Oztalgian
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My Triumph had a light switch that you turned, the first click just turned on the offside parking lights to save the battery, second click all parkers and third click headlights
Do you still have to leave your parking lights on at night in the UK?
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Hope there are no steps or stairs at the pub as the Daleks wont be able to get in and how do they drink a pint when they only have an egg whisk and a plunger for arms
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14 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:
This isn't the planet I started out on!
I agree Jill. Who gave the wokelings the right to re-write and sanitise history to their view of the world. History is history, including all the nasty bits and as much as they object it cannot be re-written. It seems me that every advert/program on free to air television these day has to have a person of colour, ethnic origin and indeterminate sexuality out of all proportion to the populous. Woebetide any advert/program that attempts to offer a real view of the world, the keyboard warriors will vent their spleens and have it made more woke.
Come the revolution,put me down to drive the tumbril.
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3 hours ago, Brew said:
I tend to disagree Col, they watch it but suffer information overload until the facts and figures start to lose meaning or relevance.
I agree with Brew. On our TV we have an endless round of press conferences from each states' premier and medical officers with the media asking the same stupid questions over and over again.
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Cases are increasing across Australia and we have nowhere near as many fully vaccinated as the UK due to a total fail by our federal government.
We have closed our state to almost all others except returning residents and over fifty % of the Australian population is in lockdown. Amid all this, luckily, in Australia we only have 983 current cases with 128 receiving hospital treatment and 22 of those in ICU. Quarantine is mandatory for all people entering Australia.
The rules of what can open and can't and restrictions on numbers is different in each state and I watch with interest the different rules being mandated or advised in the UK re Wales, Scotland and England as so called "Freedom Day" approaches. This pandemic is a long way from over but it certainly looks like vaccination reduces the severity of the disease if you contract it.
Keep safe everyone.
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nonnaB, What is wrong with pineapple on pizza? it's yummo especially at the end of a hot day with a few beers.
The trend here is for dessert pizzas, strawberry, banana and Nutella is one of the most popular.
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Doh! I get it now thanks folks.
I have never heard them called that.
You learn something new every day.
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DJ360 Blame the Canadians because according to Wiki the first Hawaiian Pizza was made by Sam Panopoulos a Greek born Canadian at a restaurant in Chatham Ontario in 1962. The name Hawaiian came from the brand of pineapple that he used!
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Thanks Phil, By vest carrier do you mean the body armour that has all those pockets that the police wear, the baby carrier or something else.
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20 hours ago, philmayfield said:
Amongst many other things we held the UK patent for the vest style carrier. Injection moulders
Fascinating. Please tell us more Phil.
I was always taught that James Watson Hendry invented the first screw based injection moulder.
What enhancement or breakthrough did your company make?
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2 hours ago, philmayfield said:
The penalty shoot out should be at the beginning of the game, then we can all go home.
Don't even bother with the penalties. Just have the coin toss and be done with it.
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When I was doing my engineering course I was really good at working out the stress and stains around a point in a structure and whether a member was in tension, compression or a redundant member. Like much of what I learned I never ever used it whilst working.
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1 hour ago, DJ360 said:
Don't hold back Oz.. what are you really trying to say?
In the vernacular.... Give it some welly. Trying to stroke it just inside the post will not work with the athleticism of today's goalkeepers. Hit it so hard that if they get a hand to it it goes into the net with the ball.
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21 minutes ago, DJ360 said:
In Summer you need very low concentrations, so you can use less. In winter you need a higher ratio of screenwash:water, to prevent either your bottle or pump freezing up.. or the stuff freezing onto your screen as you use it while travelling.
In summer we need a higher concentration to help dissolve and get rid of all the squished bugs, we never get frost so freezing is not a problem.
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12 minutes ago, DJ360 said:
I as a bit disappointed to see England lose on penalties to Italy.
A gazzillion pounds a year and still don't know how to take a penalty.
Pathetic at all levels, players and coaches.
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7 hours ago, philmayfield said:
Now that your brother's come up with an idea he should keep absolutely quiet about it and not discuss it with anyone other than a patent agent
This part of the process is very important as talking to others about your idea or invention could result in the patent being invalid and if you do talk to anyone have a non disclosure agreement in place before you talk to them. The patent agent will conduct a patent search to see if there is anything similar in the world that may disqualify your idea. Just because you have not seen one in the marketplace or on the internet does not mean there is not a patent in existence.
Sometimes a registered design or trade mark could be better or being a fast first with a rapid product development strategy can be as good as a patent. Many innovators have gone fully down the patent path and had their ideas pinched and cannot afford the legal costs to pursue restitution.
As Phil said seek advice from a professional. It could save you thousands of pounds and hours of effort.
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That's the one BK
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Just navigate to your icon in the top right hand corner, click on it and it will give you an option to log off
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I do know a limerick about a lady from Lincoln but it is far too rude for here, about as many of these ***** as words.
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Done it. It had a capacity of 5 litres so 4 litres of water to 1 of washer concentrate.
Still remembered how to syphon water after filling with water to get the volume.
Went inside and the leader of the opposition had Wimbledon. The match was between two girls one who played silently and the other whose name was Gruntalotikovavitch almost screamed at every shot she played. Painful to listen to, it's not necessary, why don't they ban it?
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Totally frustrated, I had to do the first between service refill of the windscreen washer bottle today and nowhere in the 711 page manual for the car could I find the capacity of the bottle. Years ago there was a page or two that listed all the capacities of the fluids tyre pressures etc apparently not so today but I do know how to change the beep when unlocking the car to a tweet or five other sounds FFS.
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Just seen the first Christmas advert on TV for kids toys. It urges you to lay by for Christmas now.
For those who do not know what lay by is the stores put the product away for you and you pay it off a little at a time before Christmas. I seem to remember something similar in the UK but can't recall what it was called. Not Hire purchase.
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Darwin in the Northern Territory has gone into a 48 hour lockdown. Apparently the queues outside the bottle shops (off licenses) have been longer than those at the supermarkets. At least they have got their priorities right.
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Today we have closed our state borders to almost all of Australia as Covid (Delta strain) kicks off in Sydney again. They have gone into a two week lockdown. Guess what, the toilet paper numpties have stripped the supermarket shelves of toilet rolls, paper towels and tissues. Why do they keep doing this? Surely by now they know what covid is and does. Meanwhile our incompetent Federal Government bumbles along, stuffing up the vaccine roll out and failing to properly act on quarantine and relying on hotels to be effective.
Forgotten features on old cars
in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
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Thanks Brew, Can you still park on any side of the road? Here in Oz you can only park in the direction of traffic flow and South Australian law says you must have your front and rear parking lights turned on any time you’re parked on the road at night (or when visibility is poor) and are more than 200m away from a visible street light or lamp.
Strange as I have never ever seen a car parked with its lights on.