Nediam Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Is it the four times a year where the Earths "mean time" and "true solar time" are synchronised? Link to comment
+pirate_matt Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I’ve no idea so here is a random guess! Is it something to do with the satellites being taken off line or being realigned!! Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Those days are the four days in the year on which solar time (sundials) more or less no divergence in time to the time used for clocks etc. The rest of the time, the time shown on sundials is further away from the time used on clocks due to the orbit of the earth around the sun not being completely circular and the earth being tilted. I should grow a beard. Link to comment
NickPick Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I should grow a beard. And put a bone in it. Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I should grow a beard. And put a bone in it. eh? Link to comment
NickPick Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I should grow a beard. And put a bone in it. eh? I assumed from your avatar that you're a Douglas Adams fan. In Life, The Universe and Everything, Arthur has a rabbit bone in his beard. Perhaps I should get out more! Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I should grow a beard. And put a bone in it. eh? I assumed from your avatar that you're a Douglas Adams fan. In Life, The Universe and Everything, Arthur has a rabbit bone in his beard. Perhaps I should get out more! Sorry - i get it now... went completely over my head... I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle Link to comment
+The Forester Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Yup, Nediam's got it. ZoomLens has too, but Nediam was first. Those four days are the only days in the year when a correctlu aligned sundial shows the correct time. It's called the Equation of Time, or analemma. Plotting the time difference between actual time and Mean time for a full year shows the difference like this: The now defunct Greenwich Mean Time took account of the average of each day's analemmic difference and integrated the data into a single unified time. It is essential in global navigation to allow for the Equation of Time, as all measurements of Longitude are fundamentally based on a measurement of time. Over to Nediam. Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Blast - didn't read properly to see whether anyone had answered the question. Actually quite glad as I haven't been able to think of a good enough question. ZL Link to comment
Nediam Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Right, I've got a nice quick easy one as I've got to go out in a little while In British Greyhound racing there are six dogs in each race. The dogs are numbered 1 to 6 and each start from a "trap" with the same number. To aid spectators, each dog wears a different colour. The question is:- What are the colours for each dog from 1 to 6? Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Can't do it without Google - come on someone must go to the dogs every now and then (sorry if this sparks the obvious jokes) Link to comment
+2202 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Well looking at my Parklife I would say Red Blue White Black Yellow B&W stripes Living 2km from a track also helps. Link to comment
Nediam Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Well looking at my Parklife I would say Red Blue White Black Yellow B&W stripes Living 2km from a track also helps. Sorry, NOT yellow (but very close ) Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Well looking at my Parklife I would say Red Blue White Black Yellow B&W stripes Living 2km from a track also helps. Sorry, NOT yellow (but very close ) Well then by trial and error it must be red blue white black GOLD B&W stripes Link to comment
Nediam Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Well looking at my Parklife I would say Red Blue White Black Yellow B&W stripes Living 2km from a track also helps. Sorry, NOT yellow (but very close ) Well then by trial and error it must be red blue white black GOLD B&W stripes Nope, not as fancy as gold Hint:- Between Red and Yellow Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 orange! Must be a faded orange at Oxford for it to look yellow. Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 (edited) dadgum.... beaten again! One day I will be victorious!!! <taking this a little too seriously, perhaps> (Interestingly, the first word in this post should sound the same as a large barrier across a river, causing the accumulation of water for the purpose of generating power, or flood control - but it has been changed - we wouldn't want american sensibilities offended now, would we?) Edited December 1, 2006 by ZoomLens Link to comment
Nediam Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 orange! Must be a faded orange at Oxford for it to look yellow. Ding! (There is a green jacket for lane 7 and a yellow one for lane 8 but most tracks only run 6 dogs) Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Who or what links the following:- with with Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 (edited) Well given that the last two are buildings - The Gherkin in London and The Armadillo in Glasgow - presumably the Condom is a building too... not sure where though. Edited December 1, 2006 by ZoomLens Link to comment
+Tiger-Eyes Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Are they all place names? Condom in france is always getting it's signs pinched hehe Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 getting warm Errr.... The Gherkin and The Armadillo are both designed by Norman Foster's company... aha! The Sage Gateshead... The Condom Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Sir Norman to you but Ding Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Which Countries fought the shortest war in history, how long did it last, and in what yesr did it take place? Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Guess at the Six day war, Israel & Egypt, somewhere towards the end of the '60s. Link to comment
+chizu Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Guess at the Six day war, Israel & Egypt, somewhere towards the end of the '60s. 1967 if I remember correctly - I'm sure there must have been a quicker war than that though? Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 That was a pretty short war, it's true... but not short enough! Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Oooh, I think I might know this one! Is it the war we had with Zanzibar, end of the 1800s which lasted somewhat less than an hour, though there is even dispute about whether it lasted 38 or 45 minutes! The Anglo-Zanzibar War. Link to comment
+ZoomLens Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Oooh, I think I might know this one! Is it the war we had with Zanzibar, end of the 1800s which lasted somewhat less than an hour, though there is even dispute about whether it lasted 38 or 45 minutes! The Anglo-Zanzibar War. DING! Different places say 38 or 45 minutes... well done! Over to you. Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 (edited) And now for something I learned recently ... Which Shipping Forecast area is Helgoland (or Heligoland as it was previously known) in? Edited December 2, 2006 by Dorsetgal & GeoDog Link to comment
Edgemaster Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Helgoland, I remember that from my German lessons as an area of Germany? I dont know exactly where, I'd guess coastal. Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 .....fisher German Bight humber, thames ....... always interupting the Test Match commentary. Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 DING! Well done, over to you 2202! Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 What 'profit' links these three reprobates? (slight cache link) Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I believe that they disqualified themselves from membership of the House of Commons through their application for paid officers of the Crown, namely the guardian/bailiff/steward? of the Chiltern Hundreds. So the profit that messrs Boothroyd, Walden & Jenkins made was that of paid officers of the crown. Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 They say Ding I'm a bit lost so I decide to check where I am be reading the names on the lamp posts, benches, bollards etc... after walking 200 yards I find that I have been in The City of London, The City of Westminster, Clerkenwell, Soho, Hanover Square, Chelsea and Lambeth. But where am I really? Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 They say Ding I'm a bit lost so I decide to check where I am be reading the names on the lamp posts, benches, bollards etc... after walking 200 yards I find that I have been in The City of London, The City of Westminster, Clerkenwell, Soho, Hanover Square, Chelsea and Lambeth. But where am I really? The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden? Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden? Let me see, mhh, nope. I must be well over 100 miles from where you have suggested MartyBartfast and these ones are being used for their original purposes, lighting roads, being sat on and guarding footpaths from stray vehicles. Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden? Let me see, mhh, nope. I must be well over 100 miles from where you have suggested MartyBartfast and these ones are being used for their original purposes, lighting roads, being sat on and guarding footpaths from stray vehicles. The Tram museum at Crich (SP?) in Derbyshire? Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 The Tram museum at Crich (SP?) in Derbyshire? Nope, this is definately a real place and not any sort of hertitage tourist concoction. Must admit though that I don't associate the acsents of the the locals with anything remotely Cockney. I am expecting a certain Devonian & canine chum to be posting soon though ... Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Wild wild guess. There is certainly a Chelsea ('woke up it was a Chelsea morning' ...Joni Mitchell) and a Soho in New York...but the rest, no idea. Link to comment
+2202 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'll still stick with New York but would like an expanation, if I am correct, about Clerkenwell, City of Westminster and Lambeth. Its also a bit of a walk between SoHo and Chelsea and come to that, Hanover Square. (watched The Squid and the Whale last night (set in NY) and Hanover Sq metro station popped into view) Link to comment
+fat bloke Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 The works of Shakespear (it's the answer to everything) Sorry NO it's "alcohol" "Can I here a ding" Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Legoland? Mhh, I would have thought you would have got this one easily, after all it is also known as Little L****n by the Sea Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Doh, that's gotta be Swanage then! Just cheated and asked me Dad, and he reckons it is cos of the ballast on the return trips of the stone ships from London. Apparently old railings and other street artefacts were used as ballast and then erected in Swanage. Nice form of recycling I guess! Link to comment
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Doh, that's gotta be Swanage then! DING!!! Sorry about the delay, got myself stuck on the Isle of Arran miles from the nearest computer. Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Aw, I do not feeel worthy! I asked Dad for the answer, so the next person to see this may set their own question! Good luck! Link to comment
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