(October 25, 2017 at 6:37 am)ignoramus Wrote: That's because we're the land down under... You guys are really the ones upside down.

Probably the same bastards that thunk up clockwise to begin with.

Wouldn't anti clockwise make more sense than counter clockwise?
I'm suspecting this post is anti productive?

(October 25, 2017 at 7:15 am)ignoramus Wrote: buy who picked ccwise to start wise?

That would be physics.
It's also the reason why screws go in, looking at them from behind, clockwise.

Lefty loosey, righty tighty.

Unless they are left-hand threaded screws.

(October 25, 2017 at 8:30 am)pocaracas Wrote:

(October 25, 2017 at 7:15 am)ignoramus Wrote: buy who picked ccwise to start wise?

That would be physics.
It's also the reason why screws go in, looking at them from behind, clockwise.

I thought that was just so you could remember which way to turn to tighten and which way to loosen - righty-tighty, lefty-loosey style. It sure cuts down on the anarchy in construction that way...

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(October 24, 2017 at 7:57 pm)A Theist Wrote:

(October 24, 2017 at 7:11 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: Is it a wool hat?  Do you have to wet it down in order to reshape it?  What is the mechanism that allows you to reshape it and for the next shape to "stick"?

No, it's not wool. It's fur felt. This particular hat is probably a blend of beaver and rabbit furs. If you ever buy a fedora or a western hat you want to make sure it's fur and not wool. Wool doesn't hold up well at all and is only used for cheaply made hats. I definitely use water to get it wet for reblocking. I'll also dampen the hat with water to crease it. Fur has good "memory" and it will retain the crease you put in it.

Presumably you would have to buy a hat slightly smaller than the finished size you want it at then because you couldn't exactly "shrink" the hat down could you? But you could stretch it over a form a little bit once the fibers are loosened by the water?

(October 25, 2017 at 10:15 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(October 25, 2017 at 8:30 am)pocaracas Wrote: That would be physics.
It's also the reason why screws go in, looking at them from behind, clockwise.

I thought that was just so you could remember which way to turn to tighten and which way to loosen - righty-tighty, lefty-loosey style. It sure cuts down on the anarchy in construction that way...

That doesn't work so well in other languages...

(October 25, 2017 at 10:10 am)Fireball Wrote: Unless they are left-hand threaded screws.

Like the ones on acetylene tanks. 

(October 25, 2017 at 10:10 am)Fireball Wrote: Unless they are left-hand threaded screws.

Those exist for special purposes... mostly child safety!

(October 25, 2017 at 10:10 am)Fireball Wrote: Unless they are left-hand threaded screws.

That's just nuts.