Comments on: Episode 43: Sea-sickness – Kill or Cure?

By: Gate

Gate — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:45:33 +0000

That is what they tested. The tailgate weighs a lot, so if you took off 100 lbs from your truck it would get better mileage. But because the tailgate is there, it forms this air pocket in the truck bed and the air from in front just passes right over it.

So you’re better off with the tailgate up.

However, a very light tailgate gives you the best of both worlds: the tailgate is there, so you get the air pocket effect, and the tailgate is light so your truck overall is lighter and uses less fuel to move.

That’s why they said a mesh tailgate was the best choice.

However, I would say you’re better off with the tailgate that will hold your cargo in. If the mesh tailgate won’t do that, you’re probably better off with the heavier one even though it’s less fuel efficient.

Side note: keep your truck as empty as possible for the best fuel economy. Don’t carry around a bunch of concrete blocks all the time, etc.

By: joebob

joebob — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:12:11 +0000

I was shooting a shotgun on a camping trip with the boy scouts in the early 90′s and shot a 12 gauge shotgun and it exploded causing shrapnel from the end of the barrel to shatter all my fingernails on my left hand as it came back along the barrel and take 2 chunks out of my right wrist. I chambered a blank and shot it, then a magnum round and boom. We cut off the end of the shotgun and I still have it in a box somewhere.

By: Sol

Sol — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:06:33 +0000

I have been using these ginger pills since I saw this episode. I get nauseous on the subway and the pills work. Just take it 20-30 minutes before you get on the train. I also took some on a cruise. All of my tablemates were getting seasick. I shared my ginger tablets and I was as popular as a drug dealer for the rest of the trip.

By: mark smith

mark smith — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:51:16 +0000

tailgate episode review if possible about no tailgate would give better gas mileage.I have a tailgate weighing in about 100 lbs.Wouldn’t this reduce airdrag if taken off and give better gas mileage?

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:58:21 +0000

The reason Vitamin B6 works for morning-sickness-related nausea is because the nausea is caused by a physiological process that occurs on the inside of the body, an event that is chemically-based. On the other hand, seasickness is related to motion sickness, a psychological cause and not a physiological (chemical) cause. This is why Vitamin B does not work for seasickness but does work for morning sickness.

A much better medication for seasickness would be Meclozine, sold as Antivert and several other brand names. This drug is specifically designed to target the causes of motion sickness. Of course, being an antihistamine, it also causes drowsiness.

I hope that helps to clarify things for you.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 06:28:56 +0000

I don’t know what kind of ginger pills they used on the episode, but I have a small boat and always carry candied ginger. I don’t incline toward seasickness, but once every few years I get a skosh queasy, and a piece or two of ginger takes care of it quickly. Various people I know seem to be prone to seasickness to varying degrees — I don’t think it’s a black and white thing, rather a spectrum. So if you tend toward motion sickness it would probably be necessary to experiment with ginger to see how much is needed to help in your case.

By: Gond

Gond — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:07:48 +0000

Mike:
As far as I can tell, they stopped making Sears shotguns in the 50s… I’m not sure how old you are, how old you were when the gun peeled, when the gun was made, how often the gun was used (and possibly abused), etc, but I would expect that all of these and more would play into whether a shotgun will peel or not. I don’t think anyone should take what Mythbusters says as being true in every possible circumstance, because they can’t realistically test every possible circumstance. However, I still think they do a great job of at least testing the most common circumstances, or the specific circumstances of a myth (if available).

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:09:39 +0000

They used B12 which has much different principles of B6 which is used for pregnant women.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:06:09 +0000

As a kid I took my father’s bolt-action Sears shotgun out into the woods with some friends to engage in a bit of mayhem. One round in the gun was defective and it left the shot wad in the barrel. The subsequent round fired peeled the barrel back like a banana. While I am sure that what they discovered here regarding survivability of someone’s hand is accurate, it clearly did not take as much for my father’s shotgun to explode as what the mythbusters did here.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:46:02 +0000

does a guinea pigs squeak come from the voice box?