I once asked about that very thing, and I was told that the fact that each cord contains two separate wires made it impossible.
I don’t really believe that… I’d think the separate positive and negative connections could revolve on the same axle or spindle, one under the other, without touching, but I’m no electrician or inventor.
I only know it would be great for things like phone charging cords, which I tend to break.
Phone cords actually contain four, or six, wires depending upon construction and internal technology. It is entirely possible though, think of slip rings in electric motors and rotating assemblies. Consider an extremely common device, that I would think all of us here as seen, the 1/4″ stereo jack plug and socket. Plug the jack plug into the socket, and you can rotate it through as many turns as you wish and it will still function whilst doing so. OK, with those devices you might get a bit of crackling due to poor connection due to tarnish/dirt etc, but the principle is exactly the same.
It’s been done. I’ve had phones with those swivels on them. The cords strung through some industrial robots that I’ve seen have swivel joints containing as many as 8 wires (there are likely systems with more).
This is very true, and does depend upon the usage.
The equipment I used to work on had silver plated copper plungers and strips as the rotating contacts, some were under oil, some just in air. At sixty years of service they had functioned remarkably reliably with minimal maintenance, which was mainly down to the design. The plating was completely worn off in places on some of them, but they still worked.
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Well, isn’t this just a fine assemblage of canine pulchritude.
I’ve got nine. But seeing as how my eyes are presently not working together, I am invoking the Rule of Schmutz and declaring the puzzle solved.
(Pun not intended, but I’ll take it.)
Wow, if bull terriers are “dangerous”, what about actual bulldogs?
They look fierce but they’re generally sweet.
Since species names vary from place to place, I’m not sure we’re talking about the same dogs… But what we call a bull terrier is very small. Not much of a threat.
…
Also, people here tend to call all kinds of dogs “pit bulls” when they’re not… They’re afraid of anything with a jowly face, like a boxer or bulldog.
Actual pit bulls don’t even look like that… And they’re not necessarily dangerous either.
Even pit bulls, cane corsos, and other “aggressive” dogs are usually trained that way by an aggressive human.
I took the name above from wikipedia – the name is the same.
Friends of ours (the man in the house legally changed his name to Snoopy, Charles M. Schulz permitted that) have a bunch of sweet large dogs who are on that dumb list. Some rescues among them.
Hopefully we’ll be able to attend their annual BBQ one week from now.
Not to worry about the heat – they have their own large pool. The dogs, that is. Human-sized. And they live in the countryside with large woods nearby.
I always am respectful, but not scared when meeting a dog that doesn’t know me yet. I only got bitten once by a tiny pocket-rat – I suspect it was a fear-biter. Owners of large dogs we meet are always grateful that we don’t ask the common question “Does he bite?” (most times it’s a female), but say “That’s a lovely dog!” and then they often tell the dog’s story which we’ll never get tired of hearing.
My first spoken word? “Zeus”. The neighbors’ watch-dog who took his job seriously, a German Shepherd before hip displacement was a thing for them. I loved him, he loved me – as did his successor when I was ten years old already.
When the discussion about “Kampfhunde” was still pending, we met one on the subway. Ugly face to humans (sick breeders!), but as sweet as you could possibly sustain.
I always thought “Does he bite?” was a silly question… like the person would be standing there not saying anything, with a dog he thought would bite you.
Occasionally “is he friendly?” makes sense, because unless the dog initiates contact, I ask in some way whether it’s ok, before touching a strange dog.
I briefly worked as a demonstrator for a dog food company, and one of my duties was giving biscuits to customer’s dogs.
I got sniffed, licked, jumped on, even playfully and gently teethed, by dogs from tiny to enormous… but never once bitten.
They had a self service dog washing station in the shop, so some of my canine customers were soaking wet.
Okay, I found 8 but after looking at Susan’s answer I realize that I have nine. There is a rule broken here (which I’ve come to expect). After one of Tigressy’s “bonus” differences was dismissed we were assured
that…
any color difference would be a completely different color”. The stripped “shirt” got brighter, but still had the same colors. I saw it as an artifact of the copy/paste.
.
Are we witnessing the last moments on Earth of one of these two?
She will start with his head.
That actually doesn’t interfere with mating.
Typical male.
😉
,,
I smell an optical illusion.
ARGH!
Yeah right.
LOL
Easy, it’s the burned out pixel on my monitor ☺
,
Heckuva view from a balcony with no railings.
Even handmaidens get play the national pastime.
Handmaidens?
They’re Amish girls.
In many orders the black caps mean they’re unmarried, and the opposite for the white cap the woman on the end is wearing.
Some orders allow sports, all girls or all boys only, but the objective is teamwork rather than winning.
Supposedly no records are kept of individual scores or athletic feats.
That’s what I’ve read, anyhow.
I would have thought Mennonites from the colorful dresses.
There have been some changes in the last few decades, I can’t keep up.
Amish women wear most colors, as long as they’re solid, not prints, and in most orders, not overly bright.
Some communities will have a store with bolts of fabric, or several families will share a bolt, so people end up with matching clothing.
Other communities have someone designated as a seamstress, who may sell many copies of the same dress and bonnet.
AFAIK Mennonite dress is not usually this plain or identical.
They’re allowed to have buttons, which Amish women may not, and some modest ornamentation.
“Really? Is that the best excuse you can come up with?”
“…you didn’t throw it, did you?”
NOSE!
.
Let’s do the twist!
Instead, someone came up with a helical coil.
Which gets terribly tangled!
Yup. 😀
I once asked about that very thing, and I was told that the fact that each cord contains two separate wires made it impossible.
I don’t really believe that… I’d think the separate positive and negative connections could revolve on the same axle or spindle, one under the other, without touching, but I’m no electrician or inventor.
I only know it would be great for things like phone charging cords, which I tend to break.
Somebody do it!
Phone cords actually contain four, or six, wires depending upon construction and internal technology. It is entirely possible though, think of slip rings in electric motors and rotating assemblies. Consider an extremely common device, that I would think all of us here as seen, the 1/4″ stereo jack plug and socket. Plug the jack plug into the socket, and you can rotate it through as many turns as you wish and it will still function whilst doing so. OK, with those devices you might get a bit of crackling due to poor connection due to tarnish/dirt etc, but the principle is exactly the same.
Hi MCTS (Daleandkristen from GC here). Oh, how wonderful for your knowledgeable explanations!!!!!!! Thanks. Hope IVY is well.
Hello Jean, glad you understood the explanation. Ivy is being wonderful as usual.
It’s been done. I’ve had phones with those swivels on them. The cords strung through some industrial robots that I’ve seen have swivel joints containing as many as 8 wires (there are likely systems with more).
The more brushes and contacts you have, the more there is to wear out, or just go wrong.
This is very true, and does depend upon the usage.
The equipment I used to work on had silver plated copper plungers and strips as the rotating contacts, some were under oil, some just in air. At sixty years of service they had functioned remarkably reliably with minimal maintenance, which was mainly down to the design. The plating was completely worn off in places on some of them, but they still worked.
Well, isn’t this just a fine assemblage of canine pulchritude.
You made me learn something!
someone had to say it…
ARGH!
They are on a new mission now.
OK; got ten.
That’s a lot of noses for Rita!
Some of those fine canines look like they are residents of Ballard Street – and some look like completely different species.
I’ve got nine. But seeing as how my eyes are presently not working together, I am invoking the Rule of Schmutz and declaring the puzzle solved.
(Pun not intended, but I’ll take it.)
The last one took me a while, but I didn’t give up this time.
I found nine on the first run through, I’ll look again later.
can i count the NOSES!
We count on that.
Here I am! Here I am!
I kinda.. well… um.. found myself resting my eyes.
But I have your solution right here!
Plenty of places to put a difference…
But there are ten, and as soon as you think you’ve found them all, or come as close as you can, after doing your best…
BTW I have dibs on the little Pomeranian just below the center.
Yes!
I’d love to have the Bull Terrier if we still had our house with garden – but they are on the list of “dangerous dogs” here in Germany. 🙁
Really? That sucks.
Wow, if bull terriers are “dangerous”, what about actual bulldogs?
They look fierce but they’re generally sweet.
Since species names vary from place to place, I’m not sure we’re talking about the same dogs… But what we call a bull terrier is very small. Not much of a threat.
…
Also, people here tend to call all kinds of dogs “pit bulls” when they’re not… They’re afraid of anything with a jowly face, like a boxer or bulldog.
Actual pit bulls don’t even look like that… And they’re not necessarily dangerous either.
Even pit bulls, cane corsos, and other “aggressive” dogs are usually trained that way by an aggressive human.
Do they not allow many breeds?
I took the name above from wikipedia – the name is the same.
Friends of ours (the man in the house legally changed his name to Snoopy, Charles M. Schulz permitted that) have a bunch of sweet large dogs who are on that dumb list. Some rescues among them.
Hopefully we’ll be able to attend their annual BBQ one week from now.
Not to worry about the heat – they have their own large pool. The dogs, that is. Human-sized. And they live in the countryside with large woods nearby.
I always am respectful, but not scared when meeting a dog that doesn’t know me yet. I only got bitten once by a tiny pocket-rat – I suspect it was a fear-biter. Owners of large dogs we meet are always grateful that we don’t ask the common question “Does he bite?” (most times it’s a female), but say “That’s a lovely dog!” and then they often tell the dog’s story which we’ll never get tired of hearing.
My first spoken word? “Zeus”. The neighbors’ watch-dog who took his job seriously, a German Shepherd before hip displacement was a thing for them. I loved him, he loved me – as did his successor when I was ten years old already.
When the discussion about “Kampfhunde” was still pending, we met one on the subway. Ugly face to humans (sick breeders!), but as sweet as you could possibly sustain.
Before approaching a dog for a pet or scratch i always ask if he or she is a finger eater. The people always get a laugh out of that. 🙂
I’m not afraid of dogs either.
I always thought “Does he bite?” was a silly question… like the person would be standing there not saying anything, with a dog he thought would bite you.
Occasionally “is he friendly?” makes sense, because unless the dog initiates contact, I ask in some way whether it’s ok, before touching a strange dog.
I briefly worked as a demonstrator for a dog food company, and one of my duties was giving biscuits to customer’s dogs.
I got sniffed, licked, jumped on, even playfully and gently teethed, by dogs from tiny to enormous… but never once bitten.
They had a self service dog washing station in the shop, so some of my canine customers were soaking wet.
But I loved it.
Okay, I found 8 but after looking at Susan’s answer I realize that I have nine. There is a rule broken here (which I’ve come to expect). After one of Tigressy’s “bonus” differences was dismissed we were assured
I see fairly bright blue on the left and bright purple on the right.
Check some pictures of grapes… or an old Cleo movie poster with purplie eye shadow.
Maybe you’re having a monitor adjustment issue.
Thanks for the idea, Susan.
P51Strega: Quite possibly Susan is right, and your monitor needs a bit of adjustment.
Is this the earliest incarnation of Claude?
Caption: “I can’t believe you. … We go in and out of this cave a hundred times a day, but you always just have to try that thing!”
The Far Side Website: https://www.thefarside.com/
My thoughts exactly!
I see a few offhand, but I’m not going to stay up searching. This pastel mix is to hard on my eyes,
A Wombat for SusanSunshine 🙂
I think he resembles one of my college professors.
I would not engage the Wombat
In any form of mortal combat.
NOSE!
Did you make this poster, @More_Cats? I love it.
It says ©superbaink
Nope, just one I found on the web ages ago when looking for pictures of wombats.
NOSE!
Thank you!
And thanks for your kind answer on the 13th… But I guess you saw my thanks there, since you posted a wombat. 😁
He’s a cutie!
I keep strange hours, so my replies tend to be late… But maybe you don’t notice, being 8 hours away anyway.
I’m really worried about Alexikakos.
Even his profile on gocomics.com got not deleted, but cleansed: https://www.gocomics.com/profile/2386117
me too
me 3!!!
He last posted here at C&C on May 31…
Very disconcerting.
Wow.
His profile is just as he left it.
I’m not saying I’m not worried about him, cos I am.
But he’s done this before… though he usually says something first.
…
His GoComics profile has not been “cleansed”… nor altered in any way I can see.
He would have had to do that himself… Not something GC does.
But if you actually read his comments there, his second one SAYS he’s going away…
He was, in fact already banned, but since he could read his own comments, I don’t think he knew yet.
However, if you actually check the pages where any of them are supposedly posted, they’re invisible (to anyone but him) in the forums.
He’s never gotten back on GoComics since that point.
….
Of course his GoComics ban included Ballard Street, so he couldn’t post on Sherpa Cleo either.
He just showed up one day once we were on this site… I can’t remember when.
Also, one day he said he was going to do some spring cleaning, or some such, and disappeared again for months, then came back with no explanation.
I’m fairly sure that was here on Cleo, and not long enough ago to have been while we were on Ballard Street, and well before his ban.
But even if it was way back then, it shows his proclivity for disappearing.
I really hope he’s OK, but I also hope it’s not time to panic.
Mozart Flash Mob EXCELLANT.
(I am Daleandkristen on GC)