thaibeachlovers

How many die now of old age surrounded by loving family? IMO more likely to be in hospital hooked up to machines squeezing the last breath of profitability out of the living dead. The ones that die quickly in a accident are IMO the lucky ones.

It's the wrong technology anyway. Hydrogen eliminates oil and doesn't require a massive infrastructure rebuild- no batterys costing $22,000 either.

The IMO insanity of American juries. Did they actually think he could pay that much? All that has happened is that apparently those that would have got some money will get nothing.

Oh dear. I thought I was pointing out that people's minds when old are not the same as when young. I'm sure that 30 years ago she may have been more cautious in her questioning, but we are not talking about 30 years ago. I'd say she absolutely didn't think she was being racist; I don't think she was being racist, many don't think she was being racist. IMO she was taken advantage of to generate a bit of publicity for a "charity".

but he didn't. Could say same about Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Ghengis Khan etc etc etc.

A battle lost doesn't mean the war is lost. Only need to look at Britain beginning of WW2, Disastrous retreat to Dunkirk and almost the entire army captured, but rebuilt over next 3 years to defeat the Germans. IMO some posters read far too much into too little. One has to look at which side can last the distance in a long war. If the NATO countries currently sending arms decide the cost is too high, and stop- what then for Ukraine? If the current financial situation deteriorates, will taxpayers continue to accept spending billions to support a war they are not even fighting in?

I'm still waiting for him to acknowledge that he was accusing me of saying things that you actually did!

There is nothing in the post you quote to say that people that despise the UK are not British.

Just as well I'm not holding my breath waiting for a correction on the falsehood in that post.

Good one. I'll file that along with "the world is flat" and "the moon really is made of green cheese" stories. It really is a good one, but I'm pretty sure a massive military build up at Vladivostok would not have gone un noticed.

If you are going to attack me best get your facts correct. I didn't say anything about "regional accents"-that was a different poster. So, you saw black people in Dublin- so what? It doesn't mean I'm lying. I didn't, and I traveled around all of Ireland, not just Dublin and Co Kerry.

I live in an area where many foreigners come to work., and I've asked some where they come from. I didn't get accused of racism for doing so. In Thailand when on a baht bus I've asked tourists where they were from and non gave me evasive replies, and none took offense. Certainly, I don't take offense when asked where I'm from, but I don't have an agenda, and nor have I accused Charles of being mean to Harry's wife. Bottom line, it's all great publicity for a certain charity.

She's old and old people make mistakes. I'm old but nowhere near her age and I say things that may not be appropriate, so I'm not going to condemn her for saying something that isn't really a big deal. IMO this is someone with an agenda seeking to cause problems for the Royals, and the woke jumping on a bandwagon. As I've said before, if she were actually racist it would have been picked up long ago.

IMO there is nothing important in any of this much ado about nothing, except for those that seek to attack the Royals by any means possible. Important is the NHS in strife; an old woman saying something someone didn't like is not important.

Good advice.

LOL. Last thing I put together actually had more fasteners supplied than needed. Luckily the instructions specified the number needed, so I knew I had surplus. What is really annoying is to take something apart to fix it and THEN find some left over screws when assembled again.

I'm not bad at DIY and been doing it all my life, but sometimes I get something with instructions that don't make sense, so have to do it by trial and error. BTW, in a previous life when I had a house in NZ I had a professionally made kitchen installed. The kitchen itself had some defects that I didn't pick up till too late ( so check everything before installed ) and the builders that the kitchen maker sent were cowboys. I had to redo everything they had done ( which was when I started doing things myself ). They couldn't even put up a wall that was vertical. I also had to sack the electrician they brought and get my own instead. The <deleted> had the cheek to comeback later and ask if they could take photos. Luckily I wasn't there at the time, but my partner had to tell them that nothing they had done was still there. Another time I had some alterations done, and the builder sent a "plasterer" to finish the wall board gaps, but he only did half the job ( very badly ) and never came back, so I learned to plaster myself.

No safety cut off there. Only a cut off if the temperature goes over 55 C. That's not what kills you.

Get your own electrician. The landlord may use their friendly and cheap one that doesn't know much more than you.

Agree, but unless the OP knows what to look for there is little point in doing so. Main thing when looking in electrical devices is to make sure the power is actually off to the device. I love my test screwdriver.

Heaters with included safety cut off have a test button. If no test button it probably doesn't have a safety cut off. You can have an earth added just for that, as long as your landlord doesn't mind you drilling a hole in the wall for the wire ( unless you want to crawl around in the roof space ). Just make sure the earth rod is correct length.

Actually no need to disconnect any wires. Cut flex covering to length required, cut lengthways along flex covering on one side only, put over wiring. If wanting to be extra secure, wrap with insulating tape. I'd turn power off at main breaker while doing it just in case.

and the positive is ............................................................? How is a life where we have no interaction with other people better?

If it's not something you can hold it's just data. It's only easy till it's not. Welcome to the hacker's world- crime pays better than honest work.

Yes. Stop making it easy for big business to rule us. I hope all you that want the end of cash realise you want mass unemployment. No cash don't need cash registers- don't need people making/ fixing them don't need accountants- AI can do all that don't need bank employees- AI can do all their jobs don't need anyone working in a mint don't need security services transporting money don't need piggy banks- no need for employees to make them don't need wallets or purses etc etc. So all you that want cashless want to ruin people's lives.