Has diligently kept her mask on. Kudos.
Do sometimes see a parent or 2 collect their child from school here, with the nipper riding up front no helmet like this, I assume/ imagine they must live literally just around the corner though., POLICE would I think intervene otherwise.
Last edited by Passenger; 17th October 2023 at 10:09.
I have family in India and this happens all the time. A whole family on a moped/bike. I remember seeing a lady sitting side on and her shawl was swaying back and forth by the rear wheel.
^ Coaches and trains are even worse for top floor passengers. Coaches tend to slow down, rather than actually stop to let passengers get off.
^ Even more surprising given the lady seems to work in medicine. I hope she's since bought a child helmet and some green sliders.
On roof travel, it would make sense to me to build these vehicles with roof bars or handles to hold onto (would surely reduce incidents).
On the motorway today a child in the front seat, maybe 10 years old, bouncing a normal size football off the dash and catching it and repeat. If that had misbounced and gone the drivers direction i hate to imagine the accident that would have resulted.
Why some people insist on pressing (often repeatedly) the door release buttons on trains before they light up. It isn't going to make them open any quicker. Very strange.
80k car. Phone glued to ear driving through our village. Across a level crossing too. Repeat all day with different culprits. Sigh.
I do understand it. No plod ever!
Driving again. People with a dog sat on their lap or a v.large handbag whilt driving as I saw the other day.
A parent wearing over ear headphones pushing a toddler in a buggy.
And parent pushing buggy (containing child) across a light controlled junction while engrossed with something on their smart phone.
Because everything is someone else’s fault.
Jeremy Vine asking stupid questions.
Is he doing it for entertainment, is he playing devils advocate or is he really as thick as two short planks?
Card readers.
How the heck do they work ?
I log into my account on the PC.
I put my card in the card reader to authenticate
I pop in my pin on the card reader
The code number that pops up I then put in the box on my PC
There is no physical or wifi/bt connection.
HOW !!? How does the PC know what the card reader is doing and its the correct number?
Last edited by gasgasbones; 4th November 2023 at 09:02.
^^^
Sent through the ether by diddling with radio waves
To grossly simplify the card reader generate a number based on a sum based on range of factors including the time and some other information programmed into it based on your card details.
The bank knows what sum it should come up with at any time of time because it programmed it. You do not know and nobody else knows so you cannot fake the number.
How an insurance company quote me over a grand to insure my new car for a year but only charge me £17 to amend my current policy with the same car.
Oh yes, sorry I can understand it. Greed. How silly of me to forget.
Last edited by Wimm; 6th November 2023 at 11:56.
Just had a renewal quote for one of my cars, which has gone up by 30%. Why? I claimed on my insurance for repair of a chip on the windscreen. Yes, I got it repaired, as advised, before the crack spread and I needed a whole new windscreen (£475 odd). Cost to me £25 excess. Cost to insurance company £100. So they've increased my insurance by £200. Kerching! Oh, and apparently my no claims protection doesn't count.
Hmm...
No claims protection is not worth a damn, complete waste of money IMHO.
Sure you keep your NCB but only with the same insurance company but there is nothing stopping that same company doubling (or worse) your renewal premium.
Wot? The NCD transfers to any company.
Why a piece of jewellery is sold a X price but the valuation paperwork it comes with states that value as double, triple or even more!
Surely if the piece was lost/stolen the insurance company would give you X as that is what it costs to replace or buy from a jewellers rather than the inflated paper valuation.
What am i missing?
The valuation declared on the policy and the insurance co's loss adjuster's 'averaging' as per the policy wording 'average' clause. 'Average' might take into account all other jewellery possessed by the insured but not declared on the policy. If not declared at inception, the jewellery is under-insured and any claim could be 'averaged' downwards. 'Average' is a fundamental insurance principle and is documented in the policy wording.
https://butlerevans.co.uk/what-is-av...urance-policy/
Last edited by sundial; 8th November 2023 at 11:08.
"Well they would say that ... wouldn't they!"
Always assumed it's a ruse by jewellers to get mugs to part with their cash.
How do people drive in the dark and not realise their lights are not switched on?
Surely their instrumentation would all be unlit?
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Bulb may be broken or fading so not working properly.
Worse is why (and it seems to be more common these days) Drivers have their lights on so bright it is hard even to walk along the pavement without being dazzled by headlights from cars.
Was driving last week and the motorway was lit up so bright you could have landed an aircraft on it. Is this how modern cars are made now?