Questions Thread

[cambridgefox]

Not a question as such but an idea about putting a few quid into the country without us dipping in to our pockets.

Sometimes when I go abroad I have to pay an "entry to country charge".Why don't we do it?

In France I don't obviously have to pay it,but I do pay a small tax per person if I stay in a hotel as a foreign national( I believe)

So non EU countries pay £10, it won't break the bank enough to put tourists off but would create a small revenue.

[Danno]

Does anyone know how you can remove a big watermark from an image online, it is a box with some writing in that covers half the image

[bovril]

Does anyone know how you can remove a big watermark from an image online, it is a box with some writing in that covers half the image

 

Contact the photographer and ask if you can use his work for a fee, since that's his job like.

[Chug Laguna]

How much for a full house rewire?

 

Varies wildly depending on how much you need done. What are the specifics?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Where is somewhere nice to take a girl in Leicestershire? Not like for a meal although we will prob have a meal but somewhere a bit different?

 

Do what I call the "Bermuda Triangle" mate:

- Lamplighters

 

- Urbex tour of Sky Plaza hotel

 

- Travelodge (Holiday Inn if money is no subject)

[FoxesAreBlue]

I've come out of mobile version specifically to rep that.

That made me piss!

[Unabomber]

Do what I call the "Bermuda Triangle" mate:

- Lamplighters

 

- Urbex tour of Sky Plaza hotel

 

- Travelodge (Holiday Inn if money is no subject)

 

Shame I didn't get this advice when I needed it. 

[Buce]

Does anyone know how you can remove a big watermark from an image online, it is a box with some writing in that covers half the image

Loads of free software that can do this; just google 'watermark removal software'.

Illegal, though, and of questionable morality.

Edited 10 September 2014 by Buce

[Royston.]

if you pour a bucket of petrol on a lighted match will it produce a fireball effect or simply snuff the match out?

[leicsmac]

if you pour a bucket of petrol on a lighted match will it produce a fireball effect or simply snuff the match out?

 

Probably put it out - the amount of petrol would stop any oxygen getting to the flame if it was tossed on quickly enough.

 

Petrol in aerosol form though...THAT would produce a fireball.

[Vicki Vixen]

Not a question as such but an idea about putting a few quid into the country without us dipping in to our pockets.

Sometimes when I go abroad I have to pay an "entry to country charge".Why don't we do it?

In France I don't obviously have to pay it,but I do pay a small tax per person if I stay in a hotel as a foreign national( I believe)

So non EU countries pay £10, it won't break the bank enough to put tourists off but would create a small revenue.

We collect tax from tourists in other ways e.g. air passenger duty for flights leaving the UK

[notnow john]

One for a weights and measures expert.

When we are buying fruit or veg. why are some items sold by weight

but others on volume ( apples and oranges)? Surely everything should be

sold by weight.

[Chug Laguna]

Not quite sure what I should have for lunch and the hour of reckoning is at hand

[FoxesAreBlue]

Chilacas - I love that gaff

[Chug Laguna]

Just looked it up, 2 Coronas for £5... do they come with a handjob as well? Dear Lord.  £5

 

Burrito sounds good though.

[Smudge]

One for a weights and measures expert.

When we are buying fruit or veg. why are some items sold by weight

but others on volume ( apples and oranges)? Surely everything should be

sold by weight.

Apples and oranges aren't sold by volume.

"Get your Granny Smiths here. They're lovely, only £1.50 for 250 cubic centimetres"

[notnow john]

Apples and oranges aren't sold by volume.

"Get your Granny Smiths here. They're lovely, only £1.50 for 250 cubic centimetres"

Apples are sold by weight.

Oranges are sold by volume, i.e a relative amount.

Sorry if I confused you.

[Chug Laguna]

Do you mean by count?

[Chug Laguna]

Relative amount to what? Apples are very expensive by volume relative to no apples.

[Webbo]

I'd guess you'd have to buy oranges by the number as 3 oranges, or whatever number, wouldn't necessarily add up to an exact weight.

[Smudge]

Apples are sold by weight.

Oranges are sold by volume, i.e a relative amount.

Sorry if I confused you.

I assume you mean by pack or per each. The reason I would imagine is because apples, oranges and lemons can be sorted into a uniform size and priced in convenient packages. Whereas peas, brussels etc are irregular in size and easily sold by weight.

[Parafox]

And why are eggs sold per half dozen (or multiples thereof}?

 

Why can't we buy 1, 2, 14, or whatever quantity we need?

[Chug Laguna]

It goes back to before widespread commercial distribution of eggs. As chickens will only lay eggs in multiples of 3, and since all sales of chicken eggs were, by law, to be packaged with eggs from at least two separate chickens, a half-dozen eggs became the lowest common number of eggs that could be reasonably sold.

[Parafox]

Well, I never knew that!

 

Cheers. I'm going to use that knowledge to impress all my friends as I bet they had no idea either.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Chug Laguna's answer sounds better

Edited 12 September 2014 by Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo