Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]
Discussion
Dr Jekyll said:
monthefish said:
OlberJ said:
If stealing from a shop requires you to leave the premises with the goods, what if you walked into Sainsburys, drank a case of beer and then went for a slash in the toilets before leaving suitably drunk.
Still theft?
Presumably, as most of the alchohol content was on (in) your person as you left the store.Still theft?
Also, you would've returned the item in a poorer condition which could also be theft, or at least criminal damage.
kowalski655 said:
Dr Jekyll said:
And even if you've peed the entire batch down the sewer you've still permanently deprived the owner.
Unless you nicked Carlsberg,drank it,pissed back in the bottle & replaced it on the shelf-not like it would taste any differentShaolin said:
kowalski655 said:
Dr Jekyll said:
And even if you've peed the entire batch down the sewer you've still permanently deprived the owner.
Unless you nicked Carlsberg,drank it,pissed back in the bottle & replaced it on the shelf-not like it would taste any differentThe pub I used to go to was a converted basement or cellar, and if you wanted a cigarette, you'd have to go out the front door and hang about in this little smoking area.
You couldn't take your drinks outside, so they were all left on tables and ledges just inside the door.
It was getting bad for people stealing drinks, you wouldn't dare leave a £5's worth of vodka and redbull, and anything close to a full bottle would go missing too.
At the time I was drinking Sol, and I planned ahead a little. When I finished the bottle I had, I took it to the toilets and filled it up, and it was the perfect colour too.
Out for a cigarette, leave the bait inside the door and see what happens.
Amazingly it worked, and the bottle vanished, and was left again at the bottom of the stairs with a mouthful gone.
It worked like a charm, apart from the fact I never saw the pee-thief.
I always wondered what the chain of events were, did they spit it out, did they try and remain cool instead of shouting to their mates they've just drank a mouthful of aqua vita, whether they even knew what they just drank etc
If you are ever in a dive like that and someone nabs your drink, get a bottle next
When an aircraft first touches down the stress on the wheels/tyres, not to mention the wear and rubber loss from friction, in going from stationary to spinning flat out in a nanosecond must be immense. Why isn't there some device (e.g. vanes) or mechanism fitted to start the wheel spinning in readiness for landing as soon as the undercarriage is lowered?
CR6ZZ said:
When an aircraft first touches down the stress on the wheels/tyres, not to mention the wear and rubber loss from friction, in going from stationary to spinning flat out in a nanosecond must be immense. Why isn't there some device (e.g. vanes) or mechanism fitted to start the wheel spinning in readiness for landing as soon as the undercarriage is lowered?
Repost. I asked that ages ago. 
Ayahuasca said:
CR6ZZ said:
When an aircraft first touches down the stress on the wheels/tyres, not to mention the wear and rubber loss from friction, in going from stationary to spinning flat out in a nanosecond must be immense. Why isn't there some device (e.g. vanes) or mechanism fitted to start the wheel spinning in readiness for landing as soon as the undercarriage is lowered?
Repost. I asked that ages ago. TheEnd said:
Funny you mention that, I did that trick on someone once.
The pub I used to go to was a converted basement or cellar, and if you wanted a cigarette, you'd have to go out the front door and hang about in this little smoking area.
You couldn't take your drinks outside, so they were all left on tables and ledges just inside the door.
It was getting bad for people stealing drinks, you wouldn't dare leave a £5's worth of vodka and redbull, and anything close to a full bottle would go missing too.
At the time I was drinking Sol, and I planned ahead a little. When I finished the bottle I had, I took it to the toilets and filled it up, and it was the perfect colour too.
Out for a cigarette, leave the bait inside the door and see what happens.
Amazingly it worked, and the bottle vanished, and was left again at the bottom of the stairs with a mouthful gone.
It worked like a charm, apart from the fact I never saw the pee-thief.
I always wondered what the chain of events were, did they spit it out, did they try and remain cool instead of shouting to their mates they've just drank a mouthful of aqua vita, whether they even knew what they just drank etc
If you are ever in a dive like that and someone nabs your drink, get a bottle next
Did that at Le Mans a few years back. On Sunday afternoon and Monday morning (after the race) many campsites were swamped with 'do-as-you-likeys' who would grab anything they could. We left a six-pack of refilled stubby beers next to the car. 20 minutes later they'd disappeared! The pub I used to go to was a converted basement or cellar, and if you wanted a cigarette, you'd have to go out the front door and hang about in this little smoking area.
You couldn't take your drinks outside, so they were all left on tables and ledges just inside the door.
It was getting bad for people stealing drinks, you wouldn't dare leave a £5's worth of vodka and redbull, and anything close to a full bottle would go missing too.
At the time I was drinking Sol, and I planned ahead a little. When I finished the bottle I had, I took it to the toilets and filled it up, and it was the perfect colour too.
Out for a cigarette, leave the bait inside the door and see what happens.
Amazingly it worked, and the bottle vanished, and was left again at the bottom of the stairs with a mouthful gone.
It worked like a charm, apart from the fact I never saw the pee-thief.
I always wondered what the chain of events were, did they spit it out, did they try and remain cool instead of shouting to their mates they've just drank a mouthful of aqua vita, whether they even knew what they just drank etc
If you are ever in a dive like that and someone nabs your drink, get a bottle next
I often wondered if they could tell the difference!
WeirdNeville said:
Elements repeat their properties with specific periods if you put them in order of atomic mass. This periodicity gives groups of elements which behave in similar ways. They form the vertical columns in the periodic table.
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I've always been fascinated by the lanthanide/actinide group...
WeirdNeville said:
HereBeMonsters said:
What is "periodic" about the Periodic Table?
Elements repeat their properties with specific periods if you put them in order of atomic mass. This periodicity gives groups of elements which behave in similar ways. They form the vertical columns in the periodic table.
So you can see for example the group of "alkali metals" forming the left hand column: Sodium, Potassium, Caesium, Rubidium and Francium: All behave in similar ways. they're low melting point metals, solid at roo temperature, and highly reactive with water. They're even increasingly exciting as you go down the list and chuck a bit in the bath (from a bit of bubbling to there not being much of the bath left).
THe inert and Halogen gases are all similar in they way they behave.
So, ordering elements by atomic mass gives rise to periodic repetition of certain properties, grouping those properties gives you the periodic table.
How long is this "period" of repetition of certain properties? I really don't get this, sorry!
HereBeMonsters said:
WTF?
How long is this "period" of repetition of certain properties? I really don't get this, sorry!
It's not a period of time. Basically, elements with similar electron configurations behave similarly. These similar configurations appear in a rhythmic manner as atomic number increases, hence periodicity. How long is this "period" of repetition of certain properties? I really don't get this, sorry!
When you lay out the elements in a table in a certain way, you can group elements together - for example, the halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine) form a group, as they have similar chemical properties.
The Wikipedia page is quite good at explaining it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_table
ShampooEfficient said:
Nom de ploom said:
why don't the pedestrian crossings beep anymore when the green man is on? I thought the beeps were to aid the blind in crossing the road?
Depends how close they are to the next one.RenesisEvo said:
ShampooEfficient said:
Nom de ploom said:
why don't the pedestrian crossings beep anymore when the green man is on? I thought the beeps were to aid the blind in crossing the road?
Depends how close they are to the next one.I didn't think a staggered crossing had bleepers at all.
TheEnd said:
Funny you mention that, I did that trick on someone once.
I always wondered what the chain of events were, did they spit it out, did they try and remain cool instead of shouting to their mates they've just drank a mouthful of aqua vita, whether they even knew what they just drank etc
like thisI always wondered what the chain of events were, did they spit it out, did they try and remain cool instead of shouting to their mates they've just drank a mouthful of aqua vita, whether they even knew what they just drank etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHXrfajDn9s
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