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No, she's just corrected herself after the Beeb received a number of phone calls. She really had meant length and there was no doubting it when I heard her. .

The lack of familiarity with metric measures in this country continues to amaze me after so many years of metric use. I've just heard a woman newsreader on BBC Radio 4 say: "two metres, the length of a car" That is wildly misleading in the current circumstances. Of course 2 metres is more...

I agree, they would love to change to the French system where the social security covers those who cannot afford to pay for the treatment, rather than everyone. .

The person I was answering had a type of battery that has a "Sleep Mode". That shuts down the internal battery management (BMS) after two weeks idle to prevent it gradually draining the battery to empty. They can be awoken either by a button press or connecting to the charger. .

. It's to be consistent. Every day Boris is breaking the rules on assembly by getting a huge number of reporters and cameramen together with himself and two other ministers to speak directly, spraying each other with virus bearing moisture droplets as they speak. So when it comes to 2 metres...

It doesn't, but if you wake it up each week two or three weeks running, the BMS will use a tiny bit of current during those weeks, taking the top edge off the charge. That's the only bit that can lose a real degree of battery life over a few months. .

He's probably hoping they won't shut their booze serving cafes. .

Well the good news is that only 0.004% of the world's 7.5 billion population has contracted the coronavirus. So only 0.00012% of the world's population are likely to die at present. .

Just had a car borne nose around outdoors. Plenty of kids out and about with mothers and some small clusters of teenagers. But the most notable thing was that I saw the huge harm that this will do to local shopping centres. My district shopping centre of around 100 shops has long been...

Sounds a bit like the cold war Home Office advice during nuclear attack: "Have a stout brown paper bag handy that you can put over your head to prevent blindness from the intense flash of the explosion". That gave the comfort of knowing one's eyesight was preserved for the fraction of a second...

Which as I've posted will mean all our problems solved: Overpopulation, climate change, global warming, pollution, dwindling earths resources. Herd immunity isn't just a way of dealing with Covid-19, it deals with everything important, but at a cost. .

This is the fundamental problem with a pandemic. Since all will be suffering the same, we will all be lending each other fictitious money, wealth that doesn't exist. Most countries already run a permanent large national debt, so those will greatly increase. That in turn will greatly increase...

Publicise on the media that the police in the holiday homes location will be stopping entry to the homes and requiring to know why they are disregarding government instructions by travelling. Local police in those areas have a very good idea of which are the holiday homes. .

What I'd like to hear is that she sent all the staff at the palace home on full pay until further notice, the same for Sandringham and Balmoral. .

The Italian Health Ministry has banned people from driving to their country homes and the police are stopping and checking all urban outbound traffic. Seems we've left it too late. .

John Lewis are being smart, they are closing all their stores from Monday but 2100 of their partners will be transfered into their Waitrose supermarkets to help, particularly on the home delivery aspects. Makes good sense, having people where they are most needed. .

Indeed it's very selfish, and I've heard Cornwall is suffering the same so Devon will be too. There's no way those areas will be able to provide food and medical care for all those people in current circumstances. .

With 8000 made since Sunday, I hope it's not just their leaf blower with a mouthpiece. :rolleyes: .

The plates below from SJS may help you Andy, allowing attachment at the spindle: Rack attachment without frame bolt holes .

In fairness all MPs have been advised to stay away unless they are personally involved in an issue being discussed in the House etc. .