Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]
Discussion
thismonkeyhere said:
gwm said:
marshalla said:
So that the flag is flying in the right direction when the plane is in motion. (i.e. a real flag would look like that if there was a flagpole to hold it).
Not sure if serious...?But yes, after reading this explanation I googled and it seems the internet agrees. How random.
gwm said:
Because it sounds silly, no?
But yes, after reading this explanation I googled and it seems the internet agrees. How random.
The Americans take their flag very seriously (some might say too seriously). http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagcode.htmBut yes, after reading this explanation I googled and it seems the internet agrees. How random.
The Don of Croy said:
Crutches.
Sometime in the seventies the NHS introduced the crutch that has 'armbands' which transfer the load onto the forearms. Whilst in the USA it seems they continue with the 'under the armpits' design that goes back to the invention of illness.
Not sure of the european/asian angle on this.
Anyhow - why the differing design - transfer of load onto the (presumably weaker) forearms or allow easier weight transfer via the armpit? Anyone know?
I suspect it's to stop users looking lazy just 'hanging' on their crutches. Nothing more than that.
There are plenty of forearm crutches in the USA and plenty of axillary crutches in the UK, I've used a pair. They do have different applications. Purely because of their length they're really quite difficult to use, unwieldy and with a tendency to make you VERY sore if you stumble or need to lean on them heavily. Make it harder to use your hands too. They affect the gait and can make your back sore but I think there are some types of injury/impairment that they may work better than forearm crutches for. Sometime in the seventies the NHS introduced the crutch that has 'armbands' which transfer the load onto the forearms. Whilst in the USA it seems they continue with the 'under the armpits' design that goes back to the invention of illness.
Not sure of the european/asian angle on this.
Anyhow - why the differing design - transfer of load onto the (presumably weaker) forearms or allow easier weight transfer via the armpit? Anyone know?
I suspect it's to stop users looking lazy just 'hanging' on their crutches. Nothing more than that.
But I think there's also a bit of an acceptability thing, I felt like Tiny bloody Tim using them to stagger around Pembrokeshire with when my first major injury kicked off aged 11 on holiday. It was mortifying, hugely changed the way people looked at and talked to me - I was desperate to get back to nice normal elbow crutches!
Speaking of Americans, why don't they use emphasis when speaking. I've not been myself, but listening to them speak in fiction, a conversation might go like this-
1st person "I'm sorry"
2nd person "Actually, it's me who should be sorry"
Now an English person would emphasise the 'me', but Americans would say that phrase pretty much flat. Sometimes I wonder if the actors are simply reading the line without understanding its meaning, so don't know which word to emphasise, but surely the director would tell them?
1st person "I'm sorry"
2nd person "Actually, it's me who should be sorry"
Now an English person would emphasise the 'me', but Americans would say that phrase pretty much flat. Sometimes I wonder if the actors are simply reading the line without understanding its meaning, so don't know which word to emphasise, but surely the director would tell them?
mybrainhurts said:
Does the Queen fart?
No, she has her butler do that for her.Although King Abdullah II of Jordan thinks she does. Apparently he and the Queen were together in one of the open horse drawn carriages and one of the horses let off a magnificient fart. The Queen said "I'm very soryy about that" to which King Addullah responded " That's quite alright your majesty, if you hadn't said anything I'd have thought it was the horse."
torqueofthedevil said:
This is only half rhetorical - how much success can a PPI claims company really have when calling your mobile on an "unknown" number at 19:45 and then playing a pre-recorded message?!?!?
if you listen through there is usually a number to press (9 seems to be the most common) if they are already working for you and going from about 1 a week I havent heard anything for months.TwigtheWonderkid said:
MarshPhantom said:
So it's to do with the sun being at angle and not directly overhead then, thanks very much for that.
If you think about it, the Antarctic is only about 6000 miles from equatorial Africa, so it would be very odd if a measly 6000 miles difference from an object 93,000,000 miles away could make the difference between 50c and -50c. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloped_armour#The_pri...
Why is the BBC so obsessed with Cricket?
I accept that there are many that like the game but I can't help thinking that the level of coverage they give it is entirely out of kilter with the numbers of people that actually give a toss (no pun intended).
More people pay to go and watch motor sport in the UK than cricket by a very considerable margin so why so much coverage?
I accept that there are many that like the game but I can't help thinking that the level of coverage they give it is entirely out of kilter with the numbers of people that actually give a toss (no pun intended).
More people pay to go and watch motor sport in the UK than cricket by a very considerable margin so why so much coverage?
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