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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The Voyager’s drab grey colours also undermined Britain’s reputation when the country needed a powerful “flagship”, Mr Johnson said. There just might be a reason for drab grey. No aviation expert here, but an awful lot of military aircraft are painted grey. They tend to leave orange, yellow...
  2. oyster

    "Let's be careful out there."

    Personally, keep the Alfa Romeos away.
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So why have they seen the need to: Bosch has moved the diesel particulate filter [and SCR system] much closer to the engine. If diesels have already ceased to be a source of particulate pollution in cities, there would be no obvious reason to play about with its location.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Edwina Currie might have screwed the egg industry, but she stood up to remain in the EU.
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Brexit support plummets in Northern Ireland as 69% back remain More would vote to stay in EU if there were another vote now, compared with 2016 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brexit-northern-ireland-support-remain-dup-border-a8361206.html
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Looks like someone has bought the line fed by Bosch and reported in the FT: Bosch claims breakthrough in cleaning up diesel fuel German car parts supplier says new technology means ‘emissions will no longer be an issue’ If true, then quite obviously the restrictions should be based on...
  7. oyster

    Fitness trackers

    Ah! Didn't realise you could do that. Must ferret around to see how. The characters on-screen for date and time are truly tiny. But for other functions, they are bigger and it is fine.
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Last night, BBC Wales had a program of audience responding to questions about whether they had changed their minds. By far the majority had not. My, probably highly partisan, assessment of what I saw and heard, was that the remain camp were seeing their arguments getting bolstered by what is...
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Smacked mouth is a bit tame of her. Knocked his block off might have been a bit better.
  10. oyster

    Charging electric cars

    Ha! Took a Leaf for a test drive on Saturday. Was rather more impressed than I expected. Non-cost issues included... Pluses: Very, very quiet. Performed very well. Comfortable. Decent capacity. Minuses: We'd really like a sunroof or panoramic glass - or combo. Interior too dark (and no...
  11. oyster

    Fitness trackers

    One of the least expensive monitors is the Xiaomi Mi Band 2 - just over twenty quid. Got one to dip my toe in the water - and really am quite impressed. Good battery life. Seems to perform OK within its capacity. Has what seems an effective heart rate measuring device. Does sleep monitoring...
  12. oyster

    "Let's be careful out there."

    Cougar kills one mountain biker and injures another in Washington state Mountain lion tracked and killed after attack in backwoods Second biker called 911 and shouted: ‘Can you hear me? Help!’ Guardian staff and agencies Sun 20 May 2018 03.04 BST First published on Sat 19 May 2018 23.33...
  13. oyster

    eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

    Many happy hours spent round there - helping with conservation efforts. :) You could probably do it more quickly if you didn't keep stopping for the photo opportunity.;)
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Exploding e-fags? Is Meghan pregnant?
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I can easily believe that - my reply was actually meant to be about Calor threaded. Obviously I have confused by my less-than-perfectly worded response.
  16. oyster

    eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

    We have two in the garden already. :) (They are only little ones, perhaps five to seven years old, in pots. Have been in Wales for about two years now. Local Homebase had some pretty huge ones the other week. I guess they will end up in someone's garden - or dying.)
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think you might find it is 5/8th inch British Standard Pipe thread. Which thread standard, despite its name, has been widely adopted around the world (not USA). Including, for example, France, specifically for plumbing.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Tory MP David Davis attacks 'ridiculous threat' of stuffing House of Lords with new peers to pass tax credit cuts The Government is considering its options if the wake of its defeat on tax credits Tuesday 27 October 2015 08:19 GMT...
  19. oyster

    eMTB owners photo and ride thread.

    I also used to live there... :) Are you sure it was Wales? Looked rather too dry.
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It was only the other day, wasn't it?, that he was saying how his new best mate was going to play with him in Singapore... Trump's warning to Kim Jong-un: make a deal or suffer same fate as Gaddafi Asked about ‘Libya model’, Trump says: ‘That model… was total decimation. That model would take...