Cyclists waste petrol

On 09/26/2018 07:05 AM, Rod Speed wrote:


"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:20:42 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:25 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
We just changed recently. Annoyingly they also changed one of the
coins, so they're slightly bigger and no longer fit in any machines
until they're all changed over at the shop's expense. Clueless Royal
Mint, they do that every 5 years.

At least you don't have Loonies...

Who?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie

We do in fact have both a gold colored $1 and $2 coins and they work fine
except for the terminal stupidity that the $1 coin is bigger than the $2
coin.
And the 50c coin is bigger again, but is silver colored and not gold
colored.

And we don't have 1c and 2c coins anymore, the lowest value is 5c.

I misspoke. I was thinking of the toonie..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie

I don't know if it was just an urban legend but there was talk that the
manufacturing process wasn't ironed out for the first runs and the core
would fall out leaving you with a $2 washer.

I liked going to Canada. In the '90s the exchange rate was unfavorable
to the Canadians and they used different colors for their paper money
with bears, penguins, or whatever in the designs. For $100 you got a wad
of multicolored Canadian bills. It was like Monopoly money.

What screwed me up was liters for gasoline. Between the exchange rate
and trying to do liters to gallons in my head I always assumed I was
getting screwed at the pump where the former Imperial gallons seemed
like a bargain.


Our old silver dollars were large. The latest attempts to float out a
dollar coin have been barely distinguishable from a quarter (25 cent
piece). They never have taken off.

On 09/26/2018 07:30 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
I don't see the point in our 1p and 2p coins. The exchange rate means
they're worth a bit more than yours, but they're still useless.

The larger stores can't deal with it too well but most small businesses
have a tray full of pennies next to the register. Either you throw the
pennies you get in change into it or the cashier digs some out if your
total is some odd number.

The habit of pricing stuff as $1.99 instead of $2.00 is too deeply
ingrained that they will give it up any time soon.

On 09/26/2018 07:27 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:06:39 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:16:52 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:20 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 03:21:02 +0100, Rod Speed

wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/24/2018 02:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0100, soup

wrote:

On 16/09/2018 20:17, Rod Speed wrote:

Because even deserts get rain.
https://www.ancient-origins.es/sites...ustralia-1.jpg




Some deserts even get snow.

https://www.universetoday.com/27064/...sert-on-earth/



"a desert is a region that is simply very dry because its receives
little to no water"
"deserts are characterized by little to no moisture"
Snow is frozen water. It has loads. So the example in the
photo is
not
a desert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0kQsnpYMo

****, you're ugly.

Who says that's him?
How can ou tell from a small icon?
He needs to shave.

My beard is longer than his and I'm a lot older.

And you still haven't learned how to shave?

Did that a lot more than half a century ago now, and
arent actually stupid enough to keep doing it now,
or actually stupid enough to shave my legs either.

Having pubic hair all over your face is disgusting. You shouldn't be
allowed into shops, bits might drop off.

A beard is better than the 'I shaved three days ago' style adopted by
the millenials. I'm not sure how they maintain the appearance but it
must be more work than either shaving or not.

"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/26/2018 07:30 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
I don't see the point in our 1p and 2p coins. The exchange rate means
they're worth a bit more than yours, but they're still useless.

The larger stores can't deal with it too well but most small businesses
have a tray full of pennies next to the register. Either you throw the
pennies you get in change into it or the cashier digs some out if your
total is some odd number.

The habit of pricing stuff as $1.99 instead of $2.00 is too deeply
ingrained that they will give it up any time soon.

We round it up or down if you are paying with cash
and charge the exact amount if you are using a card.

"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/26/2018 07:27 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:06:39 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
news On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:16:52 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:20 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 03:21:02 +0100, Rod Speed

wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/24/2018 02:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0100, soup

wrote:

On 16/09/2018 20:17, Rod Speed wrote:

Because even deserts get rain.
https://www.ancient-origins.es/sites...ustralia-1.jpg




Some deserts even get snow.

https://www.universetoday.com/27064/...sert-on-earth/



"a desert is a region that is simply very dry because its receives
little to no water"
"deserts are characterized by little to no moisture"
Snow is frozen water. It has loads. So the example in the
photo is
not
a desert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0kQsnpYMo

****, you're ugly.

Who says that's him?
How can ou tell from a small icon?
He needs to shave.

My beard is longer than his and I'm a lot older.

And you still haven't learned how to shave?

Did that a lot more than half a century ago now, and
arent actually stupid enough to keep doing it now,
or actually stupid enough to shave my legs either.

Having pubic hair all over your face is disgusting. You shouldn't be
allowed into shops, bits might drop off.

A beard is better than the 'I shaved three days ago' style adopted by the
millenials. I'm not sure how they maintain the appearance

Buy using a trimmer instead of a shaver.

but it must be more work than either shaving or not.

No it isnt, it is a lot less work to use a trimmer than a shaver.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:16:45 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/26/2018 05:53 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:19:25 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:21 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
Well if you don't buy a house, you either live in a tent, or you rent a
place which costs more, you don't get to keep it, and you don't get to
modify it.

Wrong on at least two counts.

Which are?

Renting isn't necessarily more expensive when you factor in the
mortgage, taxes, and upkeep on your 'investment'. I've lived in at least
two apartments and a rental house where I made modifications. In one
case the landlord footed the bill for materials.

I've seen places for rent at twice the cost of my mortgage, and the house is half the size. That's a fourfold difference.

Finally, if you live in an RV you get to keep it. And modify it. Lot
rent is quite a bit less than rental properties.

I take it RV means campervan? Those depreciate way faster than houses.

Living in a tent isn't bad. I lived in my pickup for much of 1988 and
1989. Technically I suppose I was homeless but it was my choice. Home
was anyplace in the US where I parked it.

I need space for belongings.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:57:04 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/26/2018 07:27 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:06:39 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
news On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:16:52 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:20 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 03:21:02 +0100, Rod Speed

wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 09/24/2018 02:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0100, soup

wrote:

On 16/09/2018 20:17, Rod Speed wrote:

Because even deserts get rain.
https://www.ancient-origins.es/sites...ustralia-1.jpg




Some deserts even get snow.

https://www.universetoday.com/27064/...sert-on-earth/



"a desert is a region that is simply very dry because its receives
little to no water"
"deserts are characterized by little to no moisture"
Snow is frozen water. It has loads. So the example in the
photo is
not
a desert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0kQsnpYMo

****, you're ugly.

Who says that's him?
How can ou tell from a small icon?
He needs to shave.

My beard is longer than his and I'm a lot older.

And you still haven't learned how to shave?

Did that a lot more than half a century ago now, and
arent actually stupid enough to keep doing it now,
or actually stupid enough to shave my legs either.

Having pubic hair all over your face is disgusting. You shouldn't be
allowed into shops, bits might drop off.

A beard is better than the 'I shaved three days ago' style adopted by the
millenials. I'm not sure how they maintain the appearance

Buy using a trimmer instead of a shaver.

but it must be more work than either shaving or not.

No it isnt, it is a lot less work to use a trimmer than a shaver.

How can it be easier to leave a precise amount instead of none?

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:34:26 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/26/2018 07:27 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:06:39 +0100, Rod Speed
wrote:



"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
news On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:16:52 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:20 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 03:21:02 +0100, Rod Speed

wrote:



"rbowman" wrote in message
...
On 09/24/2018 02:04 PM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 23:52:22 +0100, soup

wrote:

On 16/09/2018 20:17, Rod Speed wrote:

Because even deserts get rain.
https://www.ancient-origins.es/sites...ustralia-1.jpg




Some deserts even get snow.

https://www.universetoday.com/27064/...sert-on-earth/



"a desert is a region that is simply very dry because its receives
little to no water"
"deserts are characterized by little to no moisture"
Snow is frozen water. It has loads. So the example in the
photo is
not
a desert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0kQsnpYMo

****, you're ugly.

Who says that's him?
How can ou tell from a small icon?
He needs to shave.

My beard is longer than his and I'm a lot older.

And you still haven't learned how to shave?

Did that a lot more than half a century ago now, and
arent actually stupid enough to keep doing it now,
or actually stupid enough to shave my legs either.

Having pubic hair all over your face is disgusting. You shouldn't be
allowed into shops, bits might drop off.

A beard is better than the 'I shaved three days ago' style adopted by
the millenials. I'm not sure how they maintain the appearance but it
must be more work than either shaving or not.

Maybe they just can't grow more than that? Tell them they have bumfluff, that'll annoy them. Incase that doesn't mean anything over there, it's what the British say about a young male who can't yet grow a proper moustache.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:32:18 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/26/2018 07:30 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
I don't see the point in our 1p and 2p coins. The exchange rate means
they're worth a bit more than yours, but they're still useless.

The larger stores can't deal with it too well but most small businesses
have a tray full of pennies next to the register. Either you throw the
pennies you get in change into it or the cashier digs some out if your
total is some odd number.

The habit of pricing stuff as $1.99 instead of $2.00 is too deeply
ingrained that they will give it up any time soon.

Why not just start calling it $1.95?

In fact in supermarkets things look more like a computer priced them, I pay things like 63p for an item, £1.58, etc.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:29:04 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/26/2018 07:05 AM, Rod Speed wrote:


"Jimmy Wilkinson Knife" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 26 Sep 2018 04:20:42 +0100, rbowman wrote:

On 09/25/2018 09:25 AM, Jimmy Wilkinson Knife wrote:
We just changed recently. Annoyingly they also changed one of the
coins, so they're slightly bigger and no longer fit in any machines
until they're all changed over at the shop's expense. Clueless Royal
Mint, they do that every 5 years.

At least you don't have Loonies...

Who?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loonie

We do in fact have both a gold colored $1 and $2 coins and they work fine
except for the terminal stupidity that the $1 coin is bigger than the $2
coin.
And the 50c coin is bigger again, but is silver colored and not gold
colored.

And we don't have 1c and 2c coins anymore, the lowest value is 5c.

I misspoke. I was thinking of the toonie..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie

I don't know if it was just an urban legend but there was talk that the
manufacturing process wasn't ironed out for the first runs and the core
would fall out leaving you with a $2 washer.

I liked going to Canada. In the '90s the exchange rate was unfavorable
to the Canadians and they used different colors for their paper money
with bears, penguins, or whatever in the designs. For $100 you got a wad
of multicolored Canadian bills. It was like Monopoly money.

What screwed me up was liters for gasoline. Between the exchange rate
and trying to do liters to gallons in my head I always assumed I was
getting screwed at the pump where the former Imperial gallons seemed
like a bargain.

Our Aldi supermarkets, being a German company, like to make everything metric, hence they sell litres of milk instead of the pints I get everywhere else, it makes price comparisons annoyingly difficult. They also do weird **** like putting the prices above the shelf instead of on it, I'm always looking at the price for the wrong thing. They do however have a nice tactic of speeding things up by letting you just put one of everything on the conveyor belt, then telling them how many you have left in the trolley. Sometimes I guess you might feel the need to er.... tell them the wrong number :-)

Our old silver dollars were large. The latest attempts to float out a
dollar coin have been barely distinguishable from a quarter (25 cent
piece). They never have taken off.

You currently have no dollar coin?!