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by Lance Dopestrong
17 Mar 2023, 4:25pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: TV licensing...
Replies: 1894
Views: 103878

Re: TV licensing...

jb wrote: 17 Mar 2023, 2:51pm That said the BBC should dump all the populist stuff and concentrate on high quality output that doesn't necessarily appeal to the masses.
They're losing licence payers at a rate of 300,000 a year, so they're clearly struggling to appeal to the masses any more.
by Lance Dopestrong
17 Mar 2023, 10:48am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Heat in the home
Replies: 2292
Views: 133269

Re: Heat in the home

Jon in Sweden wrote: 17 Mar 2023, 9:22am But it's neither inferior or early tech. It's been established for decades. Just not in the UK.
I'm happy enough. As usual the minorty who have problems are publicised to death, which the majority who are quite happy just enjoy it quietly.

The idea that it is inefficient, expensive to run, or poorly performing is, by and large, tosh. Much like electric cars the majority of people with a downer on air source heating are the ones who don't have it themselves, which makes me wonder that upon which they base their high fallutin' opinions.
by Lance Dopestrong
17 Mar 2023, 6:53am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Post Boxes
Replies: 44
Views: 2539

Re: Post Boxes

A lot of them pre date Queen Elkzabeth II so can be quite interesting to see.
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 7:13pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Braverman: Rise of the Fascists
Replies: 1299
Views: 70628

Re: Braverman: Rise of the Fascists

No book burnings, no Krystallnacht, no roaming gangs of brownshirts beating up Jews (of which I am one), no forced state acquisition of businesses on ethnic or religious grounds, no Sunak pronouncing themselves Fuhrer (I guess it would be Lord Protector Here) and unilaterally usurping the monarchy, and so on.

So no, for all the fashionable rhetoric we are not remotely comparable to 1930's Germany and such suggestions are as puerile as they are facile. It's nothing more that petty diatribe at a time when we need a concerted and constructive response - silly name calling and childish similies and the like didn't help us avoid Brexit or yet another Tory Government, and they do zero to help us respond positively to this issue either. If anything, such silly playground behaviour could be argued to actually make these things happen by failing to provide a serious and coherent response to such right leaning proposals.
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 7:01pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: YeeHaaw - it's like the wild west!!
Replies: 23
Views: 940

Re: YeeHaaw - it's like the wild west!!

pwa wrote: 16 Mar 2023, 6:04pm You have to wonder what the perceived advantage is of being on a horse rather than, say, on a road legal trials motorbike. Surely the latter would be more nimble and go just about anywhere, and faster. I could outrun a horse by cycling away from it in an urban environment.
Try doing public order duties on a trail bike.

A police horse is barely cantering at 15mph, a reasonable average speed for a cyclist. Flat out with rider and kit they can still bust 35mph for brief periods, so it is actually doubtful you'd be out cycling them in all but gnarliest urban environment.
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 3:15pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: More Prometheus than 2001 A Space Odessey...
Replies: 1
Views: 309

Re: More Prometheus than 2001 A Space Odessey...

I would be no use on a moon landing, on account of my tendency to run around screaming with a rubber face hugger attached to my helmet.
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 1:03pm
Forum: Helmets & helmet discussion
Topic: Dan Walker says helmet saved his life
Replies: 174
Views: 26745

Re: Dan Walker says helmet saved his life

Dan Walker basing his opinion upon a faceplant impact, and the word of coppers and medicos with no expertise in helmet engineering seems a bit suspicious to me.

He could be right, but based upon the available evidence his lucky underpants could equally be to thank for saving his life.
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 12:58pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: BEVs
Replies: 2120
Views: 108172

Re: BEVs

reohn2 wrote: 16 Mar 2023, 12:31pm
Frankly I find that hard to believe
Frankly I don't care. Its exactly what she said, and that's that.

I do find it interesting that the people who bleat and moan the most about electric cars are those that can not afford one for themselves. It's amazing how the objections are suddenly forgotten when they do get one.
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 12:56pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Heat in the home
Replies: 2292
Views: 133269

Re: Heat in the home

pete75 wrote: 16 Mar 2023, 12:33pm
Why bother fitting a heat pump into an existing house?
I certainly won't - running costs are higher than oil according to the Energy Saving Trust...
Well, the Energy Saving Trust would get the shock or their lives if they read my before and after energy bills. Another organisation not fit for purpose telling those that are already making it work that it doesn't work
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 7:57am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: BEVs
Replies: 2120
Views: 108172

Re: BEVs

Mass Market electric cars have been available since, arguably, the arrrival of the first Leaf in 2011.

That's 12 years now. How much longer do you intend to wait and see?
by Lance Dopestrong
16 Mar 2023, 6:49am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: BEVs
Replies: 2120
Views: 108172

Re: BEVs

We also charge ours overnight at gome a couple of times a week. Never once yet needed to charge it out and about. Mrs Dopestrong made an interesting observation - if she were out in my old diesel and the range display said 40 miles remaining she would be panicking and looking for a petrol station. Out in her e-car and the display said 40 miles left she'd be thinking "that's plenty for what I need right now."

People moan and whinge and make excuses, but once it's on your driveway you just get on with it and there are no earth shattering lifestyle changes needed to accommodate them. The objections melt away on the first day.

If you drive a car of any stripe you need to accept that you're responsible for a helluva lot of pollution. If anyone really cared they wouldn't own a car at all (or a private jet - I'm looking at you, John Kerry.)
by Lance Dopestrong
15 Mar 2023, 7:54pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Heat in the home
Replies: 2292
Views: 133269

Re: Heat in the home

Cugel wrote: 15 Mar 2023, 4:42pm
Lance Dopestrong wrote: 15 Mar 2023, 4:13pm My gas boilermaker set for 17.5°C but rarely use it. I we have air con front and rear - very low consumption, the solar easi,y ha does it in the summer- and that works in reverse as an air source heat pump, and its surprisingly effective. Much better than an air source heat pump being used the rads.

But if I'm home alone, which is a lotmof the time, I tend to either just throw on a thicker cardie of else close the living room door and light the fire. My nephew is a owns a company that does fencing so I get an endless supply of offcuts which I cycle through my wood store to dry out prior to burning.
One hopes that fencing you combust isn't treated with them "preservatives", which preserve the wood by killing anything living that tries to eat it. I hear that burning such will poison both those in the house and those outside gulping in lungfuls of their smoke....... . A case of the preservative failing to preserve the wood (from burning to ash) and doing the opposite of preservation to the humans anywhere near the bonty-fire!



Cugel
Nah, it's the raw stock. I'd burn the stuff dipped in preservatives but it heightens the risk of chimney fires so I steer clear.
by Lance Dopestrong
15 Mar 2023, 4:13pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Heat in the home
Replies: 2292
Views: 133269

Re: Heat in the home

My gas boilermaker set for 17.5°C but rarely use it. I we have air con front and rear - very low consumption, the solar easi,y ha does it in the summer- and that works in reverse as an air source heat pump, and its surprisingly effective. Much better than an air source heat pump being used the rads.

But if I'm home alone, which is a lotmof the time, I tend to either just throw on a thicker cardie of else close the living room door and light the fire. My nephew is a owns a company that does fencing so I get an endless supply of offcuts which I cycle through my wood store to dry out prior to burning.
by Lance Dopestrong
15 Mar 2023, 11:53am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: saddlebag v knapsack
Replies: 12
Views: 556

Re: saddlebag v knapsack

pwa wrote: 15 Mar 2023, 8:18am Lance has a different view on this, but we all remember how badly wrong he got the doping thing, and I pulped his books a long time ago, so I take everything he says with a pinch of salt :lol:
I wasn't doping. The test was merely detecting the testosterone-steroidal aftershave I was wearing at the time.

Another thing I find, being a big lad I sweat on a ride like a mass murderer on an episode of Ground Force. I could have a piano in my backpack and wouldn't sweat any worse than I would without a backpack at all. However, other folk are much less prone to leaking like me in normal conditions and probably would be happier with a rack.

Try a few methods, see what suits you best...if you haven't already.
by Lance Dopestrong
14 Mar 2023, 9:20pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: An Illegal Bill to Stop Immigrants becoming Slaves
Replies: 233
Views: 8656

Re: An Illegal Bill to Stop Immigrants becoming Slaves

Ah, the old something never happened there...yet... so won't happen here...ever...routine. That kind of extrapolation is dicey at best, particularly in countries like Germany where the first cracks in the dam of societal tolerance are starting to show.

It's not that I disagree with you, but the assertion you use to support it is a trifle shaky.