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She's able to cut a piece of fencing wire-a spare untensioned bit on the end of the fence, not one of the tensioned lengths that might snap back dangerously and take an eye out-with pliers, turn the power off to the car, bridge the fuse gap temporarily with a centimetre of wire or so, and start the car again.
Ask MetaFilter 2009
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The untensioned chain of the magazine reaches speeds of up to 80m/min and runs in a link rail.
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The untensioned chain of the magazine reaches speeds of up to 80m/min and runs in a link rail.
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If the mast was kept erect (snigger) by by four equally-tensioned wires separated by 90 degrees, and the tension came off one wire suddenly, wouldn't the mast have to move in the only direction that it was free to do so, namely the newly-untensioned side? do forces work in different directions dahn under?
Army Rumour Service 2009
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