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Post by OziRiS on Aug 5, 2013 13:27:16 GMT
Incredible what people can get offended by these days....
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Aug 5, 2013 13:43:08 GMT
Unfortuntely, in the age of corporate political correctness, things change to accomodate the feelings of a small percentage.
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Post by the light works on Aug 5, 2013 15:49:32 GMT
Ok if we’re debating Medical Myths there’s one I’ve always wondered about. It’s one I’m sure we’ve ALL heard about back in primary school If you swallow a piece of gum it’ll stay in your digestive track for 7 years before coming out the other end.A load of nonsense's I know but it is a myth that has been going strong for over 50 years now, & I’d like to see it debunked once & for all. That comes under the heading of "you can lead a man to logic but you can't make him think" barring certain diseases* and minor vagaries of the digestive system, anything you put in the top will reach the bottom in about 24 hours; in essentially the same order it went in. this holds true whether it has been digested or not. (offloading intervals may vary) *at risk of being slightly off-putting, I have seen "processing times" as little as 6 hours given certain food borne ailments. |
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 8, 2013 9:36:49 GMT
COW.
PC Brigade thinking, The word Cow in British refers to a female person who is being a {female canine}.
Its a derogatory term.
sarcasm overload, Unfortunately, if someone is not being very nice to you, you must NOT ever complain, you are never allowed to brig it to attention, and NEVER NEVER NEVER retaliate... you may hurt their feelings.....
The PC brigade didnt think that one through, because its still a viable word to describe a Cow....
As in the big beef thing on a farm that gives milk?...
It has nothing to do with Computer at all, but more to do with some daft twonka with an interest in causing trouble making a great fuss of changing something because when the moon is blue in the second quarter of the third rising of Jupiter if you stand on the right of the road with one trouser leg higher than your waste, someone might JUST think it could be offensive......
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Post by the light works on Aug 8, 2013 13:47:11 GMT
COW. PC Brigade thinking, The word Cow in British refers to a female person who is being a {female canine}. Its a derogatory term. sarcasm overload, Unfortunately, if someone is not being very nice to you, you must NOT ever complain, you are never allowed to brig it to attention, and NEVER NEVER NEVER retaliate... you may hurt their feelings..... The PC brigade didnt think that one through, because its still a viable word to describe a Cow.... As in the big beef thing on a farm that gives milk?... It has nothing to do with Computer at all, but more to do with some daft twonka with an interest in causing trouble making a great fuss of changing something because when the moon is blue in the second quarter of the third rising of Jupiter if you stand on the right of the road with one trouser leg higher than your waste, someone might JUST think it could be offensive...... Here, cow is usually more a comparison of structure and intellect than attitude - although being called a cow usually leads to the expressions of attitude. |
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Post by Cybermortis on Sept 26, 2013 15:50:04 GMT
What about Nitroglycerin patches? Could hitting one hard enough cause it to explode? (I'd think its rather unlikely) Could de-fibrillating someone who is wearing a patch cause it to explode? (Apparently yes, in some situations. To quote from Wilkipeda; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyceryl_trinitrate_(pharmacology) ) *Edit* Scrub that, this was tested...Apparently I don't remember seeing that episode...DOH! |
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Post by the light works on Sept 26, 2013 18:11:17 GMT
What about Nitroglycerin patches? Could hitting one hard enough cause it to explode? (I'd think its rather unlikely) Could de-fibrillating someone who is wearing a patch cause it to explode? (Apparently yes, in some situations. To quote from Wilkipeda; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyceryl_trinitrate_(pharmacology) ) *Edit* Scrub that, this was tested...Apparently I don't remember seeing that episode...DOH! you should make a point of finding it. there is some nice footage in it. |
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Post by OziRiS on Oct 7, 2013 11:06:06 GMT
Here's one: Apparantly you're taller in the morning than you are in the evening - Or for the nocturnal people out there: You're taller when you get out of bed (at whichever time that may be for you) than you are when you get back in after about 12-16 hours of being awake and doing stuff.
The medical reason for this is reportedly that the cartilage and tendons in your body - specifically in your spine, hips, knees and ankles - compress due to movement, the weight of the body and the weight of anything you carry during the hours you're awake and are then stretched out again while you sleep. The height difference in a single person has been reported to be as large as 5cm (almost 2 inches).
Questions to be answered:
1) Is it at all true?
If so:
2) Can a standard be determined (percentage of original height) that applies to all human beings or does it really depend on what you do during the day? (Standing/walking/running as opposed to sitting most of the day and hard physical labor as opposed to milder working conditions)
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 8, 2013 8:10:20 GMT
Is it true, yes.
I can verify that it is true for me, because it got tested some time ago, before Mythbusters was ever a TV show.
Does it depend on what you do?...
Yes.
If you are sitting relaxed or even lying down, it doesn't affect you as much.
If like me at that time you are loading/unloading vans putting pressure on the spine, manual labour, it affects you more.
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Post by rikkochet on Oct 9, 2013 18:46:47 GMT
Weight and build enter into the equation.
I am the ideal weight (or would be if I was four inches taller) and usually shrink two inches during the day if I spend much of the time on my feet.
Some days my only excercise is taking my Lab for a walk or getting myself coffee, but I still shrink.
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Post by OziRiS on Oct 9, 2013 19:16:17 GMT
Weight and build enter into the equation. I am the ideal weight (or would be if I was four inches taller) and usually shrink two inches during the day if I spend much of the time on my feet. Some days my only excercise is taking my Lab for a walk or getting myself coffee, but I still shrink. You take your lab for walks too? I thought TUM was the only one who did that. Darn thing keeps dropping inators and half-eaten n00bs in the hallway!  |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Oct 21, 2013 19:40:22 GMT
Here's one: Apparantly you're taller in the morning than you are in the evening - Or for the nocturnal people out there: You're taller when you get out of bed (at whichever time that may be for you) than you are when you get back in after about 12-16 hours of being awake and doing stuff. The medical reason for this is reportedly that the cartilage and tendons in your body - specifically in your spine, hips, knees and ankles - compress due to movement, the weight of the body and the weight of anything you carry during the hours you're awake and are then stretched out again while you sleep. The height difference in a single person has been reported to be as large as 5cm (almost 2 inches). Questions to be answered: 1) Is it at all true? If so: 2) Can a standard be determined (percentage of original height) that applies to all human beings or does it really depend on what you do during the day? (Standing/walking/running as opposed to sitting most of the day and hard physical labor as opposed to milder working conditions) I remember learning about this in Physics class during my Senior Year of High School. It has to do with compression of the discs between the vertebrae. As the day passes, the discs compress from the forces exerted upon them (walking, running, lifting objects, etc). When you sleep at night, the discs are allowed to rest & return to their original size. It's not my Lab that drops the half-eaten n00bs, that's the genetically-engineered six-foot-tall Kimodo dragon that I use to keep intruders out. Those n00bs just can't take a hint... |
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Post by rikkochet on Oct 22, 2013 18:24:53 GMT
My Lab won't touch nOObs, he's fussy about what he eats.
And come to think of it, I don't take him for a walk, he takes me.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 23, 2013 8:43:33 GMT
We have a Husky cross like that.
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Post by the light works on Oct 23, 2013 17:08:47 GMT
when Lion was very young, we established that her leash represented an immovable object, if she got into the mindset that she was an unstoppable force. as far as I know, she never required a second lesson.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 24, 2013 7:53:57 GMT
You cannot take the pull out of a Husky.
Ask anyone who keeps them...
They can be trained not to pull as hard, but that takes ages, and by the time they get it right, they are usually older dogs?...
Husky are born to pull, bred to pull, put a leash on them, and it means pull....
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Post by the light works on Oct 24, 2013 14:44:15 GMT
You cannot take the pull out of a Husky. Ask anyone who keeps them... They can be trained not to pull as hard, but that takes ages, and by the time they get it right, they are usually older dogs?... Husky are born to pull, bred to pull, put a leash on them, and it means pull.... There are leash configurations designed to NOT trigger sled-dog reactions. when combined with proper training that the dog in question is NOT the lead dog, the problem can be much reduced. |
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Post by rikkochet on Oct 24, 2013 19:22:21 GMT
Is your Husky always angry, Silver?
My Lab doesn't pull on a lead, never has, but whenever we wander around the grounds of the house where I live (no lead necessary) he won't go anywhere unless I follow him. If I'm a few yards behind him, fine. If I stop or lag further behind he stops and waits for me to catch up.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 25, 2013 7:46:10 GMT
My Husky cross is never much angry at anything.... excitable, yes, angry?... I think you would have to seriously pizza him off to get him angry...
He gets walked twice a day, and is always raring to go, he loves getting out past the boundaries of our land.
Otherwise, he is curious, if everyone leaves the room, he will follow them just in case he is missing something, he does follow you about of he gets bored, but will spend many hours asleep in a heap in his basket.
"Tried 'em all", and he just looks at you as if "WTF?... you serious?.." and then just ignored them.
He is a little better with me than the rest of the family, he wont pull as hard, because I am as stubborn as him, and will just stop repeatedly, until he gets the idea.
But he is always at the end of the leash with a little pressure on....
Mostly because he loves to dart off and investigate.
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Post by Lex Of Sydney Australia on Oct 29, 2013 15:02:07 GMT
You cannot take the pull out of a Husky. Ask anyone who keeps them... They can be trained not to pull as hard, but that takes ages, and by the time they get it right, they are usually older dogs?... Husky are born to pull, bred to pull, put a leash on them, and it means pull.... If you think Huskys are pullers you should try Malamutes! Back when we got our first pair of Mallies (I was about 17 at the time) I decided to take them for a walk wearing my roller blades. It was all going swimmingly till we got to the park & the dogs decided they wanted to run – in opposite directions! Needless to say I NEVER took them for a walk using my roller blades again! |
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