Yet Another Heat Warning!!!

[sanmac]

To those of you who own antique pendulum-clocks, you may notice that your clock runs a minute or two slower during a prolonged period of heat. That is because the pendulum-rod expands slightly and lengthens thus all the gear-ratios from the great-wheel driven by the spring to the escapement mechanism which releases the energy of the spring (And the thingy that makes that tick-tock sound) are slowed down...You've been warned!

[Togo]

Time was when a heatwae made my pendulum rod expand ... used to speed me up though. (*_^)

[DTCwordfan]

yes, Togo, but there was plenty of active lubricant involved though in minute quantities.....

[sanmac]

Togo, :)

[gness]

Well that's a problem indeed, Sanmac....but not as big a problem as folk are having with their hearing aids in the heatwave.
Told Dave about the dangers but he just keeps saying.....Pardon...Pardon.

[sanmac]

I hear you, gness, I hear you...That is indeed more of a problem.

[DTCwordfan]

seems to have hit the phone network down here - calls cutting in and out.

[douglas9401]

That's just the locals tripping in their solar flares.

[gness]

I'm glad you can, Sanmac. Nobody here listening to me....mind you it is do the dishes time.

[sunny-dave]

https://tinyurl.com/nhdukmcj

[sanmac]

It certainly sounds like a pressing problem and needs to be ironed-out as soon as possible.

[bhg481]

This should not affect "good" clocks because they have a complex pendulum which s designed to stay the same length whatever the temperature, so the timing remains constant.

[gness]

Well I'll be doing that, Sanmac. Dave is not familiar with an iron.

[sanmac]

Bhg481, yes there are clocks with compensatory pendulums, but I still consider my two clocks built in the 1840s and still keeping good time as "good" clocks.

[jno]

it only affects Canadian clocks, bhg, because of the stresses of being bilingual

[tonyav]

I've heard that law was passed in Canada that allows bilingual marriage these days.

[douglas9401]

That's certainly the stance of the Montreal Metro gnomes.

[sanmac]

I can count up to five in French: Under the water the cat sank.

[gness]

So it should be, Tony. The late MrG and I, due to a mix up with names on certificates, were the first same sex couple to marry in Canada. :-)

[bobbinwales]

Some songs do sound better on holiday abroad. I also thought La Bamba and Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap sounded good on a warm Spring evening after a few drinks

[bobbinwales]

Well I never knowingly went on this thread,,, hows that happened. Ignore me!