Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

womack

With more and more products becoming plant based can we shortly expect a plant shortage.

rick_chasey

Seems to be a risk of DVT if you dare take a train nowadays too.

Pross

Pressure in the cabin on the flight seemed odd yesterday too. First the lid popped off my water bottle and flew across the aisle then another two nearby did the same. I also nearly took my shoes off as my feet swelled so much the shoes became uncomfortably tight. Never known either before.

pinno

womack said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

Pross said:

Why are so many people unable to spend 2 hours on a plane without using the toilet? There were people queuing as soon as the doors were closed before we'd started taxiing and then it was constant from the time the seatbelt signs went off until they came back on again. The wife takes the Mick out of me for going so often but even I managed that duration with no issues.

People behave like toddlers when they're on aeroplanes. There's the toilet thing - just fuck1ng hold it for an hour or two or go while waiting in the departure lounge.

And then there's the behaviour that really grips my shiit on longer flights. On an 8hr flight, I grant that going to the toilet is reasonable. But people walking the equivalent of 10km up and down the aisle because they can't possibly sit down for that amount of time... they can get in the sea. Preferably via the bit of the 'plane where the landing gear retracts.

(wrong thread, yeh)

A lot of people have anxiety around DVT

A lot of us suffer from DVT. Must admit not done longer than 3 hour flight since I have been on the blood thinners.

Rat poison?

womack

pinno said:

womack said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

Pross said:

Why are so many people unable to spend 2 hours on a plane without using the toilet? There were people queuing as soon as the doors were closed before we'd started taxiing and then it was constant from the time the seatbelt signs went off until they came back on again. The wife takes the Mick out of me for going so often but even I managed that duration with no issues.

People behave like toddlers when they're on aeroplanes. There's the toilet thing - just fuck1ng hold it for an hour or two or go while waiting in the departure lounge.

And then there's the behaviour that really grips my shiit on longer flights. On an 8hr flight, I grant that going to the toilet is reasonable. But people walking the equivalent of 10km up and down the aisle because they can't possibly sit down for that amount of time... they can get in the sea. Preferably via the bit of the 'plane where the landing gear retracts.

(wrong thread, yeh)

A lot of people have anxiety around DVT

A lot of us suffer from DVT. Must admit not done longer than 3 hour flight since I have been on the blood thinners.

Rat poison?

I was on Warfarin originally but now on an alternative drug called Rivaroxaban (spelling).

briantrumpet

womack said:

pinno said:

womack said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

Pross said:

Why are so many people unable to spend 2 hours on a plane without using the toilet? There were people queuing as soon as the doors were closed before we'd started taxiing and then it was constant from the time the seatbelt signs went off until they came back on again. The wife takes the Mick out of me for going so often but even I managed that duration with no issues.

People behave like toddlers when they're on aeroplanes. There's the toilet thing - just fuck1ng hold it for an hour or two or go while waiting in the departure lounge.

And then there's the behaviour that really grips my shiit on longer flights. On an 8hr flight, I grant that going to the toilet is reasonable. But people walking the equivalent of 10km up and down the aisle because they can't possibly sit down for that amount of time... they can get in the sea. Preferably via the bit of the 'plane where the landing gear retracts.

(wrong thread, yeh)

A lot of people have anxiety around DVT

A lot of us suffer from DVT. Must admit not done longer than 3 hour flight since I have been on the blood thinners.

Rat poison?

I was on Warfarin originally but now on an alternative drug called Rivaroxaban (spelling).

Guess it's related to Apixaban, which Mum went onto instead of Warfarin, the advantage being that the dose didn't need such regular tweaking or blood tests.

pinno

womack said:

pinno said:

womack said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

Pross said:

Why are so many people unable to spend 2 hours on a plane without using the toilet? There were people queuing as soon as the doors were closed before we'd started taxiing and then it was constant from the time the seatbelt signs went off until they came back on again. The wife takes the Mick out of me for going so often but even I managed that duration with no issues.

People behave like toddlers when they're on aeroplanes. There's the toilet thing - just fuck1ng hold it for an hour or two or go while waiting in the departure lounge.

And then there's the behaviour that really grips my shiit on longer flights. On an 8hr flight, I grant that going to the toilet is reasonable. But people walking the equivalent of 10km up and down the aisle because they can't possibly sit down for that amount of time... they can get in the sea. Preferably via the bit of the 'plane where the landing gear retracts.

(wrong thread, yeh)

A lot of people have anxiety around DVT

A lot of us suffer from DVT. Must admit not done longer than 3 hour flight since I have been on the blood thinners.

Rat poison?

I was on Warfarin originally but now on an alternative drug called Rivaroxaban (spelling).

Be very careful of contra-indicators like Fluconazole.

womack

briantrumpet said:

womack said:

pinno said:

womack said:

rick_chasey said:

Ben6899 said:

Pross said:

Why are so many people unable to spend 2 hours on a plane without using the toilet? There were people queuing as soon as the doors were closed before we'd started taxiing and then it was constant from the time the seatbelt signs went off until they came back on again. The wife takes the Mick out of me for going so often but even I managed that duration with no issues.

People behave like toddlers when they're on aeroplanes. There's the toilet thing - just fuck1ng hold it for an hour or two or go while waiting in the departure lounge.

And then there's the behaviour that really grips my shiit on longer flights. On an 8hr flight, I grant that going to the toilet is reasonable. But people walking the equivalent of 10km up and down the aisle because they can't possibly sit down for that amount of time... they can get in the sea. Preferably via the bit of the 'plane where the landing gear retracts.

(wrong thread, yeh)

A lot of people have anxiety around DVT

A lot of us suffer from DVT. Must admit not done longer than 3 hour flight since I have been on the blood thinners.

Rat poison?

I was on Warfarin originally but now on an alternative drug called Rivaroxaban (spelling).

Guess it's related to Apixaban, which Mum went onto instead of Warfarin, the advantage being that the dose didn't need such regular tweaking or blood tests.

Yes, those were the reasons I changed.

Ben6899

I stand corrected over the plane/walking/DVT thing.

(I’m sure some do walk about more than they need to though)

(It bothers me because I’m irrational)

womack

Ben6899 said:

I stand corrected over the plane/walking/DVT thing.

(I’m sure walk about more than they need to though)

(It bothers me because I’m irrational)

I wouldn't worry about it. As I said before not done long haul since my two DVT episodes but on a short haul I just take my shoes off, drink loads of water, no alcohol and just do leg stretching / bending type exercises whilst seated.

I know exactly where you are coming from re people who walk up and down as they invariably stop at my seat and my view becomes someone's backside!

pblakeney

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

womack

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

rick_chasey

womack said:

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

Business opportunity. Rest of the world will get there eventually - might as well be the world leader in it so they use you to get there.

elbowloh

womack said:

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

Why not murder people, other people do it?

Its the right thing to do.

orraloon

That one of Greta T's middle names is Tintin.

pinno

elbowloh said:

womack said:

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

Why not murder people, other people do it?

Its the right thing to do.

?

rjsterry

womack said:

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

We might be relatively small but we are still in the top 20 emitters.

TheBigBean

rick_chasey said:

womack said:

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

Business opportunity. Rest of the world will get there eventually - might as well be the world leader in it so they use you to get there.

This is the most compelling commercial answer.

As I have said before, wind and solar are now the cheapest form of power. That wouldn't have happened without the initial deployment at higher prices.

First.Aspect

TheBigBean said:

rick_chasey said:

womack said:

pblakeney said:

Wondering what the full environmental impact of the COP26 event will be.

Just wondering what effect green taxes, electric cars, stopping burning coal and gas in a fa-ting little country like ours has when China announces 26 new coal powered power stations.

Business opportunity. Rest of the world will get there eventually - might as well be the world leader in it so they use you to get there.

This is the most compelling commercial answer.

As I have said before, wind and solar are now the cheapest form of power. That wouldn't have happened without the initial deployment at higher prices.

Interesting news the other day about a fission test plant for, let's face it, Cumbria because who would risk building it in Scotland right now.

UK was at the vanguard with fission, but slipped behind. So he'll yeah let's do it all again.

rick_chasey

I honestly believe in 30 years time "sustainability" will be a feature of everything in life.

Nothing will be untouched.

It is worth being part of the engine that drives the transition, as the transition will be one of the most expensive transitions in human history.

elbowloh

The thing is, the best thing we can do is not to consume things in the first place
reduced travel, reduce the need for heating, not eat meat etc rather than finding the least harmful way of doing so, but we're not going to do that.

Pross

rick_chasey said:

I honestly believe in 30 years time "sustainability" will be a feature of everything in life.

Nothing will be untouched.

It is worth being part of the engine that drives the transition, as the transition will be one of the most expensive transitions in human history.

Yep, it'll be the new industrial revolution. We basked for centuries in being at the forefront of the original industrial revolution whilst allowing others to overtake and now is a chance to get ahead of the game again. We seem to get lots of talk on this but not much seems to have come out of it. It's a sector I'd like to get into workwise and have some transferable skills but probably not enough to make a jump at a comparable level.

rick_chasey

I've bet my career on it - persuaded senior management to let me build a cross industry sustainability practice

Pross

rick_chasey said:

I've bet my career on it - persuaded senior management to let me build a cross industry sustainability practice

Excellent - when you have a role suitable for someone with a Civil Engineering background with some project management skills that pays a 6 figure salary and (for the benefit of sustainability) is home based feel free to give me a shout - we can split the commission.

elbowloh

Pross said:

rick_chasey said:

I honestly believe in 30 years time "sustainability" will be a feature of everything in life.

Nothing will be untouched.

It is worth being part of the engine that drives the transition, as the transition will be one of the most expensive transitions in human history.

Yep, it'll be the new industrial revolution. We basked for centuries in being at the forefront of the original industrial revolution whilst allowing others to overtake and now is a chance to get ahead of the game again. We seem to get lots of talk on this but not much seems to have come out of it. It's a sector I'd like to get into workwise and have some transferable skills but probably not enough to make a jump at a comparable level.

Old firm used to do a lot of onshore cabling and substations for off shore wind farms. I've also applied for a few jobs in the actual wind farm sector and hadn't even had a response!

rick_chasey

Pross said:

rick_chasey said:

I've bet my career on it - persuaded senior management to let me build a cross industry sustainability practice

Excellent - when you have a role suitable for someone with a Civil Engineering background with some project management skills that pays a 6 figure salary and (for the benefit of sustainability) is home based feel free to give me a shout - we can split the commission.

Oh i'll still be FS.

Gotta fund all this sustainability stuff, right?

elbowloh

A lot of the Sustainability roles around at the moment aren't really about Environmental sustainability, but rather corporate and social responsibility sustainability. There's a lot more focus on looking like you're an ethical company rather than the doing...

rick_chasey

elbowloh said:

A lot of the Sustainability roles around at the moment aren't really about Environmental sustainability, but rather corporate and social responsibility sustainability. There's a lot more focus on looking like you're an ethical company rather than the doing...

Gotta start somewhere.

The way it usually works is everyone says they're doing x, and then eventually the regulator pops up a few years later and sets out some guidelines on what you have to do to be able to say you are doing x, and then everyone ups their game to that minimum.

There is enough demand out there currently that there is an incentive to doing it properly as the world is wising up to green-washing.

TheBigBean

You could have fun with all the ESG stuff.

pblakeney

elbowloh said:

A lot of the Sustainability roles around at the moment aren't really about Environmental sustainability, but rather corporate and social responsibility sustainability. There's a lot more focus on looking like you're an ethical company rather than the doing...

This.