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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Surprise surprise ..but it actually makes sense ..to us who have the benefit of 40 + years in electronic engineering. The UK uses a higher voltage , hence more power consumption. LEDs are current operated component..I am referring to the 2.75 versus 3.00 Kwhr rating.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..or perhaps beginning!!!.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Something to do with dogging I Understand
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Thems fighting wurds !!. Add in Graham Norton, Terry Wogan, Eamonn Andrews, Bono and U2 , Mrs Browns Boys ,Bob Geldoff, and we might have a deal.
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    Well flecc, we in Ireland are very well used to British appropriation of our competent Singers, Sportspersons and even TV Personalities. ..all we do is smile knowingly!
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    flecc, not wanting to cross swords with you, but would you describe yourself as British?. . If that young lady has gone to school in the UK for more than 9 years, I would see her as British. As young Arthur Wellesley, A Dubliner who went to School in Drogheda Co. Louth , but otherwise spent...
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    Really ? If he done the deed in the UK or plenty of other places it's all legal .. Remember this is not an investigation, it is a private suit .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Exceptions do occur..and they are by definition exceptional but I was alluding more to systemic pseudo political interference or indeed direct political interference.
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    An experience I had, and shared with many colleagues who have since retired, is that the last 3 years of one's working life is the most enjoyable and maybe even productive. One is not interested in climbing up greasy poles,, one has a certain level of seniority and dare I say competence, and...
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    Its a good and highly pertinent question and my answer is ..as recommended by the manufacturer and the designers ,and accepted by the validating authorities with statutory responsibility for adherence to published standards. These being the trial data used for validation. In the case of...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I said it before , but this lockdown has gone on to long
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think Aldi would have been getting a lot of their milk from NI . We don't buy our Milk in Lidl or ALdi,but I have noticed that a lot of their dairy is NI. This is actually the time of the year when there should be a glut ,and beef meat also starts to drop in price. Now grass growth has...
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    UPDATED today. 7Million doses administered, 90 % of all persons over 18 fully vaccinated , 92.5% partially . 16 to 18 being done at present with numbers in the mid 80% , fully vaccinated, and working the way through that cohort after the 4 week delay. 12 to 16 being done , and the uptake in...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not in Ireland it is a political decision ..which was my earlier point. It is a medical decision made by our public health service,and using whatever data they decide. I don't know why they have currently agreed that 12 is the lower limit, but I really suspect it is lack of data from trials.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes Oyster it would have been a better figure to start with, but we are where we are. Traditionally the figures were being given as a fraction of the eligible cohort..which is a good way of seeing how effective targets are being managed. Again the UK figures have always been skewed by...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    ..the Numbers I give are correct for Ireland. Children under 12 , who are part of our full population are not (yet ) eligible for vaccination , but of course are in the 28% of the total population not vaccinated. The UK numbers are based on older cohorts, . I cannot speak to the NZ statistics...
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    Contract that if you will with the Irish experience. .. we are now at 80% of the total over 12 years population ,and 90% + , of the over 16 years . ..and the percentage increases with the age cohort. This is because a consistent logical unhyped message was delivered from all our civil...
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    Zlatan, my answer to Woosh, is directly applicable to your post as well. The name of the game was to batten down the hatches until a vaccine was available ... and now it is. NZ and Australia can vaccinate their entire populations in a matter of weeks with current production capacity.. Vietnams...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But we now have the solution .. its called vaccination. And it is working. The figures are staggering about the numbers globally . Remember this is a product Which only became widely licenced for use about 9 months ago, and is still ramping up production , but 40% of the GLOBAL population have...
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    Oyster... This is of personal interest to me. My father was a practicing GP for many decades, . He discovered ..I don't know when or how, but that B12 cured shingles . I can attest to this I got a rather painful dose of shingles ..chest to groin in the mid 1970s , . His cure was 4 or 6...