Brexit, for once some facts.

[oyster]

Blessed are the cheesemakers...

Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’
A British cheesemaker who predicted Brexit would cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds in exports has called the UK’s departure from the EU single market a disaster, after losing his entire wholesale and retail business in the bloc over the past year. Simon Spurrell, the co-founder of the Cheshire Cheese Company, said personal advice from a government minister to pursue non-EU markets to compensate for his losses had proved to be “an expensive joke”.

Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’

Exclusive: British cheesemaker says Brexit and subsequent trade deals have cost his firm £270,000

www.theguardian.com

 

[guerney]

Blessed are the cheesemakers...

Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’
A British cheesemaker who predicted Brexit would cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds in exports has called the UK’s departure from the EU single market a disaster, after losing his entire wholesale and retail business in the bloc over the past year. Simon Spurrell, the co-founder of the Cheshire Cheese Company, said personal advice from a government minister to pursue non-EU markets to compensate for his losses had proved to be “an expensive joke”.

Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’

Exclusive: British cheesemaker says Brexit and subsequent trade deals have cost his firm £270,000

www.theguardian.com

Funnily enough, I was about to write about making Kefir cheese next lol - ordered Egyptian cheesecloth today:

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[oyster]

WOW!!! Nice job! Proper sourdough bread looks complicated (I can't do it), but you get bread you can actually digest properly and get maximum nutrients from.

"Real" sourdough isn't so easy when you are making smaller quantities. I make a loaf or two, then slice and freeze it and make it last a week or three.

That was why I was interested in, and bought, the Sekowa. Gives a lot of the flavour of sourdough but sits in the cupboard ready to prepare another starter whenever I want.

 

[Danidl]

From my point of view, other than as a prop, might as well go in the bin if you replace the movement with an electronic one.

It would be a bloody big bin.. this thing is heavy as is two hand staggeringly heavy.Carved Slate is very dense. But that is my dilemma. The face is rather attractive in an ornate way. The housing is about 50cm by 40cm , when it actually works the chimes at 15 minute intervals were pleasant. And of course it has heirloom status

 

[guerney]

It would be a bloody big bin.. this thing is heavy as is two hand staggeringly heavy.Carved Slate is very dense. But thst is my dilemma.

What are the chances that you'd find a working identical one on ebay or somewhere, that you could salvage the innards from? Even non-functioning might be handy for parts.

 

[guerney]

"Real" sourdough isn't so easy when you are making smaller quantities. I make a loaf or two, then slice and freeze it and make it last a week or three.

That was why I was interested in, and bought, the Sekowa. Gives a lot of the flavour of sourdough but sits in the cupboard ready to prepare another starter whenever I want.

Freezing cooked pasta actually lowers it's glycemic index, I'm sure it does the same for bread.

 

[guerney]

Blessed are the cheesemakers...

Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’
A British cheesemaker who predicted Brexit would cost him hundreds of thousands of pounds in exports has called the UK’s departure from the EU single market a disaster, after losing his entire wholesale and retail business in the bloc over the past year. Simon Spurrell, the co-founder of the Cheshire Cheese Company, said personal advice from a government minister to pursue non-EU markets to compensate for his losses had proved to be “an expensive joke”.

Brexit: ‘the biggest disaster any government has ever negotiated’

Exclusive: British cheesemaker says Brexit and subsequent trade deals have cost his firm £270,000

www.theguardian.com

I think "Negotiated", is too strong a term - you have to have leverage to negotiate, and the UK were too meek to use the nuclear option ie threaten the ceasing of military and related co-operation. We could only but walk away, and prepare to shoulder the very substantial cost. Such fortunate timing too...

 

[flecc]

I see POLLY has gone a step further from his "Covid is BS" in his latest post on this link
.

 

[Danidl]

I went to my dentist the other day and all the nurses were wearing full face clear plastic visors, with a close fitting border, and, I imagine, a battery powered pump/fan/filter to maintain clean airflow.

Seemed quite a decent approach for some medical workers. Price? Surely less than the cost of fully disposable PPE, and staff getting ill, ett.

The cost of manufacturing would be very low .. I designed multiple ones of these in my head .but too lazy and old to do anything else... . standard HEPA filter from vacuum cleaner , 12v ex computer dc fan ,and 5v volt lithium Ion phone charger battery pack...the fans just run slower

 

[oyster]

The cost of manufacturing would be very low .. I designed multiple ones of these in my head .but too lazy and old to do anything else... . standard HEPA filter from vacuum cleaner , 12v ex computer dc fan ,and 5v volt lithium Ion phone charger battery pack...the fans just run slower

We all know that anything even vaguely medical sees a huge uplift in prices! (Some of that is justified by the need to demonstrate effectiveness, etc.) But, yes, they shouldn't be that incredibly expensive. Especially if some large organisation bought them in considerable numbers.

 

[Danidl]

I see POLLY has gone a step further from his "Covid is BS" in his latest post on this link
.

An existential angst Satre would be squirming in his tomb

 

[Zlatan]

The cost of manufacturing would be very low .. I designed multiple ones of these in my head .but too lazy and old to do anything else... . standard HEPA filter from vacuum cleaner , 12v ex computer dc fan ,and 5v volt lithium Ion phone charger battery pack...the fans just run slower

Don't think fan would be much use.. At rest average person uses 8 litres of air per minute, but because of nature of breathing(pulsed, in and out) would mean a flow rate of 20 or so litres a minute, other wise fan is overwhelmed... Then that would require a reservoir of some description... All too complex...
Way to do it would be along lines of sub acqua breathing masks... And 2 one way valves one on inlet side through, just allowing filtered air in,other on out let... Obviously letting air out.. Its just about done for you on the Decathlon face masks... Just add a filter..???
Along these lines.

 

[Nev]

no one i know has had 1 jab lol

Yes but your operating from a very limited data set, you only know two people, your mum and the guy who owns the corner shop where you purchase your crisps and porn mags.

 

[guerney]

It would be a bloody big bin.. this thing is heavy as is two hand staggeringly heavy.Carved Slate is very dense. But that is my dilemma. The face is rather attractive in an ornate way. The housing is about 50cm by 40cm , when it actually works the chimes at 15 minute intervals were pleasant. And of course it has heirloom status

Extremely heavy and carved out of slate? Sounds like the work of a lone madman, who may have used a clock module manufactured by someone else... in which case you'd need to look out for clock housings carved by other lone madmen of the same era, which might contain the same module? Always worth preserving a bit of ancient family history, hope you find a solution.

 

[guerney]

Don't think fan would be much use.. At rest average person uses 8 litres of air per minute, but because of nature of breathing(pulsed, in and out) would mean a flow rate of 20 or so litres a minute, other wise fan is overwhelmed... Then that would require a reservoir of some description... All too complex...
Way to do it would be along lines of sub acqua breathing masks... And 2 one way valves one on inlet side through, just allowing filtered air in,other on out let... Obviously letting air out.. Its just about done for you on the Decathlon face masks... Just add a filter..???
Along these lines.
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Breathing through KN95s isn't exactly easy, breathing through two is harder - you'd need some positive pressure to overcome the resistance presented by an effective filter (fan), plus a way of regulating pressure to stop eyeballs being pushed into brains, or changing their shape, making amused observation of anti-vaxxers coughing to death more difficult, or indeed pushing the mask off the face (not usually a problem when immersed).

 

[soundwave]

Yes but your operating from a very limited data set, you only know two people, your mum and the guy who owns the corner shop where you purchase your crisps and porn mags.

no one round here has taken any notice of any of it from the start lol and they dont sell porn mags anymore try porn hub it is free

 

[guerney]

no one round here has taken any notice of any of it from the start lol and they dont sell porn mags anymore try porn hub it is free

Would saying you've been vaxxed, get you more or fewer Tinder dates? Would the ladies demand proof?

 

[soundwave]

Would saying you're vaxxed on Tinder, get you more or fewer dates? Would the ladies demand proof?

dont care and not even the job centre can demand proof of a jab and no one in there wears a face mask either or on the bus

 

[Danidl]

Don't think fan would be much use.. At rest average person uses 8 litres of air per minute, but because of nature of breathing(pulsed, in and out) would mean a flow rate of 20 or so litres a minute, other wise fan is overwhelmed... Then that would require a reservoir of some description... All too complex...
Way to do it would be along lines of sub acqua breathing masks... And 2 one way valves one on inlet side through, just allowing filtered air in,other on out let... Obviously letting air out.. Its just about done for you on the Decathlon face masks... Just add a filter..???
Along these lines.
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On the contrary , the fan sucks air into a leaky bag via the filter. Since the bag is now slightly above room pressure it will stop potentially virus laden air seeping in a 12v fan running at half voltage will provide about 40 cfm into a static head of a few mm of water pressure. And drawing less than a watt. So yes it needs a buffer volume ..which can be the hose. Not saying that a sub aqua mask is a bad idea, or demand valves in the mouth but the pressure differential in an atmospheric pressure zone is much less difficult than underwater

 

[Danidl]

Extremely heavy and carved out of slate? Sounds like the work of a lone madman, who may have used a clock module manufactured by someone else... in which case you'd need to look out for clock housings carved by other lone madmen of the same era, which might contain the same module? Always worth preserving a bit of ancient family history, hope you find a solution.

No !. slate and marble would be preferred materials in this vintage, and yes they were the intended to be imposing .. Early Victorian or late Georgian mantle pieces were big ... Think the cabinet room in Number 10.
But yes the mechanism is probably of French manufacture ...in that I have seen similar on Google and dated about 1860. The cabinet would probably come from monumental sculptors, when not doing gravestones. So if not works of Art at least works of Craft. I have a solution which works ... replacement of the gubbins,