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

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

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BristolRich

545 posts

133 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Nardies said:
BristolRich said:
No. They cant look up either.
Big Al says they can.
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All that jazz

7,632 posts

146 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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AstonZagato said:
Someone who actually knows will be along shortly but I can tell you that they have been used to make the wires more visible to birds.

Someone I know who runs a shoot had a set of high voltage wires that ran over a drive. The birds would crash into the wires killing themselves (it almost cuts them in half). He phoned the electricity company and they installed those discs. Apparently the birds aslo potentially damage the wires (not sure how) so they were as keen to avoid it as the estate owner.
Not sure about the lines "cuts them in half". Those power lines you see hanging from your average pylon are not some thin bits of wire like they appear from a distance, they're typically about as thick as a sewage pipe and weigh a ton. However, flying into them will ultimately result in the same thing, I agree.

gingerbeard

101 posts

125 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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AstonZagato said:
Someone who actually knows will be along shortly but I can tell you that they have been used to make the wires more visible to birds.

Someone I know who runs a shoot had a set of high voltage wires that ran over a drive. The birds would crash into the wires killing themselves (it almost cuts them in half). He phoned the electricity company and they installed those discs. Apparently the birds aslo potentially damage the wires (not sure how) so they were as keen to avoid it as the estate owner.
ahh that makes sense, thank you for your answers, it will finally not bug me every morning now!

AstonZagato

12,703 posts

210 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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All that jazz said:
AstonZagato said:
Someone who actually knows will be along shortly but I can tell you that they have been used to make the wires more visible to birds.

Someone I know who runs a shoot had a set of high voltage wires that ran over a drive. The birds would crash into the wires killing themselves (it almost cuts them in half). He phoned the electricity company and they installed those discs. Apparently the birds aslo potentially damage the wires (not sure how) so they were as keen to avoid it as the estate owner.
Not sure about the lines "cuts them in half". Those power lines you see hanging from your average pylon are not some thin bits of wire like they appear from a distance, they're typically about as thick as a sewage pipe and weigh a ton. However, flying into them will ultimately result in the same thing, I agree.
I beg to differ - I have picked up a few pheasants after they have hit one of these high power lines. I was amazed by the damage - one had ripped through the chest separating the breast from the neck to a depth of about 5 inches.

All that jazz

7,632 posts

146 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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AstonZagato said:
All that jazz said:
AstonZagato said:
Someone who actually knows will be along shortly but I can tell you that they have been used to make the wires more visible to birds.

Someone I know who runs a shoot had a set of high voltage wires that ran over a drive. The birds would crash into the wires killing themselves (it almost cuts them in half). He phoned the electricity company and they installed those discs. Apparently the birds aslo potentially damage the wires (not sure how) so they were as keen to avoid it as the estate owner.
Not sure about the lines "cuts them in half". Those power lines you see hanging from your average pylon are not some thin bits of wire like they appear from a distance, they're typically about as thick as a sewage pipe and weigh a ton. However, flying into them will ultimately result in the same thing, I agree.
I beg to differ - I have picked up a few pheasants after they have hit one of these high power lines. I was amazed by the damage - one had ripped through the chest separating the breast from the neck to a depth of about 5 inches.
> Pic of cable, fyi. <

MV and LV cables will obviously be thinner, though.

Edited by All that jazz on Friday 7th November 12:52

AJS-

15,366 posts

236 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Just what the hell is going on in Coming Round The Mountain?

Who is this woman? And why is she driving 6 white horses round a mountain, in her pyjamas?

Tyre Tread

10,534 posts

216 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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AJS- said:
Just what the hell is going on in Coming Round The Mountain?

Who is this woman? And why is she driving 6 white horses round a mountain, in her pyjamas?
I don't know but she has some seriously deviant sexual practices.

"She'll be riding six white horses when she comes..." biggrin

ETA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27ll_Be_Coming_%2...

krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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why do trucks and buses have some wheels in which the centre points outwards and some where the centre is sunk inwards?

mattdaniels

7,353 posts

282 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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krunchkin said:
why do trucks and buses have some wheels in which the centre points outwards and some where the centre is sunk inwards?
Why does this question keep getting asked (and answered) on here?
What is the fascination with inny and outy wheels?

krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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mattdaniels said:
krunchkin said:
why do trucks and buses have some wheels in which the centre points outwards and some where the centre is sunk inwards?
Why does this question keep getting asked (and answered) on here?
What is the fascination with inny and outy wheels?
sorry. havent scrolled back through 117 pages. What is it then?

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

146 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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krunchkin said:
sorry. havent scrolled back through 117 pages. What is it then?
Any "sunk inwards" are drive axles.
Any "point outwards" are steer or tag/lift axles.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

167 months

Friday 7th November 2014
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Glocko said:
Why is it pretty much only cans of corned beef are opened with a key?
I can open my house and my car with a key, so it's not just tins of corned beef

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

167 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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What does it do to a mans ego when he loses a traffic light Grand Prix to a Honda Jazz?

krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Willy Nilly said:
What does it do to a mans ego when he loses a traffic light Grand Prix to a Honda Jazz?
One would hope it makes him grow up a bit and stop doing "traffc light grand prixs"

goldblum

10,272 posts

167 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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krunchkin said:
One would hope it makes him grow up a bit and stop doing "traffc light grand prixs"
One hopes you have access to a dictionary but simply forgot to use it.

LordGrover

33,543 posts

212 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Point of order, I believe the plural of grand prix is grands prix.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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fair cop

Warw1ckHunt

280 posts

135 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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Late at night, why do programmes on TV channels such as Dave or Gold continue to have breaks when they have no ads to show.

ambuletz

10,735 posts

181 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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I'm browsing belts as I need a new one. Why would you want to buy a reverable belt over a normal one? The reversable ones seem slightly more expensive.

juan king

1,093 posts

189 months

Saturday 8th November 2014
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ambuletz said:
I'm browsing belts as I need a new one. Why would you want to buy a reverable belt over a normal one? The reversable ones seem slightly more expensive.
Because its reversible?
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