Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

First.Aspect

I'm intrigued to know how long it will be before there are aero mountain bikes.

rick_chasey

First.Aspect said:

I'm intrigued to know how long it will be before there are aero mountain bikes.

Tangentially related, when I see these trick-based olympic skiers or snowboarders, or even the events where they race, I'm always surprised they've not gone to skin-tight kit yet.

I get the speeds are hardly mega high but surely in the Olympics you'd not leave any free speed on the table.

briantrumpet

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

I'm intrigued to know how long it will be before there are aero mountain bikes.

Tangentially related, when I see these trick-based olympic skiers or snowboarders, or even the events where they race, I'm always surprised they've not gone to skin-tight kit yet.

I get the speeds are hardly mega high but surely in the Olympics you'd not leave any free speed on the table.

Seems as likely as male surfers wearing Speedos.

focuszing723

I see it would make a difference, but I'm glad they don't go to that level. It's a fair playing field at the moment, so it would be a shame if someone pushed it that way to get an advantage.

https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/winter-olympics-live-stream-how-to-watch-beijing-2022-online-for-free-schedule-events-calendar

I'm looking forward to the Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony is on the 4th of Feb, but a couple of events start on the 2nd.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

I'm intrigued to know how long it will be before there are aero mountain bikes.

Tangentially related, when I see these trick-based olympic skiers or snowboarders, or even the events where they race, I'm always surprised they've not gone to skin-tight kit yet.

I get the speeds are hardly mega high but surely in the Olympics you'd not leave any free speed on the table.

If they are doing tricks, rather than trying to get to the bottom of the hill quickly, wouldn't they be better off with baggy clothing? Or a parachute?

rick_chasey

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

I'm intrigued to know how long it will be before there are aero mountain bikes.

Tangentially related, when I see these trick-based olympic skiers or snowboarders, or even the events where they race, I'm always surprised they've not gone to skin-tight kit yet.

I get the speeds are hardly mega high but surely in the Olympics you'd not leave any free speed on the table.

If they are doing tricks, rather than trying to get to the bottom of the hill quickly, wouldn't they be better off with baggy clothing? Or a parachute?

Surely more speed = more height to complete tricks etc

And they still wear baggies for that stupid cross-style whatever bmx style race, as well as for the moguls race.

morstar

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

First.Aspect said:

I'm intrigued to know how long it will be before there are aero mountain bikes.

Tangentially related, when I see these trick-based olympic skiers or snowboarders, or even the events where they race, I'm always surprised they've not gone to skin-tight kit yet.

I get the speeds are hardly mega high but surely in the Olympics you'd not leave any free speed on the table.

If they are doing tricks, rather than trying to get to the bottom of the hill quickly, wouldn't they be better off with baggy clothing? Or a parachute?

This!

Ski jumpers wear loose fitting suits to catch the air.

Modern freestyle presents a run in with more than enough speed and the skier/boarder will actually scrub enough off to get the right amplitude.

Speed simply isn’t a limiting factor, as the sport evolves to need more speed, the courses will get longer / steeper run ins.

Pross

Spa days. My wife recently left her long term job and was given an overnight stay at our local posh hotel which we did yesterday. As part of the package we had two 45 minute sessions at the pool and spa facilities (basically just a sauna, steam room and jacuzzi plus the pool).

By half way through the second 45 minutes we were both bored but most of the people there were on spa days which, having checked the website, are £85 to have the same two 45 minute sessions as we had plus 45 minutes in the relaxation room which I think is just a dark room with sounds and smelly oils. I really don't get paying £85 to have a few minutes in a sauna / jacuzzi and to lie on a lounger at the side of a pool wearing slippers and a bathrobe. I guess in most cases they were lazy Christmas presents. If you fancied a massage it was £80 for 30 minutes - I pay £35 for an hour of sports massage.

I like relaxing more than most but could do it just a effectively at home and save the £85.

It's up there with people who treat shopping as a hobby and a good use of your free time rather than an irritating necessity.

pblakeney

Pross said:

...As part of the package we had two 45 minute sessions at the pool and spa facilities (basically just a sauna, steam room and jacuzzi plus the pool)...

You could do similar at our local council pool for under £20 (2 x pool sessions + 2 x sauna etc sessions) pre covid. I found one session a week to be enough.
Fairly sure that our local hotel with spa doesn't charge much more.
Luxury hotel, luxury prices. 😉

Pross

pblakeney said:

Pross said:

...As part of the package we had two 45 minute sessions at the pool and spa facilities (basically just a sauna, steam room and jacuzzi plus the pool)...

You could do similar at our local council pool for under £20 (2 x pool sessions + 2 x sauna etc sessions) pre covid. I found one session a week to be enough.
Fairly sure that our local hotel with spa doesn't charge much more.
Luxury hotel, luxury prices. 😉

Yep, I wouldn't have paid for it but it was part of the overnight package. Just going for the day to do that seems weird though.

I would also be annoyed if I had the gym membership there and had to share the pool with people just standing in the water chatting with friends but then most people with a membership to the gym at places like that are there to be seen rather than to exercise.

briantrumpet

Why would someone phone in to JoB on the subject of 'woke' and not be able to articulate at all what it is? He must have known what JoB is like.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1487083783757213701

rjsterry

briantrumpet said:

Why would someone phone in to JoB on the subject of 'woke' and not be able to articulate at all what it is? He must have known what JoB is like.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1487083783757213701

I listened to that. It's excruciating. I couldn't decide whether he was just inarticulate or not being honest with himself. I'm not sure it helped anyone.

briantrumpet

rjsterry said:

briantrumpet said:

Why would someone phone in to JoB on the subject of 'woke' and not be able to articulate at all what it is? He must have known what JoB is like.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1487083783757213701

I listened to that. It's excruciating. I couldn't decide whether he was just inarticulate or not being honest with himself. I'm not sure it helped anyone.

Quite. Though it does reflect somewhat the more articulate discussion we've had on CS.

rjsterry

briantrumpet said:

rjsterry said:

briantrumpet said:

Why would someone phone in to JoB on the subject of 'woke' and not be able to articulate at all what it is? He must have known what JoB is like.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1487083783757213701

I listened to that. It's excruciating. I couldn't decide whether he was just inarticulate or not being honest with himself. I'm not sure it helped anyone.

Quite. Though it does reflect somewhat the more articulate discussion we've had on CS.

It's not difficult to make an inarticulate person look stupid and I don't think making people look stupid (regardless of whether they are actually stupid) is a good way to win converts.

briantrumpet

rjsterry said:

briantrumpet said:

rjsterry said:

briantrumpet said:

Why would someone phone in to JoB on the subject of 'woke' and not be able to articulate at all what it is? He must have known what JoB is like.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1487083783757213701

I listened to that. It's excruciating. I couldn't decide whether he was just inarticulate or not being honest with himself. I'm not sure it helped anyone.

Quite. Though it does reflect somewhat the more articulate discussion we've had on CS.

It's not difficult to make an inarticulate person look stupid and I don't think making people look stupid (regardless of whether they are actually stupid) is a good way to win converts.

That's true, but that's part of JoB's schtick. That it's so well known is what makes it intriguing why people phone in to be proved as being idiots.

That video's had over a million views now, so I guess Darren did JoB a favour.

JimD666

This manages to intrigue, annoy and cheer me up.

Pillow fighting becomes professional.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-60198331

Winners took $5K

pblakeney

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

morstar

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

#tagged

First.Aspect

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

pblakeney

Apparently tagging is the wrong word, not surprising from an old codger.
I'd be surprised if you didn't know what I meant though. This thing - "@"

rjsterry

Adding "@" at the beginning of the username includes a link to that user's profile and notifies them that they have been mentioned.
Adding "#" before a word tags your post with that word to make it easier for someone to find posts on that topic. You can 'follow' hashtags as well as individuals. BR doesn't support hashtags but Instagram and Twitter do.

pblakeney

rjsterry said:

Adding "@" at the beginning of the username includes a link to that user's profile and notifies them that they have been mentioned.
Adding "#" before a word tags your post with that word to make it easier for someone to find posts on that topic. You can 'follow' hashtags as well as individuals. BR doesn't support hashtags but Instagram and Twitter do.

@ - Not necessarily. I only found out about that function in settings this morning.
# - Not much use if not supported.

#sillynonsense 😉

rjsterry

pblakeney said:

rjsterry said:

Adding "@" at the beginning of the username includes a link to that user's profile and notifies them that they have been mentioned.
Adding "#" before a word tags your post with that word to make it easier for someone to find posts on that topic. You can 'follow' hashtags as well as individuals. BR doesn't support hashtags but Instagram and Twitter do.

@ - Not necessarily. I only found out about that function in settings this morning.
# - Not much use if not supported.

#sillynonsense 😉

Yes, you need your notifications switched on.

pblakeney

rjsterry said:

pblakeney said:

rjsterry said:

Adding "@" at the beginning of the username includes a link to that user's profile and notifies them that they have been mentioned.
Adding "#" before a word tags your post with that word to make it easier for someone to find posts on that topic. You can 'follow' hashtags as well as individuals. BR doesn't support hashtags but Instagram and Twitter do.

@ - Not necessarily. I only found out about that function in settings this morning.
# - Not much use if not supported.

#sillynonsense 😉

Yes, you need your notifications switched on.

I really don't. 🤣

pinno

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

pinno

Then you can notify yourself

briantrumpet

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

pinno

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

I am tired and with limited brain function at the best of times.
Spare me.

briantrumpet

pinno said:

briantrumpet said:

pinno said:

pblakeney said:

People thinking that tagging people in this forum does anything, however well intentioned. @pinno

I was hoping that he would get annoyed with notification emails (unless he has switched that function off).

First.Aspect said:

What's tagging?

This is the extent of my social media participation, so the use of hash symbols and ampersands is as perplexing to me as the emoji.

If you simply put the ampersand in on bike radar and then hit a letter or two or even 3... watch what happens.
Try @Fir

Point of order: '&' is an ampersand. The word 'ampersand' literally means " 'and by itself' and" (from 'and per se and', as opposed to '&c' which means 'etcetera'), the word first being cited in the late 18th century.

I was tired.
Spare me.

What, on Cake Stop? 🤔

Mad_Malx

Is there a word for @ ?
(as in the symbol, even I know what it means)