General Questions Thread

[Afternoon Tea]

What type of Cloth Material Shrinks the most?
I washed my favorite sweater that was 55% Cotton 45% Polyester , but left it in the washer over night, so that i can dry it in the morning. My Sister accidentally took it out of the washer and put it into the dryer on high heat setting with a heavy (full) load of my other clothes.

Do you think my 55% Cotton 45% Polyester sweater would shrink with a heavy load on high heat? Because I know the more you have in the dryer the harder it is too dry clothing. Also I herd Polyester doesn't shrink much.

If so what is the percentage of shrink in a shirt, if put in a dryer with high heat?

[HasuMasu]

Why do I keep biting my mouth?

It's really troublesome to wash all this blood off.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by CaptnAwesomee

What type of Cloth Material Shrinks the most?
I washed my favorite sweater that was 55% Cotton 45% Polyester , but left it in the washer over night, so that i can dry it in the morning. My Sister accidentally took it out of the washer and put it into the dryer on high heat setting with a heavy (full) load of my other clothes.

Do you think my 55% Cotton 45% Polyester sweater would shrink with a heavy load on high heat? Because I know the more you have in the dryer the harder it is too dry clothing. Also I herd Polyester doesn't shrink much.

If so what is the percentage of shrink in a shirt, if put in a dryer with high heat?

Depends on the material. Usually most cloths aren't heat tolerant, especially those with elastic fibres like spandex.

Question : Are thigh-high socks actually that expensive? A girl asked me to help her look out for something like this and she is not willing to pay over $10 for it.

Should I ask her to go fly kite?

[HasuMasu]

THOSE SOCKS!!!

If only that kind of thing was
common here, amen I say to
you, if thou art asked for
assistance from a lay to procure
these gifts from God, then the
Lord says to you, GO AND BUY THEM!!!!


FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!!!!!

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Detective-san

THOSE SOCKS!!!

If only that kind of thing was
common here, amen I say to
you, if thou art asked for
assistance from a lay to procure
these gifts from God, then the
Lord says to you, GO AND BUY THEM!!!!


FOR GREAT JUSTICE!!!!!!!

You don't expect me to pay the shipping for the girl don't you?

[Kudryavka]

Originally Posted by Detective-san

Why do I keep biting my mouth?

It's really troublesome to wash all this blood off.

If you're young or wearing braces or a mouth correction device, then it's because your teeth are changing places. It'll go away once your teeth move out of the bite-mouth position.

If not, maybe you have a teeth placement problem?

[ganbaru]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

You don't expect me to pay the shipping for the girl don't you?

I think he want you to pay for the shipping and the good as well.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

I think he want you to pay for the shipping and the good as well.

I am a middleman not her boyfriend.

Anyway, does anyone know of a cheaper alternative for that?

[HasuMasu]

Originally Posted by Komari

If you're young or wearing braces or a mouth correction device, then it's because your teeth are changing places. It'll go away once your teeth move out of the bite-mouth position.

If not, maybe you have a teeth placement problem?

I figured as much, the way my teeth are arranged it just
seems like it's bound to happen from time to time.

[Aqua Knight]

Is there any program that displays country and its capital city on your desktop and changes often in order to learn world geography?

[speedyexpress48]

Originally Posted by Aqua Knight

Is there any program that displays country and its capital city on your desktop and changes often in order to learn world geography?

You would have a hard time finding any software that shows that (nevermind one that shows it on your desktop), IMHO.

[Yee4r]

Originally Posted by Komari

If you're young or wearing braces or a mouth correction device, then it's because your teeth are changing places. It'll go away once your teeth move out of the bite-mouth position.

If not, maybe you have a teeth placement problem?

you might not be having enough sleep they say not enough sleep makes your muscle go hare-wire(cannot function properly)

[Kudryavka]

Originally Posted by Yee4r

you might not be having enough sleep they say not enough sleep makes your muscle go hare-wire(cannot function properly)

Good point, but teeth don't have muscles.

[HasuMasu]

^ Ah yes, but jaws do, no?

I can't say it's untrue that I
don't get a lot of sleep though.

[Kudryavka]

Originally Posted by Detective-san

^ Ah yes, but jaws do, no?

I can't say it's untrue that I
don't get a lot of sleep though.

Unless you're having involuntary muscle spasms in your jaws that cause you to bite yourself, then their input doesn't really apply. I assume that if that were the case, you'd be off to a doctor, not us.

[Stealthtank]

Here comes a left-field question and this seems to be the thread for that...

What's up with the United States Marine Corps?

Doesn't the US Army already cover it's operational mission? I mean I know they're developed around amphibious doctrine but all the news reports I read have them nowhere near the seas. Like say Iraq or (landlocked) Afghanistan. I just don't know how to accurately describe them when talking about the US military (not a common conversation topic mind you).

The Canadian Forces have the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, and uh... er... the land guys. I'd say we have our theatres adequately covered.

[Irenicus]

Well, the Army would agree with you. There's overlap and with it intense rivalry.

That aside you could basically call them a rapid deployment force -- historically more combat ready than the US Army, so if for example you need a legion of "expeditionary corps" troops crashing down on Guatemala City on short notice for an "intervention" back in the day...

The Army has since developed its own rapid deployment force(s) of course as well as many specialized units, but the Marines focus more on combined arms and expeditionary capability. They're much closer with the Navy for one, not surprisingly given that marines (probably including Canada's) are usually attached to their nations' respective navies. The US Marines just took a different development path as well as different -- greater -- requirements for such forces that allowed them to grow into a distinct force within the US military.

I'm sure you could always explain to your listeners than an empire like the United States has plenty of uses for an army's worth of force projection capability you can deploy at a moment's notice.

As for Iraq and Afghanistan, well, sending in the Marines first is exactly the sort of job meant for them. The whole occupation duty thing that comes after is just the USA being really stretched for troops -- so why not use that large pool of available professional troops for something (there was also an insurgency to fight, too)? They even called up elements of the National Guard during the height of the occupation!

[Kudryavka]

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=20tM3Mrr1u4
Ok, as of now, this video has 400 views,and 7,000 likes. How on earth is this possible on Youtube??

[Kotohono]

Originally Posted by Komari

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_u...?v=20tM3Mrr1u4
Ok, as of now, this video has 400 views,and 7,000 likes. How on earth is this possible on Youtube??

The like/dislike counter on YT seems to update instantly, while the view counters lags behind for a certain period of time after being uploaded, I am not sure if their system is just slow on the update, or the view counter only updates every X hours or something though. I've seen quite commonly on videos from some popular channels.

[felix]

At around 300-308, Youtube will start checking for view frawd.

Views are also counted only after the first 5-10s of video watched.

Embeds won't get view counts if they have autoplay enabled or are using some alternative player.