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Yup. The car will travel at a steady speed (e.g. motorway) without using any energy (Newton's 1st law)... APART FROM having to overcome any resistance like friction and air resistance. Air resistance is proportional to the SQUARE of the speed, so the resistive force at 70 mph is virtually...

As any accountant will tell you... 'rounding'!

Having been an admirer of Chris de Burgh's songs for some time, I cringed when he released the awful Lady in Red. Spanish Train is a powerful song from 10 years earlier. Like many of his songs, very much a 'story song'. See also "No Borderline" / "Goodbye to it All".

When I see the adverts all I can think about is the running costs (utility bills, maintenance etc) and how far away it is from my family and friends. Or is the idea to use it as a second home? I'm sure it's a very nice house, but I wouldn't want it - just give me the cash equivalent, please.

Nothing to do with the shirt, but an excuse to tell my FBS anecdote. A pal of mine was involved with The Housemartins and tells me that at some point FBS said to him "Do you want to come in with me to buy some DJ-ing equipment and have a share of any future profits if it all takes off?". He...

Shirley you mean "trafficators"?

Thanks for updating us - it almost sounds like you actually listened to the advice you were offered. Is that a first? 😉 Pleased to hear that it's going well.

flimflam .. but only ever in the phrase "that's just marketing flimflam". It's surprising how often I find it appropriate, though!

No, I didn't think so. And the benefit of the "reduction" from 27.5 to 10 is a bit misleading as that 27.5 figure was falsely inflated, only in force for 6 weeks as part of Trump's negotiation. It's like saying "I got a 50% discount on this sofa from SCS".

Was there really a 100% tariff?

... and a pack of yorkshire puddings. Pop them in the oven 5 minutes before the rest of your meal is ready. No need to prepare the mix and pour into the little cake tin and cook for 25 minutes. And you only need to cook the number you need.

Attributed to Winston Churchill: "This is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put."

My mate's son who is around 35 and a smart, well-educated school teacher didn't have a clue what Ceylon Tea was when he saw it in the supermarket recently. My own son is a bit younger and had never heard of Rhodesia, despite knowing all the current countries in the world, where they are and what...

Did you know that further to some great marketing, Dyson is now the most well known brand of hoover?

Remembering passwords, which you don't need to drive a car. Can you honestly say that you've never had to click on "Forgotten password?" ? Phone battery going flat. Not getting a mobile signal when it's needed. Phone having an intermittent technical issue (eg arriving at the Amex turnstile...

Yes, I've made a will (and that doesn't state that any of my property passes to her). We have agreed that we want to do a bit of tidying/re-carpeting two rooms before selling to achieve a better price, but she is dragging her heels. So it's not even on the market yet.

This board has been so helpful (to myself and to others) that I thought I'd try asking here. I am joint owner of a house with my ex-wife as a joint tenant so that on the death of one of us, their part passes automatically to the surviving joint owner. However further to our divorce (decree...

My son's always been keen to wear his replica shirt when out and about, usually surrounded by WHU, Spurs and Arsenal shirts among his peers. But he hasn't yet used his MyAlbion picnic blanket, as he thought it was a towel - kids, eh, what do they know!

I have three friends who have a hybrid Niro and they love them. I have test-driven one and was very impressed. I know you're talking about the fully electric version, so I can't comment on that, but the rest of the car package was very good, I thought.

Maybe drink and/or drugs involved? Not an excuse but might be a reason for a warped / random act.