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2 minutes ago, Retsdon said:
I've been slandering the FCO.
I am guessing because I have no knowledge of how these things work, ....... but my guess is that working in China to organise border crossing (i.e. entering/leaving) in a hurry is always going to be difficult. The Chinese government has a past record of being both very controlling - and very bureaucratic. Chinese civil servants will have been brought up with that mentality. Not a combination that makes for fast 'on the fly' decision making and permission granting.
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2 minutes ago, Fisheruk said:
Yes, being on a plane is the last place I would want to be.
Agreed ...... although that is a view I take virus or no virus!
To those suggesting little is being done by our government/NHS; There has just been a person on Radio 4 who said that in the UK, 161 people have been tested and had their results so far. ALL have come back negative.
They also clarified what is meant by 'self isolation'. It is simply the common sense that if you think you have the virus, phone (doctor/111) and discuss - Don't make you way to a surgery or A&E etc., as if you did have the virus there is a risk of onward transmission.
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1 minute ago, ditchman said:
we are all going to die
You are - of course - quite right, but my preference is not for another year or three or more .........
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1 minute ago, Rewulf said:
You do realise the issue with Huawei has nothing to do with security, its purely political ?
/\ This.
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Mrs Wrong Daily (or as Comrade Len McLusty refers to her "our Beccy") seems to make it up as she goes along; first we had the business about growing up with daily worries about her father losing his job in the docks ........ only to find that the docks had closed for good when she was only 2 - now this https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7947839/Rebecca-Long-Bailey-accused-lying-boast-working-3am-prepare-meeting.html
I know politicians are accused of being untruthful ............. so perhaps she is just a very thorough politician .......... ?
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Just now, muncher said:
I'm sure I read the HIV virus could survive for 14 days!
I looked at 'flu, which seems to be as above - max 3 days, typically less than 24 hours.
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18 minutes ago, Dave-G said:
Also the financial after effect is likely to hurt Chinese manufacturing because so many people will be cautious about buying goods that may have been handled by people with the infection.
Viruses can typically only survive a few hours on surfaces. Maximum time under ideal conditions seems to be 2 - 3 days, but most under 24 hours.
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5 minutes ago, oowee said:
Interesting and helpful u turn.
I am sure there will be further 'U turns', policy changes, new 'rules' that will be applied as we learn more about the virus and when the virus starts spreading here - as it seems likely it will.
To put things in perspective - 'normal' annual seasonal flu kills far, FAR more that this has to date; https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=208914
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3 hours ago, oowee said:
Repatriated to UK and you are told to make your way home from the airport and self quaranteen????????
Not so: UK are quaranteeing people on 'a military base' for 14 days https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7942251/Britons-coronavirus-airlift-Wuhan-quarantined.html
1 hour ago, Retsdon said:Basically this government does soundbites.
There was an opportunity open to all UK voters to change government in December. They gave the (then outgoing and now current) a considerably increased majority. Read into that what you will, but the opportunity was there.
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9 minutes ago, moondoggy said:
He seemed a very nice chap.
One of the last things I remember him doing was a programme about Marie Antoinette’s watch made by Breguet. If you haven’t seen it, it is well worth viewing.
He was a knowledgeable horologist and amateur clock repairer all of his life.
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Another sad loss - one of the 'greats' of broadcasting.
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1 hour ago, London Best said:
Corbett is awesome reading. A very modest man, no big kill as in many big game hunter’s books.
There is a biography of him called "Carpet Sahib" by Martin Booth.
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26 minutes ago, amateur said:
There always seems to be loads of youngsters wandering about with take-out coffee cups clutched in their hands, so no wonder the coffee shops spring up everywhere.
Before I retired (about 3 years ago) I worked in an office with about 150 people in the immediate building. Our employer supplied unlimited free tea and coffee (both decent 'branded' instant coffee and teabags, plus milk, hot water, sugar etc. and cup washing machines). There was a 'make your own area' on each floor and you could take your cup back to your desk area if you wanted.
Despite this - many of the younger staff arrived with a 'Costa' or 'Starbucks', went out in the car at lunchtime and came back with another. They were also always the ones complaining that they couldn't make the money last until next payday.
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3 hours ago, Thunderbird said:
Has anyone else noticed an increase in the number of barber shops in the last few years?
YES!
We have several new ones - mostly eastern/Kurdish I believe.
2 hours ago, Thunderbird said:I wonder if many people tot up how much they spend on coffee from these joints?
I have only once - when I discovered how much it cost for (an admittedly quite good) black coffee (my usual form of taking coffee). I'll stick to my flask thanks.
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1 minute ago, Lloyd90 said:
Part of working /being abroad is the risk of disease, infection but also not having U.K. Government facilities to support, such as the NHS etc.
This /\
Anyone thinking of working overseas does a sort of personal 'risk/benefit' valuation where one weighs up the advantages - and disadvantages. Being far from our valued NHS and having possibly less good (or possibly better) health care is one of the things that enters that process. Bringing plane loads of people out of an infected area has risks - do they all go in quarantine? If one person has the virus when boarding the plane - what are the risks of many catching it during the flight?
The whole thing (even assuming the Chinese allow it) needs a lot of thought and planning.
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10 minutes ago, panoma1 said:
What a spiteful, disgusting excuse for a human being, wishing ill on anyone who disagrees with him!
I had to look up who he was ........ and it turns out he isn't really anybody. Was once something quite minor in the world of trivial 'entertainment'.
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On 26/01/2020 at 05:55, m3vert said:
I gave up with wi-fi extenders and boosters as all seemed to have various levels of success. I binned the lot and installed a Mesh system. It was a bit pricey to purchase but I now have wi-fi throughout all areas of the house and coverage throughout the garden areas including sheds and garage. If you find a blind spot you install another Mesh unit which will cover that area. I have 3 Mesh units throughout the house and haven't had a single drop off from the Wi-fi since I installed it 6 months ago
Similar here. Been excellent with 4 mesh units in a large house with some very thick (internal as well as external) walls.
One thing that badly reduces ALL WiFi is foil clad insulation blocks used in cavity walls etc.
20 hours ago, Davyo said:Is that was this guy is going on about?
That is the one I have, yes
In fact mine is probably an older version (white discs) but is a BT marketed product called BT Whole Home.
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For a 'shooting' book, I love to dip into "The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker" and also the various works (collected Shooting Times columns I think) of "Gough Thomas" (G.T. Garwood) who was guns editor of Shooting Times for many years.
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Spanish flu in 1919 killed otherwise fit and healthy young people in under 48 hours from first symptoms and it killed them in tens of thousands.
The flu outbreak killed more than were killed in the first world war. Sobering thought.
However, currently 17 have died - out of about 1.4 billion people in China. I appreciate it will grow, but it is (at present anyway) early days.
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The Sherlock Holmes series of book By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the short stories in particular, though I do re-read the novels every few years. I am currently listening to Stephen Fry's narration of the books and I would highly recommend them.
I have read a number of other 'Holmes' books/stories by other authors but they tend to be rubbish.
Agree on all counts - except the Fry, which I have not come across. I have the BBC radio series ones for 'audiobooks'.
In the same genre, I also like Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers
Trustee from the toolroom by Nevil Shute Norway.
His autobiography called "Slide Rule" is also a good read.
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I hope he gets over it quickly. I was knocked unconscious about that age (falling off a 5 bar gate!). Had a Dr. check - and all OK.
As far as I know(!) no long term effects (I'm in my 60's now and I think - no more deranged than any of my contemporaries).
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If you had to choose just one gun from your ownership past or present which one would it be and why,
I am fortunate in that I have a reasonable selection in my cabinet - built up and refined over 44 years collecting. The selection ranges from 'best' English s/s through sidelock o/u's and hammer guns, a Darne to an original 1810 muzzle loader.
It may seem strange, but my usual 'go to' which I guess should be THE ONE is an AyA No 1 from circa 1977.
Why? Well, I shoot well (for me anyway) with it, it is easy to get fixed when it does have problems, and can cope with 2 3/4" cartridges. It is far from being the 'highest value', oldest, or even having the greates sentimental value ......... but it is the one I tend to use more than any other.
Truth is that they all mean something to me, are all 'nice of their type', and I enjoy them all.
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Already on it, we did first fix this weekend so all new cables in, the rubber is screwed... Hoping WPD will replace the mains in as that will be as old. And brittle
When mine was done Western Power (or at least their contractor) replaced everything from the underground cable to the meter and main fuse. Everything after that was done by my contractor.
Most of my old rubber wire appeared in good condition, but a few parts where it had been near warm heating pipes was hardened. Mine would have been installed originally in the late 1950s.
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Possibly - but wait a little longer to be certain; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passport-design-changes/changes-to-the-design-of-british-passports