Archive for August 2011

Electricity?

Aug 20th, 2011 | By grandad | Category: Your questions answered!

What is the best way to learn about electricity? I’ve recently qualified as a teacher and I would usually ask my Grandad as he was a mining electrician and knew all sorts of strange facts, but unfortunately we lost him last christmas. I’m glad I found this site. I was really close to him and [...]



Frazil

Aug 19th, 2011 | By grandad | Category: Grandads Word of the Day

A  noun - meaning slush!
Small ice crystals in water too turbulent to freeze solid.



Trams

Aug 15th, 2011 | By grandad | Category: Memories/Experiences

I remember trams! They ran on rails like slots running down both sides of the High Road. The slots were just exactly the right size for your bicycle wheel to drop into – and then you went over the handlebars!



Did the periscopes of submarines have wipers? If not how could you see anything?

Aug 15th, 2011 | By grandad | Category: Your questions answered!


The English Language

Aug 15th, 2011 | By grandad | Category: Grandads Observations

I have noticed the English language changing over the years – and not always for the better I think! Sometimes I hear things I just don’t understand! Why do some people slip the word ‘like’ between every few words? The other day I heard a girl on the Radio say –“I wasn’t like wow I [...]