Once was locked out of the office because I couldn't remember the 4 digit pass code I'd been using for years. When I buzzed reception to let me in she said it's ok it happens a lot. I have the reverse situation too. I do crosswords and sometimes my subconcious memory chucks up the answer and I don't know why. Yesterday the solution to a clue was iridium. I know sod all about that stuff. But up it popped and I have no idea why I know that word.jimibt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:19 ammany years ago at the start of my *music* career, I played in a covers band. we'd play 4-5 nights a week, playing basic chart style stuff. it was all pretty formulaic and mostly autopilot stuff. one week however, for some unknown reason, i'd get to a particular guitar break in a particular song and it would just fly out of my mind, leaving me there stranded trying to BUSK the guitar break. rather than sort it out after the 2nd night, i just expected it to represent itself as it had done the previous 40-50 times we'd played it. eventually, it just slotted back in. who knows what the brain does, but certainly that raw exposure to memory loss in front of a few 100 people is an *interesting* experience
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my wife lured me into wordle a while back and there have been 2 occasions where i've entered the opening gambit word with maybe just 1-2 letters being correct but then from nowhere, manage to get the word on the 2nd attempt thro somehow imagining the word from the few scant letters matching. don't ask how that works as the majority of the time i'm not getting it until at least 4th try, with 3-4 letters coveredgreenmark wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 11:41 amOnce was locked out of the office because I couldn't remember the 4 digit pass code I'd been using for years. When I buzzed reception to let me in she said it's ok it happens a lot. I have the reverse situation too. I do crosswords and sometimes my subconcious memory chucks up the answer and I don't know why. Yesterday the solution to a clue was iridium. I know sod all about that stuff. But up it popped and I have no idea why I know that word.jimibt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:19 ammany years ago at the start of my *music* career, I played in a covers band. we'd play 4-5 nights a week, playing basic chart style stuff. it was all pretty formulaic and mostly autopilot stuff. one week however, for some unknown reason, i'd get to a particular guitar break in a particular song and it would just fly out of my mind, leaving me there stranded trying to BUSK the guitar break. rather than sort it out after the 2nd night, i just expected it to represent itself as it had done the previous 40-50 times we'd played it. eventually, it just slotted back in. who knows what the brain does, but certainly that raw exposure to memory loss in front of a few 100 people is an *interesting* experience
. the mysteries of the neural network...I once had a drunken debate with a mate. My view was the brain is a fantastic computer and thats were our consciousness resides. His view was that the mind is different. So, same brain, 2 different humans with different experiences and you will get 2 different people.jimibt wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 12:26 pmmy wife lured me into wordle a while back and there have been 2 occasions where i've entered the opening gambit word with maybe just 1-2 letters being correct but then from nowhere, manage to get the word on the 2nd attempt thro somehow imagining the word from the few scant letters matching. don't ask how that works as the majority of the time i'm not getting it until at least 4th try, with 3-4 letters coveredgreenmark wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2024 11:41 amOnce was locked out of the office because I couldn't remember the 4 digit pass code I'd been using for years. When I buzzed reception to let me in she said it's ok it happens a lot. I have the reverse situation too. I do crosswords and sometimes my subconcious memory chucks up the answer and I don't know why. Yesterday the solution to a clue was iridium. I know sod all about that stuff. But up it popped and I have no idea why I know that word.jimibt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 10:19 am
many years ago at the start of my *music* career, I played in a covers band. we'd play 4-5 nights a week, playing basic chart style stuff. it was all pretty formulaic and mostly autopilot stuff. one week however, for some unknown reason, i'd get to a particular guitar break in a particular song and it would just fly out of my mind, leaving me there stranded trying to BUSK the guitar break. rather than sort it out after the 2nd night, i just expected it to represent itself as it had done the previous 40-50 times we'd played it. eventually, it just slotted back in. who knows what the brain does, but certainly that raw exposure to memory loss in front of a few 100 people is an *interesting* experience
Out of curiosity, I looked up how much Deliveroo charges restaurants for food delivered. To my surprise, it's between 25 and 35% of the order value. A third of your delivery takings is a whopping slice of the cake, plus they charge for joining and the electronic equipment to connect to their network.
Then I looked up Just Eat. No joining charge or charge for equipment, only 16% + VAT for delivery!
Then I looked up Just Eat. No joining charge or charge for equipment, only 16% + VAT for delivery!
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firlandsfarm
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What does the "prime minister's envoy for nations and regions" do other than receive a large salary for 'doing' a face saving non-job?!
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Good question. One would hope she not getting £200,000 for doing that but probably is. Don’t think you can move someone and lower their salary otherwise would be good grounds for an employment tribunal etc.firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2024 3:38 pmWhat does the "prime minister's envoy for nations and regions" do other than receive a large salary for 'doing' a face saving non-job?!
Psychopaths are very clever and able to lie with total plausability. They don't empathise. They feel nothing when they betray, fool or kill.
People woory about terrorists etc. I worry about unwittingly stumbling across a psycho and liking them and ending up in bits in their freezer.
Thankfully they are a tiny minority.
However cunning a murder is, most people simply would not go for a year without visiting elderly parents. When my mum was alive and in good health, I'd visit her every 2-3 months living over 100 miles away, and speak to her over the phone weekly. My siblings would visit her at least once a week and take her out. Four years without even telephone communications just makes my mind boggle!greenmark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:17 amPsychopaths are very clever and able to lie with total plausability. They don't empathise. They feel nothing when they betray, fool or kill.
People woory about terrorists etc. I worry about unwittingly stumbling across a psycho and liking them and ending up in bits in their freezer.
Thankfully they are a tiny minority.
Perhaps we should enshrine that post. I agree 100%. But some families are dysfunctional. It's terribly sad that some don't feel that familial bond.Derek27 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 4:47 pmHowever cunning a murder is, most people simply would not go for a year without visiting elderly parents. When my mum was alive and in good health, I'd visit her every 2-3 months living over 100 miles away, and speak to her over the phone weekly. My siblings would visit her at least once a week and take her out. Four years without even telephone communications just makes my mind boggle!greenmark wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:17 amPsychopaths are very clever and able to lie with total plausability. They don't empathise. They feel nothing when they betray, fool or kill.
People woory about terrorists etc. I worry about unwittingly stumbling across a psycho and liking them and ending up in bits in their freezer.
Thankfully they are a tiny minority.
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Poland suspends right to asylum in direct breach of EU laws.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20186mjleo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20186mjleo
Lookig at the furore around immigration in the UK (well, England) critics seem to ignore how protected we are compared to Europe. We have a moat. They have vast, porous borders. Their strategy is to id people and if you have no official id you can do just about FA in terms of jobs/shelter and have to rely on kind or dodgy people.Archery1969 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:12 pmPoland suspends right to asylum in direct breach of EU laws.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20186mjleo
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I am against ID cards in principle but I accept a needs must approach. I would guess there is a close correlation between the anti ID Carders and the Anti Immigrationers. I would be prepared to accept an ID card society if it would substantially reduce the 'boat people'.greenmark wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2024 6:21 amLookig at the furore around immigration in the UK (well, England) critics seem to ignore how protected we are compared to Europe. We have a moat. They have vast, porous borders. Their strategy is to id people and if you have no official id you can do just about FA in terms of jobs/shelter and have to rely on kind or dodgy people.
I don't see how Id would reduce "boat people". Their task is to risk EVERYTHING crossing the channel. Sure they know they will be accomodated here IF they make it. That's a big IF on top of what they've been through already. But still they come to us.firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:34 pmI am against ID cards in principle but I accept a needs must approach. I would guess there is a close correlation between the anti ID Carders and the Anti Immigrationers. I would be prepared to accept an ID card society if it would substantially reduce the 'boat people'.greenmark wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2024 6:21 amLookig at the furore around immigration in the UK (well, England) critics seem to ignore how protected we are compared to Europe. We have a moat. They have vast, porous borders. Their strategy is to id people and if you have no official id you can do just about FA in terms of jobs/shelter and have to rely on kind or dodgy people.
We should be flattered that we are such a desirable destination.
We need people. Birth rates aren't suffficient to support us going forward.
I defy anyone to suggest that migrants (illegal or not) are any less valuable than the average UK citizen. My experience is 100% the opposite. 100% approval rating for me for 1st and 2nd generation immigrants. Can't say the same for some of my established countrymen/women. Go figure.