+Hellfire1917 Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Have a good trip. Always fancied going there myself. My question. What did Walter Hunt invent that mothers and babies used to find very useful? HF Quote
+TheOldfields Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 We'll have a guess at disposable nappies. Quote
+Hellfire1917 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 We'll have a guess at disposable nappies. No, but you're on the right track! Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I note the past tense in the question -- so I thought perhaps terry towel nappies rather than disposables. However, the origin of terry nappies is probably lost in the annals of time and so I'll hazard a guess at nappy pins (i.e. the adaptation of safety pins used to hold terry towel nappies together). Quote
+Hellfire1917 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Safety Pin is the right answer, so the DING! goes to martin&lindabryn. (Comiserations to Pajaholic, who came in just two minutes behind them). Over to you, martin&lindabryn..... Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for the Ding This is something nearly everyone uses every day, but what is an AGLET and where would you find it? Quote
dodgydaved Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for the Ding This is something nearly everyone uses every day, but what is an AGLET and where would you find it? Bit of metal/plastic at end of shoe lace? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks for the Ding This is something nearly everyone uses every day, but what is an AGLET and where would you find it? Bit of metal/plastic at end of shoe lace? DING DING over to you Quote
dodgydaved Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 OK: Easy obscure words then: What is a tittle? Quote
+martin&lindabryn Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I know the answer to this but I will give others a chance for now Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 The dot above the i or j for example. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Thanks for the big Ding. So, change of subject. Which law was removed from the law books in 1976 but is still in effect in Austrailia. By the way, it way my favorite law. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 As a guess I'll go for the one requiring every able bodied man to practice archery for 2 hours a week. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Sorry, that was about king Johns time. The law wasnt that old. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 Execution for Arson in Her Majesty's Shipyard? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Execution for Arson in Her Majesty's Shipyard? Interesting, but no. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 The one requiring taxis to carry a bale of hay in the boot? Quote
+TheOldfields Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 The one about banning attaching a nano to a member of the Royal Family? (Hint: ER it is) Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 And there goes the DING, to MartyBartfast. Some Taxis still have a small bale of hay in the boot, just for the fun of it. Well, there you go. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Sticking with the theme, how many runs (or routes) are included in "The Knowledge", the test taken by London cab drivers for Central London? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 I think its about 300. Some yrs ago there was a film made about someone becoming a taxi driver and they made a show of how they made the "dry runs", Walking routes or with a bike etc. Cant remember the Name of the film though. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Close for Speakers Corner, but no cigar (yet), it's a bit harder than that... The film was "The Knowledge", with Nigel Hawthorne as the examiner. Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Sticking with the theme, how many runs (or routes) are included in "The Knowledge", the test taken by London cab drivers for Central London? I thought it was in the low thousand or so, so I'll say 1,200 - 1,300. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Not that high, I think the number of landmarks/businesses is in the thousands. Speakers Corner was very close, it's only a little bit higher. Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Lower (hint Speakers Corner was closer!) Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Not quite, but close enough for a DING, the answer is 320. Over to Speakers-corner. Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for that one. Staying with the theme. How long does it take you (approx.) to get a licence to drive a London taxi? Quote
+Yorkshire Yellow Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for that one. Staying with the theme. How long does it take you (approx.) to get a licence to drive a London taxi? 5 years? Quote
Pajaholic Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 If you already know London like the back of your hand, I suspect it's about six months (enough time to do the written and aural tests, get a class 2 medical, CRB check etc.) If you don't, I suspect it's a little longer than the time it takes to learn "The Knowledge" as you can get the medical, CRB etc. while 'doing the knowledge'. Perversely, most of us already have a licence that allows us to drive a London taxi (i.e. a black cab) -- provided we don't drive for hire or reward! Quote
+civilised Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Thanks for that one. Staying with the theme. How long does it take you (approx.) to get a licence to drive a London taxi? On average 2 years ? Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 And the DING goes to (drum roll) civilised. Quote
+civilised Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks for the drum roll - and even more for the ding Eric Blair died on 21 January 1950 - what was the cause of death ? Quote
+crb11 Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 He had been ill with tuberculosis for some years - did that kill him? Quote
+civilised Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 He had been ill with tuberculosis for some years - did that kill him? Absolute ding to you Quote
+crb11 Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 Ok, thanks for that. It currently happens about one day in ten, and was even more frequent in 1984, but 5 April 2013 was the first time it had happened for nearly 26 years. What is it? Quote
+Pharisee Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 Ok, thanks for that. It currently happens about one day in ten, and was even more frequent in 1984, but 5 April 2013 was the first time it had happened for nearly 26 years. What is it? The sun comes out. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 Perhaps in Manchester, but not what I was thinking of. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 It also didn't happen at all during the twelfth century, although at that time people wouldn't have noticed. Quote
+Hellfire1917 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Is it eclipses (full or partial) of the moon? HF Quote
+speakers-corner Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 The severn bore. I remember there was something about it being extra high last year with Events being cancelled. Quote
+crb11 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 All interesting ideas, but no. You don't need any external information to answer this. Quote
+TheOldfields Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 The date written as dd/mm/yyyy doesn't contain any number more than once? Quote
+crb11 Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Yes. (If you write things as 9/2/2015 rather than 09/02/2015 of course, but clear what you meant.) That's six different DINGs to you! Quote
+TheOldfields Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 Thanks. Have to say I do like that question. The other day we were out caching and stopped for lunch sitting in a lych gate. Where does the word lych come from? Quote
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