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We have loads of problems that's for sure but I still think I was extremely lucky to have been born and brought up here in the UK. I like most of us posting on this thread have done reasonably well out of the system here in the UK, own house, no debt, index linked pensions etc. Now some of...

It took me about 2 mins to do the following question and I was feeling quite pleased with myself. I then gave the question to my 13 year old grand son. He did it in about 10 seconds! I wasn't feeling quite so cock of the north afterwards. Can any of you beat 10 seconds? A bat and ball...

I don't know how wide spread it was through the NHS but I suspect it was fairly well known because I heard rumours about Saville up here in North Wales from people working for the NHS then I am sure those same rumours were circulating in places like Leeds where he did a lot of his voluntary...

Is this possible? Elon Musk UK visit drives Tesla factory rumours - BBC News

I have several family members who work in the NHS or used to work there and still have contacts with people working there and they all told me exactly the same thing. My guess would be that the Government already know this but have kept it quiet, if people thought there was less chance of side...

I was just reading an article about new technology and its application into outdoor sports. If anyone is interested here is the link. Hybrid highs: the fun of combining two outdoors sports into one | Adventure travel | The Guardian

Large study shows just how effective the vaccines are at developing antibodies against Covid. After the first jab 96% of Britons had them, and after the second that figure went up to over 99%. The average age of the participants was 65 and all were tested for the antibodies prior to be given...

There were many people warning that India needed to be put on the Red list around 3 weeks to a month or so before they actually went on it. Now I am sure if the Indian variant causes a delay in the plans for easing lockdown controls and there is an inquiry, BJ will be able to show he was...

What do you all think about Universal Basic Income? Wales is going to set up a pilot scheme see link below. In theory it sounds like a good idea but I am not sure if it works in practice. Are there any countries anywhere in the world that have had one for a decent period of time? I imagine...

I had a slight sore arm for 24 hours or so the second time around, I seem to remember the first time the sore arm lasted a couple of days.

Yes absolutely you can't switch off and more or less ride on auto on a bike like you can in a car otherwise you end up getting a ride in the back of an ambulance.

I have several members of my family working in the NHS, they have a nick name for motorcyclists they call them organ donors.

I've ordered a Triumph Street Triple R today should get it in a couple of weeks. I looked at getting an electric motorcycle but I think we are still a few years away from them becoming a reasonable option. An electric bike with similar performance to the Triple would cost more than twice as...

I can easily see us ending up in the same place as we got to last September if we are not careful. If I remember correctly cases went right down last summer and the Tories were urging people to go back to their offices to work. There were incentives for people to eat out in cafes etc...

What do you all think about one of the Indian variants which is doubling every week in this country? I thought this was an interesting comment from Sage group member Prof Christina Pagel. Pagel pointed out that, while B.1.617.2 numbers are not currently that big, they are doubling every week –...

It will be exactly 8 weeks tomorrow since I had my first AZ jab, and I was wondering when I will be getting the second injection. The phone then rings and it's my local surgery I am now booked in on Tuesday morning for the second one. When one sees on the news what is happening in countries...

Although KS may not be very charismatic I can't think of anyone else in the Labour party that could do a better job. I think Labour needs to have a long hard think about how the political landscape has changed over the last 10 to 15 years and work out just how exactly it can get back into...

They don't need to, if they close their channel ports to us we are in big trouble. Food rationing would occur in next to no time, but we all just need to remember two things that the Brexitiers promised us. 1. This is going to be the easiest trade deal in history. 2. We now have blue...

I read several financial forums and have noticed a lot of people getting into crypto currencies, for anyone considering doing the same, this article might be of interest. The Golden Age of Fraud is Upon Us (awealthofcommonsense.com)

If the scandals listed in the article linked below were contained in a fictitious political thriller people would just laugh and say its so removed from reality it's not worth reading. The sad fact is, lots of people just don't care about what BJ and his conspirators in the cabinet get up to...