Stevo985 Posted September 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 11/09/2021 at 12:37, Wainy316 said: American banking is still in the Stone Age. Last time I went (2017) chip and pin was very rare let alone tap and pay. Yep I went in 2019 and don't think I used chip and pin anywhere. It was all swipe and sign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 13, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 13, 2021 18 hours ago, Seat68 said: You have won the day 94 bloody times. You are good for blood. 395 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2021 Is it OK to go in on topic now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Is it OK to go in on topic now? Still some posters trying to be 'edgy' and criticising the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Xela said: Still some posters trying to be 'edgy' and criticising the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 18, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 18, 2021 The other night I was sat in the living room and could easily see the moon go across the sky over a few hours about halfway up the window. Tonight you have to bend down slightly to see it. I know the moon does 'move' in the sky but seems really weird for it to have moved so much in just a couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted September 19, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2021 10 hours ago, Chindie said: The other night I was sat in the living room and could easily see the moon go across the sky over a few hours about halfway up the window. Tonight you have to bend down slightly to see it. I know the moon does 'move' in the sky but seems really weird for it to have moved so much in just a couple of days. OMG OMG OMG. YOU HAVE TO BEND DOWN TO SEE THE MOON!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 19, 2021 Administrator Share Posted September 19, 2021 11 hours ago, Chindie said: The other night I was sat in the living room and could easily see the moon go across the sky over a few hours about halfway up the window. Tonight you have to bend down slightly to see it. I know the moon does 'move' in the sky but seems really weird for it to have moved so much in just a couple of days. The Moon's orbit is not aligned to Earth's rotational axis. It orbits at over 2,000 mph and averages 250,000 miles away. The speed and the angle mean the Moon looks like it moves quite a bit when viewed from a single observation point on the Earth in a short amount of time, especially when your reference frame is "a couple of days". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 For anyone interested in more information on the moon, the Small Faces album, Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake has one side devoted to finding out how and why the moon changes in the sky. Spoiler: there’s nothing to get too worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 If the moon can influence the oceans and tides, then who's to say it can't move us in some way, given that we are made up of so much water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rjw63 Posted September 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, A'Villan said: If the moon can influence the oceans and tides, then who's to say it can't move us in some way, given that we are made up of so much water? 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 20, 2021 Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, A'Villan said: If the moon can influence the oceans and tides, then who's to say it can't move us in some way, given that we are made up of so much water? It is moving you in some way. Just not to an extent you can distinguish. Similarly, your head is subject to slightly less gravity than your feet by virtue of being further from the earth. Just not by any easily measurable amount. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, A'Villan said: If the moon can influence the oceans and tides, then who's to say it can't move us in some way, given that we are made up of so much water? Lunar - Lunacy. Don’t like the word and the connotations of it but it’s a word that has its historic roots in the way people believed the phases of the moon affected peoples minds. Edited September 20, 2021 by Ingram85 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 20, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Ingram85 said: Lunar - Lunacy. Don’t like the word and the connotations of it but it’s a word that has its historic roots in the way people believed the phases of the moon affected peoples minds. Women's menstrual cycles say 'hi'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted September 20, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Ingram85 said: Lunar - Lunacy. Don’t like the word and the connotations of it but it’s a word that has its historic roots in the way people believed the phases of the moon affected peoples minds. Origins of the werewolf myth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, rjw63 said: TrailBLAZING one's way to understanding the cosmos requires the HIGHest levels of competency in all things space cadet, thanking you kindly. Edited September 20, 2021 by A'Villan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ingram85 said: Lunar - Lunacy. Don’t like the word and the connotations of it but it’s a word that has its historic roots in the way people believed the phases of the moon affected peoples minds. Thanks, was unawares to that. "Abracadabra" is from the Aramaic, "Avrakehdabra" which literally means, "I will create as I speak". To cast a 'spell' with our spelling. Edited September 20, 2021 by A'Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 4 hours ago, BOF said: It is moving you in some way. Just not to an extent you can distinguish. Similarly, your head is subject to slightly less gravity than your feet by virtue of being further from the earth. Just not by any easily measurable amount. Thanks for this, food for thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, A'Villan said: "Abracadabra" is from the Aramaic, "Avrakehdabra" which literally means, "I will create as I speak". To cast a 'spell' with our spelling. According to Wiki that is a folk etymology ie Avrakehdabra is from the Aramaic but wiki gives your translation from the Hebrew; we need to be a little bit circumspect about the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 5 hours ago, BOF said: Similarly, your head is subject to slightly less gravity than your feet by virtue of being further from the earth. Just not by any easily measurable amount. And you head experiences time at a different rate to your feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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