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Hart group… https://www.logically.ai/articles/hart-files-anti-vaccine-myths-westminster

This is the issue with some people though, they refuse to aknowledge that it's not on or off but that there are other degrees of success the effects of mass vaccination will have, such as reducing the risk of illness to everybody but particularly those who might be vulnerable, plus lower transmissibility of the virus.

Has anyone here done any antibody tests? If so, what were the results and were you vaccinated at all?

Was in France a couple of weeks ago and had to show vaccination proof for all indoor and organised outdoor events. Also a well respected mask policy. Staff managed well and I didn’t see any issues. It’s basically like ticket checks so can’t see why it wouldn’t work here.

Have you thought about buying something that needs improvements which you can do over the time you live there as your overall investment is then likely to give a greater yield.

Have you heard about NFT’s (Non Fungible Tokens) 😕

I live in a small town in N. Wales which suffered from the line closures. We had a thriving commercial and tourist industry served by the railway, even had trains arriving from St Pancras as early as 1900. It gave links to the main coast line (which still exists) and inland to N.E Wales, S.Wales and England. The line opened on 4th August 1868 and closed to passengers on 18th January 1965 as a result of the Beeching Axe. Our transport links are some of the worst in the country and as a result we have to travel to England to go to S. Wales or N.E Wales by train. Our Bus and Coach services are also poor so massively underused. Of course, nearly everyone here drives and most families have multiple cars so our roads have become much busier. In the summer, my closest coastal towns population goes from around 3,000 to 30,000 + people, nearly all arriving by road. Don't get me started on the cost of rail travel either...

I wish I could like this comment more, I'm not sure it's unpopular though. As an aside, in the late 90's I mapped out some of the old disused lines in parts of North Wales and walked as many of them as I could, taking notes for evidence of Mammals, plants, insects and birds. It's unbelievable what this habitat sustains.

The thread wasn't illegal...

I’m amazed. I used to live near to there and used Slash Lane several times a week. I had to pay a load of kids once to push my car clear of the water and that was in the 80s… I’m sure the council were discussing improvements even then.

Not sure what you’re implying. Has this practice happened before then? 🎣

Searching people would never work as it’s too easy to conceal small items. I think it’s a case of extra staff vigilance, cctv, threats of tougher legal consequences and having a plan with friends who will watch each others actions. These are mostly measures that the potential victims have to take so are grossly unfair but as a father to two daughters, one currently in University, I am like a stuck record when they go out at weekends.

I think in a roundabout way he means we should nationalise all rail services 🤷‍♂️

Sorry, wasn’t disagreeing with you, just adding context to what you said. For someone who has no experience with code readers it can just confuse and be of no benefit hence suggesting getting someone to do it for you.

I've done a few EGR valves, either cleaned, blanked off or replaced. As you say, the A3 is easy to get to but it may not be the issue in the first place as I've known garages to guess. I looked at a neighbours Yaris last week with same light on, my reader told me it was a Lambda sensor. £15.00 and 10 minutes to do. Garage had told her it would cost her for a diagnostic check plus parts and labour... The trouble with using a code reader (if you're unfamiliar with them or non mechanic) is that it may show an historic fault that hasn't been cleared or rectified and be nothing to do with the fault light. It certainly won't tell you if it's a faulty filler cap. Get the code read and go from there.

This. Probably...

If it is, it's normally to do with emissions so could well be EGR (or Lambda Sensor, or injector, or DPF, or...) Diagnosis is crucial.

Izzy is right, it could be something really simple or a horror show. Get onto someone with a code reader to diagnose it and at least you have somewhere to start. Ask on social media or a forum if anyone near you has one and knows how to use it. I would steer away from the cheap ones and unless you have an intention to use regularly, get someone else to do it (plus the cheap ones don't actually do much). There is bound to be someone on here or social media near to you. I have a good generic one and also the SDD for Jaguar Landrover but I am in Wales.

Every cloud...

I'm also obsessed by the bookcase phonomenen. Some are quite obviously staged, as is the decoration in the room - portrait of a monarch, flag etc. - although lhe lack of fiction isn't an issue for me as I almost never read fiction myself, in fact I often get angry when I try. Irrational i know . I know lots of people who also never read fiction and I don't find it unusual. My bookcases are on display for any visitor to see and I think most are bored rigid (I also have my books organised in order of subject/genre ) I'm in the early stages of moving house so have started packing them into crates marked 'office' so my wife doesn't realise just how many I have.

The report also refers to the drop off rates and less efficient protection as time goes by, hence the call for boosters etc.

That’s because it’s not true. It’s specifically in household settings. Poor report from the BBC. The lancet paper it’s taken from: Findings The SAR in household contacts exposed to the delta variant was 25% (95% CI 18–33) for fully vaccinated individuals compared with 38% (24–53) in unvaccinated individuals. The median time between second vaccine dose and study recruitment in fully vaccinated contacts was longer for infected individuals (median 101 days [IQR 74–120]) than for uninfected individuals (64 days [32–97], p=0·001). SAR among household contacts exposed to fully vaccinated index cases was similar to household contacts exposed to unvaccinated index cases (25% [95% CI 15–35] for vaccinated vs 23% [15–31] for unvaccinated). 12 (39%) of 31 infections in fully vaccinated household contacts arose from fully vaccinated epidemiologically linked index cases, further confirmed by genomic and virological analysis in three index case–contact pairs. Although peak viral load did not differ by vaccination status or variant type, it increased modestly with age (difference of 0·39 [95% credible interval –0·03 to 0·79] in peak log10 viral load per mL between those aged 10 years and 50 years). Fully vaccinated individuals with delta variant infection had a faster (posterior probability >0·84) mean rate of viral load decline (0·95 log10 copies per mL per day) than did unvaccinated individuals with pre-alpha (0·69), alpha (0·82), or delta (0·79) variant infections. Within individuals, faster viral load growth was correlated with higher peak viral load (correlation 0·42 [95% credible interval 0·13 to 0·65]) and slower decline (–0·44 [–0·67 to –0·18]).

Don’t tell them. 3 months wage slips should do it.

What, something that has been in the public domain for months…

Smoke and mirrors...