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What is in the conduit? Telephone cable does not carry a charge so I cannot see a problem with this from an electrical point of view. Not quite sure how it would contravene H&S requirements either? I am also H&S officer at work and havent been told its a no-no. Steve.

Not terribly surprising - we have expanded in every field, be it transport, communications, food production, wildlife conservation etc etc. Most of this is down to becoming a global community and the rapid exchange of ideas, and advances in technology including telecommunications. Speaking as...

The lear jet brigade of multi-million pound wealth I would define as super-rich. I would never makle that category no matter what I did. Rich is something I might conceivably become if I work hard or took a different career path. Semantics maybe, and its not impossible to become super rich...

A range of responses then! We came to the conclusion that being rich was effectively what we have now minus mortgage payments - ie if we didn't have to pay the mortgage but took home the same pay packet that would make us feel 'rich'. Looks like my poll was a little low, with most people wanting...

A scroll saw I would presume as this is the scrolling forum? My first guess, if you are cutting 3/4 inch wood is that the blade is binding in the cut and preventing the saw from oscillating. Does it happen on striaght cuts as well as curves or curves only? If it is the above then I would...

This poll stems from a conversation I had yesterday with some colleagues, about what constitures being 'rich'. The actual discussion was around child benefit / tax credits and at what level they should stop being paid to families but then evolved into a discussion on what level people would...

Where did I claim it as mine? I lifted it straight from the internet and I am happy to admit it. Apologies if people thought I wrote that lot in such a short time frame - I merely remembered reading it some time ago so googled for it. Oh how I wish I was that able :D Steve.

If Nelson’s navy had been subject to today’s regulatory environment, would the Battle of Trafalgar have proceeded more like this? “Order the signal, Hardy.” “Aye aye sir.” “Hold on, that’s not what I dictated to the signal officer. What’s the meaning of this?” “Sorry sir?” “England...

The minute she died or the minute she was declared dead? The two can be quite some time apart depending on the proximity of a medical practitioner to the soul in question! Steve.

Average Error (ie best score) = 4.56 for me! Steve.

Lee Evans is a possibility, or perhaps Rowan Atkinson - basically did the English version in the Barclays adverts anyway. As you say, not sure anyone can replace Peter Sellers fully! Steve.

Sigh I am giving up now, this is becoming pointless and drifting away from Rogers original question. Steve.

LB, if you mean this further response you posted Then you are still incorrect with the first part of the statement. It is not 0.5 + 0.5, rather it is 0.25 + 0.25. Two throws on average will produce the following: H then a H 0.25 H then a T 0.25 T then a H 0.25 T then a T 0.25 H and a T in...

So you still think the following statement is true do you? If so then I am going to stop posting on this thread because I am clearly not having any effect. Steve.

Oh dear LB, trying to blind us with mathamatics is not the answer I am afraid. I have not commented on it because IMHO it is stating the obvious. It doesn't need a rebuttal or an address. Its the equivalent of picking all 6 numbers then rolling a dice in my analogy above. Just a moments...

OK, lets take a simple example - I will stick with dice. I will ask you to pick a number between 1 and 6. I will then roll a dice. The chance of me rolling the number you chose is 1 in 6 - I think we all agree on that. The chance in any iteration of that experiment will always be 1 in 6 because...

No - Roger asked what is the chance of any ticket winning, not what is the chance of a single ticket winning. you are confusing a single ticket with any ticket. Steve.

I think you are confusing the issue here Tony - tossing a coin multiple times is like having multiple lottery draws, not having multiple tickets in the same draw. You are equating drawing the balls multiple times, I am saying you have 50 of the 14 million possible combinations of a single draw...

Well, those bits of it fortunate enough or in positions of power high enough to have access to nuclear shelters and fresh drinking water anyway. The likes of you and me were advised to sit under the kitchen table in the event of a nuclear war! Its bad enough politicians run the country, but to...

Wow, this has taken off big time! I still stand by my post Tony, although am happy for anyone to convince me I am wrong! Imagine rolling a dice. You have a 1 in 6 chance of rolling a 6. If I buy a ticket in the lottery I have a 1 in 14 million chance of winning the lottery. Now what is the...