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Drifting Star

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quote:
Originally posted by lilBuddha:
The article says the same thing I said, in different words.
When you are sliding, there are two different " directions occurring. One is the direction your car is rotating. The other is the direction your car is moving regardless of rotation.
Example: you are traveling north. Your car loses traction and the car begins an anti-clockwise spin. You are still traveling in a northward direction. You would turn your wheels towards the north, clockwise. Turning to the direction of travel, opposite the direction of rotation.

The article says nothing at all about the car rotating whilst sliding. Nowhere does it say anything other than that you should steer into the direction of a slide.

The article may not contradict what you describe about rotation, but it doesn't mention it as a possible scenario, and it certainly doesn't say the same thing as you, but in different words.

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Miffy

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quote:
Originally posted by Masha:
Miffy - don't do henna!

Not unless you want to be stuck with it for the rest of your life (more or less)!

I colour mine using henna and it's a nice colour but I'd like to go back to my original...but I can't.

You can't use other dye over it and nothing works to strip it out - so basically, unless I want to grow it out and have it look that awful faded colour, and have to have it cut very short, I'll have to keep doing it...pretty much forever.

Yay.

Unless...does anyone know how to remove two years of henna applications from hair?

Thanks Masha - and don't worry, I certainly won't, not after hearing horror stories about what can happen!

Perhaps a hairdresser might have the answer to your problem. Worth trying maybe ?

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Firenze

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I'm surprised to hear about henna issues - I never noticed a problem. The only time I got a weird result was entirely my own fault: my hair was quite bleached and I henna'ed over it. The result was, frankly, orange - plus my favourite wear at the time was a shocking pink boiler suit (I wasn't always as retiring as I am now).
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Masha
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Firenze I salute you.

That sounds like a truly awesome ensemble!

And yep Miffy, that's what I'm going to have to do I think.

Expensive. [Waterworks]

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lilBuddha
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mrs whibley, Drifting star.
I am not trying to be argumentative and would let this go if it were not serious.

There are three types of skids, over-steer, under-steer and straight ahead. I was addressing over-steer. I am obviously not doing a good job communicating, please read the links below for definitions and methods of coping. Note that there are slight differences in approach between them.

Mrs whibley, On further reading, it seems neither one of us is entirely correct.

Edmonds.
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mrs whibley
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Thanks lilbuddha - serious food for thought there, not least a description of the difference between understeer and oversteer, which I've always found confusing.

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Spike

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Coming late to the party here, but I agree with jsut about everything that's been said about skidding, especially lilBuddha's explanation. As I'm sure most of you know, I'm a driving instructor. When explaining skids, I never talk about "steering into the skid" as this term is extremely confusing, instead I use diagrams and/or models to demonstrate over and under steering. I also explain how ABS works and why. I wish more people would do so as so many people (including som driving instructors, unfortunately) don't really understand how to use it properly

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Emma Louise

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A friend has linked to a fab "recipe" for finger paints (sugar, salt, corn starch, water). However googling tells me that corn starch and corn flour (what we have in the UK) are quite different products. Friend suggested potato starch instead but I haven't even heard of that...

Any ideas what I should use? Thanks [Smile]

(putting on recipe thread too!)

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Talitha
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I thought cornstarch was just American for cornflour (the fine white stuff with weird non-Newtonian properties), but that if an American says "corn flour" they mean the coarse yellow stuff ground from corn/maize, used for polenta.
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Jengie jon

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They are the same if you are in the UK and not if you are in America. Their corn flour is different from ours.

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Emma Louise

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Recipe was american wanting corn starch and I am in the UK. I don't think they are equivalent from google - do different things and in different quantities I believe?
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Jengie jon

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What American's call corn-starch we call corn-flour but they call something else corn flour (maize flour?).

So I would assume the same quantities.

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Jengie jon

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Small thesis/work query, anyone know of any software that allows you to produce sensible timeline diagrams. The Gantt stuff seems to all be too detailed. I am basically dealing with months rather than days

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Aelred of Riveaux
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quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Small thesis/work query, anyone know of any software that allows you to produce sensible timeline diagrams. The Gantt stuff seems to all be too detailed. I am basically dealing with months rather than days

Jengie

Various mind mapping programs do this, for example MindView. It is available as a free trial before buying. Other similar programs include Mind Manager and Mind Genius. I have most experience of MindView, but as far as I know the others have similar capabilities.

These programs do gantt charts but have a separate feature for timelines which sounds as if it is more what you are looking for.

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lilBuddha
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What are you using jengie? Most of the gant chart software I have worked with have an adjustable timeline. As Aelred mentions. Are you certain your program does not have this?

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Jengie jon

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What I am trying to do is to present research timetables graphically. My thesis takes six years and I need to spell out what was done when. I was often doing two or more things at the same time. The other is for a research proposal, about six different streams, some feeding in to each other. This covers two years.

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Jengie jon

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So far because the stuff I have found does not do what I want SPSS (thesis) and Excel (work), when I asked what other proposals had used I was told Excel (it is the spread sheet that is used not the graphing capabilities).

I have start and end dates for each strand, sometimes several for a particular strand.

Other details that would be useful
  • the ability to mark specific points in a strand that are important and to comment on them below
  • the ability to draw arrows between one stream and another when appropriate.

But these are added niceties.

Jengie

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balaam

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Because it takes too long to learn a new piece of software I transfer things into a drawing program and add arrows there.

If you need dynamic arrows that change as you go then I can't help.

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Aelred of Riveaux
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quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
So far because the stuff I have found does not do what I want SPSS (thesis) and Excel (work), when I asked what other proposals had used I was told Excel (it is the spread sheet that is used not the graphing capabilities).

I have start and end dates for each strand, sometimes several for a particular strand.

Other details that would be useful
  • the ability to mark specific points in a strand that are important and to comment on them below
  • the ability to draw arrows between one stream and another when appropriate.

But these are added niceties.

You could do all this using the software I recommended. Otherwise it might be possible to use image editing/graphics software such as the gimp (which is free) but everything would need to be done manually.
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Jengie jon

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this sort of graph, that is what I produced with SPSS. There are things wrong with it, the four stages should not leave spaces when something does not occur in them. Arrows would have to be done in GIMP.

Jengie

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Firenze

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A new dishwasher will be delivered next week, and installed - but on the precondition that the old one is disconnected from power and water.

I think I can master unplugging it from the socket, but how hard is it to uncouple it from the water? I'm thinking there's a hose with some sort of fitment. Do you need to turn off the water supply first?

Any plumbing advice?

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Morlader
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Chap came to take away old machine and fit the new one. Disaster! I asked if he wanted me to turn off the water supply. "Oh, no. It'll be fine." he said. He broke the cold water connector and flooded the kitchen in the time it took me to turn off the mains pressure water. When I asked what are you going to do now? he said "I'm not a plumber and I've already been here too long. Do you want me to fit the new machine or not?"
Anyway, I finished up with a 24 hour plumber capping the broken connection and finishing the botched job.

So, yes, turn off the supply! And if the new machine needs hot water, drain the hot water down too.

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Firenze

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Therein lies the problem. If you are going to call out a plumber, you may as well just take delivery and leave him to do the unfit/ refit. But then you are left with old appliance on your hands.

The attraction is the offer of delivery/ fitting/ disposal. I have to say it didn't work out last time - guys turned up, said 'that's not a standard connection' and buggered off, leaving me to find an emergency plumber 3 days before Christmas.

But this one is coming from John Lewis, whose track record on white goods has hitherto been good.

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lilBuddha
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Should be valves on the supply hoses behind the washer. Make certain they work. Handy to know where the main cutoff is as well. Just in case.

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Firenze

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Thanks, lilBuddha. I will have a crawl under the sink. And I know where the stopcock is.
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Perkin
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We got a new dishwasher and found it suprisingly easy to connect the new one.

One word of warning - be careful on the angle of the water pipe. We connected then pushed it in, but by the way we'd put the pipe - not straight - it leaked. The problem was easily settled, but was a bit of a nuisance.

Good luck.

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Eutychus
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Can anyone identify the source of the artwork on this bootleg album cover? Looks 1950s retrofuture to me but GIS is not helping.

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monkeylizard

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Dishwashers may be different across the pond, but in the US, I have never seen one you just unplug. All of the ones I have worked with have a ground screw for the ground wire and then the hot and neutral wires connected appropriately with plastic wire nuts.

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lilBuddha
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Hard wired? How barbaric.

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Firenze

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quote:
Originally posted by monkeylizard:
Dishwashers may be different across the pond, but in the US, I have never seen one you just unplug.

Have to say that here they are just like any other kind of kitchen appliance - fridge, toaster, kettle, microwave whatever - they plug and play (the only additional detail being the water feed).
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Jengie jon

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I think it might have something to do with the fact we have three pins on our plugs, that is the plug and hence the dishwasher can be earthed through the socket.

Jengie

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mark_in_manchester

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Hi folks

I've just acquired a fair quantity of white leather (mmm, nice...) from a dead sofa, which I crept up on in the night where it lay in the street, and skinned it alive (oh, OK, dead) with a Stanley knife.

Has anyone any experience with leather dyeing, and the preparation of a previous finish to take a colour? There seem to be a bunch of proprietary systems around associated with the classic car community, but they're pricey - wonder if anyone has had a go themselves.

cheers

Mark

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Lothlorien
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quote:
Originally posted by Emma Louise:
Recipe was american wanting corn starch and I am in the UK. I don't think they are equivalent from google - do different things and in different quantities I believe?

Going back a bit to this. I just bought an Australian Womens Weekly slices recipe book. It's a reprint of an old edition and I don't seem to have the old one now.

They must be expanding into USA market as recipes have US equivalents printed in brackets within the recipe. Wherever cornflour occurs, the bracketed item reads cornstarch.

Now they test their recipes thoroughly several times. They have a well deserved reputation down here for accuracy. Just about foolproof.

If anyone is interested in their vast range of books which are around $12 down here, a search will easily find mail order sources, including some discount places.

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One for UK road works experts, please.
I passed through highway works today with a large, standard DoT format sign, white on red, reading:
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DCP
It's unusual to see inexplicable acronyms whilst wending your way amongst the cones. What was I supposed to (not) do on seeing this sign, please?

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Eutychus
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I suspect, but am not sure, that it stands for Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (see here (search the document for "DCP") and here for some explanations and even a diagram).

So you should be watching out for people dropping 8kg weights down a hole to see what sort of state the road foundations are in.

Now, would you or anyone else like to identify the artwork on that bootleg cover from a few posts ago? [Big Grin]

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Clarence
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quote:
Originally posted by Emma Louise:
Recipe was american wanting corn starch and I am in the UK. I don't think they are equivalent from google - do different things and in different quantities I believe?

Emma Louise, it is corn flour as you know it. I have made fantastic fingerprint with a glue-like base of cooked cornflour and water mixed with some bright non toxic acrylic paint.

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I have a pancake recipe calling for two large eggs and all I have are medium. I'm going to assume that it will be ok with two medium if a bit more likely to fall apart; am I right?

Actually, there are only two of us so cutting down the recipe a bit would work - any advice?

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Drifting Star

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I'd be inclined to use one medium in place of 1 large egg.

With the potential difference in yolk sizes not being accounted for in egg sizing, it's a very inexact science.

A large egg is supposed to weight 63-73g, so if you have very accurate scales you could beat two medium eggs and then weight out a large egg-worth. Medium eggs should be between 53 and 63g, so you might even be lucky enough to find that one of your medium eggs is very nearly a large one!

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Drifting Star

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PS I've just made my usual pancake mix for two of us, and I used one large egg and 4 oz flour - a two egg mix might be a bit overwhelming for two people.

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I've never had a problem using large eggs instead of medium in any recipe. My favourite pancake / yorkshire pudding mix is made with 1,3,5 (easy to remember, they are in alphabetical order: 1 Egg, 3oz Flour, 5 fl oz Milk). Unless you have a tiny appetite, this is enough for 1 person, so double it for two.

I lovety love traditional sugar and lemon pancakes, but for a special treat drizzle maple syrup over bacon pancakes (or if no bacon, then a dollop of vanilla icecream). Yummity Yum!

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Drifting Star

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Maple syrup with bacon (thin and crispy) and a dollop of creme fraiche. Mmmmmmmmm. [Big Grin]

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Thank you everyone. The pancakes all turned out tasting very nice, and some turned out in one piece.

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RE the leather dying, Mark. Before you attempt anything, visit a shoemaker. I know that they do dye leather shoes for weddings etc and may be able to help you.

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Qoheleth.

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Originally posted by Eutychus:
I suspect, but am not sure, that it stands for Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (see here (search the document for "DCP") and here for some explanations and even a diagram).

So you should be watching out for people dropping 8kg weights down a hole to see what sort of state the road foundations are in.

Now, would you or anyone else like to identify the artwork on that bootleg cover from a few posts ago? [Big Grin]

Thanks Euty; had a geotechnical translation job? [Biased]

Can't help with the artwork, though.

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Mili

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I am interested in family history and history in general and have found a lot of interesting information on the Trove website , where you can access digitial copies of Australian newspaper archives. The best thing is it's totally free to use.

I have tried searching the web but am yet to find a similar website for British newspapers. Does anyone know of a site like this? I would prefer a free website but would be happy to pay a small fee if free websites do not exist.

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Firenze

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quote:
Originally posted by Mili:


I have tried searching the web but am yet to find a similar website for British newspapers. Does anyone know of a site like this? I would prefer a free website but would be happy to pay a small fee if free websites do not exist.

Newspaper archives are held by the British Library so
this site would be a place to start.

The National Libraries of Scotland and Wales also have holdings, so I would check their sites as well.

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Mili

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That looks great. Thanks Firenze. There is a cost involved but considering they must have much larger archives than the Australian website it looks to be worth it. And they have a number of subscription offers. It works out cheapest to get a yearly unlimited subscription if you use it a lot,or you can buy credits that last for certain time periods.
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Jengie jon

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I have a quote by Barth for my thesis, but the problem is that my source can not say where it is from apart from it is not Dogmatics

The quote is something along the lines of "The church is present where the people are gathered around the table with book and bowl"

My thesis is not on Barth, reading his works in its entirety just for this one quote would be unreasonable even excluding the Dogmatics. It is unfortunately the only piece of Reformed writing on a particular topic (the quote not the essay).

Does anyone recognise it. My supervisor is all for using a quote from Calvin instead but although this quote clearly echoes it, it is on a related topic.

Jengie

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Zappa
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I'd narrow it down to one of his sermons collections, it looks too kind of colloquial for more academic pieces.

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Jengie jon

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That sounds right for the Reformed tradition, sermons is where I picked the idea up from. It is something that occurs in sermons and such but not the sort of sermons you publish normally.

Jengie

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