My dughter introduced me to Auto Glym Fast Glass. I have tried every kind of product, as well as household glass cleaners and vinegar and newspaper. Yes, they all work, but need differing amounts of elbow grease. She gave my screen a quick spray and a quick rubover with a microfibre, and in literally seconds, I had a real clear clean screen. I have since bought a bottle, and it cleans all sorts of things. Not cheap, but it works, so I also rate it as good value for money as you only need a little.
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I fully understand about advertising being a no-no, in which case I accept this post could be deleted. Although sometimes we come across something we feel worthy of recommendation, so here goes:
My dughter introduced me to Auto Glym Fast Glass. I have tried every kind of product, as well as household glass cleaners and vinegar and newspaper. Yes, they all work, but need differing amounts of elbow grease. She gave my screen a quick spray and a quick rubover with a microfibre, and in literally seconds, I had a real clear clean screen. I have since bought a bottle, and it cleans all sorts of things. Not cheap, but it works, so I also rate it as good value for money as you only need a little. -
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Hey @Rolebama
Well I'm happy with it 😀 The only thing I'd say is that it would be good if the recommendations don't also come with links, as that might attract spammers.
I'm happy to hear what others think of course! But I don't see any harm, and it could come in very useful!Last edited by Marc; 13-10-23 at 15:50. Reason: typo
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I don't see there being a problem with recommendations as it's just your experience, you aren't telling people to buy it.. I will have to give the stuff a try, seen it lots of times but kept wondering if it was marketing hype.
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Here's a recommendation from me.... socks! Winter ones, to be precise.
None of that plasticky/polyestery stuff, but good old British wool. 3 for 2 at Finisterre clothing. They're called 'Bosun' socks and easy to order online if no shop near you. And it's made in Britain, too. -
I have received a book as an early Father's Day prezzie. It's called 'Old Git Wit'. I read some of the quotes out loud to my wife and a friend. Collectively, it is a hilarious compilation.
I would put a few of the choice ones up, but the whole book is covered by copyright. I recommend it to anyone who is feeling their age.
On the subject of age, I have found a brilliant radio station. It's called 'Boom'. Available on DAB+, Alexa and from their website; https://www.boomradiouk.com/player/
They play 60s, 70s, 80s stuff, along with a few new bits. The DJs are of the same era. -
I have recently become an avid reader of the books written by John Nichol who was part of the first crew shot down in the Gulf first time round and you may recall that he was one of those tortured.
He has written a whole series of books, the most recent being Eject! Eject! which is the story of the development of the ejector seat.
His first book was Tornado Down which he co wrote with his cremate Jon Peters and tells the story of being shot down and their treatment at the hands of the Iraqi's.
He has also written books on the Spitfire and the Lancaster, as well as about the history of the Military medics and I still have quite a few more to read with his latest book out in September which I have pre-ordered (and I have never pre-ordered any book in my life)
My final recommendation is Vulcan 607 by Rowland White. This book tells the story of the Vulcan's last operational sortie and the difficulties and logistics of bombing Stanley runway during the Falklands conflict.
The Vulcan was about to be decommissioned but was delayed for the Black Buck mission an d even simple things like converting the Vulcan from a nuclear to a conventional bomb carrier or re-fitting the re-fuelling probes (which had been removed some years earlier) was a nightmare (strangely an engineer remembered seeing some probes stored in a shed ) not to mention the difficulties faced getting the Victors up to scratch as it needed 14 refuelling missions to get down to the Falklands from Ascension Island)
Some of you may have already read these books.
In all cases they are well written, well researched, written with passion for the subject and they are powerful but the emphasise the human stories not just a matter of fact ramble through the history pages type ramble you get with some.
If you like a good read and you have an interest in military history and/or stories, then I cannot recommend these books high enough. I find them addictive, and I have not said that about many books since I was a kid.
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Thanks @TC1474 for that
I’m quite into that sort of thing myself, especially the aircraft side, despite having zero military history myself or even in my family except the obligatory national service of grandparents. That said a relative was involved with development of certain things - he had to sign the official secrets act but he does tell us he was a rocket scientist, and not space rockets! -
I've read Vulcan 607, and it is, in my opinion, one of the best narratives of a war-time event ever written. Definitely rates in my top three.
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TC1474: Just finished Lancaster. The man can certainly string the stories together. Will be starting Spitfire later. Thanks for that.
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@Rolebama. I have just been given Lancaster for my Birthday, so I am really looking forward to it. I hope you enjoy Spitfire as much as I did, and for a real lump in the throat book, "Medic" is one of the most powerful books I have ever read.
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TC1474: We went to Duxford last week and they had a number of John Nichol's books in the gift shop. Cost me a fortune to get out.
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I recommend these books https://reglocal.com/my-books/
I was bought them a Christmas or two ago and have found them informative, and more importantly enjoyable
I have watched Reg's videos for a while, probably as long as I've been driving, and found him a bit of a rarity in that he's very affable and fun-loving AND a seriously good but safe driver
I've found most enthusiasts seem to be one or the other - i.e. fun loving with no regard for safety or the law; or great drivers but incredibly dry and anal about everything ... RL on the other hand is not averse to driving for fun and even knows how to do some silly stuff like drifting; but still takes safety incredibly seriously; the former of which I find surprising and the latter not so, seeing as his first ever call out as a young traffic cop was to an RTA involving the death of his sister
About the products though, they are just a good entertaining read, actually seriously witty in places, but they teach some invaluable stuff that you'll be able to put into practise... and he does it in a non-lecturing way, he plays down his knowledge and the fact he's devoted his life to driving and the advice is almost like a mate just giving friendly tips -
I have just finished reading the four first books in the Murder Squad series by Alex Grecian. Set in Victorian London just after the Jack the Ripper time. Plenty of twists and good page-turners.
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I have read much on WW1 and WW2 and some of the more recent wars, mostly with flying involved but inevitably I started reading about army and navy to complete the picture.
What comes over to me, apart from the shear waste of human life, how could men do this, not just once but day after day? -
I can understand your comment.
I am currently reading "Tail End Charlie" (another John Nichol book)which is about the bomber crews of both the RAF and the US Army Air Force flying ops at the end of the war and the toll it took on them given how many crews were lost, but in particular how they coped with shattered nerves, PTSD, Fatigue, the full 9 yards knowing that their chances of returning from an op were slim to non.
If a British airman complained of shell shock or battle fatigue and requested not to fly, they were court martialled for LMF (Lacking Moral Fibre) and would be stripped of their rank in front of the base personnel reduced to a rank lower than garbage truck and shuffled off to some obsolete dead end job in disgrace.
The Americans on the other hand understood about shell shock and if a crewman asked to be taken off flying duties, there was no shame, no disgrace, it was simply accepted and that crewman was looked after.
The point I am making is in response to your comment about how could they do it day after day? Quite simply for British bomber lads they had no option unless they wanted to be accused of LMF and so many learnt how to disguise their fear through bravado or simply suffering in silence.
It must have been frightening for them, especially when 40 + aircraft could be and often were shot down in one single operation as the fighter escort could not follow them deep into German airspace because of a lack of range.
Very worthwhile read if anyone is interested, but it really does answer that question, namely "How"? -
I suppose PTSD had not been identified in those days or not recognised.
Dulling the senses with booze, certainly for the RAF, I don't suppose the armies and navies had that option.
Another factor I suppose is hope, and it isn't going to happen to me.
The latter probably explains many of the downright stupid things that happen on our roads.
Presumably, the hope mangled bodies would not happen on this shift got you, as a traffic cop started on the next shift, and I suppose the hope you may stop someone before it happened.Last edited by olduser; 06-10-24 at 17:59.
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FWIW: I once went out with a group of West German and our Border Guards. This was in 1969/1970. It was explained that each of the Soviet towers was manned by three men. Two single and one married. The idea being that if one of the singles defected, the married man would be penalized, and if the married man defected, his family would be penalized.
All the while we were walking along the border, we were always overlooked by at least two of these towers. When I produced my camera, all the men who could see us ducked down below their parapets, and when they reemerged, were wearing their gas masks, and from then on, all tower occupants were wearing theirs. It was also a punishable offence to have their photograph taken from the 'wrong' side of the border. -
If I might add to the books, I am re-reading Harrier 809 by Rowland White, it's about the Falklands war.
It covers the build up, getting there, and the main event, well written, detailed, a proper can't put it down book,.
The overall picture is about the same WW's 1 and 2, logically we should have lost but people at the front made it work. -
r.e. PTSD and stuff along those lines
I sometimes wonder if the reason we today come up with novel issues or new things to be upset by is because we don't have more serious things to worry about like being allowed to stay alive in the first place
PTSD is quite a good example as in WW2 soldiers got disgraced for having PTSD after what they'd seen and now you can be diagnosed with PTSD because you were bullied at school
I'm not trying to say that sarcastically, or complain, I think it's a reflection of how much things have improved that we can afford to be upset by things that until recently would be trivialities -
From what I have read (and it's not a lot), PTSD is real, there are some events that our mind has problems coping with.
My interpretation is - Our brain wants to file it away as a memory, and close the filing cabinet draw, not to forget, it will always be there in the draw to be recalled if, and when we want to but for many reasons we are unable to reach that stage, we are perhaps unable to rationalise what we saw or remember.
The most obvious case would be war.
It seems that humans from early times were in conflict, two tribes might throw stones or sticks at each other.
This should be easy to deal with, because the enemy was visible, doing the same as you, and many people on both sides got hurt, injury and death was normal in every day life so, 'war' was little different.
WW1 - Really not all that different, we had stopped throwing stones but could, 'throw' lead and iron, lots of people on both sides were getting injured or killed so it was to be expected, and as, 'other ranks' you were cannon fodder, not all that different to your pre-war life.
WW 2 - For rank and file little changed, the two sides were perhaps a bit further apart, the change was there was the real chance you could be injured/killed by someone you could not see, and at any time, there was no let-up, even if you moved into the reserve/rest area there was always a risk.
Fighter pilots didn't shoot men down, they shot other fighters down, bombers bombed targets.
Civilian life had also moved on, not a lot but enough to make people want to survive, death was beginning to become, 'tragic'.
But by the end of the war, the numbers killed was too high to comprehend, everyone new someone who had lost family.
In modern life, death is not normal every day.
Modern wars are not fought, man to man, the fighter is more likely to be killed by something unseen, fights go on in among non-combatants, so if it moves shoot changes to, if it moves check if you should shoot, then you might shoot.
Your radio and radar which used to help you to find the enemy, now it tells the enemy where you are.
A fighting unit is smaller, and more intimate, anyone missing is is more noticeable.
So the stress level is very much higher, and almost always there, death is not as frequent, and therefore a shock, and more likely to be messy.
And the dead/injured are often children, and the grief of parents is visible this is not easy to deal with, combatants would not have seen this in the past.
As to bullying, in the past close family and friends helped to put right the physical and mental damage from bullying but it was almost accepted as part of life, and growing up, that's not to say it did not influence future life, it did but we learned to live with the effects.
In the modern world, family is too busy to offer support and close friends send a text, so it is difficult to get it sorted out to go into the filing cabinet and shut the door.
BUT I could be miles out.Last edited by olduser; 13-10-24 at 18:48.
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I have been trying to trace a book which started life as a newspaper/magazine article or articles.
It was a parody based on modern finance but the unit of currency was a goat.
It starts with America (I think) negotiating a deal for an airstrip on a remote island.
Once the runway was in action, the local's goats were getting killed or injured by aircraft on the runway, the goat owners negotiated a deal for compensation for lost killed/injured goats.
This worked but soon the goat owners started driving goats onto the runway.
After that they were borrowing goats to drive onto the runway, of course they had to pay interest on the borrowed goats.
This then blossomed into buying unborn goats and so on.
Can anyone remember seeing it, where or title or author?
I thought I had traced it using AI, it said it was called "Goats of wall street" by John Lanchester but this turned out to be wrong. -
I know of three people who were diagnosed with PTSD. One because he saw an accidental death, one because he caused an accidental death, and one because he saw a number of deliberate deaths. They are all now dead. One died of natural causes/old age, one in an accident of the type that caused his PTSD, and one suicide. All suffered in different ways, and the suicide wasn't diagnosed until his PTSD showed up years after the event. It is a very complex problem.
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Another book, 'Whoops' by John Lancaster.
It is an analysis of the Sub prime mortgage crash, how. and why but it's a study in human nature and greed.
Trillions of $ were added to banks assets but none of it actually existed.
What comes out (on first reading I will read it again), are some surprising nuggets, like investors in the bank itself did not loose their original stake.
If you invest in a company and it goes' bust then as a shareholder you are at the bottom of the list of creditors and very unlikely to get anything back but with banks this is not the case.
All the banks around the western world that were bailed out by their governments the shareholders retained their original stakes.
The body that certified the parcels of these sub prime mortgages were commercial entity's and there income came from fees paid for by the banks who were parcelling up the mortgages to sell!
The mortgage providers were selling the mortgages knowing they were not going to loose if the borrower did not pay!
And it will all happen again.
There are lots more.
the author doe's his best to make it an easy read but I must admit to re reading bits several times. -
@olduser, I imagine there are similar examinations of the GameStop short squeeze in 2021.