Questions Thread

[Alexikokopops]

Does water really go down plugs in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere? Never sure if this is a myth or not?

 

 

Yep.

 

There is a minuscule effect but in reality the direction of the water is dependant on factors such as basin shape/irregularities, how the water enters the system, and the configuration of taps and drains. The Coriolis effect is real and it affects cyclones because they're hundreds of miles across. A sink, however, is much smaller.

http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp

[Webbo]

Yes.

Which way do they point if you're on the equator?

 

yes and no .

all compasses point both north and south in both hemispheres. the north pointer always points north and the south pointer always points south  

Don't be a smarty pants.

[Alexikokopops]

Which way do they point if you're on the equator?

 

Don't be a smarty pants.

 

The magnetic field of earth points in the same way whether you're in the northern or the southern hemisphere. However, just to be confusing, if the earth was a magnet, what we call the north pole would, in fact, be the south pole of the magnetic (due to the way the magnetic fields are aligned). However, we call it the north pole because geographically it made sense at the time (I presume)

 

 

So, in answer to your question, the needle points the same way which is geographically north, but magnetically south.

 

 

Also, to add to this, the earth's magnetic field flips on average once every 450,000 years (not instantly, a reversal takes between 1,000 and 10,000 years). There's more information on that here.

[Zingari]

Which way do they point if you're on the equator?

 

Don't be a smarty pants.

Are you being serious?

 It really doesn't matter where you are in the world, the north pointer will always point north and the south pointer always points south .( although it's in reality it's the north pole of the magnet that is pointing to the south pole and vice versa as the opposites attract) 

 

Think of a compass  as just a simple bar magnet on a swivel  , it will always line itself up with the opposite magnetic poles of the earth wherever it is in the world. 

 

 

 

on this compass the red pointer  is pointing north and the silver is pointing south 

 

 

edit cocopops looks to have posted a more thorough explanation while i was typing 

Edited 14 November 2013 by Zingari

[Webbo]

 

Are you being serious?

 

Of course not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thankyou both for your answers.

Edited 14 November 2013 by Webbo

[Zingari]

 

 

Of course not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thankyou both for your answers.

i forgot to mention that compasses may behave differently in magnet factories 

Edited 14 November 2013 by Zingari

[notnow john]

Why does the premises of a kitchen unit manufacturer have an effect?

[Zingari]

Why does the premises of a kitchen unit manufacturer have an effect?

Quite so , or being  in John Smith's brewery ?

Although my sense of direction might be compromised  in that location anyway.

Edited 14 November 2013 by Zingari

[StanSP]

Didn't really know where else to put this. But found it quite bizarre.

 

Found padlocked in a sports bag - but coroner rules that the death was an accident?

 

None of his DNA was found on the lock attached to the bag and his palm prints were not found on the rim of the bath.

 

 

 

Lack of evidence elsewhere in the flat leads to 'probably an accident'?

Just me that's a bit perplexed?

[Webbo]

 

Didn't really know where else to put this. But found it quite bizarre.

 

Found padlocked in a sports bag - but coroner rules that the death was an accident?

 

 

Lack of evidence elsewhere in the flat leads to 'probably an accident'?

Just me that's a bit perplexed?

 

It's strange, that's for sure. I don't suppose we'll ever know the truth.

[StanSP]

It's strange, that's for sure. I don't suppose we'll ever know the truth.

 

They seem resigned to just leaving it unanswered, as do the parents. Just the feeling I get from the people involved within the article.

[Swarles Barkley]

Trying to sort out uni accom. Anyone had past experiences living with girls and how is it?

[Guest MattP]

Found padlocked in a sports bag - but coroner rules that the death was an accident?

 

Lack of evidence elsewhere in the flat leads to 'probably an accident'?

Just me that's a bit perplexed?

 

There is a youtube video showing how it can be done though it's very difficult.

 

Something very kinky about his death though, clearly some sort of sex game gone wrong and someone out there probably knows the truth.

[Stadt]

How old is 21CF?

[21st Century Fox]

How old is 21CF?

 

73

[NewburyFox]

Trying to sort out uni accom. Anyone had past experiences living with girls and how is it?

I'm in my third year and wish I'd lived with girls in one of the years.

[AoWW]

73

 

Dyslexic too?

[Mike Oxlong]

There is a youtube video showing how it can be done though it's very difficult.

 

Something very kinky about his death though, clearly some sort of sex game gone wrong and someone out there probably knows the truth.

Wayne Rooney found it alarmingly easy to get found inside an old bag.

[Stadt]

73

No wonder your physio didn't want to leave.

[21st Century Fox]

No wonder your physio didn't want to leave.

 

We were kindred spirits. We bonded over a shared appreciation for Wether's Originals and The Last of The Summer Wine dubbed into Italian.

[Sharpe's Fox]

In a Peppermint Aero, is only the green bit mint flavoured or the whole thing?

[Stadt]

We were kindred spirits. We bonded over a shared appreciation for Wether's Originals and The Last of The Summer Wine dubbed into Italian.

[ADK]

Trying to sort out uni accom. Anyone had past experiences living with girls and how is it?

 

Lots of hair left in the shower. Taking ages in the shower. Tendency to end up sleeping with them.

[ADK]

Which way do they point if you're on the equator?

 

Don't be a smarty pants.

 

The north and south is always the same no matter where you are, but the way most compasses are weighted means that they often don't work very well if you are very far from the location they were designed for.

[The Blur]

Why do posters go on other posters' profile?  I do that sometimes without really knowing why.

Edited 16 November 2013 by ChickenBoy