Author Topic: what I have learned today. (Read 864534 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5000 on:** 06 February, 2021, 10:10:56 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 06 February, 2021, 08:47:54 pm

Not to be confused with Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club...... whose current name is self-evidently wrong.

Oldham Athletic?

[“No.” – Ed.]

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #5001 on:** 07 February, 2021, 12:20:57 pm »

Ennead as a group of nine.
81 people arrested at a French orgy suggesting “9 carnal enneads”

Peter · « **Reply #5002 on:** 07 February, 2021, 12:31:47 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 06 February, 2021, 10:10:56 pm

Quote from: Peter on 06 February, 2021, 08:47:54 pm
Not to be confused with Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club...... whose current name is self-evidently wrong.

Oldham Athletic?

[“No.” – Ed.]

andyoxon · « **Reply #5003 on:** 07 February, 2021, 09:26:13 pm »

3-in-One oil says "Shake well before use". I never knew that. Teach me not to read the oil "how to use"

Kim · « **Reply #5004 on:** 08 February, 2021, 05:27:26 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 07 February, 2021, 09:26:13 pm

3-in-One oil says "Shake well before use". I never knew that. Teach me not to read the oil "how to use"

I remember being amused that squirty cream used to say "Remove from fridge" as the first step of the instructions. However it fails to mention that squirting cream makes noise, which is important if you're Deaf and sneakily eating it straight from the can in the middle of the night.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #5005 on:** 14 February, 2021, 08:47:14 pm »

That in Cameroon there is a brand of cigarette called Bastos, named after a district of Yaounde where many diplomats and ex-pats live. A bit like the (former? present?) brand Mayfair, I suppose.

Canardly · « **Reply #5006 on:** 14 February, 2021, 10:28:57 pm »

That old English is actually more closely associated with Friese (sp?) as in Friesland and not old German (Saxon) as previously thought. More widely spoken in days of old in the Netherlands, northern Germany and southern Denmark until Charlemagne or thereabouts.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5007 on:** 14 February, 2021, 10:40:16 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 14 February, 2021, 08:47:14 pm

That in Cameroon there is a brand of cigarette called Bastos, named after a district of Yaounde where many diplomats and ex-pats live. A bit like the (former? present?) brand Mayfair, I suppose.

Wikinaccurate claims they’re:
a) originally Spanish, and
b) named after Juan Bastos, who founded the company in 1838

I always thought they were French, mind.

Nuncio · « **Reply #5008 on:** 18 February, 2021, 11:57:12 am »

That the word cliché has a probable onomatopoeic origin. And the word 'boudoir' has a possible onomatopoeic origin.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #5009 on:** 18 February, 2021, 11:59:54 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 14 February, 2021, 10:40:16 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 14 February, 2021, 08:47:14 pm
That in Cameroon there is a brand of cigarette called Bastos, named after a district of Yaounde where many diplomats and ex-pats live. A bit like the (former? present?) brand Mayfair, I suppose.

Wikinaccurate claims they’re:
a) originally Spanish, and
b) named after Juan Bastos, who founded the company in 1838

I always thought they were French, mind.

Okay! Must be just coincidence then. Unless the district was named after the cigarette, but that would be silly.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #5010 on:** 18 February, 2021, 10:25:57 pm »

That you can spend exceedingly large amounts of money on a record player cartridge/needle.

A Grado Lineage Epoch moving magnet coil cartridge for £10,800 anyone ?

I bought an Audio Technica AT-VM95E moving magnet cartridge for for £39

Wowbagger · « **Reply #5011 on:** 18 February, 2021, 10:33:47 pm »

I learned which joke was voted the funniest one-liner in cinematographical history, and where the film writers got it.

T42 · « **Reply #5012 on:** 20 February, 2021, 03:33:36 pm »

Tea is better at removing rubbed-off skin grease and gunk from melamine desk-tops than Cif (Jif in the UK). Doesn't stink, either.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #5013 on:** 20 February, 2021, 03:46:13 pm »

Pretty sure it's Cif over here now. Or at least it was, if they haven't changed it back again (this is clearly a comment on how often I purchase such cleaning products).

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #5014 on:** 21 February, 2021, 10:01:32 pm »

That Augustus Owsley Stanley III, in addition to his contribution to, ah, underground chemistry was The Grateful Dead's sound man when he wasn’t in prison, and also founded bass/guitar manufacturer Alembic.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #5015 on:** 23 February, 2021, 10:45:01 am »

That an Eddy Merckx Strada OS frame can take a minimum chainring size of only 52T. Bollocks. I wanted to use a 50T. It will accommodate a 58T!

I have an adaptor plate that slope gave me for the Moulton, but which isn't needed on that as I run it as a 1 x 9. Will dig it out.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #5016 on:** 23 February, 2021, 11:04:39 am »

IRD used to sell a CD braze-on double front derailleur with a deeper body to solve that very problem but it seems to have been discontinued. https://www.interlocracing.com/shop/product/60110-ird-front-derailleur-sub-c-braze-on-2351 seems to be something similar, intended for smaller rings but with a 50t maximum chainring size.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #5017 on:** 23 February, 2021, 11:32:02 am »

20210223_105707 by rogerzilla, on Flickr

It puts the mech about 10mm further back so the curvature isn't such a good match, but I'll see how it shifts.

TimC · « **Reply #5018 on:** 23 February, 2021, 01:52:02 pm »

7600? That is very pretty! Shame you need the block.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #5019 on:** 23 February, 2021, 02:00:06 pm »

Might be 7700. It's before they changed the front cable pull (again), I know that.

Jurek · « **Reply #5020 on:** 23 February, 2021, 02:47:21 pm »

Were it me, I'd try and match the finish of the adapter to that of the Shimano casting. A buff with some Solvol Autosol.
Applied using a Dremel with a polishing mop, it wouldn't take too long.
A coat of clear varnish and Robert is your Mother's brother.

ETA - If you haven't got a Dremel, stick the adapter in the post to me and I'll do it for you. I think you have my postal addy.
ETFA - I'd also radius all the square edges of the adapter slightly, to soften them and bring it aesthetically closer to the Shimano casting.

Kim · « **Reply #5021 on:** 23 February, 2021, 05:44:44 pm »

I expect that's on the agenda for after it's proven to work.

Jurek · « **Reply #5022 on:** 23 February, 2021, 06:10:20 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 23 February, 2021, 05:44:44 pm

I expect that's on the agenda for after it's proven to work.

F'course.
Maybe.

T42 · « **Reply #5023 on:** 24 February, 2021, 01:28:22 pm »

That in 1940 HMG were offering a bounty of 2/6d for live hedgehogs. This according to Virginia Wolff, who found one that had drowned in her garden pool and tried to resuscitate it to mercenary ends.

Kim · « **Reply #5024 on:** 24 February, 2021, 02:13:52 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 24 February, 2021, 01:28:22 pm

That in 1940 HMG were offering a bounty of 2/6d for live hedgehogs.

What were they planning to do with them? I'm imagining them being parachuted behind enemy lines to sabotage the Nazi slug effort...