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In the interest of balance, can you justify those charges?
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The last time I checked, in the UK it's the government who has to justify the charges. I'm pretty certain this applies even in Wales. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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This lounge is a very colourful place, I haven`t posted here anything since I have been around but time spent here is definitely not wasted.
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Hear hear 
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fearless_ wrote: time spent here is definitely not wasted
I know of at least one member who spends time on here while wasted 
I think one of his foul-mouthed wasted rants finally got him banned though 
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I don`t always step into to check the topics and comments but it`s always fun to watch the topics that show up on the main page.
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fearless_ wrote: time spent here is definitely not wasted
I guess we all come here for different reasons.
The Daily News and Lounge are part of my morning routine. I also visit when switching tasks or when I'm stumped and need to step away from a problem. If that doesn't work, then it's off to the woodshed.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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it`s a reasonable place for everyone work friendly , family friendly, what else could you ask for.
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The Soapbox was more colourful. But it is gone.
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Reminds me of one case mentioned in the classic book by David A. Ricks: Big business blunders - Mistakes in International Marketing (the exact title varies slightly with the editions of the book): One airline company wanted to market their VIP service internationally, referring to one service as their "Rendevouz Lounge". They were not aware that in some Latin American countries, a Rendevouz Lounge is where you go to find a prostitute.
(I haven't read that book for years. I really should dig it up and re-read it; I rememer it as a highly recommendable text!)
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Is that price right? £650! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Is that price right?
It's correct but it sure isn't right. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I'm afraid it is.
LEGO ain't cheap, especially one of the biggest consumer sets ever 
Maybe Star Wars LEGO is slightly more expensive too because of licensing issues.
It'll look great once it's finished though 
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Sander Rossel wrote: It'll look great once it's finished
I think you mean "It'll look grey once it's finished".
In a galaxy far, far too grey.
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That too
To be fair, they were pretty grey in the movie as well.
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Yeah, and it also exploded in the movie. So I suggest keeping it away from flammable objects, such as your cat.
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My cat currently keeps away from me, she ran away last week
Got a camera set up to catch her when she enters the house at night (IF she enters the house at night)
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She still hasn't adjusted yet then? Must have had a pretty traumatic past life 
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Yeah, she really doesn't like people.
I couldn't even come close.
Even after ten weeks she still hisses at me whenever she sees me!
She got a little better before she took off.
At least she was wandering around the house, playing with toys at night, sitting on my desk or on a chair (far away from me, of course), and she even came to watch me when I was in the kitchen.
About two or three days before she disappeared she sat about two meters away from me while I tried to lure her in with some cat treats.
She didn't come closer, but she didn't run away either and she's never been that close before (out of her own)
I had good hopes, but then she ran away and I haven't seen her for eight day now
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Sander Rossel wrote: she sat about two meters away from me
Ah, so she's respecting the current rules...
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LBP 650 / 4784 pieces = LBP 0.137 / piece.
When I was a kid, the price per piece was significantly higher (when correced for inflation).
Yet I don't like the development. In my childhood, you used the same square or rectangular bricks for "everything". You build a plane, take the pieces apart and make a house, later the pieces go into man. A few non-brick pieces had started arriving: Wheels, sloped tops for making roofs, even hinges. But they were all "general" pieces, not tailor made for one specific model. Even when they started offering railroad tracks and electric motors for the train, the pices were still general; you could build whatever with them. (My favorite, as a computer guy: The LEGO Turing Machine[^] - that is a general as you can get it  - and the presentation is made with a with a great sense of humor).
Today, LEGO is more about collecting as many models as possible, rather than creating as many constructions as possible. When we visited Legoland[^] in my childhood, we were intrigued by those impressing constructions made from nothing but the kinds of bricks I had in my own toy box. Nowadays, it is much more like a sales exhibition advertising all the great kits, with all the kit-specific pieces, you can buy. I didn't buy much of it when I was a daddy...
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Never thought about it like that.
I still love constructing it though, even when the pieces are specific for that model.
Back in the day I used to make all kinds of things with whatever was lying around, but those days are over either way 
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