Recent content by philogos

But I note that 54% of drivers exceed the 30 mph limit while 86% exceed the 20 mph limit. Maybe enforcing the 30 mph limit would be an effective way to go. The main problem with the 20 mph limit is that the man in front with the red flag will get out of breath after a hundred yards.

A fanatical golfer goes to Las Vegas on holiday. He meets a beautiful woman and, after just two days, they get married. As they are on the plane on the way to the UK he realises that he has to tell her about the golf. "There's something I haven't told you,," he says. "I'm a golfer. I play every...

I believe that everyone who had Marmite at home when they were children likes the stuff and people who didn't eat it as kids tend to dislike it. I wonder how that hypotheses stands up here? My own theory is that having learned how to use it is what makes the difference. I too have a friend who...

Won't this depend on the heat loss from the oven? The oven will switch on to replace heat lost through its walls or e.g. when the door is opened. The rate of heat loss should depend on the amount of insulation and the thermal gradient between the inside of the oven and the rooms, so will also...