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From: Ralph Mowery on 6 Jun 2010 11:06 "john hamilton" <bluestarx(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message news:hugc8b$uec$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Have tried using the strongest cuboard magnet I can find (In north London > u.k.), but if the wind picks up surprisingly it will just not hold. Also The magnet out of a hard drive is flat and very strong.
From: The Natural Philosopher on 6 Jun 2010 11:13 Jeff The Drunk wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:06:09 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote: > >> "john hamilton" <bluestarx(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message >> news:hugc8b$uec$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> Have tried using the strongest cuboard magnet I can find (In north >>> London u.k.), but if the wind picks up surprisingly it will just not >>> hold. Also >> The magnet out of a hard drive is flat and very strong. > > Really? What kind of hard drive has a big flat magnet inside? That defies > all logic on the principals of how a hard drive works. themotor
From: dpb on 6 Jun 2010 11:13 EXT wrote: > "Bob F" <bobnospam(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:hugcjh$ajm$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> john hamilton wrote: >>> When working on my car, I bring it right up close to the house and >>> lay my tools out on the floor behind the front door. ... >> >> Just about any door latch in the world will fix that. > > Why not use a tool box next to the car, they close up quick too. How about a car that doesn't need fixing so much? --
From: willshak on 6 Jun 2010 11:18 john hamilton wrote the following: > When working on my car, I bring it right up close to the house and lay my > tools out on the floor behind the front door. Since you never know when it > will rain, it works out very handy since then all I have to do is close the > door; and don't have to be picking up all the tools. > > Now if its not warm the family doesn't like the cold air coming into the > house and they want the front door shut, which is fair enough. Since the > door just swings open I have to keep getting the keys out of my pocket to > open the door. > > I would like the door to stay shut on its own accord, yet just open with a > push without having to use the keys. There is no room on the door jamb to > screw one of those helical spring self closers. And anyway in general use we > dont want the door to close by itself. Which also rules out one of those > hydraulic self closers which could fit on at the top of the door. > > Have tried using the strongest cuboard magnet I can find (In north London > u.k.), but if the wind picks up surprisingly it will just not hold. Also > tried cutting a thin wedge of cork glued to an upright jamb which makes the > door a tight fit when closed. However the door shrinks in the summer and > expands in the winter so that only works for about half the year. > > Grateful for any suggestions, especially something similar to the cork > arrangement which works just fine prividing the weather suits it. Thanks. Here in the US, we have pretty accurate weather forecasting, so we know when not to plan to work outside. Now, setting that GB weather joke aside, a question. Why do you need keys to open the front door at any time? Can you leave the door unlocked? Thirdly, a suggestion. Leave the tools in the vehicle when you are working with them, either on the floor of the car, or in the trunk (boot). Then, if it rains, just shut the car door or boot and go inside til the rain stops.. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @
From: Meat Plow on 6 Jun 2010 11:24
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:13:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher ǝʇoɹʍ: > Jeff The Drunk wrote: >> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:06:09 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote: >> >>> "john hamilton" <bluestarx(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message >>> news:hugc8b$uec$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>> Have tried using the strongest cuboard magnet I can find (In north >>>> London u.k.), but if the wind picks up surprisingly it will just not >>>> hold. Also >>> The magnet out of a hard drive is flat and very strong. >> >> Really? What kind of hard drive has a big flat magnet inside? That >> defies all logic on the principals of how a hard drive works. > themotor So hard drives have a motor that has a big flat strong magnet? Wouldn't that mess up the data being written to the platers? |