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Originally posted by Mamacita: quote:
Whereas my face and neck get blotchy red when I drink wine. Apparently it's a reaction that has something to do with enzymes... harmless except that I look like I'm schnockered when I'm not. And my family mocks me mercilessly.
In my family, this effect is subtly noted by pointing to the blotchy person and shouting, "Shazam!" -- the red V-shape down the neck and chest supposedly resembling the superhero costume.
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Hello Dormouse
I have sets of magnets with words and phrases. they have been colour coded for verbs nouns and all that stuff. the kids don't think they are learning anything... just playing with magnets.
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Originally posted by sheep:
Okay, this has been puzzling me for years...Why is it that I often get a horrible headache after I drink white wine but not after I drink red?
(My first post in Heaven, BTW!)
Welcome (as said elsewhere).
Kuruman (unfortunate enough to be married to your present e-interlocutor) reacts with migraines to either red or white. This has the unfortunate impact of meaning that he to whom I usually refer by use of the perpendicular pronoun is forced to consume a double share.
However one bears (bares ![[Confused]](confused.gif) ) one's crosses with alacrity and a plumb.
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quote:
Originally posted by Zappa:
However one bears (bares ) one's crosses with alacrity and a plumb.
Presumably a plumb line, whereby you can ascertain if you are still perpendicular. Which you do with aplomb.
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Americans have the Constitutional right to bare arms.
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Or is it the right to arm bears? I keep forgetting.
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I'm so confused, I thought it was the right to bear arms . . .
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Ok, I have a question (which is, of course, why I'm here).
I regularly take a multivitamin which has 100% of one's daily allowance of just about everything. More of some, less of others. It doesn't, for example, have 100% of calcium, but I think I probably make up the rest in my natural diet.
However, I just noticed that it contains what seems to be a very small amount of magnesium - 50mg which is apparently only 13% of the daily allowance. And having checked to see which foods magnesium is found in naturally, I'm pretty sure I don't get anywhere near 100%.
So my question is, firstly, does anyone know why they would add so little of something which sounds so important? And secondly, would it be advisable to take an additional magnesium supplement to make up for it?
I know the Ship is not the place for medical advice; I'm really just looking for general information and wouldn't do anything silly without consulting a professional.
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I've always been curious about vitamin suppliments in general- whether they are necessary/work etc or if everyone should take them!
However - my question was...
Does anyone have a newspaper from 16/02/09 - ideally in the UK but one from elsewhere would be fun too. I don't expect anyone has but it would be fab to keep forever a paper from my little one's birthday. Is it possible to get them anywhere?
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Galloping Granny
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I'd love to know: is it just me/my Mac?
Using Safari, when I'm on the Ship reading a discussion, if I click on the filecard/ID icon at the top of a post I get a second page with the info, and can simply click it off with the red dot and I'm back where I was.
Using Firefox, the second screen doesn't happen, and the only way back to where I was after I've read the info is via 'History', as there isn't even a usable back arrow.
And secondly, if I have to use Firefox, it won't 'Jump to new posts' – only way is by choosing the last page and scrolling down. Safari jumps very nicely.
Does anyone else have these problems?
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Firenze
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Originally posted by Emma Louise:
Does anyone have a newspaper from 16/02/09 - ideally in the UK but one from elsewhere would be fun too.
You could try the British Library. The national libraries, as libraries of record, get everything.
A friend got a photocopy of the front page of the Times for about 50 years ago (it featured a pic of her husband leading some people up Kilimanjaro). It is, though, just a scan, not the whole paper.
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Galloping Granny, both of those work very nicely on Firefox with XP.
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Originally posted by Emma Louise:
Does anyone have a newspaper from 16/02/09 - ideally in the UK but one from elsewhere would be fun too. I don't expect anyone has but it would be fab to keep forever a paper from my little one's birthday. Is it possible to get them anywhere?
It is - Google "newspaper date of birth" without quotes - but you pay a hefty price for the privilege, and there's no rush, because unless 16/2/09 was a particularly notable date, they won't be in danger of running out.
At this distance, I'd imagine unsold copies will have been pulped, but you could check with any big libraries in the area, which will often keep newspapers for a reasonable amount of time and may be willing to let you have that particular copy when they have a clearout, rather than binning it. There are also people who keep their newspapers, but they're unlikely to want to part with a copy. My last suggestion would be to post "Wanted" notices on work noticeboards and similar, just in case someone somewhere still has a copy they haven't got rid of yet.
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Originally posted by PrettyFly:
So my question is, firstly, does anyone know why they would add so little of something which sounds so important? And secondly, would it be advisable to take an additional magnesium supplement to make up for it?
I know the Ship is not the place for medical advice; I'm really just looking for general information and wouldn't do anything silly without consulting a professional.
Hi - first a disclaimer - I am not a health professional of any kind.
In regards to the first question - I don't know. In regards to the second, if you are magnesium deficient, you will start having problems with cramp. I had some very bad (non-exercise related) cramp problems about 3 years ago and on the advice of a pharmacist, took a magnesium supplement, which cleared it up. So to sum up, if you are feeling otherwise okay, you are probably not magnesium deficient.
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Same disclaimer from me. That said, I found you a link to look at: http://healing.about.com/od/dietandfitness/a/magnesiumfacts_3.htm
There could be several reasons why they put so little in. First, some things are easily acquired from what you eat everyday. Giving you a large amount in a supplement would lead to overdose. (Your doctor or a nutritionist would probably be the one to consult about whether you're getting enough already.)
Second, the effects of overdose for some vitamins and minerals are ... bad. Magnesium seems to be one of the less bad compared to some, but still, diarrhea and eventual kidney problems is not something to sneeze at. Since multivitamins are intended for the general population, makers would tend to play it safe to avoid causing problems (and lawsuits).
Third, some minerals/vitamins interfere with others when your body tries to absorb them. Taking them at the same time results in either too much absorption (see overdose, above) or too little (see: waste of time). I gather magnesium interacts with several other things, including calcium and phosphorous. In a normal diet, this wouldn't matter, as you'd be getting small bits all day. But in a multivitamin, you get the whole shebang at once. So makers would have to consider interaction effects as well.
Thus endeth the disquisition. But talking to a doctor or dietician is usually a safe bet.
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Ach, forgot one. Certain things, like iron, get eliminated much more easily by part of the population (e.g. menstruating women) than by other parts (men, post-menopausal women). So a dose that is proper for a young woman could be a problem, even dangerous, for an older man (too much iron = risk of heart attack, I believe). Since everybody and their dog (maybe not) takes multivitamins, the makers will shoot for the lowest common denominator.
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Interesting... thanks!
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Galloping Granny
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Originally posted by Drifting Star:
Galloping Granny, both of those work very nicely on Firefox with XP.
Thanks. I thought it might be a Mac thing.
I'm keen on www.jigzone.com – can't do it with Firefox but it's fine with Safari. Same thing, I guess.
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Galloping Granny
I wonder if the add on All in One Sidebar might not be a work around for change options.
Also you might like to change your tab setting. I must admit I am a coward at this and don't really know how to do it but something like Tab Mix Plus might allow you to do this. There were some nice tab addons early on which unfortunately do not work with newer versions of Firefox. I set mine up using one of those so can not speak for Tab Mix Plus.
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Lothlorien
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Does anyone have a newspaper from 16/02/09 - ideally in the UK but one from elsewhere would be fun too. I don't expect anyone has but it would be fab to keep forever a paper from my little one's birthday. Is it possible to get them anywhere?
Emma, as far as I know the Sydney Morning Herald sells facsimile front pages of pretty well any date it's been published. Dig around in their site map for details. That would be an Aussie connection for her.
I dpn't have one of that date but I do have a paper copy of a Saturday edition still here so will have a look for details later. There's usually a small advertisement somewhere.
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quote:
Originally posted by Emma Louise:
Does anyone have a newspaper from 16/02/09 - ideally in the UK but one from elsewhere would be fun too. I don't expect anyone has but it would be fab to keep forever a paper from my little one's birthday. Is it possible to get them anywhere?
It is possible and they don't have to be outrageously priced either. Obviously you'll pay more than if you were buying it at the time, but it doesn't have to be double figures.
Here you go.
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Originally posted by The Galloping Granny:
I'm keen on www.jigzone.com – can't do it with Firefox but it's fine with Safari. Same thing, I guess.
GG
Jengie made me think - there is a Firefox add-on called IE Tab which I use to check the appearance of webpages in the dreaded Internet Explorer. There was a time when I needed to use it for the occasional website that wouldn't function in Firefox (which doesn't seem to happen any more on XP). It's very easy to use - once it's installed you just right-click on the tab you want to change, and choose 'switch rendering engine'.
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Question that got raised in a conversation with Sandemaniac last night. Is there a UK football club with a longer name than Inverness Caledonian Thistle (28 characters, including spaces)?
OK, possibly the full name of LlanfairPG's club..., but we're really thinking league/whatever the Conference is called this year sort of level.
Also, is there a shorter one than Celtic?
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Galloping Granny
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Originally posted by Drifting Star:
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Originally posted by The Galloping Granny:
I'm keen on www.jigzone.com – can't do it with Firefox but it's fine with Safari. Same thing, I guess.
GG
Jengie made me think - there is a Firefox add-on called IE Tab which I use to check the appearance of webpages in the dreaded Internet Explorer. There was a time when I needed to use it for the occasional website that wouldn't function in Firefox (which doesn't seem to happen any more on XP). It's very easy to use - once it's installed you just right-click on the tab you want to change, and choose 'switch rendering engine'.
Thanks Jengie and Drifting Star, but solutions that work with XP don't usually function with Mac OS. Safari is good for almost everything but sometimes inexplicably quits... I use Firefox for internet banking because it seems to be faster, otherwise it's just my back-up.
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Granny, I visit that site regularly, it's a good procrastinating tool, and have no problems with my Mac.
I used to get a new puzzle emailed every day but seem to have dropped off their list for that. Have you tried that or is it when you are trying a puzzle that you have problems?
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Galloping Granny
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Granny, I visit that site regularly, it's a good procrastinating tool, and have no problems with my Mac.
I used to get a new puzzle emailed every day but seem to have dropped off their list for that. Have you tried that or is it when you are trying a puzzle that you have problems?
I'm writing this from the home of procrastination.
No, haven't done a daily puzzle. Only one a day? I have a look at what's on offer and avoid subjects that don't appeal. After a month at Matarangi there are plenty to catch up on when I'm back on broadband. I try to beat the 'average time' and usually can but my hand isn't very steady and it sometimes takes more than a moment to push a piece into place.
With Firefox the pieces tend to break apart as I move them. Weird.
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Originally posted by The Galloping Granny:
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Originally posted by Lothlorien:
Granny, I visit that site regularly, it's a good procrastinating tool, and have no problems with my Mac.
I used to get a new puzzle emailed every day but seem to have dropped off their list for that. Have you tried that or is it when you are trying a puzzle that you have problems?
I'm writing this from the home of procrastination.
No, haven't done a daily puzzle. Only one a day? I have a look at what's on offer and avoid subjects that don't appeal. After a month at Matarangi there are plenty to catch up on when I'm back on broadband. I try to beat the 'average time' and usually can but my hand isn't very steady and it sometimes takes more than a moment to push a piece into place.
With Firefox the pieces tend to break apart as I move them. Weird.
Galloping Granny
They should do for Firefox as it is the coding of Firefox they are dependent on, not the Operating System(OS). That is Firefox handles the relationship with the OS and these operate totally within a Firefox Environment.
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Does anyone have any advice on how to photograph a church interior without using flash, so that I get the interior coming out nicely, but the stained glass windows aren't hopelessly over-exposed?
I.e. if one takes a shot of an altar with pretty floral arrangements and a stained glass window behind it, how do I get all to display to their best advantage simultaneously?
I have a digital SLR and a less flexible compact and would welcome any tips from people who have actually done this successfully. There must be a way.
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Originally posted by Ariel:
Does anyone have any advice on how to photograph a church interior without using flash, so that I get the interior coming out nicely, but the stained glass windows aren't hopelessly over-exposed?
I think you'll probably have to venture into the world of High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI), by means of which you get the picture you want by way of combining multiple exposures. There is software to do auto-magically, and there are also ways of doing it semi-manually. You start out with a range of exposures in your images, kinda like you get with automatic exposure bracketing on some DSLR's, but wider. Using a tripod makes your life easier when it comes time for post-processing, but IIRC is not strictly necessary. In your case, you'd take a shot exposing for the darkest area, one to get the windows at their best, and possibly more in-between. You then go in through Photoshop or whatnot and stitch the best bits together.
Sorry if I'm a little vague, Mr. Otter has looked at it more than I have. IIRC he has and likes this book on the subject .
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Does anyone know the etymology of the word 'akimbo' (or possibly a-kimbo)? I understand it to mean splayed, badly arranged, or even disorganised, but I have no idea where it could have originated from - is it a bastardisation of a French word or something like that?
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Wikipedia can help you with the meaning, but not the etymology.
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According to the Online Etymology Dictionary [one of my favorite resources, which I learned about on the ship!], its origin is Scandinavian:
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c.1400, in kenebowe, perhaps from phrase in keen bow "at a sharp angle," or from a Scand. word akin to Icelandic kengboginn "bow-bent." Many languages use a teapot metaphor for this, such as Fr. faire le pot à deux anses "to play the pot with two handles."
[darned accent marks get me every time]
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On a similarly dictionarial theme, has anyone got an online Oxford English Dictionary sub? I'm trying to reference "wellum" (a large drain under a road, and possibly an East Anglianism) for something I'm writing, and have had no luck finding a definition thus far. Google disnae help.
I could go into work and do it from there, but I've got better things I could do in the time it will take to get there and back, and it's raining!
Thanks,
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Originally posted by Otter:
You start out with a range of exposures in your images, kinda like you get with automatic exposure bracketing on some DSLR's, but wider.
Thanks, Otter. The Photoshop answer had occurred to me, but my camera does do AEB (which I haven't yet tried out) which might make life easier...
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
On a similarly dictionarial theme, has anyone got an online Oxford English Dictionary sub? I'm trying to reference "wellum" (a large drain under a road, and possibly an East Anglianism) for something I'm writing, and have had no luck finding a definition thus far. Google disnae help.
I could go into work and do it from there, but I've got better things I could do in the time it will take to get there and back, and it's raining!
Thanks,
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Oxford Dictionary was no help, but when I searched Oxford Reference Online, it came up with a result from A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places
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1. Welham
Notts. Wellun 1086 ( DB ). ‘(Place at) the springs’. OE wella in a dative plural form wellum
Dunno if that's any assistance... searching google for wella brings up lots of hair care products!
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Thanks for that, LoY. I think I have to hope that I don't get asked for a reference to that one, or refer to an elderly East Anglian for a verbal account!
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Galloping Granny
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Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Galloping Granny
I wonder if the add on All in One Sidebar might not be a work around for change options.
Also you might like to change your tab setting. I must admit I am a coward at this and don't really know how to do it but something like Tab Mix Plus might allow you to do this. There were some nice tab addons early on which unfortunately do not work with newer versions of Firefox. I set mine up using one of those so can not speak for Tab Mix Plus.
Jengie
Thanks for this and subsequent help. I might corner my son to help! But mostly I'll stick with Safari.
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Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
Is there a UK football club with a longer name than Inverness Caledonian Thistle (28 characters, including spaces)?
OK, possibly the full name of LlanfairPG's club..., but we're really thinking league/whatever the Conference is called this year sort of level.
Also, is there a shorter one than Celtic?
I have asked this for you in the Football Thread in Heaven - it might get a more attentive audience.
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Bad Language question.
I thought fucktard was a unique ship expletive, possibly Erin's invention. Yet I just watched the last episode of Skins (UK TV programme) and I'd swear I heard JJ call Cook and the pretty boy fucktards.
Is fucktard a real life sweary-word, then? Have I been crediting the ship with a creative coup that it doesn't deserve all this time?
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Celtic Knotweed
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
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Originally posted by Celtic Knotweed:
Is there a UK football club with a longer name than Inverness Caledonian Thistle (28 characters, including spaces)?
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Also, is there a shorter one than Celtic?
I have asked this for you in the Football Thread in Heaven - it might get a more attentive audience.
Thanks Wet Kipper, not really being a football bod, I'd forgotten there was a Circus thread on it!
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Okay, I have a question. What is a powerball? Amazon keeps telling me I ought to own one, but when I followed the link to their 'powerball store' it didn't explain what they did. It appeared you were expected to already know.
So what is one and what is it for?
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Oh, the lovely straight line.
Around here, anyway, "powerball" is some sort of state-run lottery.
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Okay, I have a question. What is a powerball? Amazon keeps telling me I ought to own one, but when I followed the link to their 'powerball store' it didn't explain what they did. It appeared you were expected to already know.
So what is one and what is it for?
Here is the website with info. It's basically a gyroscope inside a sphere, with a little cord to pull which starts it spinning. You then have to hold it in your hand and contort yourself in interesting ways to keep it spinning. Mr Ags was bought one for Christmas. It's supposed to help with strengthening arms/wrists/hands etc. When I tried to use it I discovered I have a very short attention sp
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As I understood things, "convection" describes the movement of unequally-heated fluids ("hot air rises, cool air falls").
An ordinary oven works on this basis: heating elements low down, hot/cool air movement to distribute the heat.
So why are ovens that have a fan to distribute heated air called "convection" ovens?
And what does one call the "normal" oven, now that the proper word has been misappropriated?
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Originally posted by Figbash:
Okay, I have a question. What is a powerball? Amazon keeps telling me I ought to own one, but when I followed the link to their 'powerball store' it didn't explain what they did. It appeared you were expected to already know.
So what is one and what is it for?
Here is the website with info. It's basically a gyroscope inside a sphere, with a little cord to pull which starts it spinning. You then have to hold it in your hand and contort yourself in interesting ways to keep it spinning. Mr Ags was bought one for Christmas. It's supposed to help with strengthening arms/wrists/hands etc. When I tried to use it I discovered I have a very short attention sp
I see. How madly thrilling.
So can anybody explain to me the stuff about '350 Hz' etc, etc, etc that Amazon keep moaning on about. Is that the frequency at which the gyro rotates?
Plus I understand what. I just don't understand why.
Then again, my idea of exercise is rolling over in bed, so perhaps I'm not the target audience.
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
On a similarly dictionarial theme, has anyone got an online Oxford English Dictionary sub? I'm trying to reference "wellum" (a large drain under a road, and possibly an East Anglianism) for something I'm writing, and have had no luck finding a definition thus far. Google disnae help.
I could go into work and do it from there, but I've got better things I could do in the time it will take to get there and back, and it's raining!
Thanks,
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Is there perhaps a connection with the Latin "Vallum" - a ditch? (Like at Hadrian's Wall).
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
On a similarly dictionarial theme, has anyone got an online Oxford English Dictionary sub? I'm trying to reference "wellum" (a large drain under a road, and possibly an East Anglianism) for something I'm writing, and have had no luck finding a definition thus far. Google disnae help.
I could go into work and do it from there, but I've got better things I could do in the time it will take to get there and back, and it's raining!
Thanks,
AG
I knew buying the complete OED would be useful one day.
Sorry, but it isn't in. SO IT DOESN'T EXIST! Hahahahahahahahaha.
Then again, the OED is descriptive not prescriptive. I'd go with the 'vallum' suggestion.
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Originally posted by Horseman Bree:
As I understood things, "convection" describes the movement of unequally-heated fluids ("hot air rises, cool air falls").
An ordinary oven works on this basis: heating elements low down, hot/cool air movement to distribute the heat.
So why are ovens that have a fan to distribute heated air called "convection" ovens?
And what does one call the "normal" oven, now that the proper word has been misappropriated?
There are three general modes of heat transfer: radiation, conduction, and convection. In most regular ovens, the primary modes are radiation and conduction. There is relatively little air motion circulating through the oven space (or, there should be, unless it's leaking lots of heat energy out), and the cold object inserted for cooking will maintain a boundary layer of cooler air that acts to resist conduction.
So, the point of "convection" ovens is to cause a forced draft inside the oven volume that strips away the cooler boundary layer around the victim and allows the hotter air to transfer heat more directly.
But you're essentially right: they would more accurately be called "forced draft" ovens.
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