Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[Chris S]

Prisoners in the UK are locked in their cells for 23 hours a day. How do they get their meals?

 

[DaveReading]

Room service.

 

[PeteXXX]

There is no official definition of a mountain. 600m is one of the more accepted heights, and is what is used by the government for the freedom of access laws.

Which government? There are different laws in Scotland, England and Wales regarding "the right to roam". Can you provide a link to legislation that supports what you say?

England and Wales
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/37/section/1

It was my granddaughter, 16, who informed me of this when she was talking about walking up Pen y Fan this summer proclaiming that it's a mountain.
I, 71½, disagreed as it's only 2907' meaning that Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa was the only actual mountain south of Hadrians Wall.
Just wondering at what point this changed.

 

[PeteXXX]

Are lorry taco rules the same across Europe??

Almost..
The Mode switch is used slightly differently in as much as only UK uses POA so the 'dissected square' is POA in UK but is Rest during shift times and the 'Bed' mode being any rest taken in UK but overnight/full daily rest in all other EU countries.

~HM Gov - Happy Reading ~

 

[Dave7]

Room service.

Unless it's a women's prison and someone can't pronounce the letter "R" in which case it would be womb service.
Just saying like

 

[Gwylan]

The Post Office scandal. I know it's all numbers in space and a graphic representation to give mere humans a manageable representation of the situation
People got done for taking money.
Are there any examples where money was added to accounts?
Has anyone determined if any money has actually disappeared, been siphoned off?

Always dangerous waking up early

 

[Gillstay]

The Post Office scandal. I know it's all numbers in space and a graphic representation to give mere humans a manageable representation of the situation
People got done for taking money.
Are there any examples where money was added to accounts?
Has anyone determined if any money has actually disappeared, been siphoned off?

Always dangerous waking up early

Yes, people got done for taking money, but they hadn't taken it and the post office took their money off them despite knowing this.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When I was a lad, a mountain had to be 3,000' to be an actual mountain.
When did they only have to be a mere 2,000' to attain such heady heights?

🤔

I have a very simple definition of a mountain.

A mountain is a hill you can fall off on the summer. A hill you can only fall off in the winter.

 

[Chislenko]

Just who is Wampay Lopez?

 

[Jenkins]

One for the Yorkshire contingent...

On the Northern Rail service between Leeds and York via Harrogate, why is it that at these stations the destination on the info boards and announcements is always given as the penultimate stations (Poppleton or Burley Park)? At all the intermediate stops the destination is correctly shown as Leeds or York, so why not at the two mainline stations?