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It's probably more important than knowing some bloke with orange hair has had a really bad time of it recently but it's better now.
And he's got a new album to promote.
And he's got a new album to promote.
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There has been much police action over tyre marks left on LGBTQI+ flags painted on US roads. OK they were deliberate burn outs but what muppet paints murals on a road and then moans about tyre marks.gremlin wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 7:52 pm Is being LGBTIQ+ a political movement now?
I'm being T-in-C of course, but seriously, given all that's wrong in London in terms of knife crime, burglary, brazen thefts of people's phones in Oxford Street, and some goons repeated over-painting of a mural gets this much PR?
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For what benefit?Yorick wrote: ↑ We both draw out 1,000€ a month for spends. Easy to keep an eye on.
Big purchases on card. Then only 6 or 7 transactions on bank statement.
Money sat in a wallet can get lost, nicked, go around the washing machine...
Leave it in the bank and get a bit more interest. Doesn't cost any more money and saves wearing holes in your pocket.
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never lost a wallet. No crime here. .gremlin wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 9:44 pmFor what benefit?Yorick wrote: ↑ We both draw out 1,000€ a month for spends. Easy to keep an eye on.
Big purchases on card. Then only 6 or 7 transactions on bank statement.
Money sat in a wallet can get lost, nicked, go around the washing machine...
Leave it in the bank and get a bit more interest. Doesn't cost any more money and saves wearing holes in your pocket.
Don't need to worry about miniscule interest.
And only carry the notes. Always empty the coins onto the top shelf. She loves coins
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My work head is currently spinningYorick wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 10:41 pmnever lost a wallet. No crime here. .gremlin wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 9:44 pmFor what benefit?Yorick wrote: ↑ We both draw out 1,000€ a month for spends. Easy to keep an eye on.
Big purchases on card. Then only 6 or 7 transactions on bank statement.
Money sat in a wallet can get lost, nicked, go around the washing machine...
Leave it in the bank and get a bit more interest. Doesn't cost any more money and saves wearing holes in your pocket.
Don't need to worry about miniscule interest.
And only carry the notes. Always empty the coins onto the top shelf. She loves coins
Maximise liquidity efficiency by earning maximum interest on your funds and utilising free credit lines.
If your bank pays miniscule interest, move your money somewhere else that does pay. Spend on a credit card, earn cashback or points and avoid interest by paying it up. Why have a couple of hundred euro in coins in a jar? Stick it in a Nutmeg account (my current return - 13%)
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All our money is invested wisely in the UK.gremlin wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 5:22 amMy work head is currently spinning
Maximise liquidity efficiency by earning maximum interest on your funds and utilising free credit lines.
If your bank pays miniscule interest, move your money somewhere else that does pay. Spend on a credit card, earn cashback or points and avoid interest by paying it up. Why have a couple of hundred euro in coins in a jar? Stick it in a Nutmeg account (my current return - 13%)
We just bring enough over each month.
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Debit cards, electric cars and 15 minute cities. Its all about control you fools. Cash is king. Hey diddly dee, a travellers life for me!
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And once cash is gone what'll there be to barter with now that cigarettes have all but disappeared?
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As long as you take 15 mins beforehand.
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This is just nuts...Science based story BTW, not nuts for contentious political reasons
Huge amounts of oxygen are being produced on the sea floor, without an light or indeed life being present. Maybe trees shouldn't get all the credit!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
Huge amounts of oxygen are being produced on the sea floor, without an light or indeed life being present. Maybe trees shouldn't get all the credit!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:57 pm This is just nuts...Science based story BTW, not nuts for contentious political reasons
Huge amounts of oxygen are being produced on the sea floor, without an light or indeed life being present. Maybe trees shouldn't get all the credit!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
If you put a battery in a torch that's designed to take a battery, the torch will work. Likewise if you put two batteries in a torch designed for two batteries or three into a torch designed for three...etc.BBC wrote:“It's like a battery in a torch,” he added. “You put one battery in, it doesn't light up. You put two in and you've got enough voltage to light up the torch. So when the nodules are sitting at the seafloor in contact with one another, they’re working in unison - like multiple batteries.”
If you measure the voltage, what you get is "essentially" the voltage. If you want the current you "essentially" measure the current.BBC wrote:The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current. They found it to be almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery.
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I like the euphemistic 'collect' in 'Several mining companies have plans to collect these nodules...' Like folk collect fossils. They're basically wanting to drag up the sea bed and, for want of a better word, mine them.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:57 pm This is just nuts...Science based story BTW, not nuts for contentious political reasons
Huge amounts of oxygen are being produced on the sea floor, without an light or indeed life being present. Maybe trees shouldn't get all the credit!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
In conspiracy mode, manganese nodules were supposed to be plentiful on the sea bed around the Falklands and a British company had the licence to evaluate potential exploration/exploitation of them. The story goes that Denis Thatcher was an investor. So when the Argentinians tried to reclaim sovereignty of the area.......
No mention of that area here though:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese ... C000%20ft).
The quantities are quite staggering. Billions of tonnes.
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If you want to measure voltage with an analog meter then it essentially measures current and works out the voltage, digital meters are almost the opposite but it doesn't change the fact the BBC writer has forgotten most of their GCSE physics and should stop being lazy and do more research.Saga Lout wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:16 pmMr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:57 pm This is just nuts...Science based story BTW, not nuts for contentious political reasons
Huge amounts of oxygen are being produced on the sea floor, without an light or indeed life being present. Maybe trees shouldn't get all the credit!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eoIf you put a battery in a torch that's designed to take a battery, the torch will work. Likewise if you put two batteries in a torch designed for two batteries or three into a torch designed for three...etc.BBC wrote:“It's like a battery in a torch,” he added. “You put one battery in, it doesn't light up. You put two in and you've got enough voltage to light up the torch. So when the nodules are sitting at the seafloor in contact with one another, they’re working in unison - like multiple batteries.”
If you measure the voltage, what you get is "essentially" the voltage. If you want the current you "essentially" measure the current.BBC wrote:The researchers put this theory to the test in the lab, collecting and studying the potato-sized metal nodules. Their experiments measured the voltages on the surface of each metallic lump - essentially the strength of the electric current. They found it to be almost equal to the voltage in a typical AA-sized battery.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 8:57 pm This is just nuts...Science based story BTW, not nuts for contentious political reasons
Huge amounts of oxygen are being produced on the sea floor, without an light or indeed life being present. Maybe trees shouldn't get all the credit!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo
I thought it was phytoplankton that were responsible for the large majority of oxygen production. Not as pretty to look at though.
And nodule mining was the cover story for the Howard Hughes's Glomar Whatsit searching for a sunken Russian submarine.
Added: Random link says 80% https://eos.org/research-spotlights/wor ... ean-waters
More added: It was the CIA wot dun it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
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You're "essentially" correct. Maybe the BBC should employ science graduates to write about sciencey things and leave the arts graduates to write about the unimportant things.Mussels wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:51 pm If you want to measure voltage with an analog meter then it essentially measures current and works out the voltage, digital meters are almost the opposite but it doesn't change the fact the BBC writer has forgotten most of their GCSE physics and should stop being lazy and do more research.