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  • eighthobstruction
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 6432

    Originally posted by Cockney Sparrow View Post
    Comments on article in The Times look to be 99% condemning of the Cummings/Johnson administration. Usually a squad of Tory bots defending the indefensible. Its probably a vain hope for them to be unseated before no deal Brexit and Scottish independence are irreversible (and the rest - independent judges, sovereignty of Parliament and more).
    bong ching

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    • Serial_Apologist
      Full Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 37602

      Hooray! my joint gas and electricity direct debit reduces from £99 to £62/month for 6 months, starting in September.

      Ironically, September is often when my spending on energy goes up, lasting right through until May. Every summer I switch off my boiler, and just use the immersion heater in short bursts. Half an hour on will give me 24 hour's worth, sufficient hot water for the usual necessities, and I only use the electric cooker on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays to boil an egg for breakfast, and on Friday to cook fish for supper. Next March the charge will go back up again after I've sent in my readings.

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      • Quarky
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 2656

        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
        Hooray! my joint gas and electricity direct debit reduces from £99 to £62/month for 6 months, starting in September.

        Ironically, September is often when my spending on energy goes up, lasting right through until May. Every summer I switch off my boiler, and just use the immersion heater in short bursts. Half an hour on will give me 24 hour's worth, sufficient hot water for the usual necessities, and I only use the electric cooker on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays to boil an egg for breakfast, and on Friday to cook fish for supper. Next March the charge will go back up again after I've sent in my readings.
        I had a similar price drop at the beginning of the year, when my supplier, whom I was quite happy with, got taken over and the prices went up. USwitch gave me a hot tip, and I switched to Scottish Power. That was at the time of lock-down, and I had some difficulties setting up my online account, because password reset links were disappearing down a black hole, and it took me some time to discover that. Everything fine now.

        .......More than that, I had an email today from an organisation I've never heard of informing me that I have been ranked 7712 out of about 50.000 amateur radio contesters world-wide, up 102 from last year! Howz about that then?
        Last edited by Quarky; 05-08-20, 15:53.

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        • oddoneout
          Full Member
          • Nov 2015
          • 9145

          This lifted my spirits on a difficult morning
          He was conducting a ballet in Düsseldorf when lockdown struck. But rising star Finnegan Downie Dear still made it his year, blazing to victory in the Mahler Conducting Competition - and creating a groundbreaking opera

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          • LMcD
            Full Member
            • Sep 2017
            • 8410

            Congratulations to the Scottish First Minister for not only reminding soccer players and administrators that they're subject to the same constraints as the rest of us but also telling - not asking - them to postpone certain matches and threatening more comprehensive action if they continue to ignore the rules.

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            • DracoM
              Host
              • Mar 2007
              • 12960

              'Dear Dominic Cummings, .....................etc'

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              • DracoM
                Host
                • Mar 2007
                • 12960

                AND............BBC R4's essential listening 'More or Less' is back following big listener pressure for an unscheduled run.
                Covid-19 cases are rising in the UK, is it a sign of a second wave of the virus?

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22115

                  Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                  Congratulations to the Scottish First Minister for not only reminding soccer players and administrators that they're subject to the same constraints as the rest of us but also telling - not asking - them to postpone certain matches and threatening more comprehensive action if they continue to ignore the rules.
                  ... and I can’t think who she was thinking of when she mentioned politicians digging holes whe referring to the exam results problem. Must be good to have a leader who displays common sense rather than just talking about it!

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                  • Dave2002
                    Full Member
                    • Dec 2010
                    • 18009

                    Here is some potentially good news regarding aluminium production - https://grist.org/energy/apples-low-...e-game-changer

                    If this works, it could help to reduce the effects of CO2 emissions in production, and thus lower the environmental impact and climate effects.

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                    • Serial_Apologist
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 37602

                      Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                      Here is some potentially good news regarding aluminium production - https://grist.org/energy/apples-low-...e-game-changer

                      If this works, it could help to reduce the effects of CO2 emissions in production, and thus lower the environmental impact and climate effects.
                      Nevertheless, I had to check my ancient dictionary after discovering from that article that, not only do Americans pronounce it thus, they spell it that way too!

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                      • oddoneout
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2015
                        • 9145

                        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                        Nevertheless, I had to check my ancient dictionary after discovering from that article that, not only do Americans pronounce it thus, they spell it that way too!
                        That was the supposedly funny bit of an Enterprise car hire advert some years ago. It fell a bit flat as the argument centred around a supposedly missing "u" rather than the point of difference which is actually the "i".

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                        • oddoneout
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2015
                          • 9145

                          A different form of 'just in time' delivery for the Dunedin Consort?
                          Eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived in the UK with just 10 minutes to spare.

                          So good to hear they made it back before the deadline as the consequences otherwise would have been considerable.

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                          • Dave2002
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 18009

                            Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
                            A different form of 'just in time' delivery for the Dunedin Consort?
                            Eight members of the Scotland-based Dunedin Consort arrived in the UK with just 10 minutes to spare.

                            So good to hear they made it back before the deadline as the consequences otherwise would have been considerable.
                            Well done those people. The Dunedin Consort musicians are very good.

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                            • Old Grumpy
                              Full Member
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 3596

                              Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                              Well done those people. The Dunedin Consort musicians are very good.
                              Great story!

                              OG

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                              • Serial_Apologist
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 37602

                                Originally posted by Old Grumpy View Post
                                Great story!

                                OG
                                I bet they felt dun... in! And just as well they aren't of "middle eastern appearance", eh?

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