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« Reply #315 on: October 14, 2013, 07:47:22 PM » |
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Why do wall clocks have to tick?
In fact why does any clock need to make a sound when the second hand ticks?
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« Reply #316 on: October 14, 2013, 09:26:35 PM » |
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24. Why when you buy a ticket for a concert, sports match or even a train journey is there a price and on top of that a "booking fee"? Is it some sort of tax dodge?
Tell me about it, personally I think it's a rip off. Ticket may well be £40 odd but by the time you've added the booking fee and the expensive postage costs it's often over £50. I'd rather they just charged that in the first place. If you don't want postage you still have to pay a handling charge on top a lot of the time. Often still have to pay booking fee when you get self printed tickets. Must be some sort of tax dodge. Not a tax dodge. Ish. Basically there was a ruling that said people couldn't charge exorbitant fees for paying by card like they used to. The ticket sellers (greedy bastards would be a better term) didn't like this so they introduced a booking fee rather than a card fee. They claim that they don't get anything out of the cost of the ticket at all, so if a ticket costs £25 plus fees, the entire £25 goes to the promoter of the concert. I find this hard to believe. If they aren't making any money out of selling the tickets, why are they doing it? |
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« Reply #317 on: October 14, 2013, 09:27:20 PM » |
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Why do wall clocks have to tick?
In fact why does any clock need to make a sound when the second hand ticks?
Actually find the ticking of a clock quite reassuring. Perfect silence bar a clock ticking = bliss. |
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"I dont think you're a wanker Keith" David Nicholson 4th March 2013
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« Reply #318 on: October 14, 2013, 09:45:21 PM » |
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24. Why when you buy a ticket for a concert, sports match or even a train journey is there a price and on top of that a "booking fee"? Is it some sort of tax dodge?
Tell me about it, personally I think it's a rip off. Ticket may well be £40 odd but by the time you've added the booking fee and the expensive postage costs it's often over £50. I'd rather they just charged that in the first place. If you don't want postage you still have to pay a handling charge on top a lot of the time. Often still have to pay booking fee when you get self printed tickets. Must be some sort of tax dodge. Not a tax dodge. Ish. Basically there was a ruling that said people couldn't charge exorbitant fees for paying by card like they used to. The ticket sellers (greedy bastards would be a better term) didn't like this so they introduced a booking fee rather than a card fee. They claim that they don't get anything out of the cost of the ticket at all, so if a ticket costs £25 plus fees, the entire £25 goes to the promoter of the concert. I find this hard to believe. If they aren't making any money out of selling the tickets, why are they doing it? Because they can charge a booking fee? |
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« Reply #319 on: October 15, 2013, 09:42:45 PM » |
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I'm watching the England game and this massive guy with a big comedy cartoon head jumps out of the crowd and starts running across the pitch. He is hotly pursued by a really eager but very small steward who is sprinting as quickly as his little legs will carry him. I wish I knew why the producer decides a replay of the offside decision is what the viewing public want to watch at this point.
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« Reply #320 on: October 15, 2013, 11:13:32 PM » |
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I'm watching the England game and this massive guy with a big comedy cartoon head jumps out of the crowd and starts running across the pitch. He is hotly pursued by a really eager but very small steward who is sprinting as quickly as his little legs will carry him. I wish I knew why the producer decides a replay of the offside decision is what the viewing public want to watch at this point.
It's to discourage people doing it in the future. |
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« Reply #321 on: October 16, 2013, 11:38:28 AM » |
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I wish I knew what my meeting was like this morning..I would have rung in sick and stayed in bed..
Titled...
[ ] Uni's know how to run themselves
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« Reply #322 on: October 16, 2013, 12:57:19 PM » |
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I wish I had known what my meeting was going to be like this morning. I would have rung in sick and stayed in bed.
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[ ] Uni's know how to run themselves
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« Reply #323 on: October 16, 2013, 01:34:04 PM » |
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I wish I had known what my meeting was going to be like this morning. I would have rung in sick and stayed in bed.
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no idea what that means but i am sure you got a semi from it. |
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« Reply #324 on: October 17, 2013, 01:43:04 AM » |
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Reading the news today it appears the USA is in a lot of debt. As I understand are we. As are lots of other countries.
Who exactly do we all owe this money to?
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« Reply #325 on: October 17, 2013, 01:53:43 AM » |
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Reading the news today it appears the USA is in a lot of debt. As I understand are we. As are lots of other countries.
Who exactly do we all owe this money to?
Me Me Me sir.....China? |
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« Reply #326 on: October 17, 2013, 02:02:39 AM » |
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Reading the news today it appears the USA is in a lot of debt. As I understand are we. As are lots of other countries.
Who exactly do we all owe this money to?
Me Me Me sir.....China? Nope, pension funds, insurers and banks are the biggest holders. |
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« Reply #327 on: October 17, 2013, 02:08:18 AM » |
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Reading the news today it appears the USA is in a lot of debt. As I understand are we. As are lots of other countries.
Who exactly do we all owe this money to?
Me Me Me sir.....China? Nope, pension funds, insurers and banks are the biggest holders. Wow, just checked, quantative easing has changed things noticeably, now it is a lot closer than it used to be between institutions and overseas investors. FWIW The biggest 3 overseas holders of US Debt are China, Japan and the UK. We are way behind the other two in size. |
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Most of the bets placed so far seem more like hopeful punts rather than value spots
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« Reply #328 on: October 22, 2013, 10:24:38 AM » |
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How do those people who can't walk around a supermarket unless they are leaning on their trolley manage to prevent themselves from falling over afterwards?
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« Reply #329 on: October 22, 2013, 10:34:19 AM » |
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How do those people who can't walk around a supermarket unless they are leaning on their trolley manage to prevent themselves from falling over afterwards?
i am 40, my good wife is 41, and we both are often seen doing a "superman" around our local supermarket we also find it quite simple to not fall over when not in supermarkets perhaps we need to do more research |
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