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« Reply #11820 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 16:08:18 » |
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I can't link from the BBC news, but the fake bomb detector story  Ugh, what a hideous excuse for a human being.
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« Reply #11821 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 16:30:28 » |
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I can't link from the BBC news, but the fake bomb detector story  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22266051Yeah, he's a fucker. Ben Goldacre flagged up his bollocks in the book 'Bad Science' back in 2010. Surprising it's taken so long to prosecute him.
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« Reply #11822 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 21:34:10 » |
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The fact it's less expensive to send two 1.5kg packages airmail than it is to send one 3kg one.
Other than being able to stuff two small ones into gaps that one big one wouldn't fit in, I really can't work out a good reason for it other than to sell packaging.
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« Reply #11823 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 21:45:11 » |
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On a brighter note I could do with one of the golf ball finders though.
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« Reply #11824 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 21:58:22 » |
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... in the book 'Bad Science' ...
Which brings me on to another pet hate. Hollywood's insistence on remaking (sorry, reimagining) 'classic' films and fucking them up. Next on the hit list....Weird Science. No Hollywood. No.
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« Reply #11825 on: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 22:00:34 » |
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Which brings me on to another pet hate. Hollywood's insistence on remaking (sorry, reimagining) 'classic' films and fucking them up. Next on the hit list....Weird Science.
No Hollywood. No.
Sacred Don't do it !
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« Reply #11826 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 06:44:47 » |
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On a brighter note I could do with one of the golf ball finders though.
They're not even described as 'real' golf ball finders! They're 'novelty!' THE BOLLOCKS AT WORK IS TRULY WONDERFUL
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« Reply #11827 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 07:07:30 » |
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I can't link from the BBC news, but the fake bomb detector story  Don't you think it's strange that after several years of using them in a fairly bomb riddled country, nobody in Iraq thought "hold on how have we never actually found a bomb with these things?". The other half had an idea for the ideal punishment. As mush reckons the things work, drop him into a minefield with one to help him find his way out.
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« Reply #11828 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 07:19:55 » |
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Being sat in a Chinese hospital and waiting 4 hours for the wife's 24 week scan.
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« Reply #11829 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 11:29:15 » |
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Being sat in a Chinese hospital and waiting 4 hours for the wife's 24 week scan.
24.024 week scan now 
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« Reply #11830 on: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 17:39:10 » |
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Being sat in a Chinese hospital and waiting 4 hours for the wife's 24 week scan.
What are Chinese hospitals like? I fear that if I needed to use one for a serious condition, they would come out with a sachet of powdered rhino penis or something.
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It's not that I'm lazy. It's that I just don't care.
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« Reply #11831 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 08:57:52 » |
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Suspended Coffees.
Don't get me wrong I agree with the idea of charitable coffees but it means if I buy a suspended coffee for someone else less fortunate then Starbucks (other coffee chains are available) gets twice the profit rather than if I just bought one.
With that whole issue around their taxes I'm not in favour unless someone can put me right on this. Surely it would be better to offer a suspended coffee at cost price ? or a nominal £1 ?
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« Reply #11832 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:36:10 » |
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Organizing a year abroad.
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« Reply #11833 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:51:06 » |
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You may also be asked to participate in events aimed at promoting study abroad to students at your host institution, and/or to assist with UCL promotional activity in your host country. This might entail, for instance, accompanying a member of UCL staff to a higher education exhibition in your host city and speaking to prospective students about your experience of studying at UCL. 
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« Reply #11834 on: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 13:52:02 » |
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Having to spend 2 days in Farnborough next week
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