Comments for Josh Russell

Comment on New British coinage is less accessible by Adam

Adam — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:55:14 +0000

Saw my first one of these coins the other day and was pretty surprised to see that you were right dude. A tiny bit of pocket change research tells me that this isn’t the first time it’s happened but you are right, it’s dumb!

Comment on New British coinage is less accessible by Amir

Amir — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:17:03 +0000

Fair point but roman numerals(1,2,3, etc.) will only work if people understand those already. In the Middle and Far East they use a different numering system. Although this issue did not seem to be relevant in the past.

Still, I think someone at the Royal Mint has made a design compromise as the new notes still have numbers. Also where would use put the numbers?

Comment on Being 26 by Havokk

Havokk — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:23:52 +0000

I typed ” Does being 26 make me old” into google and this came up. I have to say that ive notice im being more productive as well. I didnt know what i would be doing at this age but i thought i would be doing more. But as i look back on it and think about how long people live for. 26 Is actually quite young. The guys at work always point out the hard and heavy lifting jobs and say “let the kid do it!”, and by kid they mean me. Alot of them are in their early thirties. So its all relative is the point im trying to make. If ya want to feel younger or get a laugh go to http://www.realage.com/default.aspx and take the test to see what you real age is. Says i was 19 when i was 25 because i go to the gym and stuff. It even offered me advise on ways to get younger. Hell by the results i already have, i need a fake id for beer now lol. Anyways regardless of someones age, just go on and enjoy life. Find something ya like to do or wanted to do and make it happen.

Comment on New British coinage is less accessible by Robert Day

Robert Day — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:50:10 +0000

That’s pretty crazy to think that no one has noticed! Maybe it was a design choice, however, if it was, you would think that it would be obvious that not everyone can read English.

Comment on How to get cheaper train fares between Brighton and London - train hacking! by Sus

Sus — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:59:45 +0000

We have managed to book cheap tics to Brighton from London, now we are trying to work out the cheapest way to get to Falmouth from Brighton and back again the next day..does anyone know a way of doing this online or on the day of travel?
thanks

Comment on New British coinage is less accessible by Those new coins… : Dan Wilson : eBay expert, social networking, online community, ecommerce, stuff

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:13:37 +0000

[...] was until Josh Russell pointed out an obvious flaw to me over coffee (and he’s thoughtfully pointed it out to everyone on his blog, phew): the tail sides have no numerals, just words. How are people who don’t read english, [...]

Comment on New British coinage is less accessible by Joshua Russell

Joshua Russell — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:15:23 +0000

nope. you’d think that would make sense..

Comment on New British coinage is less accessible by Justin

Justin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:29:05 +0000

Aren’t the numbers on the reverse side?

Comment on How to get cheaper train fares between Brighton and London - train hacking! by k dowd

k dowd — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:18:16 +0000

Cheaper monthlies - ask for a monthly to City Thameslink not London Bridge.
Current cost as of 12/2008 is £283.

The special bit is that these on these tickets the default route is “ANY PERMITTED”.

This of course means you can use any Southern or Thameslink train - using Southern trains into LBridge is normally something like £310 I think.

er.. thats it

Comment on How to get cheaper train fares between Brighton and London - train hacking! by Sus

Sus — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:46:11 +0000

Is there any cheap tickets leaving Victoria before 9am?