Recent content by jmh59

I finally had one of those 'this is your bank ... did you pay xxx, press 1 etc etc', from a Leeds number. Not my bank's fraud number, didn't say which bank and anyway I would always ignore such calls. But I was feeling left out having never received one of these...

Indeed. I checked mine against various SID boards in the area, all of which agreed that 22MPH on the speedo is 20MPH according to Mr SID. All may be wrong of course! Same for several 30MPH ones, 32=30 in my case (digital speedo). And the cruise control is no guarantee i.e. it sometimes goes over...

I've had front and rear cams for a while now and they produce interesting memories sometimes. As to 20MPH zones, our estate has been that for a while and generally it's been ok, except of course it's become obvious that the 20MPH limit does not apply to Royal Mail or numerous couriers (except...

Ah! That makes perfect sense - thanks.

That's a lot of heat. Aircon, lights, er... power sockets? While I realise it's a duff comparison if you converted 1500V/800A to 230V you get 5,217A and change... that's 401 13A sockets at full whack. But I have no idea what's inside these things and the figure may be a max of something rather...

I often park next to a sleeper carriage at 'work' - I noticed it marked 1500V AC and 800A. That's 1.2MW. What uses that much power? Or, what does it actually relate to if not a power usage?

Waaaay too little. I used to manage 10,000 steps per day but since I retired it's only 10,000 one day a week when I am on the railway. Mind you, it gives an example of vigorous activity as walking up stairs and then says "If you're working at this level, you will not be able to say more than a...

Wow some of you guys have been to so many places! We did Canada (Montreal) and Hong Kong many times on family visits, USA (Baltimore, Orlando x3), Australia (Sydney x 2), China (Beijing, Nanjing), France (Paris, Tours), Portugal (Lisbon), Netherlands (Amsterdam x 4), Turkey (Bodram), India (New...

U1 - Leeds mayor's limo (assuming it still is)

Finally - a Brexit benefit from these twerps https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/27/pint-of-wine-anyone-uk-looks-to-bring-back-silly-measure I mean I've always (not!) wanted to buy wine in 568ml (1 pint) bottles - maybe they can put wine in milk bottles to save on re-machining bottle...

For me it's the deep end of reservoirs. For some reason I have this fear of falling in and getting sucked into the pipework. And those reservoirs where the outflow is like a huge plug hole make me nervous too...

Work days used to drag, months seemed to pass very slowly but I took a severance deal at 58 and retired. Once past the stresses of work plus travel, yes, days fly past but are a whole lot of fun, new hobbies and stuff (or more correctly, actually having hobbies, as I never had time before). 64...

Likewise, and on a phone I changed a few months ago, right back to 5th Feb 2020 when I created a family group chat. What a pity the ex-buffoon and Sunak didn't simply copy us into their chats - I mean, anyone, someone off the street would have been able to send the missing texts to the enquiry...

Good grief, and these twerps run/ran the country? Lame excuse, which shall from this day forward be known as the 'Johnson-Sunak defence' when one is asked to present evidence from one's own device... sorry officer I have no access to those messages, I claim the Johnson-Sunak defence.

Thanks for that FAQ link, I must admit I've not looked for ages - but in her case I think the £2 coin is the better option anyway. As to whether the app stores ticket info yes it will, I was just concerned that the revenue protection officer sees an expired ticket and slaps a fine on but it...