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daverichardson

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I will sneak one (or two) in if I may
School time!
One Are is how many meters?
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What 2 totally different things are measured on a a scale of 0 to 10 inclusive?
 
spkennyuk

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dave richardson said:
I will sneak one (or two) in if I may
School time!
One Are is how many meters?
and
What 2 totally different things are measured on a a scale of 0 to 10 inclusive?
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Not sure what you mean with the meters question.

The two things that use the 0 to 10 scale question is:

1. Women are given a 0 to 10 rating. ( forum banter suggests dem likes the 0 to 3 end of the scale)
2. is the rating of pain said women are likely to cause you :)

A third option is how many days it takes to get your hearing back after being near Benny's car. Based on your listening distance from the car.

0 meters away 10 days to recover.
100 meters away 9 days to recover and so on to 1000 meters away is 0 days to recover :)

Fourth option would be a customer satisfaction survey :)

Seriously though the pain scale is one of them i think and im still trying to think of another.
 
daverichardson

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Ho Ho Ho!
Not what I had in mind for any of them.

one of the 0 - 10 scale is natural and we experience it every day
the other is man made and has a letter prefix before the number and we use it every day

An Are is a measurement that can be expressed in meters but how many?
 
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The man-made scale - paper sizes A0 - A10?

Was thinking Beaufort scale for wind, but wasn't sure whether it goes beyond 10.
 
midlifecrisis

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One of the 1-10 is the Hardness scale (Moh's)
The other is a Marshall Amp Pre-Spinal Tap. (Incidentally has anyone notice that the volume control on the BBC iPlayer goes to 11, it's 1 louder you see)
 
MrPea

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midlifecrisis said:
One of the 1-10 is the Hardness scale (Moh's)
The other is a Marshall Amp Pre-Spinal Tap. (Incidentally has anyone notice that the volume control on the BBC iPlayer goes to 11, it's 1 louder you see)
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I was thinking about the amp, but I don't use mine every day. Yes, I have noticed the iPlayer... A nice touch.
 
zagatoes30

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An Are is 100m2 I think 10x10

1 - 10 Question how about

Beaufort Scale for measuring wind ?

and

PH test for acid / alkaline strength?
 
daverichardson

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Well between you you have got it
An Are is indeed 100m square- I saw it on the back of an old maths exercise book the other day

Paper is measured A0 to A10 and
Beaufort wind speed is 0 - 10 - according to my sources though I do acknowledge Catman
and we have it every day
Afraid pH is measured from 0 - 14

Not sure whose go it is now though!
 
spkennyuk

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Nominate somebody Dave. Ian got 2 out of the 3 answers.

Ive never heard of an ARE as a measurment so i have learnt something new today.
 
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dave richardson said:
Ok I nominate Ian
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Okey dokey...well I'm going to follow Dave's example and hedge my bets with a multi-question (first bit is too easy to investigate online).

1/ As of the start of 2016, what is the world's fourth most populous nation?

2/ Who discovered (or, at least, first documented) the concept of counter-steering? For those unfamiliar with two wheels, this is where, when you turn left on a bike or motor-bike, you actually turn the handlebars to the right or vica-versa (and is actually universal once you exceed walking pace)?
 
2b1ask1

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An odd combination of questions Ian.

Lets see, 4th populous, China, India, Russia, I'd put 123 so USA?

Counter-steering, a wild guess at M I Brunel (I K's father)
 
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2b1ask1 said:
An odd combination of questions Ian.

Lets see, 4th populous, China, India, Russia, I'd put 123 so USA?

Counter-steering, a wild guess at M I Brunel (I K's father)
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Yeah, apologies for the odd combination...Dave's had a common thread, mine have no link, just an insurance against the first response nailing the population one.

China, India, Russia & USA were my guess until I was enlightened while working for a company from the 4th most populous nation. China, India & USA are the most populous three, but Russia is not the fourth.

M.I. Brunel is a good guess, but the counter-steering guru(s?) was/were innovators more than (an) engineer(s) and had a background related to two wheels, although that is not what he (she? They?) was/were famed for.
 
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2b1ask1 said:
An odd combination of questions Ian.

Lets see, 4th populous, China, India, Russia, I'd put 123 so USA?

Counter-steering, a wild guess at M I Brunel (I K's father)
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Yeah, apologies for the odd combination...Dave's had a common thread, mine have no link, they were just an insurance against the first response nailing the population one.

China, India, Russia & USA were my guess until I was enlightened while working for a company from the 4th most populous nation. China, India & USA are the most populous three, but Russia is not the fourth.

M.I. Brunel is a good guess, but the counter-steering guru(s?) was/were (an) innovator(s) more than (an) engineer(s) and had a background related to two wheels, although that is not what he (she? They?) was/were famed for.
 
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Ian996 said:
Okey dokey...well I'm going to follow Dave's example and hedge my bets with a multi-question (first bit is too easy to investigate online).

1/ As of the start of 2016, what is the world's fourth most populous nation?

2/ Who discovered (or, at least, first documented) the concept of counter-steering? For those unfamiliar with two wheels, this is where, when you turn left on a bike or motor-bike, you actually turn the handlebars to the right or vica-versa (and is actually universal once you exceed walking pace)?
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Erm. Not really *turn* the handlebars.....

<can of worms mode = open> ;)

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