Old Enough To Remember?

St-Gerard said:
Oh , anyone know what a Newton weighs?
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STFlips said:
answer is 0.737 lbs, that's one giant fig :rofl1:
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The Newton is the metric equivalent of pounds in Imperial measurement, and its equivalent to about 0.2248 lbs.

most (non-engineer) people aren't aware that the kilogram isn't actually the metric equivalent of a pound. A pound is a unit of force, the kilogram is a unit of mass, and the Newton is a unit of force. A kilogram mass weighs about 9.8 Newtons on Earth.
 
Larry Fine said:
One of my genius moments when I was a kid was when my dad needed to give someone a jump-start on the highway, but the cables weren't long enough for a front-to-back jump.

I suggested separating the cables, clamping one to the other, connecting them to both cars' positive terminals, and pushing the chrome bumpers together. Dad was so impressed.
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ME TOO! GENUIN GUINNES GREAT IDEA!
 
Chris09 said:
I've had a few Dodge Vans and as low guy on the totem pole in a service company drove a few horribly worn out ones [think the oldest was a 71]. I bought a short wheel base 82 at one time with a slant six and three speed manual which got a lot of laughs. Worst one was an 84 on propane, broke the crankshaft between 6 and 7, put another used engine in, broke it between 6 and 7 again. Still have a old get-away-van that I can't let go. Hey... it's a Dodge! :eek:
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ME, YOU AND AL BUNDY.
 
dwalby said:
The Newton is the metric equivalent of pounds in Imperial measurement, and its equivalent to about 0.2248 lbs.

most (non-engineer) people aren't aware that the kilogram isn't actually the metric equivalent of a pound. A pound is a unit of force, the kilogram is a unit of mass, and the Newton is a unit of force. A kilogram mass weighs about 9.8 Newtons on Earth.
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That's an interesting fact I did not know. My tongue in cheek reference was to Newton Meters/foot pounds and of course, Fig Newtons
 
Oh, how did you all miss the opportunity to toss out the slimiest unit of measure here!

"The slug is the unit of mass in the US common system of units, where the pound is the unit of force. The pound is therefore the unit of weight since weight is defined as the force of gravity on an object."​

The Slug as a Mass Unit

hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu
 
bdalameda said:
I remember when the TV repairman would come into our house to repair and tune our big Zenith console TV. I was fascinated as he removed various tubes and tested them with his test equipment. Those days are long gone.
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Also watching the image move around as he demagnetized the shadow mask with a degaussing coil.
 
bdalameda said:
I remember when the TV repairman would come into our house to repair and tune our big Zenith console TV. I was fascinated as he removed various tubes and tested them with his test equipment. Those days are long gone.
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We didn't always live in an area with a nearby tv transmitter. In some little towns, the nearest was far enough away that weather conditions harmed reception. Some of the clearest reception was when my little brother was holding onto the antenna mast while twisting it to instructions my father yelled out the window to him.
 
Oldbikefixr said:
We didn't always live in an area with a nearby tv transmitter. In some little towns, the nearest was far enough away that weather conditions harmed reception. Some of the clearest reception was when my little brother was holding onto the antenna mast while twisting it to instructions my father yelled out the window to him.
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We lived in a town like that in Tennessee. Antenna turning wasnt too bad if it wasnt raining! The rich people down the road had antenna towers and electric motors to turn the antenna.
 
Some of you may remember these:

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Oldbikefixr said:
We didn't always live in an area with a nearby tv transmitter. In some little towns, the nearest was far enough away that weather conditions harmed reception. Some of the clearest reception was when my little brother was holding onto the antenna mast while twisting it to instructions my father yelled out the window to him.
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My dad attached a small metal rod to the base of our antenna and put some little dowels in the ground so we knew just where to turn the antenna mast when we switched channels.
 
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