Your last generator Maintenance Run

[MAX-24-Dean]

Who thought that generators and swimmers would end up in the same thread!

 

[Robin Veerman]

Well it is a discussion on maintenance…..

 

[WinterDeere]

Who thought that generators and swimmers would end up in the same thread!

Sorry. I found it interesting, but maybe too much thread drift.

 

[3930dave]

Sorry. I found it interesting, but maybe too much thread drift.

No harm.... call it Equipment Maintenance.....

Not data I track closely.... but seem to recall at different times hearing about high proportions of female births, with endocrine disruptors being cited. Correlation/Causation..... can be challenging to sort-out.....

I play RF as a hobby.... not big on End Dis's though......

Rgds, D.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I think it was the discussion of governors that did it

 

[3930dave]

We're all about Mech Engineering here !!!!!

Rgds, D.

 

[Williy]

That's like the term it will get cold enough to freeze your
balls off. That came from the old sailing man of war ships
that had canon and the racks for the canon balls were made
of brass and when it got very cold the canon balls would fall
of the rack hense the term "freeze your balls off"

willy

 

[3930dave]

That's like the term it will get cold enough to freeze your
balls off. That came from the old sailing man of war ships
that had canon and the racks for the canon balls were made
of brass and when it got very cold the canon balls would fall
of the rack hense the term "freeze your balls off"

willy

IIRC, those brass-plates were a "monkey".... so we got, Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey....

Rgds, D.

 

[WinterDeere]

IIRC, those brass-plates were a "monkey".... so we got, Freeze the Balls off a Brass Monkey....

Rgds, D.

That is an awesome story! And I was so hoping it was true!

I did some digging on this, since it's exactly the kind of weird factoid I love, and unfortunately it appears this etymology is misappropriated:

It is often stated that the phrase originated from the use of a brass tray, called a "monkey", to hold cannonballs on warships in the 16th to 18th centuries. Supposedly, in very cold temperatures the "monkey" would contract, causing the balls to fall off.[15] However, nearly all historians and etymologists consider this story to be a myth. This story has been discredited by the U.S. Department of the Navy,[16] etymologist Michael Quinion, and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).[17]

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Sorry. I found it interesting, but maybe too much thread drift.

I thought it was interesting and humorous!

So more slight thread drift must be in order.

I worked for a company for several years that did nuclear research and made some reactor products that were consumables. But had long lasting effects to personnel exposed to the products in production. We had some similiar results in the reproductive area that you discussed previously. Except the swimmers in this case were sterile. So no boys or girls from this workgroup.
The product was radioactive and used in the generation of electricity.