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malvolio
malvolio
More fingers than teeth
Last Activity: Today, 15:17
Joined: 6 July 2005
Location: Walking in the garden, dreaming of Olivia...
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  • malvolio
    replied to Influenced by Government
    That was my point. We're raising a generation who only want to exist in their own little bubble and who will ignore - or have hysterical reactions to - anything that doesn't align to their world view. And, sadly, they aren't being well enough educated to form a sensible world view.

    But...
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  • malvolio
    replied to Influenced by Government
    I understand the point about why influencers may be necessary. Now all we have to do is work out which ones are useful and which are vacuous, ill-informed or plain ignorant wannabes...

    Sadly I get the impression that the latter are in the majority. We seem to be moving to a world where...
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  • malvolio
    replied to Vac for pet hair
    If you can't parse English, perhaps best not to try to understand it.

    I am not against British industry and never have been, and I can't recall any instance where I said I was. It's not my fault that British invented and/or designed devices of all flavours are built outside the UK, that's...
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  • malvolio
    replied to Vehicles with no human driver
    The problem is not the driverless car, it's that it will be surrounded by poorly trained and attention deficient driven ones.
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  • malvolio
    replied to Trump class battleships
    ISTR the Japanese WW2 Yamamoto class ran to about 70,000 tons... or about two of Trump's biggest ever ones.
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  • malvolio
    replied to Vac for pet hair
    What have you been drinking? How do you rationalse "most manfactured goods are made overseas" with hating anything?

    Sorry but reality will insist on intruding, sadly....
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  • malvolio
    replied to Vac for pet hair
    Ours is a Dyson animal (fairly recent version). Two steps to fully empty the container, one click to get to the filter for maintenance. Hardly onerous.

    Also, using a decent cordless (Dyson, VAX, Shark, whatever) is a hell of a lot easier than a plug-in one. IMVHO of course...
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  • malvolio
    replied to Vac for pet hair
    We use a Dyson cordless. Works really well, picks up hairs, has a boost option for any really stubborn bits (and an eco one to keep Millipede happy...). Also way easier to use than a corded one. 30-ish minutes running on a full charge but rarely use it that long.
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  • Remember that such clauses have to pass the test of "Reasonableness". If your work is not going to impact the original client's business, or you are not privy to commercially confidential information for example, a year would fail that test....
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  • Best of luck, of course, but it's not merely about "work done", it's about "work done to the required standard defined in the contract". The client may disagree that you have met that requirement. And that is outside the scope of the agency to determine; the fact that your contract...
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  • malvolio
    replied to Clarity Umbrella - what's going on?
    Unlikely, but they have been removed from the FCSA's register. ISTR the FCSA requirements excluded non-UK ownership...
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