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by dfawcus 7y ago
I've hand written them in the past. Also branches used to have partial preprinted cheques available on which one could complete the details. However recently I've seen Bank T&Cs require that one use the banks own preprinted c
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by dfawcus 7y ago
If you can, make the payment using the IBAN instead. I believe all our banks have to publish this now (probably due to EU regulations), and it will often be on ones bank statement. Even though the latter part of the number is simply the sor
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by dfawcus 7y ago
> The 1973 vote to enter the EEC was the first the United Kingdom ever had. Nope. The first referendum was in 1975, after we had joined in 1973. It was about if we should remain, or leave; not about if we should join.
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by dfawcus 7y ago
As I understand the WA Price position, it is not evolution. It is essentially symptoms of a form of poor and/or malnutrition. So environment, not evolution.
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by dfawcus 7y ago
I used to use one, but ceased. Once I started using "request policy", then eventually uMatrix, I found I no longer needed to use an ad blocker. Especially if one browses with javascript disabled. I occasionally do occasionally see
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Well, for the sandwich case - UK does not charge VAT (or 0 rate). Basically because food is generally VAT free in the UK. Exceptions are eat in at restaurant (VAT), vs take away (no VAT), and take away of certain hot foods (VAT).
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Or maybe these two links would be of more interest, actually being the EU legislation in question (the later modifies the former): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL... https:&
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by dfawcus 7y ago
> UK: ... It forced them to retreat from many businesses and to shrink. The UK Banks didn't so much retreat as split their business in to a ring fenced operation (for retail), and a non ring fenced operation. The non ring fenced op
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by dfawcus 7y ago
So - Skynet or WOPR?
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Define older adult - an age range please. According to this [1] non-immune adults in the UK can get vaccinated, if born between 1970 and 1979, and hence got the single measles vaccine, or between 1980 and 1990 and hence missed the mumps vac
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by dfawcus 7y ago
> student without private health insurance(which was only added as a requirement after I started my studies) As I understand it, that was always a requirement due to the wording of the treaties (or regulations / directives). It is j
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by dfawcus 7y ago
That sounds similar to how Mortgages used to work in the UK in the 60s. One would get a mortgage from a Building Society for around 75% of the property value, and had to get a Bank Loan for the remainder which they couldn't cover from
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by dfawcus 7y ago
The similar per unit (usually per g, per kg, per ml) pricing is a recent addition in UK shops, only in the last 2-3 years as I recall. So while Sweden had this as a national law w/o EU pushing it, I rather suspect the UK now having the
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Yes the nature of the organisation has largely stayed the same, during its name changes: EEC -> EC -> EU. We joined a political union, which had goals at the time to create the SM, and a single currency. However the UK did not vote t
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by dfawcus 7y ago
I also found this: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/double-dutch.html Which seems to suggest that "Double Dutch" (and "High Dutch") actually refer to the German language.
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Which mentions "High Dutch" and "Double Dutch" being used in Britain. The latter being what I experienced.
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Well growing up in England, that isn't what what we used. We would say that something was "Double Dutch", not that it was "Greek to me".
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by dfawcus 7y ago
regarding glue sniffing in England: There were plenty of them where I grew up in NE England, so that it pre '86. You'd often find them in the local park when out walking the dog - or the dog would find them.
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by dfawcus 7y ago
It hasn't existed in England for quite some time. It existed in variant form in Scotland until recently.
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Agree. I no longer use an ad-blocker, and haven't for some time. Especially so since CSS took over. Originally I used NoScript (and Firefox 'View>Page Style>No Style'), now I just tend to use uMatrix, with appropriate m
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Ireland - yes and no. The Irish Government like to deny it, but I'd argue that the "Public Services Card" ( https://psc.gov.ie/ ) is a de-facto ID card (and hence central ID database).
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Well, I've known of it for 30 years. Since starting with AX.25 to a TNC, then playing with KA9Q NOS. So it isn't really a secret. As I understand it, the range was supposed to only be used for Ham to Ham comms, so if routed (gene
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by dfawcus 7y ago
A slight improvement over that invented by Apricot 36 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT_Apricot
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by dfawcus 7y ago
That would be a fact for the Jury to decide. I'd rather expect it to conclude they did. Forget about planes flying (or not). How much does one of these drones weigh? How much damage or injury would one cause if it falls upon someone o
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by dfawcus 7y ago
1a -> 2d : creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public 1b : the use or threat is designed to influence the government or an international governmental organisation 1c: the use or threat is mad
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Such actions are covered by the UK definition of terrorism: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/11/section/1
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by dfawcus 7y ago
As I recall, so could / would DOS - at the Int21 syscall level. The SWITCHAR option was present to set a value which COMMAND.COM (and other DOS utils) consulted such that one could make it honour '-' as the flag leader, and t
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by dfawcus 7y ago
It has been decades since I read the High Frontier, but as I recall on of the ideas was that the stations were initially there (in simplified form) to allow for Orbital Power Satellites to be deployed and serviced. It would be nice if we co
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by dfawcus 7y ago
It rather depends upon what one has for Breakfast. I'll have a quarter pound steak (sirloin or ribeye), with veggies at 7am, and then not eat again until 6-7pm, when I'll have something light (say salad). No lack of energy during
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by dfawcus 7y ago
Despite not being within the Schengen area, the UK currently has (some) access to the SIS. That will (almost certainly) end if Brexit occcurs.

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