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  • Tragic
    Not just on the roads: an old friend of mine never knew her father, who was shot dead on duty before she was born. All police officers have my... see more
    by Beelzebub
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  • Hinged, disputed
    I would only add that you could fight the decision(s) reached by the insurers, but it would add to the time element in terms of a final decision.... see more
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  • Does ambient temperature affect engines?
    The noise you describe 'could' be the exhaust manifold warming up, but, I would still get the noise checked out. I wrote the following as an answer... see more
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  • Roadwork nightmares
    I honestly don't know about a midden, but the depth of the shells and bones went from approx six feet from the surface to a depth of around sixty... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Tragic
    I attended a Traffic Police Officer working out of Brentwood. He told me a story of how he lost a brand new patrol car on the M25. Reaching into the... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Fuel Starvation?
    I have been in too many garages where they have all the equipment, but don't know how to use it. I went to one garage where they had laser tracking... see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Where has All the Traffic Gone?
    That is always a problem, no natter the weather. see more
    by Rolebama
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  • Costly mistake
    @olduser As far as I am aware, most packets are 300Kb, so relatively tiny, but easier to handle, and faster to check destination arrival. see more
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  • Facts
    The RDA for salt is a bit confused, some literature suggest 1 teaspoon (6 gram) whilst others suggest 2,300 mg (= 2.3 g) and the body uses about 500... see more
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  • A bad day at the office
    My brother in law is an ADI (and not very good one at that IMO) and he makes a very good living. He charges silly £ per lesson, has a queue as... see more
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  • Does ambient temperature affect engines?
    I've had some odd metallic noises, both when the engine was running and as I'd turned it off, when I went out late yesterday evening. Kind of like... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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  • Costly mistake
    Sometimes, it's possible to catch the flicker by scanning a tube lengthways by moving your head, and the flicker will show at the tube ends in your... see more
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  • A bad day at the office
    It seems to be a race to the bottom with regards to price My lessons were £20 per hour about 10 years ago and apparently even that was quite... see more
    by Drivingforfun
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  • Tragic
    It is the risk every copper takes every time they go to work and it is a risk that is accepted. I have lost several colleagues through work, and I... see more
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  • A bad day at the office
    Serves then right. The instructor should have known better, so got what he/she deserved. But then I am not surprised as the standard of... see more
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  • Hinged, disputed
    Thank you TC1474, that makes sense now. ​​​​​​​ see more
    by olduser
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  • Tragic
    This is tragic for all concerned, as yet there is not enough information to begin to understand what happened. ... see more
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  • A bad day at the office
    I came across this news item; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0jzd09d7jo Doe's this qualify as a bad day at the office? see more
    by olduser
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  • Fuel Starvation?
    I can understand DIY mechanics doing this but in a garage supposed to be staffed by professionals armed with modern diagnostic kit (not that I have... see more
    by olduser
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  • Facts
    I can see the problem, I miss read the column headings on the nutrition table Cadburys say there is 0.24 grams of Sodium (= about 0.61 grams Salt) /... see more
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  • Costly mistake
    Whenever I read about Bitcoin, I come to the age old conclusion, 'there's nowt so queer as folk'.😐 see more
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  • The Future of EV Charging: What Every Driver Needs to Know
    Now now Mr I don't like Trump and would have preferred that Kamala 'giggles' Harris was to be President. Anyway, he will fly on Air Force One and... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Fuel Starvation?
    @olduser We call it loading up the parts cannon. I worked at an auto parts store, sort of a US Halfords, and the number of times someone would buy... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Crazy weather
    And yesterday I woke to about a foot of snow, meaning I had to climb on the roof to brush the snow off my solar panels. 29C to -2C in a week or so.... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Costly mistake
    Add to that we have the power use of crypto mining which is so high the computers are located in cold climates to keep them cool. It's estimated... see more
    by NMNeil
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  • Facts
    ​​​​​​​Decimal point error. An 180g bar of Dairy Milk contains 0.24g of salt, so it's only 0.13%. (It's too cold to go out, and I'm bored.) see more
    by Beelzebub
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