Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

TheBigBean

A lot of nannies want to meet up with other nanny friends at the local soft play, so that option isn't a guarantee of success.

rick_chasey

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

My instinct says the opposite (better for kids to be at home with parents) until they’re at school age, on the assumption find parents are actually looking after them, seeing people with other kids, going out etc.

I suspect it’s just different and they come out slightly differently.

I think yours is probably quite a niche view. Why not do a free 15 hours term time only?

Oh she'll go with a year to go before school and sort of ramp up. But she's pretty busy as it is the rest of the week.

shirley_basso

TheBigBean said:

A lot of nannies want to meet up with other nanny friends at the local soft play, so that option isn't a guarantee of success.

I think there's a balance - a few meet ups and soft play is good for kids to socialise and be left alone for a bit. Kids can't soft play from 8am to 6pm.

pinno

shirley_basso said:

The catch is you need to focus your time on your child as if you were a teacher rather than just dragging them around all the time - and really enjoy teaching them new things, having diverse days etc, and managing the social aspect - sharing and not fighting.

This ^. I have fun with my girls. I have done things that if I was childless, I would never do. I would have just gone cycling.
I have dislocated a finger at the skate park after falling off a scooter.
I've mucked around in adventure playgrounds from Portugal to the Highlands.
I've gone on climbing walls.
I've jumped off bridges into rivers.
Today I was at a trampoline park - magic.
My youngest daughters peers have told her that they think i'm cool ' because I do things that other dad's don't do. I like that because I have often been the recipient of disapproving onlookers.
I just get stuck in and then you're not sub-ordinating care, interaction, adventure, experiences to someone or something else. You're also living instead of drifting between activities or being the hovering or sometimes, a distanced observer.

The result is 2 girls who are full of confidence (and cheek) and who are puzzled as to why other kids are far less adventurous or brave.
My eldest has learning difficulties but she is head and shoulders above her cosseted counterparts in terms of confidence and willingness to try just about anything.

I cannot (and don't want to) dictate what they do in life but if I give them the ability to not fear failure and to be able to pick themselves up after a knock back, then they will have the determination to succeed and perhaps make the right decisions (unlike me) in the first place. As the saying goes (believe me I have been expert at getting into bother): it's not how you get into the sh*t that matters, it's how you get out of it. Life will kick you in the teeth occasionally and it's not always you're own doing.

rick_chasey

https://www.sciencealert.com/having-dyslexia-could-mean-your-brain-is-wired-to-make-better-decisions

For anyone who thinks certain people are too quick to come to conclusions before all the facts are known...

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/developmental-dyslexia-essential-to-human-adaptive-success-study-argues

Basically the argument is that Dyslexia evolved to address the exploration/exploitation trade off.

masjer

Thta's intresting too no.

pinno

masjer said:

Thta's intresting too no.

Sure, Einstein was dyslexic but he didn't invent the Campagnolo rear mech or clipless pedals.

orraloon

Anyways, back in the actual world.

I'm at the self scan checkout in the Coop store, I look to get my Coop card out of wallet to scan and in so doing accidentally dislodge my Costco card which bounces off my knee and disappears. Where tf is it? No sign on floor, in basket, under the shelf. There is a very narrow slot in the scanner pedestal, I guess for people to feed coupons etc. Surely not.

Assistant comes to help, opens it up, and yes there it is. Chances of that? Might buy a lottery ticket.

masjer

The average weight for a man (71.9KG) is less than that of a woman (74KG) in South Africa.
The average weight for a woman in American Samoa is an impressive 98.1KG!

pinno

masjer said:

The average weight for a man (71.9KG) is less than that of a woman (74KG) in South Africa.
The average weight for a woman in American Samoa is an impressive 98.1KG!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixb5YiscjMQ

orraloon

Jules:
You remember Antoine Roccamora, half black, half Samoan, used to call him Tony Rocky Horror?

Vincent:
Yeah, maybe. Fat, right?

Jules:
I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat, I mean he got a weight problem. What's the n*gger gonna do? He's Samoan.

pinno

Full script here:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N5kpuRIiy_8

orraloon

Nah, not full script, can't be including a black actor in a film from from the 90s using the N word in the woke 20s.

focuszing723

pinno said:

masjer said:

The average weight for a man (71.9KG) is less than that of a woman (74KG) in South Africa.
The average weight for a woman in American Samoa is an impressive 98.1KG!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixb5YiscjMQ

Such a great film.

veronese68

Train spotters. Don't exactly intrigue me, certainly don't annoy me, did make me laugh. But, my point being, why? I really don't get it. Just passed through Clapham Junction and there was one at the end of our platform. He looked happy enough and vaguely sane. But...

masjer

At least it's a cheap pastime. Pen, notebook and anorak. Having no social life will make it cheaper still.

Pross

veronese68 said:

Train spotters. Don't exactly intrigue me, certainly don't annoy me, did make me laugh. But, my point being, why? I really don't get it. Just passed through Clapham Junction and there was one at the end of our platform. He looked happy enough and vaguely sane. But...

I think I get it when there's something rare but not for a bog standard commuter train.

briantrumpet

Pross said:

veronese68 said:

Train spotters. Don't exactly intrigue me, certainly don't annoy me, did make me laugh. But, my point being, why? I really don't get it. Just passed through Clapham Junction and there was one at the end of our platform. He looked happy enough and vaguely sane. But...

I think I get it when there's something rare but not for a bog standard commuter train.

I suspect that the phsycological effect is similar to bird spotting. I don't get either, I'll admit, even if I think birds are nicer to look at than trains.

pblakeney

People's* thought process given recent weather. Yesterday it was someone in long trousers, a jersey and a gillet (+ no doubt a base layer). Today it was a full rain jacket, zipped up.

*I refuse to label them as cyclists. We know better, right?

Pross

pblakeney said:

People's* thought process given recent weather. Yesterday it was someone in long trousers, a jersey and a gillet (+ no doubt a base layer). Today it was a full rain jacket, zipped up.

*I refuse to label them as cyclists. We know better, right?

Similarly there were people on today's race who came along with the tiny drinks bottles you get in a waist belt and then complained there weren't enough drink stations (there were 6 which is pretty good considering the difficulty of setting them up on the terrain and the race instructions made it clear where they were and that you should carry enough water with you).

TheBigBean

Pross said:

pblakeney said:

People's* thought process given recent weather. Yesterday it was someone in long trousers, a jersey and a gillet (+ no doubt a base layer). Today it was a full rain jacket, zipped up.

*I refuse to label them as cyclists. We know better, right?

Similarly there were people on today's race who came along with the tiny drinks bottles you get in a waist belt and then complained there weren't enough drink stations (there were 6 which is pretty good considering the difficulty of setting them up on the terrain and the race instructions made it clear where they were and that you should carry enough water with you).

When you complained about the need for advice on drinking water, one of my issues is that a lot of people don't understand how much that really means.

Ben6899

pblakeney said:

People's* thought process given recent weather. Yesterday it was someone in long trousers, a jersey and a gillet (+ no doubt a base layer). Today it was a full rain jacket, zipped up.

*I refuse to label them as cyclists. We know better, right?

You mean the clichéd "touring" types who wear a road worker's yellow jacket whatever the weather?

No wonder they always look so miserable!

pblakeney

Ben6899 said:

pblakeney said:

People's* thought process given recent weather. Yesterday it was someone in long trousers, a jersey and a gillet (+ no doubt a base layer). Today it was a full rain jacket, zipped up.

*I refuse to label them as cyclists. We know better, right?

You mean the clichéd "touring" types who wear a road worker's yellow jacket whatever the weather?

No wonder they always look so miserable!

Nope, just people out for a weekend pedal. Reasonable spec proper cycling wear.
First guy was 10 miles from nearest town so obviously planning a reasonably long ride.

morstar

I once got lectured by somebody how people don’t wear gore Tex properly.
In order for it to breathe, it needs to be done up so you get the heat differential driving out moisture vapour.
Blah blah etc.

But if it’s undone and you are comfortable…

First.Aspect

morstar said:

I once got lectured by somebody how people don’t wear gore Tex properly.
In order for it to breathe, it needs to be done up so you get the heat differential driving out moisture vapour.
Blah blah etc.

But if it’s undone and you are comfortable…

Ita possible I suppose. But then again, if you sweat and it condenses inside, it blocks the pores, so it could be nonsense?

morstar

First.Aspect said:

morstar said:

I once got lectured by somebody how people don’t wear gore Tex properly.
In order for it to breathe, it needs to be done up so you get the heat differential driving out moisture vapour.
Blah blah etc.

But if it’s undone and you are comfortable…

Ita possible I suppose. But then again, if you sweat and it condenses inside, it blocks the pores, so it could be nonsense?

It would require everything to be optimum to work.
If you’re hot and you’ve undone your jacket and made yourself more comfortable, I think that is more important than achieving maximum moisture transfer through the material. I think he had confused comfort with scientific testing.

First.Aspect

There's something badly wrong with maximising moisture vapour transfer rate by increasing the amount that needs to be transferred, I'd say. Could just be a basetdisation of the technical reasons. Mostly what happens inside ziplock bag clothing is plain old condensation because the fabric gets cold. Hence, close the jacket, let it warm up with your body heat, thereby reduce condensation and benefit from breathability blah.

I'd still think not overheating in the first place is a good starting point though.

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

morstar said:

I once got lectured by somebody how people don’t wear gore Tex properly.
In order for it to breathe, it needs to be done up so you get the heat differential driving out moisture vapour.
Blah blah etc.

But if it’s undone and you are comfortable…

Ita possible I suppose. But then again, if you sweat and it condenses inside, it blocks the pores, so it could be nonsense?

The pores are too small for liquid water, but do allow vapour to pass through;; the same principle as a Tyvek breather membrane wrapping a building before the cladding goes on. Trouble is, sweat starts off as liquid and needs heat or air movement to vaporise. So I think there's something in it but perhaps an oversimplification.

First.Aspect

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

morstar said:

I once got lectured by somebody how people don’t wear gore Tex properly.
In order for it to breathe, it needs to be done up so you get the heat differential driving out moisture vapour.
Blah blah etc.

But if it’s undone and you are comfortable…

Ita possible I suppose. But then again, if you sweat and it condenses inside, it blocks the pores, so it could be nonsense?

The pores are too small for liquid water, but do allow vapour to pass through;; the same principle as a Tyvek breather membrane wrapping a building before the cladding goes on. Trouble is, sweat starts off as liquid and needs heat or air movement to vaporise. So I think there's something in it but perhaps an oversimplification.

Yeah I do patent work with these materials.

The water doesn't pass through because it's hydrophobic and it is orevented by surface tension, not so much the pore size. Ptfe can be treated so it isn't hydrophobic, then it soaks up water and goes translucent.

'Tis cool stuff. Pity about all the fluorine.

rjsterry

There is a variable permeability vapour control membrane which changes its permeability to water vapour depending on the conditions. The idea is to keep warm damp internal air out of the building fabric, but also allow anything that does get through to dry out when the conditions are right. The tricky bit is getting the tradesmen to be careful enough to install it properly and not just chuck in a few staples and leave it at that.