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Trusses declared Aim is More Jobs at Better Pay. The less declared is a big reduction in the scope of the state and the welfare state payments. The bankers on (Black?) Friday took fright at the mini-statement being unfunded, which was a bit daft as the kick in of most tax cuts would be in 2023. One ...

This is good news, although it's about `super-agers' it could help all of us in the future... `Study offers clues to super-agers' brilliant brains' LINK `US scientists believe they may be closer to answering why certain elderly people retain rare cognitive ability comparable to people 30 years youn...

Age is just a number and in itself it never killed anybody. There was always a strong rumour that King George VI was helped on his way and the report of his death announced much later. So Queen Elizabeth II woke up that morning and said to herself,'Bloody hell' I'm 96 I'm off this afternoon. All ni...

PanBiker wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 16:20 Indeed but it does sound weird having your name all over the national news.

I have often wondered why they attribute names to them, why not just an incrementing number. H235 or similar followed by H236 etc would be fine.

Of course if it were truly a rare event it would be Iain with two eyes

Green parties have done well on the Continent so perhaps ours will begin to gather more supporters. The party's co-leader Adrian Ramsay said oil and gas companies were "flourishing" while "families struggle to pay their bills" and he added that money and powers were currently in...

Interesting that the supposedly rural underinvested north is marginally faster than crowded london. I suppose fewer users though capacity is capacity just add more mux processors crudely. Always found rural telephone exchanges ( mortonhampsted, otley) fascinating buildings compared to the london meg...

Omicron and Omega. Something hidden in Greek that was to do with the prounounciation of Long and Short "O" sound O Micron - Little O O Mega - Big or Long O I suppose something had to come last in the alphabet but never could work out why it was Omega - I just think it got added later for t...

The media are reporting the economy has grown by 0.2%. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63086562 Seems more complex than the headline , and Stanley error margin note. "The UK's economy grew in the second quarter of this year, contrary to an initial reading which said it had shrunk, revised ...

typical usage " Currently the price cap is £1,971 a year for typical usage, and this will rise to £2,500 in October (as in from Saturday"

EDF have done things the other way round. Increased the DD, and promised to send the £67 ish back at the start of each month by bank transfer.

More sneaky fiddling come to light... `Leaked dossier suggests Scottish ferry deal may have been rigged' LINK `A leaked dossier has suggested the process of awarding a £97m Scottish ferries contract may have been rigged. Documents obtained by BBC Disclosure indicate that successful bidder Ferguson ...

Many years ago, a senior civil servant who was working in the Welsh administration when John Redwood (as he was then) was Welsh Secretary told me that the man was dangerous and should be watched. He reckoned he was mentally unstable. He supported the Truss candidature and this morning I heard him s...

Ran the link.

Is it taking the timings from the Router or the client computer ( I connect on wi-fi normally)
Download 71 Mbps
Latency Unloaded 5 ms Loaded 60 ms
Upload Speed 16 Mbps

(Good enough -I suppose I could tweak it and get the ftp correctly into the internal box indoors)

The IMF have run a rough slide rule over the proposals, and come up with negative conclusions

Would not the best idea to land an object on the bigger item, dig into it with a fireable rocket system and steer it away from earth ?

Somehow someone has stolen the sun and sent early the colder north winds. London's early yesterday rain gave way to a day of showers, some heavy, which continued overnight and into today, late sept sun is weakly around but will soon give way to the october one that fails to bring its own heat. Why i...

Apparently Local Authorities are strapped for cash and cannot afford to put up and light the christmas illuminations. Having been criticised for potentially cancelling previous christmas due to covid restrictions looks like that Truss is going to manage to complete the job

Put me in the totally confused bracket. We have always been told that business need stable financial conditions so that they can plan ahead and plan future investments. This was always the reason given for discussions with business leaders before changes were introduced. Now we have got the polar o...

I have 3 years left on a mortgage, I booked an appointment last week, for tomorrow, to fix it for those 3 years. Current 3 year fix is just over 4%, hopefully that is still available tomorrow. My current fix is just over 2% and runs out in April, if the 4% deal is still available it'll be worth my ...

A quick call in on Stanley where he showed me the work in progress on the pump. A lot small unit than I had imagined made more difficult by making a solid double throw crank. The design committee's Scotch Yoke mechanism to to eccentric problem is spot on. A moving animation can be seen in the wiki ...

might be worth noting the DWP Financial Support for persons on Attendance Allowance here , as part of the energy price crises abatement program of the government. The Trailed £150 payment that was due to be paid from last monday (19th Sept) has finally trickled down into my mothers account. Presumab...

I remember seeing Alligator Grips, cannot recall what for though ( one was a type of hammered in fixing to join two pieces of wood together adjacently parallel ?)

Communication from E.ON this morning, combined increase of £23.77 a month. Kev that's only £284 a year, a mere bagatelle, You must be well below the average usage to enjoy such a small increase. Nothing new from Octopus yet so I'm still working on their previous estimate of £550 per year increase. ...

London keeps its grey and rainy with touches of sun. Looks to be the same for some time, I presume the climbs of Barnoldswick as long as the northern airflows keep away should retain things reasonably well for late gardening free of frost.

Well we know where the naval ship engineers spent monday last. Princess Anne went to thank them