forcebwithu Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Evil Penevil said: Heard on a TV news report last night: there are an estimated 340,000 fatalities due to motorcycle accidents worldwide every year, which is roughly 26% of the 1.3 million traffic-accident fatalities across the globe. In the U.S., about 14% of all vehicular deaths are attributed to motorbike accidents. In Thailand, 74% of all vehicular fatalities, or three out of four, are the result of motorcycle accidents. That's the highest percentage of vehicular deaths due to motorcycles in the world. Evil Rarely does a day go by that we don't read in the local news here of another motorcycle death. If the authorities wanted to get serious about reducing the number of accidents and deaths, all it would take is more enforcement of drink driving, speed, helmet and license laws, in that order. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Unfortunately the folks who pass the laws have little say in their enforcement. As long as the long established 'culture' in the police force prevails, nothing will change. It's not that various Govts don't care, they just have no power, which leads to ignoring so many rules 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) Today I learnt that the Klingon word for auxiliary backup is "chach" ... Edited April 27, 2023 by Derek Dangleberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Today I learnt that the Klingon word for auxiliary backup is "chach" ... majQa’! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 41 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Today I learnt that the Klingon word for auxiliary backup is "chach" ... I worked in IT long enough to recognise one of these. They were prone to the occasional head crash. Usually the head on one platter would touch the surface of the platter dislodging a bit of rust which would then migrate through the rest of the platters crashing the heads as it went. The operator would then swap disk packs and the damaged heads would then destroy that pack as well. A contractor was telling me about another site where they had had a head crash and of course no backup, auxiliary or otherwise. When the IT manager asked if there was anyway they could get the data back he, the contractor, gave him the filters out of the disk drive saying "that brown stuff, that's your data". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 1 hour ago, fygjam said: I worked in IT long enough to recognise one of these. For my first 10 years in the Army we used the Larkspur range of radios .. Valve driven from WW1 and WW2 .. Quite fucking shocking really that I was on the first Clansman course (CMN 001) the first equipment range that included transistors ...... in 1979....!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Today I learnt that the Klingon word for auxiliary backup is "chach" ... Your comment reminded me of my visit to the Star Trek attraction in Las Vegas. It was part museum ending with a very clever mock up of Enterprise's Bridge(?) whilst under a Klingon attack. What absolutely amazed me was the fact that so many of the visitors took it all so seriously. Not only did a good number of the adults dress up but I overhead conversations where adults were explaining to their kids that the mannequin they were looking at came from Planet "Zod" or wherever. There would invariably then be an explanation of the plot line in which that particular character featured. I could understand the kids all lapping it up but the adults all seemed to be so serious as though it was all real It was really so bizarre. ps British Airways had a Captain Kirk on their Heathrow/Edinburgh shuttle. The first time he introduced himself on the flight I was on every passenger in the cabin started singing "There's Klingons on the starboard side etc etc" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 What did I learn today? My cunning password to allow me access to HMGov.com's Gateway to check whether my tax calculation for 2022/23 had been finalized included a letter in lower case and not upper case as I expected. It took me half an hour to find where I had hidden my note book of important information. Fancy starting "dANNY'SPASSWORD" With a small "D." Needless to say, not finalized yet and they owe me a refund! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 A group of lizards is called a lounge. Had to look that up for my post in the Big Snakes topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: A group of lizards is called a lounge. Had to look that up for my post in the Big Snakes topic. Where does flange of baboons come from? The term "flange" for baboons originally came from a sketch on the British TV series "Not The Nine O'Clock News" and escaped into the common vernacular (at least in England) and has been further propagated on the internet. Whether or not it is used by academia is another matter altogether. Edited April 27, 2023 by fygjam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Fools and their money are easily parted. ... meanwhile ..... 😉 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 Offers a gazillion db of full body EMF shielding. Also includes lightening protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 I just learnt two new things reading the forum. One, there's a market for EMF protection clothing. The other is we have a fifth taste called umami. Every day is a school day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: I just learnt two new things reading the forum. One, there's a market for EMF protection clothing. The other is we have a fifth taste called umami. Every day is a school day. Bugger. I was going to make some crispy pork belly with sticky rice and a sweet, sour, spicy and salty dipping sauce for a gathering tomorrow. Now what do I do? Once seen it can't be unseen. Edited April 29, 2023 by fygjam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 hour ago, fygjam said: Bugger. I was going to make some crispy pork belly with sticky rice and a sweet, sour, spicy and salty dipping sauce for a gathering tomorrow. Now what do I do? Once seen it can't be unseen. It is nowt but MSG mate .. or Big C has small bottles of "Umami" .. look near the shelves with soy sauces or Teriyaki sauce .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Derek Dangleberries said: It is nowt but MSG mate .. or Big C has small bottles of "Umami" .. look near the shelves with soy sauces or Teriyaki sauce .. If it's nowt but MSG then why do they have to hide the name? Next they'll be calling the red wine "aged crimson grape juice with ethanol". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, fygjam said: If it's nowt but MSG then why do they have to hide the name? Next they'll be calling the red wine "aged crimson grape juice with ethanol". Yep, same as the products and food places that make a thing out of "No MSG" .. In Europe it is hidden behind an E number (eg Marmite - E621 ) EDIT - Another common item is Knorr cubes ...Although I think they actually call it MSG.. EDIT 2! - As usual I'm talking bollocks as of course they are not one and the same thing .. Stanford Uni.. "The reality is, MSG and umami give us the same taste experience. While MSG has a negative connotation and umami has a largely positive one, they actually use the same molecule—an amino acid called glutamate—to activate our taste receptors." Edited April 29, 2023 by Derek Dangleberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karon steve Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 And there was I thinking that umami was just a TV chefs way of saying savoury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, karon steve said: And there was I thinking that umami was just a TV chefs way of saying savoury. I thought it was something they shouted on "Shooting Stars" !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Derek Dangleberries said: an amino acid called glutamate I thought goo-to-mate was some sort of personal lubricant and glue-to-mate was a marriage certificate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 I learned a life saving procedure for choking dogs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 1 hour ago, forcebwithu said: I learned a life saving procedure for choking dogs. I'm scared to watch that. Does the procedure involve an incision deep into the dog's throat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Zambo said: I'm scared to watch that. Does the procedure involve an incision deep into the dog's throat? When I was 14 my best friends dog died choking on a saliva soaked sloppy tennis ball. He always used it for "fetch". One day because of the size of the ball and it's slippery condition the dog leaped up to get it and it got lodged. Died right there on the spot. Devastated my friend. He was never the same after that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Zambo said: I'm scared to watch that. Does the procedure involve an incision deep into the dog's throat? Not invasive technique at all. It's an external extraction technique. A simple massaging of the throat with thumbs on the sides of the neck to move the lodged object up and out. Well worth the watch as the technique is easy to learn and could save yours or someone else's pet in the future. Plus seeing the dog get up immediately after the object is removed is heartwarming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 On 4/27/2023 at 10:45 AM, biggles said: Unfortunately the folks who pass the laws have little say in their enforcement. As long as the long established 'culture' in the police force prevails, nothing will change. It's not that various Govts don't care, they just have no power, which leads to ignoring so many rules I was in the L.E. field for 30 years. Thankfully, long retired. I came upon the sad realization about 10 years ago that nothing will really change. I don't care what reforms they try to institute, the culture is too ingrained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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