Things you've always wanted to know......
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
Saw a news report today. Also Spain is affected to with wild fires. Some tragic scenes.warp wrote:yesterday was terrible, 35 dead in about a 100 different fires.
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Re: Things you've always wanted to know......
The old 2 stage printing process. Our old print room absolutely reeked of Ammonia.sendô wrote:
Why do we call plans "blueprints"?
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sendô wrote:Why do we call plans "blueprints"?
Just to expand... http://mentalfloss.com/article/12797/wh ... rints-bluesmuts wrote:The old 2 stage printing process. Our old print room absolutely reeked of Ammonia.
The blueprinting process was developed in the mid-1800s, when scientists discovered that ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferrocyanide created a photosensitive solution that could be used for reproducing documents.
The process goes like this: Someone creates a drawing on translucent tracing paper or cloth. The drawing is placed over a piece of blueprinting paper, which has been coated with a mix of ammonium iron citrate and potassium ferrocyanide from an aqueous solution and dried. When the two papers are exposed to a bright light, the two chemicals react to form an insoluble blue compound called blue ferric ferrocyanide (also known as Prussian Blue), except where the blueprinting paper was covered, and the light blocked, by the lines of the original drawing. After the paper is washed and dried to keep those lines from exposing, you’re left with a negative image of white (or whatever colour the blueprint paper originally was) against a dark blue background.
As smuts sais the ammonia smell was awful and if you were the poor sod having to make the copies in a small cupboard you would at times be overcome by the fumes
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Every car we've had, we end up with a spider living in the wing mirror.
There seems to be an increase in them inside the car as well, only tiny ones, nothing massive like a tarantula or anything.
Why?
There seems to be an increase in them inside the car as well, only tiny ones, nothing massive like a tarantula or anything.
Why?
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Out of the wind and rain there, so warmth again really.
People always seem surprised by just how many spiders there are about. Guaranteed there's more spiders than people living in your house...
People always seem surprised by just how many spiders there are about. Guaranteed there's more spiders than people living in your house...
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Why do you put a cross cut in the bottom of sprouts?
Parents did it as a kid and boiled the life out of them. I steam them but still put a cross in.
Parents did it as a kid and boiled the life out of them. I steam them but still put a cross in.
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Allows the core to cook more quickly so the outer leaves don't get soggy. Not sure it makes that much difference but I do it too. Love sprouts, me.sussexhammer74 wrote:Why do you put a cross cut in the bottom of sprouts?
Parents did it as a kid and boiled the life out of them. I steam them but still put a cross in.
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Yep the core cooks slower so this helps it cook evenly with the rest of the sprout.
Of course if you're going to overcook it anyway then it doesn't really matter.
Of course if you're going to overcook it anyway then it doesn't really matter.
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To ward off Satansussexhammer74 wrote:Why do you put a cross cut in the bottom of sprouts?
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Why do tubs of Christmas chocolates get smaller every year?
I'm sure when I was a kid the tin of Roses was 1.5kg. A tub this year is about 680g. I'm guessing that it's to keep the cost down (and increase profits) but why don't Cadbury etc just keep the price to the customer in line with inflation? The much smaller tubs are much cheaper than I remember the large tins being.
I'm sure when I was a kid the tin of Roses was 1.5kg. A tub this year is about 680g. I'm guessing that it's to keep the cost down (and increase profits) but why don't Cadbury etc just keep the price to the customer in line with inflation? The much smaller tubs are much cheaper than I remember the large tins being.
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Because they're owned by Kraft, who are 100% motivated by profits.jastons wrote:Why do tubs of Christmas chocolates get smaller every year?
I'm sure when I was a kid the tin of Roses was 1.5kg. A tub this year is about 680g. I'm guessing that it's to keep the cost down (and increase profits) but why don't Cadbury etc just keep the price to the customer in line with inflation? The much smaller tubs are much cheaper than I remember the large tins being.
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So the %profit on 2 or 3 small tubs is more than the %profit on one large tub? Bastards :lol:DasNutNock wrote:
Because they're owned by Kraft, who are 100% motivated by profits.
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How do they get cars up to the 2nd and 3rd floor of these car showrooms?
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They assemble them in place...Happyhammer52 wrote:How do they get cars up to the 2nd and 3rd floor of these car showrooms?
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Usually a car lift, like a big passenger lift.Happyhammer52 wrote:How do they get cars up to the 2nd and 3rd floor of these car showrooms?