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by ambodach
19 Feb 2024, 7:41pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: The Funniest Post Ever
Replies: 17
Views: 7685

Re: The Funniest Post Ever

I used to have one of those Primus stove carriers. It was much used and travelled many miles. I still have the stove but I regret selling the clip to somebody who wanted to make a bike more “authentic” for some unknown reason.
by ambodach
14 Feb 2024, 8:14pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Island Cycling
Replies: 7
Views: 725

Re: Island Cycling

It is not quite correct to say no ferry cancellations or delays today.
The Oban/Craignure route has fendering problems at Craignure which are causing some problems for MV Isle of Mull.
Supposed to be fixed by Friday but we have heard that story before.
Being realistic we have been dogged by problems and cancellations all winter.
by ambodach
28 Jan 2024, 6:21pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Stricter eye tests drivers > 70
Replies: 97
Views: 4342

Re: Stricter eye tests drivers > 70

As an ancient dodder who leans on supermarket trollies and has to walk with a stick I get a bit annoyed when people think I am not quite all right to be out on my own.
I regularly drive and my eyesight and coordination is perfectly ok. My eyes have been tested and cataracts have been attended to.
I admit to being told I am very fit for my age as I still cycle regularly albeit with a recumbent trike.
Age is not the limiting factor it may have once been and many much younger people than myself should not be driving at any age.
by ambodach
1 Dec 2023, 2:48pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Is there a waterproof head covering
Replies: 20
Views: 2567

Re: Is there a waterproof head covering

In the “ good old days” before helmets many used sowesters along with their cape when it was raining.
by ambodach
28 Nov 2023, 7:02pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 311
Views: 22641

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

Mike Sales wrote: 19 Nov 2023, 7:05pm
ambodach wrote: 19 Nov 2023, 6:48pm depth when diving is metric.
Not fathoms?
Old charts are in fathoms but anything modern is meters and instruments like depth gauges etc are all metric.
by ambodach
19 Nov 2023, 6:54pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Remember having Ever Ready and going to
Replies: 37
Views: 6303

Re: Remember having Ever Ready and going to

When I worked as a postman many years ago we were issued with clip on Ever Ready type lamps with clips to hang on our tunics and I also had that type lamp for my post office bike as I was a cycling postman.
by ambodach
19 Nov 2023, 6:48pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 311
Views: 22641

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

For distance I use imperial ie miles but for weight and volume it is metric. Height and depth when diving is metric. All a bit mixed up but it seems to work for me.
by ambodach
17 Nov 2023, 6:36pm
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Only One Kidney
Replies: 17
Views: 2593

Re: Only One Kidney

I had a kidney removed in 1981 due to a tumour. Since then I have lived a pretty normal life and while I have had to give up two wheels due to balance problems I now use a recumbent trike regularly.
In the intervening years I cycle camped extensively and nobody ever suggested I should not.
by ambodach
13 Sep 2023, 7:19pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Your most enabling cycling books …
Replies: 86
Views: 8438

Re: Your most enabling cycling books …

The Highwayman by David E.T.Bell
Based on articles he wrote for the Ayrshire Post in the 1930,s
On ordinary bikes they travelled off road mainly in the Scottish Borders but did tour further afield.
Illustrates what can be done with no fancy modern equipment and ordinary cycling gear of the time.
by ambodach
18 Dec 2022, 6:46pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: We are experiencing high levels of calls at this time…
Replies: 18
Views: 1582

Re: We are experiencing high levels of calls at this time…

I live in an area where there is relatively small population of about 3000 swollen in summer by tourist numbers.
It is only possible to get a GP appointment by phone and the doctor then phones back to decide whether to see you or just do a phone consultation.
I have never had to wait more than a few seconds before getting connected to reception who sometimes ask how urgent the matter is and then give a time for a call back.
Only once did I have to wait much beyond the given time and that was because there had been an emergency needing attention. I did get another appointment later the same day tho’.
by ambodach
28 Nov 2022, 6:50pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Witnessing the end of the NHS
Replies: 213
Views: 18495

Re: Witnessing the end of the NHS

irc wrote: 25 Nov 2022, 1:19pm
ambodach wrote: 25 Nov 2022, 1:04pm Re charging rich patients in Scotland.
It is SNP policy to have the NHS free at point of use.
Everything else is allegation and nobody can pinpoint exactly where this came from so the assumption is that it is simply BBC spin. I no longer believe anything from BBC Scotland as their bias is so blatent.
Just because you don't like it doesn't wish it away. The SNP accept the meeting took place. They have an iron grip on public bodies in Scotland. If the BBC did not have solid proof there would have been a statement from the NHS and SNP denying charges were discussed.

What the SNP actually said was

"The Scottish Government said the meeting was between a small number of NHS directors."

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics ... million-vn

But I guess you must be an SNP supporter. So I won't convince you.

Next you'll be telling us about the value for money and speedy ferry replacement programme.
I am not an SNP member but do not approve of Westminster ruling us.
The charging issue appears ti be a suggestion from an individual at a Borders Health Board meeting who is probably in that area a Tory and was laughed out at the meeting.
The ferry issue is largely down to the shipbuilder and the yard would certainly have shut down otherwise with the resultant loss of skills and jobs. The overrun in money pales into insignificance when compared to some of the dodgy deals at Westminster but that is of no interest to anyone and is just shrugged off.
We will obviously never agree on politics.
by ambodach
28 Nov 2022, 6:42pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Cyclist In Collision Low Sunlight A Factor.
Replies: 37
Views: 3618

Re: Cyclist In Collision Low Sunlight A Factor.

mjr wrote: 27 Nov 2018, 1:24pm
ambodach wrote:With low sun my only routes for heading out cycling head roughly SE straight into the blinding sun. If I have difficulty seeing I have no confidence in dozy drivers so go for a walk instead.
I assume that means you have walking routes in other directions, so couldn't you walk the bike out along one and start from wherever they go?

Times like this, I'm glad of the kerb between cycleway and carriageway around here, even if it's only a low one. At least I'll probably hear a blind motorist scrape their vehicle up it and have time to hit the ditch!
I ride a trike and my current one is not suitable for offroad so I could take the trike in the car about 12 miles away to a safer bit but this is not often easy and certainly not environmentally friendly.
by ambodach
25 Nov 2022, 1:04pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Witnessing the end of the NHS
Replies: 213
Views: 18495

Re: Witnessing the end of the NHS

Re charging rich patients in Scotland.
It is SNP policy to have the NHS free at point of use.
Everything else is allegation and nobody can pinpoint exactly where this came from so the assumption is that it is simply BBC spin. I no longer believe anything from BBC Scotland as their bias is so blatent.
by ambodach
24 Nov 2022, 5:51pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Recession, what Recession?
Replies: 305
Views: 10175

Re: Recession, what Recession?

Dingdong wrote: 24 Nov 2022, 2:24pm While the rest of suffered the lockdowns and now the prospect of the worst recession since the 80's, Lady Michelle Mone trousers £29 million from a bent PPE deal.

Who do these people think they are. Prison too good for em...

She was supported by one M. Gove as well.
by ambodach
24 Nov 2022, 5:46pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Witnessing the end of the NHS
Replies: 213
Views: 18495

Re: Witnessing the end of the NHS

The story about NHS Scotland allegedly considering charging wealthy patients is denied and is just a fabrication to cause political trouble.
Anything from BBC should be regarded with suspicion.