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mzungu

A lions roar (114 decibels) can be heard from five miles away.

Carry

mzungu wrote: »

A lions roar (114 decibels) can be heard from five miles away.

So does my American neighbour's hollering ....:rolleyes:






sorry, was off topic, but his voice is a pet peeve of mine

pleas advice

TomSweeney wrote: »

So here's the planets in comparison to the Sun ...

right, so we've seen the planets compared to the sun, here's the planets, to scale, between the earth and moon to scale, (Pluto would fit in as well)

And Sun v Aldebaran, and Aldebaran is not even that big ...

the Sun vs Aldebaran vs Betelgeuse vs VV Cephei, ... the Sun is miniscule in comparison,



If VV Cephei was placed where the Sun is, it would engulf all the inner planets, the asteroid belt, and Jupiter. Saturn would be safe though...


basically, things in space are massive, but theres an awful lot of 'space' in space.

also, this black-hole is ****in' unimaginably big

TomSweeney wrote: »

https://twitter.com/marsrader/status/1068511489189978112

IvyTheTerrific

New Home wrote: »

Lads, do not mess with wet hair: wet hair kills.

Well some viruses proliferate at temperatures slightly lower than body temperature, so if you get cold, the virus can reproduce better and be more likely to make you sick. The rhinovirus (common cold) is a typical example.

New Home

IvyTheTerrific wrote: »

Well some viruses proliferate at temperatures slightly lower than body temperature, so if you get cold, the virus can reproduce better and be more likely to make you sick. The rhinovirus (common cold) is a typical example.

My theory is that since cold causes vasoconstriction, less blood is brought to the area and therefore fewer white cells, so your immune system can't fight as well whatever it is that's attacking it. But then again, I got my M.D. with Dr. Nick Riviera, sssssoooo....

IvyTheTerrific

New Home wrote: »

My theory is that since cold causes vasoconstriction, less blood is brought to the area and therefore fewer white cells, so your immune system can't fight as well whatever it is that's attacking it. But then again, I got my Master of Medicine with Dr. Nick Riviera, sssssoooo....

I'd say the two things are a slam dunk!

mikemac2

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Mammys know best.

Eat your dinner, there are starving children in Somalia

If there is a famine or disaster somewhere the Mammy will know of it. Very well informed

bonzodog2

The UK Foreign Office has an official cat, named Palmerston. Job title is Chief Mouser. He has 73,000 Twitter followers.
https://twitter.com/DiploMog

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mikemac2 wrote: »

Eat your dinner, there are starving children in Somalia

If there is a famine or disaster somewhere in the Ireland the Mammy will know of it. Very well informed

Biafera and other exotic locations just rolled off the tongues of the Irish mammy, without a clue where in the world the places were.

New Home

Still, they weren't wrong.

New Home

mzungu wrote: »

A lions roar (114 decibels) can be heard from five miles away.

I can't remember if it's been mentioned before, but, apparently, the lion's roar from the MGM intro is actually a tiger's, because the lion's was deemed not to be loud enough.

EDIT: Actually, that only started with one specific lion in the 80s, and the roar was made up of different bits of tiger roars.

IvyTheTerrific

Speaking of animal sounds in films, most people thinking about frogs will imagine the sound "ribbit". But this sound is only made by a small number of species specific to California. The reason we know the sound so well is because a recording of the male California Baja tree frog was used in many many films as a frog sound effect.

Cleopatra_

IvyTheTerrific wrote: »

Speaking of animal sounds in films, most people thinking about frogs will imagine the sound "ribbit". But this sound is only made by a small number of species specific to California. The reason we know the sound so well is because a recording of the male California Baja tree frog was used in many many films as a frog sound effect.

I always wondered why in German the noise a frog makes is "quack quack" since ribbit is more suitable. Now that I know that ribbit only applies to a small number of species in California it makes more sense!

I find it very interesting that the way we describe animals sounds are different in different languages. Or even how we say "ouch" is different. Germans say aua and the French say "aie".

New Home

Excuse me, but eeeeeveryone knows they make "BUDD!" "WIIISE!" "EEEEERRRRRR!" sounds.

Say my name

gozunda wrote: »

When we were children, the mother always said that we would get Pneumonia / TB if we went out with wet hair ....

Anyone any opinions on raindrops carrying viruses that may actually give credence to the theory that people getting wet to the skin in rainfall and catching a virus after may in fact be all down to our little friends in raindrops?

New Home

Cleopatra_ wrote: »

I always wondered why in German the noise a frog makes is "quack quack" since ribbit is more suitable. Now that I know that ribbit only applies to a small number of species in California it makes more sense!

I find it very interesting that the way we describe animals sounds are different in different languages. Or even how we say "ouch" is different. Germans say aua and the French say "aie".

I find funny how a sneeze sounds in different languages.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Say my name wrote: »

Anyone any opinions on raindrops carrying viruses that may actually give credence to the theory that people getting wet to the skin in rainfall and catching a virus after may in fact be all down to our little friends in raindrops?

Not at all valid. Viruses thrive in cold conditions. You carry these viruses most of the time but if the body gets chilled the immune system can be affected. It's a long winded explanation but suffice to say, getting caught in the rain will not cause a cold or flu.

Water John

Was the original MGM lion not from Dublin Zoo?

Paddy Cow

Say my name wrote: »

Anyone any opinions on raindrops carrying viruses that may actually give credence to the theory that people getting wet to the skin in rainfall and catching a virus after may in fact be all down to our little friends in raindrops?

I don't buy that. Surely the rain would be too cold and kill the virus? I'd say it's more the lower temperature weakens the immune system, making it easier for a virus you may have come into contact with to take hold.

New Home

Water John wrote: »

Was the original MGM lion not from Dublin Zoo?

Yes, he was born in Dublin Zoo in 1919.

Capt'n Midnight

IvyTheTerrific wrote: »

Well some viruses proliferate at temperatures slightly lower than body temperature, so if you get cold, the virus can reproduce better and be more likely to make you sick. The rhinovirus (common cold) is a typical example.

Chickens have a higher body temperature 42°C than humans which provides a defence against things like salmonella.

Say my name

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

Not at all valid. Viruses thrive in cold conditions. You carry these viruses most of the time but if the body gets chilled the immune system can be affected. It's a long winded explanation but suffice to say, getting caught in the rain will not cause a cold or flu.

I wouldn't right it off.

Maybe I should have posted that it's a valid theory that's being discussed atm and our understanding of it is pretty poor.

The theory behind it is that you get a light shower of rain on soil and the petrichor smells given off are actually bacteria and viruses kicked up by the falling rain. The viruses and bacteria through the movement of air get sucked up to 8,000 to 10,000 feet where they can be blown ..anywhere really.
https://www.passporthealthusa.com/2018/05/can-a-virus-spread-via-the-rain/

Viruses and bacteria are essential for life but they have been shown to fall in rainfall even by Antony van Leeuwenhoek on the 26th of May 1676.

Emmersonn

New Home wrote: »

I can't remember if it's been mentioned before, but, apparently, the lion's roar from the MGM intro is actually a tiger's, because the lion's was deemed not to be loud enough.

EDIT: Actually, that only started with one specific lion in the 80s, and the roar was made up of different bits of tiger roars.

This guy auditioned but was deemed unsuitable
{Lion} Hello!!!! good morning!!! - YouTube

BaZmO*

A Duck’s feet don’t freeze when walking on ice due to the way the veins and arteries in their feet are arranged.

Ducks, as well as many other birds, have a counter-current heat exchange system between the arteries and veins in their legs. Warm arterial blood flowing to the feet passes close to cold venous blood returning from the feet. The arterial blood warms up the venous blood, dropping in temperature as it does so. This means that the blood that flows through the feet is relatively cool. This keeps the feet supplied with just enough blood to provide tissues with food and oxygen, and just warm enough to avoid frostbite. But by limiting the temperature difference between the feet and the ice, heat loss is greatly reduced.

Capt'n Midnight

bonzodog2 wrote: »

The UK Foreign Office has an official cat, named Palmerston. Job title is Chief Mouser. He has 73,000 Twitter followers.

In October 2017, Palmerston "appointed" his first overseas envoys. Lawrence of Abdoun. For the British Embassy in Amman



Meanwhile the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is a role that has existed since 1515. The Mouser is a civil servant so the Mouser stays in No 10 Downing Street after a Prime Minister leaves. Larry doesn't always get on with Palmerston.

New Home

So, I take it this is Larry, then?

bonzodog2

11 Downing St has a cat too https://twitter.com/HMTreasuryCat

Tell me how

New Home wrote: »

So, I take it this is Larry, then?

And an example of the aforementioned conflict between key members of the feline cabinet. (at 30 seconds)

Think Laura Keunssberg tweeted some similar interactions from outside #10 in the last week or so which was very apt given what was going on inside.

NewbridgeIR

Like so many other compilations, Tom Dunne's 30 Best Irish Hits manages to use the "wrong" mix of Hot House Flowers' Don't Go - included is the People album version. Compiled by a man who really should know better than to make a basic error like that.

On the other hand, Now That's What I Call Music 12 gets it right and features the correct single mix.

Tell me how

NewbridgeIR wrote: »

Like so many other compilations, Tom Dunne's 30 Best Irish Hits manages to use the "wrong" mix of Hot House Flowers' Don't Go - included is the People album version. Compiled by a man who really should know better than to make a basic error like that.

On the other hand, Now That's What I Call Music 12 gets it right and features the correct single mix.

He's very responsive to tweets or messages to his show. I'd be surprised if you asked him to explain that he wouldn't either acknowledge the mistake or explain the reasoning behind it.