Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:06 am
Why is Vanilla extract £7 in one supermarket and 60p in another (for the same quantity)?
Same quality?
Madagascar vanilla is more expensive (yes I work for Waitrose)
The 60p one was Madagascan. I just can't comprehend that the quality would be so different to warrant such a vast difference in price. Invariably you don't use more than a teaspoon of it at a time anyway.
Mark James wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:01 pm
So, gears on a bicycle. I have an 18 speed bike. Who are gears 1 to 15 for?
I was trying out a new bike yesterday and it was in 1st gear and I thought the chain had fallen off it was so loose.
I've got 21, and I usually just stay on the top five or so on the top big cog (3-3 to 3-7). But for longer/steeper drags I will drop right down sometimes to 1-2 or 1-3. Middle cog usually gets used for windy days when it's a long-term slog.
I'm not sure how you even number gears like that? Presumably it's 3 sets of 6. My bike that hasn't been used for years has 21 (like Ian) - 3 lots of 7 - and I always just used the highest gear ratio on the front cog, so the 7 gears that lead to the highest gear of all. But I'd use all 7 of these. You start in a lower gear to accelerate or go up a hill.
But it depends on your bike. You might have shit gear ratios.
What is up with burial/cremation costs? Shouldn't it be free, or at least state funded? Isn't it in society's interest that we dispose of dead bodies in an appropriate manner? What happens to bodies when there is no next of kin to cover funeral costs? What if you are next of kin but didn't like the now dead person? Are you expected to pay if the dead person didn't leave money behind?
Also, why do people care so much about how they are buried or what their funeral would be like. I don't think I'd want one. Ok, I suppose I would prefer burial to cremation but just bung me in any old hole in the ground to decompose. I don't even need a coffin.
Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:47 am
What is up with burial/cremation costs? Shouldn't it be free, or at least state funded? Isn't it in society's interest that we dispose of dead bodies in an appropriate manner? What happens to bodies when there is no next of kin to cover funeral costs? What if you are next of kin but didn't like the now dead person? Are you expected to pay if the dead person didn't leave money behind?
Also, why do people care so much about how they are buried or what their funeral would be like. I don't think I'd want one. Ok, I suppose I would prefer burial to cremation but just bung me in any old hole in the ground to decompose. I don't even need a coffin.
Bury me at sea, chuck me off the Woolwich ferry.
But seriously, its the same as weddings, unnecessary expense that are usually because of religion or convention.
There should be a fund provided from your taxes so you get the basic cremation package as a right and everything else you pay for
What do they do, teapotwise, for returnees whose first appearance was already teapotful? Might be a solution
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I'm not dead yet. In a rut right now because of stress from work. I'll be back later in S89. I also plan to bring back the Mastergram - if I can find a way to run a timer or clock through pure MediaWiki without having to upload to Vimeo every time.
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:46 pm
It was indeed.
I'm curious as to how many people qualified for it.
It was only after watching Eggheads this week that it was mentioned that Pat Won last year and I wondered where Kevin came but apart from Anne Hegarty I didn't recognise antmyone else until your name came up
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:17 am
That Hunchback of Notre Damme was good.
Cant remember his name, but his face rings a bell?
Quasimodo I believe. Bells can only be rung well by a full Modo.
I'm not dead yet. In a rut right now because of stress from work. I'll be back later in S89. I also plan to bring back the Mastergram - if I can find a way to run a timer or clock through pure MediaWiki without having to upload to Vimeo every time.
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:35 am
No qualification required. Just pay and turn up.
Decided to dip my toe in.
There is a monthly version at a venue in Canterbury for £12 50 on the 1st April
Hope its not too full on
Those are the monthly quiz grand prixs. 90 min written quizze You've basically just signed up to give up your Saturday morning to sit an exam. I personally enjoy it, but it's not for everybody!
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:35 am
No qualification required. Just pay and turn up.
Decided to dip my toe in.
There is a monthly version at a venue in Canterbury for £12 50 on the 1st April
Hope its not too full on
Those are the monthly quiz grand prixs. 90 min written quizze You've basically just signed up to give up your Saturday morning to sit an exam. I personally enjoy it, but it's not for everybody!
90 minutes isn't so bad.
I kinda went for it because its 3 miles from where I live.
Plus I'm 60 soon and it's part of a bucket list that includes Co Brighton
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:35 am
No qualification required. Just pay and turn up.
Decided to dip my toe in.
There is a monthly version at a venue in Canterbury for £12 50 on the 1st April
Hope its not too full on
Those are the monthly quiz grand prixs. 90 min written quizze You've basically just signed up to give up your Saturday morning to sit an exam. I personally enjoy it, but it's not for everybody!
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:45 am
That's exactly the same score I got first time. Well done! Yeah some of the stuff is ridiculous, but don't grade yourself against those bits.
Thanks, although you are right about it being like an exam but as it took place in the corner of a pub it felt better and relaxed
The physical world questions were insanely hard (I got 3 and didn't bother with the tiebreak questions) but luckily I dropped it from my best 5.
Also discovered when checking the ratings that at least one other from this parish also quizzes, but I won't out him
So there's an ad for Heinz going around basically saying there's a debate about where you should keep ketchup, in the press or in the fridge? We keep it in the press until we open it and then keep it in the fridge. Is this not what should be done?
Funnily enough, we call print media "The Press" as well so when I first read your query I was like, no the ad was on TV not in the press, when I did mention the press?
These aren't things I feel strongly about. Some things say they have to be refrigerated after you open them. Ketchup seems like it would be one of those things, but I'm not sure if it tells you to or not.
Another this or that thing is the way round toilet roll should go. I only bring this up because I think the "controversy" (if that's the right word) is fake. No-one likes the toilet paper to be right up against the wall and everyone I speak to agrees. I think I might have the odd person say something about cats unravelling it, but that's a fairly edge case, and not what would influence the vast majority of people. There's a clear right way round.
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:45 am
That's exactly the same score I got first time. Well done! Yeah some of the stuff is ridiculous, but don't grade yourself against those bits.
Thanks, although you are right about it being like an exam but as it took place in the corner of a pub it felt better and relaxed
The physical world questions were insanely hard (I got 3 and didn't bother with the tiebreak questions) but luckily I dropped it from my best 5.
Also discovered when checking the ratings that at least one other from this parish also quizzes, but I won't out him
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:45 am
That's exactly the same score I got first time. Well done! Yeah some of the stuff is ridiculous, but don't grade yourself against those bits.
Thanks, although you are right about it being like an exam but as it took place in the corner of a pub it felt better and relaxed
The physical world questions were insanely hard (I got 3 and didn't bother with the tiebreak questions) but luckily I dropped it from my best 5.
Also discovered when checking the ratings that at least one other from this parish also quizzes, but I won't out him
Fiona T wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:00 pm
A lot of things blamed on Brexit - but
Why when I travelled to France recently did I need to get my passport stamped?
I've just been to both Australia and South Korea - neither have ever been members of the EU, and neither required my passport to be stamped.
Actually I think I've answered my own question - both Oz and SK have electronic permission things linked to your passport number - probably equivalent to an e-stamp...?
Fiona T wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:00 pm
A lot of things blamed on Brexit - but
Why when I travelled to France recently did I need to get my passport stamped?
I've just been to both Australia and South Korea - neither have ever been members of the EU, and neither required my passport to be stamped.
Actually I think I've answered my own question - both Oz and SK have electronic permission things linked to your passport number - probably equivalent to an e-stamp...?
I'm off to Bruges next month, first trip abroad since Jan 2019 so I will fill you all in on stamp gate
Fiona T wrote: ↑Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:00 pm
A lot of things blamed on Brexit - but
Why when I travelled to France recently did I need to get my passport stamped?
I've just been to both Australia and South Korea - neither have ever been members of the EU, and neither required my passport to be stamped.
Actually I think I've answered my own question - both Oz and SK have electronic permission things linked to your passport number - probably equivalent to an e-stamp...?
I'm off to Bruges next month, first trip abroad since Jan 2019 so I will fill you all in on stamp gate
We did that last year, and got stamped (with the nice touch that the stamps have pictures of trains if you go by Eurostar, compared to the normal planes if you fly)
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 5:31 am
What's apparently so interesting about Lizzo?
She can play the flute, you know.
Not sure if she went to band amp though.
She's a morbidly obese Icon for the morbidly obese and is not like the Arianna, Dua Lipa, Ann-Marie and others who all sound the same.
To me she is an Icon.
Apropos of nothing, I'm 5 foot 6 and weigh just south of 17 stone
I dunno man. The flute's a sneaky-cool instrument and all, but I can't remember us beatifying a flautist before. She seems to have transcended society with it.
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 8:05 pm
I dunno man. The flute's a sneaky-cool instrument and all, but I can't remember us beatifying a flautist before. She seems to have transcended society with it.
My take on her is like Keanu Reeves, who is so personable and an all round Nice guy and you can forgive his crap serious acting.
Lizzo is also very personable and an all around nice gal.
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