Can't buy a door spindle :(

[AdamW]

Yeh, sorry about that guys, our bad

I was always pretty certain that I was going to do physics, from the age of 11, but I enjoyed chemistry right up until A-level. Unfortunately I found A-Level chemistry less fun and rather much like hard work (perhaps having a heavily dyslexic teacher didn't help my understanding of the equations )

 

[2scoops0406]

Funnily enough, it seemed to me that at degree level, chemistry became physics, physics became mathematics, and mathematics became a form of art very odd !! I always found physical, and theoretical chem easiest, followed by inorganic, and trailing in a miserable last place organic chem, far too difficult !! Strangely though we only really touched on transmutational chemistry... or is that physics ?

 

[AdamW]

Your probably right there! Mathematicians do spend a lot of time and effort working on the "elegance" of an equation.

Just an update on the door spindle: yesterday I turned the door handle to leave my bathroom... it span. "Oh bother it", I quietly said

Turns out that the slot in the door handles runs a lot deeper than it originally appeared to, the spindle (which it now seems is a good inch or two too short) had dislocated into the handle on the outside of the door... no problem really, unless you live on your own!

By a stroke of luck, I had a screwdriver set in the bathroom (sometimes things need to be poked ) so was able to free myself without too much drama.

Means I am back to square 1! Well, I'll be taking back the (still immaculately packed) donor door-handle set to Wickes explaining that the spindle isn't long enough to get through the door without risk of dislocation... will be interested to see if they take it back! Failing that, I'll tell them it was too expensive

 

[felix]

You obviously have the kind if handle that is attached to the door plate rather than the spindle. Why not push something into each handle - a piece of rubber would do nicely - so that the spindle cannot go too far in.

chemistry became physics

It does doesn't it! What happened to all those great experiments with ammonium dichromate volcanoes and nitrogen tri-iodide exploding filter paper? The sad fact is that at some point you are expected to understand exactly how they work. From what little I know of 'proper' chemistry it seems to be all about energy levels and probabilities; that's physics and maths to me.

physics became mathematics

Even at A-level, the distinction between physics and applied maths is blurred. I did a part time physical electronics degree and it was nearly all maths. Nine times out of ten if some poor s*d couldn't keep up it was the maths that had finished them.

mathematics became a form of art

I was a mathematician before I switched to physical electronics and it's certainly true of what we called 'pure' mathematics. Those guys (they're mostly male) are completely wrapped up in their theories. I'm sure there was a Frenchman who just had to ask whether two and two always made four. (That's oversimplifying the problem a bit.) He spent ten years proving it and went mad.

 

[pipme]

Click 4 some Spindles

 

[2scoops0406]

Spindles

We're all spindles .... mate

 

[Richardp]

Spindles

if only life was that simple