Questions you want answers for (but were afraid to ask)

[ColinJ]

Not wishing to make light of your mums death but, depending upon how you interpret your post the two highlighted sections could be a bit too close for comfort.

Ouch!

The one good thing was that the frozen boiler didn't thaw out until the morning that I got back so It only got to spray a few score litres of water into the house rather than the thousands that it would have done if it had happened at the start of the 2 week period for which I was away.

I normally turn off the water if I go away in the winter, but being suddenly called down for that final vigil distracted me from the standard routine.

 

[stephec]

Ouch!

The one good thing was that the frozen boiler didn't thaw out until the morning that I got back so It only got to spray a few score litres of water into the house rather than the thousands that it would have done if it had happened at the start of the 2 week period for which I was away.

I normally turn off the water if I go away in the winter, but being suddenly called down for that final vigil distracted me from the standard routine.

I wasn't taking the mick or anything like that, it's just that I stopped mid sentence and went back to read it again in a sort of, " what was that again?" kind of way.

And I didn't think it really appropriate to put some kind of smiley in my original reply.

 

[machew]

No.

Helium in it's gaseous state is lighter than air, but in it's liquid state under pressure in a canister is heavier than an empty canister.

Friend of mine went to work for CERN, in the H&S briefing he was told what to do if there was a Helium leak. One of the new staff asked "How can we tell if there is a leak" and the answer was "If you voice sounds like Donald Duck then there is a leak"

 

[swansonj]

Is an empty canister of helium heavier than a full one?

If a helium balloon is tethered in a moving car and the car brakes, which way does the balloon swing?

If an air-filled balloon is hanging down in a helium- filled moving car and the car brakes, which way does the balloon swing?

 

[ColinJ]

I wasn't taking the mick or anything like that, it's just that I stopped mid sentence and went back to read it again in a sort of, " what was that again?" kind of way.

And I didn't think it really appropriate to put some kind of smiley in my original reply.

Yes, a very unfortunate choice of words ...

Fortunately, time is a great healer. I had the trauma of a 9 day bedside vigil, and then came home to the boiler/flood issue - it was a pretty crappy surprise!

 

[Profpointy]

If a helium balloon is tethered in a moving car and the car brakes, which way does the balloon swing?

If an air-filled balloon is hanging down in a helium- filled moving car and the car brakes, which way does the balloon swing?

Excellent question, but badly off topic as there's an important physics principle to give you the answer.

 

[Rafferty]

Katie Price. Why does she exist?

 

[Andy_R]

Is the Sun going to come up tomorrow?

 

[Andy_R]

Schrodinger's cat eventually died, so what was the point?

 

[Mugshot]

I'd bet my bottom dollar!

 

[Maverick Goose]

Who is Number One?

 

[stephec]

Yes, a very unfortunate choice of words ...

Fortunately, time is a great healer. I had the trauma of a 9 day bedside vigil, and then came home to the boiler/flood issue - it was a pretty crappy surprise!

I've never had to do anything like that, I hope time has been a good healer.

 

[Speicher]

Is the Sun going to come up tomorrow?

Stay up all night and the answer to that question will dawn on you.

 

[classic33]

Stay up all night and the answer to that question will dawn on you.

Didn't see it rising yesterday. Late morning when it put in an appearance.

 

[machew]

Is the Sun going to come up tomorrow?

The sun neither rises or sets it only appears to do so.