There I fixed it
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June 17th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Help me out…. What are we looking at here?
June 17th, 2010 at 9:28 am
The lock hasp normally used for a door being used to keep the trunk lid locked. If you click on the picture you’ll get a better view of it.
Hey, I’ve been guilty of using duct tape to wrap a ruptured hose, and electrical wire to hold together a split radiator before…
Hands down award goes to the guy that used a 22LR round as a replacement for a fuse in his car. Ended up with a 22 slug in his leg.
June 17th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Robert: the 22lr story is apocryphal: without a chamber the slug wont move, the casing will. (simple physics: without something else to hold it down, the part with greater mass will move much less far and much slower than the part with less mass.)
regards,
Pol
June 17th, 2010 at 10:07 am
That’s noting. I saw a car the other day where the trunk was held closed with duct tape and rope.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:12 am
Zip ties are a close second to the usefulness of duct tape
June 17th, 2010 at 10:44 am
Not necessarily so. I’ve fired .22s from a car aerial (back when cars still had aerials) with a bent nail and a rubber band. The cartridge case expands and jams up in the pipe if the fit is not too loose.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Pol: From what I understand, the clips that would hold the fuse in place had a very good grip on the casing, allowing the slug to take off with enough force to bury itself in the calf of said person.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:38 am
However, Snopes says the story of the 22 caliber fuse is false.
June 17th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Mythbusters took this one on, too, with the following result:
[i] A group of hillbillies use a live .22LR cartridge as a makeshift replacement for a burned-out fuse in their truck, but while the truck is driving, the bullet heats up enough to discharge, hitting driver in the groin and causing enough damage to require surgery.
busted*
The bullet did work as a replacement fuse, however when a short circuit was created, the wiring fried and the bullet did not fire. When the wiring was upgraded to a higher gauge, the bullet did fire out of the fusebox, but not with enough velocity to cause any serious injury.
*Though both Adam and Jamie admitted that the myth was plausible from their tests, they had to call it busted due to a lack of conclusive evidence, and the fact that they didn’t have a “plausible” verdict during the first season.[/i] Source: http://mythbustersresults.com/episode10
June 17th, 2010 at 11:58 am
Snopes is a liar. Generally speaking. If Snopes tell me it daylight outside, I check.
June 17th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Snopes leans extremely liberal, and it shows.
For example:
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/unemploy.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ayers.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/landlord.asp
Then, just try to check common ‘myths’, such as whether Obama promised not to raise taxes one dime on people making less than $120,000.
June 19th, 2010 at 2:40 am
But I don’t know that modern primer (lead styphnate?) can be detonated electrically. Possibly the cartridge was cooked — overheated.