Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Petrichorwheels]

My bit of ignorance, not being much of a coffee drinker, was believing for some years that Espresso was called Expresso.

that's not entirely your fault - probably because of all those brit coffee bars in times of old selling some milky weak muck they did call eXpresso - and it didn't even look like an espresso as I recall - was actually more like a piss-poor cappuccino - decent coffee came relatively recently to these shores.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Yes rim brakes aren't the best in the wet but for a summer bike I'm not seeing discs as a step forward. They are good on the gravel bike as I can run really wide tyres and mudguards, but I think it's more marketing than actual need for discs on all bikes.

it's views like this that push some to call for strengthened heresy laws - and policing.

 

[winjim]

get up early

I love these little life hacks that involve fundamentally rearranging your lifestyle. The quick wash is designed for occasional use for the odd thing when you're really in a hurry, not for everyday laundry loads. It's supposed to fit around your busy lifestyle and make it easier.

 

[CharlesF]

Sorry, the bit about never having heard of a Luton Van.

I get that, it’s the next two paragraphs that baffle me, what they mean and how they relate to a Lutin Van!

 

[MontyVeda]

good discovery but i don't entirely trust quick progs - get up early, do a full load of whatever, let it take its time. some of those fast progs have mimimal loads and are therefore very inefficient on energy and water when all is factored in. (and quite possibly in washing time as well) Not everything in life has to be fast/you don't have to demand performance from everything.

unless really dirty... nothing needs laundering for more than half an hour. The 'long' wash is mostly just a massive waste of energy.

 

[Mo1959]

It was only recently I discovered Peacocks could fly! I always thought they were like hens and couldn't

 

[rikki]

It was only recently I discovered Peacocks could fly! I always thought they were like hens and couldn't

Hens can fly.
Like pea fowl, they will roost in trees (out of danger) when they're not kept in sheds.

 

[Mo1959]

Hens can fly.
Like pea fowl, they will roost in trees (out of danger) when they're not kept in sheds.

Can they? I thought they could only flutter a few feet off the ground. There you go. Ignorant about that too.

 

[rikki]

Can they? I thought they could only flutter a few feet off the ground. There you go. Ignorant about that too.

Fluttering or short distance flying is enough to get up into the trees.
On the other hand, ducks (some species) can fly over the Himalayas!

 

[MontyVeda]

... I thought they could only flutter a few feet off the ground. ...

Fluttering or short distance flying is enough to get up into the trees.
...

does that mean that hens and similar low-level fluttering ground dwelling birds are a common intermediary species that certain proponents of intelligent design claim don't exist?

 

[Petrichorwheels]

unless really dirty... nothing needs laundering for more than half an hour. The 'long' wash is mostly just a massive waste of energy.

don't mean to undermine your domestic goddess ranking but are you sure of this for non cycling stuff? at 30 degrees? Only some of that 30 mins will be washing - a fair bit of it rinsing, spinning, general machine fannying. are all your clothes/bedding/towels grey?

 

[cougie uk]

it's views like this that push some to call for strengthened heresy laws - and policing.

Well if they're good enough for Luke Rowe...

 

[Beebo]

Can they? I thought they could only flutter a few feet off the ground. There you go. Ignorant about that too.

I think a peacock and a hen have similar flying abilities. Both tend to just fall with style rather than fly.
Neither will actually fly to get around, just to get into and out of a tree.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I think a peacock and a hen have similar flying abilities. Both tend to just fall with style rather than fly.
Neither will actually fly to get around, just to get into and out of a tree.

I'd be happy with that to be honest.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I thought chickens had their wings clipped so they can't fly away? We've had free range ones on the farm and they used to "fly" out of the shed in the morning when being let out, but they only went about 10 feet. I've never seen a wild chicken so nothing to compare it to really