500 feet of uninterrupted steel wire with two lines to cut resistance down. When there was a break, it was twisted together for 4-6 inches, making for excellent contacts between segments. Bet these things ran great on those old turn crank phone generators.

My God, I knew all about party lines from visiting with relatives in the country, but it never occurred to me that barbed wire was ever used!

This was also known as a "party line" and still existed in parts of rural Appalachia well into the 1970s (though the barbed wire part had been replaced by regular lines by then). It was well known that certain neighbors listened in on all calls regardless of who the call came in to and it made for a very efficient…

During Hurricane Irene my basement was flooding badly and we lost power. I was able to save my furnace and hot water heater and limit the flooding to 3 inches of water by using a garden hose as a siphon from my sump pit to the catch basin in the street in front of my house. I filled the hose with water from the…

#firstworldproblems

Actually let his be a lesson to you. Don't wait until last minute.

The answer to that question is the inverse of the question itself. Your last minute gift giving totally caused delayed shipping.

Heck, no. I know better than to buy something online at the last minute. Local stores for last minute gifts.

Too bad it's a pain in the ass to clean up :(

I have this in my 330Ci...I always assumed BC meant "BMW Computer"

How the price of those Bitcoins working out for you with the 40% loss the other day?

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Hey I found the solution.

The Audio Technica ATH-M50 are freaking amazing. They are very solid headphones that sound better than most $300 headphones. I use mine everyday and have yet to find any problem with them. Just read the reviews. With an almost perfect 5 star rating on Amazon, they are probably the best headphones in the price…

We really need a full shot of this sweater. Having seen only part of one sleeve, I imagine that it can only be all kinds of epic

Yes and no. (Probably NSFW)

This is a surefire winner if Amazon is going to start carrying pizza and beer, too.

First example is completely wrong. You would still use a comma, with the word 'however.' The fact that you used the word 'however, means that both of those statements are contradicting. For example: "I love french fries, however, they make my hands greasy." The semicolon joins 2 complete statements that…

It's on the street with no name.

Beautiful.