Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Fittster said:
Last week there was a story in the media regarding the fact that the disposal cups used in Starbucks and the like can't be recycled. According to the packaging milk cartons can be recycled.
Why isn't the material used for milk cartons used for coffee cups?
Milk cartons can be recycled. But not by my local authority. In the landfill bin they go.Why isn't the material used for milk cartons used for coffee cups?
gazzarose said:
Why is it that people with old injuries/dodgy joints/metal pins say that it hurts more when it's damp? I get maybe when it's really cold, but how can the damp affect something that's sealed inside the body. Does it do it when it's warm and damp ie humid in tropical places, or is it just that cool damp weather makes us feel the cold more so it's really just the temperature that affects it?
Damp, wet , colder weather is usually associated with low pressure weather fronts. The theory is when the air pressure is slightly lower the joint spaces contract slightly which aggravates the nerves in and around the joint.Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
Fittster said:
Last week there was a story in the media regarding the fact that the disposal cups used in Starbucks and the like can't be recycled. According to the packaging milk cartons can be recycled.
Why isn't the material used for milk cartons used for coffee cups?
Just a guess at temperature. I do know that hot vending cups are made of different stuff to cold vending cups.Why isn't the material used for milk cartons used for coffee cups?
talksthetorque said:
Fittster said:
Last week there was a story in the media regarding the fact that the disposal cups used in Starbucks and the like can't be recycled. According to the packaging milk cartons can be recycled.
Why isn't the material used for milk cartons used for coffee cups?
Just a guess at temperature. I do know that hot vending cups are made of different stuff to cold vending cups.Why isn't the material used for milk cartons used for coffee cups?
The complexity is that they do not contain a single material but several; plastic (and different types of plastic), card, wax.... all bonded together.
Plus, the economics for recycling them don't stack up.
Coffee cups offer the same problem.
In theory, they should make good fuel for energy from waste and some councils do this. But the problem here (particularly with the cups) is the liquid residue which reduces the calorific value of not just the cups but the rest of what goes in.
dave_s13 said:
Damp, wet , colder weather is usually associated with low pressure weather fronts. The theory is when the air pressure is slightly lower the joint spaces contract slightly which aggravates the nerves in and around the joint.
Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
No, it's real enough; the aches in my former breakages tend to alert me to changes in the weather, rather than the other way around.Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
Einion Yrth said:
dave_s13 said:
Damp, wet , colder weather is usually associated with low pressure weather fronts. The theory is when the air pressure is slightly lower the joint spaces contract slightly which aggravates the nerves in and around the joint.
Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
No, it's real enough; the aches in my former breakages tend to alert me to changes in the weather, rather than the other way around.Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
dave_s13 said:
Einion Yrth said:
dave_s13 said:
Damp, wet , colder weather is usually associated with low pressure weather fronts. The theory is when the air pressure is slightly lower the joint spaces contract slightly which aggravates the nerves in and around the joint.
Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
No, it's real enough; the aches in my former breakages tend to alert me to changes in the weather, rather than the other way around.Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
ambuletz said:
dave_s13 said:
Einion Yrth said:
dave_s13 said:
Damp, wet , colder weather is usually associated with low pressure weather fronts. The theory is when the air pressure is slightly lower the joint spaces contract slightly which aggravates the nerves in and around the joint.
Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
No, it's real enough; the aches in my former breakages tend to alert me to changes in the weather, rather than the other way around.Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
popeyewhite said:
ambuletz said:
dave_s13 said:
Einion Yrth said:
dave_s13 said:
Damp, wet , colder weather is usually associated with low pressure weather fronts. The theory is when the air pressure is slightly lower the joint spaces contract slightly which aggravates the nerves in and around the joint.
Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
No, it's real enough; the aches in my former breakages tend to alert me to changes in the weather, rather than the other way around.Or it could be mass hysteria where vast swathes of the population have convinced themselves damp/cold = painful joints and thus demonstrate a learnt behaviour.
Temperature has an effect, moisture, none.
227bhp said:
Why don't Volvo make vans?
They've made practically everything else on wheels (they've never made a Supercar have they?) and you would have thought a van owner would want something sturdy, quick and reliable that doesn't rust.
I always assumed that it was, during their years under Ford ownership anyway, because the parent company held a hefty share of the marketThey've made practically everything else on wheels (they've never made a Supercar have they?) and you would have thought a van owner would want something sturdy, quick and reliable that doesn't rust.
Prior to that I couldn't say
FN2TypeR said:
227bhp said:
Why don't Volvo make vans?
They've made practically everything else on wheels (they've never made a Supercar have they?) and you would have thought a van owner would want something sturdy, quick and reliable that doesn't rust.
I always assumed that it was, during their years under Ford ownership anyway, because the parent company held a hefty share of the marketThey've made practically everything else on wheels (they've never made a Supercar have they?) and you would have thought a van owner would want something sturdy, quick and reliable that doesn't rust.
Prior to that I couldn't say
I don't think it's to do with that kind of thing, both Ford and Volvo make trucks and look at VAG who bought Skoda - who were a laughing stock in the 70s and 80s, so now that they've got loads of very similar cars on the market they've just increased their market share.
I've always wondered why Volvo never made a van, it seems such an obvious thing for them to do.
227bhp said:
FN2TypeR said:
227bhp said:
Why don't Volvo make vans?
They've made practically everything else on wheels (they've never made a Supercar have they?) and you would have thought a van owner would want something sturdy, quick and reliable that doesn't rust.
I always assumed that it was, during their years under Ford ownership anyway, because the parent company held a hefty share of the marketThey've made practically everything else on wheels (they've never made a Supercar have they?) and you would have thought a van owner would want something sturdy, quick and reliable that doesn't rust.
Prior to that I couldn't say
I don't think it's to do with that kind of thing, both Ford and Volvo make trucks and look at VAG who bought Skoda - who were a laughing stock in the 70s and 80s, so now that they've got loads of very similar cars on the market they've just increased their market share.
I've always wondered why Volvo never made a van, it seems such an obvious thing for them to do.
As for pre Ford years, who can say? A quick Google doesn't turn up much apart from a few longer wheel based estates (like the 245) and the 145 with a small roof cab, perhaps they were happy for their estates to be their flagship load luggers, limited though they are in comparison with say, a Transit
As an aside a friend and I ran a V70 D5 as a van when we were sparkying, back seats down, tools in and two sets of ladders on the roof, it was fantastic; cheap to buy, reasonable running costs, spacious, comfortable and easy to maintain, I'd rather tool about in that over a crappy Transit Connect ice cream van any day of the week
Ultra Sound Guy said:
Rick101 said:
Just back from holiday.
The the ePassport scanners that you have to stare into at security check your image against the one in your passport or one saved back at HQ?
On re-entry to the UK, does the scan check against the original image submission or the one you made on exit?
Just wondering as I am now sporting some fine facial hair which is not featured in my passport photo.
All scans worked btw, no issues!
As you don’t make one on exit it has to be the original submission!The the ePassport scanners that you have to stare into at security check your image against the one in your passport or one saved back at HQ?
On re-entry to the UK, does the scan check against the original image submission or the one you made on exit?
Just wondering as I am now sporting some fine facial hair which is not featured in my passport photo.
All scans worked btw, no issues!
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