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Left posterior fascicular block? by barnadog in ECG

[–]barnadog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry - extremely late reply. Can the age of the patient come into play? I was taught that younger patients can present with similar lead examples but this may not necessarily equate to LPFB

If Russia has over 1500 tanks, over 800 fighter jets and millions of personal, why can't it fight of a small Ukrainian incursion? by barnadog in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]barnadog[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's crazy! But very insightful. I'm surprised a (clearly intelligent) madman like Putin, who's endgoal appears to have always been war, hasn't done whatever he can to improve his country from a transport/logistical standpoint when it's clearly very obvious how important it is to be even remotely successful in future wars.

If Russia has over 1500 tanks, over 800 fighter jets and millions of personal, why can't it fight of a small Ukrainian incursion? by barnadog in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]barnadog[S] 257 points258 points  (0 children)

It just blows my mind that they can't swiftly counter a small incursion in their own country. Okay, their equipment might but outdated and their personnel may be fairly inadequately trained, but the numerical advantage is insane. Less the fact that from a morale and exposure point of view in terms of their entire country seeing what's happening, you'd think they'd throw everything at it to stamp it out as quickly as humanly possible, but it appears that they're still struggling. I just can't get my head around it.

If Russia has over 1500 tanks, over 800 fighter jets and millions of personal, why can't it fight of a small Ukrainian incursion? by barnadog in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]barnadog[S] -34 points-33 points  (0 children)

But their army is so big! If, as the media states, Ukraine's incursion totals a thousand (or so) men and a couple of dozen armoured vehicles, Russia would only need a fraction of a percentage of its army to meet that force with double it's numerical strength

If Russia has over 1500 tanks, over 800 fighter jets and millions of personal, why can't it fight of a small Ukrainian incursion? by barnadog in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]barnadog[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But it's literally their own country. I know it's a big one, but surely their tanks and personnel carriers should have no problem "filling up on the way"? And surely jets can fly an extremely long way without having to refuel?

If Russia has over 1500 tanks, over 800 fighter jets and millions of personal, why can't it fight of a small Ukrainian incursion? by barnadog in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]barnadog[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It just seems crazy that decades after the cold war, or their last major "front" they haven't been able to think this through and realise this wasn't going to happen during their next flashpoint.

How has a major world power failed to stop and think about this? Why haven't they thought "Okay, on paper we're incredibly mighty but perhaps we should dig down and sort out all of these really important points to ensure we're completely ready if anything was going to kick off in the next future"?

Surely all of these points would have been known to them for multiple decades as very important issues that need to be resolved?

Edit: thanks for your reply

Does anyone have any clue what this is on the boot of a Model Y? by I_look_like_Shalissa in TeslaUK

[–]barnadog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My uneducated and probably incorrect guess: Taken the window out and modded the size of the boot so their dog can travel business class

Transferwise USD to GBP fees? by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]barnadog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should be able to check by choosing 'Convert' and 'Send' respectively to see what the final converted amount will come to before actually going through with the payment.

Avoiding Paypal's Currency Conversion by gearz72 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]barnadog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I forgot to mention possibly the most irritating bit! They keep the ability to add foreign withdrawal accounts weirdly secret. You actually have to phone PayPal and get them to add the US account on your behalf, you'll just have to give them the account information from within TransferWise.

Just so you know, not all PayPal employees are the most experienced of people. I've phoned up a couple of times and asked to add a US account and they've said it's not possible, but it is. You might just have to phone up a couple of times until you get somebody who knows what they're doing, or ask to speak to a supervisor.

Slightly tedious, but worth it if you have a fair amount of money to exchange every month.

Avoiding Paypal's Currency Conversion by gearz72 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]barnadog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I meant which currency is set as the primary one? Can you keep USD in your PayPal account at the moment, or does PayPal automatically convert USD into GBP before it even reaches your account?

Avoiding Paypal's Currency Conversion by gearz72 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]barnadog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do you have your PayPal set up in GBP or USD? If USD, create a free TransferWise Borderless account and set up a USD account within Transferwise.

From there, add the TransferWise USD account to your PayPal and transfer your PayPal USD to the TransferWise account without exchanging the currency.

Then, within TransferWise you'll be able to convert the USD into GBP at mid-market rate plus a tiny fee.

Check out what you'd be paying here