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by The New California Republic » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:35 am
by The Archregimancy » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:25 am
The New California Republic wrote:Watson-Watt should have his own coin or banknote. I'd even settle for him on one of the notes issued by the Scottish banks.
by The New California Republic » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:35 am
by Hirota » Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:56 am
The problem I have is that I don't think they'd be being talked about in the same category as some of the nominees for the 50 quid note a few years back. Stephen Hawking, Alexander Fleming , Dorothy Hodgkin, Michael Faraday, Ada Lovelace, Alexander Graham Bell, John Herschel, John Locke, Isambard Kingdom Brunel were all in the running.Both very worthy people to be put on a coin.
Noor Inayat Khan's heroism well deserves remembering. Mary Seacole's work in the Crimean war also deserves far more prominence than it generally receives.
by The Archregimancy » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:30 am
Hirota wrote:The problem I have is that I don't think they'd be being talked about in the same category as some of the nominees for the 50 quid note a few years back. Stephen Hawking, Alexander Fleming , Dorothy Hodgkin, Michael Faraday, Ada Lovelace, Alexander Graham Bell, John Herschel, John Locke, Isambard Kingdom Brunel were all in the running.Both very worthy people to be put on a coin.
Noor Inayat Khan's heroism well deserves remembering. Mary Seacole's work in the Crimean war also deserves far more prominence than it generally receives.
by Hirota » Mon Jul 27, 2020 7:36 am
<shrugs> He was one of the nominees. Mind you, so was Harry Maguire Riding An Inflatable Unicorn, so worse things are known than using the same person for a second time I suppose.The Archregimancy wrote:Hirota wrote:The problem I have is that I don't think they'd be being talked about in the same category as some of the nominees for the 50 quid note a few years back. Stephen Hawking, Alexander Fleming , Dorothy Hodgkin, Michael Faraday, Ada Lovelace, Alexander Graham Bell, John Herschel, John Locke, Isambard Kingdom Brunel were all in the running.
Surely not Faraday?
Only because, well, we've been there and done that fairly recently.
That was only withdrawn from circulation in 2001.
by The Notorious Mad Jack » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:33 am
The New California Republic wrote:The Archregimancy wrote:
Already too late to replace James Watt with Robert Watson-Watt, what.
The Scottish banks could actually bring back the £1 note, with Watson-Watt on it, to satisfy two things that I want at the same time. But alas, I don't think such a thing is even on the radar.
by The Notorious Mad Jack » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:54 am
by The New California Republic » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:56 am
by Ostroeuropa » Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:59 am
by Nuroblav » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:24 am
Alvecia wrote:Would that be considered tips or hazard pay?
by Ostroeuropa » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:28 am
by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:33 am
Ostroeuropa wrote:Is there any real reason we need to have one person on each coin? Is it really that much harder to discover counterfeits if we have a few for each?
by Ostroeuropa » Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:34 am
by The Archregimancy » Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:01 am
Ostroeuropa wrote:Is there any real reason we need to have one person on each coin? [Ostro meant banknotes; see above] Is it really that much harder to discover counterfeits if we have a few for each?
by Vassenor » Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:21 am
by Novus America » Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:13 am
Vassenor wrote:So I'm trying to figure out the logic behind this new push for extra sales tax on online purchases and deliveries.
Especially now, when you'd think that we'd be pushing online shopping as much as possible in order to make social distancing easier, and to make sure people who have to isolate can still get food and such. Or is this another case of the government pushing the economy over human lives?
And this is before we get to the arguments regarding who's likely to be worst hit, with the wealthier end of the spectrum being better able to weather this increase and so not be forced back to the brick-and-mortar shops like people in lower income brackets will be. Although given the attitudes of this government so far, it wouldn't shock me too much if that was the point of the whole exercise.
by Vassenor » Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:16 am
Novus America wrote:Vassenor wrote:So I'm trying to figure out the logic behind this new push for extra sales tax on online purchases and deliveries.
Especially now, when you'd think that we'd be pushing online shopping as much as possible in order to make social distancing easier, and to make sure people who have to isolate can still get food and such. Or is this another case of the government pushing the economy over human lives?
And this is before we get to the arguments regarding who's likely to be worst hit, with the wealthier end of the spectrum being better able to weather this increase and so not be forced back to the brick-and-mortar shops like people in lower income brackets will be. Although given the attitudes of this government so far, it wouldn't shock me too much if that was the point of the whole exercise.
I get why one might criticize this as a bad way to go about things but the “economy over lives” is a dumb meme that seems to contradict your point here. If you goal is to improve the poor’s access to goods, how is disregarding the economy a good thing?
If the economy is bad, the poor is hurt the worse too.
by Novus America » Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:36 am
Vassenor wrote:Novus America wrote:
I get why one might criticize this as a bad way to go about things but the “economy over lives” is a dumb meme that seems to contradict your point here. If you goal is to improve the poor’s access to goods, how is disregarding the economy a good thing?
If the economy is bad, the poor is hurt the worse too.
You do understand the point of the lockdown, right?
by CoraSpia » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:27 am
by Fartsniffage » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:45 am
by The New California Republic » Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:56 am
Fartsniffage wrote:I found out today that the police response time to my house using lights and siren is 3 minutes 43 seconds.
Apparently reporting someone passed out in a car in front of your house with an open can of beer gets the emergency treatment.
by Fartsniffage » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:03 am
The New California Republic wrote:Fartsniffage wrote:I found out today that the police response time to my house using lights and siren is 3 minutes 43 seconds.
Apparently reporting someone passed out in a car in front of your house with an open can of beer gets the emergency treatment.
When I found human remains the response time was quick too, but I didn't time it though, as it didn't seem important at the time.
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