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- Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:49 am
- Forum: The Environment and Renewable Energies
- Topic: CMail: a hybrid future
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8435
Re: CMail: a hybrid future
I think photo voltaic panels are a good idea. We have some on our bungalow and since installing them we have not had to pay for any electricity.. We just have to pay the standing charge every 2 months. Trev.. The high cost of the electricity from your roof is paid for, through the nose, by all the ...
- Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:27 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Donaeld the Unready
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3426
Re: Brexit
In 1990, I had a sudden cardiac condition while in the USA and was rushed into a small hospital in NH. They called a cardiologist from a nearby city. He took one look at me and connected an external pacemaker within 30 minutes of arriving. He then asked how I would pay, and I replied that I wasn't s...
Re: Brexit
I think, therefore, that the Nigerian Govt should be billed for her NHS costs - assuming Nigeria was where she started her journey. If she started it in another country that country should be billed; because she should NOT have been allowed to fly so close to giving birth. It must have been obvious...
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Cost of using electricity to heat a living room
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4645
Re: Cost of using electricity to heat a living room
As I've been evoked, nothing really to add. A modern DC inverter aircon will give you up to ~4 kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity, but the heat is embedded in the airflow, not in direct convection or radiation.
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Idea
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10645
Re: Idea
I was very impressed when I went to Switzerland and you could go into a restaurant and buy hot cheese by the melting slice. That was raclette, usually served with a hot spud. The best cheese for that is Bagnes, but it is usually too expensive and other cheeses from the Canton of Valais are more com...
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Idea
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10645
- Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Idea
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10645
Re: Idea
A very creamy mild blue cheese from Denmark. Wikipedia says it is a mixture of Danish 'Brie' and Danish Blue, but I think it is a cheese in its own right.
You see how the threads change from restricting to 20 posts to obscure cheeses!
You see how the threads change from restricting to 20 posts to obscure cheeses!
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Idea
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10645
Re: Idea
Let's not make a saga of it, Maggie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(cheese)
You see how easy it is to go off-topic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(cheese)
You see how easy it is to go off-topic
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Idea
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10645
Re: Idea
I agree, but just wanted to see if going wildly off-topic is as irritating for others as I find it
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Idea
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10645
Idea
I'll throw this at you:
Should threads in forums be limited to a maximum of, say, 20 posts?
My idea is that longer threads almost always have moved away from the subject of the original message (often earlier!).
Should threads in forums be limited to a maximum of, say, 20 posts?
My idea is that longer threads almost always have moved away from the subject of the original message (often earlier!).
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Latest Leaders Meeting a Flop
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21346
Re: Latest Leaders Meeting a Flop
And while we are on the subject and closer to home, some find 'Cyp' mildly offensive, too. This is probably because it is mostly used by the less 'with it' sector of the British community here.
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Latest Leaders Meeting a Flop
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21346
Re: Latest Leaders Meeting a Flop
Because its connotations are similar to those of the 'N' word - it is offensive.
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Latest Leaders Meeting a Flop
- Replies: 61
- Views: 21346
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: New Air Con/Heater Units
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12126
Re: New Air Con/Heater Units
If you needed 24 000 then, you still need 24 000, but you will pay less for electricity.
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: New Air Con/Heater Units
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12126
Re: New Air Con/Heater Units
I think most do. I recently had the compressor of an LG unit render its soul after nearly 4 years. It took the techies four trips from Nicosia, but I was not asked for a penny.Road Warrior wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:51 pm Inverters are the way to go, the "Haeir" units, come with a five year warranty.
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: New Air Con/Heater Units
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12126
Re: New Air Con/Heater Units
'Look out for 'inverter' units which are most efficient...' The Grump has hit the nail on the head; with modern inverters, you get about 4 times as much heat for a given electricity consumption as you would from any other type of electric heating.
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: What do you miss?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 8003
Re: What do you miss?
I don't miss moaning Brits!
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:44 pm
- Forum: The Environment and Renewable Energies
- Topic: Trump wants us to roast
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7188
Re: Trump wants us to roast
1. Climate change was taking place anyway, it is cyclic, and has been since the earth was formed. 2. The pipelines are much needed and will also create many jobs. Nuts to a few soux extremists who are just anti-Trump trouble makers. What is "sacred" about any of that land? Geoff. Are you ...
- Thu Jan 26, 2017 2:27 pm
- Forum: The Environment and Renewable Energies
- Topic: Trump wants us to roast
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7188
Re: Trump wants us to roast
2 new pipelines to bring more CO2-producing oil to the US.
Worse, one of them crosses Native-American sacred land, which will be desecrated.
What is Trump playing at?
Worse, one of them crosses Native-American sacred land, which will be desecrated.
What is Trump playing at?