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ChrisKen

Re: What kind of vehicle do you drive?

Daily Drivers
Alexander Denis Enviro200/200MMC/300/400/400MMC
Optare Versa/Solo/Solo SR
M.A.N 18.240LF

Occasional
Wright Streetdeck
AEC routemaster

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ChrisKen

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

art wrote:

PS Cleverly is UK foreign minister. He holds the rank of colonel in the British forces

Incorrect, he's a Lieutenant colonel (OF-4) of the TA/Army Reserves. Lt Col. sits above major but below colonel.

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ChrisKen

Re: Why hasn't anybody tried to film the Discworld series ???

https://wiki.lspace.org/TV_and_film_ada ... 0TV%20film.

However the radio series are far better.

ChrisKen

Re: Samsung Galaxy S23 Series

I tried Samsung phones twice. I got the S9+ when it was the whiz-bang gotta-have phone; I bought it for myself as a birthday present. It popped up ads in middle of my composing emails, and worst of all, it randomly played video advertisements at odd times. It did it at 11:40PM one night, and did it...

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ChrisKen

Re: Sheriff: Alec Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

Baldwin had no obligation to check the gun, nor would he be qualified to do so. It is the responsibility of the person handling a weapon to ensure that they know the state of that weapon, no ifs, no buts. Again, why is Baldwin being treated different from Joe Nobody in middle America who didn't kno...

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ChrisKen

Re: Sheriff: Alec Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

As a bare minimum both should have checked the weapons status (either of them doing so would have stopped the swiss cheese of the rest of the negligence). They're both culpable and should be charged accordingly. Baldwin had no obligation to check the gun, nor would he be qualified to do so. It is t...

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ChrisKen

Re: Sheriff: Alec Baldwin fired shot on movie set that killed woman

1. Basic firearm safety dictates that you don’t point a gun at someone without verifying it is safe. No matter what someone else assures you. Incorrect. Basic firearm safety dictates you don't direct a weapon towards anyone full stop, period, ever, unless you intend to discharge that lethal force a...

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ChrisKen

Re: Why did Eurostar not offer Amsterdam to London nonstop before?

It was so wierd that Eurostar offered London to Amsterdam nonstop but not the other way around. Why? I know now they do. What happened to the trains which ended in Amsterdam back then? Went empty to Brussels or back to London? On Eurostar/other cross channel services, immigration and custom control...

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ChrisKen

Re: I now have home Internet service - security measures?

You could shut down every programme running but there will always be activity on the network. Whether it's your email client syncing, your home security system running, a programme looking for updates or simply the devices upon it checking they are still there and 'talking' to each other and/or your...

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ChrisKen

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

Would the Challengers ever be used or just be transported over the border into Ukraine and stored somewhere? Of course they'd be used. This isn't a Red Square parade, Ukraine wouldn't leave operational units of one of the most capable MBTs on the planet unused on the sidelines during an active conf...

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ChrisKen

Re: Biden admin Ban gas stoves?

jetwet1 wrote:

How do those cruise ships cook for some many people without gas then ?

Millions of £/$ worth of heavy duty industrial kitchen equipment across several galleys and oh yeah, their own power generation plants.

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ChrisKen

Re: Harry's New Book 'Spare': Scuffle between Harry and Willie

Is that picture of the books real or is it photoshopped? It doesn't appear to be in a bookstore but somewhere else. Just asking... WH Smith. They'd been very overtly advertising it at half price for at least a fortnight before the books release in my local store. Thanks. So maybe they're using it a...

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ChrisKen

Re: Harry's New Book 'Spare': Scuffle between Harry and Willie

johns624 wrote:
Is that picture of the books real or is it photoshopped? It doesn't appear to be in a bookstore but somewhere else. Just asking...

WH Smith.
They'd been very overtly advertising it at half price for at least a fortnight before the books release in my local store.

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ChrisKen

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

https://youtube.com/shorts/O17-5B9QYxU

ChrisKen

Re: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests

I’m an American so I don’t really have much skin in the game. Should Harry lose his titles??? NO!!! What happens if Prince William and his entire family is wiped out by a 9/11 type event, a plane crash of his entire family, or a host of other possibilities in this bizarre age of life? The heir and ...

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ChrisKen

Re: Nearly half of Brits say Prince Harry should lose his title, survey suggests

Kind of a shame that the legislature has to waste its bandwidth on such tripe. A large chunk of it is to pave the way for the government to start trimming the peerage themselves, the Monarch also being granted the power to act unilaterally is collateral. It's also formalising the process since it i...

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ChrisKen

Re: Pele has passed away

He was a great player, but the GOAT? Football has evolved tremendously. IMHO he’s the GOAT of his era and one of the greatest of all time. Also is Maradona and Messi, to name a few. He didn’t play in European competitions, but had to stay in Brazil. European leagues had very strict rules regarding ...

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ChrisKen

Re: Current Entry Requirements for Qatar -

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel.html Ultimately our opinions don't matter a jot but for what it's worth: As a UK citizen I should be able to enter Qatar on a locally obtained (on arrival), free tourist visa for up to thirty days provided my passport has 6 months valid...

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ChrisKen

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

I’ve told you what I believed, you just choose not to agree. Indeed, you choose to believe that it’s a acceptable course of action for an authority to kill people without a demonstrable benefit to society based on feelings. Why should a person then not act on what they believe through feeling and w...

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ChrisKen

Re: Economic Crisis Looming in Russia

That explains why Putin is willing to negotiate now. Cold War lessons not learned? Russia's war in Ukraine Source: CNN He really isn't interested. It's just so he can blame Ukraine for not coming to the table. And why would they? Putin's idea of negotiation is for the Ukraine to just hand over ever...

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ChrisKen

Re: Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Barbados

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/0 ... siana.html

ChrisKen

Re: Oregon Gov Commutes death sentences.

There is ZERO evidence an innocent person was ever executed. As technology as advanced, with DNA the chances of wrongful convction is almost zero Well that's a crock of shit. There's plenty of evidence and the pile of useless posthumous pardons to go with it. The US wrongfully convicts on a regular...

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ChrisKen

Re: 10 Years Since Sandy Hook Shooting

bennett123 wrote:

Regarding the issue of shooting someone in the leg, where should you aim?.

Centre of the upper torso.
There's no such thing as "Shoot to wound" and you're not in a movie, you'd probably miss legs.

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ChrisKen

Re: Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Barbados

Catholicism and Islam has held more sway in Africa than the Brits ever did. Religious doctrine and the corruption that comes with it is more likely a greater influence.

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ChrisKen

Re: Large Aquarium in Berlin Bursts

In other news, Icelandair restart 757 service to Berlin

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ChrisKen

Re: New Zealand Bans Tobacco Sales for People Born After 2008

You're missing the point about criminalization of adult behavior. Smoking isn't being criminalised. Selling or providing smoking materials (tobacco products) to persons under certain age is. This was already in law, it's just the age threshold that's changed. A subtle but significant difference tha...

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ChrisKen

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

This POW looks like he's got bad frostbite? https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/comments/zlegir/russian_bandit_taken_into_custody/ It looks more like mud. Definitely not frostbite, which starts off as a red swelling and then turns black with necrosis. It also happens under the top layers ...

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ChrisKen

Re: Santas House on Zillow

SumChristianus wrote:
What happened in the 2013 remodel?

Also interestingly the background behind the pop-up says North Pole, AK? So the US claims the North Pole...

North Pole, Alaska is a suburb of Fairbanks.

Edit: Correction. A small city near Fairbanks.

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ChrisKen

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Revelation wrote:
Their own supporters, by raising billboards in Paris about it coming home, have set the standard they feel they should be judged by.

Billboard in Paris was placed by one of Murdoch's Brexit loving, red top trashy tabloid newspapers, not an England supporters group.

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ChrisKen

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

I recall some situation when Russian electronic warfare was working properly, the effectiveness of over the counter commercial drones can be reduced. In such situations hardened military drones would be a must. bt The only time their jamming is seen working properly and effectively is in the Kremli...

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ChrisKen

Re: Transiting through LHR or FRA?

When is the trip? I ask, because despite LHR being the 'front-runner' so to speak, so far - there are strikes planned that will certainly have a cascading effect. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/airport-strike-christmas-december-heathrow-b2240697.html Britons face further travel cha...

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ChrisKen

Re: BA Euroflyer

ty97 wrote:
Dominion301 wrote:

Is this a scheme to pay BA intra-Europe crew lower wages?

BA Euroflyer is intended to be a low-cost short-haul operator out of Gatwick.

Because that went so well the last time

Go Fly!

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ChrisKen

Re: Greatest movie ever

Starship Troopers. If you know, you know.

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ChrisKen

Re: Oldest airliner that can legally fly paying passengers

Noshow wrote:
Trans Northern in Alaska still might operate DC-3s that can be over 80 years old?

There are no scheduled DC3 passenger services left. A few frames still operate charter/sightseeing/enthusiast flights.

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ChrisKen

Re: What did I see?

Long time lurker but I never had much to add until now. While returning through Phoenix Sky Harbor 4 months ago I saw the tail livery of an America West 737 taxi past the alleyway. By the time I got my phone up it was gone and as I learned from reading here with no picture it did not happen. Well t...

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ChrisKen

Re: The "Other" Neutral Country in Europe

Austria isn't neutral, it's militarily non-aligned. And the difference is??? It's enacted EU sanctions on Russia. Austria therefore has acted with it's allies, ergo not neutral. Austria is non-aligned, although it won't use military to provide aid to EU members under article 42.7 or the rest of wor...

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ChrisKen

Re: The "Other" Neutral Country in Europe

Austria isn't neutral, it's militarily non-aligned.

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ChrisKen

Re: Minimum storage for a tablet

Also, when you update apps on Google Play, they move back to the internal storage, so having apps on the SD card is not an ideal setup since that wasn't Google's intention. Apps on the sd don't move when updated, at least they've never on any device I've owned They do on the Galaxy tabs. Strange, i...

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ChrisKen

Re: Minimum storage for a tablet

1337Delta764 wrote:
Also, when you update apps on Google Play, they move back to the internal storage, so having apps on the SD card is not an ideal setup since that wasn't Google's intention.

Apps on the sd don't move when updated, at least they've never on any device I've owned

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ChrisKen

Re: Minimum storage for a tablet

Remember that the SD card slot is only for file storage. Apps must go on the internal storage. Urm nope, you can put apps on the SD card on pretty much any android device. Many of mine are although some apps with higher security requirements won't let you. As for storage required, it's entirely up ...

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ChrisKen

Re: World Cup 2022 Football Thread

Qatar out - Quickest exit of a host nation in WC history.

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ChrisKen

Re: Air Canada Priority Rewards Question

https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/hom ... rds.html#/ See T&Cs

So no Guam, no Puerto Rico.

ChrisKen

Re: Fly Atlantic - latest UK startup

Galwayman wrote:
They’re up against Zero taxes and excellent low fares (esp in business class ) from Dublin . Can’t see it working … even SNN would have a better chance

There's no APD on "direct long haul" (over 2000 miles) from Northern Ireland, which flights to the US would fall under.

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ChrisKen

Re: FLL 40min domestic conex on JetBlue

It would depend on how it's ticketed for me but I'd be very conscious of the high probability of delay out of DC at that time of year. "Self transfer"/Separate tickets - definitely go with the 4hrs. Through ticket/One ticket - If they're selling it, it must be in theory be doable and they'...

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ChrisKen

Re: Reversal of Mini Budget

The only benefit is a good proportion of staunch brexiteering proudboys leaving these shores and desperately trying to offload their UK assets.

Oh and paper mills are having a good run with all the extra paperwork that's now required. Thanks brexit.

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ChrisKen

Re: Pop Icon Taylor Swift vs TicketMaster / Live Nation

One way to dissuade resellers could be to require ticket holders to present the credit card they used to make the purchase at entry to the venue. If the ticket holder can’t, he or she would get a refund in the amount originally paid after showing identification. My daughter is not taking my card to...

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ChrisKen

Re: Pop Icon Taylor Swift vs TicketMaster / Live Nation

One way to dissuade resellers could be to require ticket holders to present the credit card they used to make the purchase at entry to the venue. If the ticket holder can’t, he or she would get a refund in the amount originally paid after showing identification. My daughter is not taking my card to...

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ChrisKen

Re: At the last minute, Qatar bans beer from WC matches

Meh, nothing to do with Sharia, they're saving thousands of fans from the swill Budweiser calls beer.

StarAC17 wrote:
The English soccer hooligans are ready to go!!

Oh please, you're about 25 years out of touch.

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ChrisKen

Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Discussion Thread

Some reports are starting to emerge that the Russians have blasted the Kherson dam. There is a video of the blast that is being aired by Russian media: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-media-shows-footage-of-explosion-at-nova-kakhovka-dam-in-kherson/vi-AA142aSw?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=76...

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ChrisKen

Re: Check-in denied because of allegedly damaged passport, similar experiences?

The passport was damaged and in such a way it could have been tampered with (ie, page replaced and passed off as "damage"). I'm afraid the agent was probably right in denying boarding on that basis. Different borders apply differing levels of discretion and/or strictness with documents. So...

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