What have you always wanted to know?

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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?

Do people who, clearly, have no sense of rhythm realise they have no sense of rhythm?

Why do slugs ignore the weeds but gobble up my plants?

peaceanddove I can't speak for all of us, but I am very aware.

@peaceanddove

Do people who, clearly, have no sense of rhythm realise they have no sense of rhythm?

I am painfully aware of it, but there are rare occasions when I 'get' it. So lovely when that happens. So miserable when normality reasserts its ungainly head. So embarrassing when I don't realise in time to stop.

@Biddie191

Midwife question

If someone gives birth with twins, what happens if:

Twin 1 born, then twin 2 10 mins later, but the clocks go back between, so twin 1 'born' after twin 2?

Twin 1 born 31st August 11.59pm, twin 2 born 1st Sept 00.07. This would mean they would be a whole school year apart.

Twin 1 born 31 Dec 21.55pm, twin 2 born 1st Jan 00.05.

Would these be recorded accurately, or would both twins be given the same DOB, and who would choose which?

This has always intrigued me - at least different days must happen regularly enough?

I'm sure I read that this happened and the parents were given the choice what to do 11.59/12.02 birthday times.

@DadDadDad

No they always just want the latest code, system just updates every time you request a new code

@sweetclems - how does the system (ie at the bank's end) update if the customer is just sitting at home with a handheld device generating codes without communicating with the bank? That's the scenario @ChristmasSexyTime I think is describing. I'm not entirely familiar with HSBC, but I know for Barclays, the device is not connected to the internet in any way and will happily generate a new code without any communication with the bank website, so when you login to the bank they have no idea that you are now 20 codes further on than when you last logged on. (Unless it's based on the clock, but that requires careful synchronisation).

My HSBC code generator doesn't generate a new code until the time on the existing one has expired. If I press the button again after the number disappears from the display, the same number appears again. I am fairly sure there's a timing component involved - it wouldn't need to be exact - some overlap allowed at the bank end between two (or more) codes. If it was that easy to get "out of sequence" by generating extra codes but not using them, there would be loads of customers unable to log on.

Best thread in months! Thanks OP.

Re US Uni. I have twins who share a room luckily. But before semester starts you are encouraged to fill out a questionnaire with likes/dislikes/habits etc so that you can be 'matched' with someone with similar routines. You also have the opportunity to meet with this person before. At their Uni (college) If you really don't get on with them, you can ask to change dorm room, if available, after giving it a good 6-8 weeks try.

My question kind of relates to guide dogs/dogs in general...when my dog is looking for a place to poop, is she looking for a previously used spot or a fresh one?

Whether ill ever be a mummy

@peaceanddove

Do people who, clearly, have no sense of rhythm realise they have no sense of rhythm?

Yes. I'm painfully aware of my lack of rythmn. Along with being aware I'm tone deaf and ridiculously uncoordinated.

Thank you for those who replied about a lack of rhythm, it's always intrigued me. I do have rhythm and my friend doesn't, so if we're dancing I can't watch her otherwise it puts me off my rhythm, like my vision overides me hearing the beat. I'd love to know why?

@peaceanddove
I’m another no rhythm and genuinely tone deaf person, and I imagine you get out off cor similar reasons as to why we can’t clap out of rhythm with others.

I have often wondered what it's like to be a member of the royal family.
Or indeed a servant to the royal family.
I read that one servant was astonished to hear Philip call the Queen "a silly old woman." To which she apparently replied, "I'm not a silly old woman, I'm the Queen!"

What does real love feel like? I don't think ( apart from DC) I've ever really loved or been in love

My question comes from watching Judge Rinder.

When the claimant wins and is awarded an amount how does the defendant pay?
They often give the reason that they're skint and are there because of missing payments so they're hardly likely to pay in future.

@Gertie75

My question comes from watching Judge Rinder.

When the claimant wins and is awarded an amount how does the defendant pay?
They often give the reason that they're skint and are there because of missing payments so they're hardly likely to pay in future.

I'm guessing the show pays?

RE: BSL and ASL

There were 2 leading Schools for the Deaf, one based in Scotland, one based in France. They were both proud of their progress in educating people previously thought of as stupid (not to mention ungodly. If you can't talk, you can't pray, so Deaf people were often treated as total pariahs). The Americans approached both schools and asked if they could come and help establish a language system and school for the Deaf over there. The Scottish guy wanted paying because it was his "intellect", the French guy didn't because he cared about Deaf education. The Americans picked the French guy, and to this day have a fantastic schooling system for the Deaf, including a Deaf University (named, possibly, after the French guy above, it's certainly got a French name).

Obviously all languages evolve over time, but in some countries you can tell where the sign language system originated from - Britain, Australia, NZ, some parts of Canada use 2 hands for the alphabet, France, US, other parts of Canada and quite a lot of Europe use one hand.

Gallaudet University in the States is named after the American founder not the French Deaf educator.

The story of Nicaraguan SL is fascinating too. Linguists could watch a language being born in real time. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaraguan_Sign_Language

The truth.

@Cowbells where you live has nothing to do with what language you think in. I’m bilingual English/French and don’t magically think in Dutch because I happen to live in the Netherlands 🙄

For the music thing I am not sure if people with perfect pitch are ‘always on’ but they can certainly name or hum any note if asked.
Saying that, I wonder if it could be a bit like me with languages: whenever I see a SPAG error I literally get a small twitch/mini electric shock almost. It’s an actual physical reaction to a word, punctuation mark or element of syntax not being right.

Thanks KeflavikAirport I've actually been preparing for BSL exams (one of the topics is Deaf history) and was writing from memory - I couldn't remember the origin of the name but I definitely won't forget it now

The link about Nicaraguan Sign Language is fascinating as well, I've loved reading about language development in my research.

@GirlofInkandStars it’s true that the complications from listeria etc are much worse when pregnant than when not, but you are also more susceptible to such infections when you are pregnant as your immune system is slightly suppressed. From memory, a pregnant woman is 20 times more likely to catch listeria than an identical but not-pregnant woman.

I'm with you, Angelil. My nightmare is coming across a sign with an incorrect apostrophe and a magic marker in my pocket...... I don't know if I could walk past without correcting it. And all the redundant 'of' eg 'Don't leave your recycling outside of the gates'. 😳

@FruityPolos

I wonder if it puts some people off applying or if it's just accepted that that's what happens at college. At least in UK uni halls you have your own bedroom even if sharing a kitchen etc, but sharing a room with someone you hate while sleeping would fill me with dread! Although I'm not that sociable to be fair 😁

My niece had to share a room in London in her first year at UCL, as single rooms were too expensive. She had 9am lectures while her roommate was a night owl and never needed to get up early! Not a happy year!

Why do some people have the most amazing singing voices. I know that's what makes them unique hence why they make money but why was I born with a voice tone that sounds like a dump truck horn. Can we even change it?