Things you've always wanted to know......

[Samba]

Sure, but how is the octopus so much more intelligent than the fish it lives amongst?

Got more legs than most fish.
Or is it arms?..

[jastons]

Should I join my workplace union?

[Arnold Layne]

Sure,go for it!

[Monkeybubbles]

Maybe, think it through first though.

[Greatest Cockney Rip Off]

Should I join my workplace union?

Absolutely yes. The benefits far outweigh the pitfalls.

[Samba]

Should I join my workplace union?

No, if on a very local level, they're in the Company's pockets.
Obviously, not always easy to find out first..

[vietnammer]

Absolutely join the union. It's not all about industrial action, if you get into individual difficulties or dispute they can represent you in a professional way as long as you are a member at the time said dispute arises
Speaking from regrettable experience and wouldn't wish trouble on you but you never know.

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

Should I join my workplace union?

There's both pros and cons to joining.

[S-H]

[RaddyKovac]

Could kinetic energy from gym equipment (e.g. treadmills, exercise bikes etc) be harnessed as renewable energy?

[hammer etc]

Should I join my workplace union?

How long have you worked there and have they been any good when called upon? How likely are you going to need them? Even though you cannot be discriminated for being a member of the union is there any evedence that it secretly frowned upon? Last year I took up a lot of health and safety issues with the company I worked for. I sent the information to my union aswell, in case things got bad. My union did not even write back to acknowledge receipt of my letter. I worked on the underground in the 1980's and was a member of the RMT, they were a proactive union, maybe a little too proactive.

[S-H]

Do people not get bored talking about transfers, every single day?

[dasnutnock3]

Could kinetic energy from gym equipment (e.g. treadmills, exercise bikes etc) be harnessed as renewable energy?

Absolutely, yes, and it probably will be soon. “Green” gyms that boast about their big Tesla battery banks that are used to power the equipment screens and suchlike, powered from the cardio kit, and charging you £300 a month to use it.

[sendô]

Do people not get bored talking about transfers, every single day?

Ins
New gif meister - free

Outs
S-H

[Hummer_I_mean_Hammer]

Absolutely, yes, and it probably will be soon. “Green” gyms that boast about their big Tesla battery banks that are used to power the equipment screens and suchlike, powered from the cardio kit, and charging you £300 a month to use it.

Saw something like this on our local fb page. TBF they said that the fees would be offset by how much juice you generate, which does give an incentive to give it some welly

[RaddyKovac]

Absolutely, yes, and it probably will be soon. “Green” gyms that boast about their big Tesla battery banks that are used to power the equipment screens and suchlike, powered from the cardio kit, and charging you £300 a month to use it.

Sounds a good idea, but of course it will be extortionate to begin with, like all early technology. Shame to have early barriers to entry though.

[sendô]

The issue as always will be storing that energy - the batteries for which will be expensive - and then getting agreement from the grid to export in order to earn from it.

[WHU Independent]

Although I am interested in military things. I have no idea how and army is set up. IE how big is a platoon, a division, a regiment, a brigade an - army even? What is the order they are set up in? How many men in each section? Are they set up for certain functions - scouting, assault, cookery even? What's the chain of command? I have no idea who is above who? Lutenant, general, brigadeer, sgt - who's above who? What's the full chain of rank - from top to bottom.

TYIA.

[Monkeybubbles]

Could kinetic energy from gym equipment (e.g. treadmills, exercise bikes etc) be harnessed as renewable energy?

The amount of power generated on an exercise bike, for instance, is about 80W to 100W. So, if you pedal like **** continuously for an hour, you'd generate 0.1 kwh. That's about the same amount of power as you'd use if you spent an extra 10 seconds having a hot shower afterwards.

The amount of power that can be reclaimed are tiny, really. The energy savings made by a regenerating exercise bike will pay for the upgrade to the bike if its used continuously for about 12 years, which will never happen because the bikes are generally replaced every 5 years.

Gyms that have regenerating equipment see the investment as part of their marketing spend. They know the kit will never stack up financially, and will barely scratch the gym's overall power usage, but it'll get more sweaty butts on saddles.

[sendô]

Although I am interested in military things. I have no idea how and army is set up. IE how big is a platoon, a division, a regiment, a brigade an - army even? What is the order they are set up in? How many men in each section? Are they set up for certain functions - scouting, assault, cookery even? What's the chain of command? I have no idea who is above who? Lutenant, general, brigadeer, sgt - who's above who? What's the full chain of rank - from top to bottom.

TYIA.

You can get all that info from wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_rank

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army#Field_army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ ... _hierarchy

Different nations have different set ups, and different formations within each nation might be set up differently depending on the skillset of that formation and what it might be expected to do in a combat scenario. Broadly speaking, in British armed forces it typically goes:

Field Marshall > Field Army or army group, consisting of a number of armies.
General > Army, consisting of a few corps
Lieutenant General > Corps, consisting of a few divisions
Major General > Division, consisting of a number of brigades depending on it's function
Brigadier > Brigade, consisting of a number of regiments or battallions
Colonel > Regiment, consisting of a few battalions
Lieutenant Colonel > Battalion, typically 500 to 1000 soliders, with each battalion broken down into companies commanded by a major, and the companies further broken down into platoons under a lieutenant, which are then broken down into squads under a sergeant, and a team under a lance corporal.