Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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People's choice of tattoo art.
OK, I'm not a fan of them at all, on anyone, but I get that there are plenty of people who are. I'm just intrigued occasionally by what images some people select to have permanently marked on them.
Today's example: at local bakery for lunch, a young man, in his 20s, had a variation of this, complete with "Mornin' Ralph, Mornin' Sam" text bubble, in full colour on his calf muscle. :
That cartoon is from the 1950's fer Crissakes.
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Why somebody is building an ostentatious gateway into a farmers field that has no planning permission or applications on it.
The field has been empty for two years and has several public rights of way through it.0 -
morstar said:
Why somebody is building an ostentatious gateway into a farmers field that has no planning permission or applications on it.
The field has been empty for two years and has several public rights of way through it.
Playing a long game, I'd guess.
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I regularly cycle past a country property that installed ostentatious gates at the entrance when they moved in. This was 7 years ago. There is still no adjoining wall or fence. 🤔The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Is it loke the toll fate from Blazing Saddles?0
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A little tipple this afternoon? 😂First.Aspect said:Is it loke the toll fate from Blazing Saddles?
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Greek mythology?pblakeney said:
A little tipple this afternoon? 😂First.Aspect said:Is it loke the toll fate from Blazing Saddles?
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Mmm. Proof reading 1/10. Autocorrect keyboard 3/10.pblakeney said:
A little tipple this afternoon? 😂First.Aspect said:Is it loke the toll fate from Blazing Saddles?
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Perhaps, but there have been other on site developments. Perhaps an offer too good to turn down, or someone who works in the field. Either way, the gates are several leagues above the house.pinno said:
Perhaps they ran out of money.pblakeney said:I regularly cycle past a country property that installed ostentatious gates at the entrance when they moved in. This was 7 years ago. There is still no adjoining wall or fence. 🤔
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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How can drawing the teams for the World Cup be made so complicated?0
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The one on the left is not British - it has planesbriantrumpet said:Do you think that Andrew Neil got the joke?
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That the BBC can broadcast with no technical issues from a war zone thousands of miles away but not from Keswick.0
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That's cos it is all propaganda filmed in a studio, like the moon landings. 😉Pross said:That the BBC can broadcast with no technical issues from a war zone thousands of miles away but not from Keswick.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Ted Hankey turned out to be nominative determinative.0
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First.Aspect said:
Ted Hankey turned out to be nominative determinative.
https://youtu.be/H0qc7WZvEAY
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Xylem vessels carry water and minerals up a plant.
There is probably an optimum diameter of vessel.
Some bushes are in full leaf and many are not. This is not size dependant - the Horse Chestnut is half way there, the Oak is way off and the Sycamore is just starting. Some of the younger Hawthorne is in full leaf and some haven't started.
What intrigues me is this: [I do realise temperature will affect viscosity and therefore, the rate of transportation] do plants have different diameters of Xylem vessel by design (evolution) or default? Do some plants benefit from going in to leaf early and therefore have Xylem vessels (diameter) to suit and vice versa?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Why aren't there legions of rootin' tootin' trigger happy gun worshipping Yanks heading over to Ukraine?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Wikipedia has this to say on capillary action.
The height h of a liquid column is given by Jurin's law[31]
{\displaystyle h={{2\gamma \cos {\theta }} \over {\rho gr}},}h={{2 \gamma \cos{\theta}}\over{\rho g r}},
where {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \gamma }\scriptstyle \gamma is the liquid-air surface tension (force/unit length), θ is the contact angle, ρ is the density of liquid (mass/volume), g is the local acceleration due to gravity (length/square of time[32]), and r is the radius of tube.
As r is in the denominator, the thinner the space in which the liquid can travel, the further up it goes. Likewise, lighter liquid and lower gravity increase the height of the column.
Not sure temperature affects viscosity to be responsible for the different stages of progress of different tree species, though.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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1. All talk no action.pinno said:Why aren't there legions of rootin' tootin' trigger happy gun worshipping Yanks heading over to Ukraine?
2. Is there adequate supplies of beer?*
*I never could get my head round the concept of mixing beer and guns.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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3. Only 37% have passports.
4. They prefer to don camo, climb into their deer stands and shoot passing animals.0 -
masjer said:
3. Only 37% have passports.
4. They prefer to don camo, climb into their deer stands and shoot passing animals.
From the reports from Ukraine, a proportion (at least) of the Russian army would qualify under 4. Mind you, they also have guns, and hunters prefer animals that don't shoot back.0 -
This gold frog on a 6" plaque about 10' up under one of the railway arches at Borough Market.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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There's an old Robin Williams (RIP) stand-up bit about it being legal to use armour piercing bullets if you were out hunting. Helps to defeat all those Grizzly Bears with bullet proof vests on.......masjer said:3. Only 37% have passports.
4. They prefer to don camo, climb into their deer stands and shoot passing animals.1 -
Southpark did a thing decades ago about killing endangered / protected species. You were not allowed to hunt them but you could protect yourself if attacked.JimD666 said:
There's an old Robin Williams (RIP) stand-up bit about it being legal to use armour piercing bullets if you were out hunting. Helps to defeat all those Grizzly Bears with bullet proof vests on.......masjer said:3. Only 37% have passports.
4. They prefer to don camo, climb into their deer stands and shoot passing animals.
They prefixed every killing of a protected species with the words "oh no, it's coming right at us".
Easier to be the big man killing something that has literally no chance in the contest. Small men like killing, that's all it is. Why on earth would they go anywhere near a conflict?
Not sure why you'd treat the group as a serious lobbying force.1 -
NRA are huge in the States. Membership of 5.5 million and a revenue of $412,233,508.morstar said:
Not sure why you'd treat the group as a serious lobbying force.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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