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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #50 on: March 19, 2009, 01:15:03 PM »
There are heated debates over "pulling the air across the sensor" or "pushing air over the sensor". 

I prefer ambient debates.   :-|

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and I am sure others will have opinions as well about it.

Here?   :shock:  On this forum?   :shock:  Pshaw!   :P

Of course, everyone that builds one of Lars' FARS will have to join the Lars' Fan Club!   :roll:

or the Lars's FARS Club.   :-)

How want's to join????????



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I will join!............and every one gets a FREE  Lars FARS built and shipped by Lars himself.   :lol:
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #51 on: March 19, 2009, 01:29:08 PM »
I will join!............and every one gets a FREE  Lars FARS built and shipped by Lars himself.   :lol:
HOORAY!!!!!  THREE CHEERS FOR LARS!!!!!
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #52 on: March 19, 2009, 01:39:58 PM »
I do not think I agree with this, I would be ruined.

I can go so far as to all who join can receive a free picture of my FARS  :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #53 on: March 19, 2009, 01:45:15 PM »
Greg and Sam,
The 'Lars FARS 2009" would not fit your stations anyway.   It is designed to only work with Metric stations...

Andrew

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #54 on: March 19, 2009, 01:49:23 PM »
Greg and Sam,
The 'Lars FARS 2009" would not fit your stations anyway.   It is designed to only work with Metric stations...

Andrew


You are absolutely right Andrew, I did forgot to write that.

please forgive me for this   :lol:
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #55 on: March 19, 2009, 01:51:06 PM »
Greg and Sam,
The 'Lars FARS 2009" would not fit your stations anyway.   It is designed to only work with Metric stations...

Andrew


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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #56 on: March 19, 2009, 02:28:31 PM »


So I guess you are no longer a member of the LARS FARS Club?

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #57 on: March 19, 2009, 02:57:35 PM »
could be.... just get Obama to add going metric to the spendulus package..... all those conversions and printing, etc.... would cost billions, create tons of jobs, and make doing business with the other 99.9% of the world easier, from a weights and measures point of view.... and you could go 100 on the interstate and not get a ticket....

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So I guess you are no longer a member of the LARS FARS Club?

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #58 on: March 19, 2009, 03:23:32 PM »
could be.... just get Obama to add going metric to the spendulus package..... all those conversions and printing, etc.... would cost billions, create tons of jobs, and make doing business with the other 99.9% of the world easier, from a weights and measures point of view.... and you could go 100 on the interstate and not get a ticket....

Andrew

They tried that back in the 70's or 80's (I guess it was Carter's administration).  It flew like a lead balloon.  They keep trying to make soccer popular, I guess they'll keep trying the metric system, too.  Of course, neither will fly here.
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #59 on: March 19, 2009, 03:43:26 PM »
agreed on soccer....

I did not say it would work.  but for the economy, probably more stimulating that a lot of stuff they are trying.  But it would kill the approval rating...

gotta start with the kids.... tons of kids playing soccer now... teach them metric and some day they will know everything but their height, weight and pool temp in metric, like me....

Andrew

They tried that back in the 70's or 80's (I guess it was Carter's administration).  It flew like a lead balloon.  They keep trying to make soccer popular, I guess they'll keep trying the metric system, too.  Of course, neither will fly here.


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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #60 on: March 19, 2009, 04:09:23 PM »
This must be a record, fan club was formed and disappeared in less than 2 hours  :lol:
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #61 on: March 19, 2009, 04:20:13 PM »
This must be a record, fan club was formed and disappeared in less than 2 hours  :lol:

I guess you could say it was........(sorry, I can't help it)........

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #62 on: March 19, 2009, 05:05:06 PM »
ah, start it back up.  the whole metric thing was a joke that just went too far. once Carter and soccer got involved..... I hate to see a club die before it has a chance to fourish....

Lars, your FARS can be the Esperanto of weather gadgets... uniting the world   \:D/

maybe Quincy Jones could write the theme song....

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #63 on: March 19, 2009, 06:09:56 PM »
I think I let it be dead, it had probably just been a lot of work to sustain a fan club  8-) :lol:
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #64 on: March 19, 2009, 07:45:45 PM »
OMG  :!: :shock: I go to work today and learn that all this happened in day :(

This must be a record, fan club was formed and disappeared in less than 2 hours  :lol:

I did not even get a chance to join :o :( and to think :roll: the Facebook page   :-({|= was just starting to take shape oh well ;) maybe next time

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #65 on: March 19, 2009, 08:24:14 PM »
Don't frett, I had to trash the myspace page as well :(
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #66 on: March 19, 2009, 08:43:42 PM »
could be.... just get Obama to add going metric to the spendulus package..... all those conversions and printing, etc.... would cost billions, create tons of jobs, and make doing business with the other 99.9% of the world easier, from a weights and measures point of view.... and you could go 100 on the interstate and not get a ticket....

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The US has been officially metric for more than a century.  To get people to actually use it would be simple;  change the speed limit signs, and sell all products with metric only labels.  The container of milk would stay the same but sold as  3.79 litres.  It would not take long for most people to start thinking in metric.  Many citizens own 9mm guns, I have never heard them referred to as a .3543in weapon.

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #67 on: March 20, 2009, 03:37:08 AM »
When is the last time you heard of a car engine size in cubic inches?  Luckily, Google will convert so that I can comprehend the size.
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #68 on: April 04, 2009, 07:23:44 PM »
Funny.. my boat has a Chevy 350 in it.  I don't even know how many litres that is.  :)
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #69 on: August 15, 2009, 10:43:30 AM »
Here is some information about how my radiation shield has worked during the summer.

I have compared my temperature with a nearby non-private weather station and the values are almost identical, there may be differences of +-0.2 C.

And my radiation shield has sun on it from sunrise to about 16:00 o'clock so the fan is working.  \:D/

That is not bad for a home construction.
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #70 on: August 15, 2009, 11:30:19 AM »
It feels so great when something homemade works good or even better than expected.
Glad that your shield work so good =D>.
I have built myself a solarsensor-in-a-jar and it works really good, even the neighbor was impressed.
The reason I built this was to monitor how many sunhours my sun panel for the pool, will have this summer.

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« Reply #71 on: August 15, 2009, 02:08:51 PM »
What do you Swedes put in your water out there? You folks are always coming up with these neat little gadgets!  :grin:

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #72 on: August 15, 2009, 03:56:40 PM »
What do you Swedes put in your water out there? :grin:

Svedka??

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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #73 on: August 15, 2009, 04:06:13 PM »
What do you Swedes put in your water out there? You folks are always coming up with these neat little gadgets!  :grin:
oh no it's our little secret, so we will not reveal it for someone.  :lol:

Svedka??

That's a good guess
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Re: My new radiation shield
« Reply #74 on: August 16, 2009, 01:48:24 AM »
I prefer drinking beer, the water makes me dizzy.

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