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Forum: General Chat 24-03-2019, 01:00 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,232
Posted By Shelfordian
Only in a world where if a number is not positive...

Only in a world where if a number is not positive or negative it must be zero.

But the moment you start exploring the eigenplane, and discover that there are imaginary numbers and surreal numbers...
Forum: Car Forum 24-03-2019, 12:54 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 561
Posted By Shelfordian
You're right there ... they've found MUCH more...

You're right there ... they've found MUCH more creative (and expensive!) ways of doing it ...
Forum: Finance & Banking 24-03-2019, 12:33 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,878
Posted By Shelfordian
Yeah ... but if they did that they would have to...

Yeah ... but if they did that they would have to deal with the real HMRC!

(and yes ... it is definitely a scam ... I know a number of fairly senior people in HMRC and they are fighting a running...
Forum: General Chat 24-03-2019, 12:29 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,390
Posted By Shelfordian
Oh, I've been close to stardom in other ways too....

Oh, I've been close to stardom in other ways too.

For instance, I can truthfully say that the last time I raced Colin Jackson over the hurdles (Southern Counties under 17 championships final,...
Forum: Car Forum 24-03-2019, 12:27 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,868
Posted By Shelfordian
Those are good and useful diagrams. The most...

Those are good and useful diagrams.

The most misunderstood of all rules on roundabouts:



Widely misquoted as "give way to traffic from the right" ... which is NOT what it says. The number of...
Forum: Your Introductions! 24-03-2019, 12:12 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 985
Posted By Shelfordian
Hey ... can everyone please stop calling me...

Hey ... can everyone please stop calling me Digger!

The profile form asked me for my nicknames so I thought i had to include something ... that's what people called me at school (well, the polite...
Forum: Car Forum 24-03-2019, 11:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 561
Posted By Shelfordian
Driving on the starter motor

The manufacturers, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to make it impossible for you to start your car unless you have the clutch depressed, so that you don't lurch forward if you accidentally...
Forum: Insurance 24-03-2019, 11:50 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,669
Posted By Shelfordian
Back in the days before I had my paper licence...

Back in the days before I had my paper licence replaced with this horrible two-part thing which needs replacing every 10 years, I found that a shotgun certificate worked every but as well for photo...
Forum: General Chat 24-03-2019, 11:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,390
Posted By Shelfordian
I was a Merchant Ivory extra, no less, in...

I was a Merchant Ivory extra, no less, in Maurice!

Got paid £20 for a day wandering aimlessly to and fro on Clare Bridge. This must have been about April 1987.
Forum: Money Saving Tips 24-03-2019, 11:38 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,096
Posted By Shelfordian
Actually, Realspeed, I'm not sure it IS such a...

Actually, Realspeed, I'm not sure it IS such a modern phenomenon.

In 1907 my great great grandfather burgled my great grandfather's house, where my great great grandmother was living (my great...
Forum: Car Forum 24-03-2019, 11:25 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,868
Posted By Shelfordian
The modern HC is a most unsatisfactory document. ...

The modern HC is a most unsatisfactory document.

It tells you, when approaching a roundabout, to "select the most appropriate lane". Back in the day, it used to contain principles for determining...
Forum: Money Saving Tips 24-03-2019, 11:18 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 5,096
Posted By Shelfordian
I remember in the 1990s everyone was trying to...

I remember in the 1990s everyone was trying to push this insurance onto us. But every time they did I had a look at the policy being offered, and the "protection" it offered was always illusory - it...
Forum: Your Introductions! 24-03-2019, 11:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 985
Posted By Shelfordian
Greetings!

I've just joined ... because most online forums (I refuse to say fora ... when we adopt a foreign word into the English language there is no need to adopt irregular foreign plurals rather than giving...
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