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I thought DVLA was an 03 number so standard rates/inclusive minutes. I have an 0300 number stored in my phone but it looks like you can now only contact them by phone if you are a key worker.
22nd Apr 2020 2:48 pm
waterbuoy
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Somehow or other someone in the household managed to call a premium rate number which BT tell us is the DVLA; a search for the number on google revealed a raft of similar numbers.Currently 2009 Disco 3 SE, 2013 MY D4 HSE and 2016 D4 SE
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22nd Apr 2020 2:50 pm
RRSTDV8
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Dyson's advert saying their vacuum cleaner creates "forces of up to 79000g". That's not a force, it's an acceleration. Grrr.....Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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Multiply it by ten, then take off 10% - twice. Of course, if you were using a Dyson cleaner in a different part of the world, the local value of 'g' could differ from that in your home...
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28th Apr 2020 8:25 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Re maths, close enough for government (Singapore or UK) work.
My children started saying "good enough for government work" at school.
2015 Volvo V40
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2019 Suzuki Kingquad 400
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1977 John Deere 2130
28th Apr 2020 8:43 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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They will go far in this weird world.
28th Apr 2020 8:46 pm
RRSTDV8
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DSL wrote:
RRSTDV8 wrote:
Dyson's advert saying their vacuum cleaner creates "forces of up to 79000g". That's not a force, it's an acceleration. Grrr.....
I just mentally multiply it by 9.8 something or other. Easypeasy.
And it'd still be an acceleration, not a force... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
28th Apr 2020 9:27 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Close enough etc.
Or not.
28th Apr 2020 9:33 pm
Paul J.
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RRSTDV8 wrote:
DSL wrote:
RRSTDV8 wrote:
Dyson's advert saying their vacuum cleaner creates "forces of up to 79000g". That's not a force, it's an acceleration. Grrr.....
I just mentally multiply it by 9.8 something or other. Easypeasy.
Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. The force of gravity keeps all of the planets in orbit around the sun.
An ex-Disco3 / FFRR owner ......
..... now on the JLR electric highway.
28th Apr 2020 10:15 pm
RRSTDV8
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"9.8" is the acceleration due to gravity. Hence "it's still an acceleration".
Its units are m/s^2, which confirms its nature as an acceleration.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
28th Apr 2020 11:39 pm
Paul J.
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F=ma
Force for a given mass is proportional to the acceleration, so it is entirely correct to refer to a “force of XXg”. An ex-Disco3 / FFRR owner ......
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I have an 0300 number stored in my phone but it looks like you can now only contact them by phone if you are a key worker.
