How hot is the coffee in police stations and other odd questions

[buddhasbelly]

I'm watching a programme where a suspect is being interviewed at a police station and they ask him if he wants a coffee.

It got me wondering if the coffee in police stations is always a bit tepid and never boiling hot (therefore tasting a bit shit) in case it gets thrown at a police officer.

Any police officers care to enlighten me?

Also what other pointless questions do you have?

Yes I know Google is a thing. I like a bit of chat.

How do we know we all see the colours the same? So I could be looking at something green (grass, for example), DH could be looking at the same patch of grass. We agree it's green, but how do we know that what we perceive as green is the same - he could be seeing the colour that I know as red, but to him that's green.

@MoodySky

And why do vicars always wear dog collars when on TV (Richard Coles I'm looking at you)?

Doctors don't appear wearing scrubs or stethoscopes.

Because a vicar is always working.

Until relatively recently it was part of canon law (ie actually legal) that a CoE priest wear the clerical collar as part of all dress (pretty sure they were allowed to take it off for sex ). Even now there's a strong Suggestion that they wear it unless engaged in certain domestic and leisure pursuits.

Just to further advance your police coffee knowledge, custody coffee for detainees is also decaff. For obvious reasons.

People can often be...erm...rather lively. You want them to sleep not to shout/scream/sing/bang their heads against the walls.

In stations outside of the custody area, we need alllllll the caffeinated coffee though.

As a police officer you're duty bound to preserve life. So obviously if something really bad happens then yes, of course you'd help how you can.

BUT, this needs to be safe obviously. So for instance if I was on a night out or something and there was a fight, it would not be safe for me to get involved if I'm not equipped with my PPE kit. I don't fancy getting stabbed wearing a jumpsuit and heels.

Likewise, if I'd had a drink I'd never compromise mine or others safety as if my judgment impaired then my decision making won't necessarily be right and I can't risk that.

Offering first aid in an emergency situation I'd always do, but that would have been the case even before I was an officer.

@Calandor

Do hairdressers do each others hair at the salon (say after work) or do something hey do their own? When do they do it (day off, after shift, lunch break)? Do they have to pay?

Lorry drivers - you can get mini fridges that plug into cars so why don't they use those for meals etc instead of buying fast food?

There's a lorry driver who posts on facebook photos of his slow cooker and describes what's cooking(in a slow cooker group). His recipes always sound delicious.

@StrawberrySanta

I've been wondering, how does a walking stick for a blind person work? From what I can see, they hold the stick slightly above the floor so they can feel if the floor has the bumps on indicating a road edge. Is that right?

A cane?

There are different types, I use a guide cane as I have some vision. I hold it lightly touching the ground and across my body at an angle. It helps me spot obstacles, changes in kerb texture, edges of stairs etc.The big one for me is steps downwards as I have no depth perception.

To be honest, other than steps, mine helps mostly in that people are far more patient and give me more space.

@PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn

Suitcases.

In films and on TV they're are clearly always empty! No one ever hefts or oofs them!

Also how can people go away to start a new life or go on a long holiday with just one small easy to carry suitcase?!

I did a lot of amdram, & we were taught how to carry a "heavy" suitcase. Makes me angry that they don't teach that at professional schools !

@Sewaccidentprone

Do beauty therapists wax their own legs?

My beauty therapist waxes her own nether regions. I reckon she’s the toughest person I know.

We used a dog pushchair because our elderly dog couldn't walk far so it meant he could save his energy until he got to the park or the beach.
Also was really handy on holiday when we couldn't leave him in the holiday accommodation alone, he wouldn't have managed walking around with us all day.

How did someone first discover that you could drink cows milk?

@RestingPandaFace

How did someone first discover that you could drink cows milk?

Or eat frogs legs Who first thought ' damn they look delicious'

@MyView2

I worked in Poundstretchers one Christmas. The tape was only 20 minutes long so we,d hear Driving Home for Christmas 3 times an hour. After a while you tune out the lyrics, so all I hear now when it plays is the piano plink, plink plonk. Plink, plink, plink, plonk plonk, plonk.

FrankGrillosFloof I used to epilate everything. And l mean, everything.
Although l do have a high pain threshold.

@StrawberrySanta

I've been wondering, how does a walking stick for a blind person work? From what I can see, they hold the stick slightly above the floor so they can feel if the floor has the bumps on indicating a road edge. Is that right?

I thought the stick was to identify items like lamp posts and fences.

Giving a drink to a suspect gives the police a legal way of obtaining DNA without having to go through all the hassle of getting a court order. . I think in most stations they use flimsy paper cups , suspects are mostly handcuffed and tables and chairs in interview rooms are bolted to the floor. There is also cctv and voice recording even when the evidential voice recorder is off

If you fart bare arsed in sub-zero temperatures , can you see it like you see your breath?

@Sewaccidentprone

Do beauty therapists wax their own legs?

Yes, everything: legs, bikini line, underarm, brows. The only thing I can’t do to myself is electrolysis because I would flinch too much to hold the needle steady.

Here's a conundrum - why, on soaps, do pregnancies last about a year, baby is born, mother is seen pushing a pram around for about three weeks and then POOF! Baby and pram are never seen again! Mothers go out for lunch, coffee, work, the pub and yet no baby and no apparent childcare. Until...about five years later when they are primary age children and can act!

TheUnexpectedPickle No answer for this, but this hurts my head:
your brain knows where all your organs are and what all your cells and tissues are up to any any one time, but it doesn't tell you.

This. My brain must have known I was pregnant so why did I need to do a test?

MumThatsNotFair , we aren't symmetrical inside because we have quite a lot of single organs heart, liver, pancreas, spleen, stomach. Most of us aren't really symmetrical on the outside either , although usually not to a significant or noticeable degree

@Noclosure

Just to further advance your police coffee knowledge, custody coffee for detainees is also decaff. For obvious reasons.

People can often be...erm...rather lively. You want them to sleep not to shout/scream/sing/bang their heads against the walls.

In stations outside of the custody area, we need alllllll the caffeinated coffee though.

As a police officer you're duty bound to preserve life. So obviously if something really bad happens then yes, of course you'd help how you can.

BUT, this needs to be safe obviously. So for instance if I was on a night out or something and there was a fight, it would not be safe for me to get involved if I'm not equipped with my PPE kit. I don't fancy getting stabbed wearing a jumpsuit and heels.

Likewise, if I'd had a drink I'd never compromise mine or others safety as if my judgment impaired then my decision making won't necessarily be right and I can't risk that.

Offering first aid in an emergency situation I'd always do, but that would have been the case even before I was an officer.

Handy ti know as I drink decaff. Not that I plan on being arrested.

So if I was to get arrested and didn't have my essential medication with me, would they get me some somehow?

@SunflowerSmith

Do vets xray or scan themselves or work colleagues instead of going to a&e or waiting for a hospital appointment?

Sometimes yes

@Chocoqueen

How do we know we all see the colours the same? So I could be looking at something green (grass, for example), DH could be looking at the same patch of grass. We agree it's green, but how do we know that what we perceive as green is the same - he could be seeing the colour that I know as red, but to him that's green.

We definitely don't all see colours the same. I quilt and I crochet and both of these things involved a lot of chat about colours so from that I know that everybody sees things slightly differently. Some of it is to do with physical ability ie differences in the eye or the brain. And some of it is to do with experience. For instance, I suspect that I am tetrachromatic because I can see shade differences that only some others can see. Tetrachromacy And obviously some people have colour sight deficiencies. Those are all physical things.

But there is also learned differences in the way we see colour. For instance I find that people who garden a lot will see a colour as blue that I would consider to be green, and I think that's to do with plant foliage being called 'blue' if it's further towards blue than the normal range of green leaves. Some hostess are 'blue' for instance. There is also this very interesting tribe in Namibia who group all blue and green into one colour except for greens that useful to them (the leaf colour of edible plants). There is also weirdness in English, for instance we can quite easily see the difference between pink and red and that's down to us considering them different colours because of language. Some languages call it 'light red' in the the way that we say 'light blue' and those people don't see a cut off between red and pink in the way that we do.

It's so fascinating. Don't get me started, I could talk about it all night.

How did the first ever STD start

@BlackAmericanoNoSugar I seem to,remember reading that the names of types of colours is a marker of how ‘evolved‘ a language is. I think it was a New Scientist article

The example I remembered was something about the description of the colour of the sea in Ancient Greek poetry.

Or eat frogs legs
Who first thought ' damn they look delicious

I suspect it was more ‘what the fuck is there to eat round here, we’re starving.’ …