Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]

[Shaolin]

grumbledoak said:

IIRC used to put 'shoes' on ducks too for walking (droving?) them by road to market, thus "You can't shoe a goose" though I cannot remember precisely why not.

Drive them through a shallow pit of molten tar and then a shallow pit of fine sand to protect their feet that weren't made for walking miles every day.

[torqueofthedevil]

What happens to your options if you are part of a SAYE sharesave scheme, and the company is bought out?

[Ayahuasca]

torqueofthedevil said:

What happens to your options if you are part of a SAYE sharesave scheme, and the company is bought out?

This happened to me. The options were transferred from the old company to the new company and everyone made a killing.

[lord trumpton]

1. Why do humans have pubic hair?

2. Any other species on earth have pubic hair?

[marshalla]

lord trumpton said:

1. Why do humans have pubic hair?

2. Any other species on earth have pubic hair?

1. One theory is that it traps pheromones and other "interesting" smells which act to intensify attraction. Another is that it provides protection against abrasion/cuts in a sensitive area.

2. Most hairy creatures do.

[Einion Yrth]

marshalla said:

lord trumpton said:

1. Why do humans have pubic hair?

2. Any other species on earth have pubic hair?

1. One theory is that it traps pheromones and other "interesting" smells which act to intensify attraction. Another is that it provides protection against abrasion/cuts in a sensitive area.

2. Most hairy creatures do.

Of course its probably quite difficult to differentiate it from the non-pubic hair.

[marshalla]

Einion Yrth said:

Of course its probably quite difficult to differentiate it from the non-pubic hair.

As long as it doesn't migrate, it's fairly obvious where it belongs

[Hooli]

monthefish said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Edition87 said:

Why, when a car is reversing, it makes a higher pitched 'whirring' noise compared to driving forward?

reverse gears are straight cut (because it's simpler/cheaper/smaller/easier) and straight cut gears make that noise

Is that the same reason minis (original) and Metros have a distinctive whine in first gear? (only)

Yup & why most motorbikes do the same in first. Straight cut gears are also stronger so get used for the gear that produces the most torque on the output shaft.

[moreflaps]

Hooli said:

monthefish said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Edition87 said:

Why, when a car is reversing, it makes a higher pitched 'whirring' noise compared to driving forward?

reverse gears are straight cut (because it's simpler/cheaper/smaller/easier) and straight cut gears make that noise

Is that the same reason minis (original) and Metros have a distinctive whine in first gear? (only)

Yup & why most motorbikes do the same in first. Straight cut gears are also stronger so get used for the gear that produces the most torque on the output shaft.

No, straight cut gears are NOT stronger. They are used to avoid the lateral forces associated with helical gears.

HTH

[MarshPhantom]

Why is the Manchester, Liverpool area called the North West when it's actually in the Midlands. It's nowhere near Scotland or the North East.

[GTIR]

They don't do that there though do they.


Why does it have to be near Scotland? What's that got to do with anything.
There's no major cities above Manchester or opposite the North West cities.

Edited by GTIR on Saturday 26th July 07:53

[MarshPhantom]

To be in the North West it should be fairly close to the most northerly part of England. Manchester is as far from the border as Birmingham is from the south coast.

Edited by MarshPhantom on Saturday 26th July 08:07

[FiF]

Why do hotels set up the breakfast toast machine so the toast goes through on the conveyor and comes out with hardly any colour. Yet if you put it through a second time the bloody thing burns it to a crisp. Knobs. How hard can it be?

[Shaolin]

MarshPhantom said:

To be in the North West it should be fairly close to the most northerly part of England. Manchester is as far from the border as Birmingham is from the south coast.

It's all relative to London though isn't it. I was born and brought up in Nottingham almost dead-centre of the country, however when I went to Uni further south I was told by people who I suspected had little geographical knowledge that I was a Northerner. Some strange concept of England where the Midlands didn't exist, just a north-south line drawn deep in the south by a motorway service station in an area they all professed to know well.

Funny folk, Southerners.

[Hooli]

moreflaps said:

Hooli said:

monthefish said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Edition87 said:

Why, when a car is reversing, it makes a higher pitched 'whirring' noise compared to driving forward?

reverse gears are straight cut (because it's simpler/cheaper/smaller/easier) and straight cut gears make that noise

Is that the same reason minis (original) and Metros have a distinctive whine in first gear? (only)

Yup & why most motorbikes do the same in first. Straight cut gears are also stronger so get used for the gear that produces the most torque on the output shaft.

No, straight cut gears are NOT stronger. They are used to avoid the lateral forces associated with helical gears.

HTH

I thought that made the box stronger as it was less likely to pop out of mesh under load?

[FiF]

Shaolin said:

MarshPhantom said:

To be in the North West it should be fairly close to the most northerly part of England. Manchester is as far from the border as Birmingham is from the south coast.

It's all relative to London though isn't it. I was born and brought up in Nottingham almost dead-centre of the country, however when I went to Uni further south I was told by people who I suspected had little geographical knowledge that I was a Northerner. Some strange concept of England where the Midlands didn't exist, just a north-south line drawn deep in the south by a motorway service station in an area they all professed to know well.

Funny folk, Southerners.

All relative to London sums it up pretty well.

If you take that map posted above and rotate roughly 45 degrees to the right. London is now at the bottom of the map, sort of.

Then the North West etc sort of makes sense.

Plus as a confirmed Tyke the North West is a much more polite term for Manchester and Scouse land than we would like to call it.

[Hugo a Gogo]

anything south of the M62 is the midlands, to me

[TheEnd]

Hooli said:

I thought that made the box stronger as it was less likely to pop out of mesh under load?

Yep, it makes the gearbox less likely to break, which is why people say they are stronger.

[leafspring]

Probably been asked/answered before but

What are the "7 signs of aging" that my OH seems so keen on avoiding? (no matter what the cost)

[DickyC]

leafspring said:

Probably been asked/answered before but

What are the "7 signs of aging" that my OH seems so keen on avoiding? (no matter what the cost)

People offering you their seat on the tube must be one of them.

Is there a cream for that?