Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
Discussion
HTP99 said:
I've been asked before if I have an either Mediterranean or Asian background; I tan very easily and generally am darker all year round than the average Brit; my dad had a look of Muhammed Al Fayed about him, his dad was white English as was his mum but we have heard rumours of an Indian background on my grandads side from a few generations back. My dad has 2 sisters, one is as white as can be, the other looks "foreign"; very dark and when she gave birth to my cousin, the midwife asked her "when are you going back?"
My sister is pale and ginger and just recently at my nieces end of school production that I attended, one of the mums mentioned to my sister about how tanned I was compared to her.
Similar here. My daughter is often asked what part of Spain she's from and my son has the touch of the Greek/Arab about him. Yet my wife is almost certainly of Scandinavian stock and I'm not sure about me (I'm adopted) but would guess at a Med thing.My sister is pale and ginger and just recently at my nieces end of school production that I attended, one of the mums mentioned to my sister about how tanned I was compared to her.
That said, I work a fair bit in Eastern Europe / Caucuses and every time I go there, I have a very strong sense of comfort as though I 'belong' there. I went to Moldova for the first time a few years back and for the week I was there felt as though I'd been there many times before. Very odd feeling.
Kids got me one of those Ancestry DNA testing kits for Fathers Day so waiting to see the results of that.
Time Fly said:
The Lawn Tennis Association must surely be raking it in as they have just payed out £34m in prize money this week.
Maybe not: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2019/05/16/lta-...StevieBee said:
HTP99 said:
I've been asked before if I have an either Mediterranean or Asian background; I tan very easily and generally am darker all year round than the average Brit; my dad had a look of Muhammed Al Fayed about him, his dad was white English as was his mum but we have heard rumours of an Indian background on my grandads side from a few generations back. My dad has 2 sisters, one is as white as can be, the other looks "foreign"; very dark and when she gave birth to my cousin, the midwife asked her "when are you going back?"
My sister is pale and ginger and just recently at my nieces end of school production that I attended, one of the mums mentioned to my sister about how tanned I was compared to her.
Similar here. My daughter is often asked what part of Spain she's from and my son has the touch of the Greek/Arab about him. Yet my wife is almost certainly of Scandinavian stock and I'm not sure about me (I'm adopted) but would guess at a Med thing.My sister is pale and ginger and just recently at my nieces end of school production that I attended, one of the mums mentioned to my sister about how tanned I was compared to her.
That said, I work a fair bit in Eastern Europe / Caucuses and every time I go there, I have a very strong sense of comfort as though I 'belong' there. I went to Moldova for the first time a few years back and for the week I was there felt as though I'd been there many times before. Very odd feeling.
Kids got me one of those Ancestry DNA testing kits for Fathers Day so waiting to see the results of that.
I do love all of the diversity and mixes that we all have; a bit from here and a bit from there and it makes my laugh when the likes of the EDL or white supremacists scream on about making England white again and yet I bet if yoh looked back just a couple of generations amongst all of these idiots, there will be something there that isn't white English.
HTP99 said:
I do love all of the diversity and mixes that we all have; a bit from here and a bit from there and it makes my laugh when the likes of the EDL or white supremacists scream on about making England white again and yet I bet if yoh looked back just a couple of generations amongst all of these idiots, there will be something there that isn't white English.
Yes, quite. We are a mongrel race.The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
StevieBee said:
Yes, quite. We are a mongrel race.
The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
Ginger is a wonky gene, not a racial theme, isn't it?The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
StevieBee said:
Yes, quite. We are a mongrel race.
The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
Anyone living in what is now the UK before about 1200 who has any descendants living now, is an ancestor of practically everyone whose family has been here more than a coupe of generations, and most of the others as well. You could probably apply this rule to the whole of Western Europe.The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
I may not have inherited a Royal title from King Alfred, but certainly his culinary skills.
V8mate said:
StevieBee said:
Yes, quite. We are a mongrel race.
The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
Ginger is a wonky gene, not a racial theme, isn't it?The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
popeyewhite said:
V8mate said:
StevieBee said:
Yes, quite. We are a mongrel race.
The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
Ginger is a wonky gene, not a racial theme, isn't it?The only sector of society that can claim the longest domestic lineage are gingers, I believe. They generally, originating from the original celtic tribes and the last to be dominated by invading forces.
Gingers should really qualify for Blue Badges
Dr Jekyll said:
Johnspex said:
Nobody I've asked remembers this; in the late 70s/early 80s Natwest gave me a card. It was the size of a credit card and from memory had nothing but Natwest written on it.
The idea was you put it in a machine outside the bank, entered a pre-registered number, and a single £10 note came out. The note was in a plastic carrier which you put through the bank letter box. A few days later your card returned in the post ready for re-use. This was definitely before the ATMs that we use today and of course was a time when £10 would actually buy something.
I'm not imagining this , am I?
No, I remember something very similar. Not the card coming back in the post but certainly the plastic carrier though the ones I knew had to be put back in the machine, a relative of mine dithered so much before inserting it that the slot closed and he was left with it.The idea was you put it in a machine outside the bank, entered a pre-registered number, and a single £10 note came out. The note was in a plastic carrier which you put through the bank letter box. A few days later your card returned in the post ready for re-use. This was definitely before the ATMs that we use today and of course was a time when £10 would actually buy something.
I'm not imagining this , am I?
Time Fly said:
Yep, the cheapest price for one ticket to this year's mens' final was £3'000 so that's a tidy sum multiplied by the 15'000 people in the actual arena.
That's not true - all of the Men's Final tickets allocated by ballot were £225.https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/tickets_and_t...
On a change of note, what's the deal with anally taken medication?
I've never had the need, but you hear of people having to take suppositories and that they are quite big relative to orally taken tablets. Is there a reason they go in the tradesmans entrance round the back? Is it just because of the amount of the drug needed? I don't understand pharmaceutical stuff but surely anything measured in mg will fit in the mouth! Or is it speed of absorption? Our dog has epilepsy and the vet gave us anally delivered diazapam to bring her out of a fit of she has one. Although maybe it's the sudden uninvited prod from behind that snaps her out it and the diaz is a placebo!
I've never had the need, but you hear of people having to take suppositories and that they are quite big relative to orally taken tablets. Is there a reason they go in the tradesmans entrance round the back? Is it just because of the amount of the drug needed? I don't understand pharmaceutical stuff but surely anything measured in mg will fit in the mouth! Or is it speed of absorption? Our dog has epilepsy and the vet gave us anally delivered diazapam to bring her out of a fit of she has one. Although maybe it's the sudden uninvited prod from behind that snaps her out it and the diaz is a placebo!
popeyewhite said:
Suppositories bypass the liver and stomach. Some medications, such as particular steroids, are particularly hepatoxic. Some substances are best injected intramuscularly, some subcutaneously, some are swallowed, some are absorbed under the tongue etc etc.
I knew there would be a reasonable explanation, lol. So the old thing if having the tetanus jab in the bum cheek is because it's one of the muscle ones then. I assume that none of the class As are much good up the old rusty trombone then otherwise there'd be turkey blasters littering canal tow oaths instead of syringes.
gazzarose said:
I knew there would be a reasonable explanation, lol. So the old thing if having the tetanus jab in the bum cheek is because it's one of the muscle ones then.
I assume that none of the class As are much good up the old rusty trombone then otherwise there'd be turkey blasters littering canal tow oaths instead of syringes.
You can take coke etc (and cannabis) up the backdoor. But intravenous is a more efficient delivery method. Most just snort the stuff as it's nearly as efficient as an injection, the small veins in the nose absorb the drug. Slower 'hit' though.I assume that none of the class As are much good up the old rusty trombone then otherwise there'd be turkey blasters littering canal tow oaths instead of syringes.
gazzarose said:
So the old thing if having the tetanus jab in the bum cheek is because it's one of the muscle ones then.
The outer glute (top outside corner of buttock) is as you say a muscle target. A large one, so it can take the larger volume injections. It has few large veins or nerves and a jab there doesn't even need to be checked for hitting a blood vessel (aspiration), though a smart person would.Clockwork Cupcake said:
Google Navigation is almost freaky in the accuracy of its ETA, mainly due to the hive mind of everyone's speed and location being continuously slurped up to refine the estimate (it's the price you pay for using it).
Edit: I suspect Google has a pretty good idea of my driving style and average speeds too.
Yesterday. I was using Google maps going North on the m6, towards the Thelwall viaduct, and it was directing me to the m56 towards the Runcorn Bridge. But also saying the m6 was 10.mins quicker, as an alternative. I.live beyond the end of the m57.Edit: I suspect Google has a pretty good idea of my driving style and average speeds too.
So I stayed on the m6 and with a few seconds it had revised the eta by 10.mins lower. Turned out to be spot on. But why direct me the longer route ?
gazzarose said:
I knew there would be a reasonable explanation, lol. So the old thing if having the tetanus jab in the bum cheek is because it's one of the muscle ones then.
I assume that none of the class As are much good up the old rusty trombone then otherwise there'd be turkey blasters littering canal tow oaths instead of syringes.
I was just thinking about The Worst Toilet in Scotland after reading about drug deaths, now you mention it. I assume that none of the class As are much good up the old rusty trombone then otherwise there'd be turkey blasters littering canal tow oaths instead of syringes.
Pit Pony said:
Yesterday. I was using Google maps going North on the m6, towards the Thelwall viaduct, and it was directing me to the m56 towards the Runcorn Bridge. But also saying the m6 was 10.mins quicker, as an alternative. I.live beyond the end of the m57.
So I stayed on the m6 and with a few seconds it had revised the eta by 10.mins lower. Turned out to be spot on. But why direct me the longer route ?
Maybe it was anticipating a typical delay in the area at the time it expected you to go through it.So I stayed on the m6 and with a few seconds it had revised the eta by 10.mins lower. Turned out to be spot on. But why direct me the longer route ?
Things like school holidays are very disruptive to traffic models.
gazzarose said:
popeyewhite said:
Suppositories bypass the liver and stomach. Some medications, such as particular steroids, are particularly hepatoxic. Some substances are best injected intramuscularly, some subcutaneously, some are swallowed, some are absorbed under the tongue etc etc.
I knew there would be a reasonable explanation, lol. So the old thing if having the tetanus jab in the bum cheek is because it's one of the muscle ones then. I assume that none of the class As are much good up the old rusty trombone then otherwise there'd be turkey blasters littering canal tow oaths instead of syringes.
Pit Pony said:
Yesterday. I was using Google maps going North on the m6, towards the Thelwall viaduct, and it was directing me to the m56 towards the Runcorn Bridge. But also saying the m6 was 10.mins quicker, as an alternative. I.live beyond the end of the m57.
So I stayed on the m6 and with a few seconds it had revised the eta by 10.mins lower. Turned out to be spot on. But why direct me the longer route ?
There's the conspiracy theory that they deliberately send some people on potentially slower routes so they can get some data on speeds on that road, but I suspect there's enough users on google these days that they're already getting plenty of dataSo I stayed on the m6 and with a few seconds it had revised the eta by 10.mins lower. Turned out to be spot on. But why direct me the longer route ?
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