Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Rostfritt said:
FlyingMeeces said:
This is gonna sound like a dig, and it ain't.
But think about all of the millions of people in small, cramped, cheap housing. Add in everyone in Victorian terraces and that's the majority of the country, I suspect. Pretty much none of them have a second loo.
I reckon it evens out to something like 2:1.
I would guess closer to 1:1. Maybe 2-3:1 in houses, although I live alone and have one, my Dad and Granddad live together and have two. When you add up all the others, there are those in businesses, where to be fair I live in a large office with barely above the minimum required, probably a higher proportion in smaller businesses, then shops, restaurants, train stations, trains, planes public loos etc. There are so many other places you might find one that it might bring it back to 1:1.But think about all of the millions of people in small, cramped, cheap housing. Add in everyone in Victorian terraces and that's the majority of the country, I suspect. Pretty much none of them have a second loo.
I reckon it evens out to something like 2:1.
t?Or was that that original question?
SilverSpur said:
FiF said:
Vipers said:
SilverSpur said:
Vipers said:
Apart from being fekking annoying, why do immigration stamp passports on random pages, why not start at the top of page one, then then put the next stamp underneath that and so on.
If you had to stamp 5000 passports a day, finding the first open space on the first available page is going to take much more time and effort than just randomly opening any page and any spot and hitting it with the stamp.You check that the document applies to the person, the reason for the visit, and a flick through the passport shows that they have no adverse observations noted, and there is no previous evidence of a visit to your borders. You decide to admit them.
If so, turn to a clean page and bang down the stamp. Next time they visit, it would make sense to place the next stamp to the first one, as opposed to just spraying them wherever and a handy record all in one place.
But then that's logical for you.
br d said:
If you get fitted with one of those 7 day heart monitors do you reckon they could tell if you had a crafty wk?
If you mean a boredom wk?k...probably not. A wk involving reams of porn, sextoys and recreational drugs? Almost definitely. But you could always say you walked up the stairs a few times to see if your 'creaky' knee was any better.Two questions. Just posted a letter to Hong Kong, and the trouble and strife gave me a "By Air Mail" sticker for it, looking at I am wondering why it only says "By Air Mail", and "par avion"
Why only in English and French, why not any other language.
Second question, we buy a stamp or pay the going rate to post letters/parcels overseas, how do the airlines recoup the cost from the Post Office etc for the carriage of letters/parcels on their aircraft?
Why only in English and French, why not any other language.
Second question, we buy a stamp or pay the going rate to post letters/parcels overseas, how do the airlines recoup the cost from the Post Office etc for the carriage of letters/parcels on their aircraft?
ashleyman said:
Do people in wheelchairs that don't have control of their legs, have control of their bowels?
When I say don't have control, I mean the people that have never used their legs so they're small due to not being used.
So awkward but hopefully it doesn't sound like I'm being rude.
Not rude at all, and I know what you mean.When I say don't have control, I mean the people that have never used their legs so they're small due to not being used.
So awkward but hopefully it doesn't sound like I'm being rude.
You have a bit of a logic gap though.
There are loads of conditions that might make you be a wheelchair user from childhood!
What you are thinking of, I suspect, is people who were born with spina bifida, which is a birth defect affecting the spinal column. The height of the defect varies which nerves have complete pathways or not, and so does the severity of it (some people with spina bifida do not have much or any damage to the spinal *cord*, most do) - this is somewhat similar to people whose spine is damaged in an accident. But people with cerebral palsy and many other conditions affecting their ability to stand and walk will similarly end up with pretty underdeveloped muscles in their lower half if they have never walked, so you can't (and shouldn't try to) guess.
If enough of the spine is affected to make someone be a wheelchair user then there is a chance that the nerves in charge of the bowel are also affected, but it varies a LOT. If the reason for being a wheelchair user is not to do with the spinal cord then it probably won't have any impact on continence.
But the other thing is just that you don't just 'have no control of your bowels' - if you cannot feel when you need to go and/or do not have full control of the relevant muscles, then you will learn techniques to manage this in early childhood. Those vary widely as obviously it's incredibly individual and personal, but the relevant bit is that pretty much everybody has bowel control *somehow*, even if the method of that control involves a suppository or whatever as part of their morning routine. Nobody is gonna go to work and chance having their body autonomously decide to take a dump without consulting them first!
227bhp said:
After watching todays F1; Has a safety car ever crashed whilst leading a race?
Yes. YouTube has a collection. Search safety car crashes. Iirc I can't remember a specific f1 incedent so maybe there hasn't been one but I'm sure indy cars had one barrelling into a car leaving the pit lane
Moonhawk said:
Ayahuasca said:
There are two-legged animals and four-legged animals, eight, six, 100 and 1,000 legged animals.
Why have no three-legged animals evolved?
There are three and five limbed animals (the tail counts as a limb).Why have no three-legged animals evolved?
If you've ever seen two kangaroos fighting there is no doubt their tail is an effective limb. At times they will only be standing in the tail while kicking with both legs.
Also monkeys with prehensile tails must be limbs.
98elise said:
Moonhawk said:
Ayahuasca said:
There are two-legged animals and four-legged animals, eight, six, 100 and 1,000 legged animals.
Why have no three-legged animals evolved?
There are three and five limbed animals (the tail counts as a limb).Why have no three-legged animals evolved?
If you've ever seen two kangaroos fighting there is no doubt their tail is an effective limb. At times they will only be standing in the tail while kicking with both legs.
Also monkeys with prehensile tails must be limbs.
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