The Random thought thread

[red750]

I see the surgeon this afternoon to check on the incision. I have slept sitting up in an armchair for the past 5 nights to aviod rolling over onto it. I see the Cochlear care centre on 5/10 when I expect to get the external sound processor. Then 5 consultations to help train the brain to the new sounds. They are different to what your ear hears, but they say it is a great improvement. I have no hearing at all in my left ear.

[old man emu]

Why is it that the number of slices in a standard loaf of bread is uneven?

 

If one uses two slices to make a sandwich, and the end crusts are whole, one ends up with a single slice left over when all the pairs of slices have been used.

[Marty_d]

31 minutes ago, old man emu said:

Why is it that the number of slices in a standard loaf of bread is uneven?

 

If one uses two slices to make a sandwich, and the end crusts are whole, one ends up with a single slice left over when all the pairs of slices have been used.

Depends on the brand of bread, the loaf length, the slice width etc. For supermarket bread, loaves would be funneled into a multi-blade slicer.

Bakery bread is usually hand-fed into the slicer so it's a bit variable whether the end crusts will be the same width as the others.

You could always have a bonus slice once a loaf, or give it to the chooks.

[Jerry_Atrick]

There was a quote from some business man (ahh the powers of AI: Jeremiah Colman.. founder of Colman's mustard that says (and I will quote AI): "I did not make my fortune from the mustard that people ate, but from the mustard they left on the side of their plates.". AI apparently found it on Redditt. 

[old man emu]

2 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

I will quote AI

I  don't need to quote a AI source. I have seen that quoted in a documentary about Colman's business, but then again, that documetary was on Youtube.

[Marty_d]

Quote from a novel I just read.

"Wisdom may simply be the reduction in the amount of time it takes you to realise you know nothing."