Spring? - Page 2

SpudRider · 02-08-2013, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by pete

NO NO fella's :x .. we are keeping the summer...
yer can't have it...

You can't stop the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, Pete! Spring is coming to the Northern Hemisphere!

P.S. You don't even have harsh winters in Australia.

Spud

pete · 02-08-2013, 03:16 PM

Austraila... :roll:

NEW ZEALAND...

SpudRider · 02-08-2013, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by pete

Austraila... :roll:

NEW ZEALAND...

Oops! :oops:

I'm sorry about that, Pete!

I remember all your beautiful photographs from New Zealand.

I got you mixed up with several other forum members from Australia.

Spud

FastDoc · 02-08-2013, 04:32 PM

If a person buys a globe in the Southern Hemisphere, is the South Pole on the top?

Does a toilet flush clockwise?

:?:

pete · 02-08-2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by FastDoc

Does a toilet flush clockwise?

:?:

YES.... But want if you are on the equator :?:

FastDoc · 02-08-2013, 06:10 PM

You have to poo in the jungle and the toilet is irrelevent?

The globes are melted form the heat and they can only use maps?

SpudRider · 02-08-2013, 07:33 PM

In the northern hemisphere, the water will flow clockwise down a vortex. In the southern hermisphere, water will flow counterclockwise down a vortex. Directly on the equator, water will flow directly down the vortex, without spinning. Check out the following video recorded on the equator in Kenya.

Spud

FastDoc · 02-08-2013, 07:38 PM

Obviously I have not been paying enough attention to my toilet.

Good video!

SpudRider · 02-08-2013, 07:42 PM

Just don't drop your cell phone in the toilet again!

Spud

FastDoc · 02-08-2013, 07:52 PM

I just showed the video to my partner and nurse!

Next question is, is the effect much more prominent at the poles? I bet it is!

pete · 02-08-2013, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by FastDoc

I just showed the video to my partner and nurse!

Next question is, is the effect much more prominent at the poles? I bet it is!

but at the poles the rotational speed of the earth will be slower... would that have a efect?

" need to lay down... My head hurts"

SpudRider · 02-09-2013, 12:06 AM

I've going to retract my earlier post. :roll: Apparently, the video to which I referred was a bit of a hoax.

According to Wikipedia, the Coriolis Effect is not strong enough to cause water flowing down a drain to rotate in a consistent direction based upon the Earth's hemisphere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

Indeed, the Coriolis Effect is so small on a water vortex, it can only be measured under very careful, scientific conditions. Also, the Coriolis effect is magnified with greater distance from the equator, so it will be stronger at both of the Earth's poles.

There are a number of different videos on YouTube which supposedly demonstrate the Coriolis effect. However, the practitioners are either intentionally, or unintentionally inducing a small, initial vortex in either direction when they travel a short distance to either side of the equator.

Spud

FastDoc · 02-09-2013, 11:51 AM

The stinks.

We had a good time watching that and I explained what I understood about the force.

It seemed amazing that the equator could be plotted so exactly that 50 feet on either side would show a difference. Oh well. :wink:

I read on Wikepedia that the force is stronger the further you are from the equator.

FastDoc · 02-09-2013, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpudRider

Just don't drop your cell phone in the toilet again!

Spud

That cost me...

FastDoc · 02-09-2013, 11:53 AM

Indeed, the Coriolis Effect is so small on a water vortex, it can only be measured under very careful, scientific conditions.

So you are saying that my toilet is not a labratory?

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02-08-2013, 04:32 PM	#19
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	If a person buys a globe in the Southern Hemisphere, is the South Pole on the top? Does a toilet flush clockwise? :?: __________________ Happy to serve.
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02-08-2013, 06:10 PM	#21
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	You have to poo in the jungle and the toilet is irrelevent? The globes are melted form the heat and they can only use maps? __________________ Happy to serve.
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02-08-2013, 07:33 PM	#22
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	In the northern hemisphere, the water will flow clockwise down a vortex. In the southern hermisphere, water will flow counterclockwise down a vortex. Directly on the equator, water will flow directly down the vortex, without spinning. Check out the following video recorded on the equator in Kenya. Spud __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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02-08-2013, 07:38 PM	#23
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Obviously I have not been paying enough attention to my toilet. Good video! __________________ Happy to serve.
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02-08-2013, 07:42 PM	#24
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	Just don't drop your cell phone in the toilet again! Spud __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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02-08-2013, 07:52 PM	#25
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	I just showed the video to my partner and nurse! Next question is, is the effect much more prominent at the poles? I bet it is! __________________ Happy to serve.
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02-09-2013, 12:06 AM	#27
SpudRider Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 25,054	I've going to retract my earlier post. :roll: Apparently, the video to which I referred was a bit of a hoax. According to Wikipedia, the Coriolis Effect is not strong enough to cause water flowing down a drain to rotate in a consistent direction based upon the Earth's hemisphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect Indeed, the Coriolis Effect is so small on a water vortex, it can only be measured under very careful, scientific conditions. Also, the Coriolis effect is magnified with greater distance from the equator, so it will be stronger at both of the Earth's poles. There are a number of different videos on YouTube which supposedly demonstrate the Coriolis effect. However, the practitioners are either intentionally, or unintentionally inducing a small, initial vortex in either direction when they travel a short distance to either side of the equator. Spud __________________ Spud "Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level, and beat you with experience." Mark Twain 2015 Zongshen ZS250GY-3 (RX3) 2006 Zongshen ZS200GY-2 (Sierra 200) 2005 Honda XR650L 2004 Honda CRF250X 1998 Kawasaki KDX220 Mods made to my Zongshen ZS200GY-2: http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=6894
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02-09-2013, 11:51 AM	#28
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	The stinks. We had a good time watching that and I explained what I understood about the force. It seemed amazing that the equator could be plotted so exactly that 50 feet on either side would show a difference. Oh well. :wink: I read on Wikepedia that the force is stronger the further you are from the equator. __________________ Happy to serve.
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02-09-2013, 11:53 AM	#30
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Indeed, the Coriolis Effect is so small on a water vortex, it can only be measured under very careful, scientific conditions. So you are saying that my toilet is not a labratory? __________________ Happy to serve.
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