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Post by ironhold on Jan 24, 2015 23:25:12 GMT
"Liberty Meadows" (reprint; original date unknown)After years of psychological manipulation, female lead Brandy has succumbed to her mom's wishes and agreed to marry the guy she's been nagging her to marry. Upon discovering this, Brandy's co-worker Frank, who had been trying to court her, responds by getting falling-down drunk. In the strip, Frank is lying on the ground and ranting about his situation. To punctuate this, he throws an empty alcohol bottle up in the air. The alcohol bottle impacts the ceiling fan with enough force to cause said fan to break free, at which point it smashes Frank in the face. 1. Could an alcohol bottle - as thrown from below - impact a ceiling fan with enough force to bring it down but not destroy the lights underneath it? 2. In real life, would Frank have walked away unscathed after taking a ceiling fan to the head?
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Post by silverdragon on Jan 25, 2015 8:34:27 GMT
1, the light didnt break, maybe it was that strong....
2, Some people are that lucky.
Can a ceiling fan be put in place so badly it will break free at the slightest provocation?... Unfortunately, I will call that confirmed, as I have seen one fall the first time it was switched on. If you have to use raw-plugs to attach to plaster ceiling, stop, your being extremely silly, you find a joist in the ceiling, you cant attach a heavy fan like that to plaster and expect it to stay up.
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Post by the light works on Jan 25, 2015 22:57:14 GMT
for part 1, I see no reason why that type of light would necessarily be broken.
for part 2: the way the fan is drawn, for it to come down, a horizontal safety pin would have to be missing - either not installed properly or jarred loose with the bottle - I can see the pin being missing, which would leave the fan supported only by the grounding screw holding a plastic collar in place. if the grounding screw pulls through the collar, the fan comes down - at least to the limit of the wires.
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