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AHAHAHA I was ABOUT TO SAY “No that’s not me” but it TOTALLY IS, that’s a scene in Cartographer’s Craft, in chapter 29. I hope you don’t mind I replied publicly because I am so amused that yes, indeed, I did write that.

"Regular military operation you've got here," Remus said. George grinned. "And I see Secret Weapon is getting along fine," he added, as a small white puppy took firm hold of his trouser leg and began to tug.

"That's your secret weapon?" McGonagall asked. "A Jack Russel?"

"Well, they're very good-spirited little things and they do attract Dementors like anything," George answered. "Fred tested several breeds. Golden Retrievers and Jack Russels are ideal. Puppies work best."

"For attracting Dementors."

Reading the Greenland one-shot I was thinking that a Steve lovingly thawed by Bucky and Bruce would be miles better adjusted than the MCU one...

You mmmmay be on to something there. ;)

Mind you, he gets a bit of a harsh awakening when he suggests to his fellas that they ought to be in America, maybe helping fight whichever war is currently ongoing, and they sit him down and explain to him their statuses vis a vis the US, its intelligence agencies, and its military.

You mean your name is "But moooooOOOOoom!" ;)

*hugs*

That's such a cultural dissonance. Here in Germany the ship thing is so omnipresent that I can't even imagine thinking of it as inconvenient.

Yeah, but I bet in Germany the readers actually function and take less than 15 seconds, yes? I mean, even if it doesn’t improve in the US, I’m sure in five years I’ll be accustomed to it. That doesn’t mean it’s not stupid.  It’s...people seem to think I’m objecting to the chip qua chip, which I’m not. I’m objecting to the fact that it’s barely functional at doing what it’s MEANT to do, let alone providing any additional convenience or benefit. youneedtolookatthis replied to your post “Answers About Chip Cards”

It prevents a certain kind of fraud very well - the kind where someone puts a second card reader on the card reader and swipes your information as you slide your card through it. Not sure so much about anything else.

But all our cards still have mag stripes on them and you still have to insert them when using an ATM. So the fraud you described, which I agree is very common, still happens and has no induction to stop happening. In fact, chip cards which have the tap function removed (like all of mine) now HAVE to be swiped rather than tapped, which increases the risk.

Additionally of course, our cards still have the numbers printed right on ‘em, so even if we got rid of the mag stripe, you could build a rig that had a camera instead of a mag reader and just recorded the numbers on one side and the 3-digit security codes on the other as the card was inserted.

This is *really* not England’s best week. ;)

...That’s a good question. I think I need to reinstall that app.

(My present iPad -- a 2 -- went through a lot of weirdness when I was attempting to replace it with an iPad 3 a few months ago, and the replacement failed. =sigh= So much frustration. It was a reconditioned pad that was in absolutely flawless condition in terms of the exterior... but just when we were getting settled in together its antenna failed. And an iPad with no WiFi antenna is about as sad a piece of hardware as you can imagine.