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Do you want to avoid adding a connector? If so I'd either: * Work back to the next junction, or: * Solder with a sleeve on each and a sleeve around the whole thing. Then make sure that it's exposed to as little movement and stress as possible. Jonathan If I understand you, the next junction is insi...

This is a sort of follow-up to my dynamo light reliability thread. In the end I went for the B+M IQ-X and Secula rear (the seat stay is the only convenient place to attach a rear light). Then I mad a mistake - I snipped the connecting wire when removing the IQ-X from the packaging, thinking it was a...

As for the sensitivity of the test, again, a search engine is your friend, even Boris Johnson admitted to how flawed the PCR test is, PHE stated that the false positive rate median is 2.3% as high as 4.5%, the lowest figure is 0.8%. You do understand what that actually means right? :lol: You’re ref...

Very helpful replies from everyone, thanks.

Since it will be a road commuting light, I don't think I'll need anything too bright but a standlight might be useful.

Anyway I shall go for B+M.

I’m about to build a front wheel with a Sturmey Archer X-FDD hub so I will need front and rear lights. I’m hoping that decent quality dynamo lights are more reliable than similarly priced battery lights because I’ve spent a fair bit of money over the years on lights that only last a couple of winter...

@TUC Your quote seems to be about germ transmission during health care so I’m not sure it’s relevant. The CDC link I posted was specifically related to influenza not COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/spread.htm People with flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most exper...

@TUC Your quote seems to be about germ transmission during health care so I’m not sure it’s relevant. The CDC link I posted was specifically related to influenza not COVID-19 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/spread.htm People with flu can spread it to others up to about 6 feet away. Most expert...

..hence washing hands is the singularly biggest thing you can do to stop the spread of influenza and suchlike... Except that flu and suchlike are thought to spread primarily by airborne means so physical distancing is, AIUI, the most effective way to control it. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/diseas...

For heavy rain commuting I use a pair of Carradice Duxback overshoes. They keep the rain out better than neoprene and I can stretch my leg warmers over the cuffs which also helps.

They suffer like neoprene from damage when walking.

They look like the most stupid design ever, to me. The point of the architrave is to cover the join between plaster and frame, it has no structural purpose at all. You can't tell what it's fixed with or to. In these days of no-nails glue and suchlike that may be the only thing holding it. But lots ...

Although I think there may be evidence that staying fit delays the age related decline in the body’s immune system.

pete75 wrote:Vaccinations I know I've had are diphtheria, polio, TB and smallpox. I think all kids get those along with MMR these days.

Well, perhaps not all apparently...

The last crown race I fitted, I enlarged the race using Emery cloth. I pressed the cloth onto the inside while rolling the race on the shed floor. Worked for me.

landsurfer wrote:Every one of you that clapped for the NHS ... did you clap for the men and women working in ALDI ? ...

No you didn't ...

I did.

Last Sunday I stayed at Conwy YHA for one night. £25 for one person in a private En-suite room with four beds, I couldn’t really complain.

I have tried staying in dormitories a few times previously - doesn’t suit me.