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Gizmos Mama said:
Hmmm, so, as I'm sitting here, a spray can of WD40 just decided to fall off the stool I had set it on.

Scared the crap out of me!! :hide:

Not sure why it decided to fall after about 5 hours of sitting there not falling, but it made a hugely loud noise, and now I don't think I'll be going to sleep for a while!
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So you are hiding under the chair it fell from ? :eek:
 
As far as I know, the WD-40 as spermicide bit is a joke that's been reverberating around the 'Net for years.

The official manufacturer site (WD40.com) does not recommend using WD-40 on skin, owing to the possibility of irritation if skin is compromised or broken.

They posted this in relation to the even more common claim that WD-40 can be used to help with arthritis and joint stiffness. WD-40 does not contain DMSO or anything else that allows it to penetrate the skin, so it's no good for lubing your joints.
 
EnolaGaia said:
As far as I know, the WD-40 as spermicide bit is a joke that's been reverberating around the 'Net for years.

The official manufacturer site (WD40.com) does not recommend using WD-40 on skin, owing to the possibility of irritation if skin is compromised or broken.

They posted this in relation to the even more common claim that WD-40 can be used to help with arthritis and joint stiffness. WD-40 does not contain DMSO or anything else that allows it to penetrate the skin, so it's no good for lubing your joints.
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It doesn't work either to... argg I'm thinking out loud again...
 
..It doesn't work either to... argg I'm thinking out loud again...

Maybe 'Food-lube' ?

Just a suggestion.

I'm told it's very popular down at the old folks home.

INT21
 
EnolaGaia said:
so it's no good for lubing your joints.
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Even if you're Usain Bolt? Maybe that's nuts (or at the very least, thread-drift)

Gizmos Mama said:
Not sure why it decided to fall after about 5 hours of sitting there not falling,
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I have a mundane, convoluted (yet not entirely-inconceivable) pseudo-scientific explanation as to how this terrifying tale might've occurred.

But: I hate to spoil a good hauntin', especially iffn' you're running guided tours and selling merchandise* to the tourists (* WD-40, 'natch....)

''First there were the thirty-nine previous steps towards seeking effective water displacement....then...came the one they call the big four-oh. Some say it's when life truly begins....we'll leave that one up to you" (A Quinn-Martin Production. Supported by the Film Board of Canada - In Space, no-one can hear you spray...)
 
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EnolaGaia said:
does not contain DMSO
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What's your take on The Ramirez Case? Did you opine in response to my previous post (which I cannot find, despite searching the forum for same)

Ermintruder said:
I have a mundane, convoluted (yet not entirely-inconceivable) pseudo-scientific explanation
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@Gizmos Mama the decision is yours.

Shall I remove the bag from the cat, as they say in Quebec? Remember- with great power comes great responsibility (this may mean that 110V AC is not exactly the same as a mortgage- does that currently come as a shock to you?)

Note that this is merely a distraction from my main explanation. There's no direct connection with this tangent, I'm just plugging my own material.

Socket to me: do I outline to y'all my honest theory, or do we just keep quiet, and watch those tourist dollars roll-in?
 
Sadly, my Mysterious Moving Can isn't bringing in the dough on the tourist front, so socket to me, as a mundane explain can't throw any wrench into the works!
 
Scenario: a fairly well-used aerosol can, containing a high proportion of pressurised propellant versus product (in this case, lubricating oil, a small quantity of which has contaminated the base).

Location: upon a stool. Let's assume this stool has a conformable surface (eg not a granite or other impermeable material). So conceivably PVC or semi-soft paint.

Situation: this well-used spray-can has just been used, and shaken. It therefore possesses a metacentre of gravity which is generally-consistent with it's volume and shape.

However, over time (and as a function of ambient storage temperature) the oil product within the can begins to come out of co-colloidal suspension within the propellant, and coalesce internally towards the bottom of the can.

This initially means that the metacentre of gravity moves downwards, but (importantly) there is a constant episodic reduction in the quantity (cf mass) of oil, at a depletion rate which exceeds that of the propellant.

Ultimately, the quantity of residual propellant, in terms of lighter-than-air lift, is nearly equal to the mass of the remaining product plus the mass of the lightweight tin can (think: miniature tin balloon becomes almost empowered for takeoff). That can is now so ready to fall over...it wants to break free...of gravity...just by a fraction of a Newton. It has become lighter than it was, when originally placed upon the stool

Special catalytic circumstances 1: a tiny air draught, tips over the can. The meta-C-of-G instantly moves up the can, precessing the cylinder into a self-accelerating tumble. And there is a lubricated, warmed, convex air castor underneath this self-lifting can, semi-sealed upon a slippery stool, just perfectly-ready to facilitate an omni-axial tip-trip.

Special catalytic circumstances 2: older aerosol cans were sometimes filled with product and propellent via a plug-sealed feedhole in the centre of their convex bases. If this were to leak (again, assuming that a lot of their content has been expended) they would tend to become lighter, yet have a growing gas bubble of potential tip-lift underneath them, ready to assist in making the cans fall-over.

TL-DR a ghost blew it over
 
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The Most Haunted team clearly missed a trick there. Instead of using a heavy medieval key, coin or small statue as a "trigger object" , they should have got Karl to draw a circle around a can of WD-40 and film that for a few hours. In fact I may try that tonight. Watch this space!
 
blessmycottonsocks said:
The Most Haunted team clearly missed a trick there. Instead of using a heavy medieval key, coin or small statue as a "trigger object" , they should have got Karl to draw a circle around a can of WD-40 and film that for a few hours. In fact I may try that tonight. Watch this space!
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Or they could mark up some large jars of beans in Poundland and have me repeatedly walk past the display!
 
I had a strange thing happen the other day. I was standing in my garden at about 03:30, and I could hear church bells ringing. Not anything like a wedding day type thing, just a normal sunday type ring. This went on for about 5 mins then faded out, like it was moving away from me. My other half also heard it, so I wasn't mistaking anything else for it.
 
wolfie61 said:
I had a strange thing happen the other day. I was standing in my garden at about 03:30, and I could hear church bells ringing. Not anything like a wedding day type thing, just a normal sunday type ring. This went on for about 5 mins then faded out, like it was moving away from me. My other half also heard it, so I wasn't mistaking anything else for it.
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I like the fact you were standing in your garden at 03:30 - I only do that during a meteor shower, unless I'm coming back from the pub*.

* Maybe 30 years ago...
 
cycleboy2 said:
I like the fact you were standing in your garden at 03:30 - I only do that during a meteor shower, unless I'm coming back from the pub*.

* Maybe 30 years ago...
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Yeah...in the garden at that hour?
:party::joint::rasta::dbana::cheer: :beer::joyf: Party?
 
Hang on - where does he say it's 3.30am? Church bells at 3.30?

My mundane suggestion - ice cream van.
 
I was stargazing while letting the dog out before bed. The weather was calm, no breeze to speak of. It was the normal ding dong type of ring.
I think it was too 'in the air' for a ringtone
 
Mythopoeika said:
Some of my friends are nerdy
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'accurate''

I think the bell was actually tolling for @wolfie61 during daylight. I can tell by the implied length of the shadows, and the click of teacups...15.30hrs (or pre-decimalisation style for those who are in denial about public transport systems and suchlike, viz 3.30pm)
 
Ermintruder said:
'accurate''

I think the bell was actually tolling for @wolfie61 during daylight. I can tell by the implied length of the shadows, and the click of teacups...15.30hrs (or pre-decimalisation style for those who are in denial about public transport systems and suchlike, viz 3.30pm)
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This almost works...lol
 
wolfie61 said:
This almost works...lol
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Yes, but, no, but, are you confirming that this experience occurred at....
  • half-past three in the afternoon (bright sun headed for tea-time in the west) ?
or
  • half-past three in the morning (dark moon headed for breakfast westward) ?
Which was it @wolfie61?

I think Pretty Much it was the first answer. But I wasn't there (as far as I know, anyway).

So we need you to just confirm that. Please :)

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I think I can vouch for the dried up frog 'reincarnation' thing in this link .. I found a newt in my Grandad's cellar when I was a nipper .. it was so dry and (I assumed ..dead) that I could carry it by the tip of its tail .. I chucked it into his pond and after a small amount of time, it started wriggling then swam to the bottom of his pond ... I thought I was just doing a burial at sea thing at the time ..

http://www.boredpanda.com/scary-nature/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=dmblog
 
Dont know why but find number 3 chilling.
 
Swifty said:
I think I can vouch for the dried up frog 'reincarnation' thing in this link .. I found a newt in my Grandad's cellar when I was a nipper .. it was so dry and (I assumed ..dead) that I could carry it by the tip of its tail .. I chucked it into his pond and after a small amount of time, it started wriggling then swam to the bottom of his pond ... I thought I was just doing a burial at sea thing at the time ..

http://www.boredpanda.com/scary-nature/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=dmblog
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I keep finding dried-out frogs in my garage - gawd knows how they're getting in - they're fully grown too.
 
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