Trivia

Yesterday. Scrambled legs, more like.

Okay... no googling. Who is being talked about in this quotation? '[blankety-blank]'s character is difficult to explain even to the Japanese - he is an innocent character. He hasn't been educated to discern between good and evil. He acts more like a small child than a grown-up person. Think of him as a child learning in the course of his daily activities, If someone tells him guns are evil, he would be the type to rush out and eat guns. But he would most probably eat any gun, even the pistols of policemen who need them. He's indiscriminate because he's naive. But he learns from experience that some people, like policemen, should have pistols and that he can't eat just any pistol in sight.

Seeing how nobody...and I mean NOBODY obeys the speed limit in the U.S., I would have to say the US has the higher speed limits. Colorado is 75 MPH, that works out to what....7,309.28 KPH or something like that.

Well that's stopped me in my tracks! I was under the impression it was 70mph across the country. Anyway in the UK it IS 70mph, and of the states I've visited it's also 70mph, BUT as a US mile is shorter than an imperial mile 70mph in the UK is faster than 70mph in the USA. (And just to piss the Texans off that claim everything is bigger in Texas, an imperial gallon is bigger also. so there)

Nope, not all states are the same. They used to be, it was pegged at 55 mph years ago when everyone was driving little fuel efficient jap cars, but now, we all have big gas sucking SUV's, some states raised the limit. Leaving Colorado and entering Kansas (65) is always fun, instant 10 mph drop. So is 6 inches still the same length between the two countries?

are you bragging or what denver?

It will have to stay a mystery brit...Lets just say, I can't reach NJ from here. *blushes*

Countries, eh? I had not idea they grew on trees, only that they were elected to the Presidency.

I believe 6" is still a length to aspire to in both places, Denver, though I'm not sure what use it's put to these days. I may be wrong (and I can't be arsed to google it) but I believe the difference is in the total yards in a mile.

Well a radar mile is 2000 yards. A nautical mile is 2025.x yards across the surface, 880 fathoms if you inclined to look for lobsters in their native habitat. A statute mile is 1760 yards. A country mile is somewhere beyond them thar trees oe'r that-a-way. If you live in Denver (that's me) you are roughly 1 mile above sea level and suffering from oxygen deprivation. The only cure for this is mass consumption of red wine and frequent trips to a hot tub in the snow (oh and back massages from nymphy blonde women.) Does England use Imperial measures or Metric? Most everything I work on is metric (thank you Japan).

We use both, depending on which is to our advantage.

Know the origin of the word 'trivia', anyone?

No, but I'll pursue it... [%sig%]

that was joke wasn't it?

hope so.

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Hiya Lou

Hiya Flash

It's all gone quiet except for the Australians. Stayed up too late AGAIN. Night all... [%sig%]

yep I was being sarcy and yep it is Malayam, how would you like your masala powder?

Rokkit - I haven't googled, but I reckon it is Pacman.

Yes!!! You're a star. The quotation's from Toru Iwatani, Pacman's creator. My Japanese teacher says that the name 'Pacman' comes from the Japanese verb 'paku-paku', which refers to the flapping of the mouth when someone eats or talks. And it's the noise pacman makes. paku-paku-paku-paku-paku...

No googling! Who said "Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." ??

Today's Trivia.... Not a trick question..... If you have 1 lbs or Bricks and 1 lb of goose feathers. Drop them in water for 2 hours. Take them out. Which one weighs more the pound of bricks or the pound of feathers.

jeeze...I can't type on this tyne ki-baord.

Is the answer: the man with the red hat? Bricks..

The man in the red hat...his name is Linus

One could surmise that the goos feathers weigh more, because of the service to area ratio of the cell and there capacity to take in water.. or it could be the man with red hat?

Hen, something like three roads in Latin - tri via - the place where people stopped to exchange meaningless bits of information and gossip.

A pound still equals a pound....

Depends on the bricks I guess, some bricks are very absorbent whilst others (like engineering bricks) are less so. The feathers I should imagine are non-absorbent otherwise they wouldn't be a lot of good to the goose. Either way the bricks probably absorb some water so the weight would increase accordingly. The pound is still a pound retort is rubbish, as long as you're using dry bricks/feathers to start with and weighing the same total material after the two hours.

His question was "Which one weighs more the pound of bricks or the pound of feathers." Regardless of the water absorption, the question was still phrased pound vs. pound...

He said it was NOT a trick question, wise up fer chrissakes.

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I think you have to be the most pathetically bitter old man I've ever encountered. Doesn't it ever get old waving your cane at the whippersnappers?

Mississippi isn't bitter. He's cantankerous, you whippersnaper you.

Since pound is a measure of mass not weight: whichever is closer to the center of the earth weighs more.

radio. Your answer better be a good one! *Puts on body armer*

Lets assume for the sake of argument, both are weighed at exactly 4.29 meters above the Sourh American equator.

Now i would never have got away with that Dan! *Glares over at missi*

If the water absorption truly IS a factor... Since they're goose feathers, they repel water.... geese and duck feathers have an oil that covers them. So they wouldn't take on much water. The brick material is essential. If it's red clay, you'd perhaps get a little water within the air pockets, but red clay also does not take on much water, either. I still say they weigh the same.

There again. When removed from the water, the feathers have a grater area to service ratio, for trapping 'service' water..than dose the bricks???

For the sake of argument, lets assume common Clinker bricks, US or British dimensions, doesn't matter.

In which case, Dan is rite..the mass of the bricks is grater than the mass of the feathers and so the water is irrelevant. Don't matter how you look at it, weight is irrelevant.

Hey! I'm not right 'cos I didn't give an answer.

Good point!

John me old son, he stipulated WEIGHT not mass, therefore the it's the WEIGHT he's asking for. Justin, if I'm the most pathetic, bitter old man you've ever encountered you'd better not live into old age and look in a mirror. If you read what I said and took it in, you'll know that I said it does depend on the bricks. Whilst red clay bricks may or may not be absorbent, several other varieties are very absorbent, especially as they age, it's one of the reasons so many old houses are damp. As it is Denver has stipulated 'clinker' bricks, which I assume are what are known in this country, as 'breeze blocks', which are again very absorbent. Any plasterer will tell you that he 'waters' his walls before he plasters them, in order to prevent the wall sucking the moisture from the plaster resulting in the plaster falling off. It also helps adhesion.

OK. Leaving the definition of weight/Mass aside. both weighed 4.29 at same distance above ground. dimensions don't matter. absorption must matter.. I still say, (Assuming water finds way to be taken up by cell's) Service to area ratio of combined cell's is greater than absorption ratio/capacity of brick's. But dimensions don't mater! Its not a trick question! *Scratches head* *Jude, HELP*

You guys want another hint?

NO!