Whats in your room 101?

[pwa]

On the other hand on one of the endless helmet debates you posted that since losing all your hair helmet wearing is problematic cos sweat gets in your eyes. That's why evolution retained our eyebrows.

Strange - that. Are you sure? I have fairly bushy eyebrows, but I often get sweat in my eyes. For example when cycling on a hot day. I don't wear a lid, but I don't know if that would make a difference.

I wonder why evolution hasn't yet given us a gutter in the eyebrow area.

[Audax67]

There's a fortune to be made in self-adhesive supra-occular gutters for cyclists.

Anyway, my candidates for Room 101: hackers. They turned something wonderful into a minefield.

[pwa]

Meter boxes with rubbishy plastic doors that any idiot could see will last five minutes before breaking.

[Ben@Forest]

On the other hand on one of the endless helmet debates you posted that since losing all your hair helmet wearing is problematic cos sweat gets in your eyes. That's why evolution retained our eyebrows.

Strange - that. Are you sure? I have fairly bushy eyebrows, but I often get sweat in my eyes. For example when cycling on a hot day. I don't wear a lid, but I don't know if that would make a difference.

I wonder why evolution hasn't yet given us a gutter in the eyebrow area.

Well it's an answer I read in the New Scientist question page years ago. Of course the helmet issue has nothing to do with it (evolution being around longer than lids!) but brows help to stop sweat coursing into our eyes whatever the activity. I'm sure it's not foolproof and l too, get sweat into the eyes lidded or lidless - but l presume having brows helps.

[meic]

Meter boxes with rubbishy plastic doors that any idiot could see will last five minutes before breaking.

Windy today wasnt it?
I remember whenever going to my parents' house after any wind I would have to go and find the door and return it to its place.

[Pastychomper]

I wonder why evolution hasn't yet given us a gutter in the eyebrow area.

You could be onto something there. The last century or two have seen in increase in the average temperature of homes in temperate regions, and the last few decades saw an increase in reported anxiety in those same regions. Perhaps the population is becoming more anxious, not as a direct result of lifestyle factors, but due to a natural selection for furrowed brows. After all, a racer setting off from a warmer house will surely start to sweat sooner.

[kwackers]

I wonder why evolution hasn't yet given us a gutter in the eyebrow area.

They'd fill up with rotting leaves.

[peetee]

Whatever it is that's wrong with my right knee

[pwa]

Whatever it is that's wrong with my right knee

I had a really bad knee all summer. Occasionally while walking I would put a foot down and get a jarring pain, but mostly just achy and not even pain free in bed. But after a month or two it started to be less painful and has now healed completely. So there is hope.