Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

michaels

Ok LJ - your homework for tonight is to calculate the specific heat capacity of LIR's lake over the winter to see if it contains enough energy to heat her house - heroic assumptions are of course permitted.

LydiaJ wrote: »

Aww thanks.

Whenever you happen to think of any physics questions to which you wish to know the answer, try me.

"The Nice People Thread" - where you can get to "know" total strangers and they will advise you about almost anything.

chewmylegoff

michaels wrote: »

Ok LJ - your homework for tonight is to calculate the specific heat capacity of LIR's lake over the winter to see if it contains enough energy to heat her house - heroic assumptions are of course permitted.

LiR doesn't have a lake, only a small duck pond.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

The architect's firm (? Company? School? Manege? Menage?)

Practice

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

LiR doesn't have a lake, only a small duck pond.

I struggled with the dimensions of LIR's pond, to visualise.

And I've just realised... it's FAR far bigger than the whole village green/pond of the village where I grew up, even though that was quite big.

So she has her own village green really.

tomterm8

I think with the solar power thing, I came to the conclusion that solar water heating IS a viable proposition economically*, particularly because you can actually make it yourself (great for greenhouses) but if you can get a connection to the grid, solar power generation is not.

Note: most of the payback calculations are hopelessly optomistic IMHO, since they don't include the costs of the inevitable repairs, and even without these repairs you are looking at payback times of between 15 and 20 years or more. Over that period, it's very likely to go wrong.

Solar power generation may be viable when you can't get a connection to the grid, since off-grid power generation is often more costly.


* but to get the best out of it, you must have underfloor heating, so it is best in new build properties.

lemonjelly

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

when I was 18, an American bloke bought me a bottle of Chanel No. 5. then completely ruined it by saying he'd bought it because his Mum used it..

:rotfl:

I am completely useless, & even I know how wrong that is!:rotfl:

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I don't think I know what Fahrenheit smells like. I do remember a ludicrous advert from when I was a child, which said in breathless over-Frenchified tones...... "FAHRENHEIT...... POUR HOMME..... PAS CHRISTIAN DIOR....."

I :mad: all perfume ads. !!!!!! do they tell us about what they're supposed to be selling? Pretentious claptrap!

lemonjelly

Seeing as there's loads of random stuff being gassed about here, I'm currently trying to make my car look better by sorting the minor scratches/chips etc by t-cutting it.

I guess that basically it works by melting the paint & it then re-sets? I'm following the instructions, & I have the right stuff, but it isn't working that well. Is it one of those things that you have to do several times to get the full effect? Any tips on how to make it better/easier?

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

I :mad: all perfume ads. !!!!!! do they tell us about what they're supposed to be selling? Pretentious claptrap!

I unpacked some limited edition perfume posters I'd hoarded and they've all be damaged in storage. Pretentiousness is bad for the soul, but a bit of pretend/escapism is, IMO, quite good. If doing the washing up I can momentarily be transported to a Parisian rooftop, or a field of flowers or a flower laden oasis in the desert then that's all well and good.

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

It's a glorious winters morning today. Cool (for Sydney) and sunny. Not a cloud in the sky.

I love this time of year but Aussies are such wusses about cold and wet weather. They are in Sydney anyway.

Weather where I am has been very changeable the past couple of days. Some gloriously sunny spells, yet 5 mins later, pouring rain. Even had a little thunder yesterday!

Generali wrote: »

We've a long weekend to look forward to too, it's the Queen's birthday.

How come you lot get a bank holiday for it & we don't?

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

I unpacked some limited edition perfume posters I'd hoarded and they've all be damaged in storage. Pretentiousness is bad for the soul, but a bit of pretend/escapism is, IMO, quite good. If doing the washing up I can momentarily be transported to a Parisian rooftop, or a field of flowers or a flower laden oasis in the desert then that's all well and good.

I get the point, I just think they're so badly done.
Posters/magazine ads are less irritating to me, as I can quickly look away, & all they're doing is trying to give a main image for it.

But tv/cinema perfume ads really get my goat. I find every single one of them aweful. They bear little/no relation to the product, or even the brand. They tell me nothing. Indeed, generally they turn me off from the product.

Perhaps it is just me, after all, although I have the stuff, I rarely wear it.:o