Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]

[Jonboy_t]

How famous do you have to be in order to be assassinated instead of just murdered?

[Tango13]

What was the thought process behind choosing blue lights for emergency vehicles?

[skip_1]

Tango13 said:

What was the thought process behind choosing blue lights for emergency vehicles?

Different colour to signal/aspect and already standard vehicle lights?

Edited by skip_1 on Monday 16th November 22:48

[MissChief]

Jonboy_t said:

How famous do you have to be in order to be assassinated instead of just murdered?

I asked this many pages ago. An assassination tends to be for religious or political purposes. For example John Lennon's death wasn't an assassination but you can't deny he was very famous. The term 'assassination' also implies an assassin, usually hired or paid in some way.

[fomb]

skip_1 said:

Tango13 said:

What was the thought process behind choosing blue lights for emergency vehicles?

Different colour to signal/aspect and already standard vehicle lights?

Edited by skip_1 on Monday 16th November 22:48

"By far the most common colors for the core emergency services to use are blue and red, and there are some arguments for using both. One study found that for flashing lights, red was more easily perceived in daylight, and blue at night. Furthermore, red has advantages in haze and fog, while blue stands out against traffic at night.[8] On the other hand, a different study found that red had the quickest detection times at night.[9]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_vehicle_li...

[br d]

StevieBee said:

The same question can be asked of Keith Richards.

The answer is, quite genuinely IMO, a lack of stress.

I've not long since finished Keef's book, he puts the fact that he's still here down to very high quality recreationals.

As an aside, I had it as an audio book, Keith does the last few chapters himself and in one section of about 40 minutes he's clearly pissed! Bloody amusing.

[jimothy]

schmunk said:

His Royal Highness The Prince Philip ... Baron Greenwich ...

Come here Stiletto!

[P-Jay]

Jonboy_t said:

How famous do you have to be in order to be assassinated instead of just murdered?

I think the difference it that if you're killed for what you are, you're assassinated, if you're killed because of who are you're murdered.

[Willy Nilly]

I have CWC watch, dare I poke my head in the watch forum or will I be chased out of town for being the peasant I really am?

[Ken Figenus]

mybrainhurts said:

Why don't women eat baked beans?

Bravo! I have been chuckling at this for days.

[AlexC1981]

Willy Nilly said:

I have CWC watch, dare I poke my head in the watch forum or will I be chased out of town for being the peasant I really am?

Please do, a CWC would be most welcome. Considering what a haven it is for expensive watches, there is very little snobbery there.

[Ayahuasca]

Sticking with the watch theme, I sometimes 'charge' the luminous hands on mine with a torch so they glow brightly at night. Will this over time (!) wear out the luminosity more than if I did not charge it?

[olivebrown]

What's the deal with the pinky rings people wear in London? I'm not talking about pimp style, but people in decent jobs (brokers, banker etc) from privileged schools...

[98elise]

AlexC1981 said:

Willy Nilly said:

I have CWC watch, dare I poke my head in the watch forum or will I be chased out of town for being the peasant I really am?

Please do, a CWC would be most welcome. Considering what a haven it is for expensive watches, there is very little snobbery there.

Agreed. There is a long running Seiko thread so even I can join in with my £150 watch

[AstonZagato]

olivebrown said:

What's the deal with the pinky rings people wear in London? I'm not talking about pimp style, but people in decent jobs (brokers, banker etc) from privileged schools...

Signet rings. Usually inherited, usually worn by turbo-chins (or wannabe gentry). Not really a London thing, more a class thing.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-24/...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

P-Jay said:

I think the difference it that if you're killed for what you are, you're assassinated, if you're killed because of who are you're murdered.

I think if IS killed a woman they didn't know because she was a night club signer, and they didn't approve, it would still be murder. If they killed her because she was a politician opposed to them, it would be assassination. Assassinations tend to be politicians, presidents, kings and queens, senators and the like.

I think.

[Jonboy_t]

AstonZagato said:

olivebrown said:

What's the deal with the pinky rings people wear in London? I'm not talking about pimp style, but people in decent jobs (brokers, banker etc) from privileged schools...

Signet rings. Usually inherited, usually worn by turbo-chins (or wannabe gentry). Not really a London thing, more a class thing.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-24/...

Can be a masonic thing too, my boss is in the funky handshake clan and wears one with a compass or something on it, has mentioned that it's to do with being a mason.

[ambuletz]

Does anyone know if you require proof of age/ID if you are an extra person on someones hotel booking? Sharing a family room at travel lodge with some friends, another friend has already paid for it in advance. Misplaced my license a couple of months back and I don't want to have to take my passport with me.

[steveo3002]

ambuletz said:

Does anyone know if you require proof of age/ID if you are an extra person on someones hotel booking? Sharing a family room at travel lodge with some friends, another friend has already paid for it in advance. Misplaced my license a couple of months back and I don't want to have to take my passport with me.

never been asked for it

[marshalla]

ambuletz said:

Does anyone know if you require proof of age/ID if you are an extra person on someones hotel booking? Sharing a family room at travel lodge with some friends, another friend has already paid for it in advance. Misplaced my license a couple of months back and I don't want to have to take my passport with me.

They really don't care, as long as the room is paid for. (unless you're going to some despotic country where they have to copy the passports of all foreigners who dare to stay inside their border for the night).