The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

chris_m

Jackmydad wrote: »

Yes, but that's a "don't know" thing.
I remember buying a tranny van, not being able to shift the nearside wheelnuts, and then remembering that I'd heard somewhere that some vehicles have LH threads on that side. . .

Crikey, I'd never heard that about road vehicles - except for those with "knock-on" nuts, usually those with wire spoked wheels.

Quite common on steam locomotives though, for the same reason as knock-on nut fitted road wheels - the normal direction of rotation tends to tighten the nuts rather than loosen them.

Jackmydad

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have that, in certain frequencies. It's bl00dy loud, bl00dy annoying - and it HURTS! It's essentially why I can't be around anybody playing with a football within 500 yards (preferably 1000).

I'd prefer a bit under 250,000 miles if it was footballs.
Mind you nobody can kick a ball closer than 50 yards here!

Cakeguts

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have that, in certain frequencies. It's bl00dy loud, bl00dy annoying - and it HURTS! It's essentially why I can't be around anybody playing with a football within 500 yards (preferably 1000).

I have that in everything. If something is constantly too loud for me I get a headache. I remember going to a party once in a big room and by the time I had got to the bar from the entry door I had a thumping pain in my head. No one else seemed to notice the noise and were sitting shouting at each other and enjoying themselves. I escaped quickly and it was still too bl00dy LOUD about 200 yards away. If someone drops something on the floor here I get an explosion of pain in my head to go with the noise.



I can also hear all the resonances that things make. Very very useful if you are choosing a musical instrument because you can hear all the duds straight away.

Pyxis

I remember being taught to parallel park, because to this day I can hear my instructor telling me about how close to get to the car in front, when to start turning in and at what angle etc., but can't remember if it was part of the test or not.
I think reversing round the corner was.

Jackmydad wrote: »

I never have any trouble with clockwise, anticlockwise, and I think that spending years "on the tools" gets rid of any confusion about which way things unscrew when they're upside down etc.
I do occasionally have a bit of trouble with left and right though.

Yes, upside-down would be all right..... I know I said upside-down, but I couldn't remember the exact scenario I was thinking of. There were a couple of occasions, a long time ago now, when I was dismantling things, and there was a screw in a very odd position. I've tried and tried to remember, but can't.

I think it might have been something along the lines of: you think you are facing the screw, and so should turn the screwdriver c/c/w to undo it, but in fact you are sort of at the back of it, so you need to do the opposite.
That sounds strange, I know, but I can't remember any more than that, other than I was tightening the damn thing even more for a while before I realised what the problem was.





With regard to the parking lady, what sort of car did she have?
I ask, because my car has a long slope down on the bonnet, which makes it difficult to gauge how near the number plate is to anything lowlying, e.g. pipes at skirting level in a multi-storey car park. It's annoying. Never had a problem with my previous car.

Anyway, the remedy is that, in the absence of any front sensors, you just have to get out and have a look! And if necessary, gauge how much distance you have to fill, get back in, and inch it forward a bit!

That's one reason why I prefer reversing in to a car space, even if I'm getting shopping. Saves a lot of forward grief! :rotfl:

chris_m

Jackmydad wrote: »

I'd prefer a bit under 250,000 miles if it was footballs.

Oh go on, make it more than a bit over 250,000 miles, please

Mind you nobody can kick a ball closer than 50 yards here!:p

He's boasting again

PasturesNew

Jackmydad wrote: »

Mind you nobody can kick a ball closer than 50 yards here!

Don't let them build on it then .... you can guarantee at least one little 5h1t will have a bl00dy ball!

Jackmydad

chris_m wrote: »

Crikey, I'd never heard that about road vehicles - except for those with "knock-on" nuts, usually those with wire spoked wheels.

Quite common on steam locomotives though, for the same reason as knock-on nut fitted road wheels - the normal direction of rotation tends to tighten the nuts rather than loosen them.

Yes, it was common on Brit built commercials. I could never really see the point myself, but there it is. I don't think it's used on imported vehicles.
Bike pedals are another one where a LH thread is used on one side.
Some screws inside watches as well.

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

I remember being taught to parallel park, because to this day I can hear my instructor telling me about how close to get to the car in front, when to start turning in and at what angle etc., but can't remember if it was part of the test or not.

it wasn't.

I think reversing round the corner was.

That was.

That's one reason why I prefer reversing in to a car space, even if I'm getting shopping. Saves a lot of forward grief! :rotfl:

So do I but not for that reason - I do it because 1) it allows the bit of the car that will swing in relation to the centre line to so do in free space instead of between obstacles, and 2) it gives better visibility for pulling out again.

chris_m

Jackmydad wrote: »

Yes, it was common on Brit built commercials. I could never really see the point myself, but there it is.

I can see the point where there is only one nut, as in a knock-on, but not where there are four or more.

Bike pedals are another one where a LH thread is used on one side.
Some screws inside watches as well.

And in cameras - at least, those that have screws rather than just clips and/or glue holding things together.

PasturesNew

I reverse into parking spaces because at that point the car is warmed up/behaving properly - and my brain is fully engaged in "driving mode". Also, the car windows are clear. As you approach the spot you have a full panoramic view of everything that's going on around you.

When you come back to the car your head could be full of thoughts of what you've just done; your car could be running a bit lumpy; your windows could have misted up or been rained on.... so, all together, not a good time to start trying to reverse out, with a limited view.

It just makes more sense. You're going to have to reverse at some point, so why not make it less risky and "easier" by reversing in, when you're more likely to achieve it without random mishap.

Also, when driving forwards/out, you can open your front windows -- if you're reversing you can't open your rear windows in a lot of cars. To open my rear windows, I have windows that "pop" open just 1" - and to open/close those you have to get into the back seat, with the doors closed.