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- Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:31 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
You mean subtract 15% and then add 15%, i assume. And you're correct, subtracting 15% from 100 gives you 85 but adding 15% to 85 only gives you 97.75 A workaround to this that i find easier to understand is to multiply 100 by the result of 1 - 0.15, the 0.15 representing your 15% (because by subtra...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Zip Merging
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6629
Re: Zip Merging
Driving in the empty lane at the same speed as the full lane creates the perfect conditions for this, that's why the moment someone does it, the whole thing flows better.Devils_Advocate wrote:https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/driv ... p-merging/
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:52 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Zip Merging
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6629
Re: Zip Merging
Brilliant!houseboy wrote:I don't let them in and a few years ago one guy was so insistent on pushing in I actually just kept going (I think he was more proud of his car than I was) and he eventually went through the cones and had to stop. The look on his face was absolutely priceless.
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:51 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Zip Merging
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6629
Re: Zip Merging
Still, no. 'Blending' early increases the tailback. If everyone uses every available lane, as long as it is available and merges in turn then traffic will flow better and the impact of the tailback will be minimised.You shouldn't have to stop to let people in as you should be leaving adequate space...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:42 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Zip Merging
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6629
Re: Zip Merging
That said, much that I dislike those screaming to the front to push in, I think I dislike those that slow down and give a friendly flash to wave them in just before the cones even more. Come on! At least try and stop them getting away with it!
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:27 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Zip Merging
- Replies: 83
- Views: 6629
Re: Zip Merging
If both lanes are moving, then 'zip merging' as stated, would work. However, on our roads, you join a queue of stationary traffic and remain stationary forever. Why? Because the tossers who think they can just carry on right to the cones and push in, ahead of the patient lane queuers!!!!! I applaud...
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
You're doing it wrong. The way I did it is right, and the way I know it's right is because you can convert the percentages into numbers, do all the working out with numbers, and then convert them back into percentages to get the same result as if you'd just done it my way originally. I'm sure there...
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:13 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
If the "head above parapet" bit was about me, I apologise. It would never be my intention to stop a person trying to understand something nor do I feel superior to them if they can't or don't understand it. That would be a desperately destructive and, if followed consistently, self-destructive appr...
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 2:10 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Hey! You have a go at working out the mathematically correct way to predict the % Burnley Labour+leave vote then! It's not easy when you don't do it every day. (Or at all, in my case.)TVC15 wrote:And Carol Voderman
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:59 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Burnley voted 66.6% leave, which is 28.35% higher than the 51.89% national average. So take the 30% Labour leave vote, increase it by 28.35%, and you get 38.5% of Labour voters in Burnley voted leave. Turtle calculated that one. Similarly: Burnley voted 33.4% remain, which is 30.58% lower than the ...
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:16 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Burnley voted 66.6% leave, which is 28.35% higher than the 51.89% national average. So take the 30% Labour leave vote, increase it by 28.35%, and you get 38.5% of Labour voters in Burnley voted leave. Turtle calculated that one. Similarly: Burnley voted 33.4% remain, which is 30.58% lower than the ...
- Sun Nov 03, 2019 1:02 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
You keep talking about this "error" i've made and yet can't mention it. Because you're lying. Do you not have anything better to do that to troll on the internet on a Saturday night? Some of us are trying to have a reasonably adult conversation. Go play with yourself. Or prove you're not full of **...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 11:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
If wondered about the zero-hours thing, and whether or not it should be banned. Causual labour can certainly suit both parties, but it can also be abusive, exploitative and soul destroying. Rather than banning it outright, is there any merit in having a different legal minimum wage for those on zero...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
That's not a bad summary at all. But that 50% of the Leave voters will be not be an easy hurdle for the Conservative Party to get over as it requires both getting the vote out and overturning long-held party loyalties. At least they have lots to aim at as it's almost inconceivable that a large majo...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
No, you're. Look. Here are some facts for you. The Tories, based on latest polling, are holding onto 73% of those who voted for them in 2017. Let's pretend the entire 27% who aren't intending to vote Tory this time end up voting BXP (it won't happen, but i'm being generous) 27% of the 2017 Tory vot...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:31 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Hm. Yes. Your answer is even clearer, I think.dsr wrote:Exactly. Or put another way, of the $30 the guests handed over, $25 went to the hotel, $3 was given back to the guests, and $2 was kept by the bellhop.
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:25 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Three guests check into a hotel room. The manager says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the manager realizes the bill should only have been $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 as five one-dollar bills to return to the guests. On the way to the guests' room to refund the mone...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 1:18 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Remind me how my principles have changed to make it so. Well, if we're going to be terse about it! You didn't bother to look up the EU rules before deciding you wanted to remain. Then when I showed you the rules - the ones that forbid almost everything you actually want - you refused to accept them...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
The model of "free at point of use" - gives the NHS an efficiency that the American model (for example) doesn't have. The US spends about twice as much on healthcare per capita than we do, and there are still about sixty or seventy million people who aren't covered by health insurance. In Luxembour...
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:06 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
He stands there and says he is going to negotiate staying in the customs union and the single market. My ferrets could do that deaL! Then he says he wants to nationalise energy, water etc. He has not read the rules. THE EU WILL NOT LET YOU. You need to be out to do that. (As it happens, you can hav...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:46 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
Whether or not Momentum are relevant in terms of numbers I'd say they are indicative of a branch that is pro-Corbyn and pro-remain. Being in London I may have a different experience but I've met plenty of young, Labour members who are pro-Corbyn and his beliefs and also pro-remain. They seem more w...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:15 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
Fair enough, but if Labour are pinning their hopes of winning an election on the renationalisation ticket, they are going to be sadly disappointed. I'm not saying it doesnt matter, but it is way down on a list of anyones priorities, if it's on the list at all. If Labour go with renationalising rail...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
Are you saying that Momentum are Blairites? They've been one of the drivers in the Labour party having a more pro-remain view. I wouldn't disagree that Corbyn and McDonnell are leavers but they've also said that they will be directed by the party members as to what direction they should go and the ...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
Agreed. The issue is that it's all currently being driven by the Tories and what goes in the Withdrawal Agreement and the subsequent trade deal will set the scene for years to come. I can't picture a Corbyn led labour winning the election outright and having the clout to negotiate their own deal so...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
So 38% of those voting can elect a majority government whilst the views of the 62% who wanted something else are ignored. Democracy anyone? It's not right, no. But FPTP was also put to us in the form of a referendum. Whilst I personally voted for AV, I accept I lost. It seems FPTP is what the elect...
- Wed Oct 30, 2019 12:30 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Alleged "Racist" Burnley fan - case dropped
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5912
Re: Alleged "Racist" Burnley fan - case dropped
And his DNA.cricketfieldclarets wrote:The uncool thing is that accusation stays in the media, the guilt by media remains and being charged even if not convicted will always be on his record*
*unofficially obviously
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
He'll get about 38, probably. Enough to win easily.Spijed wrote:Even Tony Blair only got 43% in 1997.
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: General Election Is On
- Replies: 5094
- Views: 202501
Re: General Election Is On
I’m wracking my brains and struggling to come up with a reason for anyone to vote Brexit Party this time. All they will do is dilute Johnson’s vote, and he is the only chance they have of getting any real Brexit. Cummings (if he hangs around for the campaign) will go in hard with this message. Peop...
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:38 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
I missed this in all the excitement. It is possible that Brexit could provide the impetus to update, upgrade, etc. Wouldn't that just shift the issue from foreigners causing the problem to robots causing it. Also, thinking about it, I'm not really on board with the underlying premise. With our mini...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
Are British chickens/eggs even subsidised now? I can't find a reference.Lancasterclaret wrote:Yes, but at a competitive price?
Thats the problem
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
Ultimately though a free trade agreement suggests no tariffs or other significant regulatory barriers to trade. If we have that with countries throughout the world then we are going to be getting in agriculture imports significantly cheaper than we are at the moment. I find it unlikely that enough ...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
My point is whether immigrant workers depress the wages for local UK workers which is slightly different (I'm assuming not many people voted Brexit because they felt that EU immigrants were getting a raw deal and wanted to help them). Although the low paid work may be filled by immigrant workers, d...
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:57 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
I've seen surprisingly little research on this given it's understandably an issue. I've seen one heavily caveated piece and that's about it. Although it seems it should be the case there's obviously other factors to consider such as, given the high rates of employment, are the local workers getting...
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:23 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Classical Music
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1657
Re: Classical Music
Spiegal Im Spiegal fits that description.HieronymousBoschHobs wrote:The stuff I prefer is very much towards the chill-out end of the spectrum, often solo piano works. If you want something in that vein I recommend Erik Satie, Bach's Goldberg Variations and Phillip Glass.
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:21 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
"Can't someone bring me a one-handed economist?!" - Harry TrumanPaul Waine wrote:I guess you know the old joke (the only joke?) about economists, "on the one hand, on the other hand and on the third hand...."
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:27 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
http://theconversation.com/fact-check-do-new-eu-rules-make-it-impossible-to-renationalise-railways-61180 Only looked at one but it’s not clear cut. It is clear cut. You absolutely cannot have a monopoly state-owned railway where services are not subject to a competitive tendering process whilst an ...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:04 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
The EU forbids all of these.jontybfc wrote:Just to help me out, how were the EU the cause for these?
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:58 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
You can’t have a discussion with people who won’t listen, more or less every post on this thread discussing the benefits of the eu involves facts or expert predictions. We were promised so much once we left and now we want to make sure we damage so little. In any other circumstance it would be a di...
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:07 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
We're fast approaching the point where we all routinely wear body cams, aren't we?
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- Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:44 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
Guess we will see Surprised we are not going for an election to be honest. Only chance of Corbyn winning is if he has one with Brexit still not sorted. Weird you say this, because I think precisely the opposite. I think the only hope in hell of Labour winning is to get back most of the Labour leave...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
This is a thread about littering. S88 EPA 90 makes it an offence not to give your details when required to do so. That’s a criminal offence and if necessary the police can arrest you to ascertain them under s24 PACE. You posted all these links to stop and search which has nothing to do with litteri...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
You seem to have confused the powers to obtain personal details under stop and search and powers under s24 PACE. The arrest would be under s24(2) the reason being s24(5)(a) and (b). If the litter officer asks for details in front of the officer then the s88 offence is made out so their could also b...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
I've complained to the enforcement company. No joy ( suprise !) Given until December to pay ( not happening ! ) I will see them at the magistrates court I wish you all the luck in the world - not that you should even need luck. Let us know. I expect you don't much care what I think either way, but ...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
[quote="Hipper"][/quote] Different circumstances are different, but refusing to give your details to the police is not (usually) a criminal act. They cannot arrest you for this alone (in most circumstances), they have to have a better reason than this. I happen to think this is a good thing, I expec...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:00 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
Really? Which bit of “human rights” is it incompatible with? Do you not think some organisations, like Liberty for example, or some young “human rights” lawyer might have thought about it? No, leave it to a bloke whose just come in from the pub!! https://www.lawteacher.net/free-law-essays/public-la...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:27 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Fixed penalty notice for littering
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12144
Re: Fixed penalty notice for littering
If you refuse to give them your name and address then it is an automatic criminal offence (though it shouldn't be) and they have your picture from recording the conversation. It may be unlikely that they ever catch up with you, but they might - he might easily see you getting into a car, for exampl...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:05 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Brexit: Uniting the Country Since 31/01/2020
- Replies: 22828
- Views: 1180176
Re: Brexit: The Naked Truth
The Balkan conflicts were a civil war (or series of civil wars) within one country, Yugoslavia. It was only afterwards that they became distinct democracies. You have a point with WW! in that Italy was a democracy, but a chaotic one, and I think that Austria and Hungary were at least partly democra...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Time to get rid of VAR
- Replies: 177
- Views: 10291
Re: Time to get rid of VAR
I don't understand how you guys can reach the conclusion that Evans was never getting to the ball. It seems pretty clear that it was certainly possible he could have cleared it. It was less than a metre from him when he was fouled. It's right there in front of him. Maybe he wasn't getting to it any...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Time to get rid of VAR
- Replies: 177
- Views: 10291
Re: Time to get rid of VAR
Again people are forgetting what was implemented at the beginning of this season. If in the build up to a goal an offence is committed by an attacking team the goal will not stand. They even removed the ‘deliberate’ from the offence of deliberate handball. Whilst keeping the term ‘deliberate handba...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:33 am
- Forum: The Bee Hole End
- Topic: Time to get rid of VAR
- Replies: 177
- Views: 10291
Re: Time to get rid of VAR
Would the whole thing work better if those reviewing VAR had no idea what the on-field decision actually was, I wonder?