Quick Questions

[Jaaakkkeee]

Looks like Very is the leading contender. Cheers guys.

[Jaaakkkeee]

£250? Fuck that shit. How long have you been going out with her?

Coming up to 4 years. Our first real christmas together, after a year of going out, she got me a £200 acoustic bass.

[Adam Easy Wishes]

Thank you.

BTW, I just Googled that.

Google Inc.

(NASDAQ: GOOG) is an American multinational corporation which provides Internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, software and advertising technologies.[5]

[Paranoid Android]

Tell me why it is that you do not watch Modern Family and explain to me that if you have seen a handful of episodes why your opinion of it is not great?

Now.

I've seen a couple of episodes. I didn't find them funny or any of the characters particularly interesting and I just generally didn't feel any urge to carry on watching any more.

[paime]

It's to outdo my gf. If I want to out do her i'm gonna have to get finance.

I'll outdo her for you if you like?

[Adam Easy Wishes]

I've seen a couple of episodes. I didn't find them funny or any of the characters particularly interesting and I just generally didn't feel any urge to carry on watching any more.

You are wrong! I mean that in the nicest way possible, 'cause I think the show is great. If you're ever at a loose end I urge you to give it another go. Season 4 is showing at the moment and the first few episodes have made me laugh more than anything else in a long time.

[keeno]

Has anyone suggested a credit card? They usually give you 6 or 9 months interest free on your balance and if you haven't paid it up you can just transfer it to another company who will give you more interest free periods on balance transfer.

Not something I would personally do as I hate to be spending money I don't physically have, but I will be getting a credit card sooner or later for buying a holiday. At least they give you better protection when booking flights etc.

[Paranoid Android]

I may do sometime. You're not the first person to recommend it.

[Paranoid Android]

Credit Cards are such tempting little bastards to have around though. I used to be very good with money. But my credit card bill is in a bit of a state right now. Paying it off is my main task for the next few months.

Thankfully I have no gf to out do, so wont spend too much at christmas.

[Stroopy121]

One for the students / recently graduated.

When you're referencing more than one fact from the same source, at different points in a document, do you need to reference it multiple times?

Example:

The Jakebassist hating started when he was posting about suffering with IBS<1> but it escalated when he realised how much he was annoying the easily-trolled among the forum users and began deliberately posting tripe<2>. Now even his "serious" posts are recieved with hostility<4>. blah blah blah, something else that's referenced from source<1*>.

<1>Every

<2>body

<3>hates

<4>Jake

xx

[Skacel]

I would have thought a credit card was a necessity in this day and age. I put everything on my credit card and try and clear the balance each month.

[paime]

Has anyone suggested a credit card? They usually give you 6 or 9 months interest free on your balance and if you haven't paid it up you can just transfer it to another company who will give you more interest free periods on balance transfer.

Not something I would personally do as I hate to be spending money I don't physically have, but I will be getting a credit card sooner or later for buying a holiday. At least they give you better protection when booking flights etc.

Tesco are doing 15 months interest free on balance transfers and purchases just now. Seems like a pretty good deal.

[Old Gold]

One for the students / recently graduated.

When you're referencing more than one fact from the same source, at different points in a document, do you need to reference it multiple times?

Example:

xx

Yes.

[Stroopy121]

Cool. So in my example would this:

The Jakebassist hating started when he was posting about suffering with IBS<1> but it escalated when he realised how much he was annoying the easily-trolled among the forum users and began deliberately posting tripe<2>. Now even his "serious" posts are recieved with hostility<4>. blah blah blah, something else that's referenced from source<1>.

<1>Every

<2>body

<3>hates

<4>Jake

or this:

The Jakebassist hating started when he was posting about suffering with IBS<1> but it escalated when he realised how much he was annoying the easily-trolled among the forum users and began deliberately posting tripe<2>. Now even his "serious" posts are recieved with hostility<4>. blah blah blah, something else that's referenced from source<5>.

<1>Every

<2>body

<3>hates

<4>Jake

<5>Every

Be the right way to do it?

xx

[Skubbs]

re. Catalogues: There is Littlewoods, I think Very is their version for those with better credit ratings. All of the stuff is overpriced though, by at least £20. I used Littlewoods for getting some bits and bobs for my old flat, and to be honest would have been better just saving up and buying the stuff as you do pay over the odds.

And outdo your girlfriend with present thoughtfulness instead of just buying expensive crap.

I'm making jam and shortbread this year as my "stocking fillers" and everyone seems to love this idea as it's a bit more effort than just going to Sainsburys and buying packaged shite.

[Jaaakkkeee]

re. Catalogues: There is Littlewoods, I think Very is their version for those with better credit ratings. All of the stuff is overpriced though, by at least £20. I used Littlewoods for getting some bits and bobs for my old flat, and to be honest would have been better just saving up and buying the stuff as you do pay over the odds.

And outdo your girlfriend with present thoughtfulness instead of just buying expensive crap.

I'm making jam and shortbread this year as my "stocking fillers" and everyone seems to love this idea as it's a bit more effort than just going to Sainsburys and buying packaged shite.

Oh she gets thoughtful, that's the £100.

[Old Gold]

Cool. So in my example would this:

The Jakebassist hating started when he was posting about suffering with IBS<1> but it escalated when he realised how much he was annoying the easily-trolled among the forum users and began deliberately posting tripe<2>. Now even his "serious" posts are recieved with hostility<4>. blah blah blah, something else that's referenced from source<1>.

<1>Every

<2>body

<3>hates

<4>Jake

or this:

The Jakebassist hating started when he was posting about suffering with IBS<1> but it escalated when he realised how much he was annoying the easily-trolled among the forum users and began deliberately posting tripe<2>. Now even his "serious" posts are recieved with hostility<4>. blah blah blah, something else that's referenced from source<5>.

<1>Every

<2>body

<3>hates

<4>Jake

<5>Every

Be the right way to do it?

xx

If it's fresh piece of information from the same source, give it it's own citation I reckon.

[Spoonie]

I'm engaged and we've been together for eight and a half years. We both work full time, in reasonably well paying jobs and we've had a £100 limit on Christmas and birthday presents for years. Cos we're not a pair of wallopers.

[Stroopy121]

Marvellous. Thank you, kind sir.

xx

[Stroopy121]

£15 limit FTW. Wife and I get each other 5 stocking filler, wee gifts for £15 or under. Fucking capitalists.

xx

[Flights]

Me and my missus set the limits of £50 for birthdays and £100 for christmas.

Why more at christmas?

That's why.

[Jaaakkkeee]

Me and my missus set the limits of £50 for birthdays and £100 for christmas.

Why more at christmas?

That's why.

We also have a lower limit at birthdays. Albeit not much lower.

[FOX]

get credit

Noob question:

What on Earth is "getting credit"? Like I've never really thought about that as a concept. No idea what it is/how it works.

Edit: Reading the scrollback it looks like some sort of loan?

[FOX]

One for the students / recently graduated.

When you're referencing more than one fact from the same source, at different points in a document, do you need to reference it multiple times?

Example:

xx

(ibid)

[MattJimF]

Noob question:

What on Earth is "getting credit"? Like I've never really thought about that as a concept. No idea what it is/how it works.

Edit: Reading the scrollback it looks like some sort of loan?

yeah, it's basically getting goods now, but paying the cost off over a period of time, or like a credit card where you get a bill at the end of the month as opposed to a debit card where you can only spend what you have.