Bus (Or Buss) is the shortened version of Busbar (Or bus bar), which itself is the shortened version of Omnibus bar. Omni means ‘All’, so it defines a bar that ‘Carries All’. The busbars I was used to at work, were a lot bigger, and carried a lot more voltage and current than that type in the picture.
Actually that happens more than you’d think… but from mirrors and other shiny things, ie, more often from reflection than refraction.
Apparently mirrors have set furniture on fire.
But I knew a teacher who lived out towards the coast from me, in a wooded area, whose hanging glass prism started a fire by refraction in a small woodpile on their porch, about 20 years ago.
Luckily, they were home and saw it… I think they put it out before the fire dept arrived, and it didn’t do much damage or get to their house or trees.
But she told everybody the firemen said never hang prisms outdoors in the sun like hers, or even in the window, so I took down the round cut crystal that used to hang in mine.
I miss the little rainbows, but they don’t seem safe any more.
I’m having trouble with that. Wood requires a lot of energy to ignite. The focus would need to be tight and prolonged. But the sun moves and with it the focal point. I suppose something on top of the wood (dry leaves, an oily rag) could have been ignited.
This woman is actually a friend of my friend who teaches at the same school.
I’ve never visited her, but she talked about it at a school event I went to.
Apparently they had their main wood pile well away from the house, for safety, including most of the big logs.
The small pile they would keep on the porch was mostly only wood they had already split for kindling, and probably other, even finer, sorts of twigs and such, plus a spilt log or two for later.
My friend, who also lives in a fairly rural area, also stopped hanging prisms after that, and started keeping HER kindling indoors, in a closed container.
When I was taking radio/television repair class almost a half-century ago, the instructors would state that in the early days of television broadcasting, if a fire occurred anywhere near a television, it was determined to be the cause of the fire. Usually, when investigated further, it was something sitting on top of the television that caused the fire.
One reason was in the early days, a lot of televisions were in a wood case. As the heat from the vacuum tubes caused the wood to dry, it became very flammable, and a fishbowl or glass vase focusing sunlight on the dry wood would cause it to ignite.
Quite often a cloth would be placed over the top of the TV cabinet underneath such items. It was common to see said cloth covering some of the vents on the top of the rear cover of the TV. Don’t forget that a lot of the moulded rear covers on the units were a type of compressed particle board, so also flammable.
This looks like the kid who played Eddie on the old TV show “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.” The father was played by Bill Bixby, but I have no idea of the child actor’s name.
Today’s Songs:
1. ‘I Saw Her Standing There,’ 2. ‘I Think We’re Alone Now,’ 3. ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody,’ and 4. ‘I Want to Rock,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe 5. ‘Chocomint Cookies’
1. By Wikipedia its original title was ‘Seventeen’ and is based on two variations of an English/Irish folk song ‘As I Roved Out’ and its variation from 1912 ‘Seventeen Come Sunday’ (both are below / the instrument being played in ‘As I Roved Out’ is a hurdy-gurdy with organ, and I’ve posted another video of one being played where it is featured. Frankly, I don’t see the musical connection between the songs. 2. ‘TOMMY JAMES and THE SHONDELLS’ took it to number 4 in 1967. Tiffany Darwish took it to number 1 in the U.K., U.S., Canada, and New Zealand in 1987 (her version is below / I like both / Ritchie Cordell is the composer).
3. Seven million copies sold. Whitney Houston could sing! ! !
4. Mark Metcalf appeared in two videos , that I know of (I posted ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ earlier if you recall / and what the heck, it’s below too), as the ‘villain’ on ‘Twisted Sister’s’ ‘Stay Hungry’ album in 1984. He was also cast as Neidermeyer in 1976’s ‘Animal House’.
5. I like chocolate, and I like mint, just not together. A box of ‘After Eight’ mints is safe around me.
Tommy James and the Shondell’s is an interesting story. There seems to be no real Shondells. After recording the widely ignored Hanky-Panky, the group split. When the record was ‘discovered’, the original band members (except Tommy) were no where to be found. Later records and tours had new band members as needed.
If you even mildly enjoy any Tommy James song, I suggest seeing him live. My wife humored me and went with to see him (she’s more into Lead Zeppelin music); she came out declaring it one of the best concerts she’s ever seen.
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Blue Beaked Boobies!
Boobies are a bit bigger.
aka daleandkristen
My son bought himself an issue of JUGGS magazine for Christmas . Using, in error, MY credit card.
We had these birds before…
I thought they must not be real…
But I’m pretty sure now that they’re Australian dusky woodswallows… albeit color quite enhanced.
Boobies gots blue foots…
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Too spooky for me!
me too!
Not my thing.
I like my surreal to be less nightmarish.
The caption below….
“Original Collaborative Oil Painting by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters (Short Film Poster Image)”
…comes from HERE. I can find no evidence that this particular film titled “Calliope” was ever made.
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Secret storage if you open the car doors?
Slight misunderstanding 😉
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A common electrical tie point, usually a power or common (0VDC) connection is sometimes called a bus, but the correct spelling in this case is “buss”.
Bus (Or Buss) is the shortened version of Busbar (Or bus bar), which itself is the shortened version of Omnibus bar. Omni means ‘All’, so it defines a bar that ‘Carries All’. The busbars I was used to at work, were a lot bigger, and carried a lot more voltage and current than that type in the picture.
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from ‘Believe it or Not”
That’ll teach you to hang up your coat instead of just dropping it on the floor!
Actually that happens more than you’d think… but from mirrors and other shiny things, ie, more often from reflection than refraction.
Apparently mirrors have set furniture on fire.
But I knew a teacher who lived out towards the coast from me, in a wooded area, whose hanging glass prism started a fire by refraction in a small woodpile on their porch, about 20 years ago.
Luckily, they were home and saw it… I think they put it out before the fire dept arrived, and it didn’t do much damage or get to their house or trees.
But she told everybody the firemen said never hang prisms outdoors in the sun like hers, or even in the window, so I took down the round cut crystal that used to hang in mine.
I miss the little rainbows, but they don’t seem safe any more.
that’ll teach you to be nice ‘n neat!
I’m having trouble with that. Wood requires a lot of energy to ignite. The focus would need to be tight and prolonged. But the sun moves and with it the focal point. I suppose something on top of the wood (dry leaves, an oily rag) could have been ignited.
This woman is actually a friend of my friend who teaches at the same school.
I’ve never visited her, but she talked about it at a school event I went to.
Apparently they had their main wood pile well away from the house, for safety, including most of the big logs.
The small pile they would keep on the porch was mostly only wood they had already split for kindling, and probably other, even finer, sorts of twigs and such, plus a spilt log or two for later.
My friend, who also lives in a fairly rural area, also stopped hanging prisms after that, and started keeping HER kindling indoors, in a closed container.
That’s pretty much all I know.
When I was taking radio/television repair class almost a half-century ago, the instructors would state that in the early days of television broadcasting, if a fire occurred anywhere near a television, it was determined to be the cause of the fire. Usually, when investigated further, it was something sitting on top of the television that caused the fire.
One reason was in the early days, a lot of televisions were in a wood case. As the heat from the vacuum tubes caused the wood to dry, it became very flammable, and a fishbowl or glass vase focusing sunlight on the dry wood would cause it to ignite.
Quite often a cloth would be placed over the top of the TV cabinet underneath such items. It was common to see said cloth covering some of the vents on the top of the rear cover of the TV. Don’t forget that a lot of the moulded rear covers on the units were a type of compressed particle board, so also flammable.
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This is one of a series made just after the war. The logo leads to an article about them.
Even got the name right this time!
I got it. 🙂
Me too.
This looks like the kid who played Eddie on the old TV show “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.” The father was played by Bill Bixby, but I have no idea of the child actor’s name.
That was child actor Brandon Cruz:
I can kind of see some resemblance, maybe more of “type” than facial features.
But today’s celebrity was older, and wasn’t an actor as a child.
Got one right for a change, and even remembered his name. A very talented person.
Yeah, I recognized his grown up face even in the kid picture.
He wore that expression as an adult, and also seemed to stay a kid.
Got it right this time.
I got the adult again.
Me too, but after seeing the adult picture, I can see the likeness between the two.
i didn’t have a clue!
Looks fun: flying & skating, two of my favorite things.
Sorry I didn’t show up on New Year’s Day …
I was planning to post this… I think it’s still fresh…
More than what i did. 🙂
There seems to be something wrong with your avatar. It doesn’t feel like a new year until Baby Susan shows up ♥
I posted a recipe for CREAM PUFFS last year on this date.
No.
That was for sauce bechamel…
1. ‘I Saw Her Standing There,’ 2. ‘I Think We’re Alone Now,’ 3. ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody,’ and 4. ‘I Want to Rock,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe 5. ‘Chocomint Cookies’
1. By Wikipedia its original title was ‘Seventeen’ and is based on two variations of an English/Irish folk song ‘As I Roved Out’ and its variation from 1912 ‘Seventeen Come Sunday’ (both are below / the instrument being played in ‘As I Roved Out’ is a hurdy-gurdy with organ, and I’ve posted another video of one being played where it is featured. Frankly, I don’t see the musical connection between the songs. 2. ‘TOMMY JAMES and THE SHONDELLS’ took it to number 4 in 1967. Tiffany Darwish took it to number 1 in the U.K., U.S., Canada, and New Zealand in 1987 (her version is below / I like both / Ritchie Cordell is the composer).
3. Seven million copies sold. Whitney Houston could sing! ! !
4. Mark Metcalf appeared in two videos , that I know of (I posted ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ earlier if you recall / and what the heck, it’s below too), as the ‘villain’ on ‘Twisted Sister’s’ ‘Stay Hungry’ album in 1984. He was also cast as Neidermeyer in 1976’s ‘Animal House’.
5. I like chocolate, and I like mint, just not together. A box of ‘After Eight’ mints is safe around me.
Tommy James and the Shondell’s is an interesting story. There seems to be no real Shondells. After recording the widely ignored Hanky-Panky, the group split. When the record was ‘discovered’, the original band members (except Tommy) were no where to be found. Later records and tours had new band members as needed.
If you even mildly enjoy any Tommy James song, I suggest seeing him live. My wife humored me and went with to see him (she’s more into Lead Zeppelin music); she came out declaring it one of the best concerts she’s ever seen.