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# That one intrigues me. What's a meniscus?
It's greek for crescent, and I think it's part of the knee, but that doesn't make things any clearer.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:22, archived)
# Im not sure of a body part
but the meniscus is the name for the edge around water, in a glass, that is a result of surface tension, you know when it looks slanted up at the sides? That is the meniscus....
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:24, archived)
# it's summat to do with liquids an that
test-tubes or summat (i.e. SCIENCE)

/last did science in 1988 blog
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:24, archived)
# Alright there Grandad ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:25, archived)
# actually that was lie
I've got a BSc, but that didn't involve any real science

1993, then
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:26, archived)
# so have i
and neither did mine
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:27, archived)
# minkster!!
a mate of mine rang me last night saying he was getting married and wants me to be the best man..
he's scottish i'll be wearing a kilt!!
help ma boab!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:30, archived)
# jings and crivvens
YOU have mates!
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:32, archived)
# oh yes!!
thats where all my money goes!
=)
this'll be my third time as best man!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:33, archived)
# ooh get you
i've never been asked
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:34, archived)
# really?
i wonder why....
=D
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:35, archived)
# *shuns*
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:40, archived)
# oh come here!
*hugs*
if i ever renew my vows it'll be a b3ta wedding and you can be best b3tan.
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:42, archived)
# Just eating bad beef?
Arf!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:27, archived)
# *spang*
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:31, archived)
# What's your BSc in?
I've got a BSc, but only in the Rimmer way.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:32, archived)
# deep breath....Heritage Conservation (Historic Buildings and Monuments)
basically, Archaeology
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:33, archived)
# ooh
sounds better than mine
mine's multimedia technology
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:34, archived)
# oooh
Anatomy and Human biology here.
I've used it once, ever, answering a question that was on the telly on QI* and making people think I'm clever.**

*May have been "eggheads"
**May not have convinced anyone.
(I helped save b3ta! Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:36, archived)
# Eggheads should really be renamed 'Cunts'
especially that CJ de Mooi
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:38, archived)
# OooooOOOOOoooh.
I've got no degree whatsoever. But then it took my dad until his 30s to go back to uni, it'll probably work the same for me as well. But when I go back it'll be Anthropology or Porn. Which is really the same thing when you think about it.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:35, archived)
# Anthroporn!
that's a degree to be proud of
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:36, archived)
# I thought so.
Having said all of this I bet it's pure maths just like my ma.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:38, archived)
# your mother
is pure maths?
That would be ace.

(I'm imagining a kind of hazy cloud of numbers and scientific formulae occasionally screeching "Tidy your room. Also E=MC2" and such)
(I helped save b3ta! Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:42, archived)
# :D no.
She's a complete maths genius, but still made out of human.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:43, archived)
# hopfully i'm doing a BSc in biomedical science this year.
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:37, archived)
# British Swimming certificate?
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:33, archived)
# That's the one.
Well, bronze. I am SHIT at swimming.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:34, archived)
# =D
you can do 40 lengths
straight down
(I helped save b3ta! Aphex The Mink Snackless, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:40, archived)
# ...
If you look at water in a test-tube, the surface is slightly concave. That's the meniscus.
Mercury has a convex meniscus.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:35, archived)
# CORRECT.
If you're measuring liquids in a tube, the tendency is to measure from the bottom of the meniscus, so that people can get consistent results.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan, Tue 26 Feb 2008, 9:57, archived)