And there are still people that believe that the earth is flat…
What? It’s not flat?
I work with some of those…
It obviously is, that is why the bottom of shoes are flat.
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That is the best argument against a flat Earth that I have heard …
My oldest is 6, and we have been going out of our way recently to teach him how to read an analog clock. He even wanted a watch because he sees me wearing one, and we bought him a cheap analog watch.
Actually another funny little anecdote, I remember back in College I worked at CompUSA. I had this older looking man slowly walk up to me with this quizzical look on his face, and he eventually asked me if I knew what a slide rule was. I thought it was a strange question, and said of course, but when he asked if we sold them I said we didn’t, and perhaps a education supply store or something might be a better place to look.
Later when I mentioned to a few other employees about this, thinking they would find it funny that a guy came in looking for one, every single one them (even the older managers), were like “what the hell is a slide rule”…clearly I’ve lived in the past a long time.
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So:
- Write notes in cursive
- Drive stick shifts
- Use slide rule calculations
And we will win the civil war against the millennials
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yeah….I do also drive a stick shift, even now. I was actually a bit worried when I bought my first car here in Auckland, a lot more hills than I grew up driving on, and I would be shifting with my left hand. It wasn’t an issue though despite the lack hills where I grew up I was fine at hill starts, and shifting with my left wasn’t really that bad.
edit: Of course technically I AM a Millenial…just barely
Ewww…..
Shifting with the left hand just doesn’t seem natural.
Are your pedals gas on right clutch on left, or reversed too?
pedals are the same, gas on right, clutch on left. Honestly so far switching between driving on the right and left isn’t too bad, usually the first 24 hours I switch I’m a bit more cautious, then I get back into the rhythm of driving on the other side.
Back before my wife and I got married we went on a trip to Mongolia. I was debating on doing some driving (at least around Ulaanbaatar), but I’m glad I didn’t, among other things they drive on the right, but most of their cars are imports from Japan. I think driving on the right and sitting on the right might have been enough to confuse my brain.
You ought to try driving in Hong Kong.
Drivers pulled out in front of cars on roads regularly with the attitude that “they could change lanes, there was no car in the other lane” (Actual words of a taxi driver when he pulled out in front of a car) I told that taxi driver if he gets to America he better not rent a car or better be wearing a bullet-proof vest, because if the driver he pulls in front of isn’t carrying a gun one of the witnesses that saw him do it will lend him one.
Police cars with lights on are pulled in front of, even saw a car change lanes right in front of a police car in the left lane with its lights on and stop to make a left turn, blocking the police car. If a cop doesn’t want cut in front of he will have his siren on, not just lights
Yeah sounds pretty crazy. Mongolia had some similar craziness, red lights are treated as yield/give ways. At rush hour all roads have “dynamic lanes”, ie. 3 lanes going one way, and 3 going the other suddenly become 5 lanes going one way, and 1 lane going the other. This is all unofficial and legally it’s still 3 and 3…it’s just a lot of cars driving on the wrong side of the road because this is the direction all the traffic is going.
Another fun one is Ukraine.
Yellow lights are wired together all 4 ways and the second the light turns green it’s a drag race into the intersection. No late red’s like is normal here.
The one other thing is even though I was not in a wealthy area every car was in perfect condition. No crunched body panels, duct taped fenders, busted lights, loud exhaust or rough running engine. Annual inspections to get registered and police could pull cars off the road.
Fun Fact: in Turkey airport taxis & limos have red & blue strobe lights all over, always on.
Fun Fact 2: in Ukraine police always have their red roof lights on whenever not at the police station, even parked at lunch. If they’re on a call they turn on the blue lights too.
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Forgot the other requirements in Ukraine.
Every car has to have an approved, and fully stocked, first aid kit (that’s a lot more than the little kits you can buy here)
Every car has to have a fire extinguisher that has been checked in the past 6 months (and not the tiny vehicle ones sold here)
Cars with student drivers have to show a specific emblem indicating student driver.
If you witness an accident you can’t leave the scene until police arrive and get your statement.
During the winter months there has to be an approved ice scraper in the car.
For those walking - they LOVE having polished marble steps and porches in front of their buildings that are as slippery as you can imagine in rain and with snow and ice, and if you fall and get hurt it’s your fault for not knowing how to walk in the winter
A little self promotion…. this is another great tool, I used it today and its very handy, if you need to generate current or voltage this little tool is very nice to carry
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I need to buy that simulator for my customers that will pay us a thousand dollars to troubleshoot a blown fuse or a bad $100 sensor because they refuse to buy and learn how to use a Fluke 707. For $200, I could add it to their bill and most wouldn’t bat an eye.
I was working with a customer at a pump station and watched him pull out a little multimeter and measure the AC current coming from a 200HP Yaskawa VFD and it matched the drive display within 1 amp (around 90 amps at that speed). I said, that’s a cool little meter, and my old Greenlee has a bad LCD segment, where did you get that? “Amazon, fifty bucks. Up to 600A AC or DC”. Wow.
I bought one and I kinda love it so far. The only real complaint he had was the leads weren’t real tight and could fall out of the bottom, but they apparently fixed that, because mine is nice and snug.
https://www.amazon.com/FNIRSI-Multimeter-Flashlight-Capacitance-Temperature/dp/B0DP2L9CFR
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One of my favorite apps I use is a calculator called RealCalc (android only). My favorite things about it is RPN mode and unit conversion. I liked it so much I got the paid version, which adds number systems (HEX/BIN/OCT) among other things. I really only got the paid version because I liked the app, not for the additional features.
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I have done that a couple times, there is one app that I upgrade every year… not because I have to but I want to support a good product, they never ask (other than donations) and they say “thank you”