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rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Although much of Twitter's pretty vacuous, more > thoughtful users do employ it for the propagation > of interesting and informative texts, either by > linking elsewhere or providing text in the form of > an accompanying picture, for example a screenshot > of a Word document. Yes. I don't post on twitter but I'm really pleased to have found it as a source of info. from technocrats.

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I read newspapers (remember them?) Good idea. Me too.

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed. It could certainly apply to this > particular thread! It has to be by far the most > self-serving one on here. So what exactly do you find 'self-serving' about it?

Don't think he's got the attention span.

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Btw, I can't see how that blurb was written on > Twitter - isn't the maximum character limit about > 280 - that article is well over 10 times that. It's an article composed of a number of tweets forming a thread.

One of the saddest things about such scams is it that they make people distrustful of those who are really in need.

I'd read those sensible thoughts from David Allen Green as well Diable Rouge. He's certainly one of the best commentators on Brexit out there. I think one of the key issues blinding people to the enormity of what's going on is the gap between how May appears, and the reality of what's happening. She has the air of a solid, reliable type who could be trusted with organising a church fete. In fact she's an immensely weak figure-head whose apparent homely common sense is masking the extreme madness of current politics.

Also worth talking to neighbours to either side, above and below to see if they too have problems and have reported them to the council.

Hi Sue I first had what was diagnosed as labyrinthitis with a probable viral cause after spinal surgery more than twenty years ago. I was given stemetil which helped. I was unable to get up quickly from sitting or lying without horrible vertigo and suffered nausea and 'bedspin' when turning over in bed. I find it recurs almost every winter - and sometimes in the summer too - but never as severely as when I first had it. I've only ever needed stemetil on one other occasion to treat the symptoms. I know others who've had it severely just once (and had to be hospitalised) and others, like me, who seem to have it 'in their system' as a lower grade chronic problem. I, and one other friend, have found cranial sacral osteopathy helpful in getting shot of the symptoms. I would suggest only going to an osteopath who's been personally recommended to you. There are a lot of things that can cause the symptoms you describe but if everything else has been tested for, then it's probably viral. The best policy in my experience is to treat it like flu - so rest and drink lots of water. If you've had a tick bite and are worried about Lyme Disease then you probably need to take further measures.

My brother-in-law sorted his eczema out with cbd oil (not sure how many drops a day he took - expect there's advice online about that).

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------- > Paywall there I?m afraid. > > Any chance of surmising the key points for us? Apologies. It turned out to be one of those links which you can click and read once - but not access again, and I can't even remember the name of the author (though it was written by a European journalist writing as an 'outside observer'). I'll try and summarise it - but I will make it sound less interesting and original I'm sure! The general point was that the UK, while having had a reputation in our own era as a level-headed, pragmatic country, hasn't always been thus. We've had crises and political upheavals in the past. We executed our King before the French thought of it. And once the recent relatively 'surface' quality of pragmatism and moderation was broken - as happened with the 2016 referendum and the political choices that followed it - it was always going to have dramatic consequences. This is because of the comparatively great economic inequalities in our society. We have the only truly global city in Europe and areas of great wealth - and yet also citizens who are as poor as the poorest in Spain and Portugal. We've gone - over the course of the latter half of the twentieth century, and into our current era - from being a leader in health and social service provision to a low wage, low tax (and low social investment) economy. So when the shattering of the balance came it was always going to be painful. (Of course one of the key ironies here was that we were already moving towards having a more American than European social model - and now seem set to accelerate that process). I enjoy the study of history. One of my own sensations as the political landscape became clear in the wake of the 2016 referendum, was a sudden feeling of being further from the historical landmarks of the 20th Century. It was as if we'd been jolted into a new era that no longer referenced the Second World War (in which my father fought) or the Cold War (which defined my own childhood) in quite the same way. Even the First World War, The General Strike and other key aspects of our comparatively recent past, that I'd only ever read about or heard about from older friends and relatives, suddenly seemed to have less meaning, or to have receded more firmly into the past. I think this can partly be explained by the feeling that something which I thought was fundamental (that 'national' quality of phlegmatic pragmatism) had broken. It turned out not to be a defining British characteristic - merely an attribute of a particular phase of our history. That's one reason why I found resonance in this article.

This article sums up one of the new realisations I have about my country. I'd always wondered how our famous phlegmatic identity, which has been in evidence for all of my lifetime, and for decades prior to that, could be reconciled with the more extreme moments of our national history. And of course it was simply that that that 'level headed' pragmatism was just another phase - not permanent at all. I do, however, still think we could have maintained that mature, balanced approach if our politicians had understood that this was a hard-won, valuable quality that needed preserving, not an inherent part of our national DNA that could be relied on, no matter what. https://www.ft.com/content/14cec2ea-8b45-11e8-b18d-0181731a0340

When watering plants don't forget to also put out a shallow container with water for the birds - will need replacing daily. Great risk of birds dying from thirst.

Sorry Rendel. I don't see the inconsistencies you do here. I would imagine the Russian scientist exposed to trace elements was not treated as quickly or effectively as the Skripals.

rendelharris Wrote: ---------------------------------------- > > And yet somehow they managed to administer an > airborne nerve agent in such a way as it only > affected three people, in a crowded urban area, > until three months later when it suddenly affects > two more? There were other people in the area who suffered mercifully minor ill effects after the assassination attempt on the Skripals. That the Skripals and the police officer who came to their aid were most seriously affected simply shows that whoever administered the stuff knew what they were doing. It wouldn't be the first time Novichok has been used in this way. As rahrahrah says there was a concerted effort to clean up the area afterwards and the public were warned of the risks. It's not hard to imagine that a trace remained somewhere and has led to further damage.

I think it all looks pretty straightforward. It would have been hard to clean up all residue of the Novichok and these poor people, living close to Salisbury and doubtless travelling there frequently, have simply been unfortunate enough to come into contact with it.

citylover Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The > only real worry of Remainers is that it'll all > work out fine in the end and their superstate > dream will slip from their grasp forever. My real worry is that the decline in the economy caused by Brexit will lead to the further erosion of health and social care.

Many thanks for this initiative. Really hard to choose between the artists who all look very good - but have done so!

Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have a few crows resident too, I was watching a > pair picking up the stale bread and soaking it in > my neighbour's bird bath to soften it. I have a > soft spot for the crows despite the racket at 5am I remember reading an article explaining how crows are one of the 'tool using' creatures. It's not so long ago that it was thought that only humans did that.

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > i'd love to have some thrushes move in and lend a > hand (wing?, beak?) with the snails Me too. I'd be interested to know how to attract the few that remain to my garden. I guess putting old apples out on a bird table or planting a fruit tree might help - believe they like fruit.

malumbu Wrote: ----------------------------------------------------- > >Not seen > any thrushes this year. Me neither. But then I rarely do. The seem rare now. I stuck a hazel twig into the border by the back fence six years ago and it's now a massive tree. A blackbird nested in it this year. There was a period when I couldn't venture into the garden for fear of upsetting the parents as they nervously chaperoned the fledgling on its first outings.

I used nematodes one year and they did work. I got them from Garden Organic I think. I had to order and apply them twice during the course of the season. Follow application instructions carefully. My garden is small so I was able to apply them over the whole lot - I think it would be too much work in a larger garden.

Good idea. Have filled it in.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------ > When nothing really changes in their > day-to-day lives, who will they blame? But their lives will change. They'll get worse. What will they do then?

flocker spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Whilst we fret about our avocado smash supplies > and finding a new aupair... > Not what I'm fretting about. I'm a disabled person on a small pension. Brexit will mean further erosion of the NHS and social care.