06-28-2019, 02:53 PM | #2462 |
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France update: 114.6 degrees Fahrenheit today!
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06-28-2019, 05:13 PM | #2463 |
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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!
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06-28-2019, 05:32 PM | #2464 |
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Beating up France...
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06-29-2019, 08:42 AM | #2465 |
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what... the... hell
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06-29-2019, 09:28 AM | #2466 |
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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.
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06-29-2019, 09:38 AM | #2467 |
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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.
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06-29-2019, 01:00 PM | #2468 |
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06-30-2019, 07:57 AM | #2469 |
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Don't lose your wallet...
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06-30-2019, 11:02 AM | #2470 |
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What's with Mexico?
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06-30-2019, 11:44 AM | #2471 |
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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. |
06-30-2019, 11:58 AM | #2472 |
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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. |
06-30-2019, 01:02 PM | #2473 | |
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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. |
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06-30-2019, 02:21 PM | #2474 |
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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. |
06-30-2019, 05:44 PM | #2475 |
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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.
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