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Here in the US, there is a big outcry against CRTs I don't get it. We grew up watching TV on CRTs and all the computers in the world had CRTs. And now that LCDs and OLEDs and Plasma are popular, everybody is getting down on CRT. I don't think that I even own one anymore, but are they worthy of all ...

The difference, I think, is that in Russia the children are taken into training full time whereas in the UK they still live at home and therefore the pressure cannot be applied without the knowledge and agreement of the parents. I agree entirely. Two points - the UK coaches are just as pushy, and t...

Not surprising that she feels that way given the pressure the coach puts on them to perform. It's a consequence of coaching children and it's infamously just as bad in England. No child gymnast ever had a coach who didn't push continually. The ones who get to the National squad can only have got th...

"Drinking caffeine-containing beverages as part of a normal lifestyle doesn't cause fluid loss in excess of the volume ingested. While caffeinated drinks may have a mild diuretic effect — meaning that they may cause the need to urinate — they don't appear to increase the risk of dehydration.&q...

spot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:26 pm
Betty Boop wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:19 amWhere are you going anyway?
I've arrived at an apartment in the Old Town area of Warsaw, and it's amazingly warm here for February.

Enjoy

LarsMac wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 10:05 am The Mrs' doctor told us that while caffeine does act as a diuretic, it does not offset the amount of water you take in, unless all you do is espresso shots.

Ah, so the claim was false

I'm sure we all wish we could speak Russian watching this to find out why another Russian skater is so angry behind the scenes waiting for the funny toy thing ceremony. That was the silver medalist: "I hate this sport, I hate this sport, I hate all of it. I won't go to the medal ceremony... I ...

From today's trivia... "Caffeine actually dehydrates your body, so the water in caffeinated coffee cannot count toward you eight glasses a day!" Bogus claptrap twattery, all the setter needed to do was check online. Of course it doesn't dehydrate the body. The word he needs is diuretic, n...

spot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:26 am My train's speed is capped at 50mph, I'll be an hour late at the airport if I'm lucky enough to get there then. My motto of the day is Onward and Upward, I don't know where it comes from though.

Stanley Holloway, Stories of Old Sam

Besides, anyone creating their own sunshine would have a SWAT team at their door before nightfall. I keep forgetting the language difference in countries. From what I'm gathering from your comments, is sounds like your are talking about what we call "MOONSHINE here! :lol: Oops, I thought they ...

magentaflame wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 1:44 pm You dont strike me as one with a liverpudlian accent.

Wot me? I talk propper I does

magentaflame wrote: ↑Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:30 am
Bryn Mawr wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:09 am
magentaflame wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:42 am Never trust a train.............they have Loco motives
That stopped me in my tracks
So you're station -ary

Nah, ‘ary’s me mate, I’m the Fat Controller

magentaflame wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:42 am Never trust a train.............they have Loco motives

That stopped me in my tracks

Here, folks whine about how these cameras are violating our privacy. Though I have yet to figure out how that works, since they are all out there on the public streets. I have a problem when they rig the cameras up to face recognition software and actively track your movements (and that’s not just ...

LarsMac wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:34 pm So, do folks in UK complain about these traffic cams violating their privacy?

There are guidelines saying how they should be used and the only bitching I’ve heard is when they break their own rules.

Interesting note in today's news. In many areas where the new strain is spreading, a large majority of patients with COVID-19 came to the hospital for other conditions, and the COVID was discovered incidentally. Washingtom Post: In the nation’s hospitals, this covid wave is different Same here but ...

The Prime Minister is once again weathering a storm of public opinion, this time about scandalously lying. Claiming to have been assured there was no Christmas party last year at number 10, and that no rules had been broken even if there had been one, is just a shameful abandonment of responsibilit...

Very easy, the deaths figure was going up steadily, they made a big adjustment to their figures and they have reported not a single death since then - eighteen months later. 4636 deaths and no more. A natural progression does not increase in that fashion. Perhaps you're not finding reliably publish...

All presents wrapped and under their respective trees.

All food prepared as required.

Celebratory drink about to be opened

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY

magentaflame wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 4:46 pm I assumed it was a joke photo. .....until you mentioned house of reps.
No politician in their right mind would take such a stupid photo.

Nope, it’s what they call making a stand.

I do not believe any of the figures coming out of China. I have no idea what the true figures are but they are nowhere near the published figures. China locks down 13 million people in Xi’an after detecting 127 Covid cases https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/china-locks-down-13-million-pe...

But thats how you strike. Better wages and conditions. Maybe you guys are fine with your wages and condition. A lot around the world are barely coping. No problem with that - if they say they’re striking for better pay. Playing the holier than thou safety card when what they want is better pay anno...

The RMT union said train managers and senior conductors voted for action as they felt the firm was trying to undermine the role of train guards. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59753749 I don't want guards on my train. I don't even want a bloody driver on my train. I'd be more than happy with...

You were at one point insistent that China was rife with Covid infection, to the tune of millions dying there of it. Are you still of the same opinion, or do you think perhaps that they have actually kept a tight grip on individual cases and prevented the outbreak from developing nationally? Becaus...

The parents entrusted their children to the schools care and the school failed them. I’m not trying to apportion blame, more trying to understand what it will do to the school and those who organised the occasion - I don’t think I could cope with that level of guilt and responsibility. And the poor ...

cars wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 2:34 pm Saw a Bumper sticker yesterday, it said:

Robots Might Build Our Cars,

But It Takes Skilled Human Hands,

To Keep Them Running Right!

(Rather True!)

With skilled human brains to back them up.

I’ve just come across this tweet - this is not my world :-

Betty Boop wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:21 am:

Is it really about global warming Spot??

I think he’d be happy with local warming, his global aspirations lie elsewhere:-)

LarsMac wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:07 pm
FourPart wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:35 pm
magentaflame wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:38 pm We've also named some right wing American group a terrorist org as well. Ive foŕgotten the name now.
MAGA?
No, I believe they call themselves "The GOP"

I thought when they did it they called it “Shock and Awe” rather than terrorism

G#Gill wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:05 pm Let's see if I can actually post a Youtube video !

Success

cars wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 1:32 pm Anyone remember the days, when having a "Rear View Mirror" in you car was a "optional add on" accessory?
So were "Side View Mirrors"!

The days when you were surprised to see another car on the road.

G#Gill wrote: ↑Wed Nov 17, 2021 7:23 pm Well that's told me eh? Mr. Bryn Mawr, or Mr. spot, I think I have forgotten how to post a Youtube video on to the forum ! Help me please !

It didn’t need the img tag around the url

Ay up you lot ! Yes I'm still around. Well somebody has to be around to keep an eye on you all, and make sure you don't get out of hand ! I do hope you are all coping with this dreadful bug. We're OK, I've had home deliveries organised from Tesco, Morrisons and Asda for months (well since before th...

LarsMac wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:23 pm Well, the Mrs is about finished with rehab, and planning to be home this coming weekend.

You’d better look after her - she precious

Thanks for the update, you know we worry.

So, we beat the bug. There are residual affects to be dealt with, but she survived the infection. Going into a Rehab facility to build up strength and stamina. A vaxx is at least three months down the road, so we must maintain strict avoidance protocols. She could get the bug, again, it seems. The ...

LarsMac wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:25 pm Yup, that is a fairly gender specific term, over here, but we got your meaning, and the Mrs got a good laugh.

We got an update on rehab. She's scheduled for a place over in the next town for Monday, assuming the doc is satisfied with her progress.

Oops

THNX Betty. The numbers were very encouraging this morning. Doc days that the Bug has actually been killed off, and now we are fighting the damage that was done. He was feeling confident enough to recommend that we start arranging Rehab and Physical therapy for after release. That is at least a wee...

I've also got an Outreach engineer coming round tomorrow. Apparently my setup is an outdated wy, coming into the property by Fibre to the Terminal box, then having an Ethernet extension to an ADSL Socket, which leads to the Router. The Engineer is going to see if it's possible to reinstall with up ...

I've also got an Outreach engineer coming round tomorrow. Apparently my setup is an outdated wy, coming into the property by Fibre to the Terminal box, then having an Ethernet extension to an ADSL Socket, which leads to the Router. The Engineer is going to see if it's possible to reinstall with up ...

What can I say, that is such awful news - I’m gutted for you Lars

I've also got an Outreach engineer coming round tomorrow. Apparently my setup is an outdated wy, coming into the property by Fibre to the Terminal box, then having an Ethernet extension to an ADSL Socket, which leads to the Router. The Engineer is going to see if it's possible to reinstall with up ...

Some good news for a change :- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59143494 Time will tell how traumatised she is but a big question that needs to be answered is whether she woke up and wandered out of the tent before being abducted by a passer by or whether the abductor entered the tent and ...

Lucky Me, I was getting my yearly checkup at my doc's yesterday, and he said he had a cancellation by a patient who was supposed to get a covid-19 booster shot. He asked me if I wanted it, so I got my booster shot yesterday! That's a spot of luck. good news. I am planning to get the J&J booster...

magentaflame wrote: ↑Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:43 pm I moved in to my little cottage house properly today.

I am happy.
Its an old rural cottage.
It has the old style bath
It has a garage/workshop.
Its two minutes to work

I am happy.

Wonderful news

Photo?

Well, now COVID-19 has got just a little too damned close to home. Really. The Mrs has had a couple of difficult weeks, lately. Starting with a rather sudden, serious Bacterial infection in her leg, for which we spent a week of her receiving daily antibiotic infusions. Following that she developed ...

I'm not convinced that "reach a zero output of carbon emission" is as clear as it needs to be. There will still be carbon emissions. To get to Net Zero, the removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere has to balance the emissions, so that the concentration neither increases nor decrea...

spot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:39 am
Bryn Mawr wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:35 am Maybe the nice unassuming non expectant men tend to stay in stable relationships and do less dating so skewing your sample.
That was my problem. Never managed the nice.

I always thought that it away the unassuming!

I thought Angela Rayner was an agony aunt. Clearly I'm not keeping up. I don't recall ever thinking anyone was a goer, I'm not sure all males are to be disparaged. I don't even think the police are competent to keep the streets safe by walking them, I think automated public surveillance is the only...

My great Aunt Margaret, who made a living as a High School English Teacher, must have spun her way clear through China by now. That’s odd. It’s the second time I’ve heard that in the past couple of days - surely it would be Western Australia rather than China? Well, Aunt Margaret would have been th...

LarsMac wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 8:10 pm My great Aunt Margaret, who made a living as a High School English Teacher, must have spun her way clear through China by now.

That’s odd. It’s the second time I’ve heard that in the past couple of days - surely it would be Western Australia rather than China?

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