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by fullupandslowingdown
17 Apr 2020, 12:18am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: the young and social distance
Replies: 35
Views: 1571

Re: the young and social distance

Marcus Aurelius wrote:
Mike Sales wrote:
irc wrote:

Quite. Unfortunately there were 3 of them. Either that was a threesome, or a camera man and pornhub, either way, not on, they got their marching orders.


I'm sure if the WWF can be deemed an essential streaming service for wrestling fans, then providing fresh and engaging content for fans of other forms of outdoors wrestling could be equally essential 8)
by fullupandslowingdown
15 Apr 2020, 4:06am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Covid 19 outbreak - arguing about Stats (again)
Replies: 655
Views: 25202

Re: Covid 19 outbreak - arguing about Stats (again)

Ellieb wrote:Guys. There is absolutely no point in arguing with the uc. You all know that he will never, ever, under any circumstances admit that he is wrong. It is bleedin' obvious what is happening to the world at the moment, telling him so will not matter because he cannot admit any other worldview but his own. He's the sort of bloke who could argue with Neil Armstrong that the moon is made of cheese. He's irrelevant, and you are wasting your time. I would advise saving your energy for more worthwhile discussions.


actually guys, UC has admitted to making an error: a faulty memory recollection, so kudos to him.

Scientifically, as we all know, to be reasonable sure of anything, you have to do repeated experiments, usually double blind if it involves human perceptions of summat. But it's a tiny bit unethical to run covid-19 experiments to see which measure reduces transmission rates, or which treatment reduces mortality rates. So we have to go the route of lowest practical risk to the population, unless we're gits. Because every country has so many different parameters that may or might not be relevant to covid-19 transmission and mortality, we can't meaningfully compare country to country. we just have to do what we believe is best. And I for one think that is to test, isolate, monitor and test again.

If the government really wants to get the country out of the tailspin it's going in, it can by stimulating the economy with both major infrastructure projects, like new hospitals, new vocational colleges to teach useful skills such as engineering, and stuff like government run laboratories that in peace time can do the research, testing and development of rare diseases that the pharmaceutical companies would never do because they're not likely to be profitable. Then these labs can switch to pandemic work at a moments notice. And of course rebuild our manufacturing industry so we manufacture our own solar cells , wind turbines, electric cars, trains, computers, 6G communication systems (scrap 5G because it's fatally flawed on so many levels) Our own bog roll and face mask manufacturing. Lets become greatly more independent of China and the whims of the US.

oh and by the way, in 2008 I visited the US national aeronautical museum (before the crash) and I met a delightful young spirited and highly knowledgeable chap there, who was giving free tours that day. I don't remember what type of cheese he said it was, but he did confirm it was cheese.
by fullupandslowingdown
14 Apr 2020, 5:00am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Should the UK ( World ) seek compensation from China for the damage it's citizens have done?
Replies: 99
Views: 4014

Re: Should the UK ( World ) seek compensation from China for the damage it's citizens have done?

slightly more on topic:

In the letter, Huawei's UK chief Victor Zhang says home data use has increased by at least 50% since the virus first hit the UK, placing "significant pressure" on telecoms systems. Huawei says it has been working with partners like BT, Vodafone and EE to deal with the growth and has also set up three new warehouses around the country to ensure spare parts stay in supply. Mr Zhang also says the current crisis has highlighted how many people, especially in rural communities, are "stuck in a digital slow lane". And he warns that excluding Huawei from a future role in 5G would be a mistake.

"There are those who choose to continue to attack us without presenting any evidence," he writes.

"Disrupting our involvement in the 5G rollout would do Britain a disservice."


them be fighting word them be. Even trump would be proud of words like that.
by fullupandslowingdown
14 Apr 2020, 4:37am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Should the UK ( World ) seek compensation from China for the damage it's citizens have done?
Replies: 99
Views: 4014

Re: Should the UK ( World ) seek compensation from China for the damage it's citizens have done?

Si wrote:.... as the majority of replies have used civil, reasoned argument to dismantle the OPs proposition, I'm of a mind to pretty much leave it as is.

OK guys, teacher's left the room, riot time 8)

mercalia wrote:The great families that benefited from slavery should have rest less nights? My family & I bet most here don't need to, in the times in question we were just as much enslaved, by having no vote?


I understand where you're coming from with that, however I beg to differ. Slave women could be seduced or raped by the masters, then if they fell pregnant, their child could be taken away from them and sold to another slave owner. any slave could be beaten as much as the master wanted, and if the slave died, no consequences for the owner other than losing a slave. A slave remained a slave for life. In exceptional cases, some slaves were freed, but still faced daily struggle to either find work or a place to live, let alone equal rights to justice etc. A slave could not own anything - anything a slave owned, was in fact owned by the master. Sometimes slaves were paid small amounts, but at any time, the master could take the money away. A slave travelling would be assumed to be escaped, and have to prove that they were on lawful business of their master's. An escaped slave could expect no mercy, if caught they could be severely flogged or even worse as an example to others. A slave had to work as hard as required, regardless of their health or ability. A slave would be fed as much or as little as the master saw fit. Despite the illogicality of it, a master might starve slaves until they were too ill to work, even though they had bought them to work.
The list goes on a lot longer.

And even when slavery was abolished in all countries, in the US in particular, ex slaves remained in poverty and often had to work for their previous masters for a pittance. Recent i.e last 100 years of history is readily available, how in the US black people remained second class citizens all the way through the 20th century, in 1955 Rosa Parks led a bus boycott in the USA, in 1967 Richard Loving, and Mildred Loving took the state of Virginia to the US Supreme Court in order to get the racist law preventing two people of different races from marrying. The Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, a prominent campaigner and advocate of peaceful protest, was assassinated in 1968.

So no. Although life for the British working class was very hard indeed a century ago, and our forefathers had fewer rights, we still had more than slaves. It is true that various African civil rights campaigners were in contact with some leading British trade unionists a hundred years ago to discuss human rights, but we have had the Magna Carta in 1215 which led to the English Bill of Rights 1689 The fact that individual people were badly treated was more down to the corruption of those in power, than a lack of technical rights. Though things weren't perfect, as it took until 1965 for the Race Relations Act, and 1975 for the Sex Discrimination Act.
by fullupandslowingdown
14 Apr 2020, 3:59am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Gas cartridges by the side of the road
Replies: 165
Views: 7820

Re: Gas cartridges by the side of the road

I have a little one. So I do understand others when they say it's easier to use gas. And nowadays it does seem that connectors simply don't last before the ends come off. Or the barrel cracks. But shouldn't this be a call to manufacturers to make them more reliable.
I always assumed that cartridges were favoured by racers with little room for a pump. One wonders if these stravada boasters are the same type that also throw away empty cartridges in order to save themselves a few grams.
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 7:20pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Anyone NHS volunteering?
Replies: 34
Views: 1930

Re: Anyone NHS volunteering?

If you have code 107 on your licence alongside the C1E category, then you are limited "Not more than 8250kg" as total weight, which 'they' interpret as one 7.5T truck plus a 750Kg trailer. The problem is that 'they' calculate on the maximum authorised mass of a vehicle, not how ever heavy it actually is.

On the other hand you might have a 119 code which states "weight limit for vehicle does not apply" which AFAIK only applies to towing a trailer with a minibus. If I recall correctly that used to have a different upper weight limit of 11.25 Tons, but not sure as it's no longer listed. Told you it is complicated.

There is a law that the Army and the Police can operate under, namely, if you are acting under direct instructions of same, then you can drive anything only in order to deal with an immediate emergency. But that doesn't apply here.

A builder's truck towing trailers with bricks etc, is going about a business. So all laws relating to tacho and CPC apply. That's the law. If you're towing your caravan for pleasure then that's private use and as long as your licence allows that i.e with either a BE or a C1E category, then you don't need tacho at all.

But if you were towing a large caravan with a transit or bigger sized van for a business such as caravan repair shop, or hire, then you would need a tacho.
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 6:57pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Gas cartridges by the side of the road
Replies: 165
Views: 7820

Re: Gas cartridges by the side of the road

ANTONISH wrote:Talking about gases for tyre inflation, Roger Riviere had Helium in his tubs when he broke the hour record - near the end he had a slow puncture but he broke the 47km barrier ( seems pretty tame now ).


Helium? I thought that made you speak with a squeaky voice, does it also speed up your cadence too?

Mick F wrote:£3.70 a pint is worth its weight in gold.


HOW MUCH !!!

I've not bought a pint since it was 72 pence, I always insist on change from my pound note. I don't know, what's the world come to? :cry:
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 3:17pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: C19 - Ending The Lockdown
Replies: 778
Views: 27957

Re: C19 - Ending The Lockdown

mjr wrote:So Lockdown has ended - for Boris. He and his partner have gone to the PM's second home, Chequers.

I couldn't make this up.


He is our leader, the nation's hero and saviour. Surely you don't begrudge him a little bit of R n R? Just because some of us are obeying the law regarding not seeing members of our family who we don't live with in the same household full time, all the time.
Still, I never did like marriage anyway
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 3:02pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Gas cartridges by the side of the road
Replies: 165
Views: 7820

Re: Gas cartridges by the side of the road

seeing as now you mention beer Mick. This lockdown needs to be first lifted in the pubs so that environmentally friendly drinking can resume. This should be made the government's top priority for both the health of the brewery industry, and the sanity of the british man and woman, as well as for saving the environment. Never before in the field of human consumption, has so much been done to harm the environment. It's an outrage, an assault on the freedoms of free born...
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I better stop testing the safe dosage of nitrous now, hadn't I :(
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 2:55pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Cycling as an activity during the Covid 19 outbreak
Replies: 1060
Views: 44987

Re: Cycling as an activity during the Covid 19 outbreak

absolutely. well except I haven't looked myself, but absolutely.
Could stravada be prevailed upon to initiate some variation of information lockdown I wonder. Get them to remove any searchable links that lead to these boastful wheelmen. Or is that going against their business strategy? Other than what one can reasonably deduce from postings about stravada, I'm not familiar with it, I'm still living in the eighties 8) My phone still has mechanical relays and switches in it. Long live the GPO 3000 :lol:
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 2:46pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Gas cartridges by the side of the road
Replies: 165
Views: 7820

Re: Gas cartridges by the side of the road

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by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 2:43pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Gas cartridges by the side of the road
Replies: 165
Views: 7820

Re: Gas cartridges by the side of the road

I know you know, I was making sure the others knew what we know, so that they now know too :D I'd hate to think of some poor cyclist in the woods desperately trying to get high sniffing nitrogen for hours.
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 2:32pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Gas cartridges by the side of the road
Replies: 165
Views: 7820

Re: Gas cartridges by the side of the road

Marcus Aurelius wrote:Nitrous is known as ‘hippy crack’. In low doses it gives you the giggles, high doses can knock you out / kill you. CO2 is much easier than bike pumps, and most. of the discarded cartridges I see, are CO2 cartridges.


Nitrous is not nitrogen gas. Nitrogen gas or N or as it is most commonly found in nature, the molecule N2 bit like oxygen which prefer to be in pairs too as O2 except high in the sky where you find ozone which is O3. Nitrous is an oxide of Nitrogen. Symbol is is N2O. By itself it's potential lethal as you are starved of free oxygen.

Entonox or laughing gas, is what we have on ambulances to give mild pain relief to people with bone breaks etc, and mothers in labour. It's a 50/50 mix of N2O and O2 so you could breathe it for a while. The only problem is that if the cylinder is very cold, the gas mix separates out, and I forget which way now up, but you could give a patient a 100% dose of nitrous oxide instead of a mix if you're not careful.
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 2:05pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Anyone NHS volunteering?
Replies: 34
Views: 1930

Re: Anyone NHS volunteering?

Driver CPC is one possible problem, having a digital tachograph is another. For some reason, I can't think why, to renew a digital tachograph card, you have to send an application though the post, which at the moment, the DVLA isn't accepting. If you're driving a 7.5T carrying goods that aren't used in course of your business (i.e builder carrying bricks to build a brick wall Vs a supplier delivering bricks to a customer) then you need driver CPC, and those are classroom based courses which of course aren't available now. It's possible that the DVLA might make concessions for charity work as long as the food or whatever isn't been sold at point of distribution.

Just to be slightly clearer, without CPC you cannot carry goods for "reward" which in legal terms means been paid a fee to deliver goods, or selling the goods that you have carried. So when you see those mobile butchers at markets etc in a lorry selling meat, their driver should have CPC, but if you as a private individual drove a 7.5 tonner to an abattoir and purchased 20 hogs for your 50th wedding anniversary celebration dinner, you wouldn't need CPC.

Trailers are even more complicated. Many people with acquired C1 rights, can only pull up to a 3/4 ton trailer with a lorry. If you are pulling a trailer and your combined train weight is over 3.5 ton, then you need a tachograph, which means many builders in a transit van are breaking the law now pulling a twin axle trailer carrying a ton of sand, as that combination will be over 3.5 ton. I know one of my ex bosses took off the tow hooks from his transits, and now just tows with one of his transit connect which keeps the overall weight below 3.5
by fullupandslowingdown
13 Apr 2020, 1:46pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: C19 - Ending The Lockdown
Replies: 778
Views: 27957

Re: C19 - Ending The Lockdown

as an update to (pun not intended) my previous post about the apps that our lovely benign tech companies wish to foist upon us all, for the last few days I have had a nagging reminder on my phone saying "please schedule downloading the latest operating and security updates" That is until yesterday when I decided it was the better of two evils to get the last pre tracking app version of android downloaded before it's too late.
It's too late. My invitation to update has gone. Me thinks the only reason why, isn't because I was ignoring it before (as the prompts remain for months and months and months normally) but because they decided to pull the last update, as they're working on the new update and only the new update with the tracking app will now be available, when it's available. When I click "check for latest updates" it says I've got the latest update - except mine is dated from January, and this last update they were touting was March.

Unless of course, the other explanation which is never the case, is that they discovered a major security flaw in the update and had to withdraw it hastily :?