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

[torqueofthedevil]

How do toe / finger nails grow? Some lass stood on my toe about 8 years ago. She had stilettos on and it broke the nail all the way from the tip to the back. The crack is still there today.

[Laurel Green]

torqueofthedevil said:

How do toe / finger nails grow? Some lass stood on my toe about 8 years ago. She had stilettos on and it broke the nail all the way from the tip to the back. The crack is still there today.

...and will be that way for the rest of your life - well it has(so far) for my thumbnail which I sliced through some fifty years ago; but how do they grow? Rather well, I'd say.

[andym1603]

BA295 returning to Heathrow the other day because 2 sets of wheels would not come down. How would they know that as presumably all wheels would be down before they took off?

[IanCress]

andym1603 said:

BA295 returning to Heathrow the other day because 2 sets of wheels would not come down. How would they know that as presumably all wheels would be down before they took off?

Sensors will alert the pilots to the fact that not all wheels are down and locked. They may then ask the control tower to visually confirm what the instruments are telling them.

[walm]

IanCress said:

andym1603 said:

BA295 returning to Heathrow the other day because 2 sets of wheels would not come down. How would they know that as presumably all wheels would be down before they took off?

Sensors will alert the pilots to the fact that not all wheels are down and locked. They may then ask the control tower to visually confirm what the instruments are telling them.

I am sure that's true but they turned round after 2 hours on their way to Chicago. This wasn't on the approach to landing.
Press saying that the wheels malfunctioned at 33,000ft!

[popeyewhite]

AAz01 said:

227bhp said:

Do practising Nazis still exist? Is it still possible to be a Nazi or is it verboten?

National Socialism as a practised political/military movement effectively ended when Hitler lost the war.

[SpeckledJim]

doogz said:

Why don’t cat food manufacturers cut the BS and put “Rat flavour” on the side of the boxes?

Firstly, I know what tuna looks like, and smells like, and that is not it.

Secondly, beef?! You ever seen a domestic housecat take down a cow?

So why do we feed them beef?

Because cats don't buy cat food.

[Jonboy_t]

doogz said:

Why don’t cat food manufacturers cut the BS and put “Rat flavour” on the side of the boxes?

Firstly, I know what tuna looks like, and smells like, and that is not it.

Secondly, beef?! You ever seen a domestic housecat take down a cow?

So why do we feed them beef?

That's why cats go to mIceland

[Dr Jekyll]

walm said:

I am sure that's true but they turned round after 2 hours on their way to Chicago. This wasn't on the approach to landing.
Press saying that the wheels malfunctioned at 33,000ft!

But if it was just the undercarriage why turn back, surely landing without wheels in London would be just as bad as landing without wheels in Chicago? Or it just that BA have a maintenance base at Heathrow, the aviation equivalent of limping back to the pits?

[Silent1]

Dr Jekyll said:

walm said:

I am sure that's true but they turned round after 2 hours on their way to Chicago. This wasn't on the approach to landing.
Press saying that the wheels malfunctioned at 33,000ft!

But if it was just the undercarriage why turn back, surely landing without wheels in London would be just as bad as landing without wheels in Chicago? Or it just that BA have a maintenance base at Heathrow, the aviation equivalent of limping back to the pits?

It's possible the landing gear didn't lock up and so they could be sure of its safety therefore turning around is better.

[fomb]

Dr Jekyll said:

Or it just that BA have a maintenance base at Heathrow, the aviation equivalent of limping back to the pits?

This.

Side note. I'd just got off a 747 when this happened, and that aircraft was used as the replacement for this one. That plane wasn't in great condition either from what I could see.

[kowalski655]

Perhaps also Heathrow's was closer,in case something more terminal happened mid flight

[Hugo a Gogo]

doogz said:

Why don’t cat food manufacturers cut the BS and put “Rat flavour” on the side of the boxes?

Firstly, I know what tuna looks like, and smells like, and that is not it.

Secondly, beef?! You ever seen a domestic housecat take down a cow?

So why do we feed them beef?

Tuna is a 200kg deep ocean fish that can swim at 60 mph.( some kinds anyway) Cats are obvious predators

[The Don of Croy]

Hugo a Gogo said:

doogz said:

Why don’t cat food manufacturers cut the BS and put “Rat flavour” on the side of the boxes?

Firstly, I know what tuna looks like, and smells like, and that is not it.

Secondly, beef?! You ever seen a domestic housecat take down a cow?

So why do we feed them beef?

Tuna is a 200kg deep ocean fish that can swim at 60 mph.( some kinds anyway) Cats are obvious predators

You need to learn more about cat vs tuna opportunities here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wykeJBHdE

[ambuletz]

why does a toilet cistern take so long to fill up with water for you to do a proper full flush again?

I had to do 2 flushes a minute ago, but instead of waiting I filled up a bucket with water with a couple of litres (which took a few seconds) and threw that in.

[walm]

ambuletz said:

why does a toilet cistern take so long to fill up with water for you to do a proper full flush again?

I had to do 2 flushes a minute ago, but instead of waiting I filled up a bucket with water with a couple of litres (which took a few seconds) and threw that in.

1. Normal flush is about 6 litres IIRC.
2. Many cisterns try to be quite quiet and reduce the inflow to help with that.

As a regular double-flusher myself, I hate these cisterns.
Although I haven't gone to the lengths of carrying a bucket round with me to speed things up.
I usually just wait.

[Swanny87]

walm said:

ambuletz said:

why does a toilet cistern take so long to fill up with water for you to do a proper full flush again?

I had to do 2 flushes a minute ago, but instead of waiting I filled up a bucket with water with a couple of litres (which took a few seconds) and threw that in.

1. Normal flush is about 6 litres IIRC.
2. Many cisterns try to be quite quiet and reduce the inflow to help with that.

As a regular double-flusher myself, I hate these cisterns.
Although I haven't gone to the lengths of carrying a bucket round with me to speed things up.
I usually just wait.

Christ! What do you guys eat?

Reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fdQN8aGlSo

[Alex@POD]

walm said:

ambuletz said:

why does a toilet cistern take so long to fill up with water for you to do a proper full flush again?

I had to do 2 flushes a minute ago, but instead of waiting I filled up a bucket with water with a couple of litres (which took a few seconds) and threw that in.

1. Normal flush is about 6 litres IIRC.
2. Many cisterns try to be quite quiet and reduce the inflow to help with that.

On top of that, filling it quicker will reduce the pressure in the system. You know how sometimes the shower gets hot/cold or the pressure drops when someone opens a tap in the house? It would be much worse than that.

[walm]

Swanny87 said:

Christ! What do you guys eat?

That's a fair question.
It's never a problem in modern loos but some in my house are apparently very old and for some reason have a very narrow U-bend.
I do try to avoid these loos but sometimes it isn't always possible.

[Pixel Pusher]

Why doesn't anyone in Star Wars wear a watch?

They can build you a Death Star or an Imperial star destroyer or make the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs but not have any idea of what the time of day is.