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    Farewell Sir Stirling...

    Seems to have been with us for ever. Mille Miglia 1955 - Probably his greatest drive with navigator "Jenks" MotorSport journo - 97 odd mph average over near 1,000 miles - Public roads. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1955/14/moss-mille-miglia I think 'Ninebob' - one time...
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    Big Numbers today

    Coronavirus Case Counts Are Meaningless* *Unless you know something about testing. And even then, it gets complicated. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/coronavirus-case-counts-are-meaningless/ -0-
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    A Brief History of Toilet Paper...

    We all know where the 'virtual' bog roll exists !! -0-
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    Covid-19 discussion

    Possibly the problem (of many) involves the potentially moist barrier twixt mask and surrounding air, infected droplets can mingle with and pass through the moisture and some, small enough, may pass through dry mask pores. But if we all wore masks there would be less likely hood of projecting...
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    How Are You Managing Food-Wise?

    Wife tested Morrisons and Lidl in Bath, both pretty much normal - shelves stocked ok. Our local village Chemist entry by invite, queue on pavement outside - Heard report of up to 1.5 hr !! wait. Next village along Chemist running normally. -0-
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    covid 19 home testing

    Published Mar24/20. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-coronavirus-tests-actually-work/ More. https://www.ft.com/content/3c9cf7d0-3d11-443e-a156-d111b333fd72 -0-
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    Covid-19 discussion

    'Coronavirus: Why death and mortality rates differ' https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200401-coronavirus-why-death-and-mortality-rates-differ As usual "...It is more complicated than..." -0-
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    Toby Young Eugenicist - Let them die

    Good old Jonno - https://twitter.com/johnghughes3 -0-
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    Greta Thundberg

    Us 'oldies' know how susceptible to hysteria youngsters are - We wuz there - some of us !! The 'mop tops' Like 'em or hate 'em - you would have loved the adulation on that stage and across the world - Hysteria among the youth !! I reckon young Greta is being manipulated. -0-
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    Folding@Home

    Gonna join ? https://foldingathome.org/about/ https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=32463 Looks like a worthwhile project. -0-
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    What happened - if anything, to ban-all-sheds ?

    I am sure he did not change his persona here, none of his traits apparent - to me. Hopefully nothing serious happened to him or family. -0-
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    Ethernet cable

    Pretty clear... -0-
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    BRITAIN BY NUMBERS

    "...The origins of Britain's road numbering system lie in the 19th century, despite which it took officialdom until 1922 to decide on the non-motorway system still used today..." https://thewesterngroup.co.uk/articles/BritainByNumbersPart1 -0-
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    Help needed to rescue UK's old rainfall records

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52040822 "...The UK has rainfall records dating back 200 years or so, but the vast majority of these are in handwritten form and can't easily be used to analyse past periods of flooding and drought... It's looking to fill the yawning gap in UK...
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    Climate change, pollution, etc?

    A little light reading :- https://tambonthongchai.com/2018/12/21/eemian/ This is 'ChaamJamal' (Jamal Munshi) :- https://www.quora.com/profile/Jamal-Munshi -0-
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    About SD cards...

    Top SBC (Single Board Computer) Micro SD Card (Group Benchmark) -0-
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    NomadBSD: Persistent Live USB OS...

    Another useful device to play with '... portable alternative OS...' -0-
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    About SD cards...

    unravelled ! - Excellent video, apparently a forthcoming in depth video will look at card 'reliability'. -0-
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    Ah so ! A leaf through the flood.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=39&v=Y9plRzRZ_PY&feature=emb_logo -0-
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    I found an example why we are better off.

    Insurance - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/feb/24/cyclist-settles-for-30000-pounds-after-hitting-pedestrian-who-was-looking-at-phone -0-
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