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  1. In the UK when you go to the municipal gym or the swimming pool you often need to bring "a pound for the locker". The locker is a man with a bunch of big chains and padlocks who will lock up you and/or your belongings unless you give him an imperial pound of suet. #ukLife #england #justBritishThings

  2. Rotwein im Kühlregal ist so ziemlich das Britischste, was ich heute gesehen habe.

    #justbritishthings

  3. You might be British if: your kettle uses nearly enough power to max out a 13A socket.
    If I ran this from the PV inverter it would probably trip the output breaker...! (It's rated to 3kVA)
    #YouMightBeBritishIf #JustBritishThings #MyKettleUsesMoreJoulesThanYours

    edit: you may have noticed "power factor 1.00 cos-phi". That means this is a pure resistive load, something many PC power supplies aspire to but never quite reach.


  4. Me: "Is there anything fun to do around here?"
    Brit: "You mean like a pub?"