 |       Adite: Socks are such a scam 11 months ago • Report 0  Polar Apex Janet: I think that half goat guy steals them and teleports to Narnia from the back of the washing machine  Corwin: I have a theory about the missing socks. By some freak combination of temperature, moisture, and the rotational period of the appliance, they create brief and tiny wormholes in the fabric of space/time (only large enough for one sock at a time). Where they end up is anybody's guess, but as the universe seems to have an odd sense of humour, I suspect they end up on a distant planet, and are found by an extraterrestrial species of somewhat similar technological advancement to ourselves, with the other end of the wormhole exiting into their own washing appliances... except this alien species doesn't have feet, so they can't make sense of what sort of garment it could possibly be. The appearance of the sock being even more inexplicable than the disappearance on our end. Adite: £8 a pair is definitely a scam. For that price, I'd hope they'd wash themselves. I mostly go without or wears tights, which neatly solves the problem as both feet are firmly attached.  Finger5: Worth every penny when you're on a long cross country hike, they have padding and support as well as preventing blisters. Essential for the 110 mile hike I'm planning but I wouldn't pay that much for everyday socks. Corwin: If I walked 23 kilometres, and I walked 23 kilometres more... Doesn't have quite the same "ring" to it.    Acidic_Alex: The circular motion of a washing machine condenses the laundry, thus creating micro black holes that absorb some of the socks and then disappear. That's the only logical theory I can think of. Finger5: The Cleveland way is officially 109.5 miles but the half mile walk back to the bus stop makes it 110. If you like the outdoors you will like the Cleveland way, I've hiked parts of it many times and I'm still learning about the history. It's a peaceful place. Adite: I live near to the Cotswold way which is a 102 mile footpath. I've walked along parts of it with the dog, but I only ever seem to make it as far as the first cafe or pub. Corwin: Nothing Metric? I'm going to drink about 500ml of vodka, on top of the at least 250ml of vodka I've already imbibed. I've walked many kilometres... but I guess there's no metric term for "dog"... ... gotta love dogs. Adite: We use m and km for running (but not walking) distances less than a half marathon. We use both metric and Imperial units for many things in the UK, but the trend is towards metric. I'm just glad that science is exclusively taught in metric/SI units. I suspect that in the next 50 years the only old style unit frequently used will be miles. I have never used degrees Fahrenheit or gallons/fluid oz. I don't even know my dog's weight in lb, as I've only even been told or asked for it in kg (32 kg if you are wondering). Finger5: Some things are measured in feet and inches or just inches, stone is still common for weight and miles are still used. I work in miles per gallon because litres per 100km is foreign to me, other than that everything is metric to anyone under 70. Changing to kilometres now would be chaos, it would involve modifying the speedo on every car on the road and the government would have to foot (no pun intended) the bill, they are far too greedy to do that when they get nothing out of it. Adite: I have never driven a car that hasn’t had the speed in km/h (and usually mph). And I clearly remember the same rhetoric about the cost and hassle being said when we went through metrification at various points… I remember people getting upset saying you couldn’t order a lb of sausages or a pint of beer and other nonsense. You can still do that, it’s just sold in g and ml! The only inconvenience I have ever experienced is when you think you need a screw in a certain size and it turns out to be an old one and they don’t quite match. The impact on business and industry was much greater… ultimately aligning their system of measurement with Europe and the majority of the world. Saying that, I’m very fond of miles. It’s nice knowing it takes 20 minutes to walk a mile and you can comfortably walk 3 miles in an hour. Adite: Now I think about it, it’s weird how much I remember about metrification. I’ve never bought petrol in gallons and I have zero intuition about how much one is. But I do know a litre of water is very nearly 1 kg, which is handy. Finger5: A litre of water weighs exactly a kilo I believe, and a gallon is 4.56 litres. I have no other use for gallons other than working out fuel economy. Before my hip problem I walked at 4 mph and that was quite accurate for measuring distance. As far as nuts and bolts, I haven't had to worry about imperial for at least 30 years, which is good because I don't have any imperial spanners or sockets.  Zlad: One litre of liquid water has a mass of almost exactly one kilogram, because the kilogram was originally defined in 1795 as the mass of one cubic decimetre of water at the temperature of melting ice (0 °C). Subsequent redefinitions of the metre and kilogram mean that this relationship is no longer exact. Adite: It's most accurate at 4 degrees now (assuming lots of other things). Which is mildly off putting Finger5: Yes, I googled it to make sure, water is at it's densest at 4°C. I haven't had any reason to consider the density of water before, only oils. |
