Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]
Discussion
markmullen said:
Similarly I usually have the climate control set in the car to 20, which I find comfortable, and down as low as 16 or 17 if it's scorching outside.In a cab in Cyprus where it was 42 degrees outside the driver had it set to 26, which felt lovely and refreshing, yet I'd feel far too warm at 26 here in the UK.
Some places take the aircon too far though, it seems to be some form of status symbol in the middle east that you keep your building as cold as possible. Bloody annoying having to put your jumper on to sit in a restaurant when it's 40 degrees outside
pork911 said:
You don't actually sense it. Your ever present existential angst just self confirms whenever you happen notice someone staring.
It's often me doing the staring. I sometimes do it when stuck in traffic. You stare at the person next to you and they look across. Almost every time. 
AstonZagato said:
pork911 said:
You don't actually sense it. Your ever present existential angst just self confirms whenever you happen notice someone staring.
It's often me doing the staring. I sometimes do it when stuck in traffic. You stare at the person next to you and they look across. Almost every time. OpulentBob said:
VEIGHT said:
On those great big machines that rip up the tarmac when roads are being re-surfaced, there are sometimes two balloon type things at the top that look really out of place.
They are maybe made out of plastic. It looks like some sort of weather station type equipment.
I hope I've been vague enough
any ideas? What do they do?
Yeah, I work with road planers.They are maybe made out of plastic. It looks like some sort of weather station type equipment.
I hope I've been vague enough
any ideas? What do they do?Similar to this?
I have no idea what balloons you're talking about! All I can think is maybe a large GPS sensor or something similar...
OpulentBob said:
Dragging this one back up, I've seen the exact machines you're talking about, with the "balloons" on each corner. I've asked everyone in here (a highways construction dept), including leaving a sketch on the board for a week with a big "WHAT ARE THEY?" label, and the general concensus is that they are worklights. Simple as that!
Yep I'm pretty sure they are work lights. I guess the balloon acts like a diffuser.P-Jay said:
torqueofthedevil said:
How can anyone go camping for more than one night? I went last night - well prepared - ate well, had a few drinks, asleep for 12, but awake at 5:45 - no chance of getting back to sleep. Cold hard floor. Now feel like I've been up for days and its going to take a week to get over it.
Frankly how anyone would go twice is beyond my comprehension - a few of my Mates go a few times a year, they take all their Kids and go in a big group - it looks HORRIBLE to me - the cheap way is to lay, eat, sleep and s
t in a field - like cows do, only under a few mm of plastic.The more you take in creature comforts the more you must reach the point when you think - there's a lovely B&B up the road - it'll cost us £65 a night and I won't have to sleep in an inflatable bed and someone else will sort out the bacon butties, as for the campervan lot - £20k to live like Gypsies???? Sod that, before you even consider the fuel the things drink, or the insurance, the storage or the maintenance - that's a decades worth of family holidays by which time the camper will be decidedly second-hand.
"Oh, but you can go when you want" is the usual reply to all that - but I'm not aware of anyone who comes in the night and locks me in my house - I can go whenever I want and there's ALWAYS a B&B Keeper willing to give me a proper roof over my head for the night in exchange for less than a 'deluxe' camping chair.
I still camp at Le Mans each year though, and I put up with the discomfort (although mains electricity and a large gazebo mitigate that a little) because the child in me still sees it as an adventure. It's not what I'd choose to do for every holiday but once in a while is fun!
Einion Yrth said:
That's a lot to read!It goes on about cubits though doesn't seem to mention that a cubit was the current pharaoh's cubit, when they got a new one it would change.
I was told (at the pyramids by an accredited guide if that means anything) that the angle was fixed by the rays of the sun at a particular time of day, they are a representation of sunset, hence they are to the west of the Nile.
Shaolin said:
Einion Yrth said:
That's a lot to read!It goes on about cubits though doesn't seem to mention that a cubit was the current pharaoh's cubit, when they got a new one it would change.
I was told (at the pyramids by an accredited guide if that means anything) that the angle was fixed by the rays of the sun at a particular time of day, they are a representation of sunset, hence they are to the west of the Nile.
GTIR said:
If someone dies on a flight do they leave the body in the seat or drag it somewhere else?
That'd freak me out if I had to sit next to a dead body!
Where would they drag it to? Maybe if it's a long haul flight there might be bunks for the air crew but maneuvering a dead body into them might be tricky. I expect it just stays where it is!That'd freak me out if I had to sit next to a dead body!
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GTIR said:
If someone dies on a flight do they leave the body in the seat or drag it somewhere else?
That'd freak me out if I had to sit next to a dead body!
Realistically why? It's not going to decompose all over you, or smell, or insist on pushing past you to the bogs every half hour, or ralph into a bag, or scream every time there is a perfectly reasonable noise, like the gear being lowered.That'd freak me out if I had to sit next to a dead body!
Actually a cadaver would make a perfect passenger to sit next to.
The living are a lot bigger threat to you than the dead.
markmullen said:
Realistically why? It's not going to decompose all over you, or smell, or insist on pushing past you to the bogs every half hour, or ralph into a bag, or scream every time there is a perfectly reasonable noise, like the gear being lowered.
Actually a cadaver would make a perfect passenger to sit next to.
The living are a lot bigger threat to you than the dead.
You might even sweet talk the stewardess into giving your their drinks or dinner Actually a cadaver would make a perfect passenger to sit next to.
The living are a lot bigger threat to you than the dead.
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