Yes, there is absolutely no cost for calling an ambulance in the UK. Even if you don't pay National Insurance (effecively a tax to cover things like medical costs) I have never heard of anyone being charged for the ambulance. If you aren't a UK citizen or EU citizen with a special (practically free) card, then you technically attract a cost at end of any medical care you receive - which is seldom checked, charged or paid. I do not believe you get charged for the ambulance to get to the hospital in the first place. It is basically a public service.
Fold, or pinch, space-time. Mosey on to the part of space that you have folded to just in front of you, then unfold. Ta-dah! That's just one way I can think of.
Well it is quite likely that the ones with the required skills have already been snapped up by companies from other parts of the EU that tend to have more contracts. A two month contract is hardly a basis for a reliable income. Move to somewhere like Berlin or London and there will be far more opportunities. Working in FinTech in London I find all the time that the people are am working with are from all across the EU as there are so many more possibilities here in London. This empties the talent pool from the source countries. I hear this all the time from Lithuanians in particular.
London is far wealthier than the rest of the UK as all the skilled people move here from all over the country. Just the same happening but at an international level.
But this already happens with benefits tourism. People from Eastern Europe come to the UK and claim job seekers' allowance after 3 months, child benefits for the children they have back home and free healthcare because hospitals do not check eligibility - all at the tax payers' expense. Yes, some of those tax payers are also Eastern Europeans, but I mention this as counter evidence to the above that people within the EU already exploit the large gap between the absolute value differences between the EU nations. The British prime minister is currently trying (and failing) to negotiate changes to allow the UK to discriminate between people in terms of how long they have been in the country to alter what benefits they are entitled to and when.
I will take you up on that - once the Oxford English Dictionary removes all the superfluous 'u's and an equivalent US dictionary removes every single adverb.
Oh and can you PLEASE get them to fix the spelling for aluminium? Aluminum is missing the 'i' unlike in actinium, californium, uranium, plutonium, selenium, etc.
Actually I know that HP do this because I bought some US official HP ink cartridges some years ago when the pound was strong against the dollar. I brought them home, fit perfectly for the same model, and they refused to work. I called HP and they said it was because they region locked them. I ditched the printer (they are the cheap part, right?) and bought a different branded one instead. I will never buy an HP printer again.
I hope they aren't replacing them in all areas. I have been loving seeing the night sky in Sevenoaks, Kent. Crime rates are already very low in my area and from what I can tell, limited night time traffic. I love the lack of lighting after about midnight. I can understand that early in the morning in winters this could be a problem. The best night skies were on the freezing winter nights when the air was really clear. Having lived most of my life in cities barely ever seeing a single star, the current situation is very welcome.
I liked the way Anakin transformed from being a "good" guy with an American accent to a "bad" guy (Darth Vader) with a British accent. Are the film makers trying to say something there?
You say it was a bit of a thing back then, but if you look at Disney bad guys, they are almost always voiced with British accents. Disney are training American children that anyone with a British accent is a bad person and not to be trusted. Even in Batman The Dark Knight Rises, as soon as Miranda Tate opened her mouth and spoke with a British accent, I knew she was a bad guy. Same with most films still, unless they are the main character.
If it was a black person as the bad guy as often it is a British person, there would be protests on the streets.
I was already thinking about my VR room straight after reading TFA. I have considerable space in my loft for just such a venture. Bye bye extra bedroom plan - hello VR room!
Indeed, it is as ganjadude said below. Apple is a luxuries company and Standard Oil an energy company. Apple products give you a feel good factor - you are buying a certain amount of pleasure as well as utility when you part with your hard-earned cash at an Apple Store. There are other products that will essentially do as Apple products do for less money, but you choose to buy Apple.
On the other hand, oil is simply a cost to power the goods, luxury or otherwise, that people own. No one feels good about the gasoline in their vehicle when they drive away from the forecourt - that feeling might come from the vehicle and the feeling of freedom a full tank of gas can provide - but not the energy source itself.
Another factor is that Apple products require a lot of ingenuity, creativity, design and manufacturing to create. Standard Oil just pulls it out the ground which is almost seen as 'free money' for them. Of course people do not consider the cost to oil companies to remove it from the ground, but that all comes back to the emotive aspect at play here.
I work in the City of London and am glad of every single one of those cameras.
We have experienced decades of people trying to - and often succeeding in - blowing up us workers. For a long time we had the IRA and now Islamic terrorists all wanting to inflict death and destruction on those of us going about our daily lives. This list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London) gives some idea of the scale and number of attacks London (not just the City of London) has suffered. If these cameras mean that I or my colleagues do not become one of the statistics on that Wikipedia page, then I am all for them. Terrorism is a real and ongoing threat in London.
This isn't a national thing, it's a side-effect caused by an overall rising standard of living within any given culture.
Actually in the UK (and I expect other countries) the poorer members of society are the fatter ones (citation). So the evidence collected thus far completely contradicts your comment. It may well be the case that as a culture (or country) itself raises its standards of living the population as a whole get fatter - but that wasn't your observation.
The third option is the safest one as long as he's smart enough to find a way to not leave a trace about the contract.
The problem with the thrid option is that the bully is highly unlikely to know that it was from you. Part of revenge is you want the person you are getting revenge on to know you have got your revenge. Looking down the barrel of your gun just before you pull the trigger fulfils that. Especially if you just blew off the head of the person next to him. Adds a lot of gravitas to the whole situation.
If you can eradicate religion from the world, I am with you. Religion is the main source of irrational, illogical thinking that indirectly causes these problems. The UK's terrorists are home-grown and often fed propaganda by people from abroad (including family and friends) with more of the actual problems you outline above. The fundamental problems of the Middle East are simply spilling over, and as the UK has a massive Muslim population (both immigrants and UK born children of these immigrants), they can use religion as a way to attract young impressionable people to their cause.
Does being the world leader in imprisoning people count? We have more people in prison than China, North Korea, Iran, etc. -- and that is more people in prison period, not merely per capita.
China, North Korea and Iran are just more efficient at carrying out their death sentences - hence less people being imprisoned.
The Royal Family certainly doesn't generate £500M/year. The top place given following the reference on your link is the Tower of London, which no longer has anything to do with the Royal Family, except they "own" it.
Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle would bring in much more money if the Queen would fuck off. They could be permanently opened as museums.
Well the Tower of London houses the crown jewels, which is linked to the monarchy; and Buckingham Palace would just be another stately home without the queen living there. The fact it is her home drives the demand.
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Yes, there is absolutely no cost for calling an ambulance in the UK. Even if you don't pay National Insurance (effecively a tax to cover things like medical costs) I have never heard of anyone being charged for the ambulance. If you aren't a UK citizen or EU citizen with a special (practically free) card, then you technically attract a cost at end of any medical care you receive - which is seldom checked, charged or paid. I do not believe you get charged for the ambulance to get to the hospital in the first place. It is basically a public service.
The commenter was refering the UK, not USA - hence the comment about "international health service". Read further up.
Fold, or pinch, space-time. Mosey on to the part of space that you have folded to just in front of you, then unfold. Ta-dah! That's just one way I can think of.
London is far wealthier than the rest of the UK as all the skilled people move here from all over the country. Just the same happening but at an international level.
Meh, I think even us Brits have accepted the American definition by now.
But this already happens with benefits tourism. People from Eastern Europe come to the UK and claim job seekers' allowance after 3 months, child benefits for the children they have back home and free healthcare because hospitals do not check eligibility - all at the tax payers' expense. Yes, some of those tax payers are also Eastern Europeans, but I mention this as counter evidence to the above that people within the EU already exploit the large gap between the absolute value differences between the EU nations. The British prime minister is currently trying (and failing) to negotiate changes to allow the UK to discriminate between people in terms of how long they have been in the country to alter what benefits they are entitled to and when.
Oh and can you PLEASE get them to fix the spelling for aluminium? Aluminum is missing the 'i' unlike in actinium, californium, uranium, plutonium, selenium, etc.
Are they really that hard? Mostly it is a case of just adding "ly".
It sounds so jarring when they use adjectives in place of the adverbs.
"Come quick(ly)!"
"He is walking too slow(ly)"
"I have fresh(ly) made cookies!"
Give it your best, reach for an A+!
Actually I know that HP do this because I bought some US official HP ink cartridges some years ago when the pound was strong against the dollar. I brought them home, fit perfectly for the same model, and they refused to work. I called HP and they said it was because they region locked them. I ditched the printer (they are the cheap part, right?) and bought a different branded one instead. I will never buy an HP printer again.
Bah, it was a popular decision with the public - and that is what democracy is all about!
I hope they aren't replacing them in all areas. I have been loving seeing the night sky in Sevenoaks, Kent. Crime rates are already very low in my area and from what I can tell, limited night time traffic. I love the lack of lighting after about midnight. I can understand that early in the morning in winters this could be a problem. The best night skies were on the freezing winter nights when the air was really clear. Having lived most of my life in cities barely ever seeing a single star, the current situation is very welcome.
You say it was a bit of a thing back then, but if you look at Disney bad guys, they are almost always voiced with British accents. Disney are training American children that anyone with a British accent is a bad person and not to be trusted. Even in Batman The Dark Knight Rises, as soon as Miranda Tate opened her mouth and spoke with a British accent, I knew she was a bad guy. Same with most films still, unless they are the main character.
If it was a black person as the bad guy as often it is a British person, there would be protests on the streets.
Soccer involves kicking a round spherical ball.
As opposed to a non-round spherical ball...?
I was already thinking about my VR room straight after reading TFA. I have considerable space in my loft for just such a venture. Bye bye extra bedroom plan - hello VR room!
On the other hand, oil is simply a cost to power the goods, luxury or otherwise, that people own. No one feels good about the gasoline in their vehicle when they drive away from the forecourt - that feeling might come from the vehicle and the feeling of freedom a full tank of gas can provide - but not the energy source itself.
Another factor is that Apple products require a lot of ingenuity, creativity, design and manufacturing to create. Standard Oil just pulls it out the ground which is almost seen as 'free money' for them. Of course people do not consider the cost to oil companies to remove it from the ground, but that all comes back to the emotive aspect at play here.
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Totally see how that works.
Well clearly you don't totally see how the cameras would work.
We have experienced decades of people trying to - and often succeeding in - blowing up us workers. For a long time we had the IRA and now Islamic terrorists all wanting to inflict death and destruction on those of us going about our daily lives. This list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London) gives some idea of the scale and number of attacks London (not just the City of London) has suffered. If these cameras mean that I or my colleagues do not become one of the statistics on that Wikipedia page, then I am all for them. Terrorism is a real and ongoing threat in London.
This isn't a national thing, it's a side-effect caused by an overall rising standard of living within any given culture.
Actually in the UK (and I expect other countries) the poorer members of society are the fatter ones (citation). So the evidence collected thus far completely contradicts your comment. It may well be the case that as a culture (or country) itself raises its standards of living the population as a whole get fatter - but that wasn't your observation.
And they still get free healthcare at point of delivery.
The third option is the safest one as long as he's smart enough to find a way to not leave a trace about the contract.
The problem with the thrid option is that the bully is highly unlikely to know that it was from you. Part of revenge is you want the person you are getting revenge on to know you have got your revenge. Looking down the barrel of your gun just before you pull the trigger fulfils that. Especially if you just blew off the head of the person next to him. Adds a lot of gravitas to the whole situation.
If you can eradicate religion from the world, I am with you. Religion is the main source of irrational, illogical thinking that indirectly causes these problems. The UK's terrorists are home-grown and often fed propaganda by people from abroad (including family and friends) with more of the actual problems you outline above. The fundamental problems of the Middle East are simply spilling over, and as the UK has a massive Muslim population (both immigrants and UK born children of these immigrants), they can use religion as a way to attract young impressionable people to their cause.
Does being the world leader in imprisoning people count? We have more people in prison than China, North Korea, Iran, etc. -- and that is more people in prison period, not merely per capita.
China, North Korea and Iran are just more efficient at carrying out their death sentences - hence less people being imprisoned.
The Royal Family certainly doesn't generate £500M/year. The top place given following the reference on your link is the Tower of London, which no longer has anything to do with the Royal Family, except they "own" it.
Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle would bring in much more money if the Queen would fuck off. They could be permanently opened as museums.
http://republic.org.uk/What%20we%20want/In%20depth/Royal%20finances/index.php
Well the Tower of London houses the crown jewels, which is linked to the monarchy; and Buckingham Palace would just be another stately home without the queen living there. The fact it is her home drives the demand.
Lamb, Chicken, Cows and Pigs are not endangered species. Lions are.
There's a worth in becoming domesticated. Ever see a wild Cow?
As a group, yes - but not as an individual. I don't think those domesticated animals survive very long before ending up as your lunch.
I'd be the endangered lion any day!