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A redneck farmer, hoping to start a chicken farm, tries to sell a customized, motorized tricycle, except that the pull cord for the motor broke off; later, he sold a set of Living Dead Dolls, but while the high value is out there, no one was buying them, influencing the price that Les is willing to pay. Also: a man tries to sell a necklace he ...
Thread is similar to yarn, cord, twine, or string, and there is some overlap between the way these terms are used. However, thread is most often used to mean materials fine and smooth enough for sewing, embroidery, weaving, or making lace or net. Yarn is often used to mean a thicker and softer material, suitable for knitting and crochet.
A version using a pull-cord was used in World War I. [2] The photo shows the internal mechanism: the L-shaped handle has a gear rack , which spins the white step-up gear, which in turn spins the flywheel on which is mounted both a centrifugal clutch (to allow freewheeling after the lever stops its travel and then returns) and a dark grey magnet ...
A plastic cord lock (also known as cord fastener, plastic stopper, spring clasp or cord toggle) attaches to drawstrings and tightens without the use of knots. Cord locks allow mountaineers to fasten clothing and camping equipment quickly in cold conditions when the fingers are encased in heavy gloves.
Red Heart may have also eventually controlled Seven's news and soaps. This was a time when "content is king" was a popular idea. Australia's Broadcasting Services Act 1992 disallows foreign entities owning more than 15% of any TV station licence holder, but owning a company that provides a station with 100% of its content for 99% of its income ...
Multicoloured: variegated yarn with two or more distinct hues (a "parrot colourway" might have green, yellow and red) Self-striping: yarn dyed with lengths of colour that will automatically create stripes in a knitted or crocheted object; Marled: yarn made from strands of different-coloured yarn twisted together, sometimes in closely related hues
Starting a Lazair II ultralight aircraft's JPX PUL 425 engine, equipped with a recoil starter. A rope start device housed in a Nose bullet of a Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet.. Rope start (also called ripcord [citation needed], pull start [citation needed], or rewind start [citation needed]) is a method of starting an internal combustion engine, usually on small machines, such as lawn mowers ...
A pullstring (pull string, pull-string), pullcord (pull cord, pull-cord), or pullchain (pull-chain, pull chain) is a string, cord, or chain wound on a spring-loaded spindle that engages a mechanism when it is pulled. It is most commonly used in toys and motorized equipment.