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Bob, I've just seen your latest post, which came after my last edit. Just to confirm, that my post above wasn't aimed at you at all, and to apologise if it might have seemed to.

> It's meaning is rather boring - > just an ability to understand > injustice and history - nothing bad. Cool.

I see that "Trolley Snatcha" is no more. Does anyone know what triggered the eventual deactivation?

TheCat wrote: ------------- > More delectable prose from Jay today to > satisfy my base middle-class instincts. > While reading this I've found that I've > managed to slip an entire roast chicken > in the front of my trousers, without > even realising it.... I suppose that's all one can expect from a typical EDF male lounge lizard. It's not within spitting distance of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voina#How_to_Snatch_a_Chicken.

The Cat wrote: > PS..with regards to the Post Script discussion on 'woke'. What/where is this?

Some facial recognition algorithms are now taking masks into account, with some claimed success.

beigemartin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > See attached I'd want to see the paper, not just one figure from it.

I've just been looking at https://bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/vaccine-studies/approved-vaccine-studies/ for details of the research project looking at the effects of combining the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines. They're currently looking for volunteer subjects age 50 or over. The London centres involved are UCH and St Georges, Tooting. They want people who haven't had any dose at all yet. They'll be giving two doses, of either the same or different vaccines, at an interval of 4 or 12 weeks. Both those choices will be made randomly, and without informing the subjects of the vaccines used until the end of the study, which lasts a year. More at the above link.

Users can't delete posts; they can just edit them down to a single character. You could also at the same time change the Subject Line to, say, Deleted.

> The fake site also asks for bank details > either to verify identification or to > make a payment. And even before that, mother's maiden name, which one of the interviewees didn't immmediately register as phishing, and so entered.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I understand that the prime minister is now > prepared to invoke article 16 after today's PMQs ? Who's told you what?

Thanks to DFox for the mention of other market closures, both public and private. This is about Hackney's Broadway Market, published 25/11/20, though in other cases, such as Cambridge, it might conceivably be a simple matter of overcrowding without the takeaways or any apparent socialising: The Town Hall?s inclusive economy boss Cllr Guy Nicholson said: "Only a fraction of the usual Broadway Market stalls were open last weekend in line with the council?s Covid-secure street markets plan, however large numbers of visitors collecting takeaway food and alcohol from some nearby shops led to severe overcrowding along the street, which meant we were forced to close the market early on Sunday." https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2020/11/25/broadway-market-on-hold-another-early-closure/ Some photographs of any crowding or otherwise in NXRd would have been helpful.

alex_b wrote: ------------ > If it?s taking AZ to court then presumably > a court in whichever jurisdiction was > specified in the contract (I guess Belgium > as that?s where it was signed). And stated: "18.4 This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Belgium."

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Marshalls are stopping people not > wearing Masks walking through > North Cross Road Are you certain you saw them physically preventing people from doing so? > but ignoring Stall Holders preparing and > selling Food not wearing masks. I don't believe the regulations on wearing of masks in shops, etc would apply to stall holders, or customers, because the market is not indoors. See the definitions of 'relevant place', 'shop' and 'shopping centre' in para.2 of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020. The word 'market' doesn't appear. It seems to me that the best legitimate action would be against instances of gathering, of any group of two or more who aren't from the same household or bubble. That would be for a police officer to do. The best personal safegaurd would probably be to avoid the place if it's crowded. The risk each day of getting infected rises with the number of people you get near to, and masks are far from perfect barriers to something the size of a virus.

> Surely someone within local law > enforcement must be able to clamp down > on this epidemic of petty car crime. PC George Dixon will probably have a good idea who's done it. He'll be round their gaff later for a little chat and nose around, notice a small stash of converters in the backyard, and have the scrote safely locked up in Dock Green nick.

But don't be a tease. Tell us about your trolley snatching.

That's ok. I've lots of experience of knowing what not to trust, as well as being a Lidl customer. While checking I did come across this awful example, of people who possibly think they can make money by setting up a portal to online delivery sites. https://www.buyonlinegroceries.co.uk/. They appear to have got Iceland to sign up and presumably give them some click-through commission. But dig down and that appears to be all. Iceland appears on their top page. But click on any of the other supermarkets listed and you get some near-contentless spiel and a link to Iceland. They even have a similar page prepared for Lidl. https://www.buyonlinegroceries.co.uk/lidl. It's actually so bizarre, when you get down to the area-specific parts, you can start wondering what it's really for. A school exercise ground? An eventual repository for a string of paid SEO backlinks? ...

Not if you believe the only authoritative source, the lidl.co.uk website. We do not offer any home delivery or click and collect services, we also do not have a stock checking system online or at Customer Services. https://customer-service.lidl.co.uk/SelfServiceUK/s/article/How-to-purchase-goods-at-Lidl?language=en_GB

Sephiroth> It?s nuts that people are giving any credence to this nonsense conspiracy bullshit ---------- JohnL> It took me a while to see it when I saw Pestons post ----------

> BTW Does anyone know if there is a maximum > word count on here, if there is I will > need to do each chapter in several boxes, > if that makes sense. I think you should be asking the forum owner/admin about publication here.

> waiting for Nigello to get to > the punchline of this Marathon If he's still with us. I've heard at least one whodunit in the past year where the poison was in the chocolates.

That must have been quite vexing. I'm wondering why the surge in numbers, whether it was just in response to the need speed things up to help meet the government deadline, or maybe tied up in any way with the vaccine life cycle. Iirc, they have only about five days of usage after dilution. And the batch size is in the 995-1200 doses range.

Robbie wrote: > According to the PHE publication that > I linked, it plateaus at 28 cycles. What does "it" mean here? Where do you think a sample with a Ct of, say, 30, plateaus? And, in the OP: > Given that the recommendation for PCR Test > Cycles to be at 25-30 cycles in order to What do you mean by "PCR Test Cycles" being "at 25-30 cycles". And later: > A public forum to spread awareness and > encourage debate is the perfect platform > for the local community. > maintain accuracy and a reliable result, So can you please point us to the websites where you got (a) your information about the King's FOI requests; (b) the recommendation I've just quoted; and © the information that "In Oxfordshire, the number of cycles on average used in the 21-30 age group was just over 58."

Next showing live 27 January 16:45-17:00 - Bankside, East Dulwich, according to Digiguide (which is not infallible) Brixton, Bermondsey, Crystal Palace, Elephant ... all feature in other episodes.

At least give Jack Wallington some credit, even if you're not going to respect his copyright. https://www.jackwallington.com/17-reasons-to-avoid-fake-lawns-how-bad-is-artificial-grass-for-the-environment/ PS I've just seen you have, in the first post.