Foo - Things people should probably ask themselves

Why do people who subject themselves to McDonalds "food" buy bottled water?

Why does Washington DC, supposedly the nerve center of American freedom prohibit its residents from owning serious firepower, or even so much as allow guns to be kept ready for home defense?

Why does a soccer mom need an 11mpg SUV to drop off her brats at school?

What is the point of a hot water heater? Why do we heat already hot water?


Now, more stupid questions please.

I can answer #1. I like mcDonalds food, but I don't like soda and the ice tea sometimes tastes old or moldy so I get water. I prefur burger king though double woppers and king sized onion rings in dipping sauce rule with an iced tea or water of course. Today I'm having KFC big bucket o chicken deep fried fowl yummy, any other questions I can help with?

Why do people who subject themselves to McDonalds "food" buy bottled water?

Why does Washington DC, supposedly the nerve center of American freedom prohibit its residents from owning serious firepower, or even so much as allow guns to be kept ready for home defense?

Why does a soccer mom need an 11mpg SUV to drop off her brats at school?

What is the point of a hot water heater? Why do we heat already hot water?


Now, more stupid questions please.

Wow, that is a stupid question.

Wow, that is a stupid question.

Take it to P&R hotshot :)

I can answer #4 because I have been a Master Plumber for 30 odd years. Technically it is called a "water heater". Not a hot water heater. It can be also called a "hot water tank". A device for the storage of hot water until needed. The box that each water heater comes in states, "40 [or 50 or whatever size] Gallon Water Heater".

Take it to P&R hotshot :)

eh, I deleted the first response I posted. That ones hardly inflammitory.

See guys, the point is not to answer these questions, its to ask more of them.

If molecules consist mainly of open space why is concrete so damn hard?

Why do they have Braille buttons at the ATM drive up windows?

What makes people think that drinking water melted from an ancient glacier is older than the water they drew from the spigot this morning?

Where does everything I use on a daily basis actually come from, and how?

Where does everything I use on a daily basis actually come from,

Walmart.


and how?

God.

If one train leaves LA at 12:00 travelling 100 mph, and another train leaves NY at 13:00 travelling 120mph, what's a synonym for barcolounger?

Why do people who subject themselves to McDonalds "food" buy bottled water?
in that vein, what the hell is up with Dasani (http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,3604,1174127,00.html)? Why do people buy bottled tap water made by coca cola?

Oh well, I guess we had the advantage of Dell Boy to warn us of these sorts of shenanigans.

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

Why is change begrudged and not accepted and dealt with?

Why does religion play such a large part in so many people's decisions even to the point of what car they should buy?

Why do some people feel that respect should be given and not earned?

Why has political correctness become so accepted?

Why has health and safety killed children's ability to play as I can remember playing?

Why do people insist on building houses on flood plains and then complain when they're flooded out?

Why do people bash Americans for the very same problems they've brought upon themselves (obesity, drugs, gun violence, packaging within packaging, inability to walk places)?

Why have people become more insistent that they're right and you're dead?

Why, when dealing with urban sprawl, do people insist on building out and not up?

Why is no good deed un-punished?

Why do bad things happen to good people?

Why is government reactive and very rarely pro-active?

Why do uk presenters and reporters say,"There is three..."?

If you out into the woods with a hatchet, how long before you can send me an email?

I can answer #4 because I have been a Master Plumber for 30 odd years. Technically it is called a "water heater". Not a hot water heater. It can be also called a "hot water tank". A device for the storage of hot water until needed. The box that each water heater comes in states, "40 [or 50 or whatever size] Gallon Water Heater".

Another question about water heaters, why do people have them instead of on demand type systems? They run only when you need them, and last far, far longer.

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Initial expense. The inline water heaters service one faucet while the tanks can service the entire home.

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Initial expense. The inline water heaters service one faucet while the tanks can service the entire home.

Allen, they actually have ones powerful enough to service whole houses. Perhaps not American-sized McMansions, but they work for homes of modest size. Not popular in the states.

Why do people drink Gatorade thinking it's good for them? What is it about high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated fat that people think will help them be better athletes?

Why does Mich ask so many questions? :rolleyes:

Why ask why? Try Bud Dry!

(Actually, don't, if it even still exists.)

Why do we keep wasting precious petroleum producing little bottles that we fill with water and sell?

Allen, they actually have ones powerful enough to service whole houses. Perhaps not American-sized McMansions, but they work for homes of modest size. Not popular in the states.

Good to know. When I built my house the only ones I could find were the under the sink verity.

Why do we keep wasting precious petroleum producing little bottles that we fill with water and sell?I wish we'd go back to selling drinks in reusable glass bottles. And reusing them.

Another question about water heaters, why do people have them instead of on demand type systems? They run only when you need them, and last far, far longer.

wfin may be able to answer this more accurately but, from what I learned a few weeks ago by a "water heater guru" (forgot his name) from the CA Energy Commission, from a practical standpoint, "on-demand" water heaters may not be as "efficient" as many would believe. The on-demand water heaters have a lead time from when the faucet is turned on to the time hot water is actually received meaning more wasted water because they are typically based on a certain flow rate being reached and heater to reach a specific temperature to actually heat the water. Additionally, there are electronics involved with on-demand water heaters that run 24/7. In contrast, a "tank water heater" already has the hot water stored and ready to deliver and the time it takes for you to receive hot water is dependent on the amount of piping between it and you and only heats the water whenever the temp falls below a certain point.

It really depends on your water usage. If you need LOTS of water at any one time (i.e. to fill a really huge tub with hot water, endless hot shower sessions, etc...) then "on-demand" is the way to go. If you need small amounts of hot water at a time (i.e. when washing hands, filling up a glass, etc...) tank water heaters might make more sense.

You can check out this study (http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2008standards/documents/2006-05-18_workshop/2006-05-11_GAS_WATER.PDF)to for a better explanation as well. In it, they recommend they actually downgrade the efficiencies stated for tankless water heaters.

Sorry to be so wordy...

Why do we keep wasting precious petroleum producing little bottles that we fill with water and sell?

Better question yet, why do we burn the stuff?

Why isn't there a cross in the Mormon church? I've asked my Mormon friend and she couldn't answer me.

Ok Michigander, why is Lahser pronounced lasher. Why is 15 mile called maple and 8 mile called baseline? Why can't I find my way around Pontiac, even though I live half an hour from there?

Why is South Bend in Northern Indiana, North Vernon in Southern Indiana and French lick isn't even remotely like what you'd expect a town of that name to be like?:eek:

Why do we keep wasting precious petroleum producing little bottles that we fill with water and sell?


I make those bottles!!! Buy more please.:D Also please recycle them, Mich would appreciate that I'm sure. Thanks.

Why do people call an ATM an ATM machine? ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine. It is not an Automated Teller Machine Machine.

^^ also, why do people call their PIN a "PIN Number"?


Why is this thread starting to depress me?

Why is it that anti depressants can make you want to kill yourself. Depression does that without the cost and related side effects of the medicine.

If you out into the woods with a hatchet, how long before you can send me an email?

depends on how fast I can clear cut the old growth hardwoods

Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?

Finally something you are talking about that I actually know of. (Because I rarely understand much of what you say.) The "Interstates" in Hawaii are actually the H1, H2, and H3. The H stands for highway, not interstate.

Why isn't there a cross in the Mormon church? I've asked my Mormon friend and she couldn't answer me.

Why do Mormons feel that they have to recruit?

Why are humans the only species that makes life so complicated? Why can't we be more like the sloth and just sleep a lot and maybe eat once in a while?

Why do Mormons feel that they have to recruit?

If your names's not on the list and you're not coming in why join in the first place?

Why can't we be more like the sloth and just sleep a lot and maybe eat once in a while?

Why can't we be more like Koalas - fat, cute and permanently stoned out of our pea brained skulls?

Why is that people with the highest of powers often stupid and incapable of logical thought?

Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

What caused that one person in the past to eat that rock that dropped out of a chicken's a__? (egg)

Why do people worry about how dangerous certain machines and tools are, instead of the idiot in control of it (who's using it improperly I might add)?

Why do we obsess so much about our bodies...?

Why do Mormons feel that they have to recruit?

When you think about it. If you truly believe you have the 100% truth. Wouldn't you think you're #1 priority would be to share it with everyone else?

Ok, that's Jon's one serious thought for the day. You're welcome. *bows*

Does Sui know you are speaking nonsense on the intraweb again Jon?

Why do the dumbest people win the lottery?

Another question about water heaters, why do people have them instead of on demand type systems? They run only when you need them, and last far, far longer.

The initial expense for an on-demand heater is quite high. 3 to 4 times the cost of a conventenial heater. To retro fit is even more money, 5 to 10 times the cost of original "clunker".

wfin may be able to answer this more accurately but, from what I learned a few weeks ago by a "water heater guru" (forgot his name) from the CA Energy Commission, from a practical standpoint, "on-demand" water heaters may not be as "efficient" as many would believe. The on-demand water heaters have a lead time from when the faucet is turned on to the time hot water is actually received meaning more wasted water because they are typically based on a certain flow rate being reached and heater to reach a specific temperature to actually heat the water. Additionally, there are electronics involved with on-demand water heaters that run 24/7. In contrast, a "tank water heater" already has the hot water stored and ready to deliver and the time it takes for you to receive hot water is dependent on the amount of piping between it and you and only heats the water whenever the temp falls below a certain point.

It really depends on your water usage. If you need LOTS of water at any one time (i.e. to fill a really huge tub with hot water, endless hot shower sessions, etc...) then "on-demand" is the way to go. If you need small amounts of hot water at a time (i.e. when washing hands, filling up a glass, etc...) tank water heaters might make more sense.

You can check out this study (http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2008standards/documents/2006-05-18_workshop/2006-05-11_GAS_WATER.PDF)to for a better explanation as well. In it, they recommend they actually downgrade the efficiencies stated for tankless water heaters.

Sorry to be so wordy...


Good job alainp.:)

Does Sui know you are speaking nonsense on the intraweb again Jon?

You just ruined everything. Shame on you.

edit: Lucky, does your mother know you're browsing the internetz again? :p

I once asked a moronic employee of mine one time, "Does your brain hurt when you think or what?". He didn't show up for work and I called him. He said, "I only had two dollars and I needed cigarettes and gas to go to work, so I bought the cigs".

So ever since that point in my life, I have always wondered the above question.

Maybe I will ask my Magic 8 Ball!