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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Interesting.. this debate is getting an airing in our Dail this week. The Travel lobby are whinging that air travel is very restricted, into Ireland and want these antigen tests. Our CMO has given his opinion, and the travel lobby don't like it. It seems the FDA and our CMO sing from the same...
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    I once bought a new bike at 99 pounds,. .. probably about 1990. 15 gears, big tyres, oversized frame. By the time I had cycled it home the 6 miles from the shop, I knew it was an expensive mistake. I also at some stage bought a second hand original Moulton for 30 quid .. probably in 1995, in...
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    .. Its not only the Telegraph, the redoubtable Piers Morgan waded in. Biden will not say a word. His minions do the talking for him. As far as the USA and EU are concerned , Brexit is over and done. But the EU UK spat over NI is not.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You were referring to the Iles Normande .. which are certainly in what normally would be French Territorial Waters . No way could they be be viewed as being in any Channel. ..well maybe Alderney might make thst claim
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Perhaps Polly is owed another posting ..as in "PP is a hoax"
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    You again?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Except unless you are living in the middle of Bodmin Moor , you are not isolated . Yes it takes only one to infect, but with large crowds , the probability of having that one increases ,and also the severity of the impact and subsequent infection rate increases. Having large stadia requires...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Yes flecc..that was the point I previously made. The mass vaccination centres make good publicity shots and great infection sites. The way to do this thing is or was small groups ,in local facilities .. local halls, class rooms . In fact the location where I had mine was ideal. I don't think...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I recall that one of the more virulent posters on this forum castigated me, when I indicated that I had a fear something like this would occur. This is one case where I would gave been delighted to have been proved wrong . The new advice from our experts is that the second Astra Zeneca dose be...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Whats interesting is that the Nissan refurbs in Japan will be 2500
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A number of straws in the wind. 1. Nissan have officially endorsed rebuilt battery packs in Japan. 2 Hydrogen is growing in popularity as a real fuel .. Toyota have built a credible ICE vehicle using it.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Actually even that is incorrect.. if the quota is very low, the product acquires a rarity value and the industry benefits. Diamonds being the object lesson ....
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well it certainly could have be CE marking as Coke.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The most likely cause is letting the chip pan ignite. Galley fires
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't really see why the big flash jobs should pay more for using the roads than a smaller car. If the argument is that they do more wear and tear ..well ok , have a road tax based on vehicle weight and power. But the big car will be paying more in initial VAT anyway.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I might be wrong on this, but I think France doesn't do car tax anymore, but just put a few cents on the fuel. ..so it is basically a milage based tax. So I see that becoming the norm. Probably a yearly car tax ..based in the weight of the vehicle or maybe the purchase price , and then a measure...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wonder has the expansion in PV, caused the crisis in electronic chip manufacturing, which is affecting all consumer products including ECars.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But back on topic .... From the Irish Times , accredited to the Financial Times .. What should be of concern is that during this time, the UK was still within the EU , "Brexit shrank UK services exports by more than £110 billion (€128 billion) over a four-year period, new research shows...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The value of PV arrays is where they can be incorporated into other structures. On my route in Brittany, there are of course the ordinary PV panels covering piggeries which were obviously retrofits, but there are also entirely new structures ..hangers used to store the farm machinery for the...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Don't believe everything you read..... The two graphs below show the average PV system efficiency and the capital costs over time for the three different types of PV cells in the US: Crystalline Silicon, Thin Film and Concentrator. The efficiencies for all three types have been increasing and...