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ebee replied to the thread Plug tops / Plug caps?.Yes Agreed John, was my experience too, it was very common, it was at secondary school (and last year maybe last two years) in junior... -
ebee replied to the thread Plug tops / Plug caps?.I must admit that I was brung up with the saying "Bulbs go in gardens and lamps go in lampholders" also plugs plug into a socket etc...
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread.Yes but lets say some says "Can I have a couple of sweets off you please?" and you have a bag say of at least 100 and you give them a...
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ebee replied to the thread Plug tops / Plug caps?.It is an age old question - I am so old that I actually remember that it was common for the "better qualified Electricians and...
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ebee replied to the thread Constant trickle fans -Fan isolators or fused spur?.Do you mean Fused Connection Units? (FCU)
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread.Is it a local thing Harry? I have no idea how where and when it came about! What about the word "Couple" it means two but how often is...
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At school, we were served each day with a 'gill of milk', which was 1/4 pint. My uncle used to 'nip to the pub, for a quick gill', which...
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread.I suppose someone being nearly half his age could mean (in this case) half of 55 being 27.5 so the term "nearly" could be plus or minus...
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread.Because the bakery would be able to sell their wares in Radians then - 2 Pi in a full circle
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread.Good point there EFLI
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread.That's just plain wrong ... half a pint is two gills, not one :-) Yes indeed but was very very common with folks of a certain age...
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ebee replied to the thread Pulled from another thread."One of the most common potential problems arises in relation to percentage changes/differences if people use the wrong wording. To say...
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ebee replied to the thread Two-pin plug anyone (shaver style).Well, in practice, not much difference (unfortunately). so they often gets used interchangeably, which can be a bad thing sometimes...
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ebee replied to the thread Lighting (first fix) T&E to flex / outlet plate.It's not really a protector - just a guide and/or a holder. Agreed, the only protection you might have using capping whether metal or...
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ebee reacted to EFLImpudence's post in the thread Lighting (first fix) T&E to flex / outlet plate with
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It's not really a protector - just a guide and/or a holder. Not if it or just the cable will stay in place without clipping.