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- Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Has anyone's government addressed things like: What materials should masks be made of? To what standard should masks be made? How often/long should masks be worn? Is single use or washable the way forwards? How should masks be disposed of? Should all biohazard waste be destroyed? How does all of th...
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Has anyone's government addressed things like: What materials should masks be made of? To what standard should masks be made? How often/long should masks be worn? Is single use or washable the way forwards? How should masks be disposed of? Should all biohazard waste be destroyed? How does all of th...
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:55 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9067013
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
why limit congress's access to information? i still don't understand Because without limitation a hostile House could issue 1 million subpoenas and the White House would be consumed trying to defend them. Also, the Executive is entitled to a certain degree of discretion, known as Executive Privileg...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:43 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: F1 Thread
- Replies: 17847
- Views: 1207407
Re: F1 Thread
I think Hamilton didn't place at Austria last year, but Bottas did, so maybe Lewis won't actually smoke him. He finished 5th. Last year's Mercedes had cooling problems and it was a hot weekend, but yeah, Hamilton had a poor race. The previous year both Mercedes had hydraulic issues when leading the...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: F1 Thread
- Replies: 17847
- Views: 1207407
Re: F1 Thread
Had anyone else done that I would have been screaming they did it deliberately to prevent being challenged for pole But as it's bottas and merc are so far ahead of everyone else... hamilton will smoke him regardless. .. so dont care I wouldn't be to sure. I think Bottas beats Hamilton more often th...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Scary how quickly this thing is spreading in America. As mentioned earlier, what is strange is the number of deaths is dropping. https://i.ibb.co/b1Ygkf0/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-11-44-23-am.png https://i.ibb.co/YDvJRBW/Screen-Shot-2020-07-04-at-11-44-16-am.png Bloody hell on the right side of the...
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Multi room wireless speakers
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7138
Re: Multi room wireless speakers
mr bungle wrote:A test for the audiophiles, shame Torq has been gassed.
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/ ... io-quality
Did it first with decent headphones and it was simple, 6/6
On tablet speakers, 3/6
On mobile phone speakers, 2/6
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:06 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Multi room wireless speakers
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7138
Re: Multi room wireless speakers
The only drawback with my Sonos gear is the WiFi connection. It drops out on a regular basis and I have to keep toggling the WiFi on/off switch on my phone or even reset the router to get it to respond. Particularly annoying when I’m trying to turn off the motherfücking Trolls soundtrack my kid lik...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:28 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Multi room wireless speakers
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7138
Re: Multi room wireless speakers
Other than i bought the first of my sonos kit before Amazon with echo were even in the market with their stuff and it is far easier for me to add more sonos kit to my existing system. Ovals, I agree if you can afford it, go for it. Much like i do with sonos, the ease with which it works for me does...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Multi room wireless speakers
- Replies: 75
- Views: 7138
Re: Multi room wireless speakers
Sonos for me but I’m not a music snob . Sonos with Spotify works for me and it’s fairly idiot proof which also helps I’d say that’s exactly what you are! You’re buying amazon echo grade audio for 5+ times the price because you think the brand is trendy. You’d be much better served filling your hous...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 10:48 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Explanation of the delay in UK reporting yesterday: We have updated the methodology of reporting positive cases, to remove duplicates within and across pillars 1 and 2, to ensure that a person who tests positive is only counted once. Methodologies between nations differ and we will be making future ...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:18 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Perhaps I might have seemed flippant about conjuring figures of deaths and I apologise if it caused offence. I meant that totals just seem to be "massaged" sometimes to give the impression that the politicians are dealing well with the virus. The high death rate is not a matter to be taken lightly ...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
- Replies: 280
- Views: 23394
Re: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
Try to reset password - "The submitted form was invalid"
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
- Replies: 280
- Views: 23394
Re: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
From Asmo If people have issues logging in, sometimes Firefox is the cause, get them to use Chrome. Firefox extensions are a bitch, if you don't want to use Chrome, tell them to shut off all the extensions, try log in then, if it works, re-enable extensions 1 by 1 until you find the culprit. Also i...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
- Replies: 280
- Views: 23394
Re: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
From Asmo If people have issues logging in, sometimes Firefox is the cause, get them to use Chrome. Firefox extensions are a bitch, if you don't want to use Chrome, tell them to shut off all the extensions, try log in then, if it works, re-enable extensions 1 by 1 until you find the culprit. Also i...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:02 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
- Replies: 280
- Views: 23394
Re: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
Can get into NPR on Chrome mobile, but not desktop
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
- Replies: 9918
- Views: 840717
Re: Boris goooooone or just Cummings?
Somewhere along the line my intended audience for a comment might feel shamed into responseovalball wrote:Boris in telling porkies shocker.Saint wrote:The whole point of this was to allow the government to appoint people with expertise wasn't it? That's what Borus said the other day
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
- Replies: 9918
- Views: 840717
Re: Boris goooooone or just Cummings?
The whole point of this was to allow the government to appoint people with expertise wasn't it? That's what Borus said the other day
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Get Z score by local authority, allow controlling for any or all of BAME%, poverty & population density, render the result as a shaded map of the UK. Should give you a clearer idea of whether or not it's something specific to England's governance, or English behaviour, or some other factor. :thumbu...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:24 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
- Replies: 280
- Views: 23394
Re: NPR lifeboat - New Forum
so far I massively prefer NPR to 365. All the wit kant appear to have moved to 365, including the return of many we thought we were permanently rid of
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9067013
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Looks like the bounty story is not as cut and dried as it seems. Who could have seen this coming? https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/505159-top-intelligence-officials-release-statements-criticizing-leaking-of Love the disingenuousness from Trump here... President Trump has denied being bri...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112751
- Views: 7637552
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Northampton Saints is delighted to announce a further 19 first-team players have committed their futures to the Club by signing contract extensions. Seven internationals are amongst those to pen new deals, with England’s Courtney Lawes, Lewis Ludlam, Teimana Harrison, Piers Francis and George Furba...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Well, in some relatively good news, ONS data for w/e 19th June shows excess deaths for that week marginally under the 5 year average.
A total of approx 10,700 deaths across the UK that week, of which around 850 were Covid19
A total of approx 10,700 deaths across the UK that week, of which around 850 were Covid19
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112751
- Views: 7637552
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Think it might have been quashed now anyway. Although Jamie Gibson has see definitely left , seemingly without a club lined up. Sign of the times I guess, that someone like him isn't walking straight into a new gig. Blimey!! Good player, amazed he hasn't been snapped up elsewhere He just announced ...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:20 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Rumour is club cricket is just a couple of weeks away from returning, according to a fairly reputable source of mine. That and the pubs stay open and all is well. Saliva will be banned on the ball? I would have thought this was unenforceable It is but then so are all the lockdown rules really. Fwiw...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9067013
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
U.S. politics knowers once you have logged on can you answer this question for me please. Is it better to control the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate? Or doesn't it matter unless you control both? Thank you in advance. Senate has responsibility for review of judic...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:42 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112751
- Views: 7637552
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Decent law based article on the Skivington case here. It's an interesting one and as always depends on what the actual facts (rather than bluster) are. http://rugbyandthelaw.com/2020/06/29/gloucester-vs-london-irish-dispute-george-skivington-rugby-head-coach-contract-premiership-rfu-regulations/amp...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Saliva will be banned on the ball? I would have thought this was unenforceablecroyals wrote:Rumour is club cricket is just a couple of weeks away from returning, according to a fairly reputable source of mine. That and the pubs stay open and all is well.
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
The single biggest thing that's different to how Scotland has performed vs England is when the lockdown started relative to each countries curve. The UK effectively locked down at the same time - but England, and London in particular, was already much further along the infection curve than Scotland....
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Your favourite Bond theme song??
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3825
Re: Your favourite Bond theme song??
The David Arnold version of anything that gets listed on this thread
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9067013
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Whilst he has removed it, have you seen the video he retweeted? The one with his supporter yelling 'white power'? If so I don't know if it's that bad, okay for me it's weird anyone is even willing to vote for Trump never mind walk around with a pro Trump slogan on their shirt, but he was being yell...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
This whole mask issue to me shows, again, the (non too subtle) inherent arrogance of the Anglo Saxons towards the rest of the world (in general) and the Far East (in particular). They have learned very little since the Opium Wars and subsequent conquests. A leopard definitely doesn't change its spo...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Case numbers starting to trend up again in London. Very early trend, but gone up from c.16 to c.25 a day over the last week. They need to keep an eye on it, certainly, but when the baseline numbers get this low then it only takes one "superspreader" to have a huge impact on the number. Just as with...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
This whole mask issue to me shows, again, the (non too subtle) inherent arrogance of the Anglo Saxons towards the rest of the world (in general) and the Far East (in particular). They have learned very little since the Opium Wars and subsequent conquests. A leopard definitely doesn't change its spo...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
An interesting study now showing only 13% of adults want to return to the Old Normal post COVID-19. In the meanwhile people have discovered that they have found family life, a more balanced life and flexible working. You know, something closer to what the Nordic countries have enjoyed in their econ...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Thanks Saint. I'm aware of the T cell response but wasn't aware it was possible to confer 'immunity', more that it just meant you had a strong immune system against all comers. So, you'd still be hopeful that those who had a strong T cell response wouldn't be able to pass it on if they got it again...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:38 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
So, if we're assuming no real immunity conferred (apart from possibly those who got it really bad), where does that leave us? Hard to create a vaccine in those circumstances. So treatment plans all the way and hope it dies off/mutates into something less severe? Well I’m not sure that’s the case th...
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
- Replies: 61121
- Views: 3379852
Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Another thing that should be a tad worrying for countries in the NH is what is happening in Brazil. The virus is spreading like the bejesus on roller skates in areas recording temperatures not far removed from summer temperatures for coastal NW Europe. The warming NH weather may not slow the spread...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 10:22 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9067013
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Europe planning to ban travel to/from the US even as they open travel to the rest of the world
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
- Replies: 126890
- Views: 9067013
Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
I wonder what the chances are that Barr will be prosecuted under a Biden presidency. You wouldn't waste the time and effort. He's lied to Congress, probably should be impeached, but once he's out if office then there's more pressing matters to consider. Some thought needs to be given to depoliticis...