Dave

Fining Pieces of Paper

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The government has just fined Southern water £90,000,000 for pouring sewage into the sea.
This is ludicrous beyond belief. Corporations or companies are NOT negligent or dishonest.  They are pieces of paper with writing on. PEOPLE are negligent and dishonest. And in these cases, the people are usually high up the tree, and their crime is almost always not taking their role seriously and ignoring their own staff at the bottom of the organization. Read more

Address Vs RE Huntr

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I have had motorcycles all my life, since I passed my test in 1965 on a Lambretta LD150. Since then I’ve had Triumphs. Nortons, Hondas, Royal Enfields, a Kawasaki, and a BMW. I still have the BMW. My main two wheeler now is my Suzuki Address 110. Maybe it’s because I have always had bigger … Read more

The Old Girls MOT

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My old BMW is finally going in for an MOT in two days time. She rolled off the production line in 1983, and I have been hanging on as I thought I could get her registered as a Classic after 1st April 2024 as she is over 40. But I thought wrong:- From the gov.uk … Read more

The NHS War Zone

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Is “War Zone” a strong word here?

Vladamir Putin and the Russian government are waging war on Ukraine, and civilian deaths are currently running at 188 per month (December 2022)
Jeremy Hunt and the UK government are waging war on the NHS and civilian deaths are estimated to be running at around 2000 per month.
Ukraine is generally accepted as a war zone, so, with civilian casualties over ten time higher in England, than in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Read more

Only a Fraction

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“Only a fraction”. It’s a phrase that is in very common use. What does it mean?
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A quarter, an eighth, fifteen sixteenths or maybe seven sevenths?  Or is it even vulgar, like twelve tenths?  
After a long investigation, taking only a fraction of the time, and using only a fraction of the resources that a prestigious university would use, I have found the answer… Read more

Old car batteries as a power source

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Testing Lead Acid’s   I have four old lead acid batteries stored in the garage. All of these batteries have been retired for some time but I keep them in the garage and charge them up every 3-6 months. This is the technique I used to measure the capacity of these batteries:- Charge the battery … Read more