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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »If it makes you feel any better, I still have a couple of unpacked boxes from 10 years ago, and we only unpacked another dozen last year....:)
I can't speak for NDG, but that certainly makes me feel a lot better. Thanks Hamish.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
I can't speak for NDG, but that certainly makes me feel a lot better. Thanks Hamish.
Actually, now that I think about it, I've got one box full of stuff I bought at auction in 2000 that was then shipped to the middle east, shipped back again, and is still sitting unopened.
14 years and counting....:)“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
I hope it gets good with age Hamish. Like whisky or something.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Does anyone know what part of the fora you would go to for posts about learning? I can't find a post about MOOCs and it makes sense to have a thread that people taking them can join in and chat about what they are studying.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Reply by PM might be suitable.
Does anyone know what would happen if I booked a flight from AMS to CPT via LHR on BA and 'bailed' at LHR on the way back (the return includes LGW to AMS final leg). Booking class J for the SH and I for the LH.I think....0 -
Reply by PM might be suitable.
Does anyone know what would happen if I booked a flight from AMS to CPT via LHR on BA and 'bailed' at LHR on the way back (the return includes LGW to AMS final leg). Booking class J for the SH and I for the LH.
You get arrested for being a terrorist as your luggage will be trying to go by itself to AMS?0 -
Because to the people at the bottom of the financial pile, $5 for the doctor would have to come out of the budget for something else. Find the forums on here where people are talking about, for example, not being able to afford to fill the car up with petrol, and having to budget to put £10 worth in when their weekly benefit money arrives, and make sure they don't drive further than that petrol will take them before the next week's money arrives.
I repeat, there are people (like you and me) to whom $5 or £5 or whatever makes very little difference - if these people want to go and clog up appointments for time-wasting matter, then a $5 charge won't stop them. There are people on very low incomes to whom $5 matters - if these people had to pay to see the doctor, they would put off going about things that were important and necessary. Do you have any evidence of the existence of a significant number of people to whom a $5 charge would deter time-wasting appointments without deterring them from making appointments for important concerns? Because I don't think there are very many people in that category.
You could make it $1 or even 10c.
Are you doing the Behavioural Economics course? One thing I do know from what I have read previously, and which will be covered in the course I would imagine, is that there is a big difference between things that are free and not free.
There are reverse examples. Some lawyers were asked to provide legal advice to poor old people about pensions etc.. They were offered about $30/hour. Very few helped as they saw $30 an hour as a significant undervaluation of their time.
Then the lawyers were asked to provide their time for free as a favour. Many more helped as now this was no longer a commercial transaction but instead they were volunteering to help their fellow man.0 -
Chivalry?:rotfl:Who said chivalry was dead, eh?
Spoke with a mate the other day who reported still having boxes he hasn't moved out his moms that he packed 12 years ago!HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »If it makes you feel any better, I still have a couple of unpacked boxes from 10 years ago, and we only unpacked another dozen last year....:)It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »Does anyone know what part of the fora you would go to for posts about learning? I can't find a post about MOOCs and it makes sense to have a thread that people taking them can join in and chat about what they are studying.Reply by PM might be suitable.
Does anyone know what would happen if I booked a flight from AMS to CPT via LHR on BA and 'bailed' at LHR on the way back (the return includes LGW to AMS final leg). Booking class J for the SH and I for the LH.
Are you two talking in funny languages? I don't understand the questions.:oIt's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
lemonjelly wrote: »Are you two talking in funny languages? I don't understand the questions.:o
It's secret terrorist code. We're not supposed to know.
I don't know what viva is talking about.
Michael is using airport codes. I recognise Amsterdam, Heathrow and Gatwick. Don't know what CPT is but I'm thinking about it. Don't want to cheat.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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