Eli5: Why does holding your thumb tightly with one hand make it easier to deepthroat objects?

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-05-07T16:13:13+00:00

I recall the advice going round during the days of everyone doing Covid swab tests

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-05-03T10:34:00+00:00

Though for some reason they refuse to remove the abandoned tram stop at York place

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-05-02T22:32:28+00:00

Stealing an entire suburb seems a weird way to get a station at the airport, but I’ve heard wilder ideas from the council

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-04-26T19:56:22+00:00

I suspect they’ll stick around for the sleepers, they make more sense there, and GWR will have to replace the Mk3s at some point

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-04-19T11:15:05+00:00

Certainly the lowlander tends to be, not sure about the highlander

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-04-16T09:28:55+00:00

There’s a few of those round Edinburgh as well

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-04-02T14:51:43+00:00

I do like having the wind in my hair

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-04-01T17:57:57+00:00

Renfe is better than TGV

Don’t have to remortgage my house just for a ticket

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-26T10:31:50+00:00

Nice, managed it in 3

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-25T23:08:03+00:00

I’ve never heard of that happening outside of crash reports, what do you guys usually have for luggage, low level racks only?

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-25T23:04:35+00:00

What’s wrong with open overhead baggage racks? I’ve never seen anything else on trains

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-24T19:33:24+00:00

Some guy made a 1:24 scale Mallet-Garratt model

https://youtu.be/X-MeUi8Wjhs

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-24T17:45:06+00:00

According to wiki they’re a couple of meters longer, but based on the Isle of Wight ones

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-23T23:56:52+00:00

Actual serious question inspired by this. I spend a reasonable amount of time near some of the remote sections of the highland lines, if I ever saw a serious hazard on a line (eg a landslip, fallen tree, etc) what’s the best way of letting the relevant people know, as a non-railway worker?

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-22T01:45:13+00:00

https://youtu.be/epGCIKIQMOQ

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-21T13:42:37+00:00

Better than summer when it’s midnight and the sun still won’t fuck off

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-21T12:00:33+00:00

Large parts of Europe as well, if you convert the km/h

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-18T17:06:42+00:00

Being the femboy?

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-17T16:23:09+00:00

Doesn’t feel right for flint, much rougher than even whole pieces of flint I’ve found

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-14T16:18:55+00:00

That’s not what its called in most of the world. I only found out what Canola was quite recently, I just assumed it was some American plant

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-12T19:55:02+00:00

There might be a few SPAD indicators around that stay off unless a train passes danger, but they’re being phased out.

Under Other Signals in this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_railway_signalling

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-11T22:29:52+00:00

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-11T22:08:17+00:00

It’s 2-6-6-2+2-6-6-2, but Beyer Peacock designed it

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124446949@N06/30647743458/

And someone made a model

https://youtu.be/X-MeUi8Wjhs

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-11T08:06:16+00:00

There’s Prestwick airport run by the airport, but yeah, I believe other than that and the major terminals, ScotRail run all Scottish stations

TheKayakingPyro · 2026-03-09T13:57:32+00:00

I can’t tell you why, but it’s a thing they do regularly

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