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What causes the sound of a dripping tap—and how do you stop it?
PHS.ORG ^ | 22 June 2018

Posted on 06/23/2018 9:15:31 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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To: Big Red Badger
But that is My Calling!

Snarky OneLiners.

I’ve scientifically determined that A Three Second Comically inspired Retort is Simply FABULOUS!

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LOL. Well you have certainly come to the right place and you will find 90% agreement with your position.

But a recommendation: Always try to combine Snarky with Insight. Sometimes that works.

P.S. (Don’t tell anybody but I have to admit to being Snarky at times. And occasionally posting an insightful one-liner.)😎

41 posted on 06/23/2018 10:13:09 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed. About time)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sounds like I need a million dollar grant to study


42 posted on 06/23/2018 10:18:29 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Have the Mensa bright lights considered fixing the leak?


43 posted on 06/23/2018 10:23:54 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: patro; deadrock
Had a plumber neighbor. He said stick with American Standard, the parts are always available anywhere.

The then-wife was looking at some faucets. They were really nice, Italian, and probably averaged about $400 more than a functionally equivalent A-S/Moen/Delta piece.

44 posted on 06/23/2018 10:23:55 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Clutch Martin; Vermont Lt

“Bubbles, tiny bubbles...”

I’m surprised that nobody came across this before, during the development history of propeller blades in general, and for sub propellers in particular.


45 posted on 06/23/2018 10:30:01 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: DUMBGRUNT

all the other research topics taken?


46 posted on 06/23/2018 10:33:58 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Your sister-in-law is a plumber?


47 posted on 06/23/2018 10:35:33 AM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: Calvin Locke

I’ll have to post pictures of the kitchen sink here.

It’s a fancier type with the sprayer hose coming out of the top. The hose fitting leaks and a plumber came out to look at it. He and my wife looked all around and under to ID the brand and model to get parts. No luck.

I’ve been meaning to ask her anyway since someone here might have one like ours. We’ve tried to reach the previous owners since they had the place built. No luck yet.


48 posted on 06/23/2018 10:36:46 AM PDT by wally_bert (This is the message phone company. I see youÂ’re using our unit, now how about paying for it?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
We can FINALLY find out exactly where the sound is coming from...

Whew, well that's a relief. Been waiting years to knock that one off the top of my list.

49 posted on 06/23/2018 10:40:52 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Rannug

Close, Son In Law.


50 posted on 06/23/2018 10:40:56 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Thanks for the physics lesson. A drop of water can keep me awake 100 feet away.


51 posted on 06/23/2018 10:44:10 AM PDT by lurk
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To: Yaelle

That reminded me of the mohel’s rant on Seinfeld.

“Deep, deep in the shag!”


52 posted on 06/23/2018 11:25:02 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: lurk

Maybe you didn’t twist it hard enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEOjo0imqKE


53 posted on 06/23/2018 1:33:29 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Calvin Locke

American Standard is great. I forgot about them. Kohler, Delta, Zurn..


54 posted on 06/23/2018 1:53:11 PM PDT by patro
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“”sound produced by a water droplet hitting a liquid surface “”

I don’t think it means dripping into the sink - haven’t the foggiest idea what it means but hitting a solid surface is not what it’s about...


55 posted on 06/23/2018 1:57:38 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Vermont Lt

“”Did ANYONE read the article?””

Sure doesn’t appear to be so. This is what I was met with when getting on FR earlier today and I see it hasn’t improved much since..


56 posted on 06/23/2018 1:59:49 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Steely Tom

“”If you need to stop the sound of a drip from driving you crazy but you can’t get it fixed right away, letting it drop into a Chore Boy scouring pad will silence it.””

We have a dripping kitchen faucet and I went out to put dinner in the oven and it drove me nuts so I used your idea. I laid a Brillo Pad in the bottom of the sink. So far, it’s working - thanks.

My husband can’t do any of that repair/maintenance work any longer so we’re waiting for a friend to take care of it. Of course, he can’t hear it dripping either - but I’d hear it if it was in the neighbor’s house...


57 posted on 06/23/2018 2:33:06 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Bonemaker
"What causes the sound of a dripping tap—and how do you stop it?"

Glad to see this critical issue has been resolved...Now, when do we get an answer to the old problem of: "No matter how many times you shake it, the last three drips go down your leg."

58 posted on 06/23/2018 3:38:58 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: SuperLuminal

Tap, tap...tap, tap, tap.0


59 posted on 06/23/2018 3:46:22 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thank you, most excellent student!

I knew there were some of you here! ;-)


60 posted on 06/23/2018 3:51:08 PM PDT by EasySt
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