Sunday, September 29, 2024

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  1. If evolution was real they wouldn't be this vulnerable.

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  2. Normally it whacks me on the noggin…

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  3. That's what he gets for tangling that cord like that.

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  4. Learn the correct way to store a cord. The loops should be as long as how far you can hold your hands out sideways while coiling it up.

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    1. Is your name Kamala?

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    2. Yes it is!! Bravo. I roll out and up sometimes 400' of cord a day. Big loops don't break the strand wire. Everybody wants to roll it over their elbow so it looks like a stretched out version of the old phone cords in 3 months

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  5. Needs to learn how to walk a cord.

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  6. I did something similar while unrolling a cable reel for an extension cord. Previous user had unrolled it far enough to uncover the plug end and pull out several feet, then rolled it back up. Lazy bastard. Plug smacked me in the temple and knocked me out! Cracked two front teeth when I hit the ground, which cost me $3k for caps. No idea how long I laid there before regaining consciousness.

    You are not supposed to leave a cable wrapped up on a reel while in use. Creates a locked rotor effect, and boy, will that cable heat up!

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    1. +1…the wrapped-up cord heating up, that is; I have seen a 100' 14-ga. cord on a cord reel melted together after being left like that while in use all day long.
      Quite instructive.
      -JLM

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  7. That's no way to treat a cord, he needs to learn how to over-under. Let an audio engineer catch you doing that to their cables and you'll get kicked where he hit himself!

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    1. Yes! YES!! That's right! I helped in Audio at church for twelve years and over-under is the first thing I learned. Yes, it takes a bit to learn-but you can put the cord down, grab the top end and walk off with the whole cord w/o it getting tangled up. Very efficient.
      -JLM

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  8. Learn how to daisy chain a cord. Pulls apart easily, never tangles and you can pull out only what you need. Looks like hell, but stores and hangs without mess. I keep a 30 gallon trash can around and just throw the cords in and they still don't tangle up with another cord. Start with the center of the cord, pull a large knot and then pull both lines through one way and then the other and do that until you come to the ends.

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