Random Irritations

Voyager EMH said:
My mute button is worn and shiny.

I always find it strange when I'm at someone's house and they leave the sound on during the adverts. Very disconcerting.
One irritation easily avoided.
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I wore out the fast forward button on my remote as a result of skipping through the ads on recorded stuff. Luckily it was replace FoC by Sky.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Would electricity cables go underground? They must do something to mitigate against the winds.
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Cost.

The new Hinkley generator is going in not far from here and they are also going to upgrade the overhead power lines, loads of locals want them moved underground but it has been turned down based upon cost.

Plus it easier to fault find on overhead cables and repairs can be done quicker and cheaper with less interruption to things like traffic.
 
BubbaP said:
The DVLA are still posting out cheques 👀
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Do they not require payment by cheque as well?

My recent licence renewal seemed to have that requirement. (Luckily they sent me a renewal notice to say that I did not need to pay before I posted the letter) (Online it said I needed a new photo which requires a postal application).
 
jim8flog said:
Do they not require payment by cheque as well?

My recent licence renewal seemed to have that requirement. (Luckily they sent me a renewal notice to say that I did not need to pay before I posted the letter) (Online it said I needed a new photo which requires a postal application).
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You can do it all digitally.

I did my passport completely via my phone. Picture taken as a selfie on my phone and used. Paid for via my credit card

When my wife did her licence they used her passport photo and she paid the fee via her credit card

www.gov.uk

Change the photo on your driving licence

You can change the photo on your driving licence online at any time by renewing your licence - cost, how to pay and apply, applying by post.
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk

They may offer it as payment but definitely not a requirement.
 
jim8flog said:
The new Hinkley generator is going in not far from here and they are also going to upgrade the overhead power lines, loads of locals want them moved underground but it has been turned down based upon cost.
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Huh? Last I heard, the cost of the new Hinkley Point nuclear reactors is in excess of £40billion. And they're quibbling about the cost of burying some cables?
The phrase "penny wise, pound foolish" springs to mind.
 
Slime said:
I didn't think you'd answer my question, after all, you just couldn't. (y)
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😅 You love the death penalty and also think you're clever, I mean what else is there to say.

Start with falsifiable and spend some understanding it's meaning.
 
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hambugerpete said:
😅 You love the death penalty and also think you're clever, I mean what else is there to say.

Start with falsifiable and spend some understanding it's meaning.
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I'd love the death penalty, but ONLY in the right circumstances, as I've said before.
Of course I know what 'falsifiable' means, but you've only just brought that up.
How about you try the word 'irrefutible', a word that's at the heart of this conversation.


Sorry KenL, just seen your post #54,294.
 
Yes irre
Slime said:
I'd love the death penalty, but ONLY in the right circumstances, as I've said before.
Of course I know what 'falsifiable' means, but you've only just brought that up.
How about you try the word 'irrefutible', a word that's at the heart of this conversation.


Sorry KenL, just seen your post #54,294.
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Yes irrefutable it is untill it isn't, if you can't grasp that then I don't know what else to say.
 
Taking the emotion out the subject (which is so hard as the case just made me want to hug my kids) our friends in the good old US of A have proved it doesn't put people off being disgusting killers

It costs more to sentence them to death than to imprison them for life (48% more in some states) the trials take even longer putting the families through more

The person then then isn't even .. you know for years .. sometimes decades.

Prison is a far harsher reality to these monsters than what giving them the easy way out.
 
PJ87 said:
Taking the emotion out the subject (which is so hard as the case just made me want to hug my kids) our friends in the good old US of A have proved it doesn't put people off being disgusting killers

It costs more to sentence them to death than to imprison them for life (48% more in some states) the trials take even longer putting the families through more

The person then then isn't even .. you know for years .. sometimes decades.

Prison is a far harsher reality to these monsters than what giving them the easy way out.
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I'm not saying use it as a deterrant, just get people like him off the planet.
If it was up to me, he'd already be gone.
 
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