What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)
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A500leroy said:
Small packets and rural deliveries, theres little to no profit in them which is why RM get them. Also come Christmas if the competition are to busy to deliver, by law RM have to take the extra work on.
Never had a problem with Amazon in the sticks, to be fair. But when the mail service becomes uneconomical, it won't be able to subsidise small parcel deliveries, so those deliveries will have to be paid for at market rate. It effectively becomes just another player in the parcel market. otolith said:
We should accept that physical mail delivery is a service in decline and will eventually become an anachronism - and plan for the managed decline of the Royal Mail.
Yeah but "EVRI driver Pat" doesn't have the same ring to it..Post is an essential service even if we don't use it that often.
captain_cynic said:
Post is an essential service even if we don't use it that often.
Is it though? I've got everything I can get done electronically, and the stuff I do still get would be better as an email. What comes through my letterbox is 95% junk mail. How little mail do you have to receive before an occasional courier becomes more economical than running a postal service? otolith said:
captain_cynic said:
Post is an essential service even if we don't use it that often.
Is it though? I've got everything I can get done electronically, and the stuff I do still get would be better as an email. What comes through my letterbox is 95% junk mail. How little mail do you have to receive before an occasional courier becomes more economical than running a postal service? You can't send official documents by email, like a passport.
It's the most reliable form of message delivery. Especially if you need to ensure the other person receives it.
With junk mail, eliminating the postal service won't fix it as a lot of junk mail isn't posted.
It will mean that you'll need to start collecting documents personally.
Coming to end of 2 weeks in the sun I am genuinely amazed at the amount of morbidly obese people who give zero f
ks about their health, worryingly they seem very young maybe early twenties.
How can someone get to such a size where simply moving from one point to another is clearly a challenge.
They should pay to use the NHS for issues related to their weight,obviously the big boned slow metabolism would be exempt…
ks about their health, worryingly they seem very young maybe early twenties.How can someone get to such a size where simply moving from one point to another is clearly a challenge.
They should pay to use the NHS for issues related to their weight,obviously the big boned slow metabolism would be exempt…
captain_cynic said:
If it needs to be secure and verified.
You can't send official documents by email, like a passport.
It's the most reliable form of message delivery. Especially if you need to ensure the other person receives it.
With junk mail, eliminating the postal service won't fix it as a lot of junk mail isn't posted.
It will mean that you'll need to start collecting documents personally.
And you can do that because there is enough volume to support the infrastructure, so it's cheaper than using a courier service (though we do that for anything really important anyway). If the volume of mail continues its downward trajectory, eventually it's going to end up uneconomic and if you really need to send something you'll courier it.You can't send official documents by email, like a passport.
It's the most reliable form of message delivery. Especially if you need to ensure the other person receives it.
With junk mail, eliminating the postal service won't fix it as a lot of junk mail isn't posted.
It will mean that you'll need to start collecting documents personally.
Not entirely sure about "most reliable", I never get email for the folks three doors up.
Kuwahara said:
Coming to end of 2 weeks in the sun I am genuinely amazed at the amount of morbidly obese people who give zero fks about their health, worryingly they seem very young maybe early twenties.
How can someone get to such a size where simply moving from one point to another is clearly a challenge.
They should pay to use the NHS for issues related to their weight,obviously the big boned slow metabolism would be exempt…
I watched the Aussie rules AFL final a few weeks back and I was shocked at how fat everyone looked, complete opposite to the adonis athletes on the oval! I mentioned this at the time to the Aussies in the room and they all said it is the way now.ks about their health, worryingly they seem very young maybe early twenties.How can someone get to such a size where simply moving from one point to another is clearly a challenge.
They should pay to use the NHS for issues related to their weight,obviously the big boned slow metabolism would be exempt…
When I was there in the 90s I was shocked but by how fit everyone looked!
Kuwahara said:
Coming to end of 2 weeks in the sun I am genuinely amazed at the amount of morbidly obese people who give zero fks about their health, worryingly they seem very young maybe early twenties.
How can someone get to such a size where simply moving from one point to another is clearly a challenge.
They should pay to use the NHS for issues related to their weight,obviously the big boned slow metabolism would be exempt…
One of the things I’ve worked on over the years is health and fitness at a corporate level. Working with HR managers who want to encourage staff to exercise and all the other stuff that goes along with it.ks about their health, worryingly they seem very young maybe early twenties.How can someone get to such a size where simply moving from one point to another is clearly a challenge.
They should pay to use the NHS for issues related to their weight,obviously the big boned slow metabolism would be exempt…
Under no circumstances are you allowed to say fat or talk about calorie control when it comes to the fitness side. Most overweight people know it and many don’t want to be told it. HR policies will mean you’re not allowed to tell them and your fitness app could get flagged as discriminatory if it does include anything to do with it. We’ve created a society that protects obesity.
I think it’s always more noticeable on holiday as the better weather means less clothes.
Toiletries - why are male-marketed shower gels and deodorants/sprays so much worse smelling and shorter-lasting than those that are seemingly more 'feminine'?
Masculine shower gels tend to always be coloured blue (maybe occasionally green) and have the same generic overbearingly pungent scent, similar to Shield soap albeit with a slight twist, along with generic names / subcategories: refreshing, awakening, energising, aqua, cool etc.
Meanwhile, female body sprays and otherwise non-macho shower gels last a million times longer, have a vast array of actually pleasant scents and are just generally better. I would much rather smell of a concoction of something like passion fruit, elderberries, rose and sandalwood than whatever it is the 'blokey bloke' products are supposed to smell of for the best part of 5 minutes.
Masculine shower gels tend to always be coloured blue (maybe occasionally green) and have the same generic overbearingly pungent scent, similar to Shield soap albeit with a slight twist, along with generic names / subcategories: refreshing, awakening, energising, aqua, cool etc.
Meanwhile, female body sprays and otherwise non-macho shower gels last a million times longer, have a vast array of actually pleasant scents and are just generally better. I would much rather smell of a concoction of something like passion fruit, elderberries, rose and sandalwood than whatever it is the 'blokey bloke' products are supposed to smell of for the best part of 5 minutes.
captain.scarlet said:
Toiletries - why are male-marketed shower gels and deodorants/sprays so much worse smelling and shorter-lasting than those that are seemingly more 'feminine'?
Masculine shower gels tend to always be coloured blue (maybe occasionally green) and have the same generic overbearingly pungent scent, similar to Shield soap albeit with a slight twist, along with generic names / subcategories: refreshing, awakening, energising, aqua, cool etc.
Meanwhile, female body sprays and otherwise non-macho shower gels last a million times longer, have a vast array of actually pleasant scents and are just generally better. I would much rather smell of a concoction of something like passion fruit, elderberries, rose and sandalwood than whatever it is the 'blokey bloke' products are supposed to smell of for the best part of 5 minutes.
Why not buy the feminine ones?Masculine shower gels tend to always be coloured blue (maybe occasionally green) and have the same generic overbearingly pungent scent, similar to Shield soap albeit with a slight twist, along with generic names / subcategories: refreshing, awakening, energising, aqua, cool etc.
Meanwhile, female body sprays and otherwise non-macho shower gels last a million times longer, have a vast array of actually pleasant scents and are just generally better. I would much rather smell of a concoction of something like passion fruit, elderberries, rose and sandalwood than whatever it is the 'blokey bloke' products are supposed to smell of for the best part of 5 minutes.
Absolutely no one will look at you twice buying them.
I suspect most men just buy the normal shower gel. The Palmolive bottles were on offer for £1 at Asda a few weeks back so I bought a years worth.
I suspect your problem is largely with Lynx and I have never bought the stuff.
The only time I've ever received Lynx is usually as a gift from a relative. It's the gift that you give someone to let them know you know absolutely nothing about them, not even their shoe size so socks aren't even an option.
Shower gels are an absolute rip off, and also an environmentally unsound choice. Old fashioned bar soap gives far more washes for your money, doesn't contain polluting chemicals, and doesn't come in a disposable plastic bottle. I switched back to bars years ago when I realised these things.
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