Mundane facts about your day...

[proactive]

To my shame, I've never cleaned the inside of my car in the 3 years I've had it, even after buying a new hoover for it..... There's only ever me & the child/husband in it, untill today I didn't even realise there was mould on the back seat... Which I hastily had to get rid of before I took him and and child to see grandad for his birthday....

Ooops, the outside is spotless though!

Mould inside a vehicle is not caused by a lack of cleaning. It's because there's an inadequate flow of fresh air coming into the vehicle from outside. It could be that you have the recycle permanently set on the heating and ventilation and or because the cars cabin filter is clogged up. Cabin filters need replacing every couple of years.

 

[BobClay]

Are they mouldy too? I do empty rubbish out, sweetie wrappers etc, but I've never hoovered it.... Poor Gavin (yes my cars, called Gavin).... No wonder no one ever wants a lift.....

I've not thought of giving my car a name. However, I might just do it. One favourite would be: Falling Outside The Normal Moral Constraints or FOTNMC for short.

(Bit of an 'in' joke for SciFi fans.)

 

[That-Crazy-Rat-Lady]

Are they mouldy too? I do empty rubbish out, sweetie wrappers etc, but I've never hoovered it.... Poor Gavin (yes my cars, called Gavin).... No wonder no one ever wants a lift.....

Biggest problem in mine is hair...

I used to turn the blowers on full wack and dry my hair on the way to work in the morning!

By the end of my 20min journey I'd have a fantastic voluminous do!

 

[Glam]

I've not thought of giving my car a name.

My car's called Bob. You have to say the name like Rowan Atkinson did in Blackadder.
One before him was Percy, the perverted Puma.
Reggie Renault was before Percy and Freddie Fiesta was the first.

 

[That-Crazy-Rat-Lady]

My car's called Bob. You have to say the name like Rowan Atkinson did in Blackadder.
One before him was Percy, the perverted Puma.
Reggie Renault was before Percy and Freddie Fiesta was the first.

Vanessa the Passat
Kevin the Peugeot 205
Dolly the Mini

Cars must have names!!

 

[Carole]

Wow you can be really nasty can't you.

Having a different opinion to someone else isn't arguing and I wasn't being unpleasant. You take that crown all for yourself.

Your constant stalking of my posts and your personal condemnation is starting to freak me out.

Rule no 1 of forums. DISCUSS THE POST NOT THE POSTER. You should try it

Oh stop being so absolutely dramatic. You're being ridiculous.
You are also being two faced.
You keep banging on about how you take pleasure in putting me on your "ignore" list but the minute I say something you don't like you're so quick to respond.

I deliberately didn't tag you in the previous post or quote you or even mention you by name.

Go back over the past year, I've responded to your posts about twice. Hardly stalking you.

Why would I stalk you? I just respond now and then and there are lots of lovely people on this forum that I’d rather interact with than you.


Pot, kettle and black are words I'd use to describe you. Don't dish it out if you can't take it back.

 

[littleme]

Vanessa the Passat
Kevin the Peugeot 205
Dolly the Mini

Cars must have names!!

Gavin, strawberry car, Colin the corsa, Stella,... Stella was my favourite....

 

[littleme]

So, when I was at school, girls were not allowed to study physics or chemistry... Because I wasn't allowed I've been very interested in these subjects ever since...

The carer (husband) is a member of lots of science sites and today asked a question for me.... I'm amazed at the answers as it seems I may have a *valid point... Get me!

*in short, If the earth expands due to decay (ie why we have layers of coal, fossils, diamonds etc etc) , does time move more slowly as the earth expands.. Is our understanding of time... Measured as the sun rising/setting/moon rising/setting flawed as it turns at a slower rate per volume of the earth....

 

[That-Crazy-Rat-Lady]

So, when I was at school, girls were not allowed to study physics or chemistry... Because I wasn't allowed I've been very interested in these subjects ever since...

The carer (husband) is a member of lots of science sites and today asked a question for me.... I'm amazed at the answers as it seems I may have a *valid point... Get me!

*in short, If the earth expands due to decay (ie why we have layers of coal, fossils, diamonds etc etc) , does time move more slowly as the earth expands.. Is our understanding of time... Measured as the sun rising/setting/moon rising/setting flawed as it turns at a slower rate per volume of the earth....

I don't think the earth expands - the universe does?

We have a set number of atoms (we can't make more) so the earth doesn't get any denser - it just recycles the same atoms in different forms.

So it doesn't get any bigger or heavier just changes forms.

That's my understanding - not sure if I'm right?!

May need a new thread for this - could get philosophical lol!

 

[littleme]

I don't think the earth expands - the universe does?

We have a set number of atoms (we can't make more) so the earth doesn't get any denser - it just recycles the same atoms in different forms.

So it doesn't get any bigger or heavier just changes forms.

That's my understanding - not sure if I'm right?!

May need a new thread for this - could get philosophical lol!

If it doesn't expand, how do we have to dig down through layers to get to fossils, archaeology, gold, minerals etc....

 

[rudie111]

I haven't even had my morning coffee yet! (well tea, I don't drink coffee)

 

[Trumpet]

Makes a mental note to never invite Carole to my house or car...

Mrs T treats hers like a rubbish bin, just throws her crap in the front footwell. Drinks cans, car park tickets, sweet wrappers etc. I get to empty it either when I clean it or on the odd occasion that she drives and I clear it out to make room for my feet.

 

[That-Crazy-Rat-Lady]

If it doesn't expand, how do we have to dig down through layers to get to fossils, archaeology, gold, minerals etc....

It's just the same atoms in a different place so it never gets any denser or heaver.

I can see what you saying about it getting rounder (with the layers of fossil fuels) but I suppose the weight is the same so the gravitational pull from the moon / sun in the same.

So if there were trees on top and now they form layers of coal for example the shape may have changed but the weight is the same. t

The change in shape may effect the rotation of the earth (think circle to oval) but not the overall pull

Maybe??

 

[Lucy]

On my passenger seat today (which I had to move as the OHs car went to the garage so I had to pick him up). A high viz vest. Sunglasses. My locking wheel nut. 2 woolly hats. My golf waterproof. About 20 golf scorecards.

 

[Mudgie]

Clearly your intake of salt has killed your sense of humour.

I never knew I had one to kill.

 

[Thehooperman]

Just challenged my car insurance renewal quote with Direct Line by checking with their own website.

My online quote was some £87.36 cheaper for exactly the same cover from the same company.

The lady who I discussed my renewal with was unable to explain why Direct Line do this every year and it left me wondering how many customers don't bother challenging their quotes.

 

[Glam]

Just challenged my car insurance renewal quote with Direct Line by checking with their own website.

My online quote was some £87.36 cheaper for exactly the same cover from the same company.

The lady who I discussed my renewal with was unable to explain why Direct Line do this every year and it left me wondering how many customers don't bother challenging their quotes.

I changed my insurance company last year, the one I eventually went with (God knows who it is right now), was well over £200 cheaper than Sainsburys. And the bloke I spoke to at Sainsburys was gob smacked that it was so much cheaper. Yet I had put in exactly the same details that I had the year before.

 

[Mudgie]

I changed my insurance company last year, the one I eventually went with (God knows who it is right now), was well over £200 cheaper than Sainsburys. And the bloke I spoke to at Sainsburys was gob smacked that it was so much cheaper. Yet I had put in exactly the same details that I had the year before.

I always thought Sainsburys was for groceries.
It's probably a Jack of all trades, master of none now.

 

[Lucy]

Just challenged my car insurance renewal quote with Direct Line by checking with their own website.

My online quote was some £87.36 cheaper for exactly the same cover from the same company.

The lady who I discussed my renewal with was unable to explain why Direct Line do this every year and it left me wondering how many customers don't bother challenging their quotes.

It's the insurance model, get people in cheaply and rely on inertia.

 

[The Hawk]

If it doesn't expand, how do we have to dig down through layers to get to fossils, archaeology, gold, minerals etc....

Fossils/ archaeology and gold etc are different in the way they are formed.

Elements like gold were formed in supernovae and were part of the gas and dust that formed the earth 4.5 billion years ago. Being heavy elements they tended to sink towards the centre of the then molten earth. Subsequent asteroid bombardments brought some of those heavy elements back nearer to the surface.

Fossils tend to be formed in sedimentary rocks that are laid down in layers over time and, therefore tend to be found nearer to the surface.