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

[Sheets Tabuer]

Why are do so many middle age women hate life?

Went to a popular pub restaurant tonight and every other table there was some woman on it looking like she's sucking a lemon, staring straight ahead looking like she wants everyone to be as miserable as her and snapping at her family while exclaiming she really is having a good time.

All of them had the same short hairstyle too.

Hmm might be on to something.

[glazbagun]

Brother D said:

If you notice the ball bearings only make up 50% of the space in the tracks, which allows the inner and outer bearings to be moved to allow bearings to be inserted. then they spread out the bearings and insert the cage to keep them spaced apart, which also fixes the inner and outer bearings. you can see this if you pull out the cage and pinch the inner and outer together, the balls will fall to the bottom.

interesting report on baring failures

https://youtu.be/0ZbTN6pM2SE

That's rather obvious now you point it out.

[talksthetorque]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Why are do so many middle age women hate life?

Went to a popular pub restaurant tonight and every other table there was some woman on it looking like she's sucking a lemon, staring straight ahead looking like she wants everyone to be as miserable as her and snapping at her family while exclaiming she really is having a good time.

All of them had the same short hairstyle too.

Hmm might be on to something.

Would that hairstyle be:

[Sheets Tabuer]

My god, yes!

Po faced miserable cows, I'd have left them at home.

Sucked the life out of every table.

[kowalski655]

FiF said:

DumBarton is the county town of Dunbartonshire. WTF?

I asked that very question a while back
No definitive answer, alas
Also why cant Dumbarton clear the damn snow,so idiots dont walk on the main A road

Also Salop is short for Shropshire...whats that about?

[Rostfritt]

Sheets Tabuer said:

Why are do so many middle age women hate life?

Went to a popular pub restaurant tonight and every other table there was some woman on it looking like she's sucking a lemon, staring straight ahead looking like she wants everyone to be as miserable as her and snapping at her family while exclaiming she really is having a good time.

All of them had the same short hairstyle too.

Hmm might be on to something.

Most middle aged women I know are quite happy and really enjoy their life. They are mostly lesbians so that might have something to do with it.

[FiF]

kowalski655 said:

FiF said:

DumBarton is the county town of Dunbartonshire. WTF?

I asked that very question a while back
No definitive answer, alas
Also why cant Dumbarton clear the damn snow,so idiots dont walk on the main A road

Also Salop is short for Shropshire...whats that about?

Now that last bit I do know, Shropshire used to be known in 12th century as Salopsberie, and government records showed it as that. Something to do with the Normans apparently, bloody French.

[Rostfritt]

FiF said:

Now that last bit I do know, Shropshire used to be known in 12th century as Salopsberie, and government records showed it as that. Something to do with the Normans apparently, bloody French.

It might have been covered, but why is Hampshire 'Hants'?

[scorcher]

Why do old people write notes that take about 10 minutes to read from beginning to end when "no milk today" or "1 pint only tomorrow" would suffice. Adds about 1/2 hr onto my round somedays!

[Lynchie999]

kowalski655 said:

FiF said:

DumBarton is the county town of Dunbartonshire. WTF?

I asked that very question a while back
No definitive answer, alas
Also why cant Dumbarton clear the damn snow,so idiots dont walk on the main A road

Also Salop is short for Shropshire...whats that about?

same with Hants / Hampshire .... !?

[FiF]

Rostfritt said:

FiF said:

Now that last bit I do know, Shropshire used to be known in 12th century as Salopsberie, and government records showed it as that. Something to do with the Normans apparently, bloody French.

It might have been covered, but why is Hampshire 'Hants'?

According to Hampshire County Council it's the fault of the Anti Saxons.

http://www3.hants.gov.uk/abouthnt.html

[talksthetorque]

scorcher said:

Why do old people write notes that take about 10 minutes to read from beginning to end when "no milk today" or "1 pint only tomorrow" would suffice. Adds about 1/2 hr onto my round somedays!

Are you a recovering alcoholic Herman's Hermit fan?

[tumble dryer]

talksthetorque said:

scorcher said:

Why do old people write notes that take about 10 minutes to read from beginning to end when "no milk today" or "1 pint only tomorrow" would suffice. Adds about 1/2 hr onto my round somedays!

Are you a recovering alcoholic Herman's Hermit fan?

I went to see them once, and Dave D, dozy, beaky...

Just sayin

[glazbagun]

Do Germans and French have caricatured ways of speaking like Brits like we do with Allo Allo or John Cleese in Fawlty Towers?

If so what do they sound like?

[227bhp]

glazbagun said:

Do Germans and French have caricatured ways of speaking like Brits like we do with Allo Allo or John Cleese in Fawlty Towers?

If so what do they sound like?

Very posh or well spoken.

[Rostfritt]

227bhp said:

Very posh or well spoken.

Like the English on Allo Allo then.

[Jakarta]

p1stonhead said:

Thinking of driving to the alps for a bit of snowboarding soon.

My 3 series has;

At the back 255/35/R18
At the front 225/40/R18

Now I dont have a spare (and dont trust tyre foam working if I get a flat half way up an alp) so I was thinking of buying a spare wheel and putting it in the boot.

Now, I have two different width tyres which is a bit annoying.

Can I buy one size and use it in an emergency? From what I can tell they are pretty close to being the same but would it matter? Get the thinner tyre and use it on the back if necessary or the other way around?

Same dilemma for me driving across Europe in a 330 E46. I had a spare 330 wheel in the boot with a Linglong tyre on it for emergencies. Worked perfectly when I had a bolt go through the rear on a Belgian motorway. New Pirelli fitted to the rear once I got home.
You do lose a tiny amount of boot space going for a 225, would lose even more if you went for the 9.5 / 255 option, even with the skinny version it restricted space with the roof down.

[227bhp]

Why was the farting thread taken down? Was pissing myself laughing

[glenrobbo]

227bhp said:

Why was the farting thread taken down? Was pissing myself laughing

??? If they have removed it, it's quite a blow for us!

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by glenrobbo on Tuesday 6th March 11:33

[StevieBee]

glazbagun said:

Do Germans and French have caricatured ways of speaking like Brits like we do with Allo Allo or John Cleese in Fawlty Towers?

If so what do they sound like?

I have a German colleague who we were introducing Cockney Rhyming Slang to recently. If you can imagine a Brit, talking cockney but in a German accent, you get the gist.