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What have you always wanted to know?

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PurleaseSqueeze · 19/04/2021 16:49

I was wondering today whether GPs see other GPs if they are ill? Can anyone tell me? I'm assuming yes as they wouldn't be allowed to prescribe medications for themselves?

What other random things have you always wondered/wanted to know?

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NoProblem123 · 20/04/2021 12:55

@TheMadRatter were you in the film Grin
Is that you Hoggle !!

AndromedaGal · 20/04/2021 12:55

What is the IQ of a 2.5 year old? What's the equivalent in the animal kingdom? A dog?

BlueLobelia · 20/04/2021 12:57

@OldEvilOwl

How to hot wire a car in case we get a zombie apocalypse
My zombie apocolypse plan is to throw my cat at the zombies.

It would give me a head start, and she adores a bloody good fight. (She always wins. I'm not worried about her).

PigletJohn · 20/04/2021 12:57

@Imtoooldforallthis

I've got two questions, how do bed bugs get in a new mattress and do people with different eyesight see different distances through binoculars?
If you are just shortsighted/longsighted, you adjust the central focus to suit you, just as you would if things were closer or further away.

if your left and right eyes are unequal, you use the central wheel to focus with the left eye first, then close or block your left eye, and turn the right ocular (eye end lens). It screws in and out a bit. So you adjust it so it is also in focus, then, when you open both eyes, both will be in focus. Having done that, you can use the central focussing wheel, and both eyes will stay synchronised. If somebody else will be using the bins, make a mental note of the adjustment you used on the right eye, so you can re-adjust it quickly later. There is usually a tiny scale marked. The left eyepiece does not adjust (maybe on odd, unusual brands they are left-handed).

If they are your own bins, you can put a dot of tippex on the right lens barrel so you can put it back to your own adjustment later.

military bins do not have a central focus, you have to adjust each eye separately. It is sometimes said that this enables you to use one eye for distance, or one eye for close, without having to refocus. Sometimes it is said that it enables you to use one barrel as a telescope, if the instrument becomes damaged.

Some marine binoculars are purposely focussed to long distance only, and have only minimal (or no) eye adjustment, on the grounds that a ships lookout is not supposed to be looking at close things.

Growing222 · 20/04/2021 12:58

@Thebirdstbeseathebirds

I want to know if serving police officers in the Met force GENUINELY believe that the police service isn't racist. I know some smart London cops who swear blind there's no racism despite the overwhelming evidence against this re stop and search in particular and I wonder if they're delusional or just won't admit that there is a problem to an "outsider".
NC.

I have a close relative who is a sergeant in the police force who I've had this conversation with.

He believes there absolutely are issues within our police force that need tackling heavily. They do believe there is always a lot more to the stories we see in the media rather than just 'police bad, protestor good' (for example) but doesn't dismiss that there are problems as well and that our police force needs to be reformed.

However, they don't agree with any of the 'defund the police' arguments as in their opinion the reform needed requires more funding to complete not less and that none of the issues will be solved with less or no funding.

CatBumJuice · 20/04/2021 13:02

What actually is yeast?

SunshineCake · 20/04/2021 13:03

[quote NoProblem123]@AvocadosBeforeMortgages I’ve always wondered if I was in an accident away from home and my family were with me, who would know I’ve got pets at home waiting for me to return Sad[/quote]
There is a card you can get to put in your purse.

IntermittentParps · 20/04/2021 13:03

Jury service: yes, 15 people initially and you troop into court and you and the defendant and solicitors look at each other (it's kind of weird) and either side must say if they know or recognise anyone.

In mine, the foreperson was chosen by the other jurors. Can't really remember how ours was chosen, although someone did initially suggest me and I said no fucking way Grin We did an initial vote/gauge of opinions, and then had the discussion/debate.

whiteshark · 20/04/2021 13:04

@Advic3Pl3as3

1. How do women with really long fingernails put in/take out their tampons? Don’t the long nails make it really awkward?
  1. If you’re injured/unwell and unconscious and you wear contact lenses do the A&E check whether you’ve got lenses in and take them out?
@Advic3Pl3as3 i have ridiculously long 'coffin shape' nails.

I do everything with the side of my fingers/thumb. including removing tampons

Confusedandshaken · 20/04/2021 13:05

@Squeejit

When you lose weight, where does it go? I’ve recently lost a stone, but what happened to the fat that was on my body before?
My understanding is that if you eat fewer calories than your body extends in energy then you burn existing fat in the body as energy. The gases released in the burning process would be passed naturally through breathing or farting or as liquid.

I think this explains why the very thin are often both cold and tired. They are taking in less energy than they need but the body doesn't have any excess fat to burn to generate heat or energy.

I also read somewhere than you can't ever excrete a fat cell. You can lose the fat it contains so the cell shrinks to a absolutely tiny size but it always stays in your body. That's why it's so easy to put on weight again after you've lost it. As a theory it makes sense to me but I'm still not convinced it's true.

IntermittentParps · 20/04/2021 13:06

Yes the Jury thing is partly in case anyone recognises each other - Jury / defence / prosecution. But also partly due to some people having excuses not to complete the jury service. You have to stand in front of the judge with your excuse and then he tells you if it's accepted or not.
Youcunnyfunt, is this in England? That didn't happen when I did it. If you have a reason to defer, you do so when you get called up.

TheMadRatter · 20/04/2021 13:06

[quote NoProblem123]@TheMadRatter were you in the film Grin
Is that you Hoggle !![/quote]
GrinGrinGrin

I was OBSESSED with this film when I was younger and used to watch it multiple times a day. I think I know it inside out and could probably deliver most of the lines in the film if it was on right now!

And I'm not Hoggle lol... google 'Hoggle Labyrinth now' and see the pictures!

Confusedandshaken · 20/04/2021 13:08

Re. jury service. I think if a trial is expected to run for a long time it will start out with more than 12 jurors to allow for the fact that one or more of them might fall ill or die before the trial ends. Again, this is a piece of info I've carried with me all my life because it makes sense to me but I'm not sure it's true.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/04/2021 13:11
  • I'd like to know similarly for Absolute Zero. Why is it the lowest temperature possible? Is there a limit the other way, the highest possible temperature?*

Absolute zero is, simplistically, the limit at which particles have as nearly stopped moving as the laws of physics allow.

I don't think there's a theoretical upper limit but please someone correct me if I'm wrong!

PigletJohn · 20/04/2021 13:16

"So the apple in the bible might have been any fruit"

The bible does not mention an apple.

It is the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden.

Sometimes the tree of knowledge (of good and evil) or the tree of life

other translations may differ.

IntermittentParps · 20/04/2021 13:19

I've read that there's a theory the fruit in Eden was a quince. Makes more sense than an apple for a story that originated in the eastern Med/Middle East.

AgathaAllAlong · 20/04/2021 13:23

@fishermanjumper

Sorry if this has been answered, I'm only on page 3 but what they mean is that you only remember a dream of you are dreaming when you wake up. Most of our time alseep is dreamless, you only dream in REM (deep) sleep usually for a short period of time, around 10 minutes even though it feels like a lot longer. You have several of these periods throughout a night's sleep. If you wake up during a dreamless time you won't remember the dreams, if you wake up during REM you will. This is why you usually only remember one dream and not all of your dreams from that night. I only started remembering my dreams when I had newborn DS and was waking up a lot at night!

ErrolTheDragon · 20/04/2021 13:25

An ex of mine from years ago was at the same school his mum taught at. I can't remember now whether I ever asked him but I wonder now in that situation, would the child have to call them Miss X or could they say Mum?

My dad taught me in yr 8 and the sixth form. There's quite a skill to avoiding referring to someone by name but it's possible! Grin
In primary most of the teachers had a kid or two at the school (including my mum). Several kids in my year and the one below. As far as I can remember they generally avoided putting us in our parent's class but there were sufficient numbers that I don't think anyone would have found us calling them mum/dad noteworthy, and friends would refer to them in conversation as 'your mum' in a natural way.

OssieShowman · 20/04/2021 13:53

Why do I remember ‘E = mc squared” and I don’t know what it means

shrodingersbiscuit · 20/04/2021 13:56

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EscapeDragon · 20/04/2021 14:00

[quote SeaTurtles92]@Staffy1 but did the egg or the chicken come first?[/quote]
The egg.

Chickens evolved from the ancestor of the chicken, so the parents would not have been chickens. The first one to start resembling a chicken would have hatched from an egg.

Lovingspring · 20/04/2021 14:00

My sister is a dermatologist & she sees a GP.

OssieShowman · 20/04/2021 14:02

MaryLou... my favourite book of all time, Clan of the Cavebear.

Somethingsnappy · 20/04/2021 14:05

@Twenty2

Another one, a lot more light-hearted than my last!

Why is it such a let-down when you're building up to a really good sneeze and the sensation just fades out? It's so annoying!

God, yes... A tease-sneeze! The absolute worst!
mam0918 · 20/04/2021 14:08

@Trambledoo

I've always wanted to know why empty shops have their windows smeared with grease or covered in newspaper. Why do they need to stop people seeing inside if they're empty?
is it not to stop fires?

I assume sun + glass could equal heat spots an a smouldering carpet etc... which wont be noticed in an unused shop until its far to late.

  • sun causes general fading/damage to capets, paint etc... its not like shops have curtains and blinds to close to keep the sun out.
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