You learn something new everyday.

Kylta

KungPao wrote: »

Does every question require an answer?

Yes, unless i'm in the wrong

iamstop

I was saying Perspex to my boss and he didn't know what I was talking about until he asked did I mean Plexiglas.

All just different names for the same thing.

Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), also known as acrylic, or acrylic glass, as well as by the trade names Crylux, Plexiglas acrylic, Acrylite, Astariglas, Lucite, Perclax, and Perspex, among several others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)#:~:text=Poly(methyl%20methacrylate)%20(PMMA,a%20lightweight%20or%20shatter%2Dresistant

Kylta

I learnt that its not always possible to contain flatulence

sbsquarepants

I learned that they open really old, expensive bottles of wine by heating up a special pliers gizmo until it's red hot and clamping it around the neck of the bottle just below the cork, when the glass then gets hot they brush it with cold water and it cracks through. This way they don't have to touch a 50, 60, 100 year old cork and risk it disintegrating into the wine.


I don't have any expensive wine by the way - a mate sent me a youtube video of it:(:(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcqVwMvGQtU

JasonStatham

I'm learning a lot about trading the financial makets lately. Yesterday I learned that you have to read price action even if you're using technical indicators. The indicators on their own aren't good enough.

ablelocks

minor celebrity can be just as much of a slob in real life zoom call as I can. he looks so suave and polished usually, to see him unshaven and in what looked like check pj shirt was a bit of a surprise....

vriesmays

I've learned the difference between speed and thrash metal.

iamstop

vriesmays wrote: »

I've learned the difference between speed and thrash metal.

Pro Tip: One is a Keanu Reeves movie, the other is a music sub genre. :cool:

Kylta

I've learned that there are more crap drivers (fu©k me how did some them actually pass their driving test) than there are competent drivers

sbsquarepants

vriesmays wrote: »

I've learned the difference between speed and thrash metal.

iamstop wrote: »

Pro Tip: One is a Keanu Reeves movie, the other is a music sub genre. :cool:

No, no, no.


One is a cheap stimulant and the other is seen as free money by our ethnic recycling brethren.

is_that_so

iamstop wrote: »

I conducted a 'pot life' or 'working life' test of a metal bonding adhesive in work today and concluded that working life and clamping pressure are indeed both very important for achieving a desired bond of two pieces of galvanized steel.

So, what did you learn today?

Not new to me but ...!

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/everyday-every-day/

iamstop

is_that_so wrote: »

Not new to me but ...!

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/everyday-every-day/

Name checks out.

iamstop

Today I learned about an app called Nextdoor and that people are using it to scam unsuspecting folk.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/nextdoor-scams

The Royal Scam

iamstop wrote: »

I conducted a 'pot life' or 'working life' test of a metal bonding adhesive in work today and concluded that working life and clamping pressure are indeed both very important for achieving a desired bond of two pieces of galvanized steel.

So, what did you learn today?

I know where you work....I think

iamstop

The Royal Scam wrote: »

I know where you work....I think

I know you don't. Send me a DM for funzies. :pac:

Kylta

I realised today that when i'm happy, it annoys some people

zanador

Kylta wrote: »

I realised today that when i'm happy, it annoys some people

Amen, sista, I realised this week that when I'm succeeding it irritates some people and they want to pull me down and more importantly that that ain't about me.

Kylta

zanador wrote: »

Amen, sista, I realised this week that when I'm succeeding it irritates some people and they want to pull me down and more importantly that that ain't about me.

I just learnt that people are under the impression I'm a female

zanador

Kylta wrote: »

I just learnt that people are under the impression I'm a female

I hadn't ascribed a gender to you I say that to everyone but I'll amen brother ya too. Amens all round

Tredstone

I learnt a little more about human dynamics and relationships

Now I know more than a little but not a lot

Kylta

I learnt that the more you think you know about women, the less you actually know about them

Everyday is an adjective. The title should be "every day". That's something to learn I suppose.

iamstop

I learned about the Rainbow Gravity theory.
Basically the theory goes that different wave lengths of light experience different gravity levels and can be seperated out kind of like how a prism diffracts white light into the spectrum. (Dark Side of the Moon album cover anyone?)

What I find most interesting about this theory is that if proved correct, it may disprove the existence of the big bang theory! Maybe Chuck Lorre was wrong!

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

iamstop

There is a tick-borne disease you can contract that makes you allergic to red meat!

https://www.popsci.com/alpha-gal-tick-borne-disease/

ablelocks

Kylta wrote: »

I just learnt that people are under the impression I'm a female

well, I've just learned you're not.

edit : or maybe i'm just assuming you're not based on this post, and that maybe you are, in fact, a woman.

iamstop

Today I read the word Thixotropic for the first time.

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

Kylta

ablelocks wrote: »

well, I've just learned you're not.

edit : or maybe i'm just assuming you're not based on this post, and that maybe you are, in fact, a woman.

I'm a man, but you got me thinking, I'd be a fine looking bald woman that looks like a man

zanador

Kylta wrote: »

I'm a man, but you got me thinking, I'd be a fine looking bald woman that looks like a man

One of the best things about being a middle aged woman and wearing a mask is I don't have to worry about my beard anymore

Kylta

zanador wrote: »

One of the best things about being a middle aged woman and wearing a mask is I don't have to worry about my beard anymore

At least your looking on the bright side of things

zanador

Kylta wrote: »

At least your looking on the bright side of things

Well it's a bit darker because as noone can recognise me I'm not doing my eyebrows either