Skacel Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I hired a car recently through atlas choice and picked it up from hertz. They basically act as a middle man I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) Also, the car I hired had an excess waiver on it if $0 per day through atlas but when I picked it up, hertz wanted a $3000 pre-authorisation payment in case i crashed the thing. I told them about the atlas deal but they weren't interested. Edited March 14, 2014 by Skacel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I've never been asked for a pre-auth from Hertz. That's weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Is costa at Tesco Lang stracht open today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 If tesco is open I'd say yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 ok thanks but its fine. i was hungry but i ordered dominoes instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer_Rosa Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Is there a soccer game on today or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Is there a soccer game on today or something?The only one I can think of is Man U vs Liverpool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 My general experience of registering with a new doctor is you have to wait 24 hours after registering and you have to see a nurse for a check up, but that's been in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Same up here as far as I'm aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 Same for me. Both surgeries I've registered with, I've had to have a nurse appointment first before being able to see a GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Never had to have a checkup when registering with a new GP in the 3 times I've done it (two in Aberdeen, one in Banchory) since I left home. Just been a case of filling out the form and waiting for the letter to come through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Yup. I've never had a check up at the two surgeries I've been to in ABZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstone Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Edited March 17, 2014 by Gladstone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Milner Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I wonder how they get around that, because technically as you say they are renting the flat from you, so why dont they cover the council tax if its empty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstone Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I questioned it at the time, but to be honest, I can't remember now. "Technically" they aren't the tenant in terms of the contract signed between me and them. I am the Landlord, and the guy actually in the flat is the Tenant. When there is no Tenant, the Landlord pays the council tax. The contract between me and Northwood is not a Lease - it's a Guaranteed Rental Agreement or something like that. It's a bit cheeky to be honest, but that's the way it works. For the sake of the odd fairly low council tax bill once a year at the most, I'm not going to rip up the contract and go elsewhere (because on a managed contract, I would need to pay the council tax and I wouldn't get anything if the flat was ever empty). The incentive on Northwood to fill the flat is far greater with the Guaranteed rent scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 What happens when you break the Recco thing on a Nevica jacket? I remember there being all kinds of stories about it setting off an alarm for rescuers to come get you in an avalanche, etc but really what the hell was it for? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 My understanding of it is it's basically like a "reflector", if someone is lost or buried in snow and the search and rescue try to find them with a radar it bounces the signal back so they can be pinpointed. Snapping it does fuck all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladstone Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 http://www.recco.com/the-recco-system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 In GIMP, i had a jpg that I made in gimp, that I wanted to put in a new picture, just smaller. So i added it, and resized, but as I thought it would it went a bit blurry and not as vibrant. What can I do to stop the quality dropping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Rasterize that bitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Not common that you would lose quality making it smaller but don't use JPEG if it isn't your final image and you need it to be compressed. Use PNG unless you need it to be compressed. Also, if you're moving images between projects, keep compression to a minimum. cheers. it was just a lazy thing. took a jpg i had already made and just popped it on, and then it all went to pot. I might try figuring out how to use it more and just import a project or something if i can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 In GIMP, i had a jpg that I made in gimp, that I wanted to put in a new picture, just smaller. So i added it, and resized, but as I thought it would it went a bit blurry and not as vibrant. What can I do to stop the quality dropping? Check which interpolation you're using. I think Cubic gives best results, but experiment. Of course it depends upon the relative sizes we're talking about here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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