mjmooney Posted February 16, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2018 Urgh, maths <shudder> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 16, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2018 49 minutes ago, BOF said: Can you have a decimal at any point in a Countdown numbers game? e.g. if you have a 3, a 6 & a 10 left to make 5 with, are you allowed to divide 3 by 6 (0.5) and multiply by 10? or does it have to be integers all the way? I just can't recall them ever having a decimal (or certainly going lower than 1.0) at any point in a calculation. I had another great wonder last night but I've forgotten it now I’m fairly certain the rules are it has to be integers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Why have I never seen a hearse filling up at a petrol station. And I don’t mean on the way to a funeral with their client on board, I mean just generally. A lot of the smaller funeral directors (one shop family business) will hire the hearses and limousines from a specialist hire company as it is not cost effective to own them - two new limos and a new hearse (which is the standard order) could cost north of £250k depending on marque/spec from the main suppliers (Wilcox/Coleman Milne). The specialist hirer will probably have their own fuel pump at their storage depot and supply the vehicles with a full tank. Add to this the average mileage is c3k-4k a year and you can see why you don't see many at mainstream petrol stations. Is that one for the boring thread? Edited February 16, 2018 by Xela 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted February 16, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: I’m fairly certain the rules are it has to be integers. No Celtic fans then. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 16, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2018 Do hat makers ever tell each other 'this time next year we'll be milliners'. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, BOF said: Do hat makers ever tell each other 'this time next year we'll be milliners'. Only if they are as mad as a hatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 16, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, BOF said: Do hat makers ever tell each other 'this time next year we'll be milliners'. Have you just watched Mastermind? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 26 minutes ago, BOF said: Do hat makers ever tell each other 'this time next year we'll be milliners'. I remember you making a milliner joke back in the Milner thread (the only other milliner reference I’ve ever seen on VT). So you could say that was a bit old hat.. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyC_UTV Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 2 hours ago, Xela said: A lot of the smaller funeral directors (one shop family business) will hire the hearses and limousines from a specialist hire company as it is not cost effective to own them - two new limos and a new hearse (which is the standard order) could cost north of £250k depending on marque/spec from the main suppliers (Wilcox/Coleman Milne). The specialist hirer will probably have their own fuel pump at their storage depot and supply the vehicles with a full tank. Add to this the average mileage is c3k-4k a year and you can see why you don't see many at mainstream petrol stations. Is that one for the boring thread? you need to get out more, for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, MickeyC_UTV said: you need to get out more, for sure I used to do a bit of work in that sector, from a financing perspective, so that's my excuse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I'm drunk for the first time in AGES. I feel like Agnew man. Ye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 16, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 16, 2018 53 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Have you just watched Mastermind? No! Have I made a ko-inky-dink? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 16, 2018 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, BOF said: No! Have I made a ko-inky-dink? One of the contestants was a milliner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 57 minutes ago, Xela said: I used to do a bit of work in that sector, from a financing perspective, so that's my excuse! Very big business too I hear without sounding morbid. Once went out with a lady who was an Undertaker and she was telling me the markup on items is phenominal. ... she was dead good in bed too. (Sorry) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Very big business too I hear without sounding morbid. Once went out with a lady who was an Undertaker and she was telling me the markup on items is phenominal. ... she was dead good in bed too. (Sorry) A well run and established funeral directors will be a gold mine, especially if it has a monopoly in the town. Small overheads and big margins. Extremely profitable industry and with an ageing population its a profession you can make a killing in (sorry as well) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, Xela said: A well run and established funeral directors will be a gold mine, especially if it has a monopoly in the town. Small overheads and big margins. Extremely profitable industry and with an ageing population its a profession you can make a killing in (sorry as well) Absolutely. The profit they walk away with makes one think they are getting away with murder. I'm gonna stop the puns now before I dig myself deeper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 17, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 17, 2018 Is Pooligan some sort of benign Alien A.I. sent to learn about humans through random movies? He has forgotten how to communicate his findings back home so posts them on VT as he believes that this is the next best thing. He just goes about his task very slowly - like the alien equivalent of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 3 hours ago, Xela said: A well run and established funeral directors will be a gold mine, especially if it has a monopoly in the town. Small overheads and big margins. Extremely profitable industry and with an ageing population its a profession you can make a killing in (sorry as well) I wanted to do it as a kid, especially after watching 6 feet under (not sure if it was yourself after a recommendation in the tv thread?) I wanted to do the restorive artists job but that's because the yanks have caskets rather then coffins we don't do it, did a weeks work experience at school at a co-op funeral home, what I found was they only full time employed 2/3 people and the rest were semi retired made their money type guys working part time, it's a hard game to get in to and make money, still got every intention of entering semi retirement in my late 50s and doing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Right now I'm wondering what the makers of spongebob were smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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