Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    pangolin said:

    Need to see an example with Webboo in some before we can really judge

    There’s no way I would wear any form of cargo pants what ever length they are.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    pinno said:

    Shave those legs Webboo!
    ...or wait until you go sliding on the black stuff and they have to do it at a&e.

    My days of shaving my legs are long over. It was shave them twice a week or have the stubble catching on the inside of your trousers.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Stevo_666 said:

    pangolin said:

    Need to see an example with Webboo in some before we can really judge

    Close enough


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  • kingstongraham
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    rick_chasey said:

    monkimark said:

    rick_chasey said:

    No bare legs under 25 degrees, unless you’re on a bike, where it drops to 20 degrees.

    You can't be serious. You wear tights for cycling whenever it's under 20 degrees?
    Nah you're right I'm not really serious. I wear 3/4s up to around 17-18, and long sleeves till around 23 or so.
    Shows how we're all different. If I'd worn winter clothing for my ride in to work yesterday (temp says 17), I would have boiled. Even on my ride home through Richmond Park it was 23 and safe to say I was not on the verge of wanting arm warmers.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    kingstongraham said:

    rick_chasey said:

    monkimark said:

    rick_chasey said:

    No bare legs under 25 degrees, unless you’re on a bike, where it drops to 20 degrees.

    You can't be serious. You wear tights for cycling whenever it's under 20 degrees?
    Nah you're right I'm not really serious. I wear 3/4s up to around 17-18, and long sleeves till around 23 or so.
    Shows how we're all different. If I'd worn winter clothing for my ride in to work yesterday (temp says 17), I would have boiled. Even on my ride home through Richmond Park it was 23 and safe to say I was not on the verge of wanting arm warmers.
    Yeah. I've got it all planned out.

    0-5 degrees. Thermal baseplayer and winter jacket (windproof front), full length bibshorts
    5-8 - winter jacket (wthout baseplayer) full length bibshorts
    8-11 Thermal baselayer, longsleeve jersey 3/4s
    12-16 - longsleeve jersey 3/4s
    17-22/23 (if it's sunny or not): shorts, short sleeve jersey with arm warmers and minor base layer
    24+ short sleeve jersey, shorts.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,002
    This intrigued me. Probably not trivial, given the amounts of money involved.

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  • pinno
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    What a joke ^.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,002
    pinno said:



    What a joke ^.


    That was one of the reasons for Neidle's post. Though I suspect having a fairly watertight global system to prevent a 'race to the bottom' won't be universally popular amongst people who consider tax an inherently bad thing.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,059
    briantrumpet said:

    pinno said:



    What a joke ^.


    That was one of the reasons for Neidle's post. Though I suspect having a fairly watertight global system to prevent a 'race to the bottom' won't be universally popular amongst people who consider tax an inherently bad thing.
    The title is overdramatic but have a read of the article.

    The system not watertight, as the article explains (see reference to subsidies). And we've gone over the arguments about how competitive tax rates can stimulate the economy. In the end, competition is healthy and this is stifling competition.

    But apart from that, the OECD plan is highly burdensome and a bureaucratic nightmare. Especially given it covers a tax that makes up less than 10% of total tax revenues, I the UK at least.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,197
    Though Sunak is behind it.

    Okay, it's not 'water tight' but how can it be deemed 'global socialism'?
    Or are the detractors just paranoid?
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,059
    pinno said:

    Though Sunak is behind it.

    Okay, it's not 'water tight' but how can it be deemed 'global socialism'?
    Or are the detractors just paranoid?

    Like I said, the title is over dramatic.

    The paranoia seems to be with those countries who can't or don't want to compete for international business so are titling the tables. It is likely to hurt the smaller countries who don't have the clout to compete in other ways.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,160
    pinno said:

    Shave those legs Webboo!
    ...or wait until you go sliding on the black stuff and they have to do it at a&e.

    I'm intrigued as to why some people happily claim to shave their legs for that reason but stubbornly refuse to shave their arms.
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  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,735
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    Shave those legs Webboo!
    ...or wait until you go sliding on the black stuff and they have to do it at a&e.

    I'm intrigued as to why some people happily claim to shave their legs for that reason but stubbornly refuse to shave their arms.
    I think because they are nursing a semi when they shave their legs. Shaving the arms doesn't have the same effect.


    Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.

  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,632
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    Shave those legs Webboo!
    ...or wait until you go sliding on the black stuff and they have to do it at a&e.

    I'm intrigued as to why some people happily claim to shave their legs for that reason but stubbornly refuse to shave their arms.
    My legs are far hairier than my arms. Not that I shave either, but the logic holds up for some I think.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,767
    Do people that shave their tackle do so for the same reason?
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  • webboo
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    veronese68 said:

    Do people that shave their tackle do so for the same reason?

    What in case they drag it along the tarmac.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,767
    webboo said:

    veronese68 said:

    Do people that shave their tackle do so for the same reason?

    What in case they drag it along the tarmac.
    If taking part in the naked bike ride or some other shenanigans I guess. I don't shave my legs, arms or tackle so can't say with any certainty.
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  • rjsterry
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    Is the Telegraph's new more-than-a-bit-third-reich logo deliberate self-sabotage?
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  • briantrumpet
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    rjsterry said:

    Is the Telegraph's new more-than-a-bit-third-reich logo deliberate self-sabotage?


    Careful - don't mention that it is reminiscent of the iconography of 1930s Germany.
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  • rick_chasey
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    rjsterry said:

    Is the Telegraph's new more-than-a-bit-third-reich logo deliberate self-sabotage?

    I mean I can see how they arrived there; the little coloured triangles are different depending on which section and their politics section is coloured red but yeah, did nobody see the resemblance?!
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,337
    If you were colour blind you might have an excuse. Showed it to my German colleague who was genuinely shocked.
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  • rjsterry
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    briantrumpet said:

    rjsterry said:

    Is the Telegraph's new more-than-a-bit-third-reich logo deliberate self-sabotage?


    Careful - don't mention that it is reminiscent of the iconography of 1930s Germany.
    There's reminiscent and there's imitation.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,393
    Wife was just watching one of those house makeover programmes. The homeowners said they had a budget of £80k plus a £15k contingency. Ignoring the fact that you should probably keep any contingency to yourself or it becomes part of the budget, the total cost ended up being £176k. What is the point in setting a budget on a job if you are just going to spend whatever it takes to give you the finish you want? Absolute fuckwits.
  • briantrumpet
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    Pross said:

    Wife was just watching one of those house makeover programmes. The homeowners said they had a budget of £80k plus a £15k contingency. Ignoring the fact that you should probably keep any contingency to yourself or it becomes part of the budget, the total cost ended up being £176k. What is the point in setting a budget on a job if you are just going to spend whatever it takes to give you the finish you want? Absolute fuckwits.


    I suspect that the producers are on the lookout for people who might qualify for that epithet, as it makes better TV when things go wrong.
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  • veronese68
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    Pross said:

    What is the point in setting a budget on a job if the production company are going to stump up and cover it? Absolute fuckwits.

    Is there not an element of this?
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  • pblakeney
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    veronese68 said:

    Pross said:

    What is the point in setting a budget on a job if the production company are going to stump up and cover it? Absolute fuckwits.

    Is there not an element of this?
    A guy I worked with was on one of those shows in the 90s. The production company covered all the costs right down to the cutlery on the table. It was back in the day though.
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  • rjsterry
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    Pross said:

    Wife was just watching one of those house makeover programmes. The homeowners said they had a budget of £80k plus a £15k contingency. Ignoring the fact that you should probably keep any contingency to yourself or it becomes part of the budget, the total cost ended up being £176k. What is the point in setting a budget on a job if you are just going to spend whatever it takes to give you the finish you want? Absolute fuckwits.

    Don't believe any of the figures you hear on these programmes. And yes they are not looking for well run, on budget projects.
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  • Pross
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    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    Wife was just watching one of those house makeover programmes. The homeowners said they had a budget of £80k plus a £15k contingency. Ignoring the fact that you should probably keep any contingency to yourself or it becomes part of the budget, the total cost ended up being £176k. What is the point in setting a budget on a job if you are just going to spend whatever it takes to give you the finish you want? Absolute fuckwits.

    Don't believe any of the figures you hear on these programmes. And yes they are not looking for well run, on budget projects.
    This is a weird programme though as they get pitched designs from two designers and you see the inspirations behind the designs before they pick a favourite. You don’t see any of the build, they show the finished job and ask how much it cost against budget so there’s no jeopardy like they obviously try to generate with something like Grand Designs.
  • focuszing723
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    Systems, limits and balance.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,160
    A few from a walk up town this morning.

    There is a slot machine "casino" that has been there for decades yet I have never seen anyone go in or come out. Neither do I know anyone who has been. Money laundering?

    The use of the term "street food". No, you are a kebab takeaway. That's what you've always been and all you will be. Don't blame the shop for trying but do people actually buy into this nonsense?

    Guy standing on the pavement waiting for ages to cross a busy street.
    There was a pedestrian crossing less than 10 feet away. Why?
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