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  1. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    An interesting comment about engineers living in the past; the ones I knew who preferred imperial measurements have mostly died of old age by now! Don't Engineers retire in the Emerald isle? Or do you just have them stuffed and propped up at meetings?;)
  2. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    My morning tweet Gerald Bell@GOldcodger ·Replying to @Haggis_UK Edward Agar: "I, like Boris Johnson, have trust & faith in the innate common sense of the British people" Unfortunately do do I, and it got off to a cracking start last night, didn't it? Any country that elects a Conservative...
  3. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    With an attitude problem..
  4. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    As you say, hence my "I wonder?"
  5. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I wonder.... Flu jab may reduce severe effects of Covid, suggests study Analysis of 75,000 coronavirus patients found fewer major health problems among people with flu jab
  6. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    On the other hands the whole human race is racing through the cosmos aboard spaceship planet Earth
  7. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A tweet that made me smile Mic Wright @brokenbottlebo 3h The footage of a nude man waving an England flag while attempting to windmill his chipolata dick in the car park outside the PC World in Wembley is a better metaphor for Britain’s attitude to the world under Boris Johnson than any...
  8. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I recall reading the History of Byzantine politics. This lot would make them blush
  9. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I have a cunning plan, Captain said Baldrick Why not make an Undertaker the Health Secretary and cut out the middle men?
  10. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And yet we do don't we? And relied previously on running a betting shop to cook the books
  11. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Then we shouldn't have have closed the worlds biggest betting shop, should we? :)
  12. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    But only about >100,000 times
  13. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The problem then, is where is what is produced going to be sold (apart from to ourselves)
  14. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ursula von der Leyen says EU has reached Covid vaccine target Commission president says EU has delivered enough vaccine to inoculate 70% of adults in the bloc
  15. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I rather liked this tweet Anti-Bullshit Alien@LennieMerrick1 England 2021: The national football team's manager dresses and talks like a prime minister, and the prime minister dresses and talks like a football yob.
  16. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Truth from an earlier time much like our own. His involvement in a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler led to his imprisonment and execution.
  17. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A little humour
  18. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And of course Fire Brigades Not that they know anything of course "We've had enough of experts"
  19. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Except that these batteries can self ignite several times, as has been proven by actual accidents Electric vehicle fires can take 3,000 gallons and 24 hours to extinguish This is interesting Fire fighters official guide
  20. oldgroaner

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Isn't it strange that the deadliest disease of all kills almost 100% of it's victims in huge numbers and no one wants to talk about it? (ONS) reported today that a total of 67,641 deaths were attributed to dementia and Alzheimer's last year - up from 62,948 the year before.