BigMouth Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 When did the one minute silence change to the two minute silence, and why? Why did Princess DIana get a three minute silence? Will more major royals get longer silences. Maggie Thatcher seems to be going on for an inordinate length of time. Does anyone have any good news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 how can anybody justify reporting a retired lady with vascular problems to the dss for making cards to sell for charities ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 how can anybody justify reporting a retired lady with vascular problems to the dss for making cards to sell for charities ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stromtrow Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Noticed that a lot of the power cables along the tingwall straight have these wire coils on them , Does anyone know what purpose they serve ? the coils are to make them more visable to birds so they dont fly into them (i think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Noticed that a lot of the power cables along the tingwall straight have these wire coils on them , Does anyone know what purpose they serve ? They could also be anti vibration devices. The larger (>132kV) have units at each end to dampen oscillation of the wire. It could be required here on a smaller scale. It could also help with radar detection (guessing that one) as there is a runway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhutch Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 as far as i know theres only 33 Kv main lines n 11 Kv local lines here , there will be linesmen browsing who will put you completely right about what you've seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Another Hydro lines question. When you have the big pylons they have 4 or 6 lines/wires, the wooden poles carry 3 across Shetland, and the smaller branches going off to housing carry 2. Now the electricity stuff I remember was that you need a line to and from, neg- & pos+ sort of idea, so the 6/4/2 combinations make sense to me... But why does most of the Shetland network have 3? why that 3rd wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodeyn Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Why does the end hoose at sooth lochside have such a HUGE chimney? Did the bricky get carried away?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 I'd like to know where our 2 year old has hidden the central food processor attachment - you know, the bit that actually turns the blade! He made off with it a week ago while I was distracted at the cooker and it hasn't been seen since. I've got some bananas in the freezer that I want to whip up into ice cream and I can't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Under the shed or in the Leggo box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortio Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Why did Princess DIana get a three minute silence?they had a couple of false starts when someone coughed about a minute in. Maggie Thatcher seems to be going on for an inordinate length of time. Does anyone have any good news?she will eventually rust and there will be no hope of enforcing even a 10 second silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebbidy Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 if a known liar tells you that they are a liar do you believe them????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 If you were in a car travelling at the speed of light (humour me)What happens when you switch the head lights on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Logically, if you were travelling at exactly the speed of light there'd be a build up of energy around the filaments of the bulbs, probably fusing the bulb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Inky Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 While you can't travel at exactly the speed of light ©, if you were travelling at, say 0.9c, you would experience the light shining away from the car as normal. An observer in front of you would find the light from your headlights moving past them at c, but with an increased frequency. An observer behind you would also experience the light from your car moving past them at c, but with a decreased frequency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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