Exactly as it sounds, it is my unforced thoughts as I ride my way home on my scooter along with the ponderous traffic.
I had to slow down while going around another rickshaw trying to enter the road with little consideration for the road. You thought that slowed me down -- No! I'm just as efficient at managing speed and time as other drivers -- better, if you ask me. I had to slow down for a man obliquely strolling across the road, as if trying to cross it.
That was enough to spark my mind off on a tangent. What if the man was actually trying to cross the road obliquely? Would he argue that light also travels obliquely in a similar manner when it passes through optically denser media? My counter-argument was ready:
"Are you like light? Will you switch off like a bulb at the press of a button? Or will you extinguish like a candle if it gets too windy?
"Of course not! I burn brightly forever like the sun."
"So, you disappear at night? That's odd."
I found this funny.
The other thing was technical. It's monsoon season here and the roads are wet. I was wondering which would be more helpful -- hydrophilic or hydrophobic coatings on vehicle tyres. Would hydrophilic coating cling to the water on the road and reduce slipping, or would the tyres acquire a layer of water worsening the situation? I agreed the latter is more likely. Would hydrophobic tyres skid on surfaces covered with water (like water does on hydrophobic surfaces), or would the water be pushed away for the tyre to contact the ground? Again, I agreed with the latter.
Note: I said I'd post weekly/biweekly the last time. However, now I feel I'd be more comfortable whenever I get ideas. Seeing that I spend almost two hours commuting every work day, that would be frequent. The poems and short pieces of prose I've written will come gradually -- There's no hurry. (You can look for them on Medium (Search for my name (Thought I forgot parentheses? No way!)))
I had to slow down while going around another rickshaw trying to enter the road with little consideration for the road. You thought that slowed me down -- No! I'm just as efficient at managing speed and time as other drivers -- better, if you ask me. I had to slow down for a man obliquely strolling across the road, as if trying to cross it.
That was enough to spark my mind off on a tangent. What if the man was actually trying to cross the road obliquely? Would he argue that light also travels obliquely in a similar manner when it passes through optically denser media? My counter-argument was ready:
"Are you like light? Will you switch off like a bulb at the press of a button? Or will you extinguish like a candle if it gets too windy?
"Of course not! I burn brightly forever like the sun."
"So, you disappear at night? That's odd."
I found this funny.
The other thing was technical. It's monsoon season here and the roads are wet. I was wondering which would be more helpful -- hydrophilic or hydrophobic coatings on vehicle tyres. Would hydrophilic coating cling to the water on the road and reduce slipping, or would the tyres acquire a layer of water worsening the situation? I agreed the latter is more likely. Would hydrophobic tyres skid on surfaces covered with water (like water does on hydrophobic surfaces), or would the water be pushed away for the tyre to contact the ground? Again, I agreed with the latter.
Note: I said I'd post weekly/biweekly the last time. However, now I feel I'd be more comfortable whenever I get ideas. Seeing that I spend almost two hours commuting every work day, that would be frequent. The poems and short pieces of prose I've written will come gradually -- There's no hurry. (You can look for them on Medium (Search for my name (Thought I forgot parentheses? No way!)))
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