Re: OT: extension cords

On Thu, 22 May 2025 12:59:54 GMT, flood of sins <fos@sdf.org> wrote:

On 2025-05-22, BryanGSimmons <bryangsimmons@gmail.com> wrote:

Probably irrelevant to most here, as we're mostly old retirees, but this
is the way to roll up a cord.  When I ran cleaning crews, I stressed two
things, rolling up cords properly, and never using abrasives on
porcelain fixtures, the latter being a fireable offense, as I described
it as, "willful destruction of company property."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXfFtn1Yjow
I used to tell my guys that I wouldn't hold it against them if they had
to ask me multiple times to demonstrate how to roll up the cords
properly.  I had learned this at 18 from my 17 YO rhythm guitar player,
in reference to microphone cables.  It instantly made sense because I
knew about the half twist on the Möbius strip, and the difference
between a square knot and granny knot.  That is all.

>
when i was a kid, age 13-15, i spent saturdays doing yard work
and maintenance at the house of the attorney my mom worked for.
he wasn't the average bear, he knew how to do everything he had
me do very well. vehicle maintenance, house maintenance, yard
maintenance etc. he was a handyman in heart with high education
and income.
>
had an electric lawn mower. used an extension cord. he saw me
wrapping the cord through my hand and around my elbow and gave
me an ass-ripping. said that's how to destroy an extension
chord because the fine wires they're made from get twisted into
knots after doing it repeatedly. then proceeded to show me the
proper way to do it as shown in the video. been doing it that
way since.

I never knew people could spend so much time and worry on extension
chords. It's heartwarming.

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Bruce
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