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is there anything you ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW?

Ok, one thing that I have wanted to know for ages. I was always taught that as substances go into lower physical states they get a lower volume. Eg the solid of a substance will always have less volume than the gas as the atoms have less energy and are therefore closer together (intermolecular bonds weaker blah blah). Anyway, why then is water bigger when it is frozen. eg if I fill a cup with water and freeze it why will the ice be 'bigger' than the water was?

oh, a bit late but water does taste heaps better from the bathroom tap to me!
 
for that water expanding answer:

Scientists say water's quirky behavior is caused by the shape of its molecule and by how its molecules bond to one another.

Each water molecule is two hydrogen atoms bonded to one oxygen atom (H2O). Because of how the atoms share electrons, a water molecule is slightly positively charged at the hydrogen atoms, and slightly negatively charged at the oxygen atom. The molecule's charged ends attract the oppositely charged ends of other water molecules ("hydrogen bonding").

In liquid water, as molecules slip-slide past each other, bonds form, break, and re-form. But by the time water has cooled to 4 C., the molecules' energy has dropped enough that they are very near one another. So each H2O molecule forms more stable hydrogen bonds, with up to four fellow molecules.

By 0 C. (32 F.), the H2O molecules are snappily lined up in a frozen crystal lattice, an open hexagonal (six-sided) shape. Unlike in liquid water, the molecules in ice are held rigidly apart. That means more empty space between molecules, so frozen water occupies more room.

One thing that has bugged me, when a fence needs to be fixed in between two houses, who pays? Is it half half or is there a rule to 'the owner' of the fence? And does someone simply wanting to upgrade the fence have an effect to this or what?
 
^ My experience has been that both parties have to agree to the new fence, and then each pays half. Or if the "other" neighbours are particularly tightassed, the person who instigated the new fence pays "most".

I guess that's why so many people have their own fences next to their neighbours' fences. Our back fence isn't the same fence as the back fence of the people behind us.
 
sux to be u said:
One thing that has bugged me, when a fence needs to be fixed in between two houses, who pays? Is it half half or is there a rule to 'the owner' of the fence? And does someone simply wanting to upgrade the fence have an effect to this or what?

Legally, the ownership is half-half, but it can get tricky when one neighbour wants to upgrade and the other doesn't, or if one side simply refuses to acknowledge that the fence needs replacing.

In the case on an upgrade I've normally seen it settled along the lines of the non-upgrade party paying half of the cost of a normal fence, while the others pay for the extra fancy bits. Not really fair since both parties get the benefit, but in the interest of keeping neighbourly peace sacrifices like this are often made.

Note: I've never actually seen a legal battle over the price of a fence, so I don't know how it would pan out if you fought to the end, but I used to do a lot of fencing in Canberra, and generally it was sorted (reasonably) amicably between neighbours.
 
I've always wanted to know... (well no just now..)

If I have a picture in a word document, how can I save the picture by itself..
 
ok from the building industry

it is half half.
if a party wishes to upgrade then they are to cover the differences of the upgrade.
if a lot is developed and the fence is deemed satisfactory condition, the developer of the lot is to pay for the new fence (new properties are usually sold with new fences
if the fence is compleatly knackered like, fallen over, half rotten, etc then the developer is entitled to share the costs of the new fence with the other party, though the other party will usually try to skip out on it.

best thing to do, take detailed photo's of the fence when u purchase a property, especially when you are going to re-develop as after building works it can be arguec that the fence was destroyed by the builder (thankfully we won the case with our debate by showing the magistrate that you could crush a redgum post with your hands coz of how rotten it was)

and deeCee, u can always 'Print Screen'
 
deeCee: If you right click it and goto edit image, does it take it into paint or something?

It is possible but I don't have Word on the PC so I can't test my idea out.
 
I could prolly find the answer to this on the net, but im lazy!!

I always wanted to know what makes ur muscles twitch!! I get this heaps, like on random muscles eg. Above the eye, back of leg, on my hand...

Any why cant you stop the twitching?? I had a little muscle near my knee cap twitch for about 2 days.. it was rather annoying!!!
 
deeCee said:
I've always wanted to know... (well no just now..)

If I have a picture in a word document, how can I save the picture by itself..

Save the .doc as a .html file and the pictures will be in a directory in where you have saved the .html file
 
MooShiE - i have no idea if this will help at all but magnesium is a muscle relaxant (and has saved my jaw countless times) and is readily available in vitamin pill form.
 
MooShiE said:
I always wanted to know what makes ur muscles twitch!! I get this heaps, like on random muscles eg. Above the eye, back of leg, on my hand...

Meth and sleep deprivation. ;)

Seriously though, I get this too, and while it is worse after a long time of not sleeping, I always have a certain amount of twitching. At any point you can look at my foot or calf muscle and see the muscles twitching under the skin, most of the time I can't even feel it, but it's always there.

Once you've ruled out the possibility of stimulants (even caffiene) causing it, there are this other reasons it could be. One that was suggested to me by my local doctor was a possibility of an overactive thyroid gland. But this comes with other symptoms that you would be aware of (rapid unexplained weight loss, intolerance to heat, and others).

After getting checked for a bunch of stuff, I still have no idea why I twitch. Mine is quite possibly the same reason I can't hold my hands steady (which is an issue I've had for a lot longer than I've been doing drugs). But I have no idea what that is.

deeCee, as Xcidium said, right click on the picture and hit edit. It will open in whatever your default picture editing software is (assuming you have some set up). If the edit option is greyed out, as it is on my work computer, you can always right click and copy, then open Paint or any other editor, create a new picture, and paste it in. When you save it, save it as a .jpg, it's a lot smaller than .bmp which is the default with Paint.
 
I always wanted to know why the abreviation for Number is No.

There isn't even an 'o' in number so where did that come from!? The only thing that springs to mind is the latin term Numero.

Is this where it comes from?
 
i wanna know... who put the numbers on the roulette wheel the way they are... like in that design...

Or for that, the dumb fucker who invented rouelette...

imagine that

"Hey guys... check this out, i have this little ball, and this big wheel with numbers on it, im going to spin the wheel, and fling the ball around it, if you can guess... the number, the colour, if it is odd/even, or in a segment of the numbers, that the ball lands on... you win...
 
ROY G BIV.

Think of a pretty rainbow..

<awwwww!!!>

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet and Ultra Violet..

It's really just the next colour along the spectrum..
 
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