Admit your ignorance - things you've only just realised/learned

[Mad Doug Biker]

I've never heard it used in that negative sense either.

I don't even think it that weird - A sight for sore eyes means it is a relief to see it. i.e. it relieves your sore eyes.

I've always wondered though, what is making your eyes sore in the first place and how will the sight of something magically cure it?

I mean, use some eye drops and stop poking yourself in the eye! 🙄

 

[Bazzer]

Not something I have to consider in my daily life, but it randomly came to my attention a couple of days ago
Weapons bays have had to be adapted for the higher speeds of modern aircraft. Also many modern bombs are not dropped by the aircraft but ejected.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Not something I have to consider in my daily life, but it randomly came to my attention a couple of days ago
Weapons bays have had to be adapted for the higher speeds of modern aircraft. Also many modern bombs are not dropped by the aircraft but ejected.

That is partly why the Victor was the shape it was.

 

[matticus]

Most drones being used in the Ukraine conflict aren't wireless; they trail miles of fibre-optic cable behind them. This is both:
- more reliable (and avoids a heavy radio receiver on the craft), and
- harder for the enemy to detect+hack.

massively wasteful of course. There are fields covered with the stuff - like spider silk, but far slower to biodegrade.

 

[ColinJ]

I have just experienced something very odd (which hopefully does not have some sinister health significance!)...

I had my left arm on the armrest of my sofa. I was tapping my left index finger on the armrest and my left eyelids started twitching, once per tap! I checked that it was not a coincidence and it was not - 5 or 6 times (at random intervals), tap->twitch; no tap->no twitch.

I lifted my arm and stretched it a few times. Now the twitching has stopped.

I can't think of a mechanism to cause this strange behaviour!

 

[Webbo2]

I have just experienced something very odd (which hopefully does not have some sinister health significance!)...

I had my left arm on the armrest of my sofa. I was tapping my left index finger on the armrest and my left eyelids started twitching, once per tap! I checked that it was not a coincidence and it was not - 5 or 6 times (at random intervals), tap->twitch; no tap->no twitch.

I lifted my arm and stretched it a few times. Now the twitching has stopped.

I can't think of a mechanism to cause this strange behaviour!

It’s the implant they gave you when you had your Covid injection.😉

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

It’s the implant they gave you when you had your Covid injection.😉

'They' are controlling you and you will become an unwilling slave when the time comes!!

What you experienced was merely a test.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Watch out, 'they' may sacrifice you too if need be.

 

[Chislenko]

I have checked the information I was told yesterday by someone on the TV which greatly surprised me and it turns out it was misinformation so I haven't learnt anything.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I have checked the information I was told yesterday by someone on the TV which greatly surprised me and it turns out it was misinformation so I haven't learnt anything.

You have learned that using your own brain is what makes you learn.

 

[Chris S]

 

[ColinJ]

I was dozing off in a rear seat on a drive back from Coventry to Devon yesterday. We were doing about 65 mph. My sister suddenly announced that we had been overtaken by a load of racing pigeons. I didn't see them and couldn't believe that, so I decided to check if it were possible once I was back on the internet.

I searched for info this evening...

Homing pigeons' average flying speed over moderate 965 km (600 miles) distances is around 97 km/h (60 miles per hour)[10] and speeds of up to 160 km/h (100 miles per hour) have been observed in top racers for short[clarification needed] distances.

Blimey - I thought that they would fly about half as fast as that!

PS I read that out to my sister just now and she started laughing. Apparently, the pigeons that overtook us yesterday were in a van!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I was dozing off in a rear seat on a drive back from Coventry to Devon yesterday. We were doing about 65 mph. My sister suddenly announced that we had been overtaken by a load of racing pigeons. I didn't see them and couldn't believe that, so I decided to check if it were possible once I was back on the internet.

I searched for info this evening...


Blimey - I thought that they would fly about half as fast as that!

PS I read that out to my sister just now and she started laughing. Apparently, the pigeons that overtook us yesterday were in a van!

I have a mental image of them sat in the front, driving whilst listening to loud music.

 

[Chris S]

Washing a carpet can make it look dirtier. It can release dirt trapped in the backing and bring it up to the pile at the top. DAMHIKT

 

[teeonethousand]

I have a mental image of them sat in the front, driving whilst listening to loud music.

Wings of a Dove by Madness?