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

[majordad]

The wrong turn is driving past them rather than into them.Next time indicate right. but make sure you don't vote left first !

[Smeeeeeg]

TheLordJohn said:

Smeeeeeg said:

Retiring academic specialising in sleep and he said that despite a lifetime of work the only certain reason he knew for people sleeping was they got sleepy...

Managed to steal a good living out of that then, didn't he!?
An academic, spent his whole career to find out very little more than average Joe was already fully aware of.

You could say that, though I guess most people engaged in scientific research don't discover anything major in their careers, but instead contribute to the general level of knowledge and understanding in an area allowing the occasional breakthroughs to be made. Standing on the shoulders of giants and all that.

[talksthetorque]

Smeeeeeg said:

TheLordJohn said:

Smeeeeeg said:

Retiring academic specialising in sleep and he said that despite a lifetime of work the only certain reason he knew for people sleeping was they got sleepy...

Managed to steal a good living out of that then, didn't he!?
An academic, spent his whole career to find out very little more than average Joe was already fully aware of.

You could say that, though I guess most people engaged in scientific research don't discover anything major in their careers, but instead contribute to the general level of knowledge and understanding in an area allowing the occasional breakthroughs to be made. Standing on the shoulders of giants and all that.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^
There is a fair chance they have disproved several theories, and confirmed several possible influences are not statistically significant, therefore narrowing down the possibilities.

[Rostfritt]

Bandit110 said:

If someone goes to prison for a long time what happens to their house if they have one?

I was wondering this a while ago. Presumably they still own it and could rent it out. If they have a family they would live in it and would have to arrange for the mortgage to get paid while they were gone. You would think if you were single and could arrange for your home to be rented out you could leave prison having a good chunk of your mortgage paid off, however most people going into prison would have a lot of legal fees to pay if they were putting any effort into defending themselves.

[Halmyre]

Bandit110 said:

If someone goes to prison for a long time what happens to their house if they have one?

The door gets blocked with unopened mail?

What if they've left the oven on, or the bath running, when they were arrested? Are they allowed to go back to switch it off?

[TheLordJohn]

Rostfritt said:

I was wondering this a while ago. Presumably they still own it and could rent it out. If they have a family they would live in it and would have to arrange for the mortgage to get paid while they were gone. You would think if you were single and could arrange for your home to be rented out you could leave prison having a good chunk of your mortgage paid off, however most people going into prison would have a lot of legal fees to pay if they were putting any effort into defending themselves.

The majority of people who go to prison won't pay rent, never mind own a house and have a mortgage to pay.

[glazbagun]

TheLordJohn said:

Rostfritt said:

I was wondering this a while ago. Presumably they still own it and could rent it out. If they have a family they would live in it and would have to arrange for the mortgage to get paid while they were gone. You would think if you were single and could arrange for your home to be rented out you could leave prison having a good chunk of your mortgage paid off, however most people going into prison would have a lot of legal fees to pay if they were putting any effort into defending themselves.

The majority of people who go to prison won't pay rent, never mind own a house and have a mortgage to pay.

Good for them, but I bet there's others for whom a year in prison would ruin them economically. I wonder if it's taken into account when sentencing?

Shelter website on 'how not to lose your home if you go to prison' makes it look as though it's down to you/fam/friends to deal with it:

https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/evic...

[Spanglepants]

Why are the actors Patrick Macnee and Patrick Magee voices so simimlar to each other?

[kowalski655]

glazbagun said:

TheLordJohn said:

Rostfritt said:

I was wondering this a while ago. Presumably they still own it and could rent it out. If they have a family they would live in it and would have to arrange for the mortgage to get paid while they were gone. You would think if you were single and could arrange for your home to be rented out you could leave prison having a good chunk of your mortgage paid off, however most people going into prison would have a lot of legal fees to pay if they were putting any effort into defending themselves.

The majority of people who go to prison won't pay rent, never mind own a house and have a mortgage to pay.

Good for them, but I bet there's others for whom a year in prison would ruin them economically. I wonder if it's taken into account when sentencing?

Shelter website on 'how not to lose your home if you go to prison' makes it look as though it's down to you/fam/friends to deal with it:

https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/evic...

If the home gets done under POCA,its gone anyway

[Vipers]

After just finishing a Highway Code test on line, and got a few questions and looked up the answers one puzzled me.

I am wondering why when you stop in a tunnel, you shouldn't be closer than 5 metres to the vehicle in front.

Can't think of any reason at all.

[glazbagun]

Vipers said:

After just finishing a Highway Code test on line, and got a few questions and looked up the answers one puzzled me.

I am wondering why when you stop in a tunnel, you shouldn't be closer than 5 metres to the vehicle in front.

Can't think of any reason at all.

I remember being told during my lessons that you should be able to see the tyres of the car in front meet the tarmac as a rough guide to let you know you can do a 180 if you need to.

In a tunnel, perhaps there is an additional risk of fire spreading from abandoned car to car?

[Shakermaker]

glazbagun said:

I remember being told during my lessons that you should be able to see the tyres of the car in front meet the tarmac as a rough guide to let you know you can do a 180 if you need to.

In a tunnel, perhaps there is an additional risk of fire spreading from abandoned car to car?

The fire aspect is what was explained to me.

Plus helps you avoid having a nose full of fumes from the exhaust in front

[john2443]

glazbagun said:

I remember being told during my lessons that you should be able to see the tyres of the car in front meet the tarmac as a rough guide to let you know you can do a 180 if you need to.

I've not heard it as being able to do a 180, but so that if you get rear ended you won't get front ended as well (unless it a very fast rear ending)

[Dr Jekyll]

john2443 said:

glazbagun said:

I remember being told during my lessons that you should be able to see the tyres of the car in front meet the tarmac as a rough guide to let you know you can do a 180 if you need to.

I've not heard it as being able to do a 180, but so that if you get rear ended you won't get front ended as well (unless it a very fast rear ending)

I heard it was simply to ensure you have room to drive round the vehicle in front if it fails to move off for some reason.

[RATATTAK]

Dr Jekyll said:

john2443 said:

glazbagun said:

I remember being told during my lessons that you should be able to see the tyres of the car in front meet the tarmac as a rough guide to let you know you can do a 180 if you need to.

I've not heard it as being able to do a 180, but so that if you get rear ended you won't get front ended as well (unless it a very fast rear ending)

I heard it was simply to ensure you have room to drive round the vehicle in front if it fails to move off for some reason.

Good practice in all circumstances

[singlecoil]

Is there a theoretical limit to the top speed a propellor driven aircraft could achieve?

[alorotom]

glazbagun said:

TheLordJohn said:

Rostfritt said:

I was wondering this a while ago. Presumably they still own it and could rent it out. If they have a family they would live in it and would have to arrange for the mortgage to get paid while they were gone. You would think if you were single and could arrange for your home to be rented out you could leave prison having a good chunk of your mortgage paid off, however most people going into prison would have a lot of legal fees to pay if they were putting any effort into defending themselves.

The majority of people who go to prison won't pay rent, never mind own a house and have a mortgage to pay.

Good for them, but I bet there's others for whom a year in prison would ruin them economically. I wonder if it's taken into account when sentencing?

Shelter website on 'how not to lose your home if you go to prison' makes it look as though it's down to you/fam/friends to deal with it:

https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/evic...

One of my first “proper” jobs was in debt control and when we were informed of any customer going to serve time at her majesty’s the accounts were immediately defaulted and placed into judgement where a CCJ would be registered within a couple of days and the debts (unsecured) passed to a separate collection company

Effectively destroying someone’s credit rating in the space of a few days - I believe where secured debts are involved similar happens but the property is then foreclosed / repossessed

[glenrobbo]

What percentage of Phantom pregnancies go to full term, resulting in the birth of a baby F4?

[SpeckledJim]

RATATTAK said:

Dr Jekyll said:

john2443 said:

glazbagun said:

I remember being told during my lessons that you should be able to see the tyres of the car in front meet the tarmac as a rough guide to let you know you can do a 180 if you need to.

I've not heard it as being able to do a 180, but so that if you get rear ended you won't get front ended as well (unless it a very fast rear ending)

I heard it was simply to ensure you have room to drive round the vehicle in front if it fails to move off for some reason.

Good practice in all circumstances

And to give space for you to move to the side if an emergency vehicle needs to get past from behind you (perhaps on their way to addressing the reason why you had to stop in the tunnel in the first place).

[Speed 3]

singlecoil said:

Is there a theoretical limit to the top speed a propellor driven aircraft could achieve?

Effectively when the tip would go supersonic which will vary in rpm depending on the size of the prop. Same for helicopter blades.