Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]

[98elise]

Jonboy_t said:

Being a miserable fker, I hate it when it’s under 10 degrees because I have to wear trousers and a jumper, but I also hate it when it’s above 25 degrees because I get all burnt.

Is there anywhere in the world I can move to where it’s between 15 and 25 degrees all year round?

North Tenerife is pretty stable temperature wise, and peaks around 25. Its hotter in the south.

http://www.holiday-weather.com/tenerife_south_/ave...

Edited by 98elise on Monday 28th May 18:31

[Exige77]

foxbody-87 said:

Tyre sizes for some reason are a mixture of metric and imperial (for example, 195mm width, 16" wheel diameter). Is this also the case in countries that only use metric units?

Blame Mr Michelin for being French.

I think it’s been covered before here.

When he started producing radial tyres, he would only make them in metric sizes. Diameter and width. As most of the worlds cars had wheel diameter in inches, he didn’t sell a lot.

So compromise was diameter in inches and width in Mils.

Still applicable today.

[foxbody-87]

Exige77 said:

Blame Mr Michelin for being French.

I think it’s been covered before here.

When he started producing radial tyres, he would only make them in metric sizes. Diameter and width. As most of the worlds cars had wheel diameter in inches, he didn’t sell a lot.

So compromise was diameter in inches and width in Mils.

Still applicable today.

Interesting, thanks. Just to top it off the sidewall height isn’t quoted in mm OR inches but as a percentage of the width, what a system!

[Gareth1974]

foxbody-87 said:

captain_cynic said:

Maybe, depends on how much hipsters are paying for them.

From an old Tele article from 2009, Network Rail were still replacing 200,000 wooden sleepers a year with concrete ones. Its possible there are still some lines that haven't been done.

I cant imagine there is much demand for used sleepers either.

There are still plenty of branch lines, goods lines, and sidings with wooden sleepers. When these require replacement under maintenance it is invariably with wooden replacements, so I guess there is still a steady supply. Many of the old wooden sleepers come from abroad too I believe.

Although you’d do ‘spot’ re-sleepering with wooden sleepers, steel sleepers tend to be used on secondary routes these days.

[Cold]

Jonboy_t said:

Gareth1974 said:

Jonboy_t said:

Being a miserable fker, I hate it when it’s under 10 degrees because I have to wear trousers and a jumper, but I also hate it when it’s above 25 degrees because I get all burnt.

Is there anywhere in the world I can move to where it’s between 15 and 25 degrees all year round?

Hawaii is pretty close to your requirement http://www.holiday-weather.com/hawaii/averages/

DONE!!

Hawaii is having its own, more geological, problems at the moment.

[Roofless Toothless]

foxbody-87 said:

Tyre sizes for some reason are a mixture of metric and imperial (for example, 195mm width, 16" wheel diameter). Is this also the case in countries that only use metric units?

Try building a Caterham. Chassis in Imperial, engine and drive chain in metric. Two sets of tools and if you are not careful some beautifully burred nuts/bolts.

[schmunk]

I don't know if it's still the case, but my cousin worked for Airbus in Filton about 20 years ago and told me the woes of making wings to metric measurements using imperial tooling.

[Steven_RW]

Jonboy_t said:

Gareth1974 said:

Jonboy_t said:

Being a miserable fker, I hate it when it’s under 10 degrees because I have to wear trousers and a jumper, but I also hate it when it’s above 25 degrees because I get all burnt.

Is there anywhere in the world I can move to where it’s between 15 and 25 degrees all year round?

Hawaii is pretty close to your requirement http://www.holiday-weather.com/hawaii/averages/

DONE!!

Hold fire...

Having been to Hawaii twice now, spending time on Oʻahu, Hawaii big island and Kauaʻi, I do not believe that someone looking for a sweat free environment would be remotely happy there.

I love the place but without any doubt it is hot and feels hot lots of the time. Walking down some of the coastal paths to the beaches on Big Island, or walking round the Napali (spl?) coast of Kaua'i is WELL hot. I also had sun stroke for my first ever time having gone for a morning hike on Oʻahu.

Yes you could live WAY up the volcano and get some cooler air but being a guy who similarly likes weather about 20 to 22c Hawaii is way much hotter than the ideal you are talking about. Forget that data, which I do understand but it is a much hotter place than you are looking for.

Note: I have travelled far and wide and lived in Australia so it is not that I think 27c is hot. It isn't compared to 40+ in Cairns but I still believe Hawaii does not meet your request at all.

RW

[captain_cynic]

Steven_RW said:

Hold fire...

Having been to Hawaii twice now, spending time on O?ahu, Hawaii big island and Kaua?i, I do not believe that someone looking for a sweat free environment would be remotely happy there.

I love the place but without any doubt it is hot and feels hot lots of the time. Walking down some of the coastal paths to the beaches on Big Island, or walking round the Napali (spl?) coast of Kaua'i is WELL hot. I also had sun stroke for my first ever time having gone for a morning hike on O?ahu.

Yes you could live WAY up the volcano and get some cooler air but being a guy who similarly likes weather about 20 to 22c Hawaii is way much hotter than the ideal you are talking about. Forget that data, which I do understand but it is a much hotter place than you are looking for.

Note: I have travelled far and wide and lived in Australia so it is not that I think 27c is hot. It isn't compared to 40+ in Cairns but I still believe Hawaii does not meet your request at all.

RW

This.

The closest I can think of is coffee country, high altitude but close to the equator like the high Andes in South America (Pablo's old haunt of Medellin isn't called the city of the eternal spring for nothing, its consistently a 15-30°C) but then you've got humidity. Its still a jungle climate, so when it rains it pours (as in monsoonal) and rain in the UK is rarely comparable (it rains more here, but it's lighter) and even when it's not raining, the humidity can be a serious problem.

Also the locals will be out in shirts and trousers at 27°, so an Englishman who wears shorts at 19° will stand out like a sore thumb (even more than a normal Gringo).

Really, the best place I can think of for Jonboy is somewhere like Las Vegas... Sure it's hot outside but you rarely need to leave the climate controlled buildings (plus Vegas is a very dry heat).

[Fastchas]

V8mate said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Timmy40 said:

And our females tits have migrated so that they sit under the 'front legs' if we were on all fours rather than under the rear legs/lower belly in most other animals.

You haven't met my Mrs have you ...

Surely the answer to this bit is, quite simply, that we stood up! None of the monkey type thingers have nipples on their bellies.

So why do elephants have theirs between their front legs?
Do any other mammals have this, apart from apes, monkeys and elephants? Horses are between hind legs, why the evolutionary difference between them?

[fomb]

For 15-25C the best place to be is San Francisco, but you need to make sure you're on the peninsular itself. 5 miles in any direction (aside from west obv) result in the temperature climbing 5-10C.

[captain_cynic]

fomb said:

For 15-25C the best place to be is San Francisco, but you need to make sure you're on the peninsular itself. 5 miles in any direction (aside from west obv) result in the temperature climbing 5-10C.

SF can get pretty cold. I've been there in October and nights were already dropping below 10°C

[V8mate]

captain_cynic said:

fomb said:

For 15-25C the best place to be is San Francisco, but you need to make sure you're on the peninsular itself. 5 miles in any direction (aside from west obv) result in the temperature climbing 5-10C.

SF can get pretty cold. I've been there in October and nights were already dropping below 10°C

Surely the OP's request was for daytime temps? Nights need to be cooler to sleep properly.

[captain_cynic]

V8mate said:

Surely the OP's request was for daytime temps? Nights need to be cooler to sleep properly.

That was in October, so it gets colder. I imagine that December/January would be around 10° in the daytime.

[daddy cool]

Do the mahoosive rear tyres on tractors ever wear out, or do they tend to last the lifetime of the tractor? Considering the tread grooves are about 6 inches, and tractors mostly drive over dirt (with only limited roads between fields) I imagine they would last donkeys years? Do they perish before they wear down, and - even if they do perish - does it really matter?

[SpeckledJim]

SF gets bloody chilly sometimes, IMO. But go not very far inland and sometimes it's ridiculously hot.

I'd say that part of the world sees too wide a variance for the OP.

[captain_cynic]

daddy cool said:

Do the mahoosive rear tyres on tractors ever wear out, or do they tend to last the lifetime of the tractor? Considering the tread grooves are about 6 inches, and tractors mostly drive over dirt (with only limited roads between fields) I imagine they would last donkeys years? Do they perish before they wear down, and - even if they do perish - does it really matter?

Given that they sell replacements (seems better value than car tyres) I'd say they do wear.

https://www.bigtyres.co.uk/tyres/agri-construction...

The big-arse grooves are there to keep traction over mud and soft terrain, its the same reason the MPSS on my car are fecking useless in the snow or mud, there's nowhere for it to go as the grooves are tiny.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

Why aren't Free Range Eggs free?

[captain_cynic]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

Why aren't Free Range Eggs free?

They are.

free as in speech, not as in beer. You may have to pay for them, but we know in our hearts they've been liberated from the yolk of oppression.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

captain_cynic said:

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

Why aren't Free Range Eggs free?

They are.

free as in speech, not as in beer. You may have to pay for them, but we know in our hearts they've been liberated from the yolk of oppression.

But aren't free despite being labeled as such...I picked up some Eggs from the free range and I still had to pay for them at the till?