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    I want music on my bike.

    I use in ear buds, and a Sony wna25 or 35 music player. ..usually tuned to a radio station... There is usually enough noise from traffic to be heard.
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    Finally a flaw with the Bosch Active

    .. but I suspect not outside the retention force for the grommet... . . The amount of metal , soldered, or welded used to attach the heavy wires carrying the 10 to 20 amp from the plug down to the motor was tiny. Talking about wires in cars, once I forgot to reattach the thick braid from the...
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    Finally a flaw with the Bosch Active

    I agree with the maintenance thing, my bad, and the reliability up to then lured me into complacency. But my point is that the fixing ie soldering of the leads to the pins of the connctor was incredibly weak. .. the grommet holding the cable , which is supposed to provide the mechanical...
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    Finally a flaw with the Bosch Active

    After two trouble free years and 2500km of cycling, I have had a problem with the Raligh Motus. .. cycling downhill on bumpy road, the stays holding the rear carrier came adrift. The carrier, containing the battery pack , jerked back and dislodged some of the interior cables in the housing... A...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That agreement/ proposal will flounder on point 4. C.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I hope that that is the case. But would it not have been as easy to just have levelled with the public . It not as if there was a landslide result.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I apologise for the name mishap, but cannot guarantee that it will not reoccur.. it is now stuck in my computer's suggested spellings. As regards naivety, perhaps.... Within every society, there will be people jockeying for position . It does not have to be about money, status and position are...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Zathlan, .. what kind of nonsense is this. .. one name in 49 is mentioned, reference to suspicion is indicated and then by a leap of faith all 49 are implicated... Then expenses of 48k per MEP , so what !!! . It is exciting to go on a plane but after taking flights on average every 2 days for...
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    What would you do?

    Is this a guilt trip for losing the manufacturing of Raleigh bikes?. In my last two years I have had only one such event.. there is a river walk fitness trail called the Navvy bank about 2 km long and with amp!e walking, pram and cycling space. There is a bylaw , restricting bikes.and...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. except when the lenders declare bankruptcy and don't give the loans back!!!. The savers still expect their 1%... Banks don't do chaos, that is the preserve of traders. Traders make money on any movement of stock, up or down. The more chaos the more movement.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. Anglo Irish Bank, which precipitated the crash in Ireland in 2007/8 , was originally the tea investment trust,(refer back to the postings on tea, during WW2 ), later went into investment banking ,offering loans to business, particularly property development. Engaged in fraudulent practices...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    No.. you are confusing them with stock traders. Banks can go bankrupt. We have evidence of this in my country.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. what' is this once , kimmo Sabe?
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Seeing where you come from, I see where you come from, with the measly 1/2 kg consumption...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I did know.. perhaps we should in these enlightened times be referring to it as tea of colour?. What I don't know is how to do consistent smilieys..
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. oh dear yet another educational stint.. the tea favoured in Ireland, is not the red tea as in Rooibos, . It is a true tea from Rwanda, which are very black leaves, but which makes a red to golden brew, and which can accept either lemon or milk with equal aplomb.. incidentally black tea( non...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Each to their own, and I have huge respect for Bewley's, but for me and mine it has to be Barry's Gold label, followed closely by Lyons Gold label. Irish teas come mainly from East Africa, rather than India or China. It gives us a strong red tea, which in addition to being drunk black, takes...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    .. the problem might be that some of the teabags are peppermint, some earl grey some lemon and some real breakfast tea... Obviously unpalatable to those who go for a weak British brand which makes a grey colour tea, as opposed to the red brown colour we in Ireland prefer....
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    McDonald' workers , bin collectors etc are as vital and valuable a contribution to the national economy as taxi drivers, cabbage collectors, childminders , pub staff, . These are real employees. What is skewing the figures is the zero hours contract .
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Possibly most politicians have a problem in the vanity department. I can agree with the problems you are suggesting will lie ahead. However the question is was it a risk worth taking? Is it better to have dialogue than confrontation?.. Would a more analytical politician have worried through...