Things you often Wonder

[Rds1983]

29 minutes ago, mottaloo said:

Have just watched the channel 4 doc on former porn star Ron Jeremy, currently in prison awaiting trial on various sexual assault charges.

I often wondered how or why he was so successful. Long, straggly hair, pot bellied, hairy body, not exactly blessed with model looks.....I mean, was he cast so often that even the ugly joe public thought he could pull and sleep with pretty women ? I am sure most of his female co stars switched off their minds and thought of the money. 

OK, so he was packing like a race horse but even in his heyday he looked pretty gross.

I think that was the point. People watch it and think something along the lines of "if he could get these stunning women then maybe I could too".

[mottaloo]

1 hour ago, Rds1983 said:

I think that was the point. People watch it and think something along the lines of "if he could get these stunning women then maybe I could too".

Well I can personally confirm that theory is complete bollocks 

[TheAuthority]

2 hours ago, mottaloo said:

Have just watched the channel 4 doc on former porn star Ron Jeremy, currently in prison awaiting trial on various sexual assault charges.

I often wondered how or why he was so successful. Long, straggly hair, pot bellied, hairy body, not exactly blessed with model looks.....I mean, was he cast so often that even the ugly joe public thought he could pull and sleep with pretty women ? I am sure most of his female co stars switched off their minds and thought of the money. 

OK, so he was packing like a race horse but even in his heyday he looked pretty gross.

I think in the days before viagra, being able to get hard and maintain it on set was a Svengali like skill that not that many guys possessed. So if you could do it, and you were well hung you had a job for life.

These days anyone can pop a pill and start banging away. 

[Xela]

5 minutes ago, TheAuthority said:

I think in the days before viagra, being able to get hard and maintain it on set was a Svengali like skill that not that many guys possessed. So if you could do it, and you were well hung you had a job for life.

These days anyone can pop a pill and start banging away. 

Cheers Ron. 

[blandy]

On 12/08/2022 at 12:14, lapal_fan said:

I wonder what things we don't know, which we probably should

A whole plethora of them.

[sidcow]

2 hours ago, mottaloo said:

Have just watched the channel 4 doc on former porn star Ron Jeremy, currently in prison awaiting trial on various sexual assault charges.

I often wondered how or why he was so successful. Long, straggly hair, pot bellied, hairy body, not exactly blessed with model looks.....I mean, was he cast so often that even the ugly joe public thought he could pull and sleep with pretty women ? I am sure most of his female co stars switched off their minds and thought of the money. 

OK, so he was packing like a race horse but even in his heyday he looked pretty gross.

Ron Jeremy is 69 apparently.  There's a joke in there somewhere. 

[PussEKatt]

When you watch a documentary about archiology.people are always "digging"down to uncover artifacts.

My question is > where does all that dirt come from ? I mean some sites are quite deep,so is there very fine dirt falling from the sky all the time or what? 

[Rds1983]

45 minutes ago, PussEKatt said:

When you watch a documentary about archiology.people are always "digging"down to uncover artifacts.

My question is > where does all that dirt come from ? I mean some sites are quite deep,so is there very fine dirt falling from the sky all the time or what? 

Decaying organic matter adding to any rocks already there. Things like plants and leaves that have grown or ended up there (carried by the wind, water or animals). 

Edited August 18, 2022 by Rds1983

[PussEKatt]

But none of that stuff is dirt/sand,some of it will be but not that much.

[Chindie]

You ever let grass or weeds grow between some paving slabs for a while? Eventually they subsume the slab under dirt, rotten leaves and other detritus. 

Fossils are essentially the same. Just over millions of years. Millions of years of organic decay and erosion and movement slowly burying everything. Some of them have this happen quicker, in catastrophic events (landslides, sudden flood etc) covering the body quickly with existing material. But for a lot of them it's just slowly being consumed by the earth moving around them over incredible timescales.

[Rds1983]

33 minutes ago, PussEKatt said:

But none of that stuff is dirt/sand,some of it will be but not that much.

Here you go... 

https://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-living/nature-and-environment/how-dirt-made-ze0z1806zcoy/#:~:text=Over hundreds of years%2C rocks,we call dirt or soil.

"Over hundreds of years, rocks break down into tiny grains, and these small grains, mixed with plant and animal matter — decayed roots, leaves, dead bugs and worms, and other organic matter thrown in, along with water and air — is what we call dirt or soil."

[mjmooney]

33 minutes ago, PussEKatt said:

But none of that stuff is dirt/sand,some of it will be but not that much.

Yes it is. What do you think dirt (aka soil) is made of? 

If it's sand, it's probably been blown there by wind. 

That's before you get to alluvial deposits by rivers changing course, or debris moved by glaciers which later retreat. 

[turvontour]

I just saw a comparison of weetabix prices. So weetabix brand is £3 for the box, Aldi version is £1.50, and an Asda version is 80p. What is the actual difference, like poor ingredients in the cheapest one, or brand, or what?

[Paddywhack]

3 minutes ago, turvontour said:

I just saw a comparison of weetabix prices. So weetabix brand is £3 for the box, Aldi version is £1.50, and an Asda version is 80p. What is the actual difference, like poor ingredients in the cheapest one, or brand, or what?

I've noticed that recently. The gap between the own brands and named brands seems to be getting larger.

In sainsburys, it's 55p for 460g for sainsbury's own ketchup and £2.80 for 460g of Heinz ketchup.

That seems like a ridiculious difference to me.

[Wainy316]

12 minutes ago, Paddywhack said:

I've noticed that recently. The gap between the own brands and named brands seems to be getting larger.

In sainsburys, it's 55p for 460g for sainsbury's own ketchup and £2.80 for 460g of Heinz ketchup.

That seems like a ridiculious difference to me.

Non branded ketchups and brown sauces are disgusting tbf.  They might be the only items I notice such a large distinction in between branded and non branded.

[Paddywhack]

5 minutes ago, Wainy316 said:

Non branded ketchups and brown sauces are disgusting tbf.  They might be the only items I notice such a large distinction in between branded and non branded.

Oh, I wouldn't know about the taste, I just like putting the bottles up my arse.

[Paddywhack]

Just now, Paddywhack said:

Oh, I wouldn't know about the taste, I just like putting the bottles up my arse.

Now you mention it, my wife has said they both taste disgusting.

[AVFC_Hitz]

14 minutes ago, Wainy316 said:

Non branded ketchups and brown sauces are disgusting tbf.  They might be the only items I notice such a large distinction in between branded and non branded.

I dunno, that crusty rimmed, 1litre squirty bottle at a VP burger van is bum ting.

[sidcow]

Think I've posted this before but my brother in law sells labelling machines.  Some factories he goes to has one single line supplying brand and own brand products, the same product splitting off in different ways for different labels.   Some will have 2 distinct lines with similar but different product going to be labelled. 

[Ingram85]

53 minutes ago, Paddywhack said:

Oh, I wouldn't know about the taste, I just like putting the bottles up my arse.

“How do they make daddies brown sauce again”?

”Well, gather round kids…….”.