The totally off-topic thread

[Foreigner]

UK High Court rules you can fight back burglars:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...defence-does-not-break-human-rights-laws.html

 

[anat0l]

15/15, piece of cake!

Same here. There's only one (maybe two) tails which are rather unusual in that bunch, but as said in one of them, there is a hint that gave it away if you could find it.

 

[Flashback]

Same here. There's only one (maybe two) tails which are rather unusual in that bunch, but as said in one of them, there is a hint that gave it away if you could find it.

The flag?

 

[anat0l]

The flag?

Yep

OK, so you had to also have a bit of knowledge about world flags, too.

A real airplane nerd - apart from knowing the tail design - might have also picked up on the country code on the aircraft registration.

 

[Foreigner]

Yep

OK, so you had to also have a bit of knowledge about world flags, too.

A real airplane nerd - apart from knowing the tail design - might have also picked up on the country code on the aircraft registration.

Easy one. 14/15

 

[RooFlyer]

Take quiz for identifying airline logo:

Quiz: Which airline logos do you recognise? - Telegraph

Ha! Good quiz ... one guess and 15/15.

Now, who has flown them? Me, 10/15

 

[JohnSydney2000]

Ha! Good quiz ... one guess and 15/15.

Now, who has flown them? Me, 10/15

Now that is scary, I got 15/15, 2 guesses, and have flown 10/15. John.

 

[JohnK]

We make a judgement call on who we will choose to trust every single day, and unless you are a hermit, a large proportion of those people are strangers.

You are right. We do trust a lot of people everyday of our lives and we know very little about these people. And most times it works out ok.

I like to be prepared for the times it doesn't work out ok.

 

[Foreigner]

Taiwan ROC will know soon for sure if opposition leader Tsai ing-wen will be winner of general election held today.

She's a PhD in Law from LSE. She is less likely to be kowtowing to Beijing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...more-top-stories_taiwan-1210am:homepage/story

 

[TomVexille]

Take quiz for identifying airline logo:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/12101611/Quiz-Which-airline-logos-do-you-recognise.html

Easy, 15/15

to follow up, linked in that quiz is this one 12/12 there (also easy)

 

[Foreigner]

Easy, 15/15

to follow up, linked in that quiz is this one 12/12 there (also easy)

11/12. Missed Comet.

 

[amaroo]

[h=1]The Pie King seeks Peking luck: Harry Cafe de Wheels is rolling into China[/h]
SYDNEY’S iconic Harry’s Cafe de Wheels is expanding into China, with a deal signed to build up to 300 of the famous pie carts across the country over the next 15 years.

No Cookies | Daily Telegraph

How many can say they have a piece of this pie :mrgreen:

 

[amaroo]

An image of what "magic pudding" economics looks like.

ps, the qtr was pretty $hitting in terms of sunlight.

 

[incumbent]

An image of what "magic pudding eonomics" looks like!

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That's awesome. I'm sure nobody finds the smugness even mildly annoying.

 

[amaroo]

That's awesome. I'm sure nobody finds the smugness even mildly annoying.

Someone needs to highlight these expensive/wasteful policies.. would you rather they stay quiet and unreported ?

Seems reporting issues these days only brings abuse and aggressive criticism!

 

[Foreigner]

For those who enjoy the blues, Rolling Stones with Muddy Waters, live:

https://youtu.be/Mbao_laqF8E

https://youtu.be/sc_GVeeo-20

 

[cove]

If you ever want to sleep better get a book on retirement as a Christmas present. It has put me right into "sleep now" mode twice.

 

[medhead]

An image of what "magic pudding" economics looks like.

ps, the qtr was pretty $hitting in terms of sunlight.


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Umm in what way is producing something and selling it a magic pudding? Still if you're not happy with it, please just send the cash to me.

BTW my brother in law has electricity, gas and water all supplied by the same company. His solar system generates* enough to pay his electricity, gas and water bills. By comparison $500 is very meh! Perhaps you need to lift your game.

* Most of his generated electrons will be sucked into a major refinery less than 20km from him.

 

[Mal]

Umm in what why is producing something and selling it a magic pudding. Still if you're not happy with it, please just send the cash to me.

BTW my brother in law has electricity, gas and water all supplied by the same company. His solar system generates* enough to pay his electricity, gas and water bills. By comparison $500 is very meh! Perhaps you need to lift your game.

* Most of his generated electrons will be sucked into a major refinery less than 20km from him.

Solar power pumped into the electricity grid by households is crazy. The Government failed by providing excessive subsidies (and most of them are ongoing) to people buying inefficient solar panels, and pushing the power back into inefficient grids. In some areas, grid upgrades were required to handle this unwanted power.

Proper Solar policy should have been massive solar farms.

 

[medhead]

Solar power pumped into the electricity grid by households is crazy. The Government failed by providing excessive subsidies (and most of them are ongoing) to people buying inefficient solar panels, and pushing the power back into inefficient grids. In some areas, grid upgrades were required to handle this unwanted power.

Proper Solar policy should have been massive solar farms.

That may be the case. and personally, I'd love to put in a massive solar farm on some land I've picked.

But I take issue with the term "magic pudding". There is no magic about getting money for making something, isn't that the fundamental capitalist system? I am also bemused by someone complaining about getting $500. I'm really not sure why someone would do something that they believe is a "magic pudding". IF they feel so strongly about making all that money now, I have to wonder why they betrayed their principles. It's a very confusing situation.