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You must be older than I thought...?berkeman said:That is so 30 seconds ago...
You must be older than I thought...?berkeman said:That is so 30 seconds ago...
Because that side in unhinged.Vanadium 50 said:Why does a left refrigerator handle go on the right?
They have had an extra 150 years to have machine shops.Twigg said:Why do so many physics departments have excellent machine shops and so few have passable electronics shops? I don't think I know anyone in research who needs mechanical parts more often than they need circuits.
Tom.G said:Because that side in unhinged.
How do I determine door handing?
To figure out which handing you need for a handleset with interior lever or non-turning levers, stand outside the door. From this position, the door will open away from you. Now notice where the hinges are. If they’re on the left, you will need a left hand lever. If the hinges are the on the right, you will need a right hand lever.
Most of them are failed computer science majors. They count in base 14jtbell said:Have you ever noticed that the people who run college football conferences have apparently forgotten how to count?
My own favorite, the Big Ten, actually has 14 teams, after adding 4 new teams beginning in 1990.
Manufacturers have given up trying to guess what products might run afoul of CA's strict labeling requirements, so everything that is ever sold in CA gets that kind of label. It has become meaningless, as you noticed.jrmichler said:How does a solid steel chuck cause cancer in California? It was not even coated with preservative oil.
Maybe the plastic packaging? I have no clue. I do know that we were required to put such notices into our electronics product boxes over the last few years, but I have no clue why.jrmichler said:I just received a solid steel drill chuck that arrived in a nice plastic container. The label on the front side is self explanatory:
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There is another label on the opposite side:
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How does a solid steel chuck cause cancer in California? It was not even coated with preservative oil.
I work in a furniture warehouse in Canada. We receive couches made of cows, trees, and perhaps a tad of vinyl from Italy, China, Vietnam, all with "This may cause cancer in California" warnings. Ridiculous.phinds said:Manufacturers have given up trying to guess what products might run afoul of CA's strict labeling requirements, so everything that is ever sold in CA gets that kind of label. It has become meaningless, as you noticed.
This is the generic "short form" warning:jrmichler said:I just received a solid steel drill chuck that arrived in a nice plastic container. The label on the front side is self explanatory:
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There is another label on the opposite side:
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How does a solid steel chuck cause cancer in California? It was not even coated with preservative oil.
https://www.metalsdepot.com/assets/files/Page-Editor-Files/MetalsDepotSDS-Steel-2018.pdfjrmichler said:I just received a solid steel drill chuck that arrived in a nice plastic container. The label on the front side is self explanatory:
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There is another label on the opposite side:
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How does a solid steel chuck cause cancer in California? It was not even coated with preservative oil.
Living in California, I must say that many (most?) such labels are decidedly lacking in the "info" aspect.Keith_McClary said:..."informed decisions"...
In spite of the above, wood is often treated or processed with some nasty stuff, especially wood referred to as "wood product."Mondayman said:I work in a furniture warehouse in Canada. We receive couches made of cows, trees, and perhaps a tad of vinyl from Italy, China, Vietnam, all with "This may cause cancer in California" warnings. Ridiculous.
Big +1.Tom.G said:Living in California, I must say that many (most?) such labels are decidedly lacking in the "info" aspect.
I know about wood, but I never knew that about vinyl. Makes me fear for my safety. Good thing I'm leaving my job to join the infantry.Tom.G said:In spite of the above, wood is often treated or processed with some nasty stuff, especially wood referred to as "wood product."
The vinyl is on the Prop. 65 list as "Vinyl chloride" with the "Type of Toxicity" being "cancer."
The 22 page PDF of the Proposition 65 chemicals is at:
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65/p65list12182020.pdf
Cheers,
Tom
Interesting, thanks for the list. Do you know why some of the chemicals have been "Delisted"? Was the original study data that got them listed later discredited or something?Tom.G said:The 22 page PDF of the Proposition 65 chemicals is at:
https://oehha.ca.gov/media/downloads/proposition-65/p65list12182020.pdf
It's usually the foam, flame retardents, and coatings, that people are concerned with.Mondayman said:I work in a furniture warehouse in Canada. We receive couches made of cows, trees, and perhaps a tad of vinyl from Italy, China, Vietnam, all with "This may cause cancer in California" warnings. Ridiculous.
Various reasons, for instance:berkeman said:Interesting, thanks for the list. Do you know why some of the chemicals have been "Delisted"? Was the original study data that got them listed later discredited or something?
..., and, now with an elderly female; got to stay woke...same crooked, rusty nail-heads.Bystander said:The "Watchman" ad, barefoot gallop along a dock/pier by an elderly gent barely missing rusty, badly driven crooked nail-heads.
According to Google that roughly translates to 'rag workman.'SimplePrimate said:Lumpenproletariat
Tom.G said:According to Google that roughly translates to 'rag workman.'
I think the "CR" means that it is a credit balance. The lender owes the customer $57.45. Sending money would just make the problem worse.sysprog said:@jrmichler:
If I owed them $58.45, I would send it in via instrument or transmit it electronically, and would also disregard the threat about the $38.00, except that I would try to never do business with them again.
I didn't notice that ##-## maybe because I've never overpaid a lender ##-## I think that you're right.jbriggs444 said:I think the "CR" means that it is a credit balance. The lender owes the customer $57.45. Sending money would just make the problem worse.
jbriggs444 said:I think the "CR" means that it is a credit balance. The lender owes the customer $57.45. Sending money would just make the problem worse.
Well, are you going to argue with them?sysprog said:I didn't notice that maybe because I've never overpaid a lender I think that you're right.
So they pay you? Send them a letter with a $10 admin feejrmichler said:From today's credit card statement:
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Does this mean that I need to send them a check for $0.00?