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- 17 Mar 2024, 11:48pm
- Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
- Topic: Site response is slow
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6253
Re: Site response is slow
Only joking. It is very slow.
- 17 Mar 2024, 11:45pm
- Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
- Topic: Site response is slow
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6253
Re: Site response is slow
Probably just the sheer weight of traffic from jdsk and psamathe moaning about slowness of response
- 2 Mar 2024, 9:58am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: UK Politics
- Replies: 936
- Views: 72552
Re: UK Politics
Yes. Starmer's snivelling non-statements, especially around Gaza, have had him plummeting in my estimation. But "better the devil you know" cannot be universally true, irrespective of the devilishness of the devil you know, and, to me, the Tories have put themselves far beyond the pale.pwa wrote: ↑2 Mar 2024, 9:13amI expect to be voting for Starmer, with a very robust peg on my nose. His limp pleas for the innocents caught up in Gaza have damaged the impression I had of him as a rather boring "good bloke". He lacks moral fibre. But we do need to dislodge the tried and failed Tory lot, who aren't going to improve things no matter how long we give them. At least with a Labour PM we can point the finger at them and say "You are supposed to care", which you can't do with a Tory.reohn2 wrote: ↑2 Mar 2024, 8:57amThat's true and I've done so in the past,I've also spoiled my paper in the past too.
But TBH I'm so utterly sick and fed up of UK politricks,as Pete says I can't see much changing even the better of the two evils is still collectively an evil AFAICS, they'll pander to the rich and court the press barons at the cost to the poor.
- 25 Feb 2024, 11:21am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: UK Politics
- Replies: 936
- Views: 72552
Re: UK Politics
Thug yes. No doubt about it. Looks the part too. But, to me, nothing like Prescott.francovendee wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 8:50am I see Lee Anderson has been suspended by the Tory Party for statements he made about Sadiq Khan on TV.
I always regarded him as a bit of a thug in the Prescott mould and wondered how he came to be deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.
- 25 Feb 2024, 11:15am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
- Replies: 920
- Views: 831634
Re: Are you "Infected by a remainer mind virus"?
Since the demise of the Abbey Crunch there have been no biscuits worth eating.pwa wrote: ↑24 Feb 2024, 9:47pmI'm more of a Hobnob person myself, but don't like the overly buttery French biscuits we keep getting given as gifts. Actually, there are quite a few biscuit types I'm not keen on. This has the makings of another long running online feud. Maybe best left without further comment?
- 17 Feb 2024, 8:47am
- Forum: Fun & Games
- Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 125329
Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
- 16 Feb 2024, 6:22pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Reform. uk - a force for good?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1089
Re: Reform. uk - a force for good?
In Wellingborough, if all the Reform UK votes had been cast for the Tories instead, Labour would still have won.
- 11 Feb 2024, 9:43am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Coastal tour of East Anglia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 641
Re: Coastal tour of East Anglia
Dunwich, its history and its beach cafe are highlights for me. And, if you're in the area, Reedham Ferry is worth using (but maybe that's just me. I like ferries).
- 10 Feb 2024, 2:33pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: I want to run a sightseeing cycling tour - what legality is involved?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 4578
Re: I want to run a sightseeing cycling tour - what legality is involved?
Indeed. This forum must seem a highly unwelcoming place to many an unsuspecting casual poster.mattheus wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 1:08pmYou didn't have to reply. And I suspect everyone that HAS replied enjoyed doing so (or at least thought they would )
Where's the harm?!?
- 10 Feb 2024, 10:23am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: I want to run a sightseeing cycling tour - what legality is involved?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 4578
Re: I want to run a sightseeing cycling tour - what legality is involved?
I would have thought exactly the same question would/should be asked in relation to a walking tour, with an equivalent range of potential versions, from strolling to the pub with a couple of mates to hiking over Striding Edge with a bunch of paying strangers.rogerzilla wrote: ↑10 Feb 2024, 9:21am I bet no-one would be asking the same question for a walking tour, and walking is more dangerous.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... 11/fitness
This just shows how cycling has been demonised by the press and public.
- 23 Jan 2024, 7:10pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Who's had the vaccine?
- Replies: 1420
- Views: 56671
Re: Who's had the vaccine?
Thanks Paulatic for clearing that up. We really are not very important at all!sjs wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024, 7:05pmI don't think it's nitpicking. They need one more bullet point: anyone born before 1970 (or whenever), and who will not have received any vaccinations. Or, they could modify the existing 1970 line.Jdsk wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024, 6:19pm You're over-reading that "it's important". That doesn't mean that everything else is "not important".
If it would help try inserting "particularly" so that it reads "it's particularly important".
It's very difficult to write this sort of guidance for people with an enormous range of knowledge, literacy and numeracy. Anything that's reasonably accessible will be wide open to *nitpicking.
Jonathan
* https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/
Or, perhaps they think people such as us are not "particularly important", since we will probably have had some if not all of M, M and R in our youth.
Like Ian, I do not qualify for the shingles vaccines until I am 70.
- 23 Jan 2024, 7:05pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Who's had the vaccine?
- Replies: 1420
- Views: 56671
Re: Who's had the vaccine?
I don't think it's nitpicking. They need one more bullet point: anyone born before 1970 (or whenever), and who will not have received any vaccinations. Or, they could modify the existing 1970 line.Jdsk wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024, 6:19pm You're over-reading that "it's important". That doesn't mean that everything else is "not important".
If it would help try inserting "particularly" so that it reads "it's particularly important".
It's very difficult to write this sort of guidance for people with an enormous range of knowledge, literacy and numeracy. Anything that's reasonably accessible will be wide open to *nitpicking.
Jonathan
* https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/
Or, perhaps they think people such as us are not "particularly important", since we will probably have had some if not all of M, M and R in our youth.
Like Ian, I do not qualify for the shingles vaccines until I am 70.
- 23 Jan 2024, 1:20pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Who's had the vaccine?
- Replies: 1420
- Views: 56671
Re: Who's had the vaccine?
And if you were born before 1970, and have had no kind of vaccine, against M, M or R?Jdsk wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024, 12:53pm
Current NHS advice for England:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/mmr-vaccine/
includes:
When older children and adults should have the MMR vaccine
Anyone who has not had 2 doses of the MMR vaccine should ask their GP surgery for a vaccination appointment.
It's important to check you've had both doses if you:
• are about to start college or university
• are going to travel abroad
• are planning a pregnancy
• are a frontline health or social care worker
• were born between 1970 and 1979, as you may have only been vaccinated against measles
• were born between 1980 and 1990, as you may not be protected against mumps
Jonathan
- 22 Jan 2024, 1:34pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Ex-Post Office CEO Paula Vennells
- Replies: 552
- Views: 33670
Re: Ex-Post Office CEO Paula Vennells
One of the main purposes of public inquiries is that they take a long time. Then, while they are running, we are told we must wait until the end. When they end, we (or those of us who remember there ever was an inquiry) are told that there's no need for action, because lessons have already been learnt, working practices have long ago changed, those involved have died or retired, etc etc.
I think there's a good chance that approach will not be entirely successful here.
I think there's a good chance that approach will not be entirely successful here.
- 21 Jan 2024, 5:15pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Non Cycling physics question
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1481
Re: Non Cycling physics question
You're right of course. I couldn't think of a plausible "bad" case. Which is good. And just maybe, the new gadget will be turned off some of the time, or perhaps there will be a luxury version, with thermostatic control.Nearholmer wrote: ↑21 Jan 2024, 5:04pm Even if it did reach 44, that’s still within the range that could occur naturally in a small amount of water in direct sunlight, so no greater risk than that.