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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    Sports Direct being closed this time round during lockdown lite but open last time during a more stringent lockdown.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    edited November 2020
    Does the world really need an "eco friendly" bicycle jersey? Do cyclist's really buy this kind of stuff because it's good for the planet?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,717
    dennisn said:

    Does the world really need an "eco friendly" bicycle jersey? Do cyclist's really buy this kind of stuff because it's good for the planet?

    1. Yes. 2. No.
    We need eco everything for the good of the future generations.

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Is the world stuck with Velcro for the foreseeable future? Seems to be everywhere. I for one am sick of it and need another option. Can't some brainy nerd come up with something. There's millions in it.
  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,169
    dennisn said:

    Is the world stuck with Velcro for the foreseeable future? Seems to be everywhere. I for one am sick of it and need another option. Can't some brainy nerd come up with something. There's millions in it.

    Laces! You should try shoes with laces. Not that hard. Give it a go. ;)
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Harry182 said:

    dennisn said:

    Is the world stuck with Velcro for the foreseeable future? Seems to be everywhere. I for one am sick of it and need another option. Can't some brainy nerd come up with something. There's millions in it.

    Laces! You should try shoes with laces. Not that hard. Give it a go. ;)
    Wasn't particularly moaning about velcro in shoes. More the Velcro on just about everything else, especially clothing.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Has anyone put ceramic bearings in their headsets ? And why?
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    Any of you London dwellers fancy £70k for week on week off.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8954793/Wealthy-parents-offer-70-000-salary-time-nanny.html
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,535
    ballysmate said:

    Any of you London dwellers fancy £70k for week on week off.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8954793/Wealthy-parents-offer-70-000-salary-time-nanny.html

    Pfft if you have the skills for that job you can get a better one in London for £70k.
    _
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    Was more intrigued how the nanny has to move out every other week so that the other nanny moves in.
    Why have kids if you want nowt to do with them?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,535
    I am genuinely intrigued in what impact people think their work presentations actually have.

    Doubly so at conferences.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,717
    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,535
    pblakeney said:

    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.

    All online innit
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,450
    ballysmate said:

    Was more intrigued how the nanny has to move out every other week so that the other nanny moves in.
    Why have kids if you want nowt to do with them?

    Gotta keep that family line going haven't they.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,866
    rick_chasey said:

    I am genuinely intrigued in what impact people think their work presentations actually have.

    Doubly so at conferences.

    I sit on a committee making investment decisions and I have raised the point that we chose people because they are good at presenting. This is obviously off an approved list but yes it makes a difference.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,717
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.

    All online innit
    No point then, unless someone is brown nosing for promotion.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 2,902
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.

    All online innit
    The recent two day, free, all online engineering conference I attended certainly was a bit of a head scratcher. It was set up such that there was no live feedback from audience to presenter. Which meant absolutely no q and a.

  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 12,670
    Is this a real thing? Was wondering why our 'Texan' 'friend' can gone quiet. Does this mean there is actual moderation work going on in BR? Aw shucks.



  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,843
    orraloon said:

    Is this a real thing? Was wondering why our 'Texan' 'friend' can gone quiet. Does this mean there is actual moderation work going on in BR? Aw shucks.




    Maybe, just maybe, he wasn't a Texan after all... hard to believe, but...
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 51,315
    This place would get pretty dull if all the benign trolls were banned.
    Pity they can't ban certain protagonists in the Brexit thread for using certain terminology referring to people with learning disabilities in a certain way.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,450
    briantrumpet said:

    orraloon said:

    Is this a real thing? Was wondering why our 'Texan' 'friend' can gone quiet. Does this mean there is actual moderation work going on in BR? Aw shucks.




    Maybe, just maybe, he wasn't a Texan after all... hard to believe, but...
    No way, he used "y'all" regularly. How much more genuine could he be?
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    How many bottles of brand name lubes, half used, does the typical anal cyclists have if he / she is constantly buying the next lube of the week?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,535
    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.

    All online innit
    No point then, unless someone is brown nosing for promotion.
    Fairly gigantic exception there.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,717
    edited November 2020
    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.

    All online innit
    No point then, unless someone is brown nosing for promotion.
    Fairly gigantic exception there.
    Primary reason for me avoiding those events. Those people.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    Caught a bit of a programme last night about Cornwall/climate change/flooding/pollution. Don't know the name.

    Part of the programme concerned the introduction of beaver and the effect it had on the environment. Their dam building had a dramatic effect on the reduction of flooding in the local village as well as creating a habitat for more diverse wildlife.

    This is the project

    https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/on-land/cornwall-beaver-project

    Perhaps a cost effective way of helping to reduce flooding in some areas which are susceptible?
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    dennisn said:

    How many bottles of brand name lubes, half used, does the typical censored cyclists have if he / she is constantly buying the next lube of the week?

    That would depend on how often you ride your bike, how dirty it gets and how often you have to clean it. Maybe you should ride a bit more and see what happens.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,294
    ballysmate said:

    Caught a bit of a programme last night about Cornwall/climate change/flooding/pollution. Don't know the name.

    Part of the programme concerned the introduction of beaver and the effect it had on the environment. Their dam building had a dramatic effect on the reduction of flooding in the local village as well as creating a habitat for more diverse wildlife.

    This is the project

    https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/on-land/cornwall-beaver-project

    Perhaps a cost effective way of helping to reduce flooding in some areas which are susceptible?

    I was walking along Beverley Brook on Wimbledon Common a while ago, I used to ride my bike along there a lot as a kid, and it's had a lot of attention along that stretch. There was a sign saying the name derivates from beaver brook and whilst it had been a particularly dull stretch of water along there they were trying to replicate the effect of beavers. It had been made to run in a straight line for a little over a mile with man made banks and barge boards to control it. Lots of tree cover so it and the path alongside were very dark. They have cut down some of the trees and made artificial beaver dams to create a few deeper pools, other branches have been put in the water to disrupt the flow and make it meander more. The barge boards have been removed and generally there is more light down there. I was impressed, made it quite a bit nicer although I'm sure the path will still be a quagmire through winter.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,535
    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    rick_chasey said:

    pblakeney said:

    I thought conferences were just an excuse for an expenses paid jolly.

    All online innit
    No point then, unless someone is brown nosing for promotion.
    Fairly gigantic exception there.
    Primary reason for me avoiding those events. Those people.
    Why do you think I was 'attending' a conference?
    _
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,921
    veronese68 said:


    ballysmate said:

    Caught a bit of a programme last night about Cornwall/climate change/flooding/pollution. Don't know the name.

    Part of the programme concerned the introduction of beaver and the effect it had on the environment. Their dam building had a dramatic effect on the reduction of flooding in the local village as well as creating a habitat for more diverse wildlife.

    This is the project

    https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/on-land/cornwall-beaver-project

    Perhaps a cost effective way of helping to reduce flooding in some areas which are susceptible?

    I was walking along Beverley Brook on Wimbledon Common a while ago, I used to ride my bike along there a lot as a kid, and it's had a lot of attention along that stretch. There was a sign saying the name derivates from beaver brook and whilst it had been a particularly dull stretch of water along there they were trying to replicate the effect of beavers. It had been made to run in a straight line for a little over a mile with man made banks and barge boards to control it. Lots of tree cover so it and the path alongside were very dark. They have cut down some of the trees and made artificial beaver dams to create a few deeper pools, other branches have been put in the water to disrupt the flow and make it meander more. The barge boards have been removed and generally there is more light down there. I was impressed, made it quite a bit nicer although I'm sure the path will still be a quagmire through winter.
    Would furry animals have been cheaper?
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 17,843
    ballysmate said:

    veronese68 said:


    ballysmate said:

    Caught a bit of a programme last night about Cornwall/climate change/flooding/pollution. Don't know the name.

    Part of the programme concerned the introduction of beaver and the effect it had on the environment. Their dam building had a dramatic effect on the reduction of flooding in the local village as well as creating a habitat for more diverse wildlife.

    This is the project

    https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/our-conservation-work/on-land/cornwall-beaver-project

    Perhaps a cost effective way of helping to reduce flooding in some areas which are susceptible?

    I was walking along Beverley Brook on Wimbledon Common a while ago, I used to ride my bike along there a lot as a kid, and it's had a lot of attention along that stretch. There was a sign saying the name derivates from beaver brook and whilst it had been a particularly dull stretch of water along there they were trying to replicate the effect of beavers. It had been made to run in a straight line for a little over a mile with man made banks and barge boards to control it. Lots of tree cover so it and the path alongside were very dark. They have cut down some of the trees and made artificial beaver dams to create a few deeper pools, other branches have been put in the water to disrupt the flow and make it meander more. The barge boards have been removed and generally there is more light down there. I was impressed, made it quite a bit nicer although I'm sure the path will still be a quagmire through winter.
    Would furry animals have been cheaper?

    Beavers on the Otter:

    https://www.devonwildlifetrust.org/what-we-do/our-projects/river-otter-beaver-trial
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois

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