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Comments pointing out that this is illegal in the UK and Europe under the GDPR removed! What gives?
We (UK) have use by dates, and best before dates.
They mean exactly what they say.
i.e. Raw chicken will have a use by date, eat it beyond this and you risk getting the shits. On the other hand all fruit, veg, tins and most dairy simply have best before dates.... meaning use your eyes and nose to see if it is OK.
Ah, this makes sense.
I recall eating in US restaurants and being given ridiculously large portions... something we half-joked - half-seriously suggested was down to the size of some of the patrons. Presumably is it instead the expectation that some of the food is taken home.
Is this a thing where you are from?
I suggest here in Blighty, the waiters would be rather confused by such a request; not to mention something of a social faux pas.
If you disagree with it, post a response, don't just lazily click downvote. This isn't Reddit. Downvoting is for replies that distract from the conversation, not for replies you don't agree with FFS.
It is, and was a chain of evidence for me. One that saved my arse.
Type up your reports and spreadsheets, but raw data should always be kept in a proper hardbound paper lab notebook.... one that references the filenames of your typed up electronic data.
By "Travellers" do you mean, 'new age travellers' (aka hippies) or the thieving scrotes who live a 'traditional way of life' badly tarmacing driveways?
The former still attend Glastonbury for free (they clean up the site for 'free' entry); the latter are a menace who started to show up and whom I'm glad the fence has now kept out.
The fact that somebody even tried to do this suggests the organisers were dangerous fuckwits. The outcome was unsurprising.
This statement implies that the two were in some way connected.
Posts removed for saying OP's statement that "UK isn't exactly known for its food" is both outdated and prejudiced!
Explanation needed methinks.
Seconded.
To see such a plainly factual statement being down voted on HN is deeply worrying.......
I suspect the Americans doing the down voting have never been cought up in a terrorist attack and are happy being keyboard warriors about something they know so little.
Thank fuck for the peace process and the hard work that has gone into it.
Let me introduce you to the endemic Parakeets of London....... and the urban legends they were introduced to the city by Jimi Hendrix and/or Catherine Hepburn.
https://londonist.com/london/great-outdoors/london-s-parakee...
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/06/the-great-gre...
One buys sports cars and wine for enjoyment. The idea of buying the most expensive offering for its own sake is laughable.
One doesn't order an expensive claret to drink with fish!
"Signalling" ?
Part of me has just died. Have you ever thought about not giving a toss what others think and just reading?
It works the other way also......... plenty members of our upper class aristocracy are penniless, but are, and remain, upper class.
I always find the US approach to equating money with class rather amusing.
Seconded.
As the saying goes; "What is the difference between posting something on the internet and a tattoo on your arse?..... It's easier to remove the tattoo."
Because that personal information you posted or 'offensive' joke you posted when pissed will stay around forever to haunt you.
Good god!
You really believe your own hype don't you? (I believe the American expression is "drunk the kool-aid").
Jesus wept!
-Signed, a physicist with 20 years LabView and Fortran experience.
That's an ordinary 24 hour clock. Rather bizarre to call it "Military" time.
You are correct....
Unlike 'merkin English, in British English saying 'half nine' [meaning 9:30] is fine and one would only say 'half-past-nine' if they were feeling verbose, or have a Dutch workmate and were trying to avoid confusion :-)
Not in Britain we don't. Analog clocks were abolished by Henry VIII. Since then we kept time using sundials until digital watches were invented in the 1970's and Roger Moore wore one playing James Bond in 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.
WTF is 'military time'?
I can't be the only one who laughed at this!
Reading this, I'd bet £1000 to spat out sweet you are US-American?
Because elsewhere, most of the civilised world treats prison as rehabilitation.
Surely you mean eliminating large denomination banknotes?
When will these idiots learn that you simply cannot go gathering personal data on the off chance you might find it useful or sell it. Gathering unnecessary personal data isn't an asset, it is a liability. And so it should be.
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio...
Oh what you don't know!
Robert Louis Stevensons 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', the pronunciation of Jekyll should be "Jyeec-ill" (rhymes with 'treacle') and not "Jek-ill".
Stevenson was of course Scottish, and this is how the Scots name is pronounced. However, the latter pronunciation for the books title has come into more common use for some reason.
Off-topic from the thrust of this conversation, but I always considered the above extremally risky. If your company goes tits-up, you loose your job and your savings.
This happened to a lot of people during the dot-com crash of 2000. (Unless you have a high risk tolerance, you will want to diversify much more.)