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Right this is a thread I have running on many forums. The concept is simple in a similar vein to "Ask the Experts" this is your chance to ask any question on any subject to someone who knows a little about a lot of things.
There are a few things i ought to make you aware of though; 1. I do not use google to find answers all answers come from my own knowledge base. 2. If I don't know the answer (and this is quite likely) I will make something vaguely plausible up. 3. I will never tell you if its true either way its up to you too look it up or trust me!

Have fun ladies and gents nothing is off limits (within the rules of the forum of course.).
 

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Yep, I',m up for that Andy. Sounds a bit like Mr Memory ftrom the film "The 39 Steps", and a bit of a giggle too, so here goes....

What is the proper name for the back of the knee?
 

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The back of the knee is known as the knee pit.
It is also known as a Hough. interestingly a Hough is also the Scots name for shin cut of meat and a small town in Cheshire.
 
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Well now that we're bringing the ladies in to the conversation.... Mrs PoM has just informed me that the proper name for the hough is the Popliteal Fossa (she works in the trauma dept of our local hospital) and she has never felt the need to shave it.
she is looking at me strangely now though
 

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Ah I had grommets as a child no need for Mrs PoM this time.
There are two terms used for the ear drum. The Tympanic Membrane or the (and excuse my spelling) Mirinja.
 

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Ok Andy I will be gobsmacked if you get this one
What is the Partial Pressure of atmospheric oxygen at sea level ???
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I should know this one seeing I spent about 10 years Scuba diving, but I haven’t got a clue anymore! 1.6 rings a bell but I’m probably totally wrong as I’ve got a memory like a sieve & haven’t dived for about 8 years :sob:
 

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I should know this one seeing I spent about 10 years Scuba diving, but I haven’t got a clue anymore! 1.6 rings a bell but I’m probably totally wrong as I’ve got a memory like a sieve & haven’t dived for about 8 years :sob:

You are on the right track, partial pressure is a very hard subject to get your head around, I know saruration divers that dont have a clue about it, it sometimes gets me confused and I have been a comercial diver / supervisor / superintendent for near 40 years, breathing at a partial pressure of 1.6 would bring on oxygen poisoning after a while
Correct answer is a PP of .21 normal PP for a working diver is between .4 & .6 but most bail out bottles would give a PP of 1.6 to 2 but that is for very short periods
Formula for working it out is depth x percentage O2 devided by 100
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Parts of that ring a bell, But it’s all pretty much foreign to me nowadays! It was just recreational diving that I did, mainly around the east & west coast of Scotland, had to give it up not long after our daughter started with the epilepsy.
 

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honest answer to this on is i have no fecking clue but im going to make an assumpition that its is oxygens percentage of the total pressure.... and given that oxygen is C21% of the atmosphere im going to weigh in at 21kpa
 

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Christ Alive Ray!!
Could you have found a smaller picture?
I believe the Bird is called Tracey and I'll be honest I can't even see an animal but I'm going with Dave!!
 

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is fish enough for the animal?
the bird however really has me stumped, my first thought was a collared kingfisher but the head is the wrong shape. I genuinely hope you know because im out!
 

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The bird is a great grey shrike, also known as the " butcher bird" the unfortunate victim is a comon shrew,,,,, or maybe not so comon now
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I did think you had a sporting chance at this one,,,,,,with the better pic,,,,,,, :thumbs:
 

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The bird is a great grey shrike, also known as the " butcher bird" the unfortunate victim is a comon shrew,,,,, or maybe not so comon now
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I did think you had a sporting chance at this one,,,,,,with the better pic,,,,,,, :thumbs:

Is it a UK native species? its quite the looker!
 
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