From: Josepi on 7 Jun 2010 07:26 I use that method for my master bedroom. Once she complies I let her out for breakfast. LOL "F Murtz" <haggisz(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:hui1ma$ql7$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... It is possible to get electrically operated magnetic catches. You could go the whole hog and make it remote control and keep remote in pocket. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Bob F on 7 Jun 2010 10:35 Duncan Wood wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:24:38 +0100, Meat Plow <mhywatt(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: >> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:13:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher ??o??: >> >>> Jeff The Drunk wrote: >>>> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:06:09 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote: >>>> >>>>> "john hamilton" <bluestarx(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message >>>>> news:hugc8b$uec$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>>>>> Have tried using the strongest cuboard magnet I can find (In >>>>>> north London u.k.), but if the wind picks up surprisingly it >>>>>> will just not hold. Also >>>>> The magnet out of a hard drive is flat and very strong. >>>> >>>> Really? What kind of hard drive has a big flat magnet inside? That >>>> defies all logic on the principals of how a hard drive works. >>>> themotor >> >> So hard drives have a motor that has a big flat strong magnet? >> Wouldn't that mess up the data being written to the platers? >> > > No. It is the head moving mechanism that uses the magnets, not the motor.
From: Bob F on 7 Jun 2010 10:38 terry wrote: > Got another couple of hard drives downstairs to be scrapped for small > parts, especially the magnets. > > Development of stronger magnets has certainly progressed during the > last 50 to 60 years! The magnets used for WWII magnetrons were huge. > Nowadays each microwave oven normally contains two such annular > (doughnut shape) magnets, which together will fit into a mail > envelope! I use hard drive magnets to locate the studs in wall. The magnets will easily stick to the nails in the wallboard. Just find the nail and stick the magnet there to mark the spot.
From: Whiskers on 7 Jun 2010 13:52 ["Followup-To:" header set to 24hoursupport.helpdesk.] On 2010-06-06, Meat Plow <mhywatt(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:13:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher ǝʇoɹʍ: >> Jeff The Drunk wrote: >>> On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:06:09 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote: >>>> "john hamilton" <bluestarx(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message >>>> news:hugc8b$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. [...] To the OP: why not install a simple latch on the door? (The sort meant for house doors, of course!). -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~
From: Roger Shoaf on 7 Jun 2010 15:12
"Stuart" <Spambin(a)argonet.co.uk> wrote in message news:5123904ba4Spambin(a)argonet.co.uk... > In article <1275868215.504573(a)news01.syix.com>, > Roger Shoaf <shoaf(a)nospamsyix.com> wrote: > > But those types of doors already have a latch where the door remains > > shut and is only locked when you lift up on the lever. At least the > > ones that I have seen that have made it to California. > > True with ours but my daughter's has no lever on the outside. Let the door > shut when you're outside and you need the key to operate the latch. > OK so there are some models that have no lever on the outside, but Still the local locksmith is probably knowledgeable about the hardware in use in his area and might be able to come up with a solution that is cheap, easy and aesthetically pleasing. -- Roger Shoaf About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff. |