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Bolsonario defeated, Trump badly bruised in the recent elections and Putin humiliated as he flees Kherson with feeble squawks that it's not really a retreat. It's hardly time to cheer in the streets, but perhaps we can allow ourselves a very cautious optimism as we raise a cup of tea/glass of wine on this Friday evening.
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Originally posted by Bella Kemp View PostBolsonario defeated, Trump badly bruised in the recent elections and Putin humiliated as he flees Kherson with feeble squawks that it's not really a retreat. It's hardly time to cheer in the streets, but perhaps we can allow ourselves a very cautious optimism as we raise a cup of tea/glass of wine on this Friday evening.
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Originally posted by Bella Kemp View PostBolsonario defeated, Trump badly bruised in the recent elections and Putin humiliated as he flees Kherson with feeble squawks that it's not really a retreat. It's hardly time to cheer in the streets, but perhaps we can allow ourselves a very cautious optimism as we raise a cup of tea/glass of wine on this Friday evening.
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Fixing factories
Right now starting up in parts of London, and, hopefully, set to spread around the capital then nationwide, these enterprises are a timely answer to the throwaway society's resort to the rubbish bin and council dump, and somewhere good to learn vital skills. And you only need pay what you can and if you can. This is the best thing I've seen on telly since The Repair Shop.
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The movement has been gathering ground for a while.
This one's been around for some time https://www.repaircafe.org/en/about/ and the Men's Shed groups often have repairing and teaching others how to as part of their activities. Community groups involved with waste reduction and reuse of unwanted items may have repair workshops as part of their offering.
It's the kind of thing that council waste management would/should be supporting if local authority funding hadn't been eviscerated.
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Originally posted by oddoneout View PostThe movement has been gathering ground for a while.
This one's been around for some time https://www.repaircafe.org/en/about/ and the Men's Shed groups often have repairing and teaching others how to as part of their activities. Community groups involved with waste reduction and reuse of unwanted items may have repair workshops as part of their offering.
It's the kind of thing that council waste management would/should be supporting if local authority funding hadn't been eviscerated.
We have become progressively de-skilled, and that is not a position of strength.
We have a similar group in our village. Not sure how it is doing, but it seems to survive.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.
I am not a number, I am a free man.
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Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
We have become progressively de-skilled, and that is not a position of strength.
We have a similar group in our village. Not sure how it is doing, but it seems to survive.
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Today's good personal news is that I have just been and collected my bike from the repair shop, and the guy there has done a great job on it, completely replacing the damaged derailleur, but in addition fixing the gear cable that switches the chain to the larger of the two cogs, giving me back access to the top five gears, which I have not been able to use for the past couple of years; adjusting the brakes, and pumping up the tyres to optimal pressure levels to allow faster less effortful speed. All for £52, which I thought was pretty good. He had even cleaned the chain and the gear sprocket grooves. Before leaving he told me he didn't think much of the bike: "It's very badly set up", he said, "The gear change handles would be on the handlebars today, not there where you have to reach down to change gear, putting your balance at risk. That wouldn't be seen as safe on a modern model" "My previous bike had additional brake handles within easy reach so you didn't have to stoop down for that as well" I said. "Oh that would also be unsafe by today's standards as not enough pressure can be applied to the brake pads", he said!
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostToday's good personal news is that I have just been and collected my bike from the repair shop, and the guy there has done a great job on it, completely replacing the damaged derailleur, but in addition fixing the gear cable that switches the chain to the larger of the two cogs, giving me back access to the top five gears, which I have not been able to use for the past couple of years; adjusting the brakes, and pumping up the tyres to optimal pressure levels to allow faster less effortful speed. All for £52, which I thought was pretty good. He had even cleaned the chain and the gear sprocket grooves. Before leaving he told me he didn't think much of the bike: "It's very badly set up", he said, "The gear change handles would be on the handlebars today, not there where you have to reach down to change gear, putting your balance at risk. That wouldn't be seen as safe on a modern model" "My previous bike had additional brake handles within easy reach so you didn't have to stoop down for that as well" I said. "Oh that would also be unsafe by today's standards as not enough pressure can be applied to the brake pads", he said!
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This brought a bit of cheer to the currently grey afternoon. Some forumites may know the area in question?
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Went to pay for some groceries at my local corner shop today, and the lady asked me, "Have you lost your travel card? I have one here that might be yours". It was, and I was overjoyed - it was a good two weeks since I'd visited that shop, and they'd gone to the trouble of keeping that card safe for me - along with a number of others, clipped together. "That's the best Christmas present I've had", I told her.
Having reported it missing and applied for a replacement, I shall check if still valid by tapping on at the local station tomorrow. They do instruct to destroy old ones on receipt of a replacement. I did not include a postage stamp when applying with enclosed identification documents, and have still had no acknowledgement online or by post from the dept concerned.
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