Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
john2443 said:
GroundEffect said:
A lot of the research in to gay-ism is that they get feminised in the womb by the mother, so that would make some sense.
Err, but do lesbians get masculinised in the womb! Doesn't sound likely! And why do only some men get feminised in the womb?
The 'sliding scale' concept of male/female identification surely is more a matter of transgender?
But then, what do I know?
Edited by Roofless Toothless on Saturday 29th July 20:43
There was a documentary a few years back about individuals that are genetically male but immune to male hormones (androgen insensitivity). So they are often assumed to be female until they reach puberty or are examined closely for some reason.
Both the persons in the film started off regarding themselves as female, one realised late that something was wrong and had real trouble coming to terms with it.
The other found out quite early but continued to regard as herself simply as a girl who should have been born a boy but wasn't. She looked and behaved as a distinctly girly girl and apparently attracted to boys. This made me wonder if it isn't that some people are into girls and other boys according to a mechanism that doesn't always correlate with gender. But that some people are into the opposite sex and others into the same sex. So maybe this 'girl' (impossible to think of 'her' otherwise watching the film) fancied boys not through being born gay as well as androgen insensitive, but through being someone born to be attracted to the opposite sex, and if had developed as a boy or even identified as one at the critical age would be attracted to girls.
Both the persons in the film started off regarding themselves as female, one realised late that something was wrong and had real trouble coming to terms with it.
The other found out quite early but continued to regard as herself simply as a girl who should have been born a boy but wasn't. She looked and behaved as a distinctly girly girl and apparently attracted to boys. This made me wonder if it isn't that some people are into girls and other boys according to a mechanism that doesn't always correlate with gender. But that some people are into the opposite sex and others into the same sex. So maybe this 'girl' (impossible to think of 'her' otherwise watching the film) fancied boys not through being born gay as well as androgen insensitive, but through being someone born to be attracted to the opposite sex, and if had developed as a boy or even identified as one at the critical age would be attracted to girls.
Roofless Toothless said:
Ok, here's another one.
When the 56 mph limit on trucks was introduced a few years back, if you got stuck behind one of them you knew how fast you were going without having to look down at the speedo. It was always exactly 56 mph.
But in the last few years I have noticed more and more trucks going considerably faster than this, well into the sixties, some taking a while to get past if you are trying to stay legal on the motorway.
Are they bypassing the restrictions in some way, or is it the police not wanting to get involved, foreign unregulated trucks, or What?
How many years? When the 56 mph limit on trucks was introduced a few years back, if you got stuck behind one of them you knew how fast you were going without having to look down at the speedo. It was always exactly 56 mph.
But in the last few years I have noticed more and more trucks going considerably faster than this, well into the sixties, some taking a while to get past if you are trying to stay legal on the motorway.
Are they bypassing the restrictions in some way, or is it the police not wanting to get involved, foreign unregulated trucks, or What?
It was decades. They're still limited to 56 mph, you might just have had a car with a particularly accurate speedo back then.
As mentioned above, they have to be calibrated regularly, every two years off the top of my head. Also any overspeed would be flagged on the tacho reports. These reports have to be kept for a number of years, so in the event of a ministry inspection there would be serious questions being asked if the trucks were routinely exceeding the limit (tiny amount of exemption vehicles excluded).
Super Slo Mo said:
Roofless Toothless said:
Ok, here's another one.
When the 56 mph limit on trucks was introduced a few years back, if you got stuck behind one of them you knew how fast you were going without having to look down at the speedo. It was always exactly 56 mph.
But in the last few years I have noticed more and more trucks going considerably faster than this, well into the sixties, some taking a while to get past if you are trying to stay legal on the motorway.
Are they bypassing the restrictions in some way, or is it the police not wanting to get involved, foreign unregulated trucks, or What?
How many years? When the 56 mph limit on trucks was introduced a few years back, if you got stuck behind one of them you knew how fast you were going without having to look down at the speedo. It was always exactly 56 mph.
But in the last few years I have noticed more and more trucks going considerably faster than this, well into the sixties, some taking a while to get past if you are trying to stay legal on the motorway.
Are they bypassing the restrictions in some way, or is it the police not wanting to get involved, foreign unregulated trucks, or What?
It was decades. They're still limited to 56 mph, you might just have had a car with a particularly accurate speedo back then.
As mentioned above, they have to be calibrated regularly, every two years off the top of my head. Also any overspeed would be flagged on the tacho reports. These reports have to be kept for a number of years, so in the event of a ministry inspection there would be serious questions being asked if the trucks were routinely exceeding the limit (tiny amount of exemption vehicles excluded).
Roofless Toothless said:
john2443 said:
GroundEffect said:
A lot of the research in to gay-ism is that they get feminised in the womb by the mother, so that would make some sense.
Err, but do lesbians get masculinised in the womb! Doesn't sound likely! And why do only some men get feminised in the womb?
The 'sliding scale' concept of male/female identification surely is more a matter of transgender?
But then, what do I know?
Edited by Roofless Toothless on Saturday 29th July 20:43
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenatal_hormones_an...
I saw a police dog van the other day with a sticker on it assuring me that the vehicle was air conditioned for the welfare of the animals.
Does this mean other police vehicles aren't air conditioned for the welfare of the coppers? Or they are but don't mention it because they assume passers by care about the welfare of police dogs but not police humans?
Also, why does my car's central locking take a few goes to unlock the car even though I've changed the battery, but always locks it first time? Is there some security measure on the unlock that requires a better signal?
Does this mean other police vehicles aren't air conditioned for the welfare of the coppers? Or they are but don't mention it because they assume passers by care about the welfare of police dogs but not police humans?
Also, why does my car's central locking take a few goes to unlock the car even though I've changed the battery, but always locks it first time? Is there some security measure on the unlock that requires a better signal?
V8mate said:
Yep - it's been 56mph for decades... though in response to the original question I must say I thought (felt?) that it had been raised to 60mph about 4 or 5 years ago? Based on nothing apart from trucks all seeming to trundle along at 60 now.
No, still 56. Technically the speed limit is 60 but they have to have a 56 mph (90kph actually) limiter. GroundEffect said:
Thanks for that interesting link. From it I have already learned that lesbians and straight women have different finger lengths. Isn't nature wonderful?Being now bordering on ancient, and thankfully living in a world where hormones are not the controlling factor in everything I say and do, I find I have the leisure to ponder upon the differences between us all in a more relaxed manner.
It all just goes to show, doesn't it, how wrong are the reactionary (often religious) people who think that male and female are so strictly determined. The truth is much more complicated, and everybody has to go with whatever cards they are dealt with.
Dr Jekyll said:
I saw a police dog van the other day with a sticker on it assuring me that the vehicle was air conditioned for the welfare of the animals.
Does this mean other police vehicles aren't air conditioned for the welfare of the coppers? Or they are but don't mention it because they assume passers by care about the welfare of police dogs but not police humans?
Also, why does my car's central locking take a few goes to unlock the car even though I've changed the battery, but always locks it first time? Is there some security measure on the unlock that requires a better signal?
It's probably because some bell end has accused them of animal cruelty in the past so now to stop people from smashing the windows of police cars to get the snarling German shepherd out that was happily having an aircon assisted nap they have put the stickers on?Does this mean other police vehicles aren't air conditioned for the welfare of the coppers? Or they are but don't mention it because they assume passers by care about the welfare of police dogs but not police humans?
Also, why does my car's central locking take a few goes to unlock the car even though I've changed the battery, but always locks it first time? Is there some security measure on the unlock that requires a better signal?
They regularly come into our work canteen and leave the cars running in the car park with the pooches inside. If it's not a sunny/warm day sometimes they just leave the boots open with the cages locked to give fido some fresh air.
popeyewhite said:
Dr Jekyll said:
All males get masculinised in the womb so I don't see why there couldn't be a bit of reversion either way.
There is a great deal more to gender than what happens in the womb.The reason I ask is that it appears to me that there are way more gay men than gay women. I am basing this solely on the ultra scientific test group of everyone I know and observations in popular culture.
Ive been away from the UK too long, but am wondering when did "Tony" become "Ant"?
There were people like Tony Hancock, Tony Blair, or even Americans like Tony Bennett but I was watching F1 today and the commentator was one Ant Davidson. Personally, I would not want to be Ant., Slug, Wasp, or Earwig.
Is this a new common abbreviation and when did it start??
There were people like Tony Hancock, Tony Blair, or even Americans like Tony Bennett but I was watching F1 today and the commentator was one Ant Davidson. Personally, I would not want to be Ant., Slug, Wasp, or Earwig.
Is this a new common abbreviation and when did it start??
V8mate said:
Yep - it's been 56mph for decades... though in response to the original question I must say I thought (felt?) that it had been raised to 60mph about 4 or 5 years ago? Based on nothing apart from trucks all seeming to trundle along at 60 now.
The speed limit here is 60 for lorries, but most limiters are set to 56 (90kph) as that's the limit on the continent.Roofless Toothless said:
GroundEffect said:
Thanks for that interesting link. From it I have already learned that lesbians and straight women have different finger lengths. Isn't nature wonderful?Being now bordering on ancient, and thankfully living in a world where hormones are not the controlling factor in everything I say and do, I find I have the leisure to ponder upon the differences between us all in a more relaxed manner.
It all just goes to show, doesn't it, how wrong are the reactionary (often religious) people who think that male and female are so strictly determined. The truth is much more complicated, and everybody has to go with whatever cards they are dealt with.
PH likes to believe the world is black and white, but there are many shades of grey (not 50 though, that's an awful book).
RDMcG said:
Ive been away from the UK too long, but am wondering when did "Tony" become "Ant"?
There were people like Tony Hancock, Tony Blair, or even Americans like Tony Bennett but I was watching F1 today and the commentator was one Ant Davidson. Personally, I would not want to be Ant., Slug, Wasp, or Earwig.
Is this a new common abbreviation and when did it start??
I knew an 'Ant' back in the early 80s, nobody at all ever called him Tony, I think the reasoning was that Tony was almost a separate name so Anthony had to be abbreviated to Ant. There were people like Tony Hancock, Tony Blair, or even Americans like Tony Bennett but I was watching F1 today and the commentator was one Ant Davidson. Personally, I would not want to be Ant., Slug, Wasp, or Earwig.
Is this a new common abbreviation and when did it start??
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