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  1. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Following the money https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/deloitte-gets-another-huge-covid-contract-for-crazy-plan-to-test-millions-each-day/ "Access to community testing has had to be rationed because the network of five Lighthouse Labs, which process tests done in the...
  2. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So what should happen to disabled & elderly disabled should their lives be prolonged in face of Covid? but only the elderly be expended? What is elderly 50?, 60? 70? 80? 90? 100? ? Am I at 57 with coranary risk factors similar to someone more in their 60s not elderly? When I worked on a care...
  3. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Thankfully people early on started acting more caringly than you advocate http://peoplethinkingaction.blogspot.com/2013/01/disability-in-prehistory.html
  4. Wicky

    Bike wrap £160 worth it?

    Useful on areas like where the chain can slap around - a lot depends on how you use the bike and want to keep paintwork protected for resale value. Depreciation on cycles can be quite significant esp pedelecs. Another useful tip is use ACF-50 on exposed cycle parts esp over winter.
  5. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Mr Gove, in his letter, says the government will introduce a "Smart Freight" IT service to enable drivers and hauliers to complete a border readiness check. Another 'world beating' project to delegate Dido to manage....
  6. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sounds like trying to cash in - if its cheaper and as effective as spraying gallon loads of disinfectant then it might have a market.
  7. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Army at least here in Colchester has been quiet over the spring / summer as they've been on furlough - though they flew some out and dropped them close to Crimea in case Putin makes a grab for a Ukrainian dam / canal system under cover of soon to be held Russian military excercise...
  8. Wicky

    Pet carriers

    Cute Nala the moggy cat's travel adventures https://www.youtube.com/c/1bike1world/videos
  9. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I think Office for Stats weren't including hospital care home infections Hence the bolded These figures do not include people staying in hospitals, care homes or other institutional settings.
  10. Wicky

    Help! How to DIY an unstealable bike

    Use a bike cover, and have a read through this https://www.pedelecs.co.uk/forum/threads/custom-bike-stolen.35660/#post-519939 Plus some useful tips here
  11. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "Contact must have taken place within a nine-day period, starting 48 hours before symptoms appeared." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52442754 and "if you have had any close contact with anyone other than members of your household. We are interested in in the 48 hours before you...
  12. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Concerning that almost half of new cases are in care homes - quite what difference the 10pm pub curfew will make... Public Health England data reveals that of the 729 outbreaks in the week to September 13, only five per cent occurred in food outlets such as restaurants and pubs - 45 per cent...
  13. Wicky

    Newbie

    The software of the Bosch eBike systems can detect whether the pedelec has been tuned by means of a sensor while riding. It then switches to emergency mode. Consequence: an error code in the display indicates manipulation and support is reduced. The eBiker can restore the original riding...
  14. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Lockdown Lite In a shift from recent messaging to try to get workers back into their offices and workplaces, Mr Gove said: "If you can work from home, do." Surprised from track and trace they haven't worked out the main vectors i.e. workplace, holiday/socialising, home, school /college ...
  15. Wicky

    Exploding Tyre!

    Likewise, I was out & about on an old bike (not pedelec) and sidewall of a tyre already well past its best by exploded while pootling along. Possibly then your tyre bead was somehow damaged and the tyre turned into a ticking time bomb.
  16. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This lends plausibility to the story.... "According to another passenger on the flight back to the UK, Johnson was on his own, apparently without any luggage and very much the worse for wear."
  17. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Consultants lining up to the start...
  18. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Nadhim Zahawi on Question Time last night made himself look a right plonker https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/question-time-tory-accused-falling-22702662 "We're now doing 240,000 tests a day, but clearly there's more demand," he (Nadhim Zahawi) told Thursday's edition of the BBC...
  19. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Sure about that? He was for sure wanted for interrogation and wasn't captured until early May 45 and approval for his transfer to US was until late June 45. Only after the war ended were US politicians pursuaded to expand the taking of German specialists due to fear of losing them to the...