Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
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Antony Moxey said:
How about simply 'his girlfriend' instead of trying to sound clever?
Because in those days we called then boonlickers. And onions we called them Kaiserbelts. It was the fashion in those days to put a quarter in your hair and whistle the Marseilles. In elevenseventy boo..Clockwork Cupcake said:
Antony Moxey said:
How about simply 'his girlfriend' instead of trying to sound clever?
Because it wouldn't be a Frank7 anecdote then. 
As Mr. Dakin, my english teacher was wont to say, “Rather than use one or two simple words as a descriptive form, use one unusual (but correct), word, which you will understand completely, but which will drive your reader or listener to despair.”
Frank7 said:
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Antony Moxey said:
How about simply 'his girlfriend' instead of trying to sound clever?
Because it wouldn't be a Frank7 anecdote then. As Mr. Dakin, my english teacher was wont to say, “Rather than use one or two simple words as a descriptive form, use one unusual (but correct), word, which you will understand completely, but which will drive your reader or listener to despair.”
Antony Moxey said:
So your English teacher taught you to be a smart arse then?
He helped, but I got it mostly from my dad, the most irreverent man that ever lived, he didn’t invent smart arsery, but he refined it to an art form.
He got a double first in irony and sardonicism from the University of Life.
Lily the Pink said:
Something I've always wanted to know (well ever since I contrived my answer to the bicycle chain question) :
Do horse-riders and cyclists in countries where they drive on the right mount their steeds on the left (and hence potentially from the roadside rather than the kerbside) ?
You always mount a horse from the left, nothing to do with what side of the road you drive on.Do horse-riders and cyclists in countries where they drive on the right mount their steeds on the left (and hence potentially from the roadside rather than the kerbside) ?
Goes back to when people wore swords - you wore your sword on the left (since the majority of people are right handed it's easier to draw the sword) - so if you mount the horse from the left you don't have to lift the sword over the horse, just your right leg.
48k said:
You always mount a horse from the left, nothing to do with what side of the road you drive on.
Goes back to when people wore swords - you wore your sword on the left (since the majority of people are right handed it's easier to draw the sword) - so if you mount the horse from the left you don't have to lift the sword over the horse, just your right leg.
In these modern times, when wearing a sword is quite rare, how do you mount a horse if your pork sword generally hangs to your right?Goes back to when people wore swords - you wore your sword on the left (since the majority of people are right handed it's easier to draw the sword) - so if you mount the horse from the left you don't have to lift the sword over the horse, just your right leg.
Do you then mount the horse in an uncovential manner from the left?
vonuber said:
When did the phrase 'University of Life' start to be used?
According to the article on Wikipedia, which cites its source as the OED, "The term originated in the United States; its earliest documented use was in 1870 in the book The Men Who Advertise"(Note: That's for "The School of Hard Knocks" which appears to be synonymous. Further research may be required to fully answer your question but I can't be arsed to do that research any more than you can)
t kicked out of youIf I want to carry a weight along a road in a van, is it better for the load on the engine to have the weight inboard, in a trailer or no difference?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Jonboy_t said:
If I want to carry a weight along a road in a van, is it better for the load on the engine to have the weight inboard, in a trailer or no difference?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
The engine still has to overcome the same mass and intertia so I would say it doesn't make a jot of difference to the engine. Mass is mass. Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Jonboy_t said:
If I want to carry a weight along a road in a van, is it better for the load on the engine to have the weight inboard, in a trailer or no difference?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
No difference - no matter where the load is the engine still has to accelerate it. TBH I'd suspect the 'overloaded engine' to be BS - it'd either stall or the clutch would slipShort back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Jonboy_t said:
If I want to carry a weight along a road in a van, is it better for the load on the engine to have the weight inboard, in a trailer or no difference?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Would you take the trailer anyway? If not, then leave the trailer as a) that is just extra mass that you don't need as well and b) will only encourage her to fill it.Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
MartG said:
Jonboy_t said:
If I want to carry a weight along a road in a van, is it better for the load on the engine to have the weight inboard, in a trailer or no difference?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
No difference - no matter where the load is the engine still has to accelerate it. TBH I'd suspect the 'overloaded engine' to be BS - it'd either stall or the clutch would slipShort back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Thought it might be the same, but worth asking the clever bods, so thanks for the replies
Not something that I’ve always wanted to know, but on hearing that Scotland are insisting that anyone arriving from Spain self-isolates for 14 days, I assume that if a Glasgow couple have a week in Valencia, on arrival back in Scotland they should follow the isolation rules.
I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
Frank7 said:
Not something that I’ve always wanted to know, but on hearing that Scotland are insisting that anyone arriving from Spain self-isolates for 14 days, I assume that if a Glasgow couple have a week in Valencia, on arrival back in Scotland they should follow the isolation rules.
I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
Even if they fly into glasgow, there's nothing forcing them to self-isolate, unless the authorities are made aware that they're transgressing.I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
SpeckledJim said:
Frank7 said:
Not something that I’ve always wanted to know, but on hearing that Scotland are insisting that anyone arriving from Spain self-isolates for 14 days, I assume that if a Glasgow couple have a week in Valencia, on arrival back in Scotland they should follow the isolation rules.
I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
Even if they fly into glasgow, there's nothing forcing them to self-isolate, unless the authorities are made aware that they're transgressing.I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
Frank7 said:
SpeckledJim said:
Frank7 said:
Not something that I’ve always wanted to know, but on hearing that Scotland are insisting that anyone arriving from Spain self-isolates for 14 days, I assume that if a Glasgow couple have a week in Valencia, on arrival back in Scotland they should follow the isolation rules.
I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
Even if they fly into glasgow, there's nothing forcing them to self-isolate, unless the authorities are made aware that they're transgressing.I can’t imagine anyone being that desperate to do this, but what would happen if the couple flew back into say, Manchester, then took a train to Glasgow?
Who (in authority), is going to know that they’ve been in Spain, unless a vindictive neighbour drops a dime to wee Nicky Sturgeon?
Similarly, if a family from Madrid drive to U.K. for a touring holiday in a Winnebago type vehicle, will they be restricted to England and Wales, but have to stay south of Scotland’s border, unless they’re willing to voluntarily isolate?
Jonboy_t said:
If I want to carry a weight along a road in a van, is it better for the load on the engine to have the weight inboard, in a trailer or no difference?
Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
Sounds like you're gonna need a bigger van.Short back story - I’ve got a 50 year old camper and have just rebuilt the engine. Engine blew because we had too much weight on board (the wife’s fault entirely, told her she takes too much crap!). Now rebuild is done we’re looking at how best to go away, still be ‘comfortable’ and not stress the rebuilt engine as much.
My feeling is the best fix is to take less, but she doesn’t like that option so wondering if having the weight outboard rather than pressing on the wheels would improve the engine load levels?
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