Things that have bothered you for a long time.

[Beebo]

Why has nobody erected a statue of Jimmy Savile? Of course it will be just to commemorate his philanthropic works and not his paedophillia.

They have, and it was removed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19822296

 

[swee'pea99]

Why the Royal Navy & the Royal Air Force but not the Royal Army?

 

[Chris S]

Why has nobody erected a statue of Jimmy Savile? Of course it will be just to commemorate his philanthropic works and not his paedophillia.

They have, and it was removed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19822296

That seems to have set a precedent then.

 

[Chris S]

Why the Royal Navy & the Royal Air Force but not the Royal Army?

Departments within the army are prefixed with 'Royal', e.g. Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, etc. It seems strange that it's not used for the complete organization though.

 

[Beebo]

Departments within the army are prefixed with 'Royal', e.g. Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Army Service Corps, etc. It seems strange that it's not used for the complete organization though.

The Army is a much older organisation, and is lots of different regiments, which were not always under the control of the Crown.
The Navy is also old but has always been owned by the crown. The Airforce is very new and was originally the Royal Flying Corp as part of the army.
To be fair most regiments do have some Royal connection in their name as pointed out above.

 

[rogerzilla]

Why did Shimano stop making thumbshifters? They still make downtube levers and grip shifters.

 

[And]

Why did Shimano stop making thumbshifters? They still make downtube levers and grip shifters.

You can still buy them: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-shifters/shimano-duraace-10-speed-thumbshifter-set/
ETA Apologies - just realised that they are actually bar end shifters mounted on SJS special thumb shifter brackets

 

[rogerzilla]

You can still buy them: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-shifters/shimano-duraace-10-speed-thumbshifter-set/
ETA Apologies - just realised that they are actually bar end shifters mounted on SJS special thumb shifter brackets

Yeah...they have that slightly kludgey look about them and no gear scale like a proper RH one:

 

[oldwheels]

The Army is a much older organisation, and is lots of different regiments, which were not always under the control of the Crown.
The Navy is also old but has always been owned by the crown. The Airforce is very new and was originally the Royal Flying Corp as part of the army.
To be fair most regiments do have some Royal connection in their name as pointed out above.

There was also I think the Fleet Air Arm which was part of the navy. One of my old drinking buddies Francis Drake [Yes that was his name and he was later skipper of Bloodhound] was a pilot in the navy and as usual was full of entertaining and probably partly fictional tales.

 

[Hover Fly]

The Royal Naval Air Service, pre 1918. Later merged with the RFC to form the RAF. It also had armoured Rolls Royces the only armoured vehicles in the British Services at the time, for the rescue of downed air men. Later in the 1930’s the Fleet Air Arm was set up.

 

[Chris S]

Why is whipped cream so popular in the UK? The streets are absolutely littered with nitrous oxide canisters.

 

[Beebo]

Why is whipped cream so popular in the UK? The streets are absolutely littered with nitrous oxide canisters.

Why can’t these cake decorating experts take them home or even put them in a bin.

 

[matticus]

Why can’t these cake decorating experts take them home or even put them in a bin.

Cos they're off their tits?

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Why is whipped cream so popular in the UK? The streets are absolutely littered with nitrous oxide canisters.

Those are not NO2 canisters.
They are CO2 canisters used by all the cyclists who have had punctures.

 

[classic33]

Those are not NO2 canisters.
They are CO2 canisters used by all the cyclists who have had punctures.

The two being thrown out by the driver of a Honda Civic today didn't appear to have been fixing a puncture.