Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]

[mko9]

National socialism was a response to the Soviet communist worldwide socialist revolution concept. Socialism with a local, national flavor. There were national socialist movements in a lot of places, but Germany gets all the press.

[StevieBee]

Jordie Barretts sock said:

Was National Socialism (Fascists) ever as popular anywhere in the world before Hitler and Mussolini came to power in the 1930s?

Not really.

There is some debate and argument as to the existence of Afro-Fascism in some African states but in terms of the type you refer to, that followed WW1 and the carving up of Europe into smaller entities by allied states that perpetrated the emergence of the fascist ideology.

[Brother D]

Turtle Shed said:

audi321 said:

Alickadoo said:

Do train drivers wave to each other as they pass going in opposite directions?

Or is it only:-
1. If they know the other driver.
2. He/she/it is from their depot.
3. They are driving the same sort of train (a 737C for example)
4. It's a nice day and they are in a good mood..

Lol I’d love to know this too

What about pilots?

If you are able to see and wave at someone coming in the opposite direction then the CAA/FAA will be having a word.

[Gladers01]

Brother D said:

Turtle Shed said:

audi321 said:

Alickadoo said:

Do train drivers wave to each other as they pass going in opposite directions?

Or is it only:-
1. If they know the other driver.
2. He/she/it is from their depot.
3. They are driving the same sort of train (a 737C for example)
4. It's a nice day and they are in a good mood..

Lol I’d love to know this too

What about pilots?

If you are able to see and wave at someone coming in the opposite direction then the CAA/FAA will be having a word.

Does the same apply to Astronauts?

Does anyone know why actors are often seen to be sporting a beard when being interviewed in between acting roles and not in work at the time?

[StevieBee]

Gladers01 said:

Does anyone know why actors are often seen to be sporting a beard when being interviewed in between acting roles and not in work at the time?

How do you know they are in between roles?

It could be that they have a role coming up that requires a beard. They just might fancy it. Can also be useful for disguising a famous face in public.... though generally speaking, when you see a bloke with a beard, shades and baseball cap, it's normally someone famous.

[popeyewhite]

StevieBee said:

How do you know they are in between roles?

It could be that they have a role coming up that requires a beard. They just might fancy it. Can also be useful for disguising a famous face in public.... though generally speaking, when you see a bloke with a beard, shades and baseball cap, it's normally someone famous.

Or US Special Forces, aka the Netflix look.

[SpeckledJim]

StevieBee said:

Gladers01 said:

Does anyone know why actors are often seen to be sporting a beard when being interviewed in between acting roles and not in work at the time?

How do you know they are in between roles?

It could be that they have a role coming up that requires a beard. They just might fancy it. Can also be useful for disguising a famous face in public.... though generally speaking, when you see a bloke with a beard, shades and baseball cap, it's normally someone famous.

It's always Ben Affleck. Except when it isn't, when it's someone trying to be mistaken for Ben Affleck.

[Punctilio]

I doubt Ben Afflick is ever between roles or resting.

I did see Sandra Bullock sporting a nifty van dyke recently so you might have a point.

[Gladers01]

SpeckledJim said:

StevieBee said:

Gladers01 said:

Does anyone know why actors are often seen to be sporting a beard when being interviewed in between acting roles and not in work at the time?

How do you know they are in between roles?

It could be that they have a role coming up that requires a beard. They just might fancy it. Can also be useful for disguising a famous face in public.... though generally speaking, when you see a bloke with a beard, shades and baseball cap, it's normally someone famous.

It's always Ben Affleck. Except when it isn't, when it's someone trying to be mistaken for Ben Affleck.

I remember meeting a well known actor on a diving holiday in Egypt and his missus said it's more to do with being prepared for an acting role at short notice that requires a beard, and if the role didn't require a beard they could simply shave it off, plus the bonus of being a disguise

[Roofless Toothless]

The BBC newsreader just said that demonstrators in Paris have clashed with riot police.

Do the French actually maintain a unit designated the ‘riot police’ or are they just ordinary police with special gear?

Is there any equivalent to a ‘riot police’ in the UK?

[Doofus]

Roofless Toothless said:

The BBC newsreader just said that demonstrators in Paris have clashed with riot police.

Do the French actually maintain a unit designated the ‘riot police’ or are they just ordinary police with special gear?

Is there any equivalent to a ‘riot police’ in the UK?

There used to be the SPG in London, since replaced by the TSG.

[Alickadoo]

Doofus said:

There used to be the SPG in London, since replaced by the TSG.

A. Are they sitting in vans all day long eating doughnuts?
or
B. They have other duties which they are doing routinely when things are quiet.

If B, who does those routine duties when things are not quiet?

What about the doughnuts?

[Zumbruk]

Roofless Toothless said:

The BBC newsreader just said that demonstrators in Paris have clashed with riot police.

Do the French actually maintain a unit designated the ‘riot police’ or are they just ordinary police with special gear?

The CRS;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnies_R%C3%A9pu...

[vulture1]

Heinz changed their soups years ago to make them healthier. But now they just don't taste the same. Especially the chicken soup.
What did they remove and can you add it back in with home ingredients?

[HTP99]

vulture1 said:

Heinz changed their soups years ago to make them healthier. But now they just don't taste the same. Especially the chicken soup.
What did they remove and can you add it back in with home ingredients?

At a guess, most likely sugar and salt.

[Zumbruk]

HTP99 said:

vulture1 said:

Heinz changed their soups years ago to make them healthier. But now they just don't taste the same. Especially the chicken soup.
What did they remove and can you add it back in with home ingredients?

At a guess, most likely sugar and salt.

And fat.

As Anthony Bourdain said, the main reasons restaurant food tastes better than home cooking are shallots, booze and butter. Lots and lots of butter.

Edited by Zumbruk on Saturday 18th March 13:06

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Zumbruk said:

HTP99 said:

vulture1 said:

Heinz changed their soups years ago to make them healthier. But now they just don't taste the same. Especially the chicken soup.
What did they remove and can you add it back in with home ingredients?

At a guess, most likely sugar and salt.

And fat.

And possibly chicken

[Zumbruk]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Zumbruk said:

HTP99 said:

vulture1 said:

Heinz changed their soups years ago to make them healthier. But now they just don't taste the same. Especially the chicken soup.
What did they remove and can you add it back in with home ingredients?

At a guess, most likely sugar and salt.

And fat.

And possibly chicken

Chicken fat.

[Punctilio]

Roofless Toothless said:

The BBC newsreader just said
that demonstrators in Paris have clashed with riot police.

I wonder at what point demonstrators become rioters,

[Grey_Area]

Punctilio said:

Roofless Toothless said:

The BBC newsreader just said
that demonstrators in Paris have clashed with riot police.

I wonder at what point demonstrators become rioters,

Six of one, half a dozen of the other.