Why do circuit breakers go up for on and down for off?

Feb 11, 2023 Last reply: 2 years ago 1839 Replies

When I were a lad, there were signs saying "no cycling, erosion problem" on tracks around a reservoir. We ignored them, they weren't legally binding. Park rangers can't do f*ck all. They also got very annoyed when we swam in the reservoir, some bollocks about them being responsible for us drowning. We ignored them of course. The fishermen on boats got pissed off when we frightened the fish. We ignored them too.

But they're clearing the path for the bikes.

Walk barefoot like me. I can go over any terrain.

"I drink, I fall down, no problem" - WC Fields I think.

St Mugg (Malcolm Muggeridge) hated people saying something was a "problem", so it's quite a diverse objection.

Just because someone else says something is s "problem" doesn't mean it is.

You need some goatheads.

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I hit a patch of those in Utah. It was my first go-around and I didn't recognize them. I was cutting tire patches in quarters but I ran out and had to walk the bike back to the truck. Slime and Mr. Tuffy liners are the only way to go where those things grow. That combo works fairly well for mesquite thorns too.

I didn't think to try it using the vpn but its temporarily down so it would be more work to try that.

Yeah, that's basically very close to the one I listed.

They are endemic where I live and a complete pain in the arse and the feet for those who go about in bare feet or what you lot call flip flops.

I think it's too cold and wet to grow them in Scotland. A pity; I'd love to see Kinsey do the Watusi when he went out bare footing.

What is a goathead?

Pah! We have thistles.

Last time I looked thistles didn't form a mat on the ground where yuo might walk barefoot.

Me not wearing a seatbelt harms nobody else. The chances of my flying out of my car and happening to hit someone else, and having the velocity to harm them are zero.

Then they're not fit for their job.

Most people are not harmed by a shock. That's all it is, a shock. It gives you a fright and tenses up your muscles. Not even sore.

Why would children benefit from an earthed microwave? An extra path for current to flow through them if they happen to touch something live.

Yes, most pipes are plastic nowadays. It's quite funny to see earth cables attached to my taps, considering the incoming main is plastic.

Just because one muscle is tensed up doesn't mean you lose control of all of them.

Never seen a 100mA. They're 30 and 50 in the UK. The point was I changed the speed of the trip.

If you absolved yourself from any NHS treatment and subsequence care after an accident I might agree with you. Otherwise not wearing a seatbelt does have ramifications for others. As typical you deny the risk of consequential injury to someone else is not zero.

But we need to remember you are someone who is too lazy to work and doesn't care about your fellow citizen. Most people would call you a sociopath.

As long as they do it compassionately and without exuding pleasure to those being informed then I would prefer who enjoys doing that to someone who doesn't. Someone has got to do the job.

Seat belts make room in ambulances and emergency rooms for people who aren't idiots.

But on those grounds, we'd ban people from playing rugby, swimming in the sea, mountain climbing, motorcycling, mountain biking, etc.

If you drive a car on private property, you don't have to wear a seat belt, or obey a speed limit, or have a drivers' license.

Cars could be programmed to not go over 35 MPH if the driver isn't using his seat belt. Car makers should do that to avoid liability for injury and death.

The equivalent was tried in the 1970s, with seat belts. There were lots of malfunctions and stranded motorists.

We all learned how to defeat the interlock. Eventually, the government gave up, and settled for the chime.

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Joe Gwinn

I don't have either. The earth is from the cable from the substation. (Combined neutral and earth).

Merkins are obsessed with their code. Look, if the lights come on when you press the switch, who cares about paperwork?

We invented the f****ng language.

And your country hasn't done very well, considering the billion times extra land you can't be bothered using.

I can't stand the Liverpooooooooool accent. Where the ooooo is 4 octaves higher than any man should be able to achieve.

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