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Hornet-Fez said:
I wear compression socks as a matter of course, absolute nightmare getting correctly sized replacements. Nigh on ****ing impossible!
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I wear them too, but like to give my legs a break from them every couple of days. Used to get them from the NHS (who apparently pay £50 per pair for them) but found them for sale online at Temu - a variety of sizes at around £5 + postage per pack of three. They look to be exactly the same as the NHS ones.
 
Bolton's Boots said:
I would never have thought it possible to sail from India to the USA in a straight line - must get myself a boat to test this out...

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Don't be silly. This is not a straight line in 3 dimensions, only in 2. As the Earth is not flat at the surface) , any movement on it( is necessarily not 'a straight line'. (Mind you, as the explainer had a distinctly North American accent, maybe he thinks the earth is flat.)
What the video show is a 'great circle' which is the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth's surface. ( A great circe4 is the edge of a plane ( which is 2-dimensions) which passes through the centre of a sphere ( or a spheroid , to be pedantic. The Earth is an oblate spheroid) This is the method of determining airline routes across the planet. A straight line is the shortest distance between 2 points ONLY on a 2 -dimensional surface. So whilst there is a connexion, it is incorrect to describe a great circle as a straight line. I would get out more, but i'm practising kicking a football round a wall and into the goal in a straight line.
 
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J T Bodbo said:
Don't be silly. This is not a straight line in 3 dimensions, only in 2. As the Earth is not flat at the surface) , any movement on it( is necessarily not 'a straight line'. (Mind you, as the explainer had a distinctly North American accent, maybe he thinks the earth is flat.)
What the video show is a 'great circle' which is the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth's surface. ( A great circe4 is the edge of a plane ( which is 2-dimensions) which passes through the centre of a sphere ( or a spheroid , to be pedantic. The Earth is an oblate spheroid) This is the method of determining airline routes across the planet. A straight line is the shortest distance between 2 points ONLY on a 2 -dimensional surface. So whilst there is a connexion, it is incorrect to describe a great circle as a straight line. I would get out more, but i'm practising kicking a football round a wall and into the goal in a straight line.
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The shortest flight from London to New York is North West almost to the Artic Circle then South West to New York
 
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Bolton's Boots said:
Over land?
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No by sea, East of India are Islands not a sold peninsular, But that would tak you to Los Angelos

It must be something to do with the curvature of the earth sailing to Antarctica and back up to America

If not why was the question asked
 
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Didn't know where to post this, but this thread seems as good a place as any...

Lists such as this - the seven greatest cover songs of all time - are always going to be subjective, but this one really made me wonder what I'd missed over the years. Out of the seven listed, not only have I never heard any of the cover versions, I've never even heard six of the original versions - and to be honest, after listening to them I'm glad I hadn't.

The only song I recognise is the one ranked #1 - and I have to say I much prefer the original version...


https://theconversation.com/the-sev...f-all-time-according-to-music-experts-235145?
 
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Bolton's Boots said:
Didn't know where to post this, but this thread seems as good a place as any...

Lists such as this - the seven greatest cover songs of all time - are always going to be subjective, but this one really made me wonder what I'd missed over the years. Out of the seven listed, not only have I never heard any of the cover versions, I've never even heard six of the original versions - and to be honest, after listening to them I'm glad I hadn't.

The only song I recognise is the one ranked #1 - and I have to say I much prefer the original version...


https://theconversation.com/the-sev...f-all-time-according-to-music-experts-235145?
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Mötley Crüe do a stonking version of Helter Skelter. Not to everybody's tastes and unfortunately sounds like it's been recorded in a wet shoe box with tin cans and string onto a well worn cheap cassette tape, but production quality aside it's on a terrific album.

My favourite all time cover though is this gem from Type O Negative taking on Seals and Crofts Summer Breeze. Their version of Cinnamon Girl is excellent too.
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Hornet-Fez said:
Mötley Crüe do a stonking version of Helter Skelter. Not to everybody's tastes and unfortunately sounds like it's been recorded in a wet shoe box with tin cans and string onto a well worn cheap cassette tape, but production quality aside it's on a terrific album.

My favourite all time cover though is this gem from Type O Negative taking on Seals and Crofts Summer Breeze. Their version of Cinnamon Girl is excellent too.
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My musical tastes are obviously a bit more 'mainstream' than yours.<laugh>

This is my favourite cover version - a rather dated, and almost psychedelic, version of the Beatles' Eleanor Rigby by Aussie band Zoot from 1970.

Zoot - Eleanor Rigby (Move) (youtube.com)
 
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