery voltage so you can get an early warning of alternator/battery problems. I have one myself and it worked when my battery drained too quickly. The voltage was lower than usual and it turned out the fan belt was stretched to the point it was not driving the alternator.

The local brick and mortar store happened to carry this one:

car usb charger

Kelly Craig wrote:   The "expert" at the computer store claimed they were going to do away with keyboards anyway, because people could use touchscreens and voice.  

I believe keyboards are undergoing a resurgence. e-gamers can't do without it. They even seek the PS/2 cables ones because the PS/2 port interrupt is serviced faster than the USB. This gives them a speed advantage.



Long live the keyboard.

Off the top of my head, there are 3 things you should not turn into biochar:
01 Table sugar/sweets. They turn into pure carbon without any structure and they expand to choke off air flow either within the retort or outside it. Nasty.
02 ANTHING from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel . Toxic fumes when burnt.
03 Check with your extension service about any other woods that give off toxic fumes when burnt.
I throw in lead weights like those used for balancing tyres. That melts at 327C. I also throw in used tealights. Sometimes the aluminum melts when in contact with the red hot embers. That melts at 660C.  

William Bronson wrote:
I like to hold my pee till I get home so I can deposit it in my yard.
This is very satisfying.

When I was hospitalized for my first heart attack, the nurses brought me
a container to pee in.

Ever since then I prefer to pee into a milk/yogurt bottle than a urinal.
It just seems more hygienic than a splattering urinal. Nobody ever
seems to invent a splatter free urinal.

We are all allocated a mailbox in the company. Most are 1ft x 1ft x 1ft.

Yes, you guessed it right. I keep bottles of pee there until I go home.

Since I retired, I sometimes bring a bottle in my sling bag. I cut off the
top of a PET soda bottle and slide this in - you never know if an accident
will happen.