Interesting graphs and charts department

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Nope.

I stand by my post.

And tw's post, since you said the same thing.

[Clodfobble]

France update: 114.6 degrees Fahrenheit today!

[Carruthers]

Here, about 40 miles north of London, we're expected to be on the northern edge of the hot weather tomorrow.

The forecast is for 33C/91.4F which is almost temperate compared to what they're suffering in France but I'll find it tough going and I just hope that Dad manages to put up with it.

Watch and pray!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Beating up France...

[Griff]

what... the... hell

[xoxoxoBruce]

Looks to me like it's not blacktop but old fashioned oil and stone. It melted and stuck to passing tires which rip it up.

[Griff]

Yeah, I had an oil and stone surface melt while road riding (bicycle) years ago. The stones actually ground part way through my chainstays. I suspect this was never a great surface for motor bikes.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

And tw's post, since you said the same thing.

Nope.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Don't lose your wallet...

[sexobon]

What's with Mexico?

Don't let Trump find out about this.

[tw]

Originally Posted by sexobon

What's with Mexico?

The study noted that a wallet with about $100 was more likely to be returned with the money than one with only $10 or $20. Another example of how common sense is contradicted by reality.

It could be that $10 in Mexico is considered more like $100. But that is only speculation based upon another part of that study that was not included here.

[sexobon]

Don't keep your money in your wallet while in Mexico and your chances of getting a lost wallet back are better (the opposite of most other countries).

It seems that Mexicans take "finders-keepers, losers-weepers" to an unrivaled level when it comes to money.

[tw]

Originally Posted by sexobon

Don't keep your money in your wallet while in Mexico and your chances of getting a lost wallet back are better

Or leave $100 in the wallet to increase it being returned in all countries.

Mexico numbers may be an outlier. I do remember something in that survey about sampling in some countries may not have been random enough. But in every nation, a larger cash amount meant a wallet was more likely to be returned. That (and not a nation's honesty) was the objective of that study.

[sexobon]

Many tangent discoveries are made by researchers looking into something else.

I'll keep my money in a money belt when in Mexico (or any other country) rather than put more money in my wallet.

[tw]

Originally Posted by sexobon

I'll keep my money in a money belt when in Mexico (or any other country) rather than put more money in my wallet.

I cannot remember some details. But recollection is that the wallet with a $100 bill was returned mostly 40% to 60% of the time. Yes, a wallet with a $100 bill is returned more often. But not good enough.