New England Off Topic and Banter as Most Brilliantly Proposed by Cape Cod MINI

[yellowmininy]

Let's see, if I retire by 2027...

[NoNo]

Quote: Originally Posted by rfinprc (original)

Cool. Some Boy Scout Troup in NYC used to make an annual event of riding every line in the NYC subway system in under 24 hours. Maybe we should pick an appropriate amount of time and try it with this!

I saw a special on that on the Discovery Channel or something like that. There's a whole subculture of people attempting to do that.

[yellowmininy]

Subculture? Us?

[jwardell]

check out these mini light switches UK only though, I guess they use different electricity.

[Theo]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

check out these mini light switches UK only though, I guess they use different electricity.

Ok...this is our next project for the Wizard of Essex. Ian, can you convert these to control lights here in the Colonies? Dibs on the second one off the conversion line!

Theo

[snek]

And don't forget to relocate the steering wheel inside the car!

[MGB Boy]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell (original)

UK only though, I guess they use different electricity.

Is that like crunchy vs smooth peanut butter?

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

Six degrees of separation in action: Just found out I'm vaguely connected to the nutjob astronaut. My uncle's ex-wife's second husband's son is the whack-job astronaut's husband. I'm pretty sure that means I can get a discount on diapers, in case any of you are planning cross-country trips and don't want to stop to use the bathroom...

-Ricardo

[MGB Boy]

Hat trick, of course.

-Ricardo

[yellowmininy]

Wow. That's scary. That's even worse than being formerly related to Mariah Carey.

[NoNo]

Why does it not surprise me?

[MGB Boy]

Because you know me well enough to know that me being related to a nutjob space traveler isn't much of a stretch....

-Ricardo

[holdenontoit]

Quote: Originally Posted by yellowmininy (original)

Wow. That's scary. That's even worse than being formerly related to Mariah Carey.

I can relate to Mariah Carey!...................well, parts of her anyway

[GBMINI]

Quote: Originally Posted by Theo (original)

Ok...this is our next project for the Wizard of Essex. Ian, can you convert these to control lights here in the Colonies?

The light switches will work perfectly - UK electricity is higher voltage than US so they'll be perfectly safe.
HOWEVER, UK light switches are square, about 3"x3", and install in boxes on the surface of the wall, rather than the sunken rectangular USA design. You'd need a bit of mechanical finesse to get them fitted so they look OK.

[GadgetGav]

I didn't know Ricardo had been related to Mariah Carey...