Okay;

[fordruid]

Since this is the non-firearm discussion area, I have some questions.
I'll post one each day I visit(to allow for various answers and discussions) until I know everything. Sometimes work keeps me away for a few days but I will ask everything non-firearm that is important before I finish.

First off;
Where does the white go when snow melts?
After all, when an orange popsickle melts the water is orange, a red one gives red water, why isn't melted snow white water?

[DAA1]

yeller snow is yeller when it melts.... I what seen it happen.. LOL

[Optimus Prime]

I'm starting to not really care... I just want the crap gone so I can get on my mountain bike again.

Technically it has something to do with the fact that the actuall flakes are crystal structures and reflect the light all funny, but it really is clear... same deal as when you have any other plain crushed ice and the like.......

Then again I think I may have just stepped out of the spirit of the question... oh well...

[Player]

First off;
Where does the white go when snow melts?
After all, when an orange popsickle melts the water is orange, a red one gives red water, why isn't melted snow white water?

other pigments in orange popsicles reflect light and the pigments reflect the orange waves out of white light. if you shine a filtered light at the orange stuff it appears to be of a different colour

snow reflects white light(light waves of all spectrums) with no pigments filtering the reflection.

and water just refracts it

[Optimus Prime]

Henry, you cheat... all that camera stuff and filters and everything...

[fordruid]

Then again I think I may have just stepped out of the spirit of the question... oh well...


There is no 'line' ;)
I might even know some of the answers I ask about, but fresh input is always good.

[MID]

Water is very unique.
Its the only substance that expands with it freezes. The complete opposite of every thing esle.

It will disolve almost anything, given enough time.
Yet we cant live with out it.

If you look at what its made of, Hydrogen, and oxygen. You will see it has, 2 parts of the fire triangle, yet will not burn.

[omerta123]

post ho

[SSwee]

But can Henry tell us the last few colors you loose (or can still see) as you descend into the depths of a large lake?

[Optimus Prime]

Wouldn't that depend on what kind of stuff is mixed in the lake water? Or at least how much plant and algea material is floating around?

[SSwee]

Wouldn't that depend on what kind of stuff is mixed in the lake water? Or at least how much plant and algea material is floating around?

Very little. When visibility goes to zero, the only color you usually will see is brown if it don't go black.
SS

[GearShanty]

What's snow?

[Optimus Prime]

Very little. When visibility goes to zero, the only color you usually will see is brown if it don't go black.
SS

ooohhhhhhh... that deep...

[Optimus Prime]

What's snow?

it's the two feet of white crap outside I'm getting pretty tired of

[GearShanty]

it's the two feet of white crap outside I'm getting pretty tired of


Oh yeah... I saw a picture once.

[fordruid]

Lots of good answers.

Okay;

Why do they call it 'lunch'?
I know that Breakfast is because you break the nights fast and Dinner is when you dine in the evening, by why 'lunch'?

[okie shooter]

In medieval England, there are references to nuncheon, a non hench according to OED, a noon draught— of ale, with bread— an extra meal between midday dinner and supper, especially during the long hours of hard labour during haying or early harvesting. from the great wiki.

Lunch is the shortened useage of luncheon thus.

I like the thought of a nice beer in the afternoon, but think work might not like it.

[wonderwolf]

Does snow glow under a black light? and where did the dash in dashboard come from? (I know the answer to the last but not the 1st)

[SteelCore]

That depends...are you white? ;)

[Woodman in MO]

Wasn't lunch first called supper? Or was dinner lunch and supper became dinner...

[okie shooter]

beleive dinner was the large afternoon meal, and the meaning mutated to the late meal but we still eat christmas, easter, and thanksgiving dinners in the orginal times traditionally.

[fordruid]

Okay,

A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyor). The plane moves in one direction, while the conveyor moves in the opposite direction. This conveyor has a control system that tracks the plane speed and automatically adjusts the speed of the conveyor to be exactly the same, as that of the plane (but in opposite direction).

The question is: Will the plane takeoff?

[Optimus Prime]

planes don't use traction with the ground to build up airspeed for take off, so the wheels can turn as fast as you want, the plane will still move forward along the runway...

[SteelCore]

Of course not. Lift is generated by wind over and under a wing, and the shape of the wing determines the lift characteristics.

[nevada]

Why is there air? Why is it blue above us and not next to us? Are Bert and Eernie gay? Is there a Snuffelufagus heaven?:icon_razz:

[jlpskydive]

Why is there air? Because
Why is it blue above us and not next to us? Because
Are Bert and Eernie gay? Yes
Is there a Snuffelufagus heaven? No

[nevada]

LOL. I didn't want answers! I'm making fun of this thread!:neener:

[fordruid]

Okay;

Okay, now this is a tough one. You can only read it once as its a memory test;

NO CHEATING!!!!


You're driving a bus.
At the first stop 4 people board the bus.
At the second stop 2 get off and one gets on.
At the third stop 1 gets off and 5 get on.
At the fourth stop 3 get off and one gets on.
At the fifth stop 2 get off and none get on.
At the sixth stop 2 get off and 6 get on.
At the seventh stop 2 get off and 3 get on........










Remember, no peeking!!!!!!!!







Now for the question.......







Don't post the answer, just say if you know the answer......







Ready?







What's the bus drivers name?

NO CHEATING!!!!!!!! DON"T RE-READ THE TEST!!!!!!

Don't give away the answer, just admit if you know the answer.

[Optimus Prime]

I know it... that's an old campfire favorite.

[rpmfly2]

:lol3: campfire is right or was it a church bus trip!:angle:

[Optimus Prime]

I did the boy scout stuff, not the church thing...

[bullseye]

my brain cramped then the light came on. I hadn't heard this one before. :)

[Optimus Prime]

it's one of those that any little kid will get... but once you get through school and have all those math classes and stuff beat into your head you tend to miss the obvious...

[fordruid]

Okay;

Again, don't post the answer, only post if you know it or not!

These three salesmen were working this small town and sales were slow.
They decided that they would share a motel room to save money so they went to a local motel and rented a room for $30, each paying $10.
After they went upstairs the clerk remembered that rooms were on special for $25 so he gave the bellboy $5 to return to the salesmen. On the way up the bellboy realized that he couldn't split $5 three ways so he pocketed $2 and gave each salesman a $1 back.
Now, each guy had paid $10, minus the $1 they got back makes $9 times three salesmen is $27. Add the $2 that the bellboy kept equals $29.

What happened to the other dollar?

Again, don't post the answer, only post if you know it or not!

[fordruid]

Okay;

In MLB, a foul tip that the catcher catches is a strike but a foul ball that is caught is an out. How far up does a foul have to go to qualify as an out?

[fordruid]

Okay;

Why do they add the bubbles to beer?