imponderables

[Nemo2]

am joining a self help group

+1

 

[MichaelB]

Self help or group therapy?

 

[Retire2017]

Travel to see the world or stay home stress-free.

 

[imoldernu]

Here's a serious one... On a 110 electric plug, sometimes, both prongs are the same size... other times one side is wider.
I understand polarity, but even on an appliance like a toaster, or a high resistance product, the plugs are sometimes the same...

Why?

 

[Keim]

Here's a serious one... On a 110 electric plug, sometimes, both prongs are the same size... other times one side is wider.
I understand polarity, but even on an appliance like a toaster, or a high resistance product, the plugs are sometimes the same...

Why?

Because-outside of sensitive electronics-polarity doesn't matter much.

 

[GalaxyBoy]

 

[Dash man]

Speed limits and lack of enforcement.

Road rage

 

[jollystomper]

why ponder imponderables?

Why ponder if one should ponder imponderables?

 

[Nemo2]

Why ponder if one should ponder imponderables?

Hold on...let me think about that.

 

[Silver]

The pronunciation of some English words, like "tissue". There is no "h", so why is it pronounced "tis-shoe" instead of "tis-sue"?

 

[Letj]

Socialized or private healthcare insurance

 

[Curmudgeon]

Here's a serious one... On a 110 electric plug, sometimes, both prongs are the same size... other times one side is wider.
I understand polarity, but even on an appliance like a toaster, or a high resistance product, the plugs are sometimes the same...

Why?

There is no 'polarity' per se on an AC circuit - the line alternates between positive and negative - but there is a 'hot' side and a 'neutral' side. The hot side has the high voltage, the neutral is at ground potential. An appliance will work fine regardless of which way it is plugged in, but plugging it in the 'wrong' way is not as safe. For example, consider a lamp: It is desirable that the center connection in the light socket (where the tip of the bulb touches) is hot, and not the outside connection - if the outside were hot, just touching a bit of the protruding metal edge of the bulb could get you zapped. It's also desirable, when a switch is involved, to have the switch on the hot leg - otherwise, even when the switch is off, metal parts of the appliance could be hot and thus capable of zapping you. Having a polarized plug/outlet ensures that the proper parts of the appliance are hot.

An appliance without a polarized plug is probably either very old - before polarization was introduced - or is double-insulated, and thus the above dangers do not exist.

 

[KCGeezer]

If you break a cookie in half do all the calories fall out?

 

[RunningBum]

25 or 6 to 4?

That's not actually a "this or that" question, or even a question at all. The songwriter (Lamm?) was writing a song late at night and noticed the time was 25 or 26 to 4am, or 3:35 or 3:34am. 25 or 6 to 4 must've rolled out better than 25 or 26 to 4. I think I read that somewhere before but definitely heard it on the Chicago video documentary that was on CNN at the start of this year.

 

[Walt34]

The pronunciation of some English words, like "tissue". There is no "h", so why is it pronounced "tis-shoe" instead of "tis-sue"?

It gets worse. A lot worse...

 

[Onward]

The pronunciation of some English words, like "tissue". There is no "h", so why is it pronounced "tis-shoe" instead of "tis-sue"?

I once read there are 27 ways to spell the "sh" sound in English.

 

[joeea]

If something is truly imponderable, then it's a waste of time to ponder it.

 

[braumeister]

There are many ways to catch a ghoti.

GH as in "enough"
O as in "women"
TI as in "nation"

 

[Nemo2]

It gets worse. A lot worse...

My mother used to sing that around the kitchen....wow....

 

[Meadbh]

The pronunciation of some English words, like "tissue". There is no "h", so why is it pronounced "tis-shoe" instead of "tis-sue"?

Posh English people DO pronounce it "tis-sue"!

 

[Calico]

Cat person or dog person.

 

[Nemo2]

Cat person or dog person.

Catatonic or Dogmatic.

 

[Calico]

Catatonic or Dogmatic.

Catfish or Dogfish.

 

[Nemo2]

Catfish or Dogfish.

Catechisms or Doggerel.

 

[Calico]

Catechisms or Doggerel.