Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 5]
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Evoluzione said:
Does anyone know what this ancient farming or field system was all about?
The strips of wide shallow ridges. I've seen it before a few times, but never had a clue what it was made like that for.
I thinkThe strips of wide shallow ridges. I've seen it before a few times, but never had a clue what it was made like that for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_and_furrow
P-Jay said:
Can you refine Petrol, or Diesel from used engine oil?
Yes, by 'cracking' used in refining to make lighter fractions (e.g. petrol) from the heavier oils...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking_(chemistr...
The Mad Monk said:
Evoluzione said:
Does anyone know what this ancient farming or field system was all about?
The strips of wide shallow ridges. I've seen it before a few times, but never had a clue what it was made like that for.
I thinkThe strips of wide shallow ridges. I've seen it before a few times, but never had a clue what it was made like that for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_and_furrow
I think the idea of the thread is that you harp on about it for a while in your own words and make out to be an expert in this field (pun intended).
Evoluzione said:
The Mad Monk said:
Evoluzione said:
Does anyone know what this ancient farming or field system was all about?
The strips of wide shallow ridges. I've seen it before a few times, but never had a clue what it was made like that for.
I thinkThe strips of wide shallow ridges. I've seen it before a few times, but never had a clue what it was made like that for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_and_furrow
I think the idea of the thread is that you harp on about it for a while in your own words and make out to be an expert in this field (pun intended).
WolfAir said:
Coming off something someone said in another thread...
Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
They can but only if they have broken the law. If they simply don't do what they say they get voted out.Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
WolfAir said:
Coming off something someone said in another thread...
Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
isn't it subjective.Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
i mean friends of the Tory party had the best profits ever last year, some with 100 million pure profit, they probably thought this was the best government ever.
Yet the 120k dead families thought the Toty party failed at ever turn, yet the reality will always be money can dictate the story, as the vaccination program has sort off taken over all the crap they did beforehand.
Frimley111R said:
WolfAir said:
Coming off something someone said in another thread...
Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
They can but only if they have broken the law. If they simply don't do what they say they get voted out.Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
Frimley111R said:
They can but only if they have broken the law. If they simply don't do what they say they get voted out.
I would have thought that sending thousands of British orphans to Australia in the dark post-war years without them having any say in the matter was a criminal act of wanton abandonment.
No one served one second of jail-time for the Thalidomide scandal even though evidence
from other countries suggested its use might be dangerous.
WolfAir said:
Coming off something someone said in another thread...
Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
It's not against the law to be crap at your job. Why cant governments be prosecuted for abysmal service to the public they're supposed to serve?
I dont mean the slap on the wrist, i mean proper jail time for members.
It's a relatively low paid job for what it is, and you don't need any qualification or experience. Is it any wonder they are crap?
Q: Does anyone know if there's a purchasing limit on a debit card?
I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
ambuletz said:
Q: Does anyone know if there's a purchasing limit on a debit card?
I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
You might get a phone based confirmation in store.I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
You can notify beforehand via telephone banking, and they'll place a marker so that it's effectively 'pre-authorised' from a fraud prevention perspective.
(Many moons ago, I redesigned a different major banks call centre telephone banking scripts... It's amazing how much extra productivity you get from changing the script from "good morning/afternoon, you're through to x Bank, Sway speaking how can I help you?" to "Hi you're through to Sway at X bank, how can I help you today?")
ambuletz said:
Q: Does anyone know if there's a purchasing limit on a debit card?
I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
Well, I spent roughly double that on some camera gear without issue on a debit card. But my Mum got declined buying a nice watch for my son for his 18th a few years back (much to her anger having never bounced a cheque in her then 85 years!). I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
I think the triggers are anything unusual in your buying pattern so may be worth a call to the bank.
Why are there no ergonomic mouses for left-handed people where the buttons are not swapped round?
I've spent long enough in your dictatorial world to have learned to use right-handed buttons, but why must I be condemned to only have the cheapest, s
ttest mouses available because the better ones are 'ergonomic', but only for right-handers?
I've spent long enough in your dictatorial world to have learned to use right-handed buttons, but why must I be condemned to only have the cheapest, s
ttest mouses available because the better ones are 'ergonomic', but only for right-handers?Edited by Doofus on Thursday 17th June 23:02
Doofus said:
Why are there no ergonomic mouses for left-handed people where the buttons are not swapped round?
I've spent long enough in your dictatorial world to have learned to use right-handed buttons, but why must I be condemned to only have the cheapest, sttest mouses available because the better ones are 'ergonomic', but only for right-handers?
Probably because, due to Economies of Scale, left-handed ergonomic mouses would be much more expensive to make as they would have to be produced in smaller numbers due to smaller demand. They'd then either be prohibitively expensive (and nobody would buy them as a result) or else would lose money on every sale. So, either way, just not economically viable. I've spent long enough in your dictatorial world to have learned to use right-handed buttons, but why must I be condemned to only have the cheapest, s
ttest mouses available because the better ones are 'ergonomic', but only for right-handers?Just a guess, mind.
Doofus said:
Why are there no ergo omic mouses fornleft-handdd people where the buttond are not swapped round?
I've spent long enough in your dictatorial world to have learned to use right-handed buttons, but why must I be condemned to only have the cheapest, sttest mouses available because the better ones are 'ergonomic', but only for right-handers?
Logitech make some I think. Not like the good old days when we could just cane/burn you all until you learned to conceal your wrongess.I've spent long enough in your dictatorial world to have learned to use right-handed buttons, but why must I be condemned to only have the cheapest, s
ttest mouses available because the better ones are 'ergonomic', but only for right-handers?https://www.creativebloq.com/buying-guides/best-le...
On a related note- do these ball-wheel things eventually work as well as a mouse? Or are they better for improving fine muscle memory or some specific scrolling task? They're still making them so someone must be buying them.
ambuletz said:
Q: Does anyone know if there's a purchasing limit on a debit card?
I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
This largely depends on your bank. As far as I am aware there isn't a legal limit, only a requirement to automatically report transactions over £10k (from.mlemory) due to money laundering regulations. I'm with HSBC... fancy making a big purchase, in the region of about £2-3k on my debit card soon for a computer. It's the biggest purchase I will have ever made (apart from maybe shelling out over a grand on car insurance during uni days in 1 lump sum).
Is there a limit? would it get declined right away? or is it something i need to make the bank aware of before I do the purchase.
£25K is the magic number for my cards per the product statements but as has been mentioned a call to the bank would.lilely get around this.
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