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

[supercommuter]

Countdown said:

boyse7en said:

supercommuter said:

You sound similar to me. I can put deodrant and aftershave on, I just smell of nothing after a few hours.

Same here. I always assumed it was just how aftershave worked on everyone - spray on, smell of Brut for an hour then nothing.

Do some people still smell of Drakkar Noir after a long time? I thought they were "topping up" during the day.

AIUI the cheap stuff wears off pretty quickly, the expensive stuff lingers.

I wear Tom Ford Noir it is not that cheap, but still wears off. Sticks to my clothes tho

[Nimby]

Flibble said:

Timmy45 said:

If I was squished down so that all of the empty space between my electrons and protons was removed, how small would I be?

This is very rough as sub atomic particles (and indeed atoms themselves) don't really have proper boundaries, so they don't have a definite size.

Using carbon is a basis atom: the nucleus is roughly 5 fm across (based on charge radius), a carbon atom is roughly 75 pm across (using covalent radius), which is 75,000 fm.

So you'd be 15,000 times smaller or about 0.12 mm tall.

Wouldn't you be about the same density as neutronium since protons and neutrons have similar mass and electrons are negligible.
So "4×10exp17 kg/m3, roughly 13 magnitudes denser than the densest known ordinary substances"

[Flibble]

You'd be 15000³ times more dense than usual which comes out as around 3.324375e+15 kg/m³ so pretty close yes.

[schmunk]

supercommuter said:

Countdown said:

boyse7en said:

supercommuter said:

You sound similar to me. I can put deodrant and aftershave on, I just smell of nothing after a few hours.

Same here. I always assumed it was just how aftershave worked on everyone - spray on, smell of Brut for an hour then nothing.

Do some people still smell of Drakkar Noir after a long time? I thought they were "topping up" during the day.

AIUI the cheap stuff wears off pretty quickly, the expensive stuff lingers.

I wear Tom Ford Noir it is not that cheap, but still wears off. Sticks to my clothes tho

It depends on the viscosity, i.e. aromatic oil content, of the fragrance:

• Basic aftershave ("Eau de Cologne") is mostly water and alocohol, only 2-5% aromatics - it evaporates quickly leaving not much fragrance left
• Eau de Toilette is less watery, so lingers more - 5-15% aromatics
• Eau de Parfum is more concentrated, so you use less and it sticks around longer - 10-20% aromatics
• Parfum is the stuff that ladies dab gently behind the ears from the bottle stopper - 20-40% aromatics, very expensive but very fragrant and long-lasting

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/skin/difference...

[Dr Jekyll]

What's the connection between scrawny undernourished looking middle aged men who have a stoop, and tiny cigarettes about half the size of conventional ones?

It just occurred to me today I never see one without the other.

[Laurel Green]

That's a tad like marriage.

[V8mate]

Dr Jekyll said:

What's the connection between scrawny undernourished looking middle aged men who have a stoop, and tiny cigarettes about half the size of conventional ones?

It just occurred to me today I never see one without the other.

Manual workers born before 1960?

[FiF]

V8mate said:

Dr Jekyll said:

What's the connection between scrawny undernourished looking middle aged men who have a stoop, and tiny cigarettes about half the size of conventional ones?

It just occurred to me today I never see one without the other.

Manual workers born before 1960?

Ex guests of HMP?

[SCEtoAUX]

Flibble said:

Timmy45 said:

If I was squished down so that all of the empty space between my electrons and protons was removed, how small would I be?

This is very rough as sub atomic particles (and indeed atoms themselves) don't really have proper boundaries, so they don't have a definite size.

Using carbon is a basis atom: the nucleus is roughly 5 fm across (based on charge radius), a carbon atom is roughly 75 pm across (using covalent radius), which is 75,000 fm.

So you'd be 15,000 times smaller or about 0.12 mm tall.

Well physics.org suggest that the entire population of the planet would fit in a sugar cube if the empty space in atoms was removed. The population of Earth is about 7.5bn. I reckon you'd be a LOT smaller than .12mm tall.

[Flibble]

SCEtoAUX said:

Flibble said:

Timmy45 said:

If I was squished down so that all of the empty space between my electrons and protons was removed, how small would I be?

This is very rough as sub atomic particles (and indeed atoms themselves) don't really have proper boundaries, so they don't have a definite size.

Using carbon is a basis atom: the nucleus is roughly 5 fm across (based on charge radius), a carbon atom is roughly 75 pm across (using covalent radius), which is 75,000 fm.

So you'd be 15,000 times smaller or about 0.12 mm tall.

Well physics.org suggest that the entire population of the planet would fit in a sugar cube if the empty space in atoms was removed. The population of Earth is about 7.5bn. I reckon you'd be a LOT smaller than .12mm tall.

Using my reckoning, all the humans would be 165cc so if they're actually 1cc then I'm out by a factor of 5. So 0.024 mm.

[br d]

Jonboy_t said:

If I’m doing 50mph going one way and someone else is doing 50mph the other, would our arms snap off if we high-5’d out the window?

Many years ago somebody I know leaned out of a car window and slapped the arse of a girl riding a bike, he broke his arm in two places. I don't know how the girls arse faired.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

br d said:

Many years ago somebody I know leaned out of a car window and slapped the arse of a girl riding a bike, he broke his arm in two places. I don't know how the girls arse faired.

Some might say that was karma.

I hope the girl was ok.

[p1stonhead]

Saw this vehicle today on a day out.

What’s the purpose of the differential being set to one side?

[V8mate]

p1stonhead said:

Saw this vehicle today on a day out.

What’s the purpose of the differential being set to one side?

Just a design thing. Could be to avoid the engine sump or to help with transfer box design, or... something else.

[SpeckledJim]

br d said:

Jonboy_t said:

If I’m doing 50mph going one way and someone else is doing 50mph the other, would our arms snap off if we high-5’d out the window?

Many years ago somebody I know leaned out of a car window and slapped the arse of a girl riding a bike, he broke his arm in two places. I don't know how the girls arse faired.

If the girls arse was faired that probably explains the broken arm.

[FiF]

Flibble said:

You'd be 15000³ times more dense than usual which comes out as around 3.324375e+15 kg/m³ so pretty close yes.

Would it be very wrong to observe that there are some posters who demonstrate that level of density?

[gothatway]

FiF said:

Flibble said:

You'd be 15000³ times more dense than usual which comes out as around 3.324375e+15 kg/m³ so pretty close yes.

Would it be very wrong to observe that there are some posters who demonstrate that level of density?

There are also many who seem to exhibit an absolute vacuum between the ears.

[captain_cynic]

Dr Jekyll said:

What's the connection between scrawny undernourished looking middle aged men who have a stoop, and tiny cigarettes about half the size of conventional ones?

It just occurred to me today I never see one without the other.

Do they also have sunken eyes and visible veins?

Usually that's a symptom of prolonged alcoholism. They want booze, fags and food but only have enough money for two so food is usually forgone (hence the malnourished look).

Chances are the cigarettes are either self rolled or black market (illegal import or production).

[GIYess]

V8mate said:

p1stonhead said:

Saw this vehicle today on a day out.

What’s the purpose of the differential being set to one side?

Just a design thing. Could be to avoid the engine sump or to help with transfer box design, or... something else.

I presume it is because the rear drive shaft will come out of the centre of the transfer box therefore the front shaft needs to be offset to fit on.

[MissChief]

GIYess said:

V8mate said:

p1stonhead said:

Saw this vehicle today on a day out.

What’s the purpose of the differential being set to one side?

Just a design thing. Could be to avoid the engine sump or to help with transfer box design, or... something else.

I presume it is because the rear drive shaft will come out of the centre of the transfer box therefore the front shaft needs to be offset to fit on.

This. Most engines are longitudinally mounted with the main gearbox and drive shaft behind the engine which then goes to a transfer box with two drive shafts, one to the rear and one off to the side with another transfer box and then forward to the from drive shaft and differential. You couldn't have a drive shaft out of the from and back of the engine otherwise you'd need two gearboxes. It's the most common 4WD layout.

https://goo.gl/images/q3L7Vg

Edited by MissChief on Monday 16th July 23:32

Edited by MissChief on Monday 16th July 23:35