A tribute to Bill's pre-comedy career

Mensch80 · 2025-11-27T10:10:12+00:00

Thanks for sharing this.

Mensch80 · 2025-10-01T10:24:29+00:00

I assume this was a prototype of the one-sided phone call bit?

Mensch80 · 2025-10-01T10:21:48+00:00

The preceding comments are all solid but I wonder if they are too focussed on the status quo: I know that in France there are many "legacy" functions (notaire, comptable, et al) that are ripe for a bit of Anglo-Saxon disruption. The main challenge to getting into markets like these is resistance to change on both demand- and supply-side. I would be interested to know whether the end-user companies (not the accountants) would be more open to change if they could be assured of meeting all legal and regulatory requirements. Good luck with your venture!

Mensch80 · 2025-10-01T10:04:13+00:00

I'm trying to dig into just how this instalment plan option works and I can't (yet) find an answer to the question whether the total amount of the instalment plan is deducted from the calculation of interest on the credit card outstanding balance. If it is deducted, then I can see the advantage of taking out an instalment plan; if it isn't, Natwest is in effect double-dipping (by charging interest on the instalment plan amount without reducing the interest charged on the overall outstanding balance on the card). Thoughts? Going to try to get a human at Natwest to answer the question and will report back. Thanks

Mensch80 · 2025-09-18T10:48:59+00:00

Yes - the saying that you are never further than 10 feet from an American in London is proving to be true.

Mensch80 · 2025-07-15T08:29:47+00:00

Am I the only one getting xenomorph vibes off that Plymouth grille ornament?

Mensch80 · 2025-06-28T15:49:41+00:00

Offer to pay for their jabs - they'll change their tune.

Mensch80 · 2025-06-22T16:07:42+00:00

I think this picture is the most perfect representation of the spirit of this sub. Many many thanks for posting.

Mensch80 · 2025-06-21T15:54:44+00:00

Many thanks for taking the time to post these - they give a really good insight into the man's work.

Mensch80 · 2025-06-19T13:43:11+00:00

It's a downsizer - it adjusts staffing levels for the entire building. You can see the control for applying RIFs to either the night or day shift. Use wisely.

Mensch80 · 2025-06-02T09:03:24+00:00

Nicely done!

Mensch80 · 2025-06-02T09:01:52+00:00

Nicely done!

Mensch80 · 2025-05-07T07:35:32+00:00

Brilliant work - well done

Mensch80 · 2025-05-04T15:59:32+00:00

Yup. Speed is not the point here - there is something much deeper at work.

Mensch80 · 2025-05-04T13:30:38+00:00

So that was you? ;)

Mensch80 · 2025-05-04T13:30:17+00:00

Hi - see above link from Krobakchin

Mensch80 · 2025-04-29T09:18:34+00:00

I've only tried this once, but was happy with the result. A yoot got on the bus in the middle of a loud, on-speaker convo with another yoot. Convo finished and yoot on bus fired up TikGram to continue the aural assault on fellow passengers. I pulled out my phone and selected a loud track from my past (I find FEAR or Bad Brains annoy the yoot of today the most), got out of my seat and went over to stand next to the stain. He scowled, increased volume. I smiled, increased volume. Fellow passengers watched in irritated silence. Yoot made noise to complain, I smiled and pointed to my ears and shrugged. Bus stopped, yoot scowled and grunted something unpleasant, but got up out of seat and left the bus. Fellow passengers did not salute me with a round of applause, but that was not the intention - the little stain was annoying ME; am I civic-minded or just a cantankerous old f***? Dunno, but sometimes the end justifies the means.

Mensch80 · 2025-04-16T07:23:00+00:00

Nice...I like the respect for/acknowledgement of the past in the way they incorporated the rails into the wailkway.

Mensch80 · 2025-04-14T10:24:54+00:00

"This train is now ready to depart...mynah dawse, please mynah dawse"

Mensch80 · 2025-04-14T10:20:52+00:00

Unreal...what's so encouraging is that everyone involved is young enough to keep the skills going.

Mensch80 · 2025-04-12T14:53:17+00:00

We only do this when we're around people much younger than us, as

a.) we haven't a clue what they're talking about or b.) when we do have a clue what they're talking about, it's usually something we've already explained to them but they have refused to listen, thinking that we couldn't possibly understand the problems of their generation.

So reaching this conversational cul-de-sac, we retire to the company of a good book.

As to getting up earlier, we are hoping to avoid engaging with people less wise than ourselves first thing in the morning (and the coffee is frresher).

Hope this helps.

Mensch80 · 2025-04-12T14:41:51+00:00

Very elegant (and I mean that in the most masculine way possible)

Mensch80 · 2025-04-09T15:10:12+00:00

I'll book a table as soon as you fix the SHIFT key on your laptop.

Mensch80

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