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  1. jhmaeng

    Gay Man Survives Hammer Attack

    I can do that just fine, thanks. Perhaps you should have stopped back there, then? There are so many things wrong with that sentence, I don't know where to start. So you thought the sensible thing to do was to speculate in order to express sympathy with the attacker under a situation that might...
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    Gay Man Survives Hammer Attack

    Jesus wept. Leaving aside for the moment the issue of whether (i) the victim was in fact "camp" as you hypothesize, and (ii) whether being camp should ellicit such offense, according to you the correct response to your hypothetical scenario of an "annoying/offensive" housemate is to hammer...
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    Calling/Texting numbers abroad on EE

    If you're calling a UK number, you only pay the UK rates. It doesn't matter at all whether that person is in Spain, Korea or Afghanistan. Any suggestion to the contrary is clearly wrong. The person who is physically abroad, with their UK SIM card in their phone on roaming, pays the roaming...
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    Luggage

    I've been thrilled to bits with this B&R carry-on: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Briggs-Riley-Luggage-International-U121SPW-4/dp/B008M6ZCP2 Lifetime guarantee, even if the airline breaks it. Aside from that, a genuinely nice suitcase which is surprisingly roomy considering it is a carry-on. I...
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    Aer Lingus Delay - Refusal to pay compensation

    While the Huzar v Jet2 case would not apply in Ireland, the earlier CJEU case of Friederike Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia does. You will see in the text of the Jet2 judgment that the judge simply clarified and upheld the principle of the latter CJEU judgment. The press release summarising the...
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    Shipping to South Korea - Import Tax?

    The tax-free limit for postal import of goods for personal use is KRW 150,000 which is around 85GBP. Make sure you give details of the goods and the price.
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    "13 MacBook - Air or Pro?

    I went for the Air on the basis that the HiDPI resolution on the rMBP only provides the working space of 1280x780. Which is just not enough. When you use the "More Space" option to expand the rMBP resolution to something larger i.e. 1440x900 or 1680x1050, (i) the Retina resolution advantage...
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    Would you date a pregnant girl?

    More baggage than a Nigerian royal going back home after a shopping spree in London? From day 1 of any prospective relationship? Run, do not walk.
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    Dubai hotel

    Stayed in Dar Al Masyaf three weeks ago. Very nice property, but it was actually close to GBP 500 per night! (I stayed on points so thankfully I was spared the bill) I'm sure it's considerably cheaper during the off-peak (i.e. Jun-Sep) but I would be amazed if it's anywhere near GBP 700 for 6...
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    PAYG sim to keep hold of a particular number

    According to the Three call centre, Three Pay As You Go SIMs don't expire, even if you don't put in any credit.
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    Reword this please

    This is your moment. Try to hold onto every single minute you spend because you may never have it again.
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    Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo

    http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/did-google-really-lose-on-its-original-motorola-deal/ They effectively paid $3.2bn for the patents, according to the article above, which they had previously valued at being worth $5.5bn.
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    Airline Reward Schemes

    I would suggest looking at Aegean for Star Alliance Gold status, since you need only 19k miles in a year to achieve it and seemingly lasts forever (!) Star Gold is infinitely more useful than Star Silver, the latter offering very little meaningful benefits on other alliance members...
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    Airline Reward Schemes

    Two things change when you go Silver to Gold: 1. You can get any flight that is sold out in X class (reward bucket in Y) but still available in V class - your BA website availability screen will show this additional inventory automatically. 2. On any flight where it is showing at least 1...
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    Booking a flight using old PP

    You can continue to enter the US on a valid visa that is in an older passport as long as you carry both the new and old passports, so no need to apply again until the visa itself expires.
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    Booking a flight using old PP

    Plug in your details here and it will tell you: http://www.staralliance.com/en/services/visa-and-health/ The database which the website taps into, called TIMATIC, is what the airlines also use to check your eligibility to travel. National United Kingdom (GB) Embarkation United Kingdom...
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    Airline Reward Schemes

    I was there at the CDG CX lounge last week - it's really rather lovely. The food is also very good for a Business longe, including the freshly prepared noodles and the hot buffet. I'm flying MXP-HKG-PEK tomorrow and will be at the new HKG lounge The Bridge - excited to see what they've done...
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    Airline Reward Schemes

    Horses for courses. European flights and other flights less than 2-3 hours, I generally go economy, but I find longhaul economy (which happens to be a regular necessary evil for me as my family live in the Far East) a deeply unpleasant experience and greatly enjoy being able to pay only...
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    Airline Reward Schemes

    Once you turn left, there's really no going back... :D
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    Airline Reward Schemes

    What? People don't use Avios to get First and Business class flights for ridiculously cheap? By far the highest value of Avios is when you use them on upgrades from World Traveller Plus to Club World, or very high value tickets with an amazing experience like First Class on Cathay or JAL...
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