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by Ray
25 Feb 2024, 11:19am
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Replies: 2239
Views: 125323

Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

Jdsk wrote: 25 Feb 2024, 11:12am
Ray wrote: 25 Feb 2024, 11:10am
Jdsk wrote: 25 Feb 2024, 10:56am "Following his refusal to apologise for comments made yesterday, the Chief Whip has suspended the Conservative whip from Lee Anderson MP."

Who did the refusing?
...
Unattributed source
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It's from the Chief Whip's spokesperson.

Jonathan
Ah, we can add 'abuse of the English language' to this government's misdemeanours. Not for the first time.

Apologies to the Guardian :D
by Ray
25 Feb 2024, 11:10am
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Replies: 2239
Views: 125323

Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

Jdsk wrote: 25 Feb 2024, 10:56am "Following his refusal to apologise for comments made yesterday, the Chief Whip has suspended the Conservative whip from Lee Anderson MP."

Who did the refusing?

Jonathan
Hmm! Unattributed source :wink: . The Grauniad?

Curious expression "suspended the whip from". Wrapping it round his neck might have been better.
by Ray
7 Feb 2024, 7:26pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: .... which organisations/charities might use upright adult trikes?
Replies: 3
Views: 493

Re: .... which organisations/charities might use upright adult trikes?

Thanks to both for your helpful suggestions.

After Nearholmer's post I did a search which turned up 'Streetbikes' (among others), and it was helpful to have emleyman to back this up.

I've passed this info on, via an intermediary, to the person with the trike. Will let you know if I hear how things go.
by Ray
7 Feb 2024, 3:05pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: .... which organisations/charities might use upright adult trikes?
Replies: 3
Views: 493

.... which organisations/charities might use upright adult trikes?

I know of someone who has a Pashley adult trike - like this:

They would like it to 'go to a good home', and are currently wanting about £50 for it **. Is this the sort of thing that voluntary bodies/old people's homes etc might be looking for? (Or perhaps it would be a useful n+1 for a stately Sunday afternoon amble down the prom ? :wink:).

Any suggestions who to approach, please? Available in West Yorks area.

**ETA - might be negotiable
by Ray
24 Jan 2024, 11:44am
Forum: Fun & Games
Topic: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??
Replies: 2239
Views: 125323

Re: English Language - what "Does your head in" ??

Jdsk wrote: 24 Jan 2024, 11:21am We've got a "one bad apple" thread. I learnt this as a proverbial description based on one bad apple causing all of the others in the barrel to rot.

It's now sometimes used to mean "there's only one bad one, all of the others are OK". Which is just about the opposite.

The history:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordpla ... hor-phrase

This seems to lose a valuable and admirably concise concept.

Jonathan
I share your frustration. This is perhaps an example of the Humpty Dumpty philosophy of language where "a word means what I want it to mean, no more, no less".
https://www.thoughtco.com/humpty-dumpty ... 20less.%27

While we may hope that others will share a community understanding of meaning, we can only remain eternally vigilant to ensure that what is being said/written is unambiguous. Politics comes to mind :roll:
by Ray
21 Jan 2024, 12:23pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Non Cycling physics question
Replies: 44
Views: 1481

Re: Non Cycling physics question

Will wrote: 21 Jan 2024, 10:03am You can get an eco-friendly additive to add to the water when necessary:

https://www.ecopond.co.uk/product/ice-f ... ird-baths/

Will
Just the thing to add to the water in your bidon on long, cold rides? Or maybe not?😉
by Ray
24 Dec 2023, 11:45am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 311
Views: 22641

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

Thanks, Jonathan, you're a true revolutionary :D
by Ray
24 Dec 2023, 11:38am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 311
Views: 22641

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

Cleethorpes is also on the Greenwich meridian, and is mighty proud of the fact :lol:
Image

Hmm! The photo is the right way up in my photos app, but despite rotating it every which way, it insists on toppling over in my post! I'm afraid you'll just have to list to starboard to look at it. Or wait for Jonathan to give it a nudge :wink:
by Ray
17 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK Politics
Replies: 934
Views: 72524

Re: UK Politics

Jdsk wrote: 17 Dec 2023, 10:42am And today's caption competition.

Jonathan

Image
Sunak: "One click and all your WhatsApp messages disappear without trace."
Meloni: "Brilliant!".

ETA - what a nauseating and disturbing photograph!
by Ray
14 Dec 2023, 9:39pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK Politics
Replies: 934
Views: 72524

Re: UK Politics

Debs wrote: 14 Dec 2023, 9:18pm
Sunak appoints a Minister for Nonsense but now has scrapped the Minister for the Disabled.
Looking at this on the bright-side; if you were disabled would you really want a Tory Minister of the nasty party with an official capacity to hatch evil plots against you?
I really hope that, come the General Election, there'll be a majority vote to scrap all the rest of the tory ministers, including the PM.
by Ray
12 Dec 2023, 2:49pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK Politics
Replies: 934
Views: 72524

Re: UK Politics

djnotts wrote: 12 Dec 2023, 2:25pm Genuine question: Why "amazing"?

I'd have expected a few more in the "genuinely can't retrieve" category, but otherwise seems to reflect party lines opinion.
I guess Jonathan's point is that only 19% of tories are prepared to insist that the messages are truly beyond recall, and that 58% think that Sunak is being less than straightforward about this (ie he is effectively lying). This did surprise me somewhat.
by Ray
13 Nov 2023, 7:00pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK Politics
Replies: 934
Views: 72524

Re: UK Politics

geocycle wrote: 13 Nov 2023, 6:05pm According to Caroline Lucas, Theresa Coffey jumped before she was flushed!
Brilliant! :lol:
by Ray
10 Nov 2023, 11:52am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Problems with Rouvy
Replies: 1
Views: 1117

Re: Problems with Rouvy

OK for me (up until 2 days ago, at least) when using downloaded routes via Apple TV. I try to avoid direct streaming because it has sometimes caused freezing in the past. Not ideal, I know .....
by Ray
10 Oct 2023, 8:17pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Mudguards for holeless fork
Replies: 15
Views: 941

Re: Mudguards for holeless fork

btw - delighted to be sharing this thread with Brucey - great to see you back! Keep 'em coming!
by Ray
10 Oct 2023, 8:08pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Mudguards for holeless fork
Replies: 15
Views: 941

Re: Mudguards for holeless fork

You could consider using zip-ties. One either side, attached via two small holes drilled in the 'guard on either side and tied over the 'shoulder' of the fork. I use a single zip-tie through the 'guard and over the brake-bolt where clearance is tight. Rattle-free and lasts for years.