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Bring back the one and only Manc33. He'll explain why gravity doesn't exist, the world is flat and satellites, the ISS, the moon and the sun are all il/delusions.pinno said:
Satellites strike the balance between gravitational pull and the curvature it's 'falling' at maintaining equilibrium.de_sisti said:How it stays in orbit. In fact, everything about it.
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He died in a 5G fireorraloon said:
Bring back the one and only Manc33. He'll explain why gravity doesn't exist, the world is flat and satellites, the ISS, the moon and the sun are all il/delusions.pinno said:
Satellites strike the balance between gravitational pull and the curvature it's 'falling' at maintaining equilibrium.de_sisti said:How it stays in orbit. In fact, everything about it.
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I thought he fell off the end of the earth whilst running away from a Sabre tooth tiger.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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I think this was shown on the BBC to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. It was called "Chasing the Moon" and it was fantastic! Could be on iPlayer if anyone is interested . . .surrey_commuter said:
There was a very good series about the moon landing which covered the first men in space through to the actual moon walk and it really helped understand what they were doing as they learned from scratch.de_sisti said:The space station and how replacement crews find it easy to navigate there, change over and get back to earth. How it stays in orbit. In fact, everything about it.
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Haven't got a scooby. The image quality has been downgraded so much that if I zoom in enough on my phone the text is just a blurred squiggle. Can you post a link or give us a clue?rick_chasey said:What is going through the heads of the people in this thread:
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As in the above post, gobbledegook.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Is it this thread he means?0
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I can just read the first question - "In all seriousness, one of my tenants has left the place completely spotless. How can I keep the security deposit?"1
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Yeah and it goes on from then - bunch of landlords offering ways to scam tenants out of their deposit.kingstongraham said:I can just read the first question - "In all seriousness, one of my tenants has left the place completely spotless. How can I keep the security deposit?"
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That is simply shocking! Though not entirely surprising.
By way of balance, my previous digs landlord let me store everything FOC throughout lockdown and is holding it for me until informed otherwise.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
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Indeed, that is appalling. More balance, the lad was contracted to his uni digs to the end of June. They spoke to the landlord at the beginning of lockdown and he agreed to waive half their remaining rent as they were all moving out at the end of March. They cleared out and cleaned up to the point that the landlord thanked them for being such good tenants when paying the deposit back early.pblakeney said:That is simply shocking! Though not entirely surprising.
By way of balance, my previous digs landlord let me store everything FOC throughout lockdown and is holding it for me until informed otherwise.0 -
If it's anything like me, probably that they need better specs?rick_chasey said:What is going through the heads of the people in this thread:
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Deposits in Jockland have to be deposited with an official 3rd party.
Perhaps Engerland should follow suit.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Saturn is the 6th planet of the solar system, Saturday is the 6th day of the week and both are often peoples favourite. Is there some connection with the naming?
Same reason people used to think the Earth was flat or that pregnant women can fly.robert88 said:Why do people think there is a god?
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https://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/tenancy-deposit-protection-easy-guide/pinno said:Deposits in Jockland have to be deposited with an official 3rd party.
Perhaps Engerland should follow suit.0 -
They do (not sure if it's a legal requirement though). It doesn't help. My daughter took ages getting her deposit back from her Uni digs and even then they'd charged a cleaning fee despite photos showing it was immaculate. We set my sister on them then and they eventually paid up in full.pinno said:Deposits in Jockland have to be deposited with an official 3rd party.
Perhaps Engerland should follow suit.
My other sister actually replaced the worn out carpets in a cottage she rent and repainted after a problem with damp, both with the landlord agreement. When she left he then withheld the deposit because of a slight mark on the carpets and a stain on the new paintwork where he hadn't properly fixed the damp problem. It took her months to get the deposit back through the third party scheme, all they did was a 'he says, she says' back and forth.0 -
The whole Milemuncher thing. I see these threads pop up where people take him to task and it's like a car crash - you know you shouldn't stare at it but you just can't help yourself.0
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I lived in halls in first year and they held back the deposit for every single resident - was crazy.Pross said:
They do (not sure if it's a legal requirement though). It doesn't help. My daughter took ages getting her deposit back from her Uni digs and even then they'd charged a cleaning fee despite photos showing it was immaculate. We set my sister on them then and they eventually paid up in full.pinno said:Deposits in Jockland have to be deposited with an official 3rd party.
Perhaps Engerland should follow suit.
My other sister actually replaced the worn out carpets in a cottage she rent and repainted after a problem with damp, both with the landlord agreement. When she left he then withheld the deposit because of a slight mark on the carpets and a stain on the new paintwork where he hadn't properly fixed the damp problem. It took her months to get the deposit back through the third party scheme, all they did was a 'he says, she says' back and forth.
Anyway I happened to be interviewing a candidate about 7 years later. Turns out his firm owned and was running said halls of residence (from an investment perspective) and he was leading it.
Suffice to say I asked the Q (is x standard practice) it got super awkward and my boss told me off afterwards haha.0 -
Saturday is the 7th day of the week.shimanobottombracket said:Saturn is the 6th planet of the solar system, Saturday is the 6th day of the week and both are often peoples favourite. Is there some connection with the naming?
Same reason people used to think the Earth was flat or that pregnant women can fly.robert88 said:Why do people think there is a god?
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Mrfpb has a point.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Just started perusing this article.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-dc2d6e2d-3ab4-42de-8d03-bb7eda5fff8e
The article portrays a post Covid world where we are still socially distancing and minimising contact with everything/everyone.
Now, the article itself is a bit wishy washy and obviously speculative but it does prompt some interesting discussion.
There is a common thought that overly sanitised lives have led to reduced resistance to germs etc.
If our long term response to Covid is to sanitise our existence even further, are we actually doing more harm than good?0 -
I honestly don't think that will be the long term response. Maybe masks on trains will be more used when there is an outbreak, but that's no bad thing.
There's going to be more home working, but not necessarily for hygiene, just because after this year there's no real argument to stop people from putting in a shift at home if they want to.
I think most of the theories on overly sanitised lives refer to the exposure in childhood to bacteria. So if that's a worry, it's key that schools and nurseries return to something approaching normal and don't put the kids through a sheep dip on the way in and out.0 -
Well, it's funny how in many underdeveloped countries, C19 has not spread. These are populated by people who live in environments that are not clean and they live cheek by jowl.
I presume that their immune systems are far more resilient because they are exposed to many more pathogens etc.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Developing countries tend to have less internal travel, certainly by distance, and less international travel (though too-ing and fro-ing of emigrants may be a vector).0
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And a younger demographic.0
