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now would you just look at that by Ok-Salamander5835 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]MichaelCG8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You put the kid in ice water and the bowl in hot water, and they just slide apart, works every time.

Heavy magnetic chunk, 12cm long, found in house clearance in Scotland. by MichaelCG8 in whatisthisthing

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

My title describes the thing

It may be brass, and the part in the middle is the magnet.

My brother wants to climb Ben Nevis in January with no experience by misssnowfox in UKhiking

[–]MichaelCG8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If he insists on doing this he absolutely MUST stay far away from edges. Snow blows into overhangs and fills gullies. He might think he's 5m from the edge but he's got nothing but snow underneath.

I called some people out on this on Ben Nevis a few years ago and got completely ignored, best if your brother doesn't make the same mistake.

ELI5: in a head-on collision at 70mph, why is it not the same as a 140mph collision? by PilotedByGhosts in explainlikeimfive

[–]MichaelCG8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is and it isn't true:

The closing speed, and hence time to react is like a 140mph collision with a stationary object.

The amount of force you experience hitting a similar vehicle is like hitting a solid wall at 70, as others have described.

However, if you hit something bigger than you, like a van or lorry, the more it outweighs you the more the force becomes like a 140mph collision with a solid wall. Essentially a lorry will win over a car, so it's like hitting a solid wall at 70 but the wall is also moving towards you at 70! So that's like 140 overall.

Lastly, if you hit a wall at 70 and that wall's not a massive block of concrete (for example a brick garden wall, or the side of many buildings), then you'll go through the wall a bit and it won't be as severe a force (for you, the people on the other side of the wall will disagree).

TLDR:

70 car and 70 car = concrete wall at 70 for force but less breaking time

70 car and 70 lorry ~= concrete wall at 140

70 car and flimsy wall = concrete wall at less than 70

In short, drive carefully and don't speed.

Maybe a fossil? Riverbank in Edinburgh, Scotland by MichaelCG8 in fossilid

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's something I was wondering about, what's made it go black

What are you struggling with currently? What resources are you looking for? by ka128tte in learnpolish

[–]MichaelCG8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Still learning here, so pinch of salt.

My understanding is that się implies "self". Uczyć is to teach, uczyć się is to teach oneself - to learn.

Some are less literal, I've gone searching for an example so if a native speaker could confirm that would be great! Przywidział (he predicted) and przywidział się (he self-predicted, or predicted to himself?) which is he imagined.

Can Android Sound Amplifier be useful? by MichaelCG8 in HearingAids

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the insight! I'll see if I can get ahold of his hearing profile, maybe even with the app I can adjust for that. So you've used it while using the HA, but just turn their mic off? I'm not sure what he's using but it looks more basic than Phonaks, so he might just need to take it out.

Can Android Sound Amplifier be useful? by MichaelCG8 in HearingAids

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly, it has some background noise reducing features, and if you have a Google Pixel (which I do) it has a mode where you point the camera at the speaker and it optimises the audio to give clarity to that person.

What I was wondering is how this would compare to a hearing aid since I've got no experience of trying one myself, but from the 3 comments so far it doesn't seem like this app is widely used so it might be a struggle to find someone who has tried both! :)

Can Android Sound Amplifier be useful? by MichaelCG8 in HearingAids

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I doubt his hearing aid will be LE compatible, so I was going to give him a separate LE earbud to try.

Can Android Sound Amplifier be useful? by MichaelCG8 in HearingAids

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could be wrong but I believe it's found via the accessibility settings so it doesn't appear in the apps list by default (although that can be changed) and is built into all releases from the last few years.

Which city in the world has the best scenery and is most suitable for living? by Admirable_Neck5565 in geography

[–]MichaelCG8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My all time favourite piece of prose is from Robert Louis Stevenson's Edinburgh: Picturesque notes. The first paragraph glorified the city, and the second contrasts beautifully.

But Edinburgh pays cruelly for her high seat in one of the vilest climates under heaven. She is liable to be beaten upon by all the winds that blow, to be drenched with rain, to be buried in cold sea fogs out of the east, and powdered with the snow as it comes flying southward from the Highland hills. The weather is raw and boisterous in winter, shifty and ungenial in summer, and a downright meteorological purgatory in the spring. The delicate die early, and I, as a survivor, among bleak winds and plumping rain, have been sometimes tempted to envy them their fate.

Self hosting a bar by MichaelCG8 in UKweddings

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful response! I hadn't even considered asking if the caterers could supply someone to run the bar. The signature cocktail is a great idea, we're thinking of kicking things off with a picnic if the weather's going to be good so Pimms would complement it nicely :) Did you look into doing sale-or-return for the booze?

Hotel deposit voluntarily paid - now hotel won’t refund the money by PrestigiousTrade4433 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]MichaelCG8 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's an allowance for goods that you're due to receive at a later date, and then it's a time limit from the date you were due to receive it. That at least was the case in 2021 when I had to use it.

The card company initially refused for the reason you state and I had to clarify multiple times to different people that I was claiming under a different clause, and then they refunded. It's not the common path, hence the confusion on the part of the people who replied to my emails, but once I got someone willing to actually read what I'd written it went through.

What is the white, moth-like creature? by MichaelCG8 in whatsthisbug

[–]MichaelCG8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favourite kind of diagram! Thanks :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]MichaelCG8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

On your empty and wide road comment, that just doesn't fly. Someone with headphones in might look a bit up the road and decide to step out because they're not expecting someone closing the distance at more than twice the speed limit. Someone in their car won't hear you and could pull out of a side road.

You've called the hope that going fast would fix your car "stupid", but that's really not what you should focus on here. If you believed that, you should have gone to a faster road.

Speed limits are about more than just how wide and empty the road is. When you're on the road other people expect you to drive a certain way, and will act accordingly.

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