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Yes. You can still get solder with tin concentrations between 5% and 70% by weight. The European Union Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive were adopted in early 2003 and came into effect on July 1, 2006, restricting the inclusion of lead in most consumer electronics sold in the EU, and having a broad effect on consumer electronics sold worldwide. In the US, manufacturers may receive tax benefits by reducing the use of lead-based solder. Etymology The word solder comes from the Middle English word soudur, via Old French solduree and soulder, from the Latin solidare, meaning "to make solid".

A few Bad Guys will be getting Nervous. Their Protection Gang is becoming less reliable. Nev

Don't celebrate change too much. Although the election results have come in, those elected will not be sworn in until January next. So it's business as usual until then. Air raid sirens are trumpeting in Iran.

I don't lie awake at Night thinking about how they Pronounce words. No one solders much these days . It's got LEAD in it..PLUMBUM. That's how "Plumber" is derived. Nev

Rubio will have to do a lot of work to make people forget his dismal performance to date and nobody likes Vance because he's a shape-shifting zealot.

The Americans put him in and can also remove Him. He will be a LAME Duck but He's there for the full term. Kyle, you think he has done a good Job do you? I certainly don't. He's told too many LIES to start with. I don't know how the World can deal with such a LIAR who ignores Democracy and admires Dictators, but that's a widespread Phenomenon in the USA, where Making money so frequently over rides ethics. Australia is not the USA, and Dog forbid it ever becomes such a Place. Nev

Well we will be living in interesting times now. Trump will be a lame duck now for 2 years and the Dems will spend all their time and energy going after him. The comment about relious zealots is so true..the Dems are full of them. I think the world will now be in some worse chaos now. The only upside maybe that we come up better against the US currency. Their stock markets are falling a lot now already. The Dems are so far left now driving their party the DSA are to be honest quite evil. The USA will become another clusterf#ck again..worse than it is now. I think though the Presidential election in 2 years time will go back to republican because the populous over will realise they have made a huge mistake...by that time hopefully someone sensible like Rubio will stand for President...Vance is again too much of a religous zealot

One thing I've noticed a lot lately while watching YouTube videos is Americans pronouncing solder as 'sodder'. Same for a noun as verb, and it seems to be wide spread across states and not restricted to certain areas. They sodder a leakey pipe so they can water their erb garden.

Trump and the GOP are not having a good day so far, but I wonder what they're plotting.

Donald Trump was speaking about Donna Arthur, estranged mother of Democratic nominee Amy Acton, who has been charged with killing 3 kittens by leaving them in a hot vehicle. I missed the first part of the conversation but he commented on the poor bringing up of Acton, "not like my mother." Then he looked up and said :thank you,Mum." The camera switched back to Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. He looked up and repeated, "Thank you,Mum.", then looked down at the floor and said, "You too, Dad."

He is a Dick-tator by Nature. who is used to getting his way or He tosses all the toys out of the Pram. Nev

The way the so called financial experts on the ABC radio explain that is that Australia had a much bigger underlying inflation problem than other countries before the war in the Middle East started. Because we were doing so much worse on inflation than other countries before the war, we started behind the eight ball and have a bigger job than the others to control it.

It has come out that the Trump Administration has been working for several months in developing procedures to employ should the Republicans lose both Houses. His minions have been seeking work-arounds so that Trump can control the administration of Government.

It is ironic that discussing politics should not be a taboo activity. I will admit that one has to be very, very diplomatic when discussing the topic with a person you sense has differing views.

One problem on the Economy with changing the interest rate, either up or down, is that the effects of the change do not immediately alter the inflation rate. I accept that the banks change their loan rates virtually as soon as the words fall from the lips of the RB's Director, but for the things that really affect the rate of inflation take some months to kick into play. What are affecting the inflation rate, and which are things that our Government nor the Reserve Bank can control are the Middle East situation and terrorism conducted through the use of AI.

I only hold my breath Underwater and when I walk past someone who is vaping or has Farted. Had Men's shed today. Someone started Talking Politics and even a how to vote card. Not good. Nev

WE started from near Zero rate of Interest, which is unsustainable and each increment has been small, resulting in a Large Number of increments. Now we are only slightly above what would be considered Normal. Fuel Price rises are more than enough to Produce high inflation because transport costs flow through to Just about everything. Interest rate changes are a blunt Instrument but the Reserve Bank is not controlled by the Government and IF the RB Over-cook it it may Cause a recession which we don't want and will cause the Interest rate to be Lowered I would not like to be in the R.B's shoes, if that happens but the Opposition will blame the Gov't for that also. Nev

Every nation is affected economically by the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Then how come the UK has had zero interest rate rises this year, USA has had 1, Canada zero, New Zealand 2 and the EU 2, but Australia has now had 5?

Our OP Shop has to give an annual report to NSW Fair Trading. It has to be done online, and the required fee paid with plastic. Here's the gripe: The payment of teh fee can be done by credit card. It can also be paid using a debit card, provided it is a Visa debit card. The Op Shop banks with the only bank in town - Bendigo Bank, which is not tied in with Visa. A physical debit card works well for the shop since it can't be used for fraud by anyone associated with the shop. The payment of the annual fee to Fair Trading is the only payment that would require the use of a credit card. The annual fees for a credit card would exceed the fee to Fair Trading. So, in order to pay the fee, one of the members who has a credit card has to be with the Treasurer at the computer in the person's home ( we don't have in the shop because we don't need one) so that person's card can be used and then the Treasurer has to reimburse the person. The job gets done, but how inconvenient? The coming problem for a lot of people is that Banks will not issue personal credit cards to pensioners, but will issue debit cards. It seems that the officials at Treasury, who are in employment so can get a credit card, are not aware of this problem and blithely introduce payment systems that are impossible for amny people to use.

Hawaii, which would be the last State to close its polling booths, is 21 hours behind Sydney. At 10:00 am Wednesday 4/11/26 Sydney time it is 1:00pm Tuesday 3/11/26 Hawaiian time. So we wont see any voteing results until about 9:00pm Wednesday Sydney time. Exhale and take another deep breath.

It has been very quiet on the forums lately. Are we holding our collective breaths for the results?

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