[SAV1OUR]

That avatar is enough to give anyone a nightmare, Sunny!

[Andy B]

I'm not a big fan of Scottish or Irish Notes, mainly because every bloody bank has their own set of notes! At least with our (the proper) ones we have one bank that makes em and it makes em easier to check for fakes.

With so many different banks having all their different notes that mean I can't keep track of them all. Somone hands me a note that says Royal Ulster Bank of Streets With a "Y" in Their Name that's bright pink and has a picture of a giraffe on one side and a picture of a the guy who invented the corkscrew on the other and I have no idea what to do with it. To be honest I just see if it says Sterling on it and that's it!

No I'm not telling any of you foreigners where I work!

[Sunny So Cal]

That avatar is enough to give anyone a nightmare, Sunny!

Ha ha! He was one of the baby crows I used to rehab. I found the picture the other day. I think he's darling with his baby blue eyes! He only looks grumpy because he'd just had his medicine.

AndyB, this may just be wild conjecture on my part -- but surely if someone hands you a bank note with a piccy of a giraffe on one side and the guy that invented the corkscrew on the other, odds are it's a fake?

[wurzel]

That avatar is enough to give anyone a nightmare, Sunny!

Ha ha! He was one of the baby crows I used to rehab. I found the picture the other day. I think he's darling with his baby blue eyes! He only looks grumpy because he'd just had his medicine.

AndyB, this may just be wild conjecture on my part -- but surely if someone hands you a bank note with a piccy of a giraffe on one side and the guy that invented the corkscrew on the other, odds are it's a fake?

Na i dont think so. Could be real somewhere

[Sunny So Cal]

But not in the U.K. Last time I checked, Britain wasn't known for its giraffe population. Andy's point was he looks to make sure it says "Sterling" on it and that's his method of verifying

[MK Chris]

Don't all notes have to have certain specific things, like the watermark of the Queen's head and the silver strip that you can't tear through?

I quite like the new £20 notes, despite the fact they've got a jock on the back of them. I think the design on the others should change though, so they're a bit more uniform, though it doesn't seem that long since the £5 note was changed anyway.

[SpaceBoy]

Don't all notes have to have certain specific things, like the watermark of the Queen's head and the silver strip that you can't tear through?

I quite like the new £20 notes, despite the fact they've got a jock on the back of them. I think the design on the others should change though, so they're a bit more uniform, though it doesn't seem that long since the £5 note was changed anyway.

There is also a few other ways to test money to check it is real, One is to use a UV lamp which will show up various markings, also on the £50 note the ink never goes dry so if you rub it on a piece of plain paper the ink will transfer onto it. One thing which always is interesting is the UV reactions on Credit and Debit Cards, the old visa flying bird was much nicer than "MC" being printed for mastercard. The passport and driving licence ones are also in colour to make counterfeting even more difficult. If you take Cheques or deal with over the counter card transactions at work and you suspect the card is a bit dodgy or something is not quite right then you can call a "Code 10" by calling your merchant services for the bank with whom your business banking is opperated through. You get a £50 tax paid reward if the card needs to be returned to the issueing bank or card provider and the look on folks face when you cut up the card infront of them is priceless there are some things money can't buy for everything else there is "Code 10".

[Andy B]

I've got a few fakes in my shop. I know you're supposed to hand them in but I hang on to them for training purposes. Anyhoo most are easily identifiable, no watermark, fake hologram etc, but I've got one of the new £20's that's perfect. Hologram, watermark, everything. The only thing that they couldn't get right was the paper, too thick and no raised writing. It's very hard to get the paper right, otherwise it was beautiful.

Oh and I know a great trick for getting machine's to accept fakes as well but obviously I can't mention it on here.

[SpaceBoy]

In the shopping center where i work some criminals have stolen £50,000 of gift vouchers! All the shops are on the lookout and the best bit is how we are suppost to handle the situation:

"Slowly process the transaction through the till whilst at the same time alerting security and police and armed response will be there immediately"

How the hell can you call for the police infront of a customer without raising suspicion?!? Impossible! Yes there is panic buttons but the forms and paperwork involved after a activation is shocking.

Anyway I think it is a over estimate that security will be there immediately, immediately after what exactly? there lunch! some of them are as wide as they are tall what hope do they have of catching these criminals they have more chance of developing a heart attack than catching anyone.

[Vivienne]

I don't know how you can listen to stuff so late on, Tial.

They have this feature on the website called the BBC iPlayer. One of its main functions is to let you hear the shows from the last week. It's pretty cool.

I was aware of all these things... it's that my own personality means that if I don't listen to stuff straight away, then it's no longer live, and I won't be happy going back in time.

[MK Chris]

Viv.. you're not actually going back in time (unless you know something that everyone else on the planet doesn't)... you're just listening to something that has previously been broadcast.

[Vivienne]

I know, but it's still not LIVE, tophs.... the time has passed, and that bothers me.. it bothers me a lot.

[Vivienne]

Viv.... either find or create an EdithBowman.net.

Seconded.

Or what I can do, I guess, is simply create the topics MINUS mentioning Edith! Sorted.

[MK Chris]

I know, but it's still not LIVE, tophs.... the time has passed, and that bothers me.. it bothers me a lot.

Well, if that's all you've got to worry about in your life, perhaps I would like to live in your world for a bit (although, as foot-loose said, with clearly marked exits.)

[Vivienne]

It's not by any means all I have to worry about (I guess it IS something more substantial than silly grammar points), but I just know I don't like it, and that...... is that.

[foot-loose]

I know, but it's still not LIVE, tophs.... the time has passed, and that bothers me.. it bothers me a lot.

Well, if that's all you've got to worry about in your life, perhaps I would like to live in your world for a bit (although, as foot-loose said, with clearly marked exits.)

I think floor level lighting as well... to guide you to the exits. Like they have on planes. And the cinema.