Posts by Toni the terrible

True

It's more common fpr the contractor to keep not turning up unbtil you the customer cancels. Or to put a simple job out for tender / quote and get no one to respond. And no I never stiffed anyone in my life, paid on time and to the full amount requested.

Re: Cash is king

Out of date, non cirulation coinage is generally worth more than its face value at least to coin collectors, I sold a silver sixpenny bit as a child for 1 shilling but I think that was the miniscule silver content. Then again even paper currency is still worth something to collectors and the like

Re: realer cash

A goldsmith will take your gold, no problem

Re: slide into luddite-hood

A large lump hammer is the soverign cure for most tech

Re: "at least one screen on our network that looks like this for a few seconds"

Yhose were the days, no AI in sight

Re: "at least one screen on our network that looks like this for a few seconds"

Also occurs on the non-replacement bus service -in Bristol, frequently

i DONT LIKE COFFEE so I dont, only Tea, Coco. or booze

Re: Good to see we collect Russian bots here too...

I wouldnt chuckle, there are those that state its all the fault of NATO and Putin is misunderstood - the same people who decry being woke as an anti-christain harbinger of the Apocaylpse.So really would take up the ant-woke refugee status, at least they say they will. The one I am thinking off is born again and lives in Australia.

Re: Good

Or cruise control

Re: Good

If you are usually travelling at 1mph below the limit you may be driving dangerously, the limit is the max you are permitted (for safety) not a target!

Re: Good

ESP = Extra Sensory Perception - when did they fit that in cars!

Re: I've heard this song someplace before.

Sorry, Cancer of whatever type is not something I would even wish on my personal enermies

Re: I've heard this song someplace before.

It appears on a cancer charityTV advert that 1 out of 2 people will get cancer of some kind in their life; Of course much is not diagnosed and people die of many other things before it is.

Re: Who knows a future AI Boss could be in play?

you can hope, i know I do

Re: Not Intentional...

Because, Horizon

Re: An idea

And if Sunak wins, that will be awkward unless the law scrolls faded as they werent on vellum....

Re: An idea

This is so the Gov can deny recent laws exist, in 10 yrs time as the CD has delaminated etc

Re: An idea

In my local libary there are no greeters / Info persons and almost no libarians even to book out books

Re: Many of us older commentards here

vengence is mine saith the Lord, I will repay....perhaps?

Safety regulations, particularly in the military are frequently written in the blood of the fallen

Well if this guy's name was spelt Ariman he would fit in with a BOFH easily...

Re: Virgin on the Ridiculous

I had to go to Atlanta via Virgin Ambassador class, as it was non-stop direct. I was never quried over the price. But the beancounters refused to let me use the arrranged accomodation even though it was discounted to almost nothing - awkward in the meetings as that was where the 'event' was being held - but I did get a decent Motel.

I once (well a few times) was required to attend a technical audit (no bean counters) over most of the week using a very costly hotel this was so long ago that credit cards were not that common, I had one but the very senior attendees didntt. It was amusing to pay the very high bill at the end so quickly whereas all the other attendees had to pay using many cheques each as they couldn't garuantee more than £50 at a time... Yes, I was paid those expenses in full later - mostly because I was required to use the same hotel as all the Director....

It was very comfortable, first time I got to drink wine at several hundreds a glass. Those were the days!

Re: I have done the air-con shuffle in the past!

I understand that the USAian federal goverment actually mandated the metric system, including centigrade many moons ago, but, a majority of the states disagreed....

Re: "Businesses only obey the bottom line"

There is something to say for Chinese control over internal business, but not a lot

Re: USA Free Market

Biden is wise to invest in much needed infrastructure spending, such spending is rarely a waste and supports the economy, shame it takes another bridge collapse to trigger it.

Re: USA Free Market

Because, Scrooge McDuck.

Re: USA Free Market

Taxing the Mionopolistic companies might pay a substantial part of the National debt - the tax system is aimed at al those below millionaires

Re: USA Free Market

In the USA only very wealthy can become President or those in debt to factions of the wealthy elite.