A good article on Electric Hand Dryers vs. Paper Towels... here. Conclusion : Electric dryer wins but single towel might go ex equo.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

Are electric hand-dryers that rare in the US?


That infuriates me every time I go home. Paper towels are an idiotic way to dry your hands.

Working ones are...they treat them as bathroom wall art>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

Are electric hand-dryers that rare in the US?

Are electric hand-dryers that rare in the US?

Anybody else hear clothes in the dryer?

>> ^dag:

Really? applications around the house?


Leaf blower, hair dryer. I could go on...

>> ^Reefie:

What was that truck doing on the track and where were all the other cars? This is a bit different to Formula 1, is it all about how big a bang you can make with one car and a crazy driver?


Honestly, it's all about turning left. No joke.
Maybe a little about managing your fuel too. Ocassionally it's about choosing whether to go high or low into a turn. Other than that...left turns.

Dont be angry Enzoblue, JPM floundered a bit last season but its his choice/job/challenge/idea of fun (in most motor racing you need to be in the right team at the right time to win regularly).
The only big thing wrong in nascar+JPM IMHO is a bit of an attitude problem (like in Paybacks comment).

Notice what is said. Culprit first reacts to what he actually saw:
"I saw sparks coming from under the car as if it had a tyre down or something."
Looks like something broke. Likely a wheel/tyre/suspension/pit crew/previous contact problem.
And then he thinks it over and tries to come up with a more popular angle:
"I just wonder if Montoya was going down the back catching up with the field and he didnt know the safety truck was up there and they called him on the radio.."
Look ma he hit the big yellow track dryer on the end of the straight, he must be blind/stupid/distracted and dangerous. LOL

JPMs slightly awkward comment about the truck driver looking scared (not in this video) was funny too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaHUpWuqNHY&t=26
In reply to this comment by Payback:
My name is Juan Pablo Montoya.
You got in front of my car.

Prepare to die.

Wow, what a great idea! I'm trying that immediately... I just duct taped a thing of old spice on the inside of my dryer, lets see how it goes.

Fridges built in the 1950s still work just fine and look fantastic. Does that mean we should all be using them? Of course not. They weighed a ton more, used 'environmentally unfriendly' coolant, and were much less efficient. So even though the old timey 1950s fridge is not 'obsolete' in the sense that it is still functional, it very much IS obsolete in the sense that modern options are far superior.

This concept that every product ever made should be some sort of immortal, immutable Jungian archetype is just some person's idiotic fantasy. I've had the same fridge, microwave, dryer and dishwasher for over 14 years. Our clothes washer was also that old and was still working like a champ, but I got a new front-loader because they are more efficient. As my life goes on, I will replace these older 1990s appliances with newer ones that are better. And I will not feel either (A) guilty about it or (B) ripped off as if I was somehow being gypped.

>> ^Fade:

Their Airblade hand dryer system that's all the rage in public toilets these days is awesome. It is undeniably faster and more cost effective than those piss poor fan systems. Plus they make me feel like I'm drying my hands in the future!


Seconded! The best "exhibit" in the Glasgow Science Museum is the hand dryer in the bathroom. (OK, the planetarium is pretty awesome too...)

I love Dyson products.

Their Airblade hand dryer system that's all the rage in public toilets these days is awesome. It is undeniably faster and more cost effective than those piss poor fan systems. Plus they make me feel like I'm drying my hands in the future!

I was certainly won over to the Squat N Drops while living in Japan for a couple of years. Not only are they better for preventing hemeroids/vericose veins/colon problems (as mentioned above), but they are also cleaner. That is, the only part of you that touches anything is your shoes, and usually in Japan those are toilet slippers anyway.

One should remember that there is a very wide toilet spectrum in Japan, too, from a hole in the floor to the full Star Ship Enterprise captain's chair (warmed seats, mister, air dryer, mp3 player, you name it...)

"The animals instinctively clean their fur by taking dust baths, in which they roll around in special chinchilla dust made of fine pumice. In the wild their dust is formed from fine ground volcanic rocks. The dust gets into their fur and absorbs oil and dirt. These baths are needed a few times a week. Chinchillas do not bathe in water because the dense fur prevents air-drying, retaining moisture close to the skin, which can cause fungus growth or fur rot. A wet chinchilla must be dried immediately with towels and a no-heat hair dryer."

-I was curious.