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

[Speed 3]

Why can you no longer buy caramel sauce without fking salt in it ?

It's sweet not savoury

[98elise]

StevieBee said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

why is accommodation called 'quarters'?

Isn't that a navy thing?....where senior officer's accommodation was a floor at the raised part of the ship at the back divided into quarters; the quartermaster being the person who looked after the rooms and fixed things.

The deck is called the Quarterdeck. Still called the same today even though it just means the back bit of the Warship.

[ElectricSoup]

Speed 3 said:

Why can you no longer buy caramel sauce without fking salt in it ?

It's sweet not savoury

Hipsters.

[48k]

Speed 3 said:

Why can you no longer buy caramel sauce without fking salt in it ?

It's sweet not savoury

The salt doesn't turn it in to a savoury sauce it's to enhance the sweetness.

[Hugo a Gogo]

98elise said:

StevieBee said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

why is accommodation called 'quarters'?

Isn't that a navy thing?....where senior officer's accommodation was a floor at the raised part of the ship at the back divided into quarters; the quartermaster being the person who looked after the rooms and fixed things.

The deck is called the Quarterdeck. Still called the same today even though it just means the back bit of the Warship.

Except the quartermaster is responsible for stores, not looking after the officers' rooms no?
Vaguely, it referred to an area of town, not just one fourth, then became generally accomodation. Perhaps even quartermaster came from French before 'quarters' as in military accomodation

[Dr Jekyll]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Except the quartermaster is responsible for stores, not looking after the officers' rooms no?
Vaguely, it referred to an area of town, not just one fourth, then became generally accomodation. Perhaps even quartermaster came from French before 'quarters' as in military accomodation

I think quarter was at one time a verb meaning 'to keep separate' then stated to mean 'to accommodate soldiers'.

So the quartermaster does the quartering in the sense of keeping the soldiers supplied, and the quarters themselves keep the rain off. In much the same way hostels hotels and hospitals provide hospitality.

How this relates to quarter deck I don't know.

[The Mad Monk]

Is it possible to buy a TV and radio which has the facility to insert soothing music into the sound track whenever Donald Trump or Greta Thunberg are about to speak, or be spoken about?

It wouldn't be that expensive, would it?

[Ayahuasca]

Dr Jekyll said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Except the quartermaster is responsible for stores, not looking after the officers' rooms no?
Vaguely, it referred to an area of town, not just one fourth, then became generally accomodation. Perhaps even quartermaster came from French before 'quarters' as in military accomodation

I think quarter was at one time a verb meaning 'to keep separate' then stated to mean 'to accommodate soldiers'.

So the quartermaster does the quartering in the sense of keeping the soldiers supplied, and the quarters themselves keep the rain off. In much the same way hostels hotels and hospitals provide hospitality.

How this relates to quarter deck I don't know.

A room in Spanish is un cuarto, the same word as quarter. Make of that what you will.

[SpeckledJim]

Ayahuasca said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

Except the quartermaster is responsible for stores, not looking after the officers' rooms no?
Vaguely, it referred to an area of town, not just one fourth, then became generally accomodation. Perhaps even quartermaster came from French before 'quarters' as in military accomodation

I think quarter was at one time a verb meaning 'to keep separate' then stated to mean 'to accommodate soldiers'.

So the quartermaster does the quartering in the sense of keeping the soldiers supplied, and the quarters themselves keep the rain off. In much the same way hostels hotels and hospitals provide hospitality.

How this relates to quarter deck I don't know.

A room in Spanish is un cuarto, the same word as quarter. Make of that what you will.

I could make halves or even wholes.

[Speed 3]

48k said:

Speed 3 said:

Why can you no longer buy caramel sauce without fking salt in it ?

It's sweet not savoury

The salt doesn't turn it in to a savoury sauce it's to enhance the sweetness.

But it doesn't, it makes it taste salty, which it shouldn't.

[ARFBY]

Sorry if this has been asked before. I was watching an action movie recently, where the good guy (ex military) was being chased, and happened upon a helicopter. He jumped in, started and took off within just a few moments.

I was wondering: Without doing any safety checks, how fast could one get in, start up and be about ten feel off the ground, and safely away from a non gun wielding bad guy? I'm guessing ten feet would be too high be jumped at.

[Speed 3]

ARFBY said:

Sorry if this has been asked before. I was watching an action movie recently, where the good guy (ex military) was being chased, and happened upon a helicopter. He jumped in, started and took off within just a few moments.

I was wondering: Without doing any safety checks, how fast could one get in, start up and be about ten feel off the ground, and safely away from a non gun wielding bad guy? I'm guessing ten feet would be too high be jumped at.

Depends how many pre-flight checks you want to do......

[SpeckledJim]

Speed 3 said:

ARFBY said:

Sorry if this has been asked before. I was watching an action movie recently, where the good guy (ex military) was being chased, and happened upon a helicopter. He jumped in, started and took off within just a few moments.

I was wondering: Without doing any safety checks, how fast could one get in, start up and be about ten feel off the ground, and safely away from a non gun wielding bad guy? I'm guessing ten feet would be too high be jumped at.

Depends how many pre-flight checks you want to do......

AIUI a jet engine has a very careful and delicate start-up process, which if you get it wrong, just bricks the engine. A matter of minutes rather than seconds.

A little chopper with an ICE could be pretty fast to start, but will still take a little while to spin up to speed.

[borcy]

SpeckledJim said:

Speed 3 said:

ARFBY said:

Sorry if this has been asked before. I was watching an action movie recently, where the good guy (ex military) was being chased, and happened upon a helicopter. He jumped in, started and took off within just a few moments.

I was wondering: Without doing any safety checks, how fast could one get in, start up and be about ten feel off the ground, and safely away from a non gun wielding bad guy? I'm guessing ten feet would be too high be jumped at.

Depends how many pre-flight checks you want to do......

AIUI a jet engine has a very careful and delicate start-up process, which if you get it wrong, just bricks the engine. A matter of minutes rather than seconds.

A little chopper with an ICE could be pretty fast to start, but will still take a little while to spin up to speed.

For older ones yes, newer ones if you mess it up, computer says no.

[SpeckledJim]

borcy said:

SpeckledJim said:

Speed 3 said:

ARFBY said:

Sorry if this has been asked before. I was watching an action movie recently, where the good guy (ex military) was being chased, and happened upon a helicopter. He jumped in, started and took off within just a few moments.

I was wondering: Without doing any safety checks, how fast could one get in, start up and be about ten feel off the ground, and safely away from a non gun wielding bad guy? I'm guessing ten feet would be too high be jumped at.

Depends how many pre-flight checks you want to do......

AIUI a jet engine has a very careful and delicate start-up process, which if you get it wrong, just bricks the engine. A matter of minutes rather than seconds.

A little chopper with an ICE could be pretty fast to start, but will still take a little while to spin up to speed.

For older ones yes, newer ones if you mess it up, computer says no.

Thanks!

[classicaholic]

Speed 3 said:

ARFBY said:

Sorry if this has been asked before. I was watching an action movie recently, where the good guy (ex military) was being chased, and happened upon a helicopter. He jumped in, started and took off within just a few moments.

I was wondering: Without doing any safety checks, how fast could one get in, start up and be about ten feel off the ground, and safely away from a non gun wielding bad guy? I'm guessing ten feet would be too high be jumped at.

Depends how many pre-flight checks you want to do......

If you were to risk flying with a cold engine and gearbox and absolutely no safety checks and just suppose you had the keys and knew the starting procedure, I suppose an R44 (ice) could be lifting in about a minute but it would probably screw the engine up if not warm, it takes me about 2 mins to start a turbine but I am cautious as if you get it wrong its a very big bill!


You would need to be a long way ahead in the chase!

[glazbagun]

The Mad Monk said:

Is it possible to buy a TV and radio which has the facility to insert soothing music into the sound track whenever Donald Trump or Greta Thunberg are about to speak, or be spoken about?

It wouldn't be that expensive, would it?

I doubt it, but you could develop a browser extension that doesn't let you read a page which mentions them. It would be like a more complicated version of KittenBlock, which shows you kittens if you stumble upon a Daily Mail article.

You could probably do it yourself using Greasemonkey for Firefox if that's still a thing.

[Rostfritt]

glazbagun said:

The Mad Monk said:

Is it possible to buy a TV and radio which has the facility to insert soothing music into the sound track whenever Donald Trump or Greta Thunberg are about to speak, or be spoken about?

It wouldn't be that expensive, would it?

I doubt it, but you could develop a browser extension that doesn't let you read a page which mentions them. It would be like a more complicated version of KittenBlock, which shows you kittens if you stumble upon a Daily Mail article.

You could probably do it yourself using Greasemonkey for Firefox if that's still a thing.

I don't care about listening to Greta talk, she might sound annoying and angry, but she has some idea of what she is saying. Trump on the other hand makes my skin crawl. I just can't listen to him, his mannerisms just make me feel ill. I find not watching anything news or current affairs is the best way.

[48k]

Speed 3 said:

48k said:

Speed 3 said:

Why can you no longer buy caramel sauce without fking salt in it ?

It's sweet not savoury

The salt doesn't turn it in to a savoury sauce it's to enhance the sweetness.

But it doesn't, it makes it taste salty, which it shouldn't.

I'm not sure how to continue this discussion without it turning in to a "yes it does", "no it doesn't" playground spat.

The fact that salt can be used to enhance sweetness in a sauce is a chemical fact.

If your opinion is that all salt in sweet sauces makes them taste salty then it that's your opinion.

It's also perfectly possible to buy caramel sauce without salt in it, so I'm not sure I agree with your opening statement either.

You just sound a bit angry TBH.

[Speed 3]

48k said:

Speed 3 said:

48k said:

Speed 3 said:

Why can you no longer buy caramel sauce without fking salt in it ?

It's sweet not savoury

The salt doesn't turn it in to a savoury sauce it's to enhance the sweetness.

But it doesn't, it makes it taste salty, which it shouldn't.

I'm not sure how to continue this discussion without it turning in to a "yes it does", "no it doesn't" playground spat.

The fact that salt can be used to enhance sweetness in a sauce is a chemical fact.

If your opinion is that all salt in sweet sauces makes them taste salty then it that's your opinion.

It's also perfectly possible to buy caramel sauce without salt in it, so I'm not sure I agree with your opening statement either.

You just sound a bit angry TBH.

1st world problem I'll admit, just frustrating that they've discontinued all my favourite non-salted ones in the supermarkets. Just done a google, Amazon and eBay search for caramel sauce -salted and there was nothing apart from coffee syrups and kids ice cream toppers. If you can find a thick one for baked cheesecake accompaniment I'd very much appreciate it

Salt seasoning has always been a weird one for me and I do loads of cooking of every different style. The only things salt gets used on is potatoes and poached eggs. I know there is a science that says it should taste sweeter but for me it absolutely doesn't. I also can't identify any taste in bay leaves or saffron, there is a section of the population that is wired differently. Obsession with "seasoning" (eg Masterchef) mystifies me. My first Michelin star experience was at one of Marco Pierre White's places and I couldn't eat the risotto because it had so much salt in it it made me grimace.

I'll have to make my own I guess.