Things that have always baffled you.

How do “Thermos flasks” know that you want the contents to be hot or cold? :confused:

Rhodese.
 
fracster said:
Why do people wear "driving gloves", what is the bleeding point?
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....I used to think that until I started driving trackdays and then I found how they help when working the steering wheel quite a lot and far more than even very fast road driving. Try 73 corners on a 12-mile lap of Nordschleife (Nurburgring). I never wear them on the road but just for track. The same applies to driving shoes - Tactile contact with your car's behaviour and responses is an extra joy. I do wear driving shoes (Piloti) for longer drives on the road.
 
RedRobin said:
....I used to think that until I started driving trackdays and then I found how they help when working the steering wheel quite a lot and far more than even very fast road driving. Try 73 corners on a 12-mile lap of Nordschleife (Nurburgring). I never wear them on the road but just for track. The same applies to driving shoes - Tactile contact with your car's behaviour and responses is an extra joy. I do wear driving shoes (Piloti) for longer drives on the road.
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Hardly the same as trudging up the M5 wearing them is it Robin.

I`m fully aware of why racing drivers wear them, people on track days etc etc.
 
fracster said:
Hardly the same as trudging up the M5 wearing them is it Robin.

I`m fully aware of why racing drivers wear them, people on track days etc etc.
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....I avoid the M25.

You asked the question and I gave a straight answer and have no idea what you are or aren't fully aware of, my friend. :)
 
Doesn`t matter.
 
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RedRobin said:
....I used to think that until I started driving trackdays and then I found how they help when working the steering wheel quite a lot and far more than even very fast road driving. Try 73 corners on a 12-mile lap of Nordschleife (Nurburgring).
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I want to know if you drove the other 2.1 miles odd and the other 86 corners of a complete lap of the Nordschleife, not wearing your gloves? :whistle:
 
Yves Geza said:
I want to know if you drove the other 2.1 miles odd and the other 86 corners of a complete lap of the Nordschleife, not wearing your gloves? :whistle:
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....Is it 14.1 miles and 86 corners? I have never counted them but the point is that it's a long lap with a great many corners needing a more than average use of the steering wheel. First time I ever drove there I didn't have gloves but then next time and ever since....
 
When did our society get so dumb that it became necessary to use things like 'Caution: product may become hot when headed' on things like tortillas...
 
Or getting a tub of hot nuts at the cinema only to find it says on the side ' may contain nuts ' really do ya think!!!!!
What ever happened to common sense....
 
why we get winter weather the day after the Febraury POTY submission ends
 
JustJoe said:
Women... and maths.
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The subject of understanding women was dealt with on the TV series The Waltons.

FATHER: "There's one thing you need to know about women son"

JOHN BOY "What's that daddy?".

FATHER: "I have no idea".


Steve.
 
StephyB said:
When did our society get so dumb that it became necessary to use things like 'Caution: product may become hot when headed' on things like tortillas...
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Society didn't get any more dumb, it just got more litigious.
 
j15000 said:
Or getting a tub of hot nuts at the cinema only to find it says on the side ' may contain nuts ' really do ya think!!!!!
What ever happened to common sense....
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it got dumped in a sack of idiocy, tied to a lead weight of someone else must be blamed and dumped in the fast flowing River of Compensation before being washed out to the Sea of Money & Greed.
 
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Yv said:
YAY, so thats the Audi drivers offended...who next? *looks around with an evil smile* [FWIW btw TG said that whereas all outside lane hogging, never giving way to anyone c**k's used to buy BMW/Merc, they now buy Audi's, though there are a few Audi models I would still happily own ;) ]

as for what baffles.... why have cats not yet developed opposable thumbs?
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:rolleyes: Evolution has stalled init


As for what baffles my good self

Why even after passing a test and using them daily cant people use mini roundabouts properly?
 
LASTOLITE said:
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:rolleyes: Evolution has stalled init


As for what baffles my good self

Why even after passing a test and using them daily cant people use mini roundabouts properly?
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Speaking of that I saw some t*** fly over one today. It was a mini round about but in the middle had signs. They just went the wrong way round and nearly hit someone else.

Edit: for some reason the word **** is being affected by the swear filter:rolleyes: MOD EDIT: That would be because it's a swear filter then
 
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frank said:
Like go faster stripes, makes you go faster and look like a racing driver does it not?:confused::exit:
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Originally to aide in realigning your car with the track once you had spun off.

They are actually racing stripes and were only given the 'go faster stripe' moniker by a red top cartoon strip.

But to answer your question, yes, they make cars go faster. Everyone knows that stickers add 5-10hp depending on garishness.
 
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Yv said:
YAY, so thats the Audi drivers offended...who next? *looks around with an evil smile* [FWIW btw TG said that whereas all outside lane hogging, never giving way to anyone c**k's used to buy BMW/Merc, they now buy Audi's, though there are a few Audi models I would still happily own ;) ]

as for what baffles.... why have cats not yet developed opposable thumbs?
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Cats with opposable thumbs !!!!! Nightmare time. As they are they struggle with tins, boxed food pouches and IAMS bags. We humans have implied superiority.

Give them thumbs that work as ours and we are redundant.

They will take our jobs and drive our Audi's.......

S
 
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Farmerjim said:
Genuinely baffled, why does a wet cloth mop up water/spills etc. quicker than a totally dry one, why? It's illogical Mr.Spock.
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Because water molecules stick to other water molecules more readily than to dry fibres.. So once the fibres have been whetted, they attract other water molecules from the spill..
 
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GeeJay57 said:
Because water molecules stick to other water molecules more readily than to dry fibres.. So once the fibres have been whetted, they attract other water molecules from the spill..
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Have to admit, that is one of those things that was aware of the reason, but still find it mildly annoying that it happens :LOL:

Hugh Jarse said:
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Cats with opposable thumbs !!!!! Nightmare time. As they are they struggle with tins, boxed food pouches and IAMS bags. We humans have implied superiority.

Give them thumbs that work as ours and we are redundant.

They will take our jobs and drive our Audi's.......

S
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I know.... I keep finding mine playing with the tin opener and scissors.... :eek:
 
Brash!
 
GeeJay57 said:
Because water molecules stick to other water molecules more readily than to dry fibres.. So once the fibres have been whetted, they attract other water molecules from the spill..
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Thanks Glenn, suppose I should have remembered from science lessons or looked it up myself :) Still doesn't seem logical tho'!
 
Farmerjim said:
Thanks Glenn, suppose I should have remembered from science lessons or looked it up myself :) Still doesn't seem logical tho'!
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No worries, I are an engineer so would be as baffled as you. However, my other half is a science teacher and my youngest daughter is an applications scientist specialising in surface chemistry. I guess something must have rubbed off..
 
Forbiddenbiker said:
I'm guessing the surface tension means the water pushes all the tiny dry sticking out fibres away rather than been soaked up, if they are also wet they will do the opposite.

Do I get a gold star please?
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Not quite...

It's because water molecules are polar. So the attraction between the damp cloth and spilled water is occurring at molecular level between adjacent water molecules.
 
Why do they remove the pin from the handle of the petrol pump when it has auto stop?
 
Women and Rubik's cube.
 
LASTOLITE said:
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As for what baffles my good self

Why even after passing a test and using them daily cant people use mini roundabouts properly?
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South African mini roundabouts - we call them traffic circles - are just slightly raised circular "humps". They don't have a kerb round them which makes it much easier. You just drive straight over them..........., swerving to avoid the potholes.
 
MartynK said:
South African mini roundabouts - we call them traffic circles - are just slightly raised circular "humps". They don't have a kerb round them which makes it much easier. You just drive straight over them..........., swerving to avoid the potholes.
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Sounds like Milton Keynes to me :D
 
Lib-Dems? Why,when we already have 2 other bunches of numpties to choose from!

eddie

OOPS! Political.
 
People who believe what they read in a newspaper :(
 
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