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Nice People 12: Nice in Nice
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I'm amazed how much energy you two have.
Our house in Norfolk has a through lounge diner with big picture windows front and back. We don't have net curtains. So, any hanky panky over the breakfast table would definitely scandalise the neighbours.
Thinking about this, don't you have a minibus full of gdb's tripping about the place?
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Do any nice people know about passport photos. We have taken some for DD1 that she likes but she is not quite full on. Do you think it is acceptable asYour photos may be rejected unless they show you:
- facing forward and looking straight at the camera
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PasturesNew wrote: »Log In
So no idea...
I see it, it is shared for public, but perhaps only shared for public download and not viewing?I think....0 -
There is evidence that nuns menstruate around the same time as do women who live in the same house sometimes. So likely that people can influence each other, but I don't reckon the moon has anything to do with it.
Indeed. It's easy to come up with a mechanism for women to influence each other, since bodies can be responsive to the hormones/pheromones etc of nearby bodies. I don't mean that they certainly do work that way - just that there would be a plausible explanation if the evidence is that it happens. The moon, not so much.PasturesNew wrote: »If you look at the sea - and tides - as the moon comes round, the gravitational force pulls the water up into a "dome" - and because the water is domed it makes the tide go out.
It must be similar to the water in our bodies - it's being pulled towards the moon's direction as it passes over us.
..... and I can't believe I just said that to a science teacher.....
Yes of course. But my point was that there's nothing special about water that makes it do this. The rocks and trees and everything else is pulled towards the moon too. It's just that the water can move a lot more easily than everything else, so it moves a lot further.
As far as your body is concerned, yes, the water in you is ever so slightly lighter once every 24 hours, and ever so slightly heavier twice every 24 hours in between, constantly varying. But then so are your bones and your organs and your muscles and everything else - nothing special about the water. This "being ever so slightly lighter" happens at midnight when the moon is full, at midday when the moon is new, and in between times when the moon is changing from one to the other. I doubt very much that it has any discernible effect on anyone's physiology, but I would be open to being convinced by any evidence-based science.Yes, I'm also sceptical that this is due to the moon. I do wonder what the advantage of it is though? Everyone gets their hormone-induced bad mood out of the way at the same time? I'd have thought it would have made more sense for cycles to stagger themselves.
More likely that mammals in general have evolved to ovulate simultaneously with other females in the social group, so that the young are born around the same time and the group doesn't have to be vulnerable all the time because of staggered births. Not so applicable to humans who ovulate so much more frequently than other mammal species, so that the variation in gestation length is longer than the cycle length. Still, if that's what the hormones do, they might still do it even in species like ours where it's not useful - like getting goosebumps when you're cold because if you were furry then getting your hairs to stand up would help insulate you better.
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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 -
Do any nice people know about passport photos. We have taken soem for DD1 that she likes but she is not quite full on. Do you think it is acceptable as
Can't see the pic but have to say that any pic that the subject likes is unlikely to be acceptable to the passport office. You mustn't smile, for a start, and the top and bottom of the face, as well as the eyes, must be at exactly the right height. IMO they are very picky about the photos being exactly right. If the pic isn't full on, I doubt they'll accept it.
Why don't you go to a PO that checks applications and get it checked by their passport application checking person? It would save a lot of hassle compared with sending it off and finding that the pics are rejected.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 -
Why don't you go to a PO that checks applications and get it checked by their passport application checking person? It would save a lot of hassle compared with sending it off and finding that the pics are rejected.
We've had pictures that the PO said would be rejected accepted by the Passport Office, I think they are over cautious, but a reasonable guide.
If the Passport Office reject your photo they ask for another one to be sent direct to them, you don't need to resubmit the whole application.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I wonder if a PIR operated spray containing acid would dissuade him....
Doubt it.
But it might dissolve him if the acid is strong enough?
Just watching Last Night of the Proms. I do love Rule Britannia - not necessarily for the words / sentiment underlying it, but because a good orchestra, with a fabulously loud choir, and an organ wellying it at full fortissimo volume and deep stops, is a wonder to listen to and puts a very wide grin on my face
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PasturesNew wrote: »Mr Ratty is chomping something, somewhere, but I can't work out where... and as it's dark I don't want to be taken by surprise and have a furry beast on my foot.
I got my light out behind the shed, kicked something behind it, kicked the shed, shone the light under each of the shed foundation beams ..... nothing. He didn't stop chomping, he didn't run off. Of course, he could be the other side of the fence, or bush .....
I wonder if a PIR operated spray containing acid would dissuade him....
You really are extraordinary! You worry about all sorts of things that rationally are not dangerous, including the damn rat, and yet an acid spray in your garden does not phase you?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
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