Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]

[popeyewhite]

Is it possible to overinflate a car tyre, using garage forecourt compressed air, to the point it explodes?

[Nethybridge]

popeyewhite said:

Years ago there was far fewer people with allergies of any kind.

Decades ago exotic, brown, ethnic nuts would not be used as much for
cooking, baking and in general foodstuff production.

You see, you import foreign stuff and it causes endless
trouble for the indiginous population

[Clockwork Cupcake]

popeyewhite said:

Is it possible to overinflate a car tyre, using garage forecourt compressed air, to the point it explodes?

Dunno. But it's a lot more expensive these days, that's for sure.

But I guess that's inflation for you.

[Nethybridge]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

popeyewhite said:

Is it possible to overinflate a car tyre, using garage forecourt compressed air, to the point it explodes?

Dunno. But it's a lot more expensive these days, that's for sure.

But I guess that's inflation for you.

I have a feeling the screw connection between tyre stem and
compressor nozzle will be the weakest part and will fail before the tyre ruptures.

But some useful idiot has tried it and videoed it, FF to 1.30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5CdWLGjUk

[Halmyre]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

popeyewhite said:

Is it possible to overinflate a car tyre, using garage forecourt compressed air, to the point it explodes?

Dunno. But it's a lot more expensive these days, that's for sure.

But I guess that's inflation for you.

I hope you're proud of yourself.

[Yertis]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

popeyewhite said:

Is it possible to overinflate a car tyre, using garage forecourt compressed air, to the point it explodes?

Dunno. But it's a lot more expensive these days, that's for sure.

But I guess that's inflation for you.

[popeyewhite]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

popeyewhite said:

Is it possible to overinflate a car tyre, using garage forecourt compressed air, to the point it explodes?

Dunno. But it's a lot more expensive these days, that's for sure.

But I guess that's inflation for you.

It's free at my garage-on-the-corner.

[nismocat]

For a long time now I struggle to use Ebay. I spent years searching for cars and often I would just go to "Cars" and select "Buy it now" and new listings, as an example. Now I struggle to even navigate the car section to all the listings.

What am I doing wrong?

[CivicDuties]

popeyewhite said:

CivicDuties said:

beagrizzly said:

Nut allergies.

Not intended at all to diminish or make light of the issue and what some have to go through to keep themselves safe, and/or deal with the aftermath of getting it wrong, but:

I think I was in my forties before I met anyone with a nut allergy, or even heard much about the existence of the problem. Is this pure happenstance, or is nut allergy a recent 'thing', or something that has just increased a lot in recent years?

If it is a recent arrival or increase, why?

Years ago they just all died young and nobody knew why.

Years ago there was far fewer people with allergies of any kind.

That's right. For the same reason.

[deadtom]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Dunno. But it's a lot more expensive these days, that's for sure.

But I guess that's inflation for you.

[popeyewhite]

CivicDuties said:

popeyewhite said:

CivicDuties said:

beagrizzly said:

Nut allergies.

Not intended at all to diminish or make light of the issue and what some have to go through to keep themselves safe, and/or deal with the aftermath of getting it wrong, but:

I think I was in my forties before I met anyone with a nut allergy, or even heard much about the existence of the problem. Is this pure happenstance, or is nut allergy a recent 'thing', or something that has just increased a lot in recent years?

If it is a recent arrival or increase, why?

Years ago they just all died young and nobody knew why.

Years ago there was far fewer people with allergies of any kind.

That's right. For the same reason.

More people are being diagnosed with allergies in developed countries. Allergy rates are rising. some scientists think it relates to processed food, some to environment.

I have a slight allergy to the local pollen and have been trying honey produced locally. The theory is regular exposure to the pathogens will incur desensitisation. We'll see.

[deadtom]

allergies are a weird one, my brother has a severe peanut allergy; a peanut flavoured jelly bean put him in hospital, but he had the same upbringing as the rest of us, none of whom have a peanut allergy.

I think I have a mild walnut allergy, but this has only become noticeable in recent years. I spent 30 years eating walnuts with gay abandon, but now in my mid 30s I avoid eating them raw (cooked or small amounts in a salad or on cake is fine though) otherwise my throat starts to itch and burn really quite unpleasantly.

Also despite having lived in the countryside my entire life, I suffer from hay fever. The last couple of years have been less severe, but the few years before that it was quite debilitating.

[48k]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

To someone with a nut allergy, like myself, it doesn't really matter a jot whether the thing I'm allergic to is really a nut or not. My body fails to be persuaded by me saying "that's not actually a nut, you know".

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 23 May 16:09

Do you have to actually put nuts in your mouth to get a reaction? Or can touching them or simply being near some trigger it ?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

48k said:

Do you have to actually put nuts in your mouth to get a reaction? Or can touching them or simply being near some trigger it ?

Depends. I mainly avoid them, and I was getting a bit lackadaisical about the whole thing until I was eating a croissant out of a bag of mixed croissants a colleague had brought in and suddenly thought to myself "hold on... I'm having an allergic reaction here" and we discovered that, whilst it was a plain croissant, my colleague had also bought an almond croissant which had been in the same bag. I'm back to being careful again now.

Fortunately it's not a heavy reaction. I just cough and sneeze and get a sore itchy throat, and feel like I have suddenly contracted a cold. It passes in a a few hours. So, it's not a "where's my Epi-pen?" or "get me to a hospital" situation for me, but it is certainly unpleasant and to be avoided.

(I'm assuming it was a genuine question and not a subtle joke about testicles)

[Sway]

deadtom said:

allergies are a weird one, my brother has a severe peanut allergy; a peanut flavoured jelly bean put him in hospital, but he had the same upbringing as the rest of us, none of whom have a peanut allergy.

I think I have a mild walnut allergy, but this has only become noticeable in recent years. I spent 30 years eating walnuts with gay abandon, but now in my mid 30s I avoid eating them raw (cooked or small amounts in a salad or on cake is fine though) otherwise my throat starts to itch and burn really quite unpleasantly.

Also despite having lived in the countryside my entire life, I suffer from hay fever. The last couple of years have been less severe, but the few years before that it was quite debilitating.

I also live in the countryside (although only the last 25 years, not whole life) - and never suffered hay-fever until a couple of years ago, where it was so severe I was hospitalised overnight.

Way the doc described it is a little like anti-venom/snakebite. A little, can actually help build immunity - but a big dose, and it can create problems. There'd been a zomg-pollen-BOMB due to the weather coinciding with oilseed rape pollen season, and there we have it, I'm now on prescription antihistamines even through winter...

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Sway said:

I also live in the countryside (although only the last 25 years, not whole life) - and never suffered hay-fever until a couple of years ago, where it was so severe I was hospitalised overnight.

Way the doc described it is a little like anti-venom/snakebite. A little, can actually help build immunity - but a big dose, and it can create problems. There'd been a zomg-pollen-BOMB due to the weather coinciding with oilseed rape pollen season, and there we have it, I'm now on prescription antihistamines even through winter...

I've had hayfever my entire life, and it was pretty severe when I was a child. As I've got older it has become much less severe to the point where it rarely troubles me.

Something that works for me is Benadryl Relief, which is the one in the blue packet. It's the only antihistamine that I know of that you can take "on demand", and it is active within 15 mins of taking it, but only lasts a few hours (you can take up to 3 in a day). By contrast, most antihistamines have to be taken continuously, one a day, as they take a day or so to get into your system.

So I don't take antihistamines all the time and instead have a strip or two of Benadryl Relief in my handbag for when I need it.

Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. I'm just saying what works for me.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Friday 24th May 16:36

[Nethybridge]

Interesting reading, it seems allergies are a modern scourge, mostly affecting pasty-faced townies.

Apologies for the link.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/20/al...

[48k]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

48k said:

Do you have to actually put nuts in your mouth to get a reaction? Or can touching them or simply being near some trigger it ?

Depends. I mainly avoid them, and I was getting a bit lackadaisical about the whole thing until I was eating a croissant out of a bag of mixed croissants a colleague had brought in and suddenly thought to myself "hold on... I'm having an allergic reaction here" and we discovered that, whilst it was a plain croissant, my colleague had also bought an almond croissant which had been in the same bag. I'm back to being careful again now.

Fortunately it's not a heavy reaction. I just cough and sneeze and get a sore itchy throat, and feel like I have suddenly contracted a cold. It passes in a a few hours. So, it's not a "where's my Epi-pen?" or "get me to a hospital" situation for me, but it is certainly unpleasant and to be avoided.

(I'm assuming it was a genuine question and not a subtle joke about testicles)

Interesting about the croissant proximity. I luckily don't have any food allergies but can imagine it makes things like eating out a little concerning as you don't really know what has been next to what in the kitchen.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Nethybridge said:

Interesting reading, it seems allergies are a modern scourge, mostly affecting pasty-faced townies.

Apologies for the link.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/20/al...

What might also be interesting reading for you would be for you to actually read the past few posts of this thread which happen to directly contradict your assertion.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

48k said:

Interesting about the croissant proximity. I luckily don't have any food allergies but can imagine it makes things like eating out a little concerning as you don't really know what has been next to what in the kitchen.

On the whole, the food industry is pretty good and I've not had a problem. But the croissant incident was a wake-up call to me about not getting complacent.