DilettanteGonePro t1_it4y9ik wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:36 PM

Reply to comment by MonsterCookieCutter in Power outlets have a faint smell. by napstur

My brother had an old farmhouse and found out the hard way that there was a run of lower rated wire inside one of the walls. He had a space heater plugged in against the outside wall but someone had added an outlet to an inside wall on the same circuit and used cheaper wire just in that section, so a fire started inside the wall. Luckily he noticed the smoke coming from the outlet as he was heading to bed for the night. If he hadn't noticed it he may not have woken up. He had so many similar crappy DIY problems with that house he probably replaced 60% of the house before he sold it

DilettanteGonePro t1_isypm27 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:52 PM

Reply to comment by cellulargenocide in TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement. by Padgriffin

I like how the new bands in that clip are now like two generations behind. The bands Homer is into would be like my generations parents being into Glenn Miller or something

DilettanteGonePro t1_isyp711 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:49 PM

Reply to comment by chinchenping in TIL that in an effort to save $43.5, the Canadian Mint mailed the dies of the new $1 coin via a discount courier over using an armored car- which were promptly stolen and have never been found. This would lead to the adoption of the Loonie design as an emergency replacement. by Padgriffin

Lol somewhere around 2007 a young coworker told me she didn't remember the first gulf war. That was the first of many times I felt like I was getting old.

The most recent is when the "your birthdate must be before this date" sign for alcohol went beyond September 11, 2001, which just happened last month.