Those unanswered questions

[Imurg]

Does the lateral coital position mean having a bit on the side.?

 

[Voyager EMH]

If there wheels why are they called cogs and gears.?

The gear is the wheel and a cog is one tooth on the edge.
Very unusual to have only one cog and/or only one gear, hence the reference to cogs and gears in the plural.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

You have to remember that when one door closes another one opens.

....... you're probably in prison

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Loads more wheels are found inside machines and devices.

Got to go with wheels. And don't forget shopping and golf trolleys.

But when is a door not a door? (old ones are the best)

For the youngsters, 'when it is ajar'

 

[Maninblack4612]

Are Exit signs on the way out?

The way in is entrancing

 

[Maninblack4612]

You have to remember that when one door closes another one opens .

Poor cabinet maker in that case

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

How can we be sure that black holes are real…that they actually exist. Or are they just the bits that the artist missed when painting the universal picture.

 

[SocketRocket]

Golf related, but why does a provisional ball always sail 200+ yards straight down the middle?

Because it doesn't care

 

[SocketRocket]

How can we be sure that black holes are real…that they actually exist. Or are they just the bits that the artist missed when painting the universal picture.

Interesting. My theory is that they are the great arse holes of the universe.

 

[SocketRocket]

The gear is the wheel and a cog is one tooth on the edge.
Very unusual to have only one cog and/or only one gear, hence the reference to cogs and gears in the plural.

I think a tooth on the gear is one of its teeth, a Cog is another gear that is turned by the first.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Golf related, but why does a provisional ball always sail 200+ yards straight down the middle?

Three of mine did that today after their predecessors went to hell in a handcart.
More to the point, when that happens, apart from the customary exclamation "Why didnt I do that first time!!", are you almost guaranteed to find the original in a ditch or snuggling a tree as you gaze forlornly at your "Best drive today, mate!" provisional way ahead on the fairway.

 

[Voyager EMH]

I think a tooth on the gear is one of its teeth, a Cog is another gear that is turned by the first.

My 1995 OED states, "1, each of a series of projections on the edge of a wheel or bar transferring motion by engaging with another series. 2, an unimportant member of an organisation etc."

This may have changed. I would need to look in a more recent edition.
OED has changed its approach to "common usage" in more recent years. The second meaning may have influenced people's use of the first meaning to be what you say.

1995 OED for "gear" says, "... a set of toothed wheels..."

 

[Norrin Radd]

What were electric eels called before electricity was discovered

 

[Lord Tyrion]

What were electric eels called before electricity was discovered

Eels

 

[Norrin Radd]

Eels

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