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Questions and Answers - Part 3

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Saltation

15:49 / 16.02.06

Nina:
>The BBC site says I shouldn't run the climate experiment on a laptop. I should ignore that, right?

i think they're over-egging the pudding slightly. what they say re heat is true, but if your laptop is propped off the desk so air can get under it, the only real risk is down to premature degradation of the laptop's innards: laptop components are not physically as robust as are desktops' -- that's the tradeoff for squeezing a computer into a ringbinder.

i'd say: if you want to participate, try it. if you're not happy at how hot your laptop is running, stop it.

Saltation

16:01 / 16.02.06

re cookery, if you're in central london, "ex River Café/Pont De La Tour chef Matt Kemp" is doing a nifty thing under the church by Liverpool Street Station: £50 for a cheffery class and you come away with dinner for two plus newly mad skillz.

undergroundcatering.com

grant

18:53 / 16.02.06

I was wrong about the book, by the way -- we do have a copy of World Vegetarian, but it doesn't get used nearly as much as The World Food Cafe cookbook. That's the one with the corn recipe, I think. And the pretty pictures. It's vegetarian, but doesn't say so in the title.

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

12:25 / 17.02.06

Barbelithians strike me as a pretty well traveled bunch.

I am intending on spening a month in New Zealand in the autumn (NZ's spring) and I was wondering if anyone can suggest a decent place to find cheap flights? I'm also hoping to stop off in Hong Kong on the way over.

Rex Feral

12:35 / 17.02.06

Thanks for the tips, Saltation, grant and others. I'll defintely check out some of those when I get paid. And I may actually follow Loomis's advice a little.

Loomis

12:40 / 17.02.06

I have a question:

Where I work a few people seem to think that "depute" is the correct title for a second in charge, as opposed to "deputy". e.g. "Depute Head of School". I've never come across this before. Is it correct?

cube needs to get out more

12:51 / 17.02.06

It's a Scottish thing. Yes, it is correct. It's an old tradition. Or charter. Or something.

My question is about the legendary "Sarf of the River, at this time of night? You must be joking" from London cabbies. Does it really happen, and what's so damn hard about driving over a bridge?

Mordant Carnival

12:51 / 17.02.06

I think it should be 'Depity.'

Loomis

12:54 / 17.02.06

Reidcourchie - When I came here from Australia and also on my recent visit there, the best prices were from a travel agent called Trailfinders. They were also very helpful and list all your options and hold flights for you.

cube needs to get out more

12:54 / 17.02.06

Useful Scottish dictionary.

A Haus of Minions

12:57 / 17.02.06

My front teeth have suddenly and unexpectedly become sensitive to temperature. I believe this to be the result of a curse, but does anyone else have any thoughts?

Rex Feral

13:06 / 17.02.06

This has happened to my teeth a little bit. I rushed to the dentist because thinking, obviously THE MAN had impanted radio transmitters in my teeth because I am TEH ChAOz DANGer to the State. Imagine my disapointment when the dentist told me it's due to gums receding back slightly - in my case, due to overbrushing. Plaque also pushes the gum material back. He cleaned my teeth and suggested switching to an electic toothbrush so I don't brush too hard.

Of course, he may be in the employ of THE MAN - they are everywhere - so who knows?

unheimlich manoeuvre

13:06 / 17.02.06

Haus, both hot and cold? Do you visit a dentist regularly? Sounds like you may have exposed a nerve, either because of receding gums or tiny holes.
I get that, so swapped my toothpaste.

A Haus of Minions

13:09 / 17.02.06

By "regularly", do you mean "this millennium"? If so, no.

Mistletoffelees
(prev. Mist van der Rohe)

13:13 / 17.02.06

My front teeth have suddenly and unexpectedly become sensitive to temperature. I believe this to be the result of a curse, but does anyone else have any thoughts?

I have looked it up on http://www.zahnwissen.de:
Maybe lower parts of your teeth are not sufficiently covered by gum anymore.

Or your sensibility to temperature has decreased. It should be a problem with coldness, because teeth can stand a lot of heat. But if it´s less than +26,4°C, oversensitive teeth can react with pain.

The site says, your dentist can give you a paste/gel, that will densensitize your tooth nerves back to normal levels.

English searchwords are:

sensitive teeth
tooth hypersensitivity
dentin hypersentivity
odontohyperesthesia
hydrodynamic theory

cube needs to get out more

13:13 / 17.02.06

I think you've answered your own question, get thee to a dentistry!

Jub

13:19 / 17.02.06

cube - it is true for most cabbies, because most of them are from north of the river. South London doesn't really count as proper London, unless you want to go to Waterloo, the London Eye, London Bridge etc. Essentially you're all right as long as you stick to the South Bank, but any further than that the cabbie A-Z reads "here be dragons".

doozy floop

13:32 / 17.02.06

In the vein of people asking about holidaying in New Zealand, I would like to ask about Penrith.

It looks probable that I and the beloved will be spending a rainy March night in Penrith, quite probably by mistake. We don't have much to spend but I have a fancy about staying in a B&B with roaring fire, doyleys, fine ales, and possibly an asthmatic dog. Can anyone recommend such a place in Penrith, preferably near the train station, or are you all too wordly for the humble Lakes?

Mourne Kransky

13:35 / 17.02.06

Cube, I've lived South of the river for the last four years and have yet to hear a No from a cabbie. You could spit in the Thames from here though, so maybe I'm not far enough South to have experienced this.

This from the bbcamerica.com website:
A London Taxi driver is obliged to take any fare within a 12 mile radius of Charing Cross, he can legally refuse a fare if it is more than 12 miles from the point of pick up or more than 12 miles from Charing Cross or any fare will take the driver more than 1 hour to complete.

A Taxi driver is not obliged to stop for you if you hail him even if his For Hire light is lit, although a driver is obliged to take you if plying for hire on a Taxi rank.

The South of the river thing is not quite true these days. Very few drivers refuse to go South of the river. Most passengers that complain to me of being refused to go South always state that it is the older drivers that they have been refused by.

Ariadne

13:38 / 17.02.06

ooh, that sounds lovely, doozy. I've no advice or suggestions to offer, just a jealous 'oooh'.

Fly Beezy (War Minister)

13:48 / 17.02.06

Back to dentistry, for a moment...

Do prices differ between different surgeries in the same area (specifically North London) for the same procedure, assuming it's all NHS?

A Haus of Minions

13:49 / 17.02.06

Also, and perhaps a bit further back in the process... how do you go to a dentist, exactly?

Rex Feral

13:58 / 17.02.06

Petey: Dunno. You'd hope not, woouldn't you.

Haus: Get the phone book out. Some sugeries run a waiting list. I had to go on one when I contacted my local toothmaster.

Mourne Kransky

13:59 / 17.02.06

South London doesn't really count as proper London

Can anybody explain this statement to me so that I can regain my former good opinion of Jub? At the moment it seems like naked and ill-informed snobbery.

Mourne Kransky

14:02 / 17.02.06

Haus, go here to find comprehensive listings of NHS dentists. I found one this way when I moved down here and he is grrrrreat! Handsome too, and cheap.

unheimlich manoeuvre

14:12 / 17.02.06

Beaten to it. (Xoc, I may be forced to barbecrush you.)
Registering NHS Patients Search is the option you require.

Flyboy, I thought NHS was standard rate everywhere?

elene

14:12 / 17.02.06

... how do you go to a dentist, exactly?

Grrrrrr!

doozy floop

14:19 / 17.02.06

I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that rates are not standard, even for NHS dentists. Or have I just been screwed over somewhere? My last dentist was a git, after all. (*I* knew that nerve wasn't dead muttermuttergrumble....)

Loomis

14:51 / 17.02.06

the dentist told me it's due to gums receding back slightly - in my case, due to overbrushing. Plaque also pushes the gum material back.

I have the exact same thing. This could be the defining characteristic of our generation. Switching to sensitive toothpaste and a soft toothbrush has pretty much fixed it. Gums haven't grown back though. I might have to try a gum comb-over.

Jub

15:29 / 17.02.06

Can anybody explain this statement to me so that I can regain my former good opinion of Jub? At the moment it seems like naked and ill-informed snobbery.

It is naked and ill-informed snobbery.

South London! They should rename it Southwark and get rid of the bridges.

The resistable rise of Reidcourchie

15:43 / 17.02.06

Loomis, much appreciated.

pear

16:36 / 17.02.06

If you need to go south of the river late at night, your best bet is going to the ranks at London Bridge or Waterloo

Cabbies who live in south London rank up there hoping to get a fare to take them most of the way home.

Cabbies who rank up at liverpool Street are generally trying to get a fare on the way home to Essex - that sort of thing.

It's not a myth - It can be a bit of a nightmare, cabs can get around the rules by parking up and standing outside their cabs at ranks apparantly. They're also not obliged to take you anywhere if they think you look drunk. I just get on the joyful adventure that is the nightbus these days

Mistletoffelees
(prev. Mist van der Rohe)

16:48 / 17.02.06

I don´t get it. Isn´t Richmond in south London as well? I heard, it´s nice there?

William Sack

16:54 / 17.02.06

Richmond is an interesting one - it's the only London Borough with territory both north and south of the Thames. And yes, it is nice in a wealthy sort of way.

pear

16:56 / 17.02.06

In cab terms, not really - It's 'out west' and as it's not far from the M4, I don't think you'd have much trouble getting a cab to go there as they could always get a nice tourist fare from Heathrow

I think the 'not going sarf' bit traditionally extends from Brixton across to Peckham, New Cross etc.

That's my experience anyway

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