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

[Bonefish Blues]

Can any of you identify this college scarf for me? 🤔 I bought it for a fiver in a charity shop yesterday.

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Hi Accy, just in addition to my other post, this rather piqued my interest yesterday. I had an email conversation with a nice lady called Sam in Hull who replied to an email I'd sent to see if the scarf could be identified. She explained that the company had gone into administration a few years ago and been split up.
Local managers had acquired some of the businesses as autonomous units, so I sent out some more emails today to them too. Unfortunately nobody has recognised it though, which is a shame, but I gave it a go! I heartily recommend Rawcliffes for all your future school uniform requirements though - nice, helpful people

 

[Chris S]

Are guards outside Buckingham Palace allowed to respond to provocations from members of the public? There are lots of videos on Facebook were they don't. There's not much point in them standing there if that's all they are allowed to do.

 

[ianrauk]

Are guards outside Buckingham Palace allowed to respond to provocations from members of the public? There are lots of videos on Facebook were they don't. There's not much point in them standing there if that's all they are allowed to do.

There is always plod close by so if anyone does get too close or antagonistic they will jump in.
But, yes, they can and do respond, usually with a shout of 'Step away from the King's Guard'.

 

[Electric_Andy]

There is always plod close by so if anyone does get too close or antagonistic they will jump in.
But, yes, they can and do respond, usually with a shout of 'Step away from the King's Guard'.

I'd also like to think that they'd step in with their swords if there was a real threat of attack

 

[markemark]

Are guards outside Buckingham Palace allowed to respond to provocations from members of the public? There are lots of videos on Facebook were they don't. There's not much point in them standing there if that's all they are allowed to do.

My daughter(about 10 at the time) waved to one with a huge smile. We were behind the gates some 50m away. He wiggled the base of his gun in reply. It made her week and she still remembers it.

 

[Tashman]

I'd also like to think that they'd step in with their swords if there was a real threat of attack

Think if it comes to it they'd probably use their loaded rifles first. They're not just there to be pretty (believe me, my old man ain't pretty 💂‍♂️)

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Think if it comes to it they'd probably use their loaded rifles first. They're not just there to be pretty (believe me, my old man ain't pretty 💂‍♂️)

Some say the rifles are not loaded
some say they are not loaded, but they have a magazine accessible quickly if they need it
some say they are loaded - or are, sometimes

I suspect they are not loaded normally but if there is a reason to think there might be a reason then they up the stakes a bit

I have seen things from retired Guards saying all of the above things - so I have no clue where the truth lies

 

[PhotoNic69]

Why is it that when you have half an hour before you go out and decide to have a cup of tea or coffee, that it remains undrinkably hot for the duration, whereas if you make a cuppa at any other time it becomes tepid as soon as you turn your back? Tres annoyance!

 

[Profpointy]

I'd also like to think that they'd step in with their swords if there was a real threat of attack

I think there was an incident where a protester drew and maybe fired a starting pistol at a parade. One of the horse guards was charging at him with his sabre drawn, but fortunately for the miscreant, he had been wrestled to the floor by the crowd. He was lucky as I've no doubt the trooper would have had no hesitation in running him through quite apart from the presence of armed police or soldiers.

 

[laurentian]

Was the speed of light faster when the universe was younger?

No. Speed of light is constant (regardless of position or velocity of the observer).

 

[FishFright]

No. Speed of light is constant (regardless of position or velocity of the observer).

in a vacuum

 

[Ming the Merciless]

No. Speed of light is constant (regardless of position or velocity of the observer).

That wasn’t the question. The speed of light could have been faster but also constant. The question to simplify it for you, is whether it has always been 299792458 m/s in a vacuum, or was it faster at some point much earlier in the Universe‘s history?

 

[laurentian]

in a vacuum

true

 

[laurentian]

That wasn’t the question. The speed of light could have been faster but also constant. The question to simplify it for you, is whether it has always been 299792458 m/s in a vacuum, or was it faster at some point much earlier in the Universe‘s history?

. . . wouldn't that imply that it is constantly slowing over time? (i.e. if it were travelling faster and then slowed to the current known speed why did it stop slowing at 300,000,000 (ish) m/s?)

 

[Alex321]

. . . wouldn't that imply that it is constantly slowing over time? (i.e. if it were travelling faster and then slowed to the current known speed why did it stop slowing at 300,000,000 (ish) m/s?)

Who says it has stopped?

If it slows by just a metre per second per year, that is probably beyond our current capability to measure.