Really TRUE odd factoids

[Chris S]

The BBC are now producing news articles in pidgin English. Init.
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/ckgjdd2vl7vo

 

[Chris S]

Reliant Robins were fitted with a 140 mph speedometer.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

WHen I was a student one of the lads in our block had one of them

When people were going into town he always volunteered to drive

but when they got to the car they found he expected everyone to "share the costs"
which seemed to be far more than the cost of the petrol to dive a couple of miles in a Robin plus the parking

personally I normally used my bike or walked - which turned out to be quicker once you had got 4 people into a RObin (Yes - I know - 4 male students in a RObin!!!!)
and parked it and everything


thinking about it - I always locked my bike up onto some railing with a cheap combination lock
in a city (Nottingham) that - according to the papers - had a massive crime rate at the time - and it never got knicked


anyway - 140 mph seems reasonable - I seem to remember one nearly getting into space!!!

 

[Alex321]

Reliant Robins were fitted with a 140 mph speedometer.

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THat was for when you finally got fed up with it and drove it off a 1000ft cliff.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Reliant Robins were fitted with a 140 mph speedometer.

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When I was very young, my friend and I used to cycle everywhere over the summer. One of our activities was to look in parked cars and look at the Speedometer. We thought that if the speedo went up to 140mph then that was the cars maximum speed!

We also knew of a kid at school who was an arrogant oaf to be honest, who boasted that his Dad's lawnmower had a 5 litre engine. He had poured in 5Ls of fuel so assumed this was how you measured engine capacity

 

[classic33]

British scientists have now started investigating sock loss and have discovered something incredible: we lose an average of 15 socks a year. That’s 1,125 socks over a lifetime! As well as looking at the question of where the socks go, scientists have also developed a formula to calculate the probability of individual socks disappearing – the sock loss index.

According to this formula, factors such as positivity towards laundry play as much of a role as the quantity of fabric being washed. You can use the ‘Sock Loss Index Calculator’ to work out how many socks you will lose in the future. The formula is:

(L(p x f) + C(t x s)) - (P x A)

L stands for laundry size (number of people in household x frequency of washes)
C represents washing complexity (types of washes (e.g. black, white) x number of socks)
P is positivity towards doing a laundry (from ‘I hate it’ to ‘I love it’)
A stands for degree of attention, so number of precautions taken before a laundry (such as checking trouser pockets or unrolling socks)

Calculate your sock loss now! Do you lose more socks than average?

 

[Dave7]

British scientists have now started investigating sock loss and have discovered something incredible: we lose an average of 15 socks a year. That’s 1,125 socks over a lifetime! As well as looking at the question of where the socks go, scientists have also developed a formula to calculate the probability of individual socks disappearing – the sock loss index.

According to this formula, factors such as positivity towards laundry play as much of a role as the quantity of fabric being washed. You can use the ‘Sock Loss Index Calculator’ to work out how many socks you will lose in the future. The formula is:

(L(p x f) + C(t x s)) - (P x A)

L stands for laundry size (number of people in household x frequency of washes)
C represents washing complexity (types of washes (e.g. black, white) x number of socks)
P is positivity towards doing a laundry (from ‘I hate it’ to ‘I love it’)
A stands for degree of attention, so number of precautions taken before a laundry (such as checking trouser pockets or unrolling socks)

Calculate your sock loss now! Do you lose more socks than average?

I "lost" a good sock about 8 weeks ago. I just know that if/when I bin the remaining sock then the "lost" one will turn up so it's there, in my sock draw, quietly weeping for its mate.

 

[Beebo]

I "lost" a good sock about 8 weeks ago. I just know that if/when I bin the remaining sock then the "lost" one will turn up so it's there, in my sock draw, quietly weeping for its mate.

I also have a little pile of missing odd socks.
I tend to give it around 6 months as they do turn up sometimes.
I found one recently in the sleeve of a jumper which I hadn’t worn for ages.

 

[Beebo]

There is substantial more gold in a ton of old smartphones, than in a ton of gold ore.
So old tech is well worth recycling.

 

[Chris S]

I "lost" a good sock about 8 weeks ago. I just know that if/when I bin the remaining sock then the "lost" one will turn up so it's there, in my sock draw, quietly weeping for its mate.

All my socks are the same colour. If I lose one I've got plenty more the same.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

All my socks are the same colour. If I lose one I've got plenty more the same.

This is the way

when I buy socks I always get packs of 8 or 10

my wife has started buying me single paris for Christmas which just confuses things


for many years sis this for work socks
pack of 6 ro 8 from Tesco - thick sort of "sport" socks

probal was that the packs lasted several years
but then when I needs to replace a few due to holes and the like
then when I went back to Tesco they had the same socks - but with the design changed just enough that it was clearly different!!

 

[Punkawallah]

This is the way

when I buy socks I always get packs of 8 or 10

my wife has started buying me single paris for Christmas which just confuses things


for many years sis this for work socks
pack of 6 ro 8 from Tesco - thick sort of "sport" socks

probal was that the packs lasted several years
but then when I needs to replace a few due to holes and the like
then when I went back to Tesco they had the same socks - but with the design changed just enough that it was clearly different!!

What’s the problem - they are under your trousers, aren’t they?

My mother-in-law to be advised me that I seemed to be wearing odd socks. I told her that I had another pair like it at home.

 

[Dave7]

What’s the problem - they are under your trousers, aren’t they?

Not for Ebiker. He wears them with shorts and open sandals.
On hot days he may have a knotted handkerchief on his bonce (matching colours of course).

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

All my socks are the same colour. If I lose one I've got plenty more the same.

But then you might end up with two lefts or two rights surely?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Not for Ebiker. He wears them with shorts and open sandals.
On hot days he may have a knotted handkerchief on his bonce (matching colours of course).

HOW DARE YOU SIR!!!!!

I never wear a knotted hankie

I suspect SWMBO would have "views" on the subject if I did!!