I often find that watching the microwave oven or the washing machine working, is more entertaining than the crap on the t.v. (nearly as boring as cricket)

 

Progress being made by a microwave or a washing machine - is progress. Something is being accomplished. What's being accomplished watching TV? I've never seen a Cricket game. Us "Yanks" know nothing about that stuff.

 

I often find that watching the microwave oven or the washing machine working, is more entertaining than the crap on the t.v. (nearly as boring as cricket)

I told my kids watching a microwave from close range will cook their eyeballs white. That was when they were 3 and 5. I wonder if they still believe that now, 20-years later.

 

Progress being made by a microwave or a washing machine - is progress. Something is being accomplished. What's being accomplished watching TV? I've never seen a Cricket game. Us "Yanks" know nothing about that stuff.

Ha Ha, You don't know how lucky you are to not have cricket! I expect I will get hate mail from my own countrymen for saying that though!!!

 

I grew up in a house with one of these at the kitchen sink.
If you wanted a cup of coffee or a bath.......got to heat it on the cook stove. And if it's a bath....make sure of plenty of kindling.

I've watched water boil. That's why, even today, to watch a microwave, is a treat to me.

It's progressive neatness to me......but not my sons.



Edit......outhouse too.

 

When we moved.......I couldn't figure out how to make the faucets go up and down.

It's been mass confusion ever since.

 

I grew up in a house with one of these at the kitchen sink.
If you wanted a cup of coffee or a bath.......got to heat it on the cook stove. And if it's a bath....make sure of plenty of kindling.

I've watched water boil. That's why, even today, to watch a microwave, is a treat to me.

It's progressive neatness to me......but not my sons.

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Edit......outhouse too.

I never lived that way but my grandmother did until about the mid 1960's. The bathtub was galvanized and hung on the wall of the pumphouse.

The house was heated by propane but looking at the stove I always suspected that it had started out it life burning coal or wood. The refrigerator was also powered by propane. (I have never gotten over the idea of making cold by burning something).

She lived in a two room house. There was the bedroom and the kitchen-livingroom-diningroom. The "bathroom" was up the hill. (Don't know if it had a Sears catalog...).

 

The "bathroom" was up the hill.

I thought "IT" flowed down hill. How did that work out for her?

 

I thought "IT" flowed down hill. How did that work out for her?

House had no basement.

 

I guess it depends on what you are cooking in the microwave. Color of various items can mean a lot as far as temp when dealing with thawing meats or cooking/warming them. I'd prefer to be able to see if the edges are turning from pink to grey (for beef) and stop the microwave instead of opening the doors 3-5x to make sure it isn't over-cooked/heated. There are a lot of other things that are difficult to see through the tinted glass and mesh screen. This is made especially worse when there is steam generated and it clouds the glass.

 

"Bought one of them there fangled washing machines t'other day, put me shirt in, pulled the chain, ain't seen the bugger since"!!!!!

(Jethro, English comedian)

 

I think we need to get Mark Rober to manufacture his microwave.

Or make our own.
AHW

 

I think we need to get Mark Rober to manufacture his microwave.

Awe GEEZ! Now you gone and moved the cheese on my sandwich. ANOTHER gadget to get used to.

Many people can't read a ROAD map. How are they going to learn to read a "Heat" map?

Actually, it's a pretty cool idea. But now I'm pizzed because I didn't think of it before.

 

As i understand the light is outside not inside. since your bulbs is low lighting you can substitute a higher
wattage and higher flux. AVOID placing a bulb inside.

 

higher flux

Flux ????

 

higher flux

Flux ????

Probably meant "LUX" (a latin root for lumens I think). Yeah, here's what I found:

lux

[luhks]

• Examples
• Word Origin

noun, plural luces

[loo-seez] (Show IPA), luxes. Optics.
1.
a unit of illumination, equivalent to 0.0929 foot-candle and equal tothe illumination produced by luminous flux of one lumen fallingperpendicularly on a surface one meter square. Symbol: lx. (as copied from http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lux)

 

I very well know what "LUX" is.

 

"a unit of illumination, equivalent to 0.0929 foot-candle and equal tothe illumination produced by luminous flux of one lumen fallingperpendicularly on a surface one meter square."

How far is the luminous source from the square meter?

 

Tht's better.

 

I got confused by this...

I got this from google....
"In the world of CCTV and security cameras the term LUX is used to describe how well a camera can capture video on low light. The amount of light is defined by LUX (lumens per square meter). One LUX is the amount of light cast by one candle at one meters space"

So, is it "LUX" or "FLUX" ?