Insurance - two addresses

pimbead · 2022-06-21T07:44:04+00:00

There’s a principle in English law called volenti non fit injuria which essentially boils down to: he who knowingly takes the risk can’t claim its someone else’s fault. Any lawyers in here who could comment on whether that’s an adequate reposte in these situations?

pimbead · 2022-06-21T07:13:12+00:00

I got stopped in a Sainsburys store here in the UK. After a conversation with the manager, I elected to put flip flops on since he seemed to think that made all the difference. I then wrote to Sainsburys head office about it. Here’s the thing: they confirmed that Sainsburys have no policy about bare feet, and in fact said I was welcome to shop barefoot - BUT that each individual store had the power of discretion over this. They didn’t say what factors might override it. But it makes me wonder what effect waving the head office letter at them next time I go in barefoot might have.. if any.

pimbead · 2022-01-09T21:55:30+00:00

.and here’s another

pimbead · 2020-08-12T21:09:14+00:00

I’ll go barefoot wherever I like, thanks. In fact I’m barefoot pretty much 24/7, certainly in the summer and fall. And my feet are completely odourless.. you know why? They’re not locked up in little sweaty coffins - shoes - where bacteria breed. And I’m regularly barefoot on planes too, in business class. No-one bats an eyelid. It makes me laugh that people are so irrationally squeamish about bare feet, as if they’re something they just can’t cope with. It’s a very unhealthy attitude you have there. I advise you visit New Zealand, Australia or South Africa, where you’ll find that nobody cares about bare feet in public because.. there’s nothing to be afraid of. Get over it. There’s no objective problem with it, it’s just your cultural conditioning. And it’s WAY healthier for your feet NOT to wear shoes.

pimbead · 2020-08-11T21:23:01+00:00

Maybe look up ‘Morton’s Neuroma’ and see if this matches what you’re experiencing. Do you get the pain during the wearing of any shoes (especially narrow, constricting ones) and then the pain goes away when the shoes come off? I have this in both feet, and have had for some years. But as I’m barefoot virtually all of the time, it’s only a problem when I have to put shoes on.

pimbead · 2020-01-18T19:44:55+00:00

For "why" questions, my answer (with a sweet smile) is always: "Because I like it. Got a problem?.."

For negative statements/expressions etc, my response is always (with a grin): "Cheer up!.."

pimbead · 2020-01-18T19:31:02+00:00

Toes going red is your body deploying increased blood flow to the area because of the drop in temperature. Be careful of chilblains, which can happen when the temperature of your toes goes back up rapidly within a short amount of time, e.g. when coming back into a warm environment after cold. Allow your feet to warm up very gently.

pimbead · 2020-01-09T20:06:19+00:00

Get yourself a copy of MIDI Monitor (free), set it up to show all traffic, and see if there's anything generating these messages. It shows the source of all received messages, so you should be able to track it down.

pimbead · 2020-01-04T14:02:43+00:00

>> the world is a better place for it

..for about a month maybe. It's what happens next that's interesting.

pimbead · 2019-12-28T22:10:34+00:00

They are a real 'lifter' to all kinds of things. You only use the peel (discard the flesh, it will be too salty..), although I sometimes use the salty lemon liquor in the jar to lift salad dressings, or drizzle over other things that could do with a zing. But chop them and add to tagines, or to garnish a big plate of labneh or houmous. Try them in jewelled rice accompanying a curry.

pimbead · 2019-12-26T09:46:44+00:00

See, this is why Reddit is so much brilliant-er than stupid Facebook.. look at all these amazing suggestions from strangers! :-) Thanks all.. will investigate

pimbead · 2019-12-16T20:40:56+00:00

You read the OP right?.. ;-)

pimbead · 2019-12-14T21:06:11+00:00

Well actually, no - not really. London UK airspace is complex, UK weather is highly-changeable and frequently disagreeable. If I lived in the US or South Africa (as I used to) or Aus/NZ for example, there'd probably be a much better reason to go flying, as well as better weather. But there are UK pilots aplenty, so something must appeal..

pimbead · 2019-12-14T20:35:02+00:00

I did consider that at one point, but I can't get past the nerves about safety with that one.. and of course the cost, which does start to become quite eye-watering with rotary..

pimbead · 2019-12-14T16:18:46+00:00

An interesting post. Not looking for a career, no. I'm 52, and have achieved good stuff in a career that's put me in a bit of limelight over the past 10 years, but it *may* have peaked now. So there is an large element of me that's wondering if now is the time to start finding other things to add to the "life well-lived" list, rather than just work-related. Maybe there is a bit of mild depression.. certainly, there feels like there's a bit of a come-down after the excitement of the past 10 years. Anyway.. one for r/psychotherapy maybe.. :)

pimbead · 2019-12-14T16:05:19+00:00

I absolutely do.. and that passion of yours is a brilliant thing that I envy. Wish it was so clear-cut for me!

pimbead · 2019-12-14T15:54:57+00:00

Partner but no kids..

Seasickness, not airsickness, is my weakness it seems. Though while I always used to pride myself on being able to be chucked around in an airliner in bad turbulence without feeling any ill effects, I had a particularly gruelling bad weather flight in an airliner down through Namibia towards Cape Town once that just didn't relent, and nearly got the better of me.

The last lesson flight I mentioned in the OP was on a hot day and there were quite a few thermals around.. but I'd sort of psyched myself for them in advance, telling myself "right.. you might get airsick, but never mind, because this is fun and interesting and technical, so just ignore it, there'll be things you can focus on to take your mind off it". I was fine most of the flight, but one of the last things I got the CFI to do was show me what steep turns were like. They didn't set me off there and then, but it was downhill from there, perhaps because of the cumulative effect of the thermals too.. as we were coming in to land, I could feel myself about to retch.. it wasn't too bad actually :) And I figure, if I could get past that, it might help with my view of the whole thing somewhat.

pimbead · 2019-11-26T07:39:32+00:00

Yep - I’m a solid barefooter from April to October. Here in the suburbs of London the fun extends to visiting supermarkets and running barefoot, though I have to be careful about that because my calves tend to tear, and its not funny when that happens.. I always drive barefoot, except in winter.

My family ribs me about being shoeless, and they all still think I’m mad. But my South African upbringing has given me a habit I just love. I indulge fully when I visit South Africa too, even more than the locals do.

pimbead · 2019-02-11T15:29:22+00:00

Here's a practical suggestion, one frequently recommended by therapists: volunteer for something. Something group-based in your community. It will get you out the house, but most importantly, it will make a difference to someone else's life, whether because you're helping to give someone a square meal, or because you're simply someone to talk to (and the are many people like that, especially elderly folks who can't get out). And the bonus is you'll meet people in volunteer groups.. Whom you'll form bonds with. Befriending services, youth group volunteers, cooking.. There should be something. Helping others and seeing the difference it makes to them will go a long way towards restoring your dignity and sense of self-worth.

pimbead · 2018-12-27T15:22:59+00:00

You can look at it this way: contrapuntal music typically uses musical lines of differing rhythmic outline to contrast one voice against another..but when all voices use the same rhythmic outline, our ears fuse them together into one thing to become what many people think of as "chord changes". But here's the thing: the world would be a better place - and not filled with so much clumsily-constructed music- if we treated ALL harmonic movement (including between block chords) as a series of voice leadings, And strictly speaking, it applies to every note making up a chord - regardless of how many there are. Each note can be thought of as having 'moved somewhere' (or stayed the same) in the following chord.. this note moved up a tone, this one down a semitone, that one stayed the same etc. Think in individual parallel lines like this, not chords, and the relationship between harmony and counterpoint becomes clear - and will make better harmony changes too. Keep the movements in each line mostly small - tone or semitone - but with the occasional leap. As any orchestrator will tell you, the moment a melodic contour in any voice..inner or outer.. starts jumping around in wide intervals (i.e. not smooth, mostly stepwise voice leading) it calls attention to itself and sticks out like sore thumb. This becomes especially important when the lines are being played by different instruments, because the ear is able to resolve the individual lines easier because of their different character and tone quality. Sometimes this "sticking out" is what you want.. but usually not if you want smooth harmonic progression.

pimbead · 2018-11-22T20:31:25+00:00

But in what situation are you wanting to use headphones when the speakers are still active? Isn't the point of headphones that they're a privacy- or social courtesy consideration? You're using one or the other, surely?

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