Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
Discussion
Einion Yrth said:
Frank7 said:
I bought some Dior Sauvage aftershave in Malagá Airport about ten days ago.
I wore it last Saturday, I had a shower ‘n’ shave at 17.00 hrs. as we were meeting my wife’s cousin at 18.30 hrs., then having an early dinner before going for a drink.
On Sunday at midday, my wife said, “Have you put that aftershave on again?”
I hadn’t, I hadn’t even had a shave, but I’d had a shower, yet I’d only used a little on Saturday, so it must be powerful stuff.
Or you're married to a bloodhound.I wore it last Saturday, I had a shower ‘n’ shave at 17.00 hrs. as we were meeting my wife’s cousin at 18.30 hrs., then having an early dinner before going for a drink.
On Sunday at midday, my wife said, “Have you put that aftershave on again?”
I hadn’t, I hadn’t even had a shave, but I’d had a shower, yet I’d only used a little on Saturday, so it must be powerful stuff.
Frimley111R said:
Did everyone stink of BO before deodorant was devised or does the body somehow overcome the issue over time so you just sweat without stinking?
Deodorant manufacturers basically invented BO to sell their product. Before then people smelt of people, they also didn't wash all that often but that was just accepted as normal. By making people self conscious of their odour they could make people buy their product. It obviously worked as we now wash every day even if we don't exercise and spray on deodorant all the time. Maybe working in closer proximity to each other is a factor. Homes in the past were draughty and being in a sealed air conditioned office was not a thing. People also smoked all the time and open fires were common so maybe the smokiness just masked it.I have stopped using deodorant as my armpits were getting some for some reason and I have asked people whether I smell bad and they say I don't. So maybe I naturally don't smell bad anyway.
Mouthwash manufacturers actually invented the term halitosis, until they started selling mouthwash there was no medical sounding word for having bad breath.
Rostfritt said:
Mouthwash manufacturers actually invented the term halitosis, until they started selling mouthwash there was no medical sounding word for having bad breath.
'Contrary to the popular belief that Listerine coined the term halitosis, its origins date to before the product's existence, being coined by physician Joseph William Howe in his 1874 book The Breath'.Wikipedia
Rostfritt said:
Frimley111R said:
Did everyone stink of BO before deodorant was devised or does the body somehow overcome the issue over time so you just sweat without stinking?
Deodorant manufacturers basically invented BO to sell their product. Before then people smelt of people, they also didn't wash all that often but that was just accepted as normal. By making people self conscious of their odour they could make people buy their product. It obviously worked as we now wash every day even if we don't exercise and spray on deodorant all the time. Maybe working in closer proximity to each other is a factor. Homes in the past were draughty and being in a sealed air conditioned office was not a thing. People also smoked all the time and open fires were common so maybe the smokiness just masked it.I have stopped using deodorant as my armpits were getting some for some reason and I have asked people whether I smell bad and they say I don't. So maybe I naturally don't smell bad anyway.
Mouthwash manufacturers actually invented the term halitosis, until they started selling mouthwash there was no medical sounding word for having bad breath.
It the 1700s wealthy women wore pouches containing dried flowers and herbs that they would raise to their face as they passed by the smelly commoners.
People are generally too polite in the UK to tell you that you smell bad. They just tell other people that you smell bad.
Einion Yrth said:
Frank7 said:
I bought some Dior Sauvage aftershave in Malagá Airport about ten days ago.
I wore it last Saturday, I had a shower ‘n’ shave at 17.00 hrs. as we were meeting my wife’s cousin at 18.30 hrs., then having an early dinner before going for a drink.
On Sunday at midday, my wife said, “Have you put that aftershave on again?”
I hadn’t, I hadn’t even had a shave, but I’d had a shower, yet I’d only used a little on Saturday, so it must be powerful stuff.
Or you're married to a bloodhound.I wore it last Saturday, I had a shower ‘n’ shave at 17.00 hrs. as we were meeting my wife’s cousin at 18.30 hrs., then having an early dinner before going for a drink.
On Sunday at midday, my wife said, “Have you put that aftershave on again?”
I hadn’t, I hadn’t even had a shave, but I’d had a shower, yet I’d only used a little on Saturday, so it must be powerful stuff.
TTmonkey said:
No I’m afraid that’s not right. Throughout history people have been noted as being required to mask their smell using various means and to try to drown out the smell of others. Wealthy people would mask the smell of the poor using dried flowers, herbs and other such available sources. Perfumes were invented thousands of years ago, the pharaohs were known to use various methods to mask the repugnant smells around them.
It the 1700s wealthy women wore pouches containing dried flowers and herbs that they would raise to their face as they passed by the smelly commoners.
Although partly the reason was the open sewers in the streets, and commoners being covered in sIt the 1700s wealthy women wore pouches containing dried flowers and herbs that they would raise to their face as they passed by the smelly commoners.
t, but I'm in no doubt that even st-free people smelled pretty ripe too. Cold said:
What is it about this type of weather and poor TV signal reception?
If there is warm air close to the surface it can get trapped beneath a layer of cold air at high altitudes. Signals from transmitters over the horizon that use the same frequency you are using that would normally go straight into space above your head get reflected by this so called 'inversion' (I don't understand why) and come down to interfere with your signal.TTmonkey said:
Why do many Asian people insist on the need to where face masks all the time? Even when in the UK you see people of Asian ethnicity (?) wearing them. I can understand it if you lived a very highly polluted city but even in the countryside you see people wearing surgical face masks.
I read a post on here recently which suggested they are so extremely courteous that they are wearing the masks to try to avoid spreading their own germs, not trying to avoid anyone else's. Dunno if it's true or not?Dr Jekyll said:
Cold said:
What is it about this type of weather and poor TV signal reception?
If there is warm air close to the surface it can get trapped beneath a layer of cold air at high altitudes. Signals from transmitters over the horizon that use the same frequency you are using that would normally go straight into space above your head get reflected by this so called 'inversion' (I don't understand why) and come down to interfere with your signal.Chestrockwell said:
Question 1 - Why don’t 12 cylinder cars sound that good, DB11 drove past the other day and it sounded like a V6 if I’m honest. Same with other Aston’s, the noise is just loud as if they’ve stuck an after market exhaust on a car that is meant to be quiet. V8 vantage’s sounds miles better.
Saw a video on an M760li and the same thing, sounded like an M140i where as an M5/6 would sound completely different.
SL65 sounds like a modified 3 liter diesel, you know when people decat old diesels.
Bentley W12’s sounds like my old 330i E46
Only nice sounding V12 I can think of is Lamborghinis and Ferrari’s!
Quite simply, firing order; they change even amongst the same manufacturer (New: Columbo / Old: anyone help?):Saw a video on an M760li and the same thing, sounded like an M140i where as an M5/6 would sound completely different.
SL65 sounds like a modified 3 liter diesel, you know when people decat old diesels.
Bentley W12’s sounds like my old 330i E46
Only nice sounding V12 I can think of is Lamborghinis and Ferrari’s!
That and exhaust design.
Dr Jekyll said:
Do football fans actually enjoy watching important matches or they just addicted to the stress?
I always assumed it was the same as other popular culture stuff like soaps and reality TV, they just watch it so they can talk about it with their friends and work colleagues.
Dr Jekyll said:
Do football fans actually enjoy watching important matches or they just addicted to the stress?
I'm addicted to the stress. With 20 minutes to go, I'll look out the window and think "I could just go for a little walk and escape this. The result will be the result, I can easily find out later what happened."
But I never do. It's a strange thing. Certainly it's not enjoyable in the normal sense. But it's magnetic. It almost feels like a duty, but I know that 20 years down the line, I'll be very glad I 'was there' (I wasn't, but I was) and can wallow in the nostaglia of big games long gone.
Going through the stress of the match is almost the 'payment' for that future gratification. Stupid really, but hey.
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