Subject: BS: What's a G? From: JHW Date: 27 Aug 19 - 04:44 AM Everyone else knows I guess but not me. Transmitter mast planning got a mention again this morning. For 5G. This laptop works on 3G. My 'breakdown' phone in the car is 2 or 3G. Then theres just been the G7 and my bathroom light takes G9 bulbs, but what's a G? |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Joe Offer Date: 27 Aug 19 - 04:54 AM One sharp. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: vectis Date: 27 Aug 19 - 05:00 AM 783.99hz |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Iains Date: 27 Aug 19 - 05:02 AM G = Generation (motorola bricks to iphone-analogue to digital) |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 27 Aug 19 - 05:44 AM It's a spot that serves the sole purpose of providing exquisite pleasure. I haven't got one personally. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Nigel Parsons Date: 27 Aug 19 - 05:50 AM Clearly "different things to different people" a la 'happiness' |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 27 Aug 19 - 06:20 AM A penis? |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: DMcG Date: 27 Aug 19 - 06:27 AM Sometimes, as in mobile phones, it does represent a set of distinct and incompatible standards. But more often it is pure marketing. I will not say which category is the better fit for Steve's example. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Iains Date: 27 Aug 19 - 06:39 AM https://lite987.com/what-does-the-g-stand-for-with-4g-phones/ https://www.justaskgemalto.com/en/difference-4g-5g/ |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Jon Freeman Date: 27 Aug 19 - 07:25 AM Going back to the OP. The G in lamps seems to refer to bi pin lamps or there bases, most of which are on some ISO standard. See here |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 27 Aug 19 - 09:34 AM "G" (or "Gee") is a mild expletive used to circumvent the biblical commandment about not taking the name of God in vain. Instead of saying "God", the speaker only says the first letter of God's name. This keeps the speaker from going to Hell because God is totally clueless. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 27 Aug 19 - 09:37 AM Jaysus, I think you could be right... |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: leeneia Date: 27 Aug 19 - 10:34 AM Gee and haw are voice commands for an animal to turn right or left, respectively. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Mrrzy Date: 27 Aug 19 - 10:43 AM Also a thousand dollars (a grand). |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Doug Chadwick Date: 27 Aug 19 - 11:33 AM It comes between F and H. DC |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 27 Aug 19 - 12:01 PM It's the guitar bass run that would have made Lester Flatt a billionaire if he could have copyrighted it. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: punkfolkrocker Date: 27 Aug 19 - 02:08 PM A G-Man... if you've watched enough old crime movies...??? |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: MudGuard Date: 27 Aug 19 - 04:13 PM G is something you can spot, and if you have done that, you have a g spot ... |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 27 Aug 19 - 04:26 PM You have to find it first. It's a cherished lifetime quest. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: frogprince Date: 27 Aug 19 - 09:12 PM Once you find it, you've got it licked... |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: olddude Date: 28 Aug 19 - 08:41 AM What I said after falling off the ladder...ahhh G that hurt |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 28 Aug 19 - 04:37 PM What I didn't just say when my new post disappeared without trace: that was an F! |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Tattie Bogle Date: 28 Aug 19 - 04:38 PM Ok, here goes again..... It has an air on it. Lowest string on a fiddle, 4th string on a G-tar. Preferred singing key for altos. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 28 Aug 19 - 06:19 PM The true definition of G is that it's a note that, in a session, will be presented to you at least fifty cents either way if you ask a fiddle player for it. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: robomatic Date: 28 Aug 19 - 06:19 PM Thirty-two feet per second per second, old style. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 28 Aug 19 - 06:41 PM Nah. That's g, not G. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: WalkaboutsVerse Date: 28 Aug 19 - 06:46 PM For those into cycling, it is the nickname of Tour de France winner, Geraint Thomas. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 28 Aug 19 - 07:35 PM G is a thing which rhymes with B, C, D, and E. This is often considered proof that whoever named the letters of the alphabet never tried to tell fellow musicians in a noisy room what key a song was going to be played in. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Rumncoke Date: 28 Aug 19 - 08:37 PM In the UK gee is left and haw right - or, from the driver's perspective, go away and come here |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: BobL Date: 29 Aug 19 - 03:33 AM 10^9 |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Jon Freeman Date: 29 Aug 19 - 11:47 AM Half a horse. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: DMcG Date: 30 Aug 19 - 08:13 AM I think Steve meant to say "around 6.67408x10-11m3kg-1s-2" |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 30 Aug 19 - 08:36 AM Precisely, except that I've argued for years that the 8 in that should be a 7. Or maybe seven and a bit. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: DMcG Date: 30 Aug 19 - 11:02 AM I worked with a guy who said he got his PhD for getting one more decimal place on one of the constants. It was over 40 years ago now, though, so I forget which one. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Mr Red Date: 31 Aug 19 - 09:36 AM Cecil Gee used to B a UK chain of clothes shops for men in the trendy 60/70s. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Steve Shaw Date: 31 Aug 19 - 09:57 AM It was also a plan for settees. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: WalkaboutsVerse Date: 01 Sep 19 - 02:44 PM ...for Golf in the phonetic alphabet. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Backwoodsman Date: 02 Sep 19 - 12:18 AM ”4th string on a G-tar” Errrrrrmmmmm......Tattie, the 4th string on a guitar is ‘D’, ‘G’ is the third string. Guitar strings are listed alphabetically from the thickest to the thinnest - EADGBe - but they are numbered the reverse, from the thinnest - high ‘e’ - to the thickest - low ‘E’. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Mr Red Date: 04 Sep 19 - 03:33 AM Half a horse. But you only need a single G to get a whole one going! |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Mrrzy Date: 04 Sep 19 - 03:53 PM The first time I sang with musicians they asked me for a key, I had no idea. So I just sang and guitar turns to mandolin and says, They're a folkie... Play in G. |
Subject: RE: BS: What's a G? From: Rusty Dobro Date: 06 Sep 19 - 04:27 PM In my experience, it comes just before a whizz...... |