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Night-owl Jan 2014 11:46am, 23 Jan 2014 16,518 posts	0 Night-owl To quote RevBarbarG's post page 1416 of the mundane thread "Hysteresis is a phenomenon in which the switch point depends on the direction of travel. If your thermostat is set to 19 degrees, your boiler will turn off when the room temp rises above 20 degrees, and back on again when it drops below 18. This is to stop the boiler turning off and on too rapidly. Think about it... If the temp is 19 degrees, should the boiler be off or on? Answer - it depends whether it is rising or falling. "
buttscratcher Jan 2014 5:34pm, 24 Jan 2014 151 posts	0 buttscratcher Sugar slows the setting of cement
Shortcut Cam Jan 2014 11:03pm, 24 Jan 2014 123 posts	0 Shortcut Cam You learn new things everyday in The Metro.
CaptainDad Jan 2014 1:01pm, 27 Jan 2014 133 posts	0 CaptainDad Camels have the longest orgasms of any mammal. Pigs come second and produce around 200ml of semen. That's almost half a pint!
JenL Jan 2014 1:05pm, 27 Jan 2014 26,698 posts	0 JenL Just what self-absorbed f*ckwits some people can be without actually caring that that's how they come across :: snarls
Velociraptor Feb 2014 11:13am, 5 Feb 2014 28,870 posts	0 Velociraptor Chemists rattle. A patient has just commented on the number of pills she has to take by saying, "I'll be rattling like a chemist."
Night-owl Feb 2014 7:57pm, 7 Feb 2014 16,606 posts	0 Night-owl The Actress Gaby Hoffman who played the young girl in Field of Dreams also appeared in Sleepless in Seattle (Jessica)
Night-owl Feb 2014 7:01pm, 8 Feb 2014 16,616 posts	0 Night-owl Author Jacqueline Wilson worked as a journalist for Jackie magazine (remember that) and it was named after her Norwegian author Jo Nesbo not only writes crime novels but childrens ones as well Can I bear so much knowledge in one day
colettedeann Feb 2014 7:11pm, 8 Feb 2014 7,039 posts	0 colettedeann i already knew the first one - but 2nd is new source of knowledge
Night-owl Feb 2014 7:19pm, 8 Feb 2014 16,618 posts	0 Night-owl amazon.co.uk Here you go Colette