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811.
by cjrp 8y ago
Our local IKEA actually has a free crèche too, so the kids don't get bored either.
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by cjrp 8y ago
Would it make a difference though? I don't think F-15s have TCAS / would respond to a RA.
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by cjrp 8y ago
Hit and miss braking on a single product line seems... kind of worse?
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by cjrp 8y ago
Not specific to the 172, but a sizeable part of the training when getting your license is about what do when the engine stops (gliding, finding a suitable field/road/etc.) - and if you fly long enough there's a fairly good ch
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by cjrp 8y ago
Presumably the average speed of 48mph includes slowing down/accelerating.
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by cjrp 8y ago
Don't you have commuter trains?
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by cjrp 8y ago
Is there nothing similar to an EPC[1] in America? [1] https://www.gov.uk/buy-sell-your-home/energy-performance-cer...
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by cjrp 9y ago
> And it's probably just me but I find the standard Toyota Prius more comfortable than the black cabs (esp due to engine noise and vibration). It's true, a lot of the older black cabs were loud and didn't have great suspen
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by cjrp 9y ago
The majority of people who clicked on the link did it on purpose, so a better pattern would be to make it unsubscribe immediately with a "didn't meant to unsubscribe? click here to undo" link afterwards.
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by cjrp 9y ago
Interesting, so you think it comes down to "I'm paying $x/year for you to be at the school, you are forbidden from taking part in dangerous activities". If so, that's really quite sad - university should be a time w
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by cjrp 9y ago
> Parents that don't want their "kids" engaging in "risky" activities. Penn State is a university for adults, no? Not a nursery or something.
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by cjrp 9y ago
Rosslyn https://www.instagram.com/rosslyncoffee/ (their website seems to be down at the moment).
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by cjrp 9y ago
I've just started going to a cafe in London which uses a kind of tap to fill the milk jug from a keg. They get a keg delivered, and then when the keg's empty it goes back, gets cleaned and refilled for another customer. It's
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by cjrp 9y ago
This really surprised me, in the UK sewage gets treated and then the sludge is used for fertiliser while the water is released into rivers. Shipping it across the country seems quite wasteful.
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by cjrp 9y ago
A Revolut card supports chip and pin and contactless, I'm not sure if it's 100% launched for US customers yet though: https://www.revolut.com/us/
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by cjrp 9y ago
> In 1998, the United Kingdom incorporated the European Convention, and the guarantee of freedom of expression it contains in Article 10, into its domestic law under the Human Rights Act But as you said, there are lots of exceptions and
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by cjrp 9y ago
The recipient isn't suspected of wrongdoing, they're on the receiving end of the abuse.
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by cjrp 9y ago
Some engines (such as Rotax) can be run on mogas, available at gas stations. Obviously you then need to transport it to the airport yourself, which isn't always convenient.
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by cjrp 9y ago
De icing fluid is only effective for a set period of time > Holdover Time (HOT) is the length of time an aircraft can wait after being treated prior to takeoff. Holdover time is influenced by the fluid dilution, ambient temperature, wind
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by cjrp 9y ago
> Something like this for big planes would save massive amounts of fuel, because algorithms could be used to match flight patterns with weather maps to get a tailwind or uplift Flight planners already do this manually for airlines, when
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by cjrp 9y ago
Not to mention the Fringe in August (although I imagine if you live or work centrally it can be quite annoying).
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by cjrp 9y ago
Sorry, I was replying in relation to your example of the girl with asthma. She was turned away from her GP, not from an A&E.
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by cjrp 9y ago
> If they tell you to go home that’s it and there’s no other option. Not even remotely true, if you don't mind paying. You can see a GP privately, there are already lots of apps which let you book appointments. A colleague had an ea
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by cjrp 9y ago
Plus the additional stamp duty on second properties, reducing the profitability of BTL
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by cjrp 9y ago
Ditto the government's reduction in stamp duty for first time buyers. On the face of it the buyer is saving £3k (for example), but now that all of the first-time buyers have an extra £3k in their pockets, guess what happens to house pr
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by cjrp 9y ago
> ...counteract the strength of existing brands Hmm, apart from being widely known (thanks to marketing), I'd argue existing banks don't have a very strong brand. Mention the word Natwest, HSBC or Santander and most people&#x27
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by cjrp 9y ago
Isn't something being food (edible, contains sustenance) also a fact?
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by cjrp 9y ago
It's true that some will cheat the system, and that has a cost. But there is also a cost associated with people going hungry, or being made homeless, or even dying due to their circumstances.
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by cjrp 9y ago
> Mullings, your legal advisor, tells you it might not feel like it, but you're one of the lucky ones. At least because this was a housing case you had legal representation. If you hadn't, you would have been steamrollered. Pri
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by cjrp 9y ago
It goes both ways though; if UK citizens are importing goods it's not because they love the EU and want to support it in any way possible, it's because they want the goods. Making those imports more difficult or more expensive is

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