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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Something like this would really throw modern kids a curve... :-) Probably none - other than moneylaundering perhaps - you know... should they manage to climb the promotion ladder :) |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Or to give them several escape suggestions if they rob the place. By the way, the answer to arithmetic question 2 is £667,990 14s 9d, took me a couple of minutes with a pen and paper, but not that hard in itself. Question 3 (divide £739 11s 11d by 556) took me a little longer, but it's £1 6s 7d, remainder 11s 5d. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
Or to give them several escape suggestions if they rob the place. Skimming a couple of pennies? I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Or to give them several escape suggestions if they rob the place. No, i'm an honest teller! :) If the 11s 5d should go missing though... Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
Or to give them several escape suggestions if they rob the place. There'd still be a couple of ds lying around. By my math the remainder for Q3 is 11s and 7d. I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
That's what I made it... 739x240=177,360 + 143 (11s 11d) = 177,503 /556 = 319.25 240 = £1 leaving 79.25 /12 = 6.60 [the .60 = 7.2d) ... £1 6s 7d |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19013 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Wouldn't they have worked down to farthings (¼d) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Wouldn't they have worked down to farthings (¼d) LOL. was just checking on that... farthings ceased to be legal tender on December 31st 1960. So the correct total would be £1 6s 7.25d as it was from 1903. |
bobby Send message Joined: 22 Mar 02 Posts: 2866 Credit: 17,789,109 RAC: 3 |
Wouldn't they have worked down to farthings (¼d) Ahh, well if they did that then yes, £1 6s 7¼d. On the other hand if only whole pennies, then 556 farthings (the remainder) is 139d or 11s and 7d. I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ... |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
There is a lot to be said for decimalisation! Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Isn't modern society & education grand! Online insults What I find disgusting is... "Where teachers did report such attacks, the survey claimed head teachers took no action in 40% of cases where the insults were from pupils and in 55% of cases where they were believed to be from parents." In that case, why the need for head teachers? They don't seem to be serving any useful purpose! Edit: What hours do teachers really work? "The biggest cause of unnecessary paperwork, the teachers reported, was preparing for an Ofsted inspection. Head teachers also identified changing government policies and guidelines as generating "unnecessary" bureaucracy." |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
What a society, run down so called "feckless" fathers... ...what about a "feckless" system? Poker player wins court battle |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
What a society, run down so called "feckless" fathers... Wow. Court of appeal judges too! A professional poker player who "declines to support his children" has won a legal fight after arguing that his winnings are not "earnings from gainful employment". Odd... a father receiving unemployment benefits has to contribute. |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
Odd... a father receiving unemployment benefits has to contribute. That is because he receives a known amount on a known day so the court knows how much he can pay. A poker player never knows how much she may win or lose on a given day. So the court reasoned they could not order child support under the current law as it is written. Easy fix change the law. |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Odd... a father receiving unemployment benefits has to contribute. Oh absolutely (hi Batterup :)) it's the term that was used as grounds ie: that his income was not "earnings from gainful employment" which to me suggests a legal precedent has been set for any unemployed father (currently paying around 11% of their £45 a week benefit) to not have to pay anything at all either. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
We've had "Police Commissioners, Drug Tsars" and now... "School Standards" Tsars Political appointees I bet! Oh dear... Huh? yah, wat? grunt |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
Oh absolutely (hi Batterup :)) it's the term that was used as grounds ie: that his income was not "earnings from gainful employment" which to me suggests a legal precedent has been set for any unemployed father (currently paying around 11% of their £45 a week benefit) to not have to pay anything at all either. You are reading "earnings from gainful employment" to broadly; with your reading all pensioners, annuitants and trust fund babies would also be exempt. The court read it more narrowly as to be a know income over a known time. If a trust fund baby wants a broader definition she will have to go to court. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24877 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
It's fun being a teenager today... How hard can that be to trace? Idea 1, I'm assuming Tumblr logs IP addresses of whoever posts to it, they can be traced via the ISPs to the user, then the police go and knock on the door. (I'm assuming these people aren't clever enough to post via anonymous proxies or some form of IP mask like TOR.) Idea 2, if the photos were taken with a camera phone, they often log the GPS coordinates into the picture file (mine does by default, though i've disabled it), if so, they'll be even easier to trace. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
There is a disclaimer that what they post is a work of fiction and much of it most likely is. I stole these when I visited the Queen. |
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