Things you just "don't get"?

the purple tin

pgj2015 wrote: »

thats the spirit. the jobs will come back, we will still need to stay at hotels, go drinking in pubs, go on cruises, go for a meal in a restaurant etc a lot of the people being laid off is only a temporary measure.

How long can a hotel stay above water when they aren't selling any rooms. Restaurants and pubs with no income will still have to pay rent, insurance and other overheads, some of them will go under before it's safe to reopen taking the jobs with them. They will miss out on the Paddy's day profits too.

The state will have to pay set wages for the people who are being made redundant. The country is hehmorraging money, the financial landscape will change and it will have long-term consequences for us. We need to face facts.

pgj2015

the purple tin wrote: »

How long can a hotel stay above water when they aren't selling any rooms. Restaurants and pubs with no income will still have to pay rent, insurance and other overheads, some of them will go under before it's safe to reopen taking the jobs with them. They will miss out on the Paddy's day profits too.

The state will have to pay set wages for the people who are being made redundant. The country is hehmorraging money, the financial landscape will change and it will have long-term consequences for us. We need to face facts.

I have faith in the people in this country to come back stronger than ever. Trust me we will survive this and be thriving again in no time.

the purple tin

pgj2015 wrote: »

I have faith in the people in this country to come back stronger than ever. Trust me we will survive this and be thriving again in no time.

I hope so too. In the meantime I think all the countries affected should have their interest payments on their debt to the central banks frozen right away, and a good haircut on what they owe.

These are extraordinary times for our economy and it's not fair for us to be gouged during it.

Wanderer78

the purple tin wrote:

I hope so too. In the meantime I think all the countries affected should have their interest payments on their debt to the central banks frozen right away, and a good haircut on what they owe.

A lot of debt was created in fairly questionable ways anyway

Sgt Hartman

National Fish and Chips day. It's the one day of the year when I wouldn't dream of buying fish and chips because the chipper queues are out the door.

freshpopcorn

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

National Fish and Chips day. It's the one day of the year when I wouldn't dream of buying fish and chips because the chipper queues are out the door.

I thought the reason foe the queues were because some places were giving fish and chips out for free.

Sgt Hartman

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I thought the reason foe the queues were because some places were giving fish and chips out for free.

Most places sell the fish and chips for a fiver. Even so I'll never buy into that herd mentality.

Feisar

the purple tin wrote: »

For sure, stupidity has no borders. But a lot of English people are extremely stubborn when they are told not to do something.



I remember reading a story about an English army officer who was posted in Africa during colonialism. He was going to go for a swim in the river not realising that it was infested with crocodiles.

His native servant realised what was about to happen and shouted 'STOP! DANGER! DO NOT GO IN THE WATER!'
The officer cast an angry glance at his servant, dived straight in, and was torn to pieces.
The servant was telling the story to his friend the next day and couldn't work out what had happened.
The friend said 'Ah, you do not understand these English, next time this happens you must say "excuse me, most dreadfully sorry, but do you think you could please see your way fit to kindly staying out of the water?".

Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.

dubstarr

Bastille the group,just meh

vriesmays

I don't get why they didn't screen people in the airports returning from China last month. All they had was an information desk.

Widdershins

When people say "things we didn't learn at school, like how to write a cheque, the different types of bank accounts, how to sew, and how to cook basic meals...".
Business studies? Home economics?

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

People always complain that they didn't learn to pay taxes in school, despite that being covered on the maths curriculum.

freshpopcorn

It’s the same with diet. You don’t need classes telling you that McDonald’s and chocolate is bad for you.

whisky_galore

Feisar wrote: »

Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.

The Japanese don't care to
The Chinese wouldn't dare to

lainey_d_123

Widdershins wrote: »

When people say "things we didn't learn at school, like how to write a cheque, the different types of bank accounts, how to sew, and how to cook basic meals...".
Business studies? Home economics?

I didn't learn any of those things at school.

whisky_galore

Widdershins wrote: »

When people say "things we didn't learn at school, like how to write a cheque, the different types of bank accounts, how to sew, and how to cook basic meals...".
Business studies? Home economics?

Boys weren't encouraged/supposed to do Home Ec back then and our Commerce teacher was a dolt, all we did was fill out ledgers which were shortly to be obsolete anyway, learned all that other stuff at home.

Who still writes cheques now? Old farmers?

Pawwed Rig

whisky_galore wrote: »

Boys weren't encouraged/supposed to do Home Ec back then and our Commerce teacher was a dolt, all we did was fill out ledgers which were shortly to be obsolete anyway, learned all that other stuff at home.

Back when? I did home economics in the late 80s. There was a good few lads did it.
Will still do a bit of needle work now if something needs fixing

Electric Sheep

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

I didn't learn any of those things at school.

I learned all of them in a "vocational" secondary school in the 70s. Went on to have a professional career while still having learned practical life skills.

bonny!

People who take the internet too seriously....:)

bonny!

Jaysis....like it's only a laugh....

the purple tin

The mustard forum.

the purple tin

Big bang theory, theory of relativity/evolution have been around for ages. Why are they still theories?

Fourier

the purple tin wrote: »

Big bang theory, theory of relativity/evolution have been around for ages. Why are they still theories?

They just have theory in their name for historical reasons. "Theory" in science either means "body of knowledge" or "idea". So something is called a theory simply because it became widely known before it was demonstrated and the name stuck, e.g. "germ theory" or because it's a large subject e.g. "Chemical Theory".

the purple tin

Fourier wrote: »

They just have theory in their name for historical reasons. "Theory" in science either means "body of knowledge" or "idea". So something is called a theory simply because it became widely known before it was demonstrated and the name stuck, e.g. "germ theory" or because it's a large subject e.g. "Chemical Theory".

Oh right, would they not rename them 'laws' now.
Like Newton's Law etc.

the beer revolu

the purple tin wrote: »

Oh right, would they not rename them 'laws' now.
Like Newton's Law etc.

Music theory.

trellheim

Commerce teacher was a dolt, all we did was fill out ledgers which were shortly to be obsolete anyway, learned all that other stuff at home.

Ledgers and double entry are absolutely critical in business and show absolutely zero signs of going away.

Because a computer can get it hideously wrong and its your own money you need to be able to trace stuff to find out how much money you have. Hence lots of practice in writing it all down and making it balance.

Sounds like your commerce teacher was on the ball tbh

Fourier

the purple tin wrote: »

Oh right, would they not rename them 'laws' now.
Like Newton's Law etc.

They wouldn't because "Law" is a word for short relations. Like Newton's second law is a short little rule for how Force and acceleration are related or Charles's Law is a simple little rule for how a gas's temperature is related to its volume.

However Relativity, Evolution, the Big Bang etc aren't just short little rules, they're extensive topics that fill books.

Beyond that the names are just what they are now, there's no authority that would really make most scientists change what they say. Although "The Big Bang" is more common among scientists than "The Big Bang Theory". Although both are used.

El_Duderino 09

Fourier wrote: »

They wouldn't because "Law" is a word for short relations. Like Newton's second law is a short little rule for how Force and acceleration are related or Charles's Law is a simple little rule for how a gas's temperature is related to its volume.

However Relativity, Evolution, the Big Bang etc aren't just short little rules, they're complex topics that fill books.

It's a difference between how people use the term theory colloquially vs in science.

Colloquially a theory is anything from a well thought out idea, to a brain fart.

In science an idea graduates to a hypothesis of it can be tested and graduates to a theory when it has been rigorously tested but hasn't been disproved. And that's a pretty high bar. Do the theory of gravity explains the facts we observe about gravity. Similarly the theory of evolution explains the facts we observe about evolution.

Laws are much more discreet and are much less likely to be disproved but a theory is more likely to be disproved or modified.

ILoveYourVibes

People who are so strict about others being on time and strict with rules when they themselves are a disaster.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

I don't get how cars and trucks still manage to crash into the Luas.