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> "joined forces" The Melbourne Grove (Concordia) and Hambleden (AT Medics) contracts both expired on 31 March 2019, and the decree was that a single contractor should take over both practices then, and eventually move into the new Health Centre. Concordia won the competition. The Hambleden staff have presumably had TUPE rights to carry on working in the new practice if they wanted to. Does anyone recognise any of these names as from Hambleden? http://www.tessajowellgpsurgery.co.uk/about-us

I've just watched a Halfords video which shows the battery being removed for charging. I'd be very surprised if that weren't standard. If that's the case, Sue's question about the bike hangar sizes is still relevant. Actually, from looking at some photos of ebikes, they just look mainly sort of bike-sized. I saw what I assume was an ebike beetling up Woodward Road a couple of months ago, and was impressed.

Here's one picture: https://www.joint-forces.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/26-MTU-014.jpg. It's from an article at https://www.joint-forces.com/uk-news/31688-operation-rescript-uk-mobile-testing-units.

> I think I read that on these forums at the time. /forum/read.php?5,1179061,1288600#msg-1288600 See what he moved on to. https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8568 Much more on the web under morganico.

TomS12 Wrote: --------------- > A lot of people do that. Which 'that' do you mean?

The stated collection time is that of the final collection of the day from the box. That doesn't preclude there being an additional earlier one. What you could have checked is the removable metal tag that states just the name of the day of the next scheduled collection. That would, I guess, at 14:00 have remained unchanged. That said, I did notice one day last week that the tag on my local box, at least ten minutes before the stated last collection time, had already been changed to the next day. That can occasionally happen, I guess when there are staff shortages and pressure against overtime. Usually the final collection seems to be made a little later than its scheduled time.

Nothing new. "I keep thinking it's Tuesday."

Robbie wrote at 00:10 today: > A few hours ago the UK Government have > also condemmed the advice they receiced. > > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-uk-government-guidance-tests-sage-jeremyhunt-a9509111.html That is a report of Jeremy Hunt's contribution (at 18:01) to yesterday's first part of a Commons debate on Covid-19. A constituency MP is not "the UK Government". If you read the whole of his contribution, which was available yesterday evening at https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-05-11/debates/9DD7E97E-5478-40D5-94F9-758D21D302DF/Covid-19 (HTML) and https://hansard.parliament.uk/debates/GetDebateAsText/9DD7E97E-5478-40D5-94F9-758D21D302DF (plain text, 186kB), and which I attach, it seems fairly clear that his principal criticism is of the secrecy of SAGE proceedings and reports. For that the government holds responsibility. His speech concluded: Had SAGE?s advice been published in January, an army of scientists from our universities could have challenged why test, track and trace was not being modelled. They could have demanded a ramp-up of testing and challenged the behavioural assumptions that delayed lockdown. We cannot know for certain, but the result may well have been better subsequent advice and many lives saved. British science is world-beating because we have always championed inventiveness and encouraged challenge, so let us sweep aside the secrecy that surrounds SAGE and publish what it recommends, including dissenting views. In that way, we will harness the robust exchange of ideas, which has always been one of our greatest national strengths, and, as the Prime Minister said yesterday, come out of this crisis wiser and stronger. The debate continues this afternoon. [Ed: attached filename date corrected]

It's today, Tuesday 12 May that they want. :)

"Adding an external microphone is the single most significant way to improve the quality of the sound your phone captures." says https://www.popsci.com/record-better-smartphone-audio/. I'm not sure that it has to be a large professional mic. I'm pleased with what I get from the small stereo mic that came with my pocket voice recorder, though I'm not able to make any statements about the actual improvement. There should be someone here with audio knowledge who can advise on that.

I think PnB have amused us enough. Please take the hint, kids.

> confirmation does not give full address of site. > This does not seem to be available online either. > Can anyone help? Thanks Fwomble, I'd trust the system would come with means of sending in user feedback on apparent glitches like this, whatever the cause. Does it?

seenbeen wrote above on 25 April: ----------------- > ianr Wrote: > ----------- > ----- > > the government line is dictated by the science > > > > There are a few points on which I'm not sure of > > your meaning ... > > > > "the government line" > > "the government line is dictated by" > > "is dictated by" > > "is dictated by the science" > > "the science" > You need to lay off the sauce- it plays > havoc with the innate immune system! Why did you say to me "You need to lay off the sauce"? And how do you justify it?

What do you think of, from the transatlantic cousins, the regularly updated Master Question List for COVID-19, from https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-master-question-list-covid-19? There's also a more practical PANTHR COVID-19 Fact Sheet from https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-panthr-covid-19-fact-sheet?topic=science-and-technology. See also https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/panthr.

I take the commaless "speeding or driving dangerously" to mean speeding dangerously or driving dangerously. Something that looks dangerously risky and is ongoing. As the note says "High-risk driving results in serious injuries and fatalities." I only remember seeing one such instance in ED in many years, and one a couple of miles north, that had me off my bike. The 'boy racers' mentioned here today sound like another one. The CPS guidance on charging with dangerous driving is at https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/road-traffic-charging. It includesThe offence of dangerous driving under s.2 RTA 1988 is committed when a person's standard of driving falls far below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver and it would be obvious to a competent and careful driver that driving in that way would be dangerous....There is no statutory definition of what is meant by "far below" but "dangerous" must refer to danger of personal injury or of serious damage to property ? s.2A(3) RTA 1988; FWIW, the last time I looked at the annual national survey of road speeds, which I mentioned somewhere here, AFAIR average speeds were typically a little above the speed limit. That's not to say the limit isn't probably acting as a useful behaviour shaper.

> the government line is dictated by the science There are a few points on which I'm not sure of your meaning ... "the government line" "the government line is dictated by" "is dictated by" "is dictated by the science" "the science"

FoxRed wrote today at 07:11PM ------------------------------ > There are four-floor, four bedroom, brand new > houses in ED on offer for ?1.5m in Upland Road. > Mind you, they have been on since the summer and > still empty. FoxRed, why have you registered on the forum today, to make two posts in threads both of which which haven't been live for two years? Do you live in the area? In the UK?

Mine has blown and I'm after a replacement to buy or borrow. It's for a Toshiba, though adaptors for other machines may be suitable. Necessary requirements are: (1) it should provide something like 18-19 volts, 75 watts DC. That probably goes for many types. (2) The plug that goes into the laptop should have centre pole positive (again that goes for most types, and is easily checked) and should match the one in the attached photo. Its external and internal diameters are 5 and 3 mm, and the connections are made via two metal strips recessed inside the diametrically opposed slots. So a plug with a centre pin will NOT be suitable.

> the car pulled across the road and didn?t see > him. We left once the ambulance arrived, If you witnessed it, have you given an account to the police?

> Note from IlonaM: The children's book > attached to Owen's email is too large > to attach (6.4MB). Has anyone got any > suggestions please how to distribute? It's available here: https://nosycrow.com/blog/released-today-free-information-book-explaining-coronavirus-children-illustrated-gruffalo-illustrator-axel-scheffler/.

> There are a couple of threads on this They're getting difficult to avoid.

> ...... > I didn't see anything on Sainsbury's > website to say that either the > elderly/disabled/carers or the NHS > staff had priority at any other times. Kiera, that does seem consistent and complete and rational. Thanks. How about Click and Collect? Presumably no priority for anyone at non-concession times. Is there typically a long queue for it then? Or within a concession period? Is it even accessible then? PS Have now seen: "Due to the huge increase in online orders, we're pausing new registrations for the time being." That seems to rule C&C out for me as well. I think I may just knit myself a muesli facemask and stick with Lidl. There are only a few staples I rely on JS for anyway, every few months.

> An elderly person recently asked > about going to the front and was > categorically told no. Told by whom? And was any reason given or implied?

Spartacus' original post of April 10, 09:07PM actually ran: IlonaM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All those taken by the virus, some of whom are > remembered in the Guardian: > > https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/not- > ready-to-go-tributes-paid-to-uk-first-named-victim > s-of-coronavirus > > A truly sobering read. I agree , very sobering and glad to see you've come around to my way of thinking since you poo pooed me on the 2nd April /forum/read.php?20,2107904