GroveHillWanderer

On a 9 hour journey, a total of 3/4 of an hour for a combination of refueling, food and bathroom breaks seems excessive to you? Really? I don't know what your family are like but for us, on a 9 hour car journey we would spend at least an hour on breaks for food alone.

That's only true if your driving habits match the parameters of the WLTP testing protocol.

The CAN Bus Protocol Tutorial CAN bus technology is widely used in modern motor vehicles, whether ICE or EV.

Actually, as @KhunLAalready pointed out, a real world experience of driving this route in an EV (an MG ZS, at it happens) that was posted recently on YouTube, proved that you can do it in almost exactly the same time as the Google Maps estimate for an ICE. And as I said when that video was posted before, in another thread, the time taken in an EV in real world conditions was: "Actually only 43 minutes extra, and don't forget that Google Maps estimates are based on driving the entire route without a single stop. Even in an ICE car you'd be hard pressed to do it without something like an additional 3/4 hour (or more) for refueling, food, bathroom breaks etc." Here's a link to that video, in case you want to check it out for yourself. https://youtu.be/Ypf_J0PAUuw

Except that the same facts are being reported by publications from every point on the political spectrum. In the Daily Express for example, we find the following: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1631258/boris-johnson-three-terms-election-have-your-say-evg

True but (although as some have pointed out, it may be wrong in its conclusions) the article is quite clear that it is talking about, "The Thai baht [...] against the US dollar."

Well yes, they only replace the bits that need replacing. If you had a warranty covering the windows on your vehicle and one of the windows got broken, they wouldn't replace all the windows in the vehicle, only the one that needed it.

You didn't actually read and understand the title of this thread (or the content of the OP) did you? This thread isn't about the overturning of Roe v Wade itself, it's about whether that decision presages others. Especially in light of the fact that Justice Thomas said in his concurring opinion that the rulings on contraception, gay sex and same-sex marriage should now be called into question. Interestingly enough, he mentioned these three rulings, saying they're based on the same legal principle as Roe v Wade, but conspicuously didn't call into question another ruling based on that principle (Loving v Virginia) which made interracial marriages legal. I wonder why that would be?

You could just as easily ask why ICE vehicle manufacturers don't offer a longer warranty. As the article I mentioned points out, they only give (on average) a vehicle drivetrain warranty of 5 years or 60,000 miles. Why don't they give a warranty that would last as long as most drivetrains do? I actually don't know the answer for sure, but I suspect that manufacturers of both EV's and ICE vehicles do not offer a warranty that covers the normal expected total lifetime of their products because they don't see it as good business practice to do so.

I'm not sure why you have such a bee in your bonnet over the warranty period for EV batteries. As the article below mentions, although "the average lifetime mileage of an ICE vehicle is about 133,000 miles, [...] the average ICE vehicle drivetrain warranty [is] 5 years or 60,000 miles." So why is it not equally "a head scratcher" that ICE vehicle manufacturers give a warranty that is less than half the expected life-span? How long does an electric car battery last? The fact is that the period for which a manufacturer will give you a guaranteed, cost-free replacement for something is not the same as the predicted or expected life span.

The batteries may only be fully guaranteed for 8 years, or 160,000 miles (for Tesla) but that doesn't mean that's as long as they last. Some car rental companies have cars that have done the equivalent of twenty years-worth of mileage for a normal motorist and the batteries are still fine. And battery technology keeps on improving. Tesla has just unveiled a new battery design that could last up to 100 years or 4 million miles, for instance. Tesla Researcher Demonstrates 100-Year, 4-Million-Mile Battery

Rape happens a lot more often than you appear to believe. According to the figures: Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics

That figure is actually from a survey done in Australia (see @ozimoron's link). So it would actually represent a little over 4 million women.

That's just not so. Firstly it's an embryo or foetus, not a baby (unborn or otherwise) and even without intervention, only about 1/3 of fertilised embryos make it to term. As mentioned in the Science Daily article below: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101003205930.htm

There was apparently also a shocking lack of knowledge of things like basic legal concepts by some police officers. As mentioned in the Executive Summary, for example: Again, nothing to do with the ethnic background of the groomers, just a basic lack of understanding by the police.

Again, if you'd bothered to read the report (or even just the Executive Summary) there's just no evidence of this being a factor. If you have any such evidence, please present it. And if it was, why did the police in Sheffield (who were part of the same South Yorkshire Police organisation) act completely differently and protect the victims of CSA in their area, unlike the Rotherham police? The main reason for the failure to react properly as far as I can tell, is that in Rotherham, according to the report:

This is not about food deliveries. It's about GrabBike, where the riders are working as motorcycle taxi drivers, transporting passengers, not delivering food. GrabBike is described by Grab on their website as an "On-demand Motorcycle Ride Taxi Service."

This doesn't appear to be about delivery riders. As the article states, this applies to "GrabBike riders as motorcycle taxi drivers."

The owner is not a farang. According to an updated report:

If that's aimed at me (I made the "chicken little" analogy) then I'd just point out that is wasn't in reference to the OP just talking about taking precautionary steps, it was about his prediction of a doomsday scenario where there will be, in his words, "just no food to buy." That, and his predilection towards spreading doom and gloom in other posts he's made. There's a difference between taking a few sensible precautions in case of shortages and price rises, and predicting a complete collapse of the world's food supply.

Actually, the only reason Pelosi had to create a Select Committee in the way she did, in the first place is because Republican lawmakers blocked a totally independent investigation from taking place. That was her first choice and would surely have been the best solution - an investigation carried out not by possibly biased politicians, but by a totally non-partisan group who could have gone on a completely impartial search for the truth, without fear or favour to either side. But for some reason, the Republicans didn't want a fair, unbiased and objective review of the events of Jan 6th. I wonder why that was?

They're probably taking it a tad less than seriously because, like me, they're getting a distinct "chicken little" vibe from your posts.

The boat's already sailed on that one, I'm afraid. I've been in touch with them by phone and mail for several years now from my address here (in connection with making voluntary contributions and some back payments). So they already know I'm retired and living in Thailand full time.

That's what I thought. So why do they need details of your wife, original marriage certificate etc then?

Can anyone advise if having a Thai wife who's never lived in the UK or been involved with NI payments would be relevant to an application for a UK pension being made now? As I understand it they're not eligible for anything any more. Or are they?