(Yes I know I can't talk about the actual case)

http://www.sportsdirect.com/salomon-xr-shift-ladies-trail-running-shoes-216245?colcode=21624557

Retails usually at £80 plus a pair !!

And the wife says they don't look too girly - at least they won't when they have been coated in mud a few times.

So what's the difference other than price ??

Are we getting ripped off by the Big Brands purely due to fashion??

My wife bought a size small mans Paramo liteweight jacket last week - priced at £90. Women's -£145 for same spec jacket with an extra coloured zip toggle !!

Trump has just lost his suit against the New York Times, been ordered to pay half a million dollars legal costs. He will have to deal with E Jean Carroll court case this coming weeks which follows the previous case against her and he lost.

 

It seems that his way out is for the US supreme court to give him absolute immunity on everything.

I actually want Trump to get re-elected as president again, since it is the best chance of ending the madness of the Ukraine war. Russia will never give in there, no matter the cost, so ultimately the Ukrainians will come to their senses and get rid of Zelensky to stop the war with a compromise. Georgia has done this with their equally war causing causing president Saakashvili. In 2021 he began serving a six-year prison sentence in Georgia on their charges of abuse of power and the Georgians have since enjoyed a settled independent situation through an agreement with Russia.

Trumps "America First" policies are most likely to bring a stop to the USA's continuing supply of arms to Ukraine that sustains this pointless war, and bring a corresponding halt to Europe's arms supplies, giving both the Ukrainians and Russia a much needed opportunity to reach a settlement.

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Apple's all aluminium iMac amd Macbook shells are supposed to act as heatsinks - my tiny Sony VAIO P does the same - doesn't even contain a fan, heat dissipates through the aluminium shell.

Apple should just fill them with oil.

Desktop CPUs from Intel and AMD use too much energy, ramping up my energy bills. I can't wait for the more energy efficient ARMs to become powerful enough to replace them.

DVD iz to bg

I my self may have been fortunate and appears that my diagnosis of colon/bowel polyps may have been caught just in time and biopsy's so far show the growths to be benign and now await results of the 2nd biopsy's taken, also I have to repeat the screening in a years time and if clear may be able to go to bi-annual screening. Polyp's are like skin tags that grow on the soft walls of the bowel/colon right up to the appendix area, in time if undetected they can and in cases will develop in to malignant cells and then the cells spread to other organs.

So if you are of the age and invited to be screened the process is worthwhile and in most cases not necessary but can put any concerns to bed.

If you have a near family relative who has been diagnosed then you can jump the screening age of 55 and opt for a referral via your GP, also another factor of polyps or bowel/colon issues is change in toiletry habits (esp blood deposits) that aren't a one off . Blood deposits are or can be from larger formed polyps growths which is advisable to act on.

https://pypi.org/project/sagan-trade/

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/TUREWELL-Cordless-Portable-Irrigator-Waterproof/dp/B09BNG5MDT?th=1

So the ignition system on the 30 yr old gas cooker packed up lighting the ovens, neither a gas engineer or electrician were keen to 'have a go', so its time for a new cooker !! (replacement ignition systems cost over £100 and its not like its 1999 when service manuals etc were available to download easily)

Buying a replacement has been a nightmare #1 i screwed up assuming the original was 60cm in width.. its 55cm.. and its corner slot is circa 62cm, supplier engineers wont fit due to 'the regs' a window edge (wooden frame) has never had a lick of flame or heat near it but...... (real/private engineers have more discretion was the only reply my 'come on - you cant be serious..' initial reaction got me which on reflection is fair enough.. ) The chap who services my now ancient boiler gave me the thumbs up So attempt #2 buy a 50-55cm wide cooker was launched..

Yeah every site listed some, but none or few are actually in stock or available for collection..

After a few false starts and upping the budget by £150 I finally found one..

OH boy do i miss the days when i could have dropped into one of upto 10 local retail outlets which would have had a number of options to look see touch and walk out with!!

I did get on my bike and visit all the retail parks and shopping centres at this end of town that did have such locations in the past - ZERO- None, not a single one, there is a solitary currys at the west end of the city, but a quick in stock check tells me there would be no point visiting anyway, although they did provide me with the replacement it was not available for collection with delivery the only option available..

Forrest is running too fast:

Somehow i dont think anyone will be pleased to drive upto a charging point for their ev and find bikes in the queue ahead..

Fantastic acheivement to control the re-entry , postioning and engine firing to slow the Booster down and then the piste de resistance was the final capture of said Booster at the launch tower.

Elon has acheived more in a few years then NASA has managed in 60 years.

However - other people are also looking at this and the truth may be rather different.

The Spectator has an article which you can read which explores the question of whether politicians and officials as well as Police in London and also Khan the Mayor, may be covering up what is really going on (whether deliberately or by neglect).

You can read it here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/has-there-been-a-cover-up-of-london-grooming-gangs/

https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/gold-price/1-year-gold-price-chart-ounce-gbp/#show-chart

This is the most I've ever earned for doing anything and it's tax free. That anything is actually nothing. Silver has gone up too. Put the two together and my last week's salary is equivalent to around £500,000 p.a. Will It continue? Can you give me some ideas what to spend my new found wealth on, or should I keep it for when the holocaust comes?

I reviewed the Ausom DT2 Pro. I would like to hear your thoughts with any feedback and please do a comment letting us know.

EScooters are currently illegal to use in the UK, do you feel the law should change surrounding this?

Current system has ;

8GB ram.

2.6GHZ CPU

32MB graphic card.

466GB Storage.

I don't play games or do anything special, just web browsing , email , forums and share dealing.

Have heard of Linux and some the various sub linux OS systems, any suggestions for something better then windows for a OS that does browsing and email still with security etc.

Here for once is an actual case which includes many of the consequences that will accompany Brexit and any attempt to limit EU migration. This isn't part of the propaganda, it's merely a correspondent's short report on an actual situation, and it's often somewhat mind blowing. Brexiters will hate the EU even more after listening.

Because such evidence is so scarce I'm posting it as a separate thread from the EU debate one so that everyone gets a chance to hear it. The item's excerpt of the radio program link below starts at 16 mins, 35 secs, and lasts just 5 mins, 50 seconds:

Program Link

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Certainly many many many fewer of the sort who hang about in parks propositioning and fiddling with twelve year old girls.

Turkish engineer and entrepreneur Tufan Erginbilgic now running Rolls Royce has a brilliant new application for his mini nuclear reactors....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8772d4jzgo

I do have a new to me bike

It’s a Bird AM160 with a mullet conversion. Been enjoying trying to learn to mountain bike. Difficult for an old dog to learn new tricks but spent a fair amount of time in the Quantocks and South Wales scaring myself. I’ve retired on health grounds so have plenty of play time.

Also using my analogue hybrid bike a fair amount, starting to get a bit fitter.

I understand that non E mtbs are simply not selling in the mid to upper price bracket. Nobody wants to struggle up steep hills on a mtb these days. Personally I’m after the exercise.

I may at some point get another e bike but not an e mtb. Something like a Ribble Hybrid AL e might work but as I have no income and too young to draw any pension I may have to wait. Also, I understand the battery is a bit of a weak link and expensive to replace…

I may sell my current e-bike depending on what I can sell it for. I’m finding I no longer need it for shopping / pub runs as I can easily get up my hill under my own steam without feeling like I’m going to have a heart attack.