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JarvisDargon t1_iybfw48 wrote
By both you mean wrong and correct!
Immediate-Debate-860 t1_iybfuo4 wrote
Reply to comment by eftalanquest40 in A cooking spray serving size is measured in units of time. by bufadad
Aerosolized vegetable oil. Believe it’s veggie oil, might be others. But an aerosolized cooking oil
JSONJSONJSON t1_iybftwk wrote
Reply to comment by SFXBTPD 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
Oh! Is that because of decreased rate of change at higher temps? So the scale we read is consistent.
JSONJSONJSON t1_iybfkhz wrote
Reply to comment by SFXBTPD 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
Nice. Thermometer fact. 👍
ImpossibleForever7 t1_iybfia7 wrote
Reply to Unintentionally matched my phone by iamthegreyest
I love that shirt!
DrDalekFortyTwo t1_iybfhq7 wrote
Reply to comment by Coastal_wolf in While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a 100-year-old marriage certificate. by woden_spoon
You can 100% post pics there. They even have information on "best practices" for pics in the rules. I think this would be perfect there. I don't see anything prohibiting cross posting either in the rules
PathRepresentative77 t1_iybfgbt wrote
Reply to comment by eftalanquest40 in A cooking spray serving size is measured in units of time. by bufadad
It's oil in aerosol form.
gilareefer t1_iybffpy wrote
Reply to comment by D_daKid 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
Because it works well for this type of switch. Mercury is used as the conductor material in the switch... As the spring it's attached to heats/cools, the glass tube tilts & rolls the mercury into "on" position
supercoincidence OP t1_iybff3t wrote
Reply to comment by MrYeldud in Makeshift sign over FDR Drive, NYC that reads: Arrest Trump by supercoincidence
r/keming
supercoincidence OP t1_iybfbg6 wrote
Reply to comment by throw_and_run_away in Makeshift sign over FDR Drive, NYC that reads: Arrest Trump by supercoincidence
Funny you say that. That’s exactly what my previous post was titled, but was taken down for not being specific enough.
bufadad OP t1_iybf7wp wrote
Reply to comment by eftalanquest40 in A cooking spray serving size is measured in units of time. by bufadad
A common brand name is “Pam”. You spray it on a pan or baking dish to make the food not stick.
librarianjenn t1_iybf5ey wrote
Reply to comment by Coastal_wolf in While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a 100-year-old marriage certificate. by woden_spoon
Wait, I just checked - you can link Imgur pics in RBI
eftalanquest40 t1_iybf367 wrote
wtf is cooking spray?
D_daKid t1_iybf2m5 wrote
Reply to comment by gilareefer 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
Just out of curiosity, why was mercury the metal of choice for these thermostats?
RJFerret t1_iybes2y 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 of our thermostats work with bimetalic strips prior to digital battery ones.
gordonthree t1_iybehsn wrote
250msec delivers 250mg of cooking spray, that is interesting.
lickarock88 t1_iybedum wrote
Lol. 1/4 of a second of spray.
AI_Experiment_72 t1_iybecnu wrote
Reply to $20 bill has Mickey Mouse stamp on it by UnalteredCyst
Disney owns everything else, why not the Federal Reserve?
gordonthree t1_iybe6qu wrote
Reply to $20 bill has Mickey Mouse stamp on it by UnalteredCyst
Is this like a drug thing?
pickausernamebitch t1_iybdqe7 wrote
Terminal C?
Le_Mew_Le_Purr t1_iybdmao wrote
Reply to This high heel shaped piece of ginger by HanzoGTR
It’s from Fluvog.
librarianjenn t1_iybdhf0 wrote
Reply to comment by Coastal_wolf in While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a 100-year-old marriage certificate. by woden_spoon
Oh I didn’t realize that, sorry.
woden_spoon OP t1_iybdgdp wrote
Reply to comment by cadude1 in While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a 100-year-old marriage certificate. by woden_spoon
Probably Miss (Ms.), for previously unmarried women, and Mistress (Mrs.) for divorcees, widows, etc. For men, the common abbreviation for Master and Mister (Mr.) was the same.
throw_and_run_away t1_iybddc1 wrote
Could have just said "Makeshift sign"
Occumsmachete t1_iybgce9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Makeshift sign over FDR Drive, NYC that reads: Arrest Trump by supercoincidence
Artisan's rump