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by grenfell
Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:18 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Another little step towards a cashless society.
Replies: 153
Views: 58636

Re: Another little step towards a cashless society.

I seem to recall a sc-fy film with targeted ads that spoke to each person as you passed them , sort of like "hello John you need to buy bloggs shirts as their cotton blend won't irritate your sciatica " . That wasn't the actual line , I just made that up but you get the idea. Probably a b...
by grenfell
Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:04 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Another little step towards a cashless society.
Replies: 153
Views: 58636

Re: Another little step towards a cashless society.

Loving the whole discussion, very informative, thanks all! [ a goldmine of information ...advertisers ...with targeted ads ... 50% of that already happens online - search for hiking boots on Amazon, and even when you've shut down that tab, the next website you load that has google analytics/cookies...
by grenfell
Sat Jul 01, 2017 12:42 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Another little step towards a cashless society.
Replies: 153
Views: 58636

Re: Another little step towards a cashless society.

Arzosah wrote: and in fact I'm working on it in The Novel :mrgreen
Interesting , keep us informed as to when it's likely to be available etc.
by grenfell
Sat Jul 01, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Another little step towards a cashless society.
Replies: 153
Views: 58636

Re: Another little step towards a cashless society.

Obviously all the drug dealers across Sweden and every other country won't be going to the government and telling them what their turnover is, what percentage is cash and how they're doing their transactions! . Maybe an unforeseen side effect will be a reduction in drug dealers if they can't use or...
by grenfell
Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:19 am
Forum: Finance
Topic: Another little step towards a cashless society.
Replies: 153
Views: 58636

Re: Another little step towards a cashless society.

Interesting! As far as the Swedes stopping using cash - I'd be interested to know how many cyber attacks they suffer, or how many power cuts they have (ie is it less than us per head or something?), because surely those can interfere with a cashless situation? Oops :oops: that was mentioned and I f...
by grenfell
Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:15 pm
Forum: Finance
Topic: Another little step towards a cashless society.
Replies: 153
Views: 58636

Re: Another little step towards a cashless society.

Sorry to bring up an old thread . Did anyone else catch the radio 4 programme you and yours a couple of days ago? It had a piece about Sweden . Evidentially it was the first country in the world to introduce banknotes and is set to become the first to completely do away with them and coins as well. ...
by grenfell
Sat May 27, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Refrigeration.
Replies: 25
Views: 11314

Re: Refrigeration.

I do medieval , 15th century. The chest is based on a flour chest , simple plank construction using 12" wide boards and simple wire hinges. The ends are "extended" so the chest as a whole is raised above the floor and can be used as a makeshift bench if necessary . It's not huge partl...
by grenfell
Sat May 27, 2017 2:29 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: Refrigeration.
Replies: 25
Views: 11314

Re: Refrigeration.

I've made a cool box from timber and kingspan insulation. I am involved in re-enactment and still have the need to keep some things cool so made a chest and have lined it with the insulation. I normally cool everything down in the fridge or freezer before placing it in the cool box and it serves to ...
by grenfell
Thu May 18, 2017 7:15 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Tarpaulins,timber and tape
Replies: 13
Views: 2962

Re: Tarpaulins,timber and tape

Yes I've got tarps and the like. Keeping a few tiling laths or battens at hand can also be a good idea to firmly fix down a tarp. Ok so it will damage the tarp to nail them down but treat them as consumables . I also keep a stock of tiles and felt for a proper repair and have a couple of tins of stu...
by grenfell
Tue May 16, 2017 5:37 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Compact veg garden
Replies: 46
Views: 12930

Re: Compact veg garden

Not actually prepping but I've used drainage pipes too as an attempt to grow really large carrots. Pipe is filled with fine sieved soil with watering holes cut all the way down and the theory is to progressively water at a lower point to encourage the carrot downward to grow into a monster length . ...