The Very-Many-Questions-Not-Worth-Their-Own-Thread Thread XXXIV

[Cutlass]

When Old Queen Betty finally shuffles off this mortal coil, and Crown Prince Chucky becomes King Chucky-George, or whatever he decides to call himself, does all the outstanding money with Betty's face on it get recalled and replaced, or is it left out there and only gradually turned over to King Chucky-George's face as old money wears out and gets replaced?

If your live wire can be mistaken for your earth wire, I don't see how it cannot possibly be less safe.

Explain to me how that is more easily visually identified than this:

 

[Arakhor]

When Old Queen Betty finally shuffles off this mortal coil, and Crown Prince Chucky becomes King Chucky-George, or whatever he decides to call himself, does all the outstanding money with Betty's face on it get recalled and replaced, or is it left out there and only gradually turned over to King Chucky-George's face as old money wears out and gets replaced?

Obviously, it hasn't happened in over 60 years now, but as far as I know, the money remains legal tender until it is recalled, but fresh coins and notes will be designed with Charles' head on them. The same would likely hold true for stamps too.

Explain to me how that is more easily visually identified than this:

Warpus mentioned red, white and green. Obviously, I don't think anyone would confuse black and white.

 

[Broken_Erika]

When Old Queen Betty finally shuffles off this mortal coil, and Crown Prince Chucky becomes King Chucky-George, or whatever he decides to call himself, does all the outstanding money with Betty's face on it get recalled and replaced, or is it left out there and only gradually turned over to King Chucky-George's face as old money wears out and gets replaced?




Explain to me how that is more easily visually identified than this:

I used to occasionally come across pennies with King George VI on them so i'm guessing they'll just introduce new ones and wait for the old ones to wear out.

 

[Cutlass]

Warpus mentioned red, white and green. Obviously, I don't think anyone would confuse black and white.

Green and blue are special use. Most of the time you don't see it.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

When Old Queen Betty finally shuffles off this mortal coil, and Crown Prince Chucky becomes King Chucky-George, or whatever he decides to call himself, does all the outstanding money with Betty's face on it get recalled and replaced, or is it left out there and only gradually turned over to King Chucky-George's face as old money wears out and gets replaced?

"Old Queen Betty"?

She's the only monarch that people in Commonwealth countries who were born after 1952 have ever known. She's made some monumental blunders now and then, but overall she hasn't been too bad. She's still working at age 92, so I think she deserves some respect.

No, they're not going to recall all the money with her image on it. The only reason you don't see coins with her father's image on it anymore is because hardly anyone used them in recent decades, and at some point soon pennies won't be legal tender anymore. Whatever George VI coins are still around are either forgotten in drawers or coin jars, or they're in the hands of collectors (I have some).

Obviously, it hasn't happened in over 60 years now, but as far as I know, the money remains legal tender until it is recalled, but fresh coins and notes will be designed with Charles' head on them. The same would likely hold true for stamps too.

Can you imagine how many trillions' worth of coins and bills there are around the Commonwealth, with Elizabeth II's image on them? Recalling all of them would result in sheer chaos.

Hardly any of our stamps have the Queen on them anymore.

And it's going to be very hard to get used to Charles being on the money and seeing his portrait in public buildings, not to mention "God Save the King."

 

[Broken_Erika]

I once had a penny with King George V on it.....

 

[Takhisis]

I once had a penny with King George V on it.....

Did it taste good?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I have one or two in my collection.

They don't smell very good, so I wouldn't recommend eating them.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Green and blue are special use. Most of the time you don't see it.

Well, not in recent construction. Before romex everything was grounded through metal conduit instead of the bare conductor. But anything that didn't have a sure metal to metal connection used a green ground wire to make the connection, and you still find them in some old houses. Fixtures still have the grounding pigtail insulated in green...and I'm guessing that's where @warpus saw a green wire. But don't worry @Arakhor , those ground pigtails are easy to identify.

 

[civvver]

what's with all the radio/tv ads for random mattresses and bedding companies? They all seem exactly the same, saying cutout the middle man, order direct online, why pay retail, money back guarantee. I've heard ads for leesa, the purple mattress, casper, tuft and needle, boll and branch and some other bedding one I can't remember.

 

[Michkov]

They are exploiting a bug in the human species that causes them to loose conciousness from time to time.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

They are exploiting a bug in the human species that causes them to loose conciousness from time to time.

That bug seems to be in the basic mammal hardware, not the human species program.

 

[civvver]

Yeah but I mean why the explosion in online mattresses companies lately? Is there a reason for now vs 5, 10, 20 years ago? The internet in the 2000s was plenty mature to support direct online sales of bedding.

 

[Synobun]

Yeah but I mean why the explosion in online mattresses companies lately? Is there a reason for now vs 5, 10, 20 years ago? The internet in the 2000s was plenty mature to support direct online sales of bedding.

I don't think distribution was up for it a decade+ ago.

 

[civvver]

I was thinking it had something to do with the technology. Tempurpedic has been around a long time but they don't roll up easily/are heavy. These new form mattresses squish down to fit in a large box, then they expand after. I don't know what the tech is but must be new or something.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Yeah but I mean why the explosion in online mattresses companies lately? Is there a reason for now vs 5, 10, 20 years ago? The internet in the 2000s was plenty mature to support direct online sales of bedding.

The propaganda campaign has come to fruition. For my generation, like my parents' generation, a mattress "wore out" when either a spring erupted through the surface and stabbed you in your sleep, or it had such a valley in it that you needed help to get out of it. I never really anticipated buying more than one mattress in my entire life, unless it seemed easier to leave one behind when I moved. About ten years ago the fact that a mattress starts filling immediately after construction with dead dust mite corpses who are buried in a rich loam of dust and their own feces started being constantly drummed at the public. This has created a gigantic upturn in the market for mattresses as younger people have bought into the idea that mattresses only last a handful of years before they just must be replaced.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Pretty soon you'll have "Fashion Mattresses" With a new fashion coming out every few months rendering the few month old mattress as "Unfashionable" and therefore needing immediate replacement. 'Cause only suckas use unfashionable mattresses!

 

[Synobun]

I don't know. If you're the sort to buy $300 mattresses, replacing every few years seems fine.

But if you're buying a $2k+ mattress, well, you may as well take it to the grave.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I don't know. If you're the sort to buy $300 mattresses, replacing every few years seems fine.

But if you're buying a $2k+ mattress, well, you may as well take it to the grave.

People buying $2000 mattresses, I would guess, are more likely to accept the "OMG there's nasty dangerous dust mite carcass accumulation and you must replace every eight years!" line.

 

[civvver]

I've always heard to replace a mattress when it's no longer comfortable. There's no magic number. The dust mite thing is propaganda, I mean mites live in your facial skin. But I'll tell you spring mattresses do wear out. I had a middle ranged queen in my first house, regular spring with a pillow top. After ~5 years it was noticeable less plush than when I first bought it, and by 8-9 it was starting to get uncomfortable like you felt uneven pressures when you slept on it, probably the springs wearing. We probably would've kept it a while but we moved and got a new one. We went crazy and got a tempurpedic. The damn thing was $4500 (king size) but... holy hell it's the best bed I've ever laid on. It never has any uneven pressure and it has this cooling gel in it so it never gets hot. It's amazing. We did 60 month no interest financing so it's like $75 a month. Insanely expensive but it's supposed to last 20 years. 3-5 times more expensive than a nice spring mattress but will last twice as long and is way more comfortable. So I'm ok with it.

What we didn't do is compare to cheaper foam mattresses. My wife was very insistent we get one we could lay on at the store so even though online have money back guarantees and 30 night trials and stuff she wouldn't touch one.

This is our bed, though ours is an older model. https://www.tempurpedic.com/shop-mattresses/new-tempur-cloud-supreme-breeze/v/660/