Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

That's a bit worrying. I just assumed that the lake would have more thermal capacity than that. We used an embarrassingly large amount of gas last winter, and I'm going to find and stop up some more of the draughts to try to reduce that, but we're talking tens of 1,000s of kWh - enough most probably to freeze that lake right through. LIR is surely going to need to drop that lake temperature at least 10C during the winter? (I mean that she'll surely need at least 20,000 kWh.) Maybe she'll freeze it solid, although that will take a lot more energy extraction because of latent heat. But the point is that once it's freezing even locally round the collector, the collector will effectively be insulated by the ice. Maybe that photo of the lake was very misleading.

I think the problem is you're only looking at one side of the equation: energy out. There will be an input of energy too most days if/when the air temperature gets higher than the temperature of the lake.

John_Pierpoint

LydiaJ wrote: »

www.microbiologyonline.org.uk,

From the web site - yes it is hidden away in the site map.

Contacts

By post

Society for General Microbiology
Marlborough House, Basingstoke Road
Spencers Wood, Reading RG7 1AG UK
By phone

+44(0) 118 988 1800
By email

[EMAIL="education@sgm.ac.uk"]education@sgm.ac.uk[/EMAIL]

The "quiz" that appeared to have been lifted from Leeds University was a bit "strong" for a 7 year old.
However children a tough they absorb information and usually make sense of it.
It reminds me of the one and only time I tried to ask a question of a "sexual" nature:

I found reading difficult, parents struggled, but eventually I clicked.
I became a book worm - I could walk up to the Library at 10:00 opening time and get out a "Famous Five/Biggles book and read it in time to go back and get another at (say) 19:00.

One day aged about 8 I was devouring The Readers Digest. There was an article asking you all about symptoms, some sort of discharge, smells, towels - all stuff I had been taught as cleanliness was next to Godliness.
But it then went on about a new trend, that was so much better, it obviously reached parts where soap and water was not enough.

It was really worrying so I asked my mum:

WHAT IS INTERNAL SANITARY PROTECTION - DO I NEED IT ?

The poor woman flustered and fudged and cast aspersions on my reading ability.

I resolved that there were some area of knowledge where the grown ups just could not cope and simply were too ignorant to be relied upon - so I had to do my own research in the Library; I expect there are similar kids today who are finding all sorts of misinformation via Google these days. At least the Library information was filtered by the Librarians and so mostly accurate.

Most kids aged 16 know their parents know nothing - but at the age of 21 are amazed at how much they have learned in 5 years.

neverdespairgirl

GDB2222 wrote: »

Are all these essentials? Frankly, I wouldn't go anywhere that required dressing up in the evenings.

hairbrush is always in my handbag anyway - I have waist-length hair, so can't go far without it!

As for evenings, a city break implies a nice dinner or two.

Frittered_Away

John_Pierpoint wrote: »

It was really worrying so I asked my mum:

WHAT IS INTERNAL SANITARY PROTECTION - DO I NEED IT ?

The poor woman flustered and fudged and cast aspersions on my reading ability.

I resolved that there were some area of knowledge where the grown ups just could not cope and simply were too ignorant to be relied upon - so I had to do my own research in the Library; I expect there are similar kids today who are finding all sorts of misinformation via Google these days. At least the Library information was filtered by the Librarians and so mostly accurate.

Most kids aged 16 know their parents know nothing - but at the age of 21 are amazed at how much they have learned in 5 years.

I have no idea how I made it into this thread, but I thought I'd share another one. When I was little (maybe 7/8?) I used to read anything and everything, and I was once in the bathroom and reading a little leaflet that was in a box of white things... cue a very awkward conversation which started with me: 'mummy what's a period?'; detour through her: 'it's a full stop'; and finally her: 'wait... where did you read it?!' :rotfl:

I used to love reading about stuff like that though, I'm not sure why it intrigued me so. I read my sister's 'facts of life' book too :rotfl:

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm loving the 'new post' thing, thanks PN. Now I can read and comment on all manner of randomness. Like ladies with hairy armpits.

Precisely.

A never ending list of bizarre topics and crises

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

Oh, and you forgot your hairbrush?

Hands work fine.

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

hairbrush is always in my handbag anyway - I have waist-length hair, so can't go far without it!

As for evenings, a city break implies a nice dinner or two.

Agree....cities mean nice meals. (and a bit of local culture street food.)


but the hairbrush thing for long hair is only relevant if you have straight hair/brushable hair. Those of us with different ancestry in our hair follicles can have v. long hair but never, ever use a brush. My hair, strightened, goes down to my bum now, but dry it hangs (I think) around mid back? Maybe shorter...depending on weather and condition. I use a comb when its wet and needs a comb. Hands are fine for weeks at a time though. OUR disadvantage is, anything that ''messes up'' hair means getting it wet, using styling products again.

Frittered_Away

PasturesNew wrote: »

Hands work fine.

Scrape it all up into a ponytail - done

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Yes - it was fun.

Thanks. Was it fun as an experience in its own right or did you go with a fun person. i.e. would it still be fun if you were with a ''right poop'' of a Lord?

neverdespairgirl

lostinrates wrote: »

Thanks. Was it fun as an experience in its own right or did you go with a fun person. i.e. would it still be fun if you were with a ''right poop'' of a Lord?

I went as a very baby barrister to pick up judgment - it involved all sorts of walking backwards and bowing. And I went for a cuppa with the barrister on the other side beforehand - very thick china cups, the sort you could bash someone over the head with. And very MSE, about 30p, I think.