RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 55 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: I cheated - iD and I discussed this device some time ago! Don’t know what it is but would Lt Col Fell have found it useful? 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, Tony_S said: Don’t know what it is but would Lt Col Fell have found it useful? We'll just have to wait until AndyID tells us who got closest... I think Gracie Fields knew! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyAMAWiLBQU 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 I've just voted and my voting number equated to one of the Flying Moneypit. Bill 4 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: We'll just have to wait until AndyID tells us who got closest... I think Gracie Fields knew! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyAMAWiLBQU That was the song I was trying to remember… 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 15 minutes ago, Tony_S said: That was the song I was trying to remember… I've a mind full of useless information! 🤪 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold BMS Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 As an observer and non-participant here I couldn't resist the "I" newspaper today, page 5, illustrated: Heading: Hefty Hippopotamusus achieve lift-off when they are trotting Extract: ....When trotting fast their feet leave the ground for up to 0.8 seconds a study has found..... unlike most large land animals hippos almost exclusively trot......can often weigh more than 2000kg....with the fastest ones taking to the air. Food for thought? 6 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 2 minutes ago, BMS said: As an observer and non-participant here I couldn't resist the "I" newspaper today, page 5, illustrated: Heading: Hefty Hippopotamusus achieve lift-off when they are trotting Extract: ....When trotting fast their feet leave the ground for up to 0.8 seconds a study has found..... unlike most large land animals hippos almost exclusively trot......can often weigh more than 2000kg....with the fastest ones taking to the air. Food for thought? Don't stand in front of a trotting hippo, their brakes may not be effective... 3 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 (edited) 3 hours ago, polybear said: Think of it this way..... Money = Cake. Nuff sed? Fair enough, But it’s also about spending the right amount of money on the right sort of cake. Assuming, as a cub-less Bear, you have an innate desire NOT to leave any money to the tax man when you shuffle off this mortal coil, then you need to utilise the following equation cDD(b) - (eLE[d] x CC/d [D]) = WTBTG so cDD(b) = the amount of cake Dedicated Deltics [in the bank] eLE[d] = estimated Life Expectancy [in days] CC/d [D]) = cost of cake per day in Deltics (rounded to the nearest 0.1 Deltic) WTBTG = What The Bloody Taxman Gets Thus if you have 100 cDD(b) and a LE[d] of, say for sake of argument, 100 days and you buy dirt cheap LDC at O.25 cDD(b), then when you snuff it WTBTG will be 9 cDD(b)! That’s nine Deltics to the taxman! Nine Deltics that could have been spent on cake* But if you are less hair-shirt/mean/tight-fisted (choose your descriptor) and you up your daily cake spend and you buy high-quality, artisanal LDC at 0.95 cDD(b), then WTBTG will only be 1 cDD(b)! Of course, the optimal solution would be to really go for the VERY highest quality cake coming in at 1 cDD(b) or even 1.05 cDD(b) resulting in a WTBTG of ZERO, if not a negative number. So, Bear: cheap industrial LDC and a BIG donation to the taxman or expensive, high quality LDC and nothing for the taxman? Your choice! * also, that’s nine Deltics being spent by the government on thing The Bear probably wouldn’t approve of… Edited July 4 by iL Dottore Formatting 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4 19 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: Fair enough, But it’s also about spending the right amount of money on the right sort of cake. Assuming, as a cub-less Bear, you have an innate desire NOT to leave any money to the tax man when you shuffle off this mortal coil, then you need to utilise the following equation cDD(b) - (eLE[d] x CC/d [D]) = WTBTG so cDD(b) = the amount of cake Dedicated Deltics [in the bank] eLE[d] = estimated Life Expectancy [in days] CC/d [D]) = cost of cake per day in Deltics (rounded to the nearest 0.1 Deltic) WTBTG = What The Bloody Taxman Gets Thus if you have 100 cDD(b) and a LE[d] of, say for sake of argument, 100 days and you buy dirt cheap LDC at O.25 cDD(b), then when you snuff it WTBTG will be 9 cDD(b)! That’s nine Deltics to the taxman! Nine Deltics that could have been spent on cake* But if you are less hair-shirt/mean/tight-fisted (choose your descriptor) and you up your daily cake spend and you buy high-quality, artisanal LDC at 0.95 cDD(b), then WTBTG will only be 1 cDD(b)! Of course, the optimal solution would be to really go for the VERY highest quality cake coming in at 1 cDD(b) or even 1.05 cDD(b) resulting in a WTBTG of ZERO, if not a negative number. So, Bear: cheap industrial LDC and a BIG donation to the taxman or expensive, high quality LDC and nothing for the taxman? Your choice! * also, that’s nine Deltics being spent by the government on thing The Bear probably wouldn’t approve of… But...... If the value for eLE[d] chosen should prove incorrect then Bear could end up with diddly squat Cake to scoff.... Now that would mean that: poB[%] = 100 More simply, Bear would be totally and utterly p1ssed off......permanently.... 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 16 minutes ago, polybear said: More simply, Bear would be totally and utterly p1ssed off......permanently.... So in your position I would just carry on eating the cake I like. It probably isn’t doing you any harm in the quantity consumed or destroying rainforests. Probably worth keeping an eye on possible alternatives though, if the Coop do something dastardly like changing the recipe. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, BMS said: As an observer and non-participant here I couldn't resist the "I" newspaper today, page 5, illustrated: Heading: Hefty Hippopotamusus achieve lift-off when they are trotting Extract: ....When trotting fast their feet leave the ground for up to 0.8 seconds a study has found..... unlike most large land animals hippos almost exclusively trot......can often weigh more than 2000kg....with the fastest ones taking to the air. Food for thought? We'll be reported as walking on water by April next year. 1 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 41 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: We'll be reported as walking on water by April next year. Less walking more skipping, like a stone, before slowly sinking into the depths.... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 22 minutes ago, Hroth said: Less walking more skipping, like a stone, before slowly sinking into the depths.... Yeh but then they pop up again like a t£&£. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, Tony_S said: Probably worth keeping an eye on possible alternatives though, if the Coop do something dastardly like changing the recipe. They did 🤬 - LDC became plain 'ol LC; they kept the ikky stikky gooey stuff on the top but snaffled away the ikky stikky gooey stuff in the middle. B'sterds. Didn't reduce the price though 🤬. Double B'sterds. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 (edited) 3 minutes ago, polybear said: They did 🤬 - LDC became plain 'ol LC; they kept the ikky stikky gooey stuff on the top but snaffled away the ikky stikky gooey stuff in the middle. B'sterds. Didn't reduce the price though 🤬. Double B'sterds. Well costs have gone up my dear Bear. Next you'll find the Polo mint makers will be charging extra for the hole. Edited July 4 by Winslow Boy 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 8 hours ago, polybear said: Bear's money is on a clutch Clever Bear! Yes, it's a clutch. 7 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, AndyID said: Clever Bear! Yes, it's a clutch. Bear hates to mention this....but I do believe clutches have already been invented.....🤣 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, polybear said: Bear hates to mention this....but I do believe clutches have already been invented.....🤣 Indeed, but this one doesn't wear out and it is much more controllable than a mechanical clutch. That makes it compatible with automatic operation. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 4 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, Hroth said: Less walking more skipping, like a stone, before slowly sinking into the depths.... There is a very, very, classified film of hippos being dropped from a Lancaster bomber to prove the Barnes Wallis theory pertaining to the Upkeep mine. 1 3 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 3 hours ago, polybear said: They did 🤬 - LDC became plain 'ol LC; they kept the ikky stikky gooey stuff on the top but snaffled away the ikky stikky gooey stuff in the middle. B'sterds. Didn't reduce the price though 🤬. Double B'sterds. Wouid it be worth getting a jar of lemon curd with the LDC and adding some? 4 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4 3 hours ago, AndyID said: Clever Bear! Yes, it's a clutch. Well, it DID remind me of the centrifugal clutch on my fathers old Suffolk Colt petrol lawnmower, but.... 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 34 minutes ago, Hroth said: Well, it DID remind me of the centrifugal clutch on my fathers old Suffolk Colt petrol lawnmower, but.... I can see why it would. All clutches have to dissipate energy while the input and output are synchronizing. Traditionally that is done by converting the excess energy into heat by mechanical friction. This one converts it into heat by fluid friction. The version shown has three pistons/cylinders. Three is the minimum but it could have as many as you like. 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 9 hours ago, Tony_S said: Don’t know what it is but would Lt Col Fell have found it useful? Unfortunately it has shown-up a bit too late for that 😄 Might even have saved the Warships. The torque capacity of a traditional clutch is typically a function of its diameter. They are essentially "two-dimensional". The capacity of this puppy is a function of displacement volume and therefore more three-dimensional. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted July 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4 7 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: We'll be reported as walking on water by April next year. Reports appearing on April 1st ? Adrian 2 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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