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I must be immune, I eat considerable quantities of spicy foods and yoghurt. What - me worry?

I don't know the circumstances behind my food poisoning. It may be someone who left food to thaw. Or something else. Simple logic tells me it was most probably store-related. If it was a batch manufacturing problem, it would have come to the attention of the authorities as a mass event. Ditto with a refrigeration failure. A virus takes time to multiply. The effect of voiding from both ends for 12 hours occurred 2 hours after consumption of the food. I am scrupulous with food, washing my hands every time before handling. I have better hygiene standards than many of your countrymen, judging by my olfactory experience on the London Tube. People leaving food behind because they have a hissy fit over slow service, or someone pushing in front of them, IMO are petty and childish. It's no surprise you are in their ranks, without any consideration of possible consequences. Troll someone else.

Rhinophyma or rosacea, alcohol exacerbates both conditions.

That's what they do with military aircraft. Paying passengers like to see where they are going.

You are assuming the Shop Assistant would do something about it immediately. Having had a quite violent case of food poisoning from a frozen meal I bought in Tops, I have experience in my corner.

Stating a fact. If you don't like said fact, I have others.

I missed something, when did I suggest people retire to these places with their EV's?

Doesn't it depend on how long it is before the staff notices the goods, and takes action to return them to proper storage? How do you know another customer won't get food poisoning from thawed goods being returned to a freezer? How do you know regulations don't compel them to be thrown out? I wasn't aware I was virtue signalling, that's your opinion. We all know what they say about opinions.

Do you own a BYD? Is that what the manual says? Where do you think the heat pump gets its power from, and what do you think that does to range? Another thermodynamic ignoramus.

IMO I should start a bit of virtue signalling myself. Sticking with my faithful 2006 Toyota Vios is a lot more virtuous than purchasing a new behemoth of either persuasion, my kerb weight is under 1 tonne.

Minor issues such as the pressurized cabin losing a window or two, I suppose.

To be fair, they do help reduce air pollution in city environments. However, while power stations are still using fossil fuels as the source of about 70% of the world's electricity, they are not saving the planet, and never will. For the most part, EV's simply transfer the CO2 emissions to an electricity supplier.

You'll have to start putting sarcasm alerts on your posts, your brand is just too subtle for at least two of us.

They both use fossil fuels, and obey the same thermodynamic laws.

Your favorite coffee shop /restaurant is 61 km away? Barbaric.

Batteries are batteries, irrespective of whether they are in an ICE or an EV. Both are less functional in the cold. Antifreezes have two functions, they also elevate the boiling point of the radiator fluid. https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/states-of-matter-and-intermolecular-forces/mixtures-and-solutions/v/boiling-point-elevation-and-freezing-point-supression Before you get too excited, batteries in EV's need cooling as well, to prevent thermal runaway.

Another rational response would be putting passenger vehicles on a diet. My 1974 Honda Civic weighed 680 kg. The same Honda Civic in 2023 weighs 1353 kg, almost double. Imagine how fuel efficient that Honda would be if it went back to the 1974 weight.

It's a moot point whether plugging in the car lowers the viscosity of the oil in the crankcase, or keeps the battery used to start it warm enough to function properly. Probably both.

I'd agree they are not happy when first starting up, once warmed up they would be OK. At that temperature they might need modified fuel. Don't you guys get around on snowmobiles? Let me guess, there's no battery-operated model yet.

Confirmation you do not take responsibility for your actions. I was questioning the act of leaving goods taken from a freezer, and left to thaw, remember? You may think that's OK if someone pushes in front of you. I regard it as vandalism.

You won't drive a car because it does not have Google apps available? Now I have seen everything.

I probably forgot the thin air aspect. Wake me up when there is a battery capable of supporting aviation with passenger aircraft.

What functions are you referring to? A road map? Adaptive cruise control? Reversing camera? Radar warning? Automated lane change? Power Steering? Electronic Stability Control? ABS? It makes me wonder how people ever drove cars when all these modern technologies did not exist.

You may be right, I don't know what the temperature difference at 40,000 feet is between night and day. Google or Bard would probably tell me, if I could be bothered. I do know the efficiency of an engine is calculated from Carnot's theorem. In layman's terms, the efficiency of any engine increases with increasing temperature differential between the operating temperature of the engine, and the atmosphere it exhausts to. It's why gas turbines are considerably more efficient than a steam engine. I suggest you take your sarcasm, and stick it where the sun does not shine.

There's sensible variety, and stupid variety. You are probably not aware in 1989 alcohol was designated by the WHO as a Class 1 carcinogen. I have seen several people here die of alcohol-induced liver cirrhosis, it's not pretty. Ending your last days sh!tting blood never is.