what I have learned today.

[rafletcher]

A couple of new words, never to be used…

Ferreous - of or containing iron

Eke-name - nickname.

[Mrs Pingu]

A couple of new words, never to be used…

Ferreous - of or containing iron

Eke-name - nickname.

Huh, wonder why we have ferreous when we also have ferrous.

[rafletcher]

I confess my reading was insufficient to determine with any degree of confidence what the fine difference is.

[Kim]

I'm guessing the spelling pre-dates the idea of oxidation states...

[Mr Larrington]

Today I are learning that Moomin creator Tove Jansson translated “The Hobbit” into Swedish, a book that featured a large and hairy Gollum rather than the 2/3rds scale model of Iggy Pop visualised by Peter Jackson et al.

[Mrs Pingu]

It's Beaker with a pot belly!

[ElyDave]

Interesting interpretation, as I thought Smeagol was a hobbit or similar to start with?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Today I are learning that Moomin creator Tove Jansson translated “The Hobbit” into Swedish, a book that featured a large and hairy Gollum rather than the 2/3rds scale model of Iggy Pop visualised by Peter Jackson et al.

This did make me lolup. 

[Mr Larrington]

IIRC in the DVD Extras of one of the LOTR films Mr Jackson or one of his SFX minions stated that Mr Pop was an inspiration for the appearance of Gollum.

[Legs]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons_code

[FifeingEejit]

That watching a helicopter take off in a strong breeze from a field to the grassy patch behind the neighbours house is worrying.
That the grassy patch next the road and behind my neighbours house is an ideal spot for the local air ambulance to land on.
That watching the helicopter take off from behind the neighbours and very close to your garage is worrying, bloody close to lampposts as well.

Hopefully the paramedic(s) that were in the car when it was hit are alright beyond the severity of the injuries warranting the air ambulance sit around for an hour while they were cut out, not seen anything in the news, but the road opened promptly after clear up, unlike last time when SoCOs were on scene for a while.

[Tim Hall]

Bill Dare, prolific radio comedy producer (see the radio recommendations thread) is the son of Peter Jones ( the voice of the  book in HHGTTG and Just a Minute star, rather than the bloke off Dragons' Den, or indeed the department store).

[ElyDave]

Does he have a brother called Dan?

[T42]

Does he have a brother called Dan?

Going by the timing of the stories he'd be SF Controller by now and thinking about retirement.

[ElyDave]

that there is only one typo between implement and impalement

[TheLurker]

That watching a helicopter take off in a strong breeze from a field to the grassy patch behind the neighbours house is worrying.

Likewise watching a U2 - a notoriously tricky thing to fly and land - trying to land in very strong winds is not at all relaxing. Christ knows what the pilot was thinking, but the gust induced rolls  (15? 20? more? degrees) at less than 1000' that I saw scared the shit out of me.

[ElyDave]

I think the fact that they need a chase car, with a qualified pilot talking to the pilot in the plane because he can't actually see where he is relative to the runway tells you a lot about how nuts that design is, but also utterly sublime

[Mrs Pingu]

That our over bath shower screen appears to be wrong. It opens all the way out away from the bath into the room, but there is a stop which prevents it swinging over the bath. It seems it was meant for fitting on the other side/end of a bath. 
Presumably that is why it is sealed to the bath on the wrong side (the inside instead of the outside), because that bit doesn't move. Brilliant. That should scupper my plan to replace the manky sealant and stop the leak.

[Mrs Pingu]

Hmm. Unless the hinge can be turned upside down.

[Feanor]

That our over bath shower screen appears to be wrong. It opens all the way out away from the bath into the room, but there is a stop which prevents it swinging over the bath. It seems it was meant for fitting on the other side/end of a bath. 
Presumably that is why it is sealed to the bath on the wrong side (the inside instead of the outside), because that bit doesn't move. Brilliant. That should scupper my plan to replace the manky sealant and stop the leak.

I've only ever seen hinged shower screens open outwards, as best I can remember.

In some places I believe this is also in the building regs, so that you can get to someone who has fallen etc; an inward-opening door could become blocked.

[L CC]

Inward opening they can bash on the taps. Always open outwards.

[Basil]

Surely inward opening would get in your way as you entered?

[rafletcher]

Surely inward opening would get in your way as you entered?

Nah, they're typically less than half the length of the bath, unless full length sliding versions are fitted - recommended for power showers.

[Kim]

Ours doesn't seem to be limited in its movement.  Outwards movement ultimately gets restricted by the wiper thingy^[1] being crushed against the rim of the bath.

The bath's the wrong way round, so no danger of it hitting the taps.  This also means that the shower screen is barely long enough to prevent the stream of water running down your forearm, off your elbow and into a neat puddle on the bathmat as you rinse your hair.


_{[1] A thing I learned on a previous day is that these are replaceable, and there are a zillion different standard shapes.}

[Little Jim]

Ours doesn't seem to be limited in its movement.  Outwards movement ultimately gets restricted by the wiper thingy^[1] being crushed against the rim of the bath.

The bath's the wrong way round, so no danger of it hitting the taps.  This also means that the shower screen is barely long enough to prevent the stream of water running down your forearm, off your elbow and into a neat puddle on the bathmat as you rinse your hair.


_{[1] A thing I learned on a previous day is that these are replaceable, and there are a zillion different standard shapes.}

Yes, I learnt that last year too and in the end decided it was worth paying well over the odds to get the correct one from the shower manufacturer rather than having four or five goes at getting the right one from unknown internet suppliers.