More trivia, too cold to go outside

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May 11, 2005
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Seidelman S37 Slidell, La.
It is far too cold to go outside, let alone sail. Don't know how you guys in the more northern regions deal with this stuff. I am still in Dallas taking care of my mother, and it is supposed to be down into the mid teens here Thurs. night. No way I'm going out in that. So here is a question to help pass the time, for those who know almost everything about everything. Why is a manhole cover round? This is a tricky question, but not a trick question. There is a genuine, legitimate reason for them being round.
 

JIM B

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Jun 27, 2006
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Catalina 30 MKII ROOSEVELT AZ
Round

Is The Only Shape That No Matter How You Turn It, It Won't Fall Into The Hole It Covers.
 

Don-MT

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May 21, 2004
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Oday 23 Montana
Because a circle is the only shape that will not allow a cover to fall through to the piping below?

Come on, buck up! In the teens would be a warm spell :)

Shine On!
Don
 

RAD

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Jun 3, 2004
2,330
Catalina 30 Bay Shore, N.Y.
I knew that the answer was so it don't fall in........learned it from my shop teacher back in high school
 

RAD

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Jun 3, 2004
2,330
Catalina 30 Bay Shore, N.Y.
Phil,
come on give us a tougher question
 
May 11, 2005
3,431
Seidelman S37 Slidell, La.
Kind of surprised

I am not surprised that the correct answer showed up. Am a little bit surprised that it was so quick to happen, and I half way expected the first proper answer to show up from Ross. Will have to come up with a better one next time. As for the weather, mid teens might be mild for some of you, but for me, it's waaaaay to cold. If not for my mother falling and my need to stay in the Dallas are to help her, I would more than likely be at least as far south as the Tortugas by now, and more than likely farther than that.
 

DannyS

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May 27, 2004
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Beneteau 393 Bayfield, Wi
I think we're on the + side of 0 today. Woke up to -17 I think. Yup, it's cold here...but not so cold that I'm contemplating manhole covers. That doesn't start til -20 or so.
 

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
14,693
Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Re: Kind of surprised

It had already been answered when I saw it. The politically correct term is Street Level Utility Tunnel cover. Try the accronim
 
Jun 7, 2007
875
Pearson- 323- Mobile,Al
Too Cold in Alabama. I went to check on the boat. Ice in the sink!!!! Mid teens tonight. This cold stuff is supposed to stay up north. I really messed up around Thanksgiving. I went to see my daughter in Boston instead of finishing my bottom job. Since then it has been too wet or too cold. This is the longest that I have been without sailing in a long time.
 

Benny

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Sep 27, 2008
1,149
Hunter 320 Tampa, FL
Too freekin cold down here also. Water pipes in some subdivisions are starting to burst. It this gets worse we may have to winterize. How??? But guess what there seems to be a transition day between artic fronts on thursday. Temps forecasted between 40-60s so I'm going sailing. That darned full moon tide and north winds had me sitting on the bottom. It is the first time in 19 years that I was not able to sail on New Year's day. On Friday we are getting another artic front and believe it or not there are snow flurries forecasted for the coastal areas
 
Sep 29, 2008
1,976
Catalina 310 #185 Quantico
Ice in the Marina on the Potomac

Looks like Global Warming and Al Gore failed us.
 

Ross

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Jun 15, 2004
14,693
Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Re: Ice in the Marina on the Potomac

The effects of global warming will be more and greater extremes.
 

higgs

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Aug 24, 2005
3,736
Nassau 34 Olcott, NY
Cold farther south in Ft Myers, FL. Yesterday did not hit 60. Back in Olcott, NY on Lake O temps are staying steady in the 20s even at night.
 
Nov 6, 2006
10,219
Hunter 34 Mandeville Louisiana
I am with you on the cold, Easy ! 25F here in Baton Rouge as I type.. will be high teens on Thursday night. I probably will go to the boat overnight Thursday, not to sail but to make sure the heater is doing its job.. Indeed, time to go SOUTH !
You have my sympathy with Mom care.. I have been doing a lot of that since March of 09.. She lives out in Cajun country, exactly the same distance from me as the boat is (1 hour) but in the opposite direction.. but, I figure I inconvenienced her as I was growing up.. now time for payback.. I have brothers and a sitter to share the duty (in the military sense) with so it doesn’t consume any single one of us..
 
Jan 24, 2008
293
Alerion Express 28 Oneida Lake, NY
Would an equilateral triangle manhole cover fall into the hole?
It certainly wouldn't rattle the way round ones do.
Paul
 
Oct 18, 2007
707
Macgregor 26S Lucama, NC
Wasted material

Paul J. - An equilatgeral triangle would not fall through, but would be an inefficient use of material to create an opening big enough for a man to get through. See how big the triangle is to enclose the circle. ;) -Paul L.
 

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Jun 15, 2004
14,693
Islander/Wayfairer 30 sail number 25 Perryville,Md.
Would an equilateral triangle manhole cover fall into the hole?
It certainly wouldn't rattle the way round ones do.
Paul
YES! The height of the triangle is .866 times the length of the side.
 
Jun 2, 2004
3,653
Hunter 23.5 Fort Walton Yacht Club, Florida
Wrong, Wrong, Wromg, Wrong

The only reason the manhole covers are round is because the manholes are round.
 
Feb 26, 2004
23,354
Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
And I thought

it was only because the covers could be rolled down a hill.
 
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