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l3v1ck
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100%
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leeds_manc
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Union Jack is equally as valid, if not more so than Union Flag, bit of a myth that it was ever officially called the union flag, everyone knows it as the jack. 100% here, had to think about the jury age question.
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ProfessorF
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80% here - I gave 16yr olds too much credit for jury duty, and there was something else obviously but I forget what it was. Meh.
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leeds_manc
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no, you got 70% and you need to achieve 75%, see ya!
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BigRedX
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I was always under the impression that it was only a Union Jack when flown on a ship, otherwise it was the Union Flag.
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forquare1
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I was always under the impression that it was only a Union Jack when flown on a ship, otherwise it was the Union Flag.[/quote] This was my understanding.
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leeds_manc
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It's just one of those pieces of trivia that someone made up and it stuck, like the 'fact' that glass is in fact a very slow-running liquid (it's definitely a solid).
And that the sky is blue because it reflects water. (short wave light is more readily diffused so the sky tends towards the blue end of the spectrum during the day time and only gets red when the sun is at a very acute angle).
Red Ensigns are one of the flags flown on ships, I don't think any ship flies a Union Jack on its own.
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cloaked_wolf
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I always thought glass was an amorphous solid and not a "true" or crystalline solid?
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leeds_manc
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I don't see how that means it's not a true solid, it's certainly not a liquid at room temperature and will never change its shape to fill a container or at least, you're in for a very long wait :p.
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JJW009
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I guess the confusion comes because it doesn't have a fixed melting point. It just gets softer as it gets warmer, so how do you know when it's become solid? However, there is plenty of evidence that glass is a solid at room temperature.
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belchingmatt
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Amnesia10
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Stained glass windows over time are thicker at the bottom than the top. For the same reason, just a very viscous liquid. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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belchingmatt
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The stained glass issue has been debunked as some of it is thicker at the top, just a carryover from the manufacture process.
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If one is diving so close to the limits that +/- 1% will make a difference then the error has already been made.
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l3v1ck
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Wasn't the question about what it's known as, rather than what it's actually called.
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Amnesia10
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Well old glass was made by hand by spinning hot glass so I can understand that. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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