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By *he Black Experience OP   Man
over a year ago

banbury

Ever had a random question that you want to ask? Well here you can post a question and hopefully a professional would see an give us an answer.

My question is for the estate agents.

Why do you put the most expensive properties on your front windows, properties that only the minority can afford when you can list regular homes that cater for more of your potential clients???

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By *orny-DJMan
over a year ago

Leigh-on-Sea

I'm not an estate agent but I woyld have thought that was pretty obvious.

Estate agents are paid a commission as a percentage of a properties sale value, therefore, they are likely to put in a little more effort to selling the properties that will earn them the highest commissions

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By *orny-DJMan
over a year ago

Leigh-on-Sea

And their clients are those whose hpuses they are selling, not the people buying them

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By *he Black Experience OP   Man
over a year ago

banbury


"I'm not an estate agent but I woyld have thought that was pretty obvious.

Estate agents are paid a commission as a percentage of a properties sale value, therefore, they are likely to put in a little more effort to selling the properties that will earn them the highest commissions"

Thanks that does make sense.

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By *onameyet2Man
over a year ago

chorley

My question is

Are all dinosaur’s thin at one thick in the middle and thin at the other end?

Bonus points for knowing who’s theory this is?

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By *adgerMan
over a year ago

york


"My question is

Are all dinosaur’s thin at one thick in the middle and thin at the other end?

Bonus points for knowing who’s theory this is?"

This is my theory! But as a geologist no they’re not

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By *onameyet2Man
over a year ago

chorley


"My question is

Are all dinosaur’s thin at one thick in the middle and thin at the other end?

Bonus points for knowing who’s theory this is?

This is my theory! But as a geologist no they’re not "

Which ones are thicker at one end than the middle?

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By *inkygentkentMan
over a year ago

Maidstone

Car designers - why does a seemingly simple job always involve a bolt that can only be accessed by dropping the engine?

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By *arlot o scaraWoman
over a year ago

Hell


"Car designers - why does a seemingly simple job always involve a bolt that can only be accessed by dropping the engine?"

So you’re less likely to attempt it yourself and more likely to take it to one of their specialist garages

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By *onameyet2Man
over a year ago

chorley

Designers think their design is so perfect it will never break, so no need to repair

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By *inkygentkentMan
over a year ago

Maidstone


"Designers think their design is so perfect it will never break, so no need to repair "

Or they make a spanner that only has one purpose and charge £200 for it!

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By *untimes wantedMan
over a year ago

Huddersfield

To answer the Estate agent one, I am not an estate agent but have sold several houses, the cheaper houses always sold fast where the more expensive ones took more marketing and longer to sell.

This could be the reason the more expensive the house less people that can afford to buy it.

Estate agents often have waiting lists for houses near decent schools etc.

One of my houses i sold never got advertised they already had enough people interested.

They arranged a viewing day and it sold that day.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I'm not an estate agent either but I look in a lot of their windows and they all seem to have houses in all price ranges in them. Whenever we've been selling or buying it's been the same

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By *ileyandOhCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away)

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

Dear Software Developers/Programmers,

In an age where computer processing power has never been faster, why are so many websites & apps so unbearably slow?

There's no excuse for a webpage taking 20-30 seconds to load in 2024, even including all your ads & cookie warnings.

There's no earthly reason why the app of a certain PRIME marketplace which used to specialize in e-books, takes a solid MINUTE to fully change the product pictures from one colour of jumper to another & load your delivery preferences.

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By *onameyet2Man
over a year ago

chorley


"My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away) "

Try sleeping on your left shoulder

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By *ileyandOhCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire


"My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away)

Try sleeping on your left shoulder "

Sadly doctor it has the same result

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This thread has prompted me to sort out a handyman list

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing


"Dear Software Developers/Programmers,

In an age where computer processing power has never been faster, why are so many websites & apps so unbearably slow?

There's no excuse for a webpage taking 20-30 seconds to load in 2024, even including all your ads & cookie warnings.

There's no earthly reason why the app of a certain PRIME marketplace which used to specialize in e-books, takes a solid MINUTE to fully change the product pictures from one colour of jumper to another & load your delivery preferences. "

Look at the tech you are using. If it's several years old could be the answer. I think they are all in with hardware makers so an upgrade is prompted sooner rather than later!

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

About 3 feet away from the fence


"Dear Software Developers/Programmers,

In an age where computer processing power has never been faster, why are so many websites & apps so unbearably slow?

There's no excuse for a webpage taking 20-30 seconds to load in 2024, even including all your ads & cookie warnings.

There's no earthly reason why the app of a certain PRIME marketplace which used to specialize in e-books, takes a solid MINUTE to fully change the product pictures from one colour of jumper to another & load your delivery preferences.

Look at the tech you are using. If it's several years old could be the answer. I think they are all in with hardware makers so an upgrade is prompted sooner rather than later!"

Although I do agree that I think the software devs & hardware manufacturers do collude in a "planned obsolescence" scheme, I think it's more down to the fact that many programmers are just lousy.

My phone is not new by any stretch, but it can still, for example, comfortably run most 3D video games downloaded from the play store at 60 frames per second.

A video game is a far more complex piece of software than an app that simply displays products from a list, or a basic webpage with mostly text on it. This is where I struggle to understand...

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"My question is

Are all dinosaur’s thin at one thick in the middle and thin at the other end?

Bonus points for knowing who’s theory this is?"

Is it Barney the dinosaur’s theory? Purple dinosaurs are known to be the bright ones.

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest


"My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away) "

It's likely a subacromial impingement / bursitis with your age and description. Shoulders are tricky in that sometimes problems can arise from outside the area. Use as comfort allows until knowing more. Stretching / mobility exercises only if you feel the joint is stiffening up.

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham


"Dear Software Developers/Programmers,

In an age where computer processing power has never been faster, why are so many websites & apps so unbearably slow?

There's no excuse for a webpage taking 20-30 seconds to load in 2024, even including all your ads & cookie warnings.

There's no earthly reason why the app of a certain PRIME marketplace which used to specialize in e-books, takes a solid MINUTE to fully change the product pictures from one colour of jumper to another & load your delivery preferences.

Look at the tech you are using. If it's several years old could be the answer. I think they are all in with hardware makers so an upgrade is prompted sooner rather than later!

Although I do agree that I think the software devs & hardware manufacturers do collude in a "planned obsolescence" scheme, I think it's more down to the fact that many programmers are just lousy.

My phone is not new by any stretch, but it can still, for example, comfortably run most 3D video games downloaded from the play store at 60 frames per second.

A video game is a far more complex piece of software than an app that simply displays products from a list, or a basic webpage with mostly text on it. This is where I struggle to understand... "

Anyone who has run a software team will tell you that developers won’t even talk between their own team members let alone collude with an entirely different industry.

The answer, IMHO, is a mixture of slow networks, loads of unnecessary code libraries that marketing and other departments have insisted are mission critical and poor software quality driven by unreasonable time expectations and an unwillingness by management to spend time on stuff “that works”.

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By *irth VaderMan
over a year ago

Busby


"My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away) "

Sounds like calcific tendinitis to me. In movement is fine but the lateral movement is agony.

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

Here’s one for the postmen (or lady postmen - I hear they have them now):

Wtf is the deal with second class?? I mean, just, well, erm, wtf is the deal with second class?!!!

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By *irth VaderMan
over a year ago

Busby

Question for pension specialist

Instead of lumping a voluntary amount into my private pension should I just weigh into an ISA? And if I die who gets my pension?

A bit disillusioned because my pension pot will be about £400k yet I only get £6700 taxable income per month. If I retire at 67 and die at 77 I feel slightly analysed by the plan and government

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Anyone who is a VAR referee (let’s be honest, they’re now the fucking referees!!!)

How is it a clear and obvious error when you’ve had to rewind the damn thing 1500 times to find out, he was offside by a toenail.

* it was brought in for clear and obvious errors from the referee.

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By *ileyandOhCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire


"My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away)

Sounds like calcific tendinitis to me. In movement is fine but the lateral movement is agony. "

Thanks doc

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By *ileyandOhCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire


"My right shoulder has been aching when I lay down after a few hours of sleep the aching feeling gets worse. It eases when I lay on my back. Should I be stretching or resting it ?

(Doctors booked but appointment is weeks away)

It's likely a subacromial impingement / bursitis with your age and description. Shoulders are tricky in that sometimes problems can arise from outside the area. Use as comfort allows until knowing more. Stretching / mobility exercises only if you feel the joint is stiffening up."

Oh man I feel old now I know its age related ! Best lay off the knitting and heavy tea pot lifting for a bit.

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By *eus n EuropaCouple
over a year ago

Derby


"My question is

Are all dinosaur’s thin at one thick in the middle and thin at the other end?

Bonus points for knowing who’s theory this is?"

Miss Anne Elk

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By *ddie1966Man
over a year ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.


"Car designers - why does a seemingly simple job always involve a bolt that can only be accessed by dropping the engine?"

It's not the designers fault, it's down to how cars are built now.

They're built as sub assemblies the are then "married" to the shell. This invariably means there will be bolts and hoses that cannot be easily accessed.

Blame consumer demand of more packed into a smaller space.

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