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| Where do the lovely cooking aromas in your kitchen go? | Where do the lovely cooking aromas in your kitchen go? |
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| Those lovely aromas in the kitchen – where do they go? | Those lovely aromas in the kitchen – where do they go? |
| They condense into a sticky film on the walls and ceiling, and if you don't wash it off, it hardens into a rancid varnish that is tougher than epoxy resin. | They condense into a sticky film on the walls and ceiling, and if you don't wash it off, it hardens into a rancid varnish that is tougher than epoxy resin. |
| Luce Gilmore, Cambridge | Luce Gilmore, Cambridge |
| They flood into my flat from the neighbour's at 2.15am, strong enough to wake me up and give me a raging appetite. | They flood into my flat from the neighbour's at 2.15am, strong enough to wake me up and give me a raging appetite. |
| IvanTiger | IvanTiger |
| Those lovely aromas, of frying onions, for example, are the result of molecules present in the onion leaving the cooking food and moving randomly through the air until a few of them happen to enter your nostrils and are detected by your odour receptors. | Those lovely aromas, of frying onions, for example, are the result of molecules present in the onion leaving the cooking food and moving randomly through the air until a few of them happen to enter your nostrils and are detected by your odour receptors. |
| Molecules are always jiggling about, but, in the case of most solids, the majority of the molecules don't have sufficient speed (energy) to escape the surface. However, you can smell cheese or garlic if your nose is close, as the odours are particularly intense and the few escaping molecules have not been much diluted by air molecules. | Molecules are always jiggling about, but, in the case of most solids, the majority of the molecules don't have sufficient speed (energy) to escape the surface. However, you can smell cheese or garlic if your nose is close, as the odours are particularly intense and the few escaping molecules have not been much diluted by air molecules. |
| Heating increases the speed of the molecules and hence increases the number escaping. Very few of the escaping molecules enter your nose. Those that don't will gradually slow down, buffeted by the very much larger number of air molecules. Eventually they will collide with the walls, ceiling, floor, other parts of your body and settle there, although a few may escape through open doors and windows. So mostly they end up coating the kitchen. | Heating increases the speed of the molecules and hence increases the number escaping. Very few of the escaping molecules enter your nose. Those that don't will gradually slow down, buffeted by the very much larger number of air molecules. Eventually they will collide with the walls, ceiling, floor, other parts of your body and settle there, although a few may escape through open doors and windows. So mostly they end up coating the kitchen. |
| Peter Borrows, Amersham Old Town, Bucks | Peter Borrows, Amersham Old Town, Bucks |
| Are Christian souls in the afterlife as segregated by gender as we are on earth? | Are Christian souls in the afterlife as segregated by gender as we are on earth? |
| I suspect that love, in its purest form, is genderless, ageless, and infinite. I have always supposed that if "up there" exists, it might be whatever you want it to be, in the form you would most find comforting and in communion with the souls of those who you have loved. (And that anyone who ever made my life a misery will either be in the other place or in the waiting room until they have repented.) | I suspect that love, in its purest form, is genderless, ageless, and infinite. I have always supposed that if "up there" exists, it might be whatever you want it to be, in the form you would most find comforting and in communion with the souls of those who you have loved. (And that anyone who ever made my life a misery will either be in the other place or in the waiting room until they have repented.) |
| As a divorcee, I do hope there is no such thing as celestial marriage. | As a divorcee, I do hope there is no such thing as celestial marriage. |
| giftedamateur | giftedamateur |
| Your correspondent is incorrect (N&Q, 14 February): the Bible does deal with this specifically – or at least Jesus does. In Luke's gospel, chapter 20, Jesus is quoted as saying: "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part … in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage and they can no longer die for they are like the angels." Heaven is obviously "non-gender". | Your correspondent is incorrect (N&Q, 14 February): the Bible does deal with this specifically – or at least Jesus does. In Luke's gospel, chapter 20, Jesus is quoted as saying: "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part … in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage and they can no longer die for they are like the angels." Heaven is obviously "non-gender". |
| (Canon) Owen Vigeon, Coventry | (Canon) Owen Vigeon, Coventry |
| The Christian God is a patriarchal, establishment figure who shuns the company of females. It may therefore be safely assumed that paradise is run along the lines of a London (so-called) gentlemen's club. There is no sign outside, just a set of anonymous pearly gates. Heaven is, of course, exclusively male and annual fees are enormous. Women – always patronisingly referred to as "ladies" – are, however, allowed to dine there as guests of members. | The Christian God is a patriarchal, establishment figure who shuns the company of females. It may therefore be safely assumed that paradise is run along the lines of a London (so-called) gentlemen's club. There is no sign outside, just a set of anonymous pearly gates. Heaven is, of course, exclusively male and annual fees are enormous. Women – always patronisingly referred to as "ladies" – are, however, allowed to dine there as guests of members. |
| Ralph Lloyd-Jones, Nottingham | Ralph Lloyd-Jones, Nottingham |
| Many classic novels were first published in serial form in magazines. Does this ever happen now, and if not, why? | Many classic novels were first published in serial form in magazines. Does this ever happen now, and if not, why? |
| Bridget Jones's Diary was a column in the Independent before becoming a book. Not sure I'd put it up for "classic" status, but then I don't think Pickwick Papers is up to much either, so I'm clearly no judge. | Bridget Jones's Diary was a column in the Independent before becoming a book. Not sure I'd put it up for "classic" status, but then I don't think Pickwick Papers is up to much either, so I'm clearly no judge. |
| Loumo | Loumo |
| Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City books were all published as a serial in the Pacific Sun and later the San Francisco Chronicle. | Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City books were all published as a serial in the Pacific Sun and later the San Francisco Chronicle. |
| Dwright | Dwright |
| Happy to report these are alive and well! My debut novel The Fifth Knight was first published as an Amazon Kindle serial in six episodes before going on general release. Each episode was downloaded automatically every two weeks. Reader feedback was great. So, a very traditional method in a very modern format. | Happy to report these are alive and well! My debut novel The Fifth Knight was first published as an Amazon Kindle serial in six episodes before going on general release. Each episode was downloaded automatically every two weeks. Reader feedback was great. So, a very traditional method in a very modern format. |
| empowellauthor | empowellauthor |
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