RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 10, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2019 57 minutes ago, meil said: It's to confuse the foreigners i.e. Brummies I thought it was to confuse Yam Yams so they couldn't find their way to Brum. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2019 On 10/09/2019 at 10:09, PannierTanker14 said: A road sign I went past. I found it funny... Driving out of Nottingham on Derby Road has many similar possibilities. Then driving out of Derby introduces fresh connotations! Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Saunders Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 20 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks That is not true it is a well known fact that, when a door is not a door its a jar! 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted September 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 10/09/2019 at 20:12, manna said: G'Day Folks That reminds me that a friend's son is required to take trigonometry this year during his senior year. Trig for gosh sake is totally useless for daily living. BTW, his entire class failed the first test! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted September 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Trig for gosh sake is totally useless for daily living. Your mobile phone wouldn't work if the entire population subscribed to your view on the subject. The radio wave modulation system which gives us the higher data rate depends on the application of trigonometric functions to the radio waves (phase modulation in particular, to the sine wave carrier). Trigonometry is also rather important in designing the propagation between mast and handset. The land topography modelling was originally dependent on surveyors using trigonometry. Modern day topographical mapping of course now relies on satellite mapping, using binocular imaging and radar altimetry, both using phase change in the incident waves to measure the altitude - phase change measurement requires knowledge of trigonometry to devise the algorithms. The path from my computer screen to the RMweb server relies on pahse modulation, both from the PC to the modem and from the modem to the ISP. Certainly, you wouldn't usually need to know anything about trigonometry to have a chat face to face, so you yourself may be able to live in ignorance of trigonometry and its applications in the real world. But don't try telling the world that it isn't important by means of using a communications medium which relies on some people having that knowledge. Edited September 13, 2019 by DIW 12 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2019 4 hours ago, DIW said: you wouldn't usually need to know anything about trigonometry Not knowing about trigonometry would have saved me many a headache in years past! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprintex Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 15 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: That reminds me that a friend's son is required to take trigonometry this year during his senior year. Trig for gosh sake is totally useless for daily living. BTW, his entire class failed the first test! Not true. I used trigonometry to correct the camber on the rear of my rally Mini without needing to buy expensive (and possibly more fragile) adjustable brackets Paul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted September 13, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 13, 2019 Just now, Sprintex said: Not true. I used trigonometry to correct the camber on the rear of my rally Mini without needing to buy expensive (and possibly more fragile) adjustable brackets Paul I would have thought that you would have used a wrench. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprintex Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: I would have thought that you would have used a wrench. No, I used a grinding die to open up the hole where the radius arm pin goes through the outer subframe bracket Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 19 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: That reminds me that a friend's son is required to take trigonometry this year during his senior year. Trig for gosh sake is totally useless for daily living. BTW, his entire class failed the first test! Trigonometry is one of the most useful things I learned at school. I still use it most days, but then I am an Engineer and us Engineers view things a bit differently to the rest of the population! 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 11 hours ago, DIW said: Your mobile phone wouldn't work if the entire population subscribed to your view on the subject. The radio wave modulation system which gives us the higher data rate depends on the application of trigonometric functions to the radio waves (phase modulation in particular, to the sine wave carrier). Trigonometry is also rather important in designing the propagation between mast and handset. The land topography modelling was originally dependent on surveyors using trigonometry. Modern day topographical mapping of course now relies on satellite mapping, using binocular imaging and radar altimetry, both using phase change in the incident waves to measure the altitude - phase change measurement requires knowledge of trigonometry to devise the algorithms. The path from my computer screen to the RMweb server relies on pahse modulation, both from the PC to the modem and from the modem to the ISP. Certainly, you wouldn't usually need to know anything about trigonometry to have a chat face to face, so you yourself may be able to live in ignorance of trigonometry and its applications in the real world. But don't try telling the world that it isn't important by means of using a communications medium which relies on some people having that knowledge. G'day Folks What's a Mobile Phone...... manna 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymw Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Bernard Miles found trig useful https://monologues.co.uk/Bernard_Miles/Me_and_Old_Charlie.htm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks There is a whole load of their wacky signs on the net, I assume they change every week: More about it: Edited September 14, 2019 by melmerby 2 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14, 2019 I went to a Thai resturant last night. Their meatballs really are the dogs boIIocks. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Tony Teague Posted September 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2019 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: I went to a Thai resturant last night. Their meatballs really are the dogs boIIocks. I thought that was a canal boat: Tony 7 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2019 So more of a fence then? 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2019 2 hours ago, PaulRhB said: So more of a fence then? Save the cost of a lock and weld it shut? Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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