Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]

[lucido grigio]

Lazadude said:

https://youtu.be/vgoqlw4UNBc

Yup

Your link doesn't work so I did a quick search ,maybe I should've done that first.

this one ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgoqlw4UNBc.

..........??? I shrunk the kids.

What could the answer possibly be ?

[sc0tt]

Why are ceilings in airports so ridiculously high?

[alorotom]

sc0tt said:

Why are ceilings in airports so ridiculously high?

It's calming for travellers and provides a easier security control

[sc0tt]

alorotom said:

easier security control

How so, cameras up high etc?

[Hugo a Gogo]

sc0tt said:

Why are ceilings in airports so ridiculously high?

that's the sky

you're on the runway

[schmunk]

Hugo a Gogo said:

sc0tt said:

Why are ceilings in airports so ridiculously high?

that's the sky

you're on the runway

[SpeckledJim]

schmunk said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

sc0tt said:

Why are ceilings in airports so ridiculously high?

that's the sky

you're on the runway

post of the week.

[Bandit110]

Them big old cranes which are used to put multistorey buildings together, whats the process for making sure they are assembled perfectly straight up?

[lord trumpton]

Inspired by the sunbathing thread...

Do people of colour have the same obsession with sunbathing as white folk?

Infact to black/brown people go darker in colour after sunbathing?

Also if white people have too much sun they tend to go bright red...what happens to black/brown skin people?

[Lazadude]

lord trumpton said:

Inspired by the sunbathing thread...

Do people of colour have the same obsession with sunbathing as white folk?

Infact to black/brown people go darker in colour after sunbathing?

Also if white people have too much sun they tend to go bright red...what happens to black/brown skin people?

The darker the skin, the more resilient you are to the sun, however black people can burn too.

The skin does go redder when burnt, however is hidden by the tone of the skin colour so more noticeable on lighter tones.

[Lucas CAV]

Bandit110 said:

Them big old cranes which are used to put multistorey buildings together, whats the process for making sure they are assembled perfectly straight up?

[SpeckledJim]

Lucas CAV said:

Bandit110 said:

Them big old cranes which are used to put multistorey buildings together, whats the process for making sure they are assembled perfectly straight up?

In case one is out a bit.

[boyse7en]

SpeckledJim said:

Lucas CAV said:

Bandit110 said:

Them big old cranes which are used to put multistorey buildings together, whats the process for making sure they are assembled perfectly straight up?

In case one is out a bit.

If it's a tall crane, they just stack the spirit levels

[Dagnir]

Why do towels, after a reasonable period of use, invariablly end up with one side soft and one side scratchy?

[SpeckledJim]

boyse7en said:

SpeckledJim said:

Lucas CAV said:

Bandit110 said:

Them big old cranes which are used to put multistorey buildings together, whats the process for making sure they are assembled perfectly straight up?

In case one is out a bit.

If it's a tall crane, they just stack the spirit levels

Or if you've got that many spirit levels, you can just use them and cancel the crane.

1. economicalthinking

[talksthetorque]

SpeckledJim said:

In case one is out a bit.

If one's a bit out, just turn it round and take an average.
Or a bit of tape on one end


In answer to the original crane level question:
Put one of these on top of the crane

[P-Jay]

Dagnir said:

Why do towels, after a reasonable period of use, invariablly end up with one side soft and one side scratchy?

I am completely unaware of this phenomenon.

[Jonboy_t]

P-Jay said:

Dagnir said:

Why do towels, after a reasonable period of use, invariablly end up with one side soft and one side scratchy?

I am completely unaware of this phenomenon.

They do it if you let them dry naturally but don't if you put them through a tumble dryer.

[The Don of Croy]

When & why did the Dutch develop such laid-back attitudes?

And how did they combine these with such winning mercantile behaviour?

[SpeckledJim]

The Don of Croy said:

When & why did the Dutch develop such laid-back attitudes?

It's a natural contrarian reaction to living next to the Germans?