Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]
Discussion
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)
Policemen looking youngerWhat are the "7 signs of aging" that my OH seems so keen on avoiding? (no matter what the cost)
People calling you "Sir" or "Madam" (or worse yet "Gaffer")
Adults offering you their seat on the bus or train
Taking the bus or train
Having your car keys in your hand before you're within 10 feet of the car
Entering a room and stopping to wonder why you've gone there
Groaning whenever you stand up or sit down
TheEnd said:
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.marshalla said:
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)
Policemen looking youngerWhat are the "7 signs of aging" that my OH seems so keen on avoiding? (no matter what the cost)
People calling you "Sir" or "Madam" (or worse yet "Gaffer")
Adults offering you their seat on the bus or train
Taking the bus or train
Having your car keys in your hand before you're within 10 feet of the car
Entering a room and stopping to wonder why you've gone there
Groaning whenever you stand up or sit down
I got old aged about 25 then, for five of them at least.
FiF said:
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?
Set up??? You make it sound like the suspension on a F1 car. There's a dial on it, like every other toaster in the world. Number 1 will speed up the conveyor so the toast is like warm bread, and 10 will slow it down so it's cremated. Pick whichever you like in between to suit.The hotel didn't set it up, the last user did!!!!
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Set up??? You make it sound like the suspension on a F1 car. There's a dial on it, like every other toaster in the world. Number 1 will speed up the conveyor so the toast is like warm bread, and 10 will slow it down so it's cremated. Pick whichever you like in between to suit.
The hotel didn't set it up, the last user did!!!!
No dials on it. Maybe you take a screwdriver to breakfast personally I don't. The hotel didn't set it up, the last user did!!!!
Care to reconsider?
FiF said:
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?
What kind of God-awful hovel are you staying in where you have to make your own toast?! </PH>LordGrover said:
FiF said:
No dials on it. Maybe you take a screwdriver to breakfast personally I don't.
Care to reconsider?
Are you sure? Those I've used have invariably had a dial.Care to reconsider?
Edited by LordGrover on Monday 28th July 08:24
Only on Ph: arguments about toasters. Points at various dualit threads.
4 star only so a hovel obviously. A 170 quid a night hovel.
FiF said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
Set up??? You make it sound like the suspension on a F1 car. There's a dial on it, like every other toaster in the world. Number 1 will speed up the conveyor so the toast is like warm bread, and 10 will slow it down so it's cremated. Pick whichever you like in between to suit.
The hotel didn't set it up, the last user did!!!!
No dials on it. Maybe you take a screwdriver to breakfast personally I don't. The hotel didn't set it up, the last user did!!!!
Care to reconsider?
FiF said:
Absolutely sure. The ones that have dials get sorted despite the odd notice telling guests not to adjust.
Only on Ph: arguments about toasters. Points at various dualit threads.
4 star only so a hovel obviously. A 170 quid a night hovel.
Only on Ph: arguments about toasters. Points at various dualit threads.
4 star only so a hovel obviously. A 170 quid a night hovel.
That notice is clearly a challenge/instruction for most. torqueofthedevil said:
How can anyone go camping for more than one night? I went last night - well prepared - ate well, had a few drinks, asleep for 12, but awake at 5:45 - no chance of getting back to sleep. Cold hard floor. Now feel like I've been up for days and its going to take a week to get over it.
Any fool can be uncomfortable. 
A £10 camping bed and a (normal, household) pillow make all the difference sleeping. A high back camping chair means you can sit down and rest your neck rather than perching on one of those tiny ones. A space blanket (3 for a quid at the poundshop) between the flysheet and the sleeping compartment will help reflect early morning warmth. An airline eyemask and earplugs mean you can sleep til late. Take an old Lenor bottle (do they still make Lenor?!) or anything with a wide neck (AND A LID), and you can pee in to it without having to make the dark, naked trip to the bogs at 3am. If you keep a bit of lenor in the bottle it masks the smell.
Loads of little tricks you can do to make it more comfy!
monthefish said:
Is that the same reason minis (original) and Metros have a distinctive whine in first gear? (only)
the first gear in the mini / metro box is straight cut, but doesn't, when new make much noise.the 'distinctive noise' is normally a sign of the main gearbox double roller bearing failing and allowing the gear kit to move around in the case in relation to the laygear and the reverse idler
this was a particular problem in metros as the bearing was cheapened down with a plastic ball separator which would break up - once the plastic failed the car would whine in every gear
eventually the kit would move around so much in the case that the speedo needle would start to pulse in time with the gearkit banging back and forth.
ive rebuilt literally hundreds of them!
Apologies for the dragged up post...
Excavated soil expands by upto approx 2/3 (depending on its type) which is why when you dig a hole, what came out doesnt always go back in.
Soil Data tables are avaliable which indicate expansion and shrinkage rates by type, compacted or loose. Using the data you can calculate (with reasonable accuracy) how much soil comes out of a hole w x d x h and how much of a hump you'll be left.
The hump will level out over time (shrinkage) unless it is compacted mechanically, which would more than likely create a dip in the soil later on.
Shaolin said:
Carl_Spackler said:
When the coffin "gives" why are grave yards not full of coffin/skeleton shaped "dents" in the ground, Shirley if you are standing tending to a grave that's a few years old then your weight plus rotting coffin would equal a bit of a collapse? (and brown trousers)
I've thought the same thing. Though newly covered graves have a reasonably sized "hump" don't they? Maybe the hump drops into the gap that results?Soil Data tables are avaliable which indicate expansion and shrinkage rates by type, compacted or loose. Using the data you can calculate (with reasonable accuracy) how much soil comes out of a hole w x d x h and how much of a hump you'll be left.
The hump will level out over time (shrinkage) unless it is compacted mechanically, which would more than likely create a dip in the soil later on.
torqueofthedevil said:
How can anyone go camping for more than one night? I went last night - well prepared - ate well, had a few drinks, asleep for 12, but awake at 5:45 - no chance of getting back to sleep. Cold hard floor. Now feel like I've been up for days and its going to take a week to get over it.
Frankly how anyone would go twice is beyond my comprehension - a few of my Mates go a few times a year, they take all their Kids and go in a big group - it looks HORRIBLE to me - the cheap way is to lay, eat, sleep and s
t in a field - like cows do, only under a few mm of plastic.The more you take in creature comforts the more you must reach the point when you think - there's a lovely B&B up the road - it'll cost us £65 a night and I won't have to sleep in an inflatable bed and someone else will sort out the bacon butties, as for the campervan lot - £20k to live like Gypsies???? Sod that, before you even consider the fuel the things drink, or the insurance, the storage or the maintenance - that's a decades worth of family holidays by which time the camper will be decidedly second-hand.
"Oh, but you can go when you want" is the usual reply to all that - but I'm not aware of anyone who comes in the night and locks me in my house - I can go whenever I want and there's ALWAYS a B&B Keeper willing to give me a proper roof over my head for the night in exchange for less than a 'deluxe' camping chair.
FiF said:
Absolutely sure. The ones that have dials get sorted despite the odd notice telling guests not to adjust.
Only on Ph: arguments about toasters. Points at various dualit threads.
4 star only so a hovel obviously. A 170 quid a night hovel.
At that price it'll be one of those telepathic ones, you have to think at it how you want your toast, think brown.Only on Ph: arguments about toasters. Points at various dualit threads.
4 star only so a hovel obviously. A 170 quid a night hovel.
guru_1071 said:
the 'distinctive noise' is normally a sign of the main gearbox double roller bearing failing and allowing the gear kit to move around in the case in relation to the laygear and the reverse idler
There is a distinctive noise to straight cut gears though and that reverse noise is present on a lot more cars, so some of it I'm sure is down to the straight cuttyness.Also straight cut gears are more efficient, transfer more power, hence their popularity on race cars and also modified Minis, though I think part of that is just for the noise
scarble said:
There is a distinctive noise to straight cut gears though and that reverse noise is present on a lot more cars, so some of it I'm sure is down to the straight cuttyness.
Also straight cut gears are more efficient, transfer more power, hence their popularity on race cars and also modified Minis, though I think part of that is just for the noise
most of the s/c noise on racing minis comes from the drop gears, because they are out of oil and the way they are tooth corrected they can really howl - it sounds horrific when people fit them to road cars.........Also straight cut gears are more efficient, transfer more power, hence their popularity on race cars and also modified Minis, though I think part of that is just for the noise
the more modern s/c boxes in minis are actually not that noisy due to the gear counts and the modern tolerances, the old 'st' ratio ones however.....they used to 'scream' due to the way they where made
half the reason my hearing is so bad nowadays is due to sc boxes in minis.....im sure of it
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