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Job Centre Challenge!

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jonh
on Sunday, July 20, 2008
in Rants and questions
. 2 Comments

Find the address of your local job centre using their [jobcentre plus webiste]!

I swear it’s impossible :D

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Why doesn’t the baggage go on the same flight as the passenger?

Published
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jonh
on Sunday, March 30, 2008
in questions
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Who’s idea was it that your ‘hold’ baggage went on a different flight to you? Is there really any need for such over complication?

Lets check out the facts:

* A plane can go a certain distance on a certain amount of fuel
* People weight roughly the same amount
* Hand luggage is limited in size
* Hold luggage is almost always limited in weight (as far as I know)
* If you want more hold luggage you have to pay extra and book it in

So exactly why does the luggage need to go on a different flight? I could understand if you extra luggage had to travel separately, but not the luggage that you get allocated surely!

Can someone explain?

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Should I get a Dishwasher?

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jonh
on Tuesday, January 22, 2008
in Thoughts and questions
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So when we were on holiday in Keswick (photo’s to come I promise!), the cottage we were staying in had a small dishwasher - probably because their hot water wasn’t really very hot. Emma has always been against dishwashers as she never believed that they cleaned things properly - but after using the one on holiday we’re kind of convinced they clean stuff pretty good.

Hence the (environmental) dilemma

For:

  • Saves me doing it
  • Cleans stuff a lot hotter than we can

Against:

  • Possibly uses more water - contentious point as it’s hard to measure how much water we’re using when we do it by hand - but even the most efficient use at least 12 litres
  • More electricity usage - though we wouldn’t use the hot water so much if we had one as the shower heats it itself

So I’m stuck. Opinions please! Also feel free to add pros/cons :)

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