WD40 - Contact Cleaner

[prowla]

  On 19/12/2023 at 11:09, Norris said:

Apologies for the pedantry but "WD" actually stands for water displacement.

 

Yes, it lubricates. Yes, people use it to try to free up rusty parts. However you'd do much better with a dedicated penetrating fluid like Plus-Gas if your nuts are seized up

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Well, that may be a fact, but the product features include penetrating and that's what it was commony known as. 🙂

 

[prowla]

  On 19/12/2023 at 11:36, BigRedX said:

 

TBH I don't think I've ever heard a Bass Guitar being called that unless it actually had a "Fender" logo on the headstock.

 

When I was getting into music in the early 70s the bands I liked were more likely to be be sporting bass guitars by Rickenbacker or Gibson as they were Fender.

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OK, so now there's a mission to find it (was it TV, an interview, an album?).

[JazzyJ]

WD40. The '40' was the amount of attempts it took to perfect the lubricant.

Another bit of useless information 🙄 

[prowla]

  On 19/12/2023 at 15:38, JazzyJ said:

WD40. The '40' was the amount of attempts it took to perfect the lubricant.

Another bit of useless information 🙄 

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I think they've got 38 products at the moment, so 2 to go?

[TimR]

According to legend NASA spend billions of dollars developing it. The Russians just used 3 in 1. 

[Dad3353]

According to legend, Perseus cut off a Gorgon head, which could turn folk to stone. Hmm... Legends, eh..? 

Edited December 19, 2023 by Dad3353

[Pseudonym]

  On 19/12/2023 at 17:33, TimR said:

According to legend NASA spend billions of dollars developing it. The Russians just used 3 in 1. 

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Good one, Tim According to legend, Americans spend billions on funding sponsored research projects at major research universities. The British just use jokes.

 

I very stupidly spend hundreds of dollars on the technology that I am using for this post. If I were a Russian troll, I would be able to do it with a pencil.

 

 

  On 19/12/2023 at 18:11, Dad3353 said:

According to legend, Perseus cut off a Gorgon head, which could turn folk to stone. Hmm... Legends, eh..? 

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That one is definitely true, Douglas. Ever since he did it, no one has been turned to stone. Pretty compelling evidence.

 

I should probably stop inhaling WD-40.

[Skin Lewis]

  On 19/12/2023 at 11:36, BigRedX said:

TBH I don't think I've ever heard a Bass Guitar being called that unless it actually had a "Fender" logo on the headstock.

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It's still sometimes referred to as Fender Bass in country music circles, particularly in the US.

[Dad3353]

  On 19/12/2023 at 18:49, Pseudonym said:

... Ever since he did it, no one has been turned to stone. Pretty compelling evidence...

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Are we sure..? 

 

[Pseudonym]

  On 19/12/2023 at 19:19, Dad3353 said:

 

Are we sure..? 

 

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Incorrect use of the original WD-40, perhaps.

[TimR]

  On 19/12/2023 at 18:49, Pseudonym said:

Good one, Tim According to legend, Americans spend billions on funding sponsored research projects at major research universities. The British just use jokes.

 

I very stupidly spend hundreds of dollars on the technology that I am using for this post. If I were a Russian troll, I would be able to do it with a pencil.

 

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You do know that NASA didn't spend any money developing the space pen?

[Pseudonym]

  On 19/12/2023 at 22:51, TimR said:

 

You do know that NASA didn't spend any money developing the space pen?

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You are a constant in an ever-changing world, Tim. Happy Christmas, old son.

[prowla]

I have a Space Pen!

 

[TimR]

  On 20/12/2023 at 00:18, Pseudonym said:

 

You are a constant in an ever-changing world, Tim. Happy Christmas, old son.

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Seems there's a lot of people on this site who don't understand satire. 

 

Many of them take me at face value. Which is ironic really. It keeps me amused anyway. 

[rushbo]

  On 19/12/2023 at 15:12, prowla said:

OK, so now there's a mission to find it (was it TV, an interview, an album?).

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  On 19/12/2023 at 19:02, Skin Lewis said:

 

It's still sometimes referred to as Fender Bass in country music circles, particularly in the US.

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Yep.

 

The only use of the term "Fender Bass" on an album credit I can remember is on "Kick Out the Jams" by the MC5 where Michael Davis is credited as "Fender Bass."

 

In the early days of the electric bass, the term was used to delineate an "electric" bassist from someone who played the acoustic/upright bass. There's an interesting thread about it on T*lkB*ss: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/fender-bass-as-a-generic-term-for-bass-guitar.894227/

 

Oh - and WD40 is great.

[Happy Jack]

I switched from WD40 to UB40 and clean my electrics with red red wine.

[prowla]

  On 20/12/2023 at 12:25, Happy Jack said:

I switched from WD40 to UB40 and clean my electrics with red red wine.

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So, the WD40 is now unemployed...

[Pseudonym]

  On 20/12/2023 at 09:38, TimR said:

 

Seems there's a lot of people on this site who don't understand satire. 

 

Many of them take me at face value. Which is ironic really. It keeps me amused anyway. 

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My dear Tim, it’s like rain on your wedding day. That said, I am saddened by the lack of statistical evidence for your allegation of widespread misapprehension. Also, I was hoping for a revival of WD-37, which supposedly increases heft and is positively superb for metal but is dangerously volatile when mixed with tung oil.

[Supernaut]

Do not question the master of the universe! 

[Pseudonym]

  On 20/12/2023 at 13:19, Supernaut said:

Do not question the master of the universe! 

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Certainly not before she has had her breakfast.

[tauzero]

  On 20/12/2023 at 12:25, Happy Jack said:

I switched from WD40 to UB40 and clean my electrics with red red wine.

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Don't let it go to your head.