http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_23428.htm

Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce limescale

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robgraham wrote:
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Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce timescale

They must have been taking dribble's advice.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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robgraham wrote:
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Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce timescale

They must have been taking dribble's advice.

He bought two of them:-)

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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robgraham wrote:
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Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce timescale

They must have been taking dribble's advice.

He bought two of them:-)

I did, together with the anti-elephant powder.

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robgraham wrote:
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Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce timescale

They must have been taking dribble's advice.

Oh look! A plantpot!

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:53:26 -0800 (PST), robgraham
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Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce limescale

Heh. I saw that, but Aldi will sell any ****e for the gullible, along
with the good stuff.

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http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_23428.htm

Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce limescale

Heh. I saw that, but Aldi will sell any ****e for the gullible, along
with the good stuff.

I get their special offers emails, and can't say I've noticed this sort of
thing before.

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On 21/02/2012 08:53, robgraham wrote:
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Plastic ball containing a magnet and claiming to reduce limescale

It's dangerous to make assumption that any item is snake oil just
because we're not sure of the mechanism, assuming it works of course.
Personally I'd prefer to keep an open mind and look things up rather
than dismiss such a device.

For starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_water_treatment

and a peer reviewed paper:
http://www.ecaa.ntu.edu.tw/weifang/w...0treatment.pdf

I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

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Fredxx wrote:
I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

How did those who thought the earth to be flat explain ships disappearing
gradually over the horizon? And that if they climbed a hill near the shore
they could see enemy ships etc sooner? What possible reason could there be
other than the sea being curved?

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On 07/03/2012 23:12, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

How did those who thought the earth to be flat explain ships disappearing
gradually over the horizon? And that if they climbed a hill near the shore
they could see enemy ships etc sooner? What possible reason could there be
other than the sea being curved?

How do you know that in the distant past people weren't frightened of
falling off the edge?

Fredxx wrote:
On 07/03/2012 23:12, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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wrote:
I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

How did those who thought the earth to be flat explain ships disappearing
gradually over the horizon? And that if they climbed a hill near the
shore
they could see enemy ships etc sooner? What possible reason could
there be
other than the sea being curved?

How do you know that in the distant past people weren't frightened of
falling off the edge?


it was common knowledge that the earth was round since the year dot
amnongst anyone who sailed a ship - that being a large expanse of
relative flatness featuring a horizon over which ships could be seen to
disappear from the bottom upwards. Hence 'hull down'

The fact you could see more ship from higher up the mast further proved
the point.

Either light didn't travel in straight lines or the earth was curved. In
fact the two are somewhat indistinguishable IIRC ..

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Either light didn't travel in straight lines or the earth was curved. In
fact the two are somewhat indistinguishable IIRC ..

Well we know light doesn't travel in straight lines so I guess the earth is
flat.

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Fredxx wrote:
I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

How did those who thought the earth to be flat explain ships disappearing
gradually over the horizon?

Yes, along with diesel cars.

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Fredxx wrote:
I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

How did those who thought the earth to be flat explain ships disappearing
gradually over the horizon?

As member of the flat earth society, where do you think these ships and
diesel cars went?

On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:44:42 +0000, Fredxx wrote:

It's dangerous to make assumption that any item is snake oil just
because we're not sure of the mechanism, assuming it works of course.
Personally I'd prefer to keep an open mind and look things up rather
than dismiss such a device.

For starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_water_treatment

and a peer reviewed paper:
http://www.ecaa.ntu.edu.tw/weifang/w...0treatment.pdf

I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

I **** gold out of my ears.

On 07/03/2012 23:42, wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:44:42 +0000, wrote:

It's dangerous to make assumption that any item is snake oil just
because we're not sure of the mechanism, assuming it works of course.
Personally I'd prefer to keep an open mind and look things up rather
than dismiss such a device.

For starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_water_treatment

and a peer reviewed paper:
http://www.ecaa.ntu.edu.tw/weifang/w...0treatment.pdf

I suspect there were many learned people who ridiculed the Earth being
spherical in the not so long distant past!

I **** gold out of my ears.

I can assure you its unlikely to be gold.