Le weekend

[nineveh_uk]

Among other things...

Trousers taken up: 1 pair
Trousers let down: 1 pair (NB they were different trousers)

Tennis matches watched whilst doing the same: 1
Inevitable Serbian victories: 1

Summer holidays booked: 0
Rueful acknowledgement that you ought to have started sorting out summer holidays much sooner: many

Hollyhocks purchased: 1
Hollyhocks planted: 0

Pieces of writing worked on: 2
Web searches in conjunction with said writing include:
- How long does a body take to fall*
- Electrocution
- Electric shock deaths UK
- How long does plaster of Paris take to dry

I really hope that no-one I know turns up electrocuted with plaster casts taken of any part of their body before they're pushed off something. Obviously I would hope that anyway, but generally with less self-interest.


*Alas the Wikipedia page on equations for a falling body is the wrong kind of body, but the Splat Calculator (from a climbing website) was very helpful.

Comments

[nineveh_uk]

I wanted to know whether I really ought to have people reacting in a "catch him" kind of way. It turns out that the answer is very definitely there wouldn't be time for that :-)

[antisoppist]

You want whoever it was who calculated that based on the scream of Nigel Pargetter when he fell off the roof on the Archers, Lower Loxley was more a cathedral than a stately home.

(googles)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2011/01/calculating_the_height_of_loxley_hall.html

[nineveh_uk]

That's brilliant! And how considerate of them to relate it to my needs, too.