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On asphalt at 25 mph, mountbike tires won't hold a corner as well as road bike tires before slipping out and dumping you on your face.

I found this one out yesterday. :(
 
Learned just tonight-

When you lean down to pick up a kitty food dish, make sure your head isn't under the 10lb fire extinguisher mounted on the wall before you straighten back up quickly. Ow.

:buddies:
 
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PhotonWrangler said:
When opening a fresh bottle of soda, make sure you haven't shaken it at all for at least 15 seconds.
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If you literally mean the soda bottles, with the twist-off reclosable caps, here's a tip: Open it a little, and if it starts to fizz up, just tighten it back up. When the foam dies down, try again, and reclose if necessary. Repeat until open. :)
 
do not explore how cool the streetlights look through an open mountain dew bottle, or the contents might spill out all over the gearshift and on you pants and stuff… :(
 
TigerhawkT3 said:
If you literally mean the soda bottles, with the twist-off reclosable caps, here's a tip: Open it a little, and if it starts to fizz up, just tighten it back up. When the foam dies down, try again, and reclose if necessary. Repeat until open. :)
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Yes, that's what I do now and it works. I think I've cleaned all of the spots off the ceiling... :ohgeez:
 
I learned this last night:

-you can't run your MTB with a 45Ah car battery in your hands :duh2:....
-it's a little bit heavy:whistle:

PS: I think that I have got the most powerful bike light in my city...(12V 100W H3) I just need to find a good way to carry the battery:confused:
maybe I'll have to get a smaller battery:whistle:
 
If you'er planning on dropping off a passenger at a stop light, make sure you're stopped in the curb lane. Also make sure to check for oncoming traffic behind you. Otherwise a car might pass you on the right and shear off your car door just as it opens. The other car, the one that crashes into your open door, might also be a police car. :ohgeez:

The more you know.
 
When repairing a laptop computer, do not put the case screws back in until you've *confirmed* the repair is actually working and holding, only put the screws back in when you are *sure* the repair is completed

if the laptop you're working on is known for a particular failure of a disposable part (AC adapter bricks, reed switches and DC-IN boards on the Apple iBook G3/G4 series), it's good to keep a few spares on hand for repairs, *especially* when the manufacturer discontinues parts for one of the models (iBook G3 series)

If the repair you're working on is going too smoothly, there's obviously something still wrong with it

the chances of a component part failing is directly proportional to how expensive/delicate/inaccesable it is

components that aren't supposed to fail (LCD display modules) have a surprisingly high failure rate

the customer will never admit they damaged their machine, even when provided with incontrovertible proof and evidence, they will always claim "it just happened" or it was a "manufacturing defect".....

....kinda' like a laptop with a cracked screen that "just happened", even though there's a clear impact dent on the back of the screen housing, or a clearly defined pressure point on the LCD panel itself

....or the laptop that still has liquid spill damage on the components, blackened and scorched components and surface-mount devices, and standing liquid still in the case, yet the customer "never drinks or eats by their computer..."
 
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never leave the electric tire pump running alone no matter how slow you think the pump is pushing:shakehead [I was using something intended to pump up basketballs]

bumped my rear bike tire to a swell before the 10 year old inner tube went ka-pow! just short of 10 minutes in an effort to cap off the tires


when your flashlight falls into an anthill look around to make sure your not standing on one...the time it takes to reach down and pick it up, shake it, and inspect it is more than adequate time for ants to crawl over your socks and bite you as high as the back of your thighs
 
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Yep --


I was in a bicycle shop a few years ago,

when they "over-filled" a bike tire. :poof:



Was absolutely AMAZED how LOUD it was !


My ears were ringing from it, for quite a while.


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Heres a good one-
There is a governer on that brand new, 50cc 1300 dollar honda dirtbike you just bought for a reason. In my case it prevented the piston from blowing a hole through the engine.


Heres another one-
Gasoline explodes, very quickly when you drop something that sparks in it. AKA a flashlight, that your holding and trying to see how much is in the tank. Luckily there was very little in the tank.
 
Of course we all know that gasoline fumes combust at a much greater rate than liquid gasoline. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, but I have seen gasoline used to put out a flame. It usually goes along with the phrase, "The departed's last words were, 'Hey! Watch me do this...' "

Fumes, however, go BOOM! very easily and in a big way (but isn't that why Southern women used to say they had "the vapors"? Sorry).

In short (pardon the pun), gas tank welding or exposing it to any heat source, even when a tank is filled with water, can be exciting for all sorts of reasons. And loud, too. If you survive, however, it does make for some stories to tell in your hard won old age. Usually, the type were your grandkids say, "Was everybody so dumb back then?"

Want to know how I know?
 
The_LED_Museum said:
That particular flashlight wouldn't frighen anybody with its light output, but yes, the size of the unit itself might make it appear imposing to some. ;)
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especially for an old (70+ y.o.) woman walking with his minute dog...:D
but I didn't want to frighten her...:) I was just walking with my dad
 
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