Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]

[grumbledoak]

Thanks muchly, googling Kuna Yala now...

[Ayahuasca]

grumbledoak said:

Thanks muchly, googling Kuna Yala now...

Interesting place, the islands are out of a bounty bar advert, unspoilt, but no tourist infrastructure. I was the first white person in years to venture into one of their mainland jungle villages, they were hospitable, let me sleep in one of their huts but bizarrely kept a transistor radio blaring out st music all night. Maybe to ward of evil white spirits. A friend of mine upset them by barging into a long house while the chief was doing his story telling thing. The women wear colorful native clothes but the blokes more sensibly wear t shirts and shorts. There are 300 islands in Kuna Yala, and you can camp on them, but need to beware of running into narco gangs who use the more remote islands to smuggle cocaine. Still quite piratical around those parts.

[Shaolin]

scarble said:

walm said:

Spanglepants said:

When describing decades why are 'The Forties" spelt without the U.The other decades are spelt the same as the number (someones going to point out something very obvious now)

The Fiveties says hi.

It's like the American spelling of colo(u)r, it's been dumbed down
HTH

Do you mean the fiddys?

[Dr Jekyll]

If you fell into a tank of crude oil, would you float?

Doubt it, human buoyancy is a bit marginal even in water, but does anyone know?

[Vipers]

Dr Jekyll said:

If you fell into a tank of crude oil, would you float?

Doubt it, human buoyancy is a bit marginal even in water, but does anyone know?

If oil floats on the top of water, it isnt heavier than water, does it not follow stuff (people) who can float in water would float in oil?

No doubt someone will tell us for sure.

[TheEnd]

Vipers said:

If oil floats on the top of water, it isnt heavier than water, does it not follow stuff (people) who can float in water would float in oil?

No doubt someone will tell us for sure.

We would float in water as we are less dense than water (broadly speaking), but since oil is less dense too, a person wouldn't float as well in oil.

[Vipers]

TheEnd said:

Vipers said:

If oil floats on the top of water, it isnt heavier than water, does it not follow stuff (people) who can float in water would float in oil?

No doubt someone will tell us for sure.

We would float in water as we are less dense than water (broadly speaking), but since oil is less dense too, a person wouldn't float as well in oil.

And dont forget Archemedies principal. We only float in water under certain circumstances, if you go,swimming try this in the pool, take a deep breath, you'll almost certainly float, let it all out, you will almost certainly sink.

[ATTAK Z]

TheEnd said:

Vipers said:

If oil floats on the top of water, it isnt heavier than water, does it not follow stuff (people) who can float in water would float in oil?

No doubt someone will tell us for sure.

We would float in water as we are less dense than water (broadly speaking), but since oil is less dense too, a person wouldn't float as well in oil.

This should be good ... I'm following

[torqueofthedevil]

Seriously what I'd the Mornington Crescent thing all about? Seen it elsewhere too

[Justin Cyder]

torqueofthedevil said:

Seriously what I'd the Mornington Crescent thing all about? Seen it elsewhere too

I'm sorry, but if you don't know by now, I haven't a clue to offer.

[TheEnd]

ATTAK Z said:

TheEnd said:

Vipers said:

If oil floats on the top of water, it isnt heavier than water, does it not follow stuff (people) who can float in water would float in oil?

No doubt someone will tell us for sure.

We would float in water as we are less dense than water (broadly speaking), but since oil is less dense too, a person wouldn't float as well in oil.

This should be good ... I'm following

Ducks also float on water, and since ducks weigh the same as a witch which is made of wood, wood would float on water like oil, which proves oil would be made from wood which is buried and formed fossil fuels.

[marshalla]

torqueofthedevil said:

Seriously what I'd the Mornington Crescent thing all about? Seen it elsewhere too

Hour and a half for the speed game, using the '87 rules strictly according to Stovold, but 3-4 years for a good strategic game allowing for reverse laterals, works on the escalators and judicious Knipping.

[grumbledoak]

torqueofthedevil said:

Seriously what I'd the Mornington Crescent thing all about? Seen it elsewhere too

It's an in/out joke older even than MBH. Pretend you know the rules and you are 'in', ask what it is and you are 'out'.

[Nimby]

Dr Jekyll said:

If you fell into a tank of crude oil, would you float?

Doubt it, human buoyancy is a bit marginal even in water, but does anyone know?

<Googles>: human body typical Relative Density is 0.985 (or with lungs full of air 0.945).
Light crude oil is defined as RD less than 0.87
Medium crude is RD 0.87 to 0.92
Heavy crude is RD 0.92 to 1.0
Extra heavy crude is RD > 1.0

So you might just float in the heaviest heavy crude oil, and sink in the rest.

[The Don of Croy]

In a 'typical' supermarket...how many hand baskets could you fill in order to empty all the shelves? Not a hyper market, but more the sort to service a town of 10,000 peeps, say. To the nearest whole basket, please.

(Not really a great deal happening here this morning)

[Ayahuasca]

An important question that deserves to be pondered.

Average number of items in a supermarket: 40,000
Average displayed number of each item: 20
Total items on display: 800,000
Capacity of basket: 20 items
Therefore number of baskets: 40,000

Or something.

[Wing Commander]

When you go to fill up your car at the petrol station, and you have to wait for the pump to be authorised.

Does the check out desk make a bing bong each time I pull the trigger to the fuel gun, or just keep repeating a bing bong after I pulled it the first time, or does it just bing bong when I first pull the gun off the pump rack thing.

Thanks

[walm]

Wing Commander said:

When you go to fill up your car at the petrol station, and you have to wait for the pump to be authorised.

Does the check out desk make a bing bong each time I pull the trigger to the fuel gun, or just keep repeating a bing bong after I pulled it the first time, or does it just bing bong when I first pull the gun off the pump rack thing.

Thanks

Gun off the rack, I think.
I just stand there holding it looking like a plum until the pump starts whirring.
I never bother pulling the trigger before that.

[Wing Commander]

walm said:

Wing Commander said:

When you go to fill up your car at the petrol station, and you have to wait for the pump to be authorised.

Does the check out desk make a bing bong each time I pull the trigger to the fuel gun, or just keep repeating a bing bong after I pulled it the first time, or does it just bing bong when I first pull the gun off the pump rack thing.

Thanks

Gun off the rack, I think.
I just stand there holding it looking like a plum until the pump starts whirring.
I never bother pulling the trigger before that.

OK so I guess it actually does make sense that it triggers a bing bong when it comes off the rack, for those who do not press the trigger before it is ready to dispense.

Final question though - does lifting the gun set of repeated bing bongs, or does lifting it just light up the light on their monitor and give one bing bong? If so, does pressing the trigger do anything further?

I kinda want to know that if I put the gun in the filler neck and keep repeatedly pressing the trigger, I can wear down the check out person enough to activate my pump ASAP!

[walm]

I think it is like pressing the "door close" button in a lift or that button to activate a pelican crossing (after the first press).
Feels good to hammer away at it but doesn't achieve anything.

Why do they need to be activated anyway? Does the cashier check you aren't doing this?

Or are they waiting for the OK from ANPR?