So, I was sitting at work...

SleightOfHand · 07-13-07, 10:26 PM

...and I had a fun little moment of 'wow, it really does work'. I had nothing to do, really--no customers around, finished the book I was reading--and I chanced to turn off the fan in the back, on account of the cage was coming loose from the motor casing and rattling. It was a Black and Decker fan with patented Silent Force technology (so the label said), and as it began to spin down, lo and behold the tips of the fan were swept forward a la the screw on the Type 212a.

Now, of course, my curiosity was piqued. I spent the next fifteen minutes or so playing with this fan and the other one (of a more traditional design) across the room, and the foreswept tips really do make a significant difference in noise.

Ta-da. A submarine anecdote in the most unlikely place. :P

HunterICX · 07-14-07, 05:17 AM

A boring day at work ,

aah, the things to discover when you have completly nothing to do hehehe

NefariousKoel · 07-14-07, 02:30 PM

I was just sleeping with my eyes open.

JSLTIGER · 07-14-07, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

I was just sleeping with my eyes open.

I reserve that ability for math classes...

Yahoshua · 07-14-07, 04:54 PM

I used to be able to do that but I seem to have lost it (ah....the days of studyhall).

The Avon Lady · 07-15-07, 01:21 AM

Strange.....

I'm often awake with my eyes closed.

Yahoshua · 07-15-07, 06:43 AM

I only experience that once in a great while when I suddenly come out of a deep sleep bu can't move my arms or legs 'cuz they're not "awake" yet.

07-13-07, 10:26 PM	#1
SleightOfHand Sailor man Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 44 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	So, I was sitting at work... ...and I had a fun little moment of 'wow, it really does work'. I had nothing to do, really--no customers around, finished the book I was reading--and I chanced to turn off the fan in the back, on account of the cage was coming loose from the motor casing and rattling. It was a Black and Decker fan with patented Silent Force technology (so the label said), and as it began to spin down, lo and behold the tips of the fan were swept forward a la the screw on the Type 212a. Now, of course, my curiosity was piqued. I spent the next fifteen minutes or so playing with this fan and the other one (of a more traditional design) across the room, and the foreswept tips really do make a significant difference in noise. Ta-da. A submarine anecdote in the most unlikely place. :P

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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	A boring day at work , aah, the things to discover when you have completly nothing to do hehehe __________________

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NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I was just sleeping with my eyes open. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I used to be able to do that but I seem to have lost it (ah....the days of studyhall). __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Strange..... I'm often awake with my eyes closed. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I only experience that once in a great while when I suddenly come out of a deep sleep bu can't move my arms or legs 'cuz they're not "awake" yet. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua