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Idiot proof challenges simply result in the evolution of better idiots.
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I'm guessing that a jug of ferric Chloride would probably give it some
issues if its ally. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Andrew" wrote in message ... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-material.html |
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Or work arounds. I know that the local Cat converter thieves are still
pretty active. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Cynic" wrote in message ... Idiot proof challenges simply result in the evolution of better idiots. |
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Brian Gaff wrote:
I'm guessing that a jug of ferric Chloride would probably give it some issues if its ally. Or a drop of Gallium. |
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On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-material.html The article doesn't say what the cutting disc type was - might be some cheap **** Wunhunglo import. I thought the cutting disc was certainly making good inroads before it wore out. Stainless would have a harder time. |
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In message , Andy
Bennet writes On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ritish-enginee rs-create-worlds-uncuttable-material.html The article doesn't say what the cutting disc type was - might be some cheap **** Wunhunglo import. I thought the cutting disc was certainly making good inroads before it wore out. Stainless would have a harder time. I think the aluminium has just clogged the grits.. -- Tim Lamb |
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On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-material.html "unbreakable bike locks" many youtube videos showing that you don't have to "break" the lock to get it undone! Someone will possibly discover that instead of an angle grinder hitting it with a hammer or heating with a blowtorch is more effective. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-material.html I'd like to see it with a gas axe. |
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 08:48:50 +0100, Andy Bennet wrote:
The article doesn't say what the cutting disc type was - might be some cheap **** Wunhunglo import. I thought the cutting disc was certainly making good inroads before it wore out. I thought that as well. In either image of the angle grinder there appear to be slots already cut in material behind the blade. The shot of the worn blade as the blade well through the 1/4" or so thickness of the material. -- Cheers Dave. |
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scribeth thus On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ish-engineers- create-worlds-uncuttable-material.html "unbreakable bike locks" many youtube videos showing that you don't have to "break" the lock to get it undone! Someone will possibly discover that instead of an angle grinder hitting it with a hammer or heating with a blowtorch is more effective. A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... -- Tony Sayer Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself. |
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tony sayer wrote: In article , alan_m scribeth thus On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ish-engineers- create-worlds-uncuttable-material.html "unbreakable bike locks" many youtube videos showing that you don't have to "break" the lock to get it undone! Someone will possibly discover that instead of an angle grinder hitting it with a hammer or heating with a blowtorch is more effective. A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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On 21/07/2020 14:36, charles wrote:
In article , tony sayer wrote: In article , alan_m scribeth thus On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ish-engineers- create-worlds-uncuttable-material.html "unbreakable bike locks" many youtube videos showing that you don't have to "break" the lock to get it undone! Someone will possibly discover that instead of an angle grinder hitting it with a hammer or heating with a blowtorch is more effective. A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them "no law against going equipped to make instant ice cream Your Worship" -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0100, charles wrote:
A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them Heavyly insulated vacum flask BWTH... Seems a bit unlikely to me. Not many padlocks can cope with a long strong pole shoved through the hasp and the twisted against the chain or WHY. -- Cheers Dave. |
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scribeth thus On 21/07/2020 14:36, charles wrote: In article , tony sayer wrote: In article , alan_m scribeth thus On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ish-engineers- create-worlds-uncuttable-material.html "unbreakable bike locks" many youtube videos showing that you don't have to "break" the lock to get it undone! Someone will possibly discover that instead of an angle grinder hitting it with a hammer or heating with a blowtorch is more effective. A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them "no law against going equipped to make instant ice cream Your Worship" Well these guys are modern day outlaws. There're no respectors of other peoples a land or property. i was told that they favoured a particular field over the other the reason was they got a better 4G signal to stream the coursing to those betting on the outcomes!... -- Tony Sayer Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself. |
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Dave Liquorice scribeth thus On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0100, charles wrote: A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them Heavyly insulated vacum flask BWTH... Seems a bit unlikely to me. Not many padlocks can cope with a long strong pole shoved through the hasp and the twisted against the chain or WHY. Well in this location now the gates been smashed so around ten tons of earth and rubble are keeping their vehicles out!.. -- Tony Sayer Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself. |
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On 21/07/2020 15:17, Robin wrote:
A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them "no law against going equipped to make instant ice cream Your Worship" ROFL! |
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On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 16:47:28 +0100, tony sayer wrote:
Well these guys are modern day outlaws. There're no respectors of other peoples a land or property. i was told that they favoured a particular field over the other the reason was they got a better 4G signal to stream the coursing to those betting on the outcomes!... Didn't think they were that organsised but now your mention it why am I not surprised? -- Cheers Dave. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message idual.net... On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0100, charles wrote: A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them Heavyly insulated vacum flask BWTH... Seems a bit unlikely to me. Not many padlocks can cope with a long strong pole shoved through the hasp and the twisted against the chain or WHY. Trivially fixed by having the padlock inside a steel tube, |
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"tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , alan_m scribeth thus On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ish-engineers- create-worlds-uncuttable-material.html "unbreakable bike locks" many youtube videos showing that you don't have to "break" the lock to get it undone! Someone will possibly discover that instead of an angle grinder hitting it with a hammer or heating with a blowtorch is more effective. A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... Our fire trail locked gates have the padlock inside a steel cylinder. That wouldn’t work with those and its very easy to do the lock like that. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message vidual.net... On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0100, charles wrote: A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them Heavyly insulated vacum flask BWTH... Seems a bit unlikely to me. Not many padlocks can cope with a long strong pole shoved through the hasp and the twisted against the chain or WHY. Trivially fixed by having the padlock inside a steel tube, Or by choosing a padlock with raised *shoulders*. Only really works for hasp and staple which may have their own weak points. -- Tim Lamb |
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More Heavy Trolling by Senile Nym-Shifting Rodent Speed!
On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:25:11 +1000, %%, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote: FLUSH the trolling senile pest's latest troll**** unread -- Senile Rot about himself: "I was involved in the design of a computer OS" MID: |
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Lonely Obnoxious Cantankerous Auto-contradicting Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:36:17 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest troll**** unread -- dennis@home to retarded senile Rot: "sod off rod you don't have a clue about anything." Message-ID: |
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%% wrote: "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message idual.net... On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0100, charles wrote: A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them Heavyly insulated vacum flask BWTH... Seems a bit unlikely to me. Not many padlocks can cope with a long strong pole shoved through the hasp and the twisted against the chain or WHY. Trivially fixed by having the padlock inside a steel tube, and how is that held in place? With a padlock? -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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"charles" wrote in message ... In article , %% wrote: "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message idual.net... On Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:36:53 +0100, charles wrote: A farmer was telling me that hare coursers will now freeze padlocks with liquid nitrogen then hit them hard and they shatter!... and they just 'happened' to be carrying a cylinder of the stuff with them Heavyly insulated vacum flask BWTH... Seems a bit unlikely to me. Not many padlocks can cope with a long strong pole shoved through the hasp and the twisted against the chain or WHY. Trivially fixed by having the padlock inside a steel tube, and how is that held in place? Its part of the fixed part of the gate. With a padlock? Nope. from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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More Heavy Trolling by Senile Nym-Shifting Rodent Speed!
On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:49:09 +1000, %%, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote: FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest troll**** unread -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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On 20/07/2020 22:40, Andrew wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-material.html I saw that story linked from elsewhere - and when I followed the link, half the screen was filled with an advertisement. About what one expects from click-bait websites like the daily mail, but I found this one amusing as the advert was for some sort of cutting tool. Sometimes these clever algorithms are just too clever for their own good. -- Clive Page |
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