Stevo985 Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 10/06/2022 at 18:04, Follyfoot said: How the hell do Aldi get away without being sued the bollocks off branding wise They don't. They get sued all the time. Some they win some they lose. The publicity is usually worth it either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 10:25, sidcow said: Yes I know, but there is a difference between a tinsy bit of rain sneaking into the otherwise dry day full of fluffy clouds, and a huge expanse of rain laden grey cloud. 2% chance of rain doesn't mean a small bit of rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A'Villan Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) How it's always 'now'. Right now, it's 'now'. Way back when the big bang occurred, and vasts amounts of energy lit phenomena into existence. Or if you please, God said, "let there be light" which for what it's worth I feel both explanations are similar enough that they might as well be one in the same. Well, when that happened, it was 'now'. It's still now, and at any moment it is 'now' and it always will be 'now'. The eternal. The timeless. Edited June 13, 2022 by A'Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 13, 2022 Moderator Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 10:23, limpid said: On 11/06/2022 at 10:20, sidcow said: BBC website says light fluffy clouds and 2% chance of rain. Met Office weather says light fluffy clouds and less than 5% chance of rain It's overcast and raining. How did this huge expanse of grey rainclouds sneak through unnoticed? Do you know how percentages work? Everyone knows it's a 50/50 chance anyway. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 40 minutes ago, A'Villan said: How it's always 'now'. Right now, it's 'now'. Nah, that was ages ago already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 13, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 Every now and then I fall apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 17:20, sidcow said: BBC website says light fluffy clouds and 2% chance of rain. Met Office weather says light fluffy clouds and less than 5% chance of rain It's overcast and raining. How did this huge expanse of grey rainclouds sneak through unnoticed? Over here,just about every day in winter the forcast is "chance of a shower" So, if it rains only once this week,they got it right ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 5 hours ago, mjmooney said: Every now and then I fall apart. Turn around bright eyes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, sidcow said: Turn around bright eyes. How can a light that burned so brightly Suddenly burn so pale Bright Eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 hour ago, sidcow said: Turn around bright eyes. I will follow you into the dark. (Not you, obviously) (Also, not literally) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 35 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: How can a light that burned so brightly Suddenly burn so pale Bright Eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 There's a video on You tube of that song, with pictures of that young boy who was killed by his parents Arther Labinjo Hughes. I watched about 6 seconds. How can a light that burned so brightly suddenly burn so pale Bright eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 11/06/2022 at 10:23, limpid said: Do you know how percentages work? 200% he doesn't! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 15, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 Why did Americans only simplify some English spellings, instead of doing it more systematically? e.g. sulphur became sulfa, but physics didn't become fizzix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted June 15, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Why did Americans only simplify some English spellings, instead of doing it more systematically? e.g. sulphur became sulfa, but physics didn't become fizzix. Wha?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Wha?? It's what people from Boston call Sulphur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 15, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted June 15, 2022 25 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Wha?? Strictly speaking, sulfa is a medicinal term. The element is sulfur. But my point about ph to f stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 I guess spelling generally wasn’t formalifed to anye Greate extente until after the American Revolution. So with dictionaries in the early days of being widely accessible, the first American dictionary coming along in the 1800’s and the industrial revolution giving us faster printing presses the need for formalised spelling will largely have happened after American independence. You’ve only got to look at pre Fictorian graveftonef to see it was a byte of a free for alle for quite a whyle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 In this land of no aircon it would make sense that you get very hot on a hot day when sat indoors. But why, oh why, is it even hotter at night when the air outside is cooler than it was in the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: In this land of no aircon it would make sense that you get very hot on a hot day when sat indoors. But why, oh why, is it even hotter at night when the air outside is cooler than it was in the day? humidity at a guess more humid inside than out so the air inside retains the heat better one for the boring thread - that's what air conditioning does, it makes air dryer which is naturally colder, humidity measures the moisture content of the air, the more moisture the more the air retains heat, somehow the uni lecturer made 3 hours of that seem interesting enough to remember if you want to measure the humidity in your house get 2 thermometers, wrap wet bog roll around the one, the percentage difference in the 2 temperatures is the humidity reading Edited June 15, 2022 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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