Things that have bothered you for a long time.

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youngoldbloke

The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Shoe laces made with slippery stuff- they come undone
 

stoatsngroats

Legendary Member
Location
South East
Mine isn’t based on activity, or lack, more a universal science thing... is it just coincidence that the moon size/distance when compared with the suns size/distance, permits solar eclipse?
Because my understanding of mass and orbit seems to imply a further factor to be included.
I’ve never been able to locate a suitable explanation.
If the moons mass were greater, but it were smaller.... ( more dense) then it would be farther away from Earth, still in orbit. The solar eclipse might be much less... interesting.
The reverse is true of course too... we might have a close lunar orbit were the moon to be less dense, which again, would remove the solar eclipse awe.
So, is it coincidence that the current status exists.
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
I could compile a list, that would show a disproportionately high level of a's b's and c's in the commonly grown vegetable world.

It might however have to wait.. But not forever.

I did once compiled two contrasting lists in order to establish the proper* pronunciation of scone.. So I do have form :whistle:

And of course, we here are all agreed that it *should rhyme with.

bone
cone
clone
drone
hone
lone
stone
tone
xylophone.
and
zone.

But some will insist upon making it sound like gone :wacko:
I have always heard it since childhood pronounced like as you suggest 'gone'. That is how my grandparents from very different areas pronounced it and obviously so did my parents.
My wife got into a terrible fancle once describing to a party of French gastronomic journalists the proper way to make them. Neither the journalists nor their interpreter knew what cream of tartar was and her French wasn't up to it either. All sides were reasonably well lubricated with the best malt whisky by that time. Happy days.
 

EltonFrog

Legendary Member
I could compile a list, that would show a disproportionately high level of a's b's and c's in the commonly grown vegetable world.

It might however have to wait.. But not forever.

I did once compiled two contrasting lists in order to establish the proper* pronunciation of scone.. So I do have form :whistle:

And of course, we here are all agreed that it *should rhyme with.

bone
cone
clone
drone
hone
lone
stone
tone
xylophone.
and
zone.

But some will insist upon making it sound like gone :wacko:
It’s a very fast cake, S’gone.
 

mudsticks

Obviously an Aubergine
Why does my manager look like Kenneth from Benidorm? It's not her fault I suppose.

I'm pretty sure people can't really help what they look like.

Beyond a certain amount of grooming, maintenance, and adjustments to weight carried.

The rest of it is in the genes.
 

Poacher

Gravitationally challenged member
Location
Nottingham
gourd, lettuce, parsnip, radish, spinach, tomatoes, yams ...
Yebbut tomatoes are fruit, rather than vegetables, innit!
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
I'm going to have a bloody good rant now!:angry: I'd say that every time i go to the checkout till at the local Tesco i don't get a receipt. I can tell by the person's face that they're going to say "sorry,but it's not printing receipts". I then point out to them that if i have to bring something back i don't have proof of purchase. It happened again tonight so i asked for the manager. He came and like others blurted out that it's not working correctly. Yes i know that i replied,but what about my receipt. He was clueless. The cost of my purchase was 11 pound something. When i got home my total items added up to £10.33. Yes,i know 'it's only a quid',but how many others are being ripped off in this way? A damned lot i'd say!:angry:
 

DaveReading

Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
Location
Reading, obvs
I'm going to have a bloody good rant now!:angry: I'd say that every time i go to the checkout till at the local Tesco i don't get a receipt. I can tell by the person's face that they're going to say "sorry,but it's not printing receipts". I then point out to them that if i have to bring something back i don't have proof of purchase. It happened again tonight so i asked for the manager. He came and like others blurted out that it's not working correctly. Yes i know that i replied,but what about my receipt. He was clueless. The cost of my purchase was 11 pound something. When i got home my total items added up to £10.33. Yes,i know 'it's only a quid',but how many others are being ripped off in this way? A damned lot i'd say!:angry:

How did you add up the cost of your purchases at home, without a receipt ?
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
How did you add up the cost of your purchases at home, without a receipt ?
I more or less buy the same things every time,so i know how much they are. I also bought some 'yellow sticker' items,so they had the price on. The only not too sure price wise item was a banana which i guessed at 20p. I'm thinking the 'rip off' was the Dairy Milk Pots Of Joy,which were on the shelf at half price,but as quite often before when i question it,'the till won't have been programmed to recognise them as being half price'i'm told,so it marks them up as full price. This firm must make millions a year ripping unsuspecting customers off!
 
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Yellow Fang

Yellow Fang

Legendary Member
Location
Reading
Mine isn’t based on activity, or lack, more a universal science thing... is it just coincidence that the moon size/distance when compared with the suns size/distance, permits solar eclipse?
Because my understanding of mass and orbit seems to imply a further factor to be included.
I’ve never been able to locate a suitable explanation.
If the moons mass were greater, but it were smaller.... ( more dense) then it would be farther away from Earth, still in orbit. The solar eclipse might be much less... interesting.
The reverse is true of course too... we might have a close lunar orbit were the moon to be less dense, which again, would remove the solar eclipse awe.
So, is it coincidence that the current status exists.

Yes, it's a dead give-away, that.

Actually, the sun has been getting larger and brighter since it fired up, and the moon has been gradually getting further away. So this is the only time in Earth history that the sun and the moon look about the same size.
 
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