https://twitter.com/martelmaxwell/status/1362321592433455105?s=21

Surely this isn’t right?

Skewiff, wonky, pissed are common English synonyms.

Someone mentions this on that Twitter thread and apparently it’s correct spelling is skew-whiff, which is news to me - I’ve always spelt it as you have here.

Do you use it frequently?

I can't remember ever seeing it written down before and I don't think it's a word that I've ever written or typed, except just now in the Beex search, but you say you've always spelt it that way.

This, truly, is a surprise.

What do visitors think when they're in Glasgow and one of the landmarks is called the Squinty Bridge?!

That you have to look at with your eyes half closed?

What do visitors think when they're in Glasgow and one of the landmarks is called the Squinty Bridge?!

I can keep the door and they will swap the handles or I can ask for a replacement door.

So you've not got what you ordered and to correct that will cost them money

For their side :

You keep the door as is - costs them nothing
You keep the door and they swap out the handles - costs them a small amount
They swap the door for the right one - costs them the most

If you really want the door you ordered get them to change it for the one they were supposed to put in
If your okay with the one you have then ask them for a partial refund (regardless of the handles or not) ?

Like a medium grey long wavy line covered in metal lumps.

Had a new front door fitted today...

I ordered a Red composite door, with 3 windows, black handles and letterbox.

I got a a Red composite door, with 4 windows, silver handles and letterbox.

I can keep the door and they will swap the handles or I can ask for a replacement door.

I gained a new empathy for posties after posting about five hundred leaflets in a vain attempt to find our lost cat. There should be some set minimum standard for letterbox usability and if you fail to meet it they're legally entitled to wrap your post around a brick and throw it through the front window.

Also, it destroys your knuckles. Some letterboxes are vicious.

Also, it destroys your knuckles. Some letterboxes are vicious.

It's a finite list.

I was wondering about salaries at a company. If you had double the budget for salaries, but couldn't hire anyone new. How could you fairly give everyone a payrise, but make it so the lowest paid person got the highest rise. And the highest paid person got the lowest raise.

Everyone gets a raise, and no one overtakes anyone so they suddenly earn more than someone who used to earn more than them.

Also if there were 3 people on different salaries, say on £24,000, £26,000 and £28,000, their new salaries would be similarly arranged (just not a 2k gap between them).

It's a finite list.

I was wondering about salaries at a company. If you had double the budget for salaries, but couldn't hire anyone new. How could you fairly give everyone a payrise, but make it so the lowest paid person got the highest rise. And the highest paid person got the lowest raise.

Everyone gets a raise, and no one overtakes anyone so they suddenly earn more than someone who used to earn more than them.

Also if there were 3 people on different salaries, say on £24,000, £26,000 and £28,000, their new salaries would be similarly arranged (just not a 2k gap between them).

Is this what you think of when you go for a walk?

When I'm out, I normally think of being an intergalactic space captain who is stranded on a strange planet and must find his way to his ship. I make laser noises and everything when I'm fighting off the aliens. Either that or I imagine I'm walking down the aisle at Wrestlemania on my way to fight for the world title.

Stuff like this. Never numbers.