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Very early in the above link I saw this statement; "while exposing under-representation from public health, clinical care, women, and ethnic minorities." I read no furthur. FFS!

About time the Government started publishing NHS absence statistics, with the attendant agency cover costs, and on a real time monthly basis. Because "word is" that, at least here in NI, absence figures are currently staggering. And how have the NHS Trusts/managers responded, by paying about 2.5 times the usual hourly rate to motivate nurses to come to their work, rather than lie off "sick" or "self isolating". I was quoted an uplift from £16.00/hr to £40.00/hr(which may be the rate paid to the various agencies providing staff to cover for various absences) I hope I have not wrongly repeated misinformation, but this is what I was told, very recently. Marcus

Wor daughter who has been in the ICU recently said that ALL their Covid paitents in the ICU were well hefty. Well I do remember the NHS telling us that obesity would be a killer. How right they were.

I shall stick with my roofed over slat sided elevator filled 10m by 5m space, which I can access dry shod from the back door. And thats only for a wee stove in the garden room. Think big, as I keep telling the wife.

There will always be an unequal distribution of accumulated wealth, as opposed to pissed up against the wall ephermal wealth, because some individuals will focus on the longterm acquisition of property, as opposed to short-term pleasures. And I wish the right to roam fanatics would consider the wear and tear their indulgant pleasure causes, nevermind the litter and shit left behind, for the "well they can afford it" landowner to clear up. Never mind the Scottish nutter trekking horses through third party owned ground as a money making business, with zero consideration or compensation to the landowner. There are at least 2 sides to every story and too many humans in too small a space is unsustainable. Someone needs to own ground to actually care to look after it, though sadly some owners will exploit the ground they own, but more certainly people will trash property they do not own or be responsible for. Tough!

I never quite knew what to make of the Scheppach brand, having seen various reviews and remarks praising their quality, but myself being wary of how this could be right in light of their relatively low cost. Horses for courses I suppose!

I knew I had seen a 75mm deep cut plunge saw somewhere, see link; https://www.screwfix.com/p/scheppach-special-edition-pl-75-210mm-electric-plunge-saw-240v/6484G?kpid=6484G&ds_kid=92700055256569560&ds_rl=1244066&gclid=Cj0KCQiAifz-BRDjARIsAEElyGJBa41qtlgropZ6wN4SLU5OoR33mccsGxCBB8Y_picdCoWbs7dA_z4aAk2gEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Bingo, but only if one is given it for nowt!

So you roped her in Stubby?

Some really useful helpful answers there folks. I would probably err towards the 18V Matika, except it would be my first Matika, although if a body wanted to expand their tool/toy collection, the variety of tools available running off 18V batteries Matika would be hard to ignore. Interesting the comment re a plunge saw doing most everything a table saw does, which just could nudge me towards the Mafell, since I only got a wee combi chopsaw/table saw. Thanks all, Marcus P.S. I finally bought a pressure washer!

Only for glorified hobby use, but I take some pleasure in decent tools. So not Lidl type rubbish, but equally well I dont need RR quality(and price) marcus

I was impressed with Reg's groundy, she simply looked clean, tidy and competent.

OSM Seeing as I worked within local government and persistently queried where our obviously polluted blue bin waste, never mind the polluted "colour segregated" glass went and was always rebuffed. etc etc The uncaring idiots were running the aylsum and costing the ratepayers and the Enivironment a fortune in hard cash. Like trucking heavy wet green waste miles to a composting facility when they had acres of ground nearby, a closed "dump" where it could simply have spread to decay naturally and give nature a helping hand. The waste involved in handling our waste drove me to mental despair, quite seriously. Never mind the seriously frivilious expenditure of the landfill tax cash-back from the Government, on stupid, ill considered short term community/vanity projects. Marcus

The wisdom of capitialism vis-a-vis Government is again demonstrated by our latest revealed renewable energy fiasco here in NI. Where stand-alone wind power installations attracted something like 4 times the subsidized return than those in wind farms, giving a payback of as little as 2 years with 18 more free and clear. Bringing in figures between £100,000.00 and £200,000.00 per year over 18 more years. Oh! and if you put in a way-oversized and de-rated turbine you could furthur "game" the system. All paid for by helpless mugs like us paying our leccy bill. DOfornicatingH!

All I ever saw was the immense arrogance, financial chicanary and venality of the EU Beaurcrats. I would never have considered them stupid. I always, and rightly, suspected and distrusted their Empire building motivation. All power corrupts and the power they seek is corrupting in the extreme, as can already be seen.

Regardless of the exact mechanism, and mostly from experience of 1970/80's tractors, using the engine in lower gears gong downhill, worked better than the so-called brakes connected to the brake pedal. My understanding was that a diesel engine without fuel being injected acted like a positive displacement compressor, which will require significent energy/work to function, and that the Jake brake merely enhances this effect. And now I gotta go and establish exactly how a Jacobs brake works, thanks Clessie. mth If I understood the rather poor explanation, the Jake brake overrides normal exhaust valve operation, such that each upward piston stroke is a compression stroke, the valves only being opened to release the pressure after TDC, is this correct?

Stubby, Senior Management says she paid £20.00 about 4 years ago. End of/one time payment. It is still working on the spare TV.

The VAG DSG is absolutely excellent in this respect, i.e. correct gear selection including when pulling heavy/over heavy loads including up hill. Proved by our wee 1.6TDI DSG pulling a measured 3.2 tonne uphill, over viscious speed bumps, with no fuss and at minimal, but sufficient revs. I was well impressed since the car is rated to only pull 1.6 t max. Big J has also commented re his Toerags towing prowess. Our dry DQ200DSG is SHITE at low speed manouvering on a slope, particularily in reverse(and reverse is too high geared) due to the shitty software protecting the shitty dry clutch packs, which CANNOT be allowed to slip AT ALL, however the wet DSG's are bullet proof and better in this respect. There is still a slight pause, and bytimes disconcerting in the face of oncoming traffic, this at road ends from neutral. The modern TC proper automatics with lock-up are simply the best of both worlds. And re off road driving, wor Steyr Puch with the oldschool Merc 4 speed TC autobox is superb off road and for heavy towing. Derp, just remembered the cousin drives an atuomatic Ford ranger 3.2 diesel, it is faultless towing, and I have sat in with him a few times to form my own conclusions.

We dont have Amazon Prime, but do got an Amazon Firestick. It works flawlessly.

I may have done Eggs? but I cannot remember doing so, a very blunt yet cutting comment if I did however. "Ye canny fix stupid", would rather be one of my favourite mantras. Not many on this forum qualify for that particular epithet, but there are a few, who shall remain nameless. I in no way imagine you to be stupid or uneducated, merely somewhat misguided in your political perspective on certain issues. 😉😉 P.S. In respect of computers and smart phones I am quite useless.😞😞

Heliophobia - Wikipedia EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

A bit the same as the snobby upper class well bred birds still liking a quare guid shag, wor rather pedigree Bulldogs simply LOVE eating the neighbours horseshit, there is a pandy out front that one would swear came from a grass fed pony, but in fact it was our Boudica! Nom nom nom!

Come and live in NI, and at least you can still own and shoot pistols, if not full bore semi auto rifles.

Red, White and Blue, SO good to see she's one of ours too!

Yes yes and yes, plus according to the wiki article I scanned, timber is less/significently insulating along the grain. I imagine it started as an adhoc construction using soil/clay and short, otherwise scrap cuttings of logs? cheers mth