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OlberJ
11,963 posts
102 months
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Ayahuasca said: Likely to be the knot that you use.
There are two basic knots that people use to tie shoe laces - a slippery granny knot and a slippery reef knot. 'Slippery' means they have loops that when you pull on end, the knot comes undone. In that, both knots are identical. The difference is that a granny knot is very unstable and will come undone easily if you want it to or not (not, geddit?). A reef knot is much more stable and normally stays tied until you deliberately undo it. Both knots look almost identical. The difference is that the reef knot is tied with the 'right over left, left over right' method and the granny knot is the other way around. Fair point, that is much more secure. Why is the left worse than the right though is my main question.
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Carthage
2,974 posts
13 months
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OlberJ said: Fair point, that is much more secure.
Why is the left worse than the right though is my main question. Maybe you lurch while you walk? Seriously, most people put more of their weight on one leg rather than evenly distributing it. You can test this - by getting two sets of scales, stand with a foot on each without looking, then see how (un)even you are.
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Ayahuasca
16,057 posts
148 months
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OlberJ said: Ayahuasca said: Likely to be the knot that you use.
There are two basic knots that people use to tie shoe laces - a slippery granny knot and a slippery reef knot. 'Slippery' means they have loops that when you pull on end, the knot comes undone. In that, both knots are identical. The difference is that a granny knot is very unstable and will come undone easily if you want it to or not (not, geddit?). A reef knot is much more stable and normally stays tied until you deliberately undo it. Both knots look almost identical. The difference is that the reef knot is tied with the 'right over left, left over right' method and the granny knot is the other way around. Fair point, that is much more secure. Why is the left worse than the right though is my main question. You are possibly doing one with a reef knot and one with a granny not. That would actually look more symmetrical. To completely stop them coming undone - when you wrap the lace around the loop, do two wraps insead of one.
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DeadMeat_UK
3,053 posts
151 months
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Ayahuasca said: OlberJ said: Ayahuasca said: Likely to be the knot that you use.
There are two basic knots that people use to tie shoe laces - a slippery granny knot and a slippery reef knot. 'Slippery' means they have loops that when you pull on end, the knot comes undone. In that, both knots are identical. The difference is that a granny knot is very unstable and will come undone easily if you want it to or not (not, geddit?). A reef knot is much more stable and normally stays tied until you deliberately undo it. Both knots look almost identical. The difference is that the reef knot is tied with the 'right over left, left over right' method and the granny knot is the other way around. Fair point, that is much more secure. Why is the left worse than the right though is my main question. You are possibly doing one with a reef knot and one with a granny not. That would actually look more symmetrical. To completely stop them coming undone - when you wrap the lace around the loop, do two wraps insead of one. Tehre's a great TED talk on this by some professor, but I can't find it at the moment. Hopefully another PHer will come along with the link in a minute.
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marshalla
8,025 posts
70 months
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DeadMeat_UK said: Tehre's a great TED talk on this by some professor, but I can't find it at the moment. Hopefully another PHer will come along with the link in a minute. http://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes.html
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Dr Jekyll
5,522 posts
130 months
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Why is it that while your usual instinctive response to fear is to run, the instinctive response to fear when in a car is to stop?
Both correct more often than not. But still instinctive even when it's the wrong thing to do.
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V8mate
34,930 posts
58 months
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Dr Jekyll said: Why is it that while your usual instinctive response to fear is to run, the instinctive response to fear when in a car is to stop?
Both correct more often than not. But still instinctive even when it's the wrong thing to do. Apropos nothing, many people freeze when confronted with something frightening.
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OlberJ
11,963 posts
102 months
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Fight or flight. Can't remember the pe4rcentage who does what but google will be your friend.
A lot of people hit and run in cars.
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GTIR
19,077 posts
135 months
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V8mate said: Dr Jekyll said: Why is it that while your usual instinctive response to fear is to run, the instinctive response to fear when in a car is to stop?
Both correct more often than not. But still instinctive even when it's the wrong thing to do. Apropos nothing, many people freeze when confronted with something frightening. Like a gay proposal?
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Vipers
15,530 posts
97 months
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Ayahuasca said: OlberJ said: Ayahuasca said: Likely to be the knot that you use.
There are two basic knots that people use to tie shoe laces - a slippery granny knot and a slippery reef knot. 'Slippery' means they have loops that when you pull on end, the knot comes undone. In that, both knots are identical. The difference is that a granny knot is very unstable and will come undone easily if you want it to or not (not, geddit?). A reef knot is much more stable and normally stays tied until you deliberately undo it. Both knots look almost identical. The difference is that the reef knot is tied with the 'right over left, left over right' method and the granny knot is the other way around. Fair point, that is much more secure. Why is the left worse than the right though is my main question. You are possibly doing one with a reef knot and one with a granny not. That would actually look more symmetrical. To completely stop them coming undone - when you wrap the lace around the loop, do two wraps insead of one. Try a french bow. 
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V8mate
34,930 posts
58 months
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When are Google going to re-do their Streetview? It's already so old as to be out of date.
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OlberJ
11,963 posts
102 months
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I believe it's constantly being re-done all the time but there's obviously a big area to cover.
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Vocal Minority
2,102 posts
21 months
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doogz said: marshalla said: It comes from Norman French - when they invaded England the upper classes spoke French rather than English and the habit has persisted.
Beef=boeuf
Pork=porc
Mutton=mouton
Venison=venaison (which some reckon can be traced back to the latin for hunting) Hugo a Gogo said: French for Cow is Boeuf
for Pig, it's Porc
(well, there are other words too)
In the olden day, The Normans owned everything, spoke French, and ate well
the English speakers did the farming, raised the cows and pigs and served them, as Porc and Boeuf to the Norman lords and landowners
Venison is from the latin word for 'hunt' - English peasants wouldn't be allowed to hunt and eat deer either  Cheers guys. Is Pig not cochon? And a Cow Vache? Or these from Norman dialects not modern french?
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Hugo a Gogo
15,150 posts
102 months
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like we have Ox, Bull, Steer, Heifer etc
or Pig, Swine
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Willy Nilly
2,885 posts
36 months
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In the workshop at work is the fuel pump assembly off a 2002 Ford Ka. It is submersible and incorporates the fuel gauge sender.
Would someone that knows about such things explain why or how it can work submersed in fuel without being totally insulated. The wires just have bare spade connectors and I can't understand why it doesn't short out all the time
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CommanderJameson
20,679 posts
95 months
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Willy Nilly said: In the workshop at work is the fuel pump assembly off a 2002 Ford Ka. It is submersible and incorporates the fuel gauge sender.
Would someone that knows about such things explain why or how it can work submersed in fuel without being totally insulated. The wires just have bare spade connectors and I can't understand why it doesn't short out all the time Petrol is an insulator?
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R300will
3,603 posts
20 months
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CommanderJameson said: Willy Nilly said: In the workshop at work is the fuel pump assembly off a 2002 Ford Ka. It is submersible and incorporates the fuel gauge sender.
Would someone that knows about such things explain why or how it can work submersed in fuel without being totally insulated. The wires just have bare spade connectors and I can't understand why it doesn't short out all the time Petrol is an insulator? Petrol is a crap conductor of electricity. No free electrons or strong ionic charges between molecules to carry the charge.
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doogz
18,686 posts
56 months
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How much energy do you use, standing, as opposed to, say, lying down?
Is it a negligible/unmeasurable amount, compared to the amount of energy your body uses to keep itself ticking over anyway?
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GTIR
19,077 posts
135 months
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Is BigAl actually big? (and I don't mean in the trouser department) Or is it like when someone is called "tiny" when they're obviously not? In fact, is his name actually Al? If neither are true I might ask for a refund. 
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Paddy_N_Murphy
15,143 posts
53 months
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doogz said: How much energy do you use, standing, as opposed to, say, lying down?
Is it a negligible/unmeasurable amount, compared to the amount of energy your body uses to keep itself ticking over anyway? Covered this to an extent in the rather interesting : The Truth about ExerciseWhich no longer appears to be on the Iplayer. In summary - it makes a difference standing all day (witnessed by chaps who move from the Workshop / Tools to the Office / Desk jobs - they grooooooow around the waist IMHO)
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