Just Ask Oldguy

Dear Oldguy,

When I use Liquid Plumber or The Works (or some sort of declogging agent for my bathtub drain), it produces the smell of rotten eggs (sulfur, I’m assuming). Then it makes my bathtub look like it is rusting, but then curiously starts to diminish and is gone in a couple days. My bathtub is porcelain.

Why is it producing this smell and this “chemical” effect?

Dear Oldguy,
Been awhile since I ve asked you a question, but I ve been enjoying the answers! Anyhow, what is the motivation behind creating chainmail? For every worthless FWD: FWD message there is, somebody made it up and spread it. Is it out of boredom, or to piss off people who aren t gullible lemmings who take everything they recieve in their inbox as fact? (This of course does not include ones trying to scam people out of their money, just the ones who tell you to forward some crap-ass poem to 20 friends within the next 5 seconds).

What do you feel are the top 2 most probable causes that will kill off the vast majority of mankind?

Dear Oldguy, I am wondering if you know of any high class resturants in the Surrey region, prefferably Newton, where an aspiring chef who is tired of corprate cooking may want to look into getting a job at.

What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swollow?

When do you know a relationship is at it’s end, assuming relationship in this sence is a romantic one.

Is there anything inhierentaly wrong with extending human life? (ie 300 or 400 years through technological means) Assuming that childhood would stay the same length and adult years would be elongated.

Why is it that deer migrated to savory island or Texada island and not the bears or cougars that should have followed them. Also, which method did they use to make the change from mainland to island. Did they swim (which seems silly but is apparently possible) or did they cross during the last iceage when everything was still frozen (like we did at one point.)

Dear Oldguy,

What is the best program to use to watch .avi files on my iBook? (I’m having a lot of trouble with Quicktime and MPlayerOSX.)

How is it that in Nuclear pusle propulsion, that detonating a nuclear ordinance beneath a shuttle doesn’t cause the shuttle to accelrate to the point of crushing all of the occupants inside. I was thinking specificially of the Orion program.