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

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

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droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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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.

lord trumpton

7,321 posts

125 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?

Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

243 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Perhaps it isn't?

lord trumpton

7,321 posts

125 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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Einion Yrth said:
lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Perhaps it isn't?
Well everyone on the BBC say bregzit so I'll go with that one biggrin

...

8,842 posts

186 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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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

Oliverrun

49 posts

95 months

Tuesday 25th July 2017
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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?

ScotsDave

107 posts

201 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Why, on some shirts, is the bottom buttonhole horizontal whilst all the others are vertical?

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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lord trumpton said:
Einion Yrth said:
lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Perhaps it isn't?
Well everyone on the BBC say bregzit so I'll go with that one biggrin
Everyone on the BBC also says corter (0.25). Even on the Today programme.

It's been an age since the BBC was a trusted reference for our language.

Eddie Strohacker

3,879 posts

85 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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.

john2443

6,325 posts

210 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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Einion Yrth said:
lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Perhaps it isn't?
Who says it is smile

Maybe it's Breksit?

thainy77

3,347 posts

197 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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... 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.

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.

SilverSixer

8,202 posts

150 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Cornish. They voted for it, they can have it.

StevieBee

12,795 posts

254 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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.
I thought that but was told recently by a tailor type that it's a tradition rooted in the fact that in days gone by, the lower button hole was for a button on the inside of the trouser to stop the shirt rising. These day's it's just a design quirk.

Gary29

4,131 posts

98 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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?

Fastchas

2,640 posts

120 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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?

DJFish

5,917 posts

262 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
It actually has a silent x and should be pronounced "bright"

a

439 posts

83 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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.

alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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SilverSixer said:
lord trumpton said:
Why is the correct pronunciation for Brexit 'bregzit'?
Cornish. They voted for it, they can have it.
Northerner ... Brexit to rhyme with Greggs - It

MartG

20,622 posts

203 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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 sewers

Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

243 months

Wednesday 26th July 2017
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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 sewers
Or pedestrians' lungs.
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