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

[FishFright]

Where does Holy Water come from?

Holywell

 

[Chislenko]

Should people with gravel driveways me made to sweep the pavement and road periodically of all the gravel that has migrated from their driveway onto said pavement and road?

 

[grldtnr]

Where does Holy Water come from?

Where does Holy Water come from?

I don't know him / her, so can't say.

 

[Chris S]

Where does Holy Water come from?

It was an expletive first used in 1960's Batman.

 

[dicko]

The holiest of holies

The Popes bathroom?

 

[Time Waster]

Where does Holy Water come from?

The tap. It's only water that is blessed by a holy man such as a priest. The water can come from any water source.

Sorry for not making a joke about it.

 

[Time Waster]

Why are cycle chain gangs full of shouts people shouting unnecessarily?

It is unnecessary because groups of friends cycling for leisure not in a club run chain gang do not feel the need to shout?

I live on a road that's a very popular cycling route. I work from home a lot overlooking the road from above. I see and hear all sorts of cycling people from utility, club groups of all abilities and individuals training hard. All sorts of cyclists but out of all of them it is only the lycra clad speedsters on expensive road bikes who shout at each other. You can hear them long before you see them despite them being fast riders!

I seriously want to know, why do groups of faster riders shout when others groups do not?

A second query is why do the really, really expensive road bikes have noisier gears when they are changed? Is this linked to my above query somehow?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Why are cycle chain gangs full of shouts people shouting unnecessarily?

It is unnecessary because groups of friends cycling for leisure not in a club run chain gang do not feel the need to shout?

I live on a road that's a very popular cycling route. I work from home a lot overlooking the road from above. I see and hear all sorts of cycling people from utility, club groups of all abilities and individuals training hard. All sorts of cyclists but out of all of them it is only the lycra clad speedsters on expensive road bikes who shout at each other. You can hear them long before you see them despite them being fast riders!

I seriously want to know, why do groups of faster riders shout when others groups do not?

A second query is why do the really, really expensive road bikes have noisier gears when they are changed? Is this linked to my above query somehow?

I think the second question is because they are lighter and less able to absorb the noise. It is compensated by that lovely hum from the tires though.

 

[Yellow Fang]

The Manchester Utd team of the 60s contained Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, and George Best. How come they didn't win everything every year?

 

[Dave7]

The Manchester Utd team of the 60s contained Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, and George Best. How come they didn't win everything every year?

From memory they were up against Lpool who also had a good team.
And Leeds of course.

 

[simongt]

In 1940, the RAF flatly refused to share technical information about their bombs & other ordnance with the Royal Engineers who were responsible for bomb disposal on with the excuse that if a sapper had been captured by the Germans, they would have forced said sapper to divulge this sensitive information.
Result was that a number of sappers died before the RAF saw the pettiness of their case.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

In 1940, the RAF flatly refused to share technical information about their bombs & other ordnance with the Royal Engineers who were responsible for bomb disposal on with the excuse that if a sapper had been captured by the Germans, they would have forced said sapper to divulge this sensitive information.
Result was that a number of sappers died before the RAF saw the pettiness of their case.

My Dad was sent to pick up any bombs that had been "jettisoned" over East England as he was an Armourer at one of the bases round there
I presume they were disarmed first

He did comment in the bar one night - after watching RIAT one year

They were all bombs from US bombers

that the crews were told that if they had to jettison bombs then they were to do so over the North Sea

apparently a lot of the US bomber crews missed it


I think there was something on the News at the time about a US strike going wrong somewhere

 

[simongt]

They were all bombs from US bombers

that the crews were told that if they had to jettison bombs then they were to do so over the North Sea

Curious how anyone flying over the North Sea could miss it is anybody's guess, but I'm sure there must have been a reason.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Curious how anyone flying over the North Sea could miss it is anybody's guess, but I'm sure there must have been a reason.

His comments were that the RAF crews were told the same thing
clearly the point was not not risk accidentally bombing occupied territory

the RAF basically dumped them on anything that seem wet enough
a large puddle might well do

so why did the USAF.........

anyway - one of those conversation with him that I can never have again and I wish I had asked more about
(especially the comment "I went out witha girl who lived up that road" that happened passing through Cirencester on the way to RIAT more than a couple of times!!!
(note - my Mum always stayed at home - so.....)

 

[Yellow Fang]

It was an expletive first used in 1960's Batman.

Isn't that heavy water. It made the Penguin's henchmen disappear when Batman or Robin hit them.