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  1. Vonhelmet

    Countries with Best Roads, Infrastructure

    No doubt, but given our history I’d like to think we might have better. We were at the top of the world for a good long time, but I think it’s fair to say we rested on our laurels and we’re decidedly on the way down now.
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    Time to ‘rethink school’?

    I don’t think I’d agree with that. Curiosity is innate. I think the problem is that it is beaten out of people at quite a young age. Parents can’t be bothered entertaining kids’ curiosity, so kids give up being curious. They learn to not ask questions, take things as they find them, stop trying...
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    Time to ‘rethink school’?

    A plug on an appliance - which I suspect is what @RDM is referring to - is fine. Rewiring an existing wall socket is also fine, I’m pretty sure. If it’s not, I’m in trouble. Running new sockets is where it gets problematic.
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    Time to ‘rethink school’?

    I’m pretty sure most of the countries with better educated kids have shorter school days than ours, not longer.
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    How organised is your food shopping ?

    Same, though we usually get it delivered. The wife and I trawl the cookbooks and old copies of good food magazine, pick the meals, then write out a list. Family of four, cost is £100 or so per week, sometimes more if we’re getting lots of meat or if we need to stock up on cleaning stuff like...
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    ***The Official Guitar Thread***

    Boo, looks like they’re junk. I took the backs off some and they’re nothing special. The SD looking one is the same inside as one of the rubbish looking ones, so I think someone has just put a fancy back on it! Some of the others I’ve identified as cheap generic Chinese ones. I can’t get into...
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    ***The Official Guitar Thread***

    Bundle of pickups arrived. 6 generic ones and 1 Seymour Duncan, so not quite as good as I was hoping for! Still, the Seymour Duncan one alone should sell for quite a bit more than I paid for the bundle and the rest will sell one way or another, so I’ll still come out ahead. Just need to grab a...
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    Countries with Best Roads, Infrastructure

    They promise more money for it, but it's not nearly enough. When you do the maths on the headline figures it works out to the most piddly amounts for each of the local councils, so it's not a wonder they all just do cheap patching jobs. There's more money for major infrastructure like...
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    IFS: Home ownership has collapsed...

    Which means no one would sell as no one would want to sell a house for less than they paid for it if they could possibly avoid it. The market would grind to a halt.
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    IFS: Home ownership has collapsed...

    The stuff people believe about tax is utterly bizarre at times.
  11. Vonhelmet

    Today's mass shooting in the US

    The same Trump who pushed back on laws that would have made it harder for mentally ill people to get hold of guns.
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    Countries with Best Roads, Infrastructure

    Our roads are an absolute embarrassment.
  13. Vonhelmet

    Road Cycling

    I have a ride on Strava from way back when called “I may as well have set my turbo up in the shower” or words to that effect.
  14. Vonhelmet

    What film did you watch last night?

    That film is tough going.
  15. Vonhelmet

    H&M Racism storm

    What are you drivelling about?
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    Accounts question

    You’d need to work your way up the chain of companies, but if it hits a PE firm as someone has said above then it’s likely to get a bit meaningless beyond that.
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    Prostitutes on Strava?

    I used to get them from time to time. I think I’ve changed some of my privacy settings now so they don’t show up, I think my rides are only visible to my followers.
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    Spending the day in Hull?

    They have a great university.
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    Accounts question

    It’s common in small owner managed businesses, less common in bigger companies. Definitely not happening here given the company didn’t pay a dividend this year or the previous year.
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