Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
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RATATTAK said:
Where's James Hewitt these days ?
He was in the paper the other week, I forget whether he was seriously ill, recovered from being seriously ill, declared bankrupt after several failed businesses or selling something from his past. I don't want to look it up as I know where the links will go.Worlds deepest mine in Africa. Starting at 21:20 on the video below, they have to cut the elevator shaft cable periodically to relieve wound up tension.
How is it rejoined after?
https://youtu.be/Z4z7nSy4Fmc
How is it rejoined after?
https://youtu.be/Z4z7nSy4Fmc
lord trumpton said:
Einion Yrth said:
lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Perhaps it isn't?It's been an age since the BBC was a trusted reference for our language.
ScotsDave said:
Why, on some shirts, is the bottom buttonhole horizontal whilst all the others are vertical?
To allow horizontal expansion without stressing the material at what is a pressure point on most shirts. Same reason jacket buttons are horizontal. The rest of the buttons are vertical because it keeps the shirt closed more efficiently.... said:
Worlds deepest mine in Africa. Starting at 21:20 on the video below, they have to cut the elevator shaft cable periodically to relieve wound up tension.
How is it rejoined after?
https://youtu.be/Z4z7nSy4Fmc
I didn't watch the video but in the drilling industry this is common practice. The amount of use the wire has seen is based on ton miles and it is "slip and cut" or replaced at various intervals and if required after visual inspection.How is it rejoined after?
https://youtu.be/Z4z7nSy4Fmc
The "slip and cut" is essentially spooling off a section of wire from the drum, cut it, put a clamp on the "new" end then put it in to the clamp seat on the drum and re-spool.
Eddie Strohacker said:
ScotsDave said:
Why, on some shirts, is the bottom buttonhole horizontal whilst all the others are vertical?
To allow horizontal expansion without stressing the material at what is a pressure point on most shirts. Same reason jacket buttons are horizontal. The rest of the buttons are vertical because it keeps the shirt closed more efficiently.Oliverrun said:
On every self-service checkout I've ever used, there's a symbol that looks the same as the wash-wipe symbol on a wiper stalk. It looks like something which lights up rather than a button, and sits just to the right of the barcode scanner. What is it?
Something to do with the weigher when you're buying loose fruit or veg?Literally millions of tyres are produced every year. Bikes, cars, lorries, coaches use them and all have at least 4 tyres each.
Every day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
Every day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
Oliverrun said:
On every self-service checkout I've ever used, there's a symbol that looks the same as the wash-wipe symbol on a wiper stalk. It looks like something which lights up rather than a button, and sits just to the right of the barcode scanner. What is it?
My answer is based on observation only... But I'm pretty sure the light is there to tell staff that the scanner glass needs cleaned (struggling to read bar codes). I usually see it lit up when the glass is mucky.Fastchas said:
Literally millions of tyres are produced every year. Bikes, cars, lorries, coaches use them and all have at least 4 tyres each.
Every day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
Yes, it all ends up in the sewersEvery day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
MartG said:
Fastchas said:
Literally millions of tyres are produced every year. Bikes, cars, lorries, coaches use them and all have at least 4 tyres each.
Every day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
Yes, it all ends up in the sewersEvery day on the motorways, millions of tyres are worn down over time. Considering all the tyres wear down some amount of millimetres, this rubber must go somewhere.
Where does it disappear to? Does it just get washed down the drains?
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