Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]

[Europa1]

Dibble said:

When did the British military change from black combat boots to brown ones? And why?

Is it because black just doesn't go with green or brown combatwear as a strong look?

[Shakermaker]

carguy45 said:

Dibble said:

There’s a few scenes in the Netflix series “Designated Survivor”, which are supposed to be in London. I don’t know London at all well, but when I watched it, it just didn’t look “right”. There was a museum (think it might have been a fire engine museum), which when Googled, showed it was in Ottawa (I think, it was definitely a Canadian city). A quick look on Google street view confirmed the location, as the buildings from the programme were all there. The production team had the traffic on the left hand side of the road, a black cab and a red phone box, but it still didn’t look right.

I should be a detective, me...

Interesting, I watched most of that but missed a few eps - must check that out. Were the road markings etc different or did they paint over the road also?

But that's really quite common in US TV shows to just chuck some street furniture on somewhere to make it "look" like a foreign city without the expense of actually going there to film. You look at it and know that the story is happening in London, even if a few people (or most of Britain) look at it and go "Well, that's obviously not Britain"

You probably watch lots of other TV shows where they do this for other cities and never think to comment on it because you don't know what the city is meant to look like.

[Exige77]

Europa1 said:

Dibble said:

When did the British military change from black combat boots to brown ones? And why?

Is it because black just doesn't go with green or brown combatwear as a strong look?

I think it happened when Victoria Beckham was asked to freshen up the uniform just after her success with the Evoke. I may be wrong

[Nimby]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Flibble said:

Out of interest have you worked at IBM?

I have a good friend & colleague who has, and have also met several ex-IBM people over the years. There is also a weight of anecdotal evidence on various forums, plus news reports on tech websites, articles, and the like. All of these, over several years, have caused me to form the opinion that they are a stifling, procedural, jobsworth, by-the-numbers, do-it-our-way-or-leave place to work at.

I had 18 very happy years at IBM. Then CEO Lou Gerstner took over and 7 miserable years followed.
http://www.amipp.org.uk documents the sh*t way they've treated past and present staff over pensions in the UK.

[Jonnny]

ben5575 said:

Yes. Used where a roundabout is required but there is insufficient space/land (due to existing buildings/ownerships etc) to build a roundabout with a radius that accommodates the turning circles of longer vehicles.

Can apply to big haulage stuff, but equally to a little roundabout in an existing built up area to allow LWB white vans etc to go over.

Interesting - So why the big white lined area, why not just the normal roundabout?

Assume the same reason on this one? But this one doesn't have the white line..

[ben5575]

captain_cynic said:

Toss the hammer over the side and torch the boat with his corpse still in it.

I think I've spotted a flaw in that plan...

[born2bslow]

Shakermaker said:

But that's really quite common in US TV shows to just chuck some street furniture on somewhere to make it "look" like a foreign city without the expense of actually going there to film. You look at it and know that the story is happening in London, even if a few people (or most of Britain) look at it and go "Well, that's obviously not Britain"

You probably watch lots of other TV shows where they do this for other cities and never think to comment on it because you don't know what the city is meant to look like.

Peter Rabbit movie, when the Landrover stops on a bridge, I'm sure I've seen that obviously American bridge in a few different programmes

[SpeckledJim]

ben5575 said:

captain_cynic said:

Toss the hammer over the side and torch the boat with his corpse still in it.

I think I've spotted a flaw in that plan...

Indeed. Clonk his dead head on the boom and leave the boat to carry on on its own.

Encase the body in something permeable by creatures like the plastic mesh used by gardeners and roadworkers, and weight it very properly with something non-metallic.

Might be an idea to pull his teeth out, too?

[Timmy45]

SpeckledJim said:

ben5575 said:

captain_cynic said:

Toss the hammer over the side and torch the boat with his corpse still in it.

I think I've spotted a flaw in that plan...

Indeed. Clonk his dead head on the boom and leave the boat to carry on on its own.

Encase the body in something permeable by creatures like the plastic mesh used by gardeners and roadworkers, and weight it very properly with something non-metallic.

Might be an idea to pull his teeth out, too?

Don't forget to jam a long screwdriver up his bumhole so he'll sink ( I've nicked this idea from that Danish weirdo whose submarine 'sunk' )

[Ayahuasca]

Timmy45 said:

Don't forget to jam a long screwdriver up his bumhole so he'll sink ( I've nicked this idea from that Danish weirdo whose submarine 'sunk' )

Did he shove a screwdriver up her bum?

[captain_cynic]

SpeckledJim said:

Indeed. Clonk his dead head on the boom and leave the boat to carry on on its own.

Encase the body in something permeable by creatures like the plastic mesh used by gardeners and roadworkers, and weight it very properly with something non-metallic.

Might be an idea to pull his teeth out, too?

You need to torch the boat to get rid of the evidence of you. Doesn't matter if Morgan's corpse is identifiable as long as the boat is to badly burned to get any fingerprints, hair or saliva samples.

[Timmy45]

Ayahuasca said:

Timmy45 said:

Don't forget to jam a long screwdriver up his bumhole so he'll sink ( I've nicked this idea from that Danish weirdo whose submarine 'sunk' )

Did he shove a screwdriver up her bum?

Ah well close, up her hoohah actually, he then told the court he'd done that to make the body sink. Er yeah, right. Of course.

[StevieBee]

Jonnny said:

ben5575 said:

Yes. Used where a roundabout is required but there is insufficient space/land (due to existing buildings/ownerships etc) to build a roundabout with a radius that accommodates the turning circles of longer vehicles.

Can apply to big haulage stuff, but equally to a little roundabout in an existing built up area to allow LWB white vans etc to go over.

Interesting - So why the big white lined area, why not just the normal roundabout?

Assume the same reason on this one? But this one doesn't have the white line..

Again, just an informed assumption but would guess that the difference here is that there is a physical difference and hight (albeit slight) in road surface which would thus encourage normal vehicles to use the roundabout as they should. Why that shouldn't have been applied to the other one could be down to council budget (cheaper to paint a line) or the type of vehicles that would commonly use the extra space - PSVs (Busses) would prefer the smoother transit offered by the lined version.

[Ayahuasca]

SpeckledJim said:

ben5575 said:

captain_cynic said:

Toss the hammer over the side and torch the boat with his corpse still in it.

I think I've spotted a flaw in that plan...

Indeed. Clonk his dead head on the boom and leave the boat to carry on on its own.

Encase the body in something permeable by creatures like the plastic mesh used by gardeners and roadworkers, and weight it very properly with something non-metallic.

Might be an idea to pull his teeth out, too?

You don't need to do any of that stuff. It is far, far easier than that to kill someone at sea and get away with it..

Just needs a quick shove over the side.

Then, "He just fell overboard, I tried my hardest to get him back on, but he was just too heavy for me..."

Or, "I was down below making a cup of tea, when I went back on deck he had vanished. Must have slipped..."

[Frimley111R]

Jonnny said:

What's the proper way to go round this type of roundabout? Around the white line, or over it but around the raised 'normal' roundabout? What's the point in them?

I suspect its the white line but I always use the centre section on that one.

[carguy45]

Ayahuasca said:

You don't need to do any of that stuff. It is far, far easier than that to kill someone at sea and get away with it..

Just needs a quick shove over the side.

Then, "He just fell overboard, I tried my hardest to get him back on, but he was just too heavy for me..."

Or, "I was down below making a cup of tea, when I went back on deck he had vanished. Must have slipped..."

Just ask Robert Wagner. BOOM!

[Moonhawk]

StevieBee said:

Again, just an informed assumption but would guess that the difference here is that there is a physical difference and hight (albeit slight) in road surface which would thus encourage normal vehicles to use the roundabout as they should. Why that shouldn't have been applied to the other one could be down to council budget (cheaper to paint a line) or the type of vehicles that would commonly use the extra space - PSVs (Busses) would prefer the smoother transit offered by the lined version.

Having different height areas would surely be prone to more damage. Having a defined step with HGVs going over them every day wouldn't last all that long.

Far better (and cheaper) to have a smooth transition - with a solid white line which most drivers should be aware the meaning of used as a separator.

[Jonnny]

Moonhawk said:

StevieBee said:

Again, just an informed assumption but would guess that the difference here is that there is a physical difference and hight (albeit slight) in road surface which would thus encourage normal vehicles to use the roundabout as they should. Why that shouldn't have been applied to the other one could be down to council budget (cheaper to paint a line) or the type of vehicles that would commonly use the extra space - PSVs (Busses) would prefer the smoother transit offered by the lined version.

Having different height areas would surely be prone to more damage. Having a defined step with HGVs going over them every day wouldn't last all that long.

Far better (and cheaper) to have a smooth transition - with a solid white line which most drivers should be aware the meaning of used as a separator.

I understand this, but I wonder why it needs to be wider than the raised roundabout area? Why do cars need to go wide and HGVs etc over the white/raised section.

[DocJock]

To slow the cars down.

[Jonnny]

DocJock said:

To slow the cars down.

Good point, thanks!