Posts by Pen-y-gors

Re: But the good old days!

Compulsory unemployment for anyone who didn't go to public school!

Absolute rubbish.

There will be compulsory employment as the fags of those who did go to public school.

Those areas were all covered by the official government impact assessments that they prepared and published before invoking Art50....oh, no, wait....

near-socialist view of regulation

I don't agree with your simplistic view of EU regulatory philosophy, but even if I did, what's wrong with a 'near-socialist' approach, that aims to create the most good for the most people.

Rather batter than the USian approach.

Re: meh

It's called 'planning' - one makes a range of assumptions based on a reasoned analysis of the plausible scenarios and then models the likely results of those assumptions. They don't claim to predict the future with 100% accuracy, but as an approach to minimise risk it's better than assuming a brigade of the 5th Cavalry mounted on flying unicorns will turn up at the last minute and save you from your stupidity.

Re: It's too Black and White

@jmch

If you could drive 15 minutes to get on the motorway

ROFL! Nearest M-way is about 2 hours drive away!

(Which is actually a good thing, as it discourages visitors)

Re: They will never work in an urban environment.

@AC

Only if no one is looking.

Bloody CCTV everywhere - spoiling all our fun!

Re: but they took a clear decision

@Martin Gregorie

written in clear legible text in the gummint-issued booklet

Ah, but that booklet was probably written by 'experts' (people with GCSE Eng Lang) so obviously isn't relevant

Re: Exactly...

Yep, ask Turkey - about the paperwork and days lorry drivers spend waiting for customs checks.

No need to tell them not to trade, it's unlikely any businesses will be left who can trade...

Re: @ Paul Woodhouse.

6' drainpipe is bloody big drainpipe

<spinal tap>

Making amateur bangs is not a good idea.

Scene: St Andrews, late 1974. A University residence Ball.

After the cabaret everyone goes out into the courtyard for fireworks - not the official sort, these had been made by a chemistry student, in coke cans. Some were quite pretty, a few exploded (no injuries).

Everyone goes back to the drinking.

Shortly after there is a nee-naw and blue lights, and the fuzz arrive. Warden then spends some hours down at the Police Station arranging bail for the Senior Student (still dressed as a little schoolboy after the Cabaret) and various others. Unamused Bomb Squad arrives from miles away. I suppose doing this a few days after the Birmingham pub bombings might, in hindsight, have been a mistake.

Re: Picking up burning/smoldering twigs

@Tom Paine

"The Red Kites currently recolonization the UK have 5-6' wingspans (hard to appreciate when you see them at a distance) so I imagine that theoretically, yes they could.

They do look fabulous, I must say.

Dunno about REcolonization - we've never totally lost them round here, but numbers have been growing. And they are indeed fabulous - I often see them from my office window, gliding over the fields next door, looking for something small and furry that is about to make its last squeek.

Re: Barcelona, Spain

@JimmyPage

El Regers do come from around the world (and beyond - see amanfrommars) but we all know it is a UK based thing, and so should read things in that context. So 'Birmingham' does not need qualification if referring to the grimy blot on the Midlands landscape, but if it's the one in USlandia then it does. Ditto Paris, does not need ', France' added, but 'Hilton' is acceptable.

Re: Barcelona, Spain

@AC

but catalonia is part of Spain at leats ta the moment.

At the risk of starting a shitstorm of downvotes from Spanish fans of proto-fascism, I would point out that the government of Catalunya declared the country independent.

Re: So...

Glad to see some common sense prevailing.

ECJ rulings usually do tend on come down on the side of common sense.

Thankfully we'll soon be able to fall back on decisions by British courts, enforcing Brutish law, and won't have to worry about common-sense any more. (Except for the many occasions when ECJ rulings will still apply, although without a UK judge involved)

Re: "With no planes to fly off her, we might as well sink her"?

Just make sure you remove any potential pollutants first, like aircraft fuel - no, wait, they won't have any on board will they?

Re: 7.7 billion: the number of active phone connections in the world

Google tells me that 1bn people do not have access to electricity globally. Its probably fair to assume these people also do not have mobile phones.

Probably not fair at all. The term 'access to electricity' is a bit vague these days. Does someone in an Indian village with a 100w solar panel 'have access to electricity'? They can certainly charge a phone. Or maybe they have a mini solar panel that's just enough for a phone. Or they take their phone to the village shopkeeper who has a 250W PV setup and charges locals 5p for a charge? I wouldn't be surprised if there are some booming entrepreneurs at little African markets with a bundle of batteries selling fast charges to shoppers.

Re: The UK has much more in the way of peat bogs (9.4 per cent).

Wow! I never knew that. As my user name implies I'm familiar with peat bogs, and live on the edge of one, but 9.4% sounds like a helluva lot. Is it just the raised ones that are scarce?