WTF?

From: Dan (HERMAND)21 Jan 2011 00:21
To: ALL1 of 41

Just logged on to my bank to find out Virgin Media have taken £117 out of my account.

 

I have zero idea why, I was expecting more like £30 or at the most £60 with all the advance payment shit. This'll be a fun call tomorrow morning. I've just moved house, but nobody mentioned figures like these - it just says Virgin Media first payment.

 

I'm guessing they've forgotten the £50 credit, free install and half price bill that they fucking promised me. Actually, that makes sense - I'll bet they've charged me a full bill at ~£60 plus the £50 for V+ which should've been free. Lovely.

 

(I also forgot that my rent now goes out earlier, so imagine my heart attack when I saw the balance was £700 less than I expected!)

From: patch21 Jan 2011 00:25
To: Dan (HERMAND) 2 of 41
I love the idea of always knowing what your bank balance should be, but I've never managed it. I just try to spend less than I've earned, and hope I don't spend too much. Seems to work, so far. I look at my balance maybe once every 3 or 4 months, and I've always been in the black.
EDITED: 21 Jan 2011 00:26 by PATCH
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)21 Jan 2011 08:43
To: patch 3 of 41
I try not to look at my balance too often. I don't like scary things (except Emily).
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From: steve21 Jan 2011 17:03
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 5 of 41
My electricity bill is £90 a month at the moment :(

*living by self in giant victorian flat with huge sash windows* :C
From: koswix21 Jan 2011 18:28
To: steve 6 of 41
rent out your windows to pole dancers.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)22 Jan 2011 05:02
To: koswix 8 of 41
From: Dan (HERMAND)22 Jan 2011 15:24
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 9 of 41

I scan read the link, found the bit where you think microwaves are awfully dangerous. The page you linked to was even more crazy.

 

You really are a loon :'D

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From: Dan (HERMAND)24 Jan 2011 20:19
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 11 of 41
Hertel explains, "Technically produced microwaves are based on the principle of alternating current. Atoms, molecules and cells hit by this hard electromagnetic radiation are forced to reverse polarity 1 to 100 billion times a second."

"There are no atoms, molecules or cells of any organic system able to withstand such a violent, destructive power for any extended period of time, not even in the low energy range of milliwatts.
(...) This is how microwave cooking heat is generated - friction from this violence in water molecules. Structures of molecules are torn apart, molecules are forcefully deformed (called structural isomerism) and thus become impaired in quality."

So it`s the water molecules in foods that are directly agitated first to produce frictional heat. Journalist Tom Valentine played devil`s advocate by posing this question: "What about microwaves from the sun? Are they harmful?"

Again, it`s the AC current propelling microwave ovens that create an extremely rapid polar shift of the subjected water molecules. Hertel went on to explain that the sun`s microwaves are based on a pulsating direct current. This type of microwave radiation doesn`t shear molecules because there is no rapid oscillation of polarity.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030651_microwave_cooking_cancer.html#ixzz1BywhzNGv


Seriously?
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)24 Jan 2011 21:22
To: Dan (HERMAND) 12 of 41

Fucking hell. (fail)

 

Microwaves don't /have/ polarity. microwaves are microwaves, whatever the source. All they have is frequency and amplitude.

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From: steve24 Jan 2011 23:38
To: ALL14 of 41
/ 8-O /
From: Dan (HERMAND)24 Jan 2011 23:41
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 15 of 41

There is fuck all reputable about that site, m'dear.

 

I won't be mailing though, reminds me of BourqueFan, but with more pseudoscience.

 

And what the hell is a food technician?

From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)24 Jan 2011 23:50
To: Dan (HERMAND) 16 of 41
I'm a food technician.
From: patch25 Jan 2011 00:25
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 17 of 41
No. What you eat is technically food. It's not the same thing at all.
From: JonCooper25 Jan 2011 01:24
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 18 of 41
after glancing at your tips the other day I did check my lava lamp and it is definatly too hot to keep your hand on, which isn't bad for a tiny bulb - not too sure about heating the house that way mind
From: ANT_THOMAS25 Jan 2011 01:47
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 19 of 41
Just read your tips, and whilst I understand why people might use things like that to save a bit of money is it really a good way to live? Do you really enjoy basically getting rid of all of lifes luxuries?
From: DrBoff (BOFF)25 Jan 2011 07:28
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 20 of 41
quote:
Microwaves don't /have/ polarity.


Unfortunately, they do, at least a continually oscillating one.

Fortunately, everything else he says is total bollocks.