Recent comments in /f/mildlyinteresting
SilverEagle1987 t1_iy9yc3g wrote
Does it make a difference in which way they should be facing? I don't really see a difference. I work in retail and my floor person pointed out that in the restrooms that the toilet paper should be placed similar to the roll on the left as it is in the photo. I should also mention this said floor person barely lasted two months before they stopped showing up to work then they were fired for attendance.
Gambit3le t1_iy9xfub wrote
Looks like it got stuck in the dryer.
Cats-and-dogs-rdabst t1_iy9x5w8 wrote
Real silver?
Gambit3le t1_iy9wwat wrote
Reply to My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
Mine is the same. It works well with my oil fired steam boiler.
Jesuskrust1313 t1_iy9wqh2 wrote
Reply to comment by papersuite in This restroom supports both toilet paper directions. by Glades_road
No I’m saying… one is right and one is wrong. The wrong one is on the left 😂 everyone knows the one on the right is the proper and correct way to do this 😂
jayg76 t1_iy9wf78 wrote
dubshooter t1_iy9vsoc wrote
The key is right there… are you the janitor looking for Reddit toilet paper clout?
Imbalancedone t1_iy9vdsp wrote
Reply to My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
Its a bulb with mercury attached to a bimetal strip. The strip bends with temperature change and moves the bulb to make the switch action.
gilareefer t1_iy9ujkz wrote
Reply to My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
The mercury does not expand/contract to activate these. It only acts as a switch
worldsheetcobordism t1_iy9tncb wrote
Reply to comment by HellsMalice in A math textbook (right) transcribed into braille. Door for scale. by boredandbloody
Please, be serious, they also re-ordered random homework problems.
fmshobojoe t1_iy9t752 wrote
Reply to comment by blade_torlock in This restroom supports both toilet paper directions. by Glades_road
my mom always put it over, I guess she never had kids :/
RogueThneed t1_iy9t60a wrote
Reply to comment by mtdewrulz in The name tag on my kid's jacket has lines for 3 names for hand me downs. by sixpackremux
Rude. Unless this is some kind of joke I don't know about, in which case it only seems very rude indeed.
mitch8893 t1_iy9t0zt wrote
Reply to comment by kidsmovieruined in An 87 year old half dollar I found ejected from a coinstar by Ravenclaw_14
They would just spend it lol
bhops24 t1_iy9t031 wrote
Reply to My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
All thermostats prior to going digital use the Mercury switch.
Trubtheturtle t1_iy9scnd wrote
Reply to comment by shiznit028 in California license plate by SockLivesMatter
Man those Civics last forever. Prob got another 17 years on it!
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RadBadTad t1_iy9rf7a wrote
Reply to My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
This is how most/all thermostats worked before the recent digital ones. It's always neat to me, looking back and seeing purely mechanical solutions to problems that we solve digitally now.
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Nutsnboldt t1_iy9r23d wrote
Now all the psychos can have their tp brush against the wall like they deserve.
lorddoa t1_iy9r071 wrote
Reply to comment by Prindagelf in My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
Yep. Us po' rednecks used mercury in straws as the trigger to make our parachutes deploy in our homemade rockets. Like you said, it was about completing the circuit as opposed to thermal expansion
Just be sure to wait until the fucker is on the launchpad before hooking the wires up ;)
5_under t1_iy9yod8 wrote
Reply to My thermostat uses the expansion/contraction of a drop mercury to conduct electricity and trigger when to turn off and on. by Iain_MS
So a thermostat?