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alzee76 t1_iy5fenp wrote
Reply to comment by FJ1010123 in Student's MacBook Amazon order replaced with Weetabix by bananaphophesy
My question was more : Are debit cards in the UK protected like credit cards -- in the US, they aren't.
alzee76 t1_iy5f9by wrote
Reply to comment by Wojtas_ in Student's MacBook Amazon order replaced with Weetabix by bananaphophesy
Ok then, what's the problem? Chargeback, eat the $50 (or whatever the fee is over there), and don't panic.
> why wouldn't they be???
In the US our strongest protections come from a law called the "fair credit billing act" which doesn't apply to debit cards, checking accounts, etc. -- only to credit cards.
alzee76 t1_iy5ef4d wrote
Hope this young man has this sorted out, but this is a valuable lesson: Don't buy high ticket items on a debit card unless things are dramatically different in the UK vs the US regarding buyer protections.
alzee76 t1_iwx7921 wrote
Reply to comment by Infamous-Ground9095 in The Ford government will do anything to fix the housing crisis except fix the housing crisis by joker-here
Oh shit, that legend died? RIP dude.
alzee76 t1_iwx3z1n wrote
Reply to The Ford government will do anything to fix the housing crisis except fix the housing crisis by joker-here
Is this the guy who has enough to eat at home, or is that a different Ford?
alzee76 t1_iut0qlo wrote
Reply to comment by Chemical_Enthusiasm4 in TIL Fish is not the main component of sushi, it's rice by TranquillizeMe
> I was curious about the words, not the food
Oh hah, sorry. I can't think of anything like that offhand, but another example of the same sort of Japanese approach to food naming is the "yaki" suffix which means cooking but usually means frying when used in the name of the food, giving you yakiniku (fried meat), yakitori (fried chicken), yakisoba (fried soba noodles), etc.
ETA: yakitori is more like grilled chicken than fried, which is called karage, but.. can't win 'em all.
alzee76 t1_iuszdad wrote
Reply to comment by Chemical_Enthusiasm4 in TIL Fish is not the main component of sushi, it's rice by TranquillizeMe
Well onigiri isn't sushi, so it doesn't.
alzee76 t1_iusyx9z wrote
Reply to comment by Scoobydoomed in TIL Fish is not the main component of sushi, it's rice by TranquillizeMe
Sure. As the OP discovered, the rice is the important part of "sushi" and everything that uses it is called sushi as far as I know. You just stick a different word on the front to describe the kind of sushi it is, then in informal speech or over time, the suffix gets dropped.
alzee76 t1_iusyhb2 wrote
Reply to comment by BroodPlatypus in TIL Fish is not the main component of sushi, it's rice by TranquillizeMe
You're in the wrong conversation.
alzee76 t1_iusufe2 wrote
Reply to comment by Scoobydoomed in TIL Fish is not the main component of sushi, it's rice by TranquillizeMe
> Raw fish with rice = Nigiri
Doesn't have to be raw fish, can be virtually any topping.
> Rice rolled with seaweed and stuffed with other ingredients (fish and/or vegetables) = Sushi
That's not "sushi", it's maki.
Nigiri and maki are both types of sushi; they're just abbreviations for the full names "nigirizushi" and "makizushi".
alzee76 t1_iussokt wrote
Yep. Sushi may or may not have raw fish, as the rice is the defining part. Another thing you may not know is that the nori (dried seaweed) being under the rice in a maki (sushi roll) is an American/western thing. Japanese style maki has the nori on the outside.
alzee76 t1_iy5h5xx wrote
Reply to comment by surfmaster in Student's MacBook Amazon order replaced with Weetabix by bananaphophesy
> the EFTA does limit liabilities within a window of the transaction.
The EFTA offers no protections in a case where the product you purchased is defective or not delivered. It protects you only from liability due to errors made by one end of the financial transaction or the other, and unauthorized transactions like a stolen card or number.