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Ahha, found it. I've just trawled through loads of pages in oof to drag this thread up because I want to know...
Why are urinals so damn high?? I'm 5'6" and sometimes have tok stand on tiptoes to use them. Also splashback is an issue.
 
Raptor Mike said:
Ahha, found it. I've just trawled through loads of pages in oof to drag this thread up because I want to know...
Why are urinals so damn high?? I'm 5'6" and sometimes have tok stand on tiptoes to use them. Also splashback is an issue.
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I assume they are designed for men of average height.
 
Why do I (and my wife) find the smell of "Yo Sushi" so offputting?
 
Raptor Mike said:
But what about kids? Surely the gutter type ones are better.
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Most places I've visited these days have a lower one too for short arses Kids ;)
 
Cobra said:
Most places I've visited these days have a lower one too for short arses Kids ;)
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I went to one recently, although I can't remember where, where all the urinals where higher than my privates. I don't get why they make them so high. The only think I can think is so the cleaner doesn't have too bend over to clean them. I usually end up using the sit down loo lol.
 
Why do I find it difficult to listen to the weather forecast?

I listen to lots of radio and can listen easily to news, plays, discussion programmes, but very often when the weather forecast (which I really want to hear) comes on I'll drift off after a few seconds and suddenly its all finished.

Dave
 
Tringa said:
Why do I find it difficult to listen to the weather forecast?

I listen to lots of radio and can listen easily to news, plays, discussion programmes, but very often when the weather forecast (which I really want to hear) comes on I'll drift off after a few seconds and suddenly its all finished.

Dave
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I do similarly with traffic reports...often after having waited for it!
 
Tringa said:
Why do I find it difficult to listen to the weather forecast?

I listen to lots of radio and can listen easily to news, plays, discussion programmes, but very often when the weather forecast (which I really want to hear) comes on I'll drift off after a few seconds and suddenly its all finished.

Dave
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I am so glad it's not just me!
 
Tringa said:
Why do I find it difficult to listen to the weather forecast?

I listen to lots of radio and can listen easily to news, plays, discussion programmes, but very often when the weather forecast (which I really want to hear) comes on I'll drift off after a few seconds and suddenly its all finished.

Dave
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I do that. By the time they've finished going on about the weather that's already been, which I never understood, and they've showed me some images of weather in my local area I drift off and miss the bit I need to see for the next day for work. Thank goodness for the rewind button on sky plus. Although tbh watching it is a waste of time cos its normally wrong lol
 
Why is a Near-Miss not a Near-Hit??

To me a glancing blow is a near-miss
 
"Are we nearly there yet?"
 
If goldfish have a memory of 7 seconds, how do they know that when the lid of the tank is opened in the morning that they're going to get fed??

I haven't got goldfish now but used to, got tropical fish now.
 
Raptor Mike said:
If goldfish have a memory of 7 seconds, how do they know that when the lid of the tank is opened in the morning that they're going to get fed??

I haven't got goldfish now but used to, got tropical fish now.
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'Cause it's a myth :lol:
 
Nod said:
You may be joking - or think you are BUT...

A couple of my wife's students are forecasters at the Met office and do exactly that when anyone asks what the weather's likely to do!

However, I can see the sky over the Met office from my computer room and have heard local forecasts (BBC, who get their info from the Met office) saying it's clear when it's persisting down and that it's raining when the sun's blazing down - maybe they need a window cleaner!!!
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I like it when they say "There's a 50% chance of rain tomorrow." My head translates that to "It may rain, it may not. We haven't got a clue."
 
fabs said:
Because it isn't a nearly miss. A near miss means that it was a miss but near to being a hit.
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OK so I`m being thick, (Cornish and proud of it) does`nt that still be a near hit and not a near miss??

By your reasoning a Glancing Blow would be a near hit, i.e it hit but nearly didn`t.
 
"Near" in this case is the adjective that describes the "type" of miss. Miss being the noun.
If you wanted to go the "near hit" route it'd be "nearly a hit" or "near to a hit".

If you are Cornish, don't worry, just try using clever sounding words, like adjective or patronising, from time to time. And no one will ever know.
 
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stryvya said:
OK so I`m being thick, (Cornish and proud of it) does`nt that still be a near hit and not a near miss??

By your reasoning a Glancing Blow would be a near hit, i.e it hit but nearly didn`t.
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No, there's no such phrase as 'near hit' (that I know of). As Ian says above, it describes the miss as being near.
 
fabs said:
No, there's no such phrase as 'near hit' (that I know of). As Ian says above, it describes the miss as being near.
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Which is a hit. Doesn't matter how you try to dress it up.
 
nilagin said:
Which is a hit. Doesn't matter how you try to dress it up.
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Not dressing it up, it's what the phrase means. I doesn't mean nearly a miss which is what people seem to be interpreting it as.

Near miss is a phrase that is constantly used when 2 aircraft are in too close a proximity to eachother. These are usually, to us, quite large distances but too close for aircraft travelling at the speeds they do. On none of these occasions do the aircraft hit eachother.

So for he last time, near miss does not mean nearly missed. It's a miss that is near.
 
fabs said:
Not dressing it up, it's what the phrase means. I doesn't mean nearly a miss which is what people seem to be interpreting it as.

Near miss is a phrase that is constantly used when 2 aircraft are in too close a proximity to eachother. These are usually, to us, quite large distances but too close for aircraft travelling at the speeds they do. On none of these occasions do the aircraft hit eachother.

So for he last time, near miss does not mean nearly missed. It's a miss that is near.
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I know what it's used for. It also gets used by safety departments when there is an accident that could have caused an injury or death. It still doesn't make it right. The term should be near hit, as that is what nearly happens.
 
nilagin said:
I know what it's used for. It also gets used by safety departments when there is an accident that could have caused an injury or death. It still doesn't make it right. The term should be near hit, as that is what nearly happens.
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It describes a miss that is near. A near hit would describe a hit that was near (which doesn't make sense). Once again, you're confusing near with nearly. As Ian said above:

ianp5a said:
"Near" in this case is the adjective that describes the "type" of miss. Miss being the noun.
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fabs said:
It describes a miss that is near. A near hit would describe a hit that was near (which doesn't make sense). Once again, you're confusing near with nearly. As Ian said above:
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So near miss makes sense but near hit doesn't. Yeah right. I think it is you that is confused.;)
 
nilagin said:
So near miss makes sense but near hit doesn't. Yeah right. I think it is you that is confused.;)
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A miss that is near makes sense because it can be a miss by differing distances. A hit that is near doesn't as, if it's a hit, it's a hit.

I'm done explaining it tbh. This happens every time someone asks about it. It is what it is, it means what it means.
 
fabs said:
A miss that is near makes sense because it can be a miss by differing distances. A hit that is near doesn't as, if it's a hit, it's a hit.

I'm done explaining it tbh. This happens every time someone asks about it. It is what it is, it means what it means.
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:LOL: I'm with you on this Marc.
See whether this helps . . .

> What is it?
It's a miss. No argument there, it's clearly a miss by anyone's definition.

> What type of miss is it?
It's a "near" miss. i.e. the two objects passed near (or close) to one another.
I guess, if they'd missed one another by miles it could be described as a "far miss", but AFAIK there's no such expression.
 
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In the waste industry, you can be reported and reprimanded for a "near miss", for such things as not wearing for example, a fluorescent jacket.
Passing on foot or in a vehicle too close to to moving plant, and many many more.
Its a situation that could have caused an accident in one form or another, but actually didn't.

I'm sure other "industries" have a similar programme in force as well.
 
You can also have a miss hit or mis-hit. Where you hit something badly. Like a ball. Which goes the wrong way.
 
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I thought that a married woman was a near miss ?

or is that a near ms?
 
The girl next door could be a near miss. And if you try to hit on her, but you chicken out at the last second, that would be a near miss for the near miss.
 
SarahLee said:
:LOL: I'm with you on this Marc.
See whether this helps . . .

> What is it?
It's a miss. No argument there, it's clearly a miss by anyone's definition.

> What type of miss is it?
It's a "near" miss. i.e. the two objects passed near (or close) to one another.
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It's actually "a close call". Whoever came up with the term "near miss" was obviously illiterate.
 
Near miss...Near hit....Close call.....
All just idioms. :-)
 
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