Things you always wanted to know the answer to.

[steveo3002]

whats the arrangement for postal services to /from overseas..is it just an agreement our post office delivers thiers and they do ours or what

[V8mate]

steveo3002 said:

whats the arrangement for postal services to /from overseas..is it just an agreement our post office delivers thiers and they do ours or what

Yes. Phone calls run on the same principle too.

[NoVetec]

V8mate said:

Yes. Phone calls run on the same principle too.

[V8mate]

NoVetec said:

V8mate said:

Yes. Phone calls run on the same principle too.

I didn't make a joke

[NoVetec]

V8mate said:

I didn't make a joke

I thought you did, well maybe not a joke per se, but anyway.

Carry on!

[Dan_1981]

In a really big car crash - you know dozens of cars, inferno of flames, all the emrgency services etc etc - somethign similar to the M5 accident last year.

How do the insurance companies involved sort stuff out?

Wh claims from who and who pays who what?

[BarnatosGhost]

Dan_1981 said:

In a really big car crash - you know dozens of cars, inferno of flames, all the emrgency services etc etc - somethign similar to the M5 accident last year.

How do the insurance companies involved sort stuff out?

Wh claims from who and who pays who what?

I think the crash investigators do their sums and point a finger, no?

[ghamer]

The experts reckon there are more stars in space than grains of sand in the Sahara desert.How do they know?

[BarnatosGhost]

Counting.

[aclivity]

V8mate said:

steveo3002 said:

whats the arrangement for postal services to /from overseas..is it just an agreement our post office delivers thiers and they do ours or what

Yes. Phone calls run on the same principle too.

That's not quite correct - there are some very complex calculations and recharging that goes on between the telco operators, using thing like interconnect and termination charges. It leads to something called least cost routing, whereby a call from a UK number to a UK number in the same town could be routed via mainland Europe, as the interconnect charges in Europe represent a better cost. This LCR can be done in real time so network operators with spare capacity can reduce costs temporarily and regain some revenue.

I have no idea how the postal service works - I would expect there is a recharge and termination charging though.

[OlberJ]

ghamer said:

The experts reckon there are more stars in space than grains of sand in the Sahara desert.How do they know?

They don't know. They make an educated guess.

[V8mate]

aclivity said:

V8mate said:

steveo3002 said:

whats the arrangement for postal services to /from overseas..is it just an agreement our post office delivers thiers and they do ours or what

Yes. Phone calls run on the same principle too.

That's not quite correct - there are some very complex calculations and recharging that goes on between the telco operators, using thing like interconnect and termination charges. It leads to something called least cost routing, whereby a call from a UK number to a UK number in the same town could be routed via mainland Europe, as the interconnect charges in Europe represent a better cost. This LCR can be done in real time so network operators with spare capacity can reduce costs temporarily and regain some revenue.

I have no idea how the postal service works - I would expect there is a recharge and termination charging though.

Interesting info re phone calls; thanks.

Postal service is a simple reciprocal arrangement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Postal_Unio...

[JonnyFive]

Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?

Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?

[GTIR]

JonnyFive said:

Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?

Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?

Think of it as the train version of the Concordia sail past.






Roooockkkk!

[V8mate]

JonnyFive said:

Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?

Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?

It's a horn, for use just like the horn on your car: to warn of their approach.

Along any route, there will be places where the driver is obliged to sound his horn though, for example at unmanned pedestrian crossings.

[JonnyFive]

V8mate said:

JonnyFive said:

Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?

Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?

It's a horn, for use just like the horn on your car: to warn of their approach.

Along any route, there will be places where the driver is obliged to sound his horn though, for example at unmanned pedestrian crossings.

Ah right, thanks.

I hear it most mornings, not sure where he is beeping it at though but I think it's in a housing estate.

[V8mate]

JonnyFive said:

V8mate said:

JonnyFive said:

Why do trains do their, 'Bee boorr' noise?

Do they do it for a reason or do they do it to bib morning at their mates?

It's a horn, for use just like the horn on your car: to warn of their approach.

Along any route, there will be places where the driver is obliged to sound his horn though, for example at unmanned pedestrian crossings.

Ah right, thanks.

I hear it most mornings, not sure where he is beeping it at though but I think it's in a housing estate.

There may be a Public Footpath which has a stile-access crossing.

[Mikeyplum]

torqueofthedevil said:

Why is there pressure dials in some tube carriages? I think they in bar. Go from 0 when moving to about 3 or 4 when doors open. When the doors shut but before moving they drop to 0. You can't really feel any change in pressure and I'm pretty sure the carriages aren't depressurised mechanically.

Would it not be the gauge for the air pressure in the system to operate the opening and closing of the doors? Seems the simplest explination really.

[V8mate]

Mikeyplum said:

torqueofthedevil said:

Why is there pressure dials in some tube carriages? I think they in bar. Go from 0 when moving to about 3 or 4 when doors open. When the doors shut but before moving they drop to 0. You can't really feel any change in pressure and I'm pretty sure the carriages aren't depressurised mechanically.

Would it not be the gauge for the air pressure in the system to operate the opening and closing of the doors? Seems the simplest explination really.

[Mikeyplum]

V8mate said:

Mikeyplum said:

torqueofthedevil said:

Why is there pressure dials in some tube carriages? I think they in bar. Go from 0 when moving to about 3 or 4 when doors open. When the doors shut but before moving they drop to 0. You can't really feel any change in pressure and I'm pretty sure the carriages aren't depressurised mechanically.

Would it not be the gauge for the air pressure in the system to operate the opening and closing of the doors? Seems the simplest explination really.

I have, and what was the conclusion - struggling here!