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[Ben_O]

 

Why do clothes companies pay for attractive models to sell underwear? The vast majority of people are not interested in the model in the underwear as they are the same gender and heterosexual? Why not just have a picture of the packaging or have them laid out by themselves? They'd save a lot of money on advertising of which the savings could be passed onto us the consumers.

Is this for real? Women love to see those pictures as it will give them a good idea of how they fit and what they look like on.

 

Infact, if they want to make cuts, they should advertise mens underwear in the way you describe as most Men just want to see what the design is not some muscular man with a silly look on his face and a couple of pairs of balled up socks in the front of the underwear.

yes i did go there...

Edited by Ben_O, 02 June 2015 - 07:30 PM.

[Cooperman]

 

 

Why do you go the whole way through the year at uni without getting a fine, then on the last night get a £150 fine?

What did you get a fine for? Parking? 

 

Smoking a cigar in halls, it wasn't really in halls as I was just sitting in the window out side, but apparently that is classed as out side, and the worse bit is I don't even smoke oh and I was only there for a minuet as I was waiting for someone, you always see people doing it and the only time I did I got fined  . Also I don't even have £150 in my bank as I just paid £400 for a new wing for my defender.

 

It is not a 'fine' - only a court of law can impose a fine. It's a offer of a penalty. If you don't pay it they will need to go to court to make you pay, if they can, and are unlikely to do this. It is not even a debt until it is proven in court as you can dispute a debt.

Too make people say they have been 'fined' when in fact they have just received a speculative 'invoice' for an alleged breach of contract. This includes certain parking companies.

[Vinay-RS]

Why do you go the whole way through the year at uni without getting a fine, then on the last night get a £150 fine?

What did you get a fine for? Parking?

Smoking a cigar in halls, it wasn't really in halls as I was just sitting in the window out side, but apparently that is classed as out side, and the worse bit is I don't even smoke oh and I was only there for a minuet as I was waiting for someone, you always see people doing it and the only time I did I got fined  . Also I don't even have £150 in my bank as I just paid £400 for a new wing for my defender.

Oh wow. That sounds like quite a heavy fine as well for what seems to be your first offense. If people got fined for such things over here there would be a riot.

[BronkoMini]

 

 

 

Why do you go the whole way through the year at uni without getting a fine, then on the last night get a £150 fine?

What did you get a fine for? Parking?

Smoking a cigar in halls, it wasn't really in halls as I was just sitting in the window out side, but apparently that is classed as out side, and the worse bit is I don't even smoke oh and I was only there for a minuet as I was waiting for someone, you always see people doing it and the only time I did I got fined  . Also I don't even have £150 in my bank as I just paid £400 for a new wing for my defender.

Oh wow. That sounds like quite a heavy fine as well for what seems to be your first offense. If people got fined for such things over here there would be a riot.

 

Yeah I think its a bit heavy, especially as I've not anything wrong whatsoever the whole year which makes me so annoyed

And they said its a fine and its come up on my student account as a fin, also if I don't pay it within 5 days there will be a £100 admin fee, how they can get away with this I don't know, plus they say if you don't pay of your account before the start of the next academic year they wont let you back into uni.

Edited by BronkoMini, 02 June 2015 - 08:04 PM.

[Vinay-RS]

 

 

 

 

Why do you go the whole way through the year at uni without getting a fine, then on the last night get a £150 fine?

What did you get a fine for? Parking?

Smoking a cigar in halls, it wasn't really in halls as I was just sitting in the window out side, but apparently that is classed as out side, and the worse bit is I don't even smoke oh and I was only there for a minuet as I was waiting for someone, you always see people doing it and the only time I did I got fined  . Also I don't even have £150 in my bank as I just paid £400 for a new wing for my defender.

Oh wow. That sounds like quite a heavy fine as well for what seems to be your first offense. If people got fined for such things over here there would be a riot.

 

Yeah I think its a bit heavy, especially as I've not anything wrong whatsoever the whole year which makes me so annoyed

And they said its a fine and its come up on my student account as a fin, also if I don't pay it within 5 days there will be a £100 admin fee, how they can get away with this I don't know, plus they say if you don't pay of your account before the start of the next academic year they wont let you back into uni.

 

It does feel like they force you to pay ridiculous amounts of money for these fines and odds are there isn't any logic behind the amounts. The fact that they prevent registration is really bad. What is even worse is that if you owe any amount of money the uni won't let you graduate and furthermore that amount accrues interest. There was a human interest story over here where a guy owed about a semesters worth of fees and they refused to let him graduate. Some good samaritan stepped in and payed the fine for him, which was nice to hear.

[M J W J]

 

 

Why do you go the whole way through the year at uni without getting a fine, then on the last night get a £150 fine?

What did you get a fine for? Parking? 

 

Smoking a cigar in halls, it wasn't really in halls as I was just sitting in the window out side, but apparently that is classed as out side, and the worse bit is I don't even smoke oh and I was only there for a minuet as I was waiting for someone, you always see people doing it and the only time I did I got fined  . Also I don't even have £150 in my bank as I just paid £400 for a new wing for my defender.

 

 

There is a distance you can be within a public building that counts for being in it. Its to stop people smoking in the entrance ways of buildings so people don't have to enter and exit through a cloud of smoke (and as a none smoker I think this is a great idea). If you are caught smoking within that area you will get charged.

 

There are laws against smoking in office buildings, etc so if the university are only charging you only £150 I'd say suck it up and pay it. Your degree is worth more than that. If it is taken to court then its going to cost you a lot more. Just because other people do it is not a defence.

Edited by M J W J, 03 June 2015 - 08:44 AM.

[M J W J]

 

 

Why do clothes companies pay for attractive models to sell underwear? The vast majority of people are not interested in the model in the underwear as they are the same gender and heterosexual? Why not just have a picture of the packaging or have them laid out by themselves? They'd save a lot of money on advertising of which the savings could be passed onto us the consumers.

Is this for real? Women love to see those pictures as it will give them a good idea of how they fit and what they look like on.

 

Infact, if they want to make cuts, they should advertise mens underwear in the way you describe as most Men just want to see what the design is not some muscular man with a silly look on his face and a couple of pairs of balled up socks in the front of the underwear.

yes i did go there...

 

 

It was a thought that occurred after my friend Sam said she finds it really difficult to buy bras as she often gets distracted by boobs while looking at the models (Sam's gay just to add). While using an attractive model to sell underwear may work on my friend Sam (although in this case she got distracted) it doesn't work for the rest of us.

[BronkoMini]

Why do you go the whole way through the year at uni without getting a fine, then on the last night get a £150 fine?

What did you get a fine for? Parking?

Smoking a cigar in halls, it wasn't really in halls as I was just sitting in the window out side, but apparently that is classed as out side, and the worse bit is I don't even smoke oh and I was only there for a minuet as I was waiting for someone, you always see people doing it and the only time I did I got fined  . Also I don't even have £150 in my bank as I just paid £400 for a new wing for my defender.

 
There is a distance you can be within a public building that counts for being in it. Its to stop people smoking in the entrance ways of buildings so people don't have to enter and exit through a cloud of smoke (and as a none smoker I think this is a great idea). If you are caught smoking within that area you will get charged.
 
There are laws against smoking in office buildings, etc so if the university are only charging you only £150 I'd say suck it up and pay it. Your degree is worth more than that. If it is taken to court then its going to cost you a lot more. Just because other people do it is not a defence.

yeah I know I'll have to pay it, it's just annoying that tbey charge so much for something so small

[M J W J]

I bought lunch at Morrisons yesterday. My mum wanted a Jacket Potato but apparently they had run out. How can they run out of potatoes at their cafe. They have a mahosive store that sells potatoes in which the cafe is situated.

[Ben_O]

I bought lunch at Morrisons yesterday. My mum wanted a Jacket Potato but apparently they had run out. How can they run out of potatoes at their cafe. They have a mahosive store that sells potatoes in which the cafe is situated.

But then you would have had to wait while it was cooked.

 

You will find that café's will pre-cook things like that and just keep them warm so that they can be served straight away

[M J W J]

 

I bought lunch at Morrisons yesterday. My mum wanted a Jacket Potato but apparently they had run out. How can they run out of potatoes at their cafe. They have a mahosive store that sells potatoes in which the cafe is situated.

But then you would have had to wait while it was cooked.

 

You will find that café's will pre-cook things like that and just keep them warm so that they can be served straight away

 

 

I know that as I have worked in kitchens myself.

 

What I don't get is that at some point they must have realised that they were going low on potatoes so why didn't they go into the store get a bag and start preparing them so that they would be cooked in time. It was market day as well in my town so they should have known that it was going to be busy and would therefore likely be selling them.

[paulsmithlookerafterer]

Whoever said "I'll get straight to the point," didn't.

[M J W J]

Why is it every time I try and get one of those small apple pies out of its foil dish do I end up pulling the top of it off instead of the whole thing coming out. I've tried squeezing it at its base yet it still just results in the lid being pulled off. 

[Anthony30]

 

 

 

Why do clothes companies pay for attractive models to sell underwear? The vast majority of people are not interested in the model in the underwear as they are the same gender and heterosexual? Why not just have a picture of the packaging or have them laid out by themselves? They'd save a lot of money on advertising of which the savings could be passed onto us the consumers.

Is this for real? Women love to see those pictures as it will give them a good idea of how they fit and what they look like on.

 

Infact, if they want to make cuts, they should advertise mens underwear in the way you describe as most Men just want to see what the design is not some muscular man with a silly look on his face and a couple of pairs of balled up socks in the front of the underwear.

yes i did go there...

 

 

It was a thought that occurred after my friend Sam said she finds it really difficult to buy bras as she often gets distracted by boobs while looking at the models (Sam's gay just to add). While using an attractive model to sell underwear may work on my friend Sam (although in this case she got distracted) it doesn't work for the rest of us.

 

LMAO.  

[M J W J]

My mum was watching some period drama earlier and there were air raid sirens on it at one point. It says a lot about when I was born when the first thing that pops into my head upon hearing them is not "get to the shelter, the Germans are coming" but instead "uh oh, Pyramidhead is coming."