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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Nope!... That the initial rollout of vaccines was the only bright spot in an otherwise appalling mess. But the gloss of that was destroyed by the inexplicable reasoning that half a loaf was better than a full meal. Can you honestly say that this did not facilitate the resurgence in...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But it was the Germans who did the Pfizer and was the one in circulation a full 6 weeks Before the AZ. So bluntly it was not the UKs response ,it was the German ) EU/ Turkish immigrants in Biontech. Note this is not underestimating the value of the AZ, but it really was a bit player . Now I...
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    Zlatan... This is cloud cuckoo land stuff. The first vaccine in the western world was the Pfizer. The UK government started using it before it was fully certified, and basically took the liability on themselves That was in fairness a gutsy move. Later the Astra Zenaca came later ,and the same...
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    Gas or electric soldering irons?

    This is a subject I know a little about .. It takes about 5 minutes to teach, about 2 hours to do adaquately and about 2 months full time to be professional. .. where professional means done so often that you cannot do it badly if you tried. In the older days lead tin solder was used and was...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    They really need to start building new plants in stable locations like the EU . Remember that a small disturbance in a Japanese plant has rocked the Digital Audio market. There are minor expansions in the Irish Intel Plant , but not enough to meet demands. My son and I were discussing this...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think its "waste to energy " . Biodiesel wouldn't be used in utility scale generators.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well there are currently 2 major links Moyle in Scotland which feeds into the all Ireland Grid , and the EWIC, North Wales to Near Dublin. in which I have a personal interest..It literally adjoins my property . Each of these have a capacity of 500MW , so 1000MW of a resource at present. The...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Once I would have put that down as satire, ..but now I am no longer sure , and need to check its not BBC news...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Thanks . I am using those two ...and in fact the lethargy was so bad that my consultant suggested taking the Bisoprolol every second day. This puzzles my GP , so she added another vessel dialator. . Now in fairness my blood pressure is well controlled and my heart rate very low .. mostly 60 ...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sorry you blew that one with your previous answer ..". It happened on her watch " . That is deeply prejudicial .Remember that guy is still innocent until proven guilty .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Hi Zlatan, the only blood pressure med I take at night is the Statin, because the pharmacy advised that. The others are morning...about an hour before breakfast. Now tiredness hits me like a wave at about 5:00 pm. , So getting around that interests me.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Not going down that rabbit hole , but two points. The first is with 160,000 policemen, the fact that she even knows him are remote and any resignation, even if justified, would certainly prejudice an ongoing case.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    In what way is she part of the story?.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Chestnuts were a particular favourite in France for the peasant farmers.. The wood made farm implements, and the nuts were ground into a flour for baking as a bread...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That is seriously ungracious. As CEO of an organisation, she has a responsibly for the good conduct of the members of the organisation, whether it be health and safety or anything else. Now that the matter is sub judice, she can say nothing else.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Interesting.. I was suffering from sleep apnea ..or something very akin, to the extent that I was unwilling to go to bed and ended up dozing off on chairs at the TV etc. Anyway the problem totally went away the 3 rd night after I was started on a blood pressure medication .. and has not reoccured
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Or I will live forever , or die in the attempt
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I live as you know in Southern Ireland . We have had some odd shortages and some inexplicable sales prices . We still have numbers of UK shops around eg .. Halfords, Currys ,Tesco . I wanted a tyre for a bike, I was fixing up and the shop guy was extremely forth right ... Brexit, not Covid...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Oh!. The crank is a gear .. not a person!
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A couple of years before I choose to retire, I ran the retirement do for a colleague ..a mechanical engineering /Draftsman ..very well respected individual then aged 65. He had worked in Coventry in the Car industry. During the course of the evening he confided in me how much it meant to...