portland_bill said:

Late morning, knock at the door, large scruffy van. Got to the door, parcel on step, van driver waved and set off.

All sounds good so far, but I was not expecting any parcel. Name on parcel no known to me, but address is mine.

Apparently, when registering, entered postcode, then selected address from list. Presumably slip of the mouse, not noticed.

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Yep I had similar..

Car parts .. no name.. but my correct address.

Asked the neighbours.. looked for the correct vehicle brand in the street..

Nothing..

You would anticipate the sender would be quizzed about where it was sent..

But 4 weeks and nothing..

DaveMcT said:

Check out the blogs/podcasts from Chris Martenson MD Peak Prosperity
https://www.peakprosperity.com/about/

Martensen makes no secret that Covid -19 can be very nasty indeed. However, he was warned by the US medical authorities back in the early days that he should not give Hydroxyxhloroquine with zinc. He told them he had adequate evidence to prescribe and would be happy to present to a tribunal. They have not bothered him after that.
He said back in April that viral the genome had some strange characteristics especially in the areas related to human infection. The normal mutation rates were non existent in those areas almost as if they had been pasted in. Australian virology research has since said the chances of these changes happening naturally are almost zero. Other researchers found signatures of gene editing tools.
All of that has of course gone quiet. For some reason nobody wants to admit this is not an entirely natural virus.

Vitamin D is vital for immune health. We should get enough is summer from sunlight but during winter many people are low. Many are low all year because they avoid sunlight.

Back in 2014, Ivor Cummings delivered lectures about Vitamin D (actually the lack of). He is not a medic, but uses existing medical evidence to show that most people should be taking 5000 IU per day. Way beyond the 600 IU in the official figures. The information is never given by GPs because they would lose their licence. High dose vitamin D is supposed to cause artery calcification thought the mechanism is never explained. It seems to be ignored that Vitamin D is almost always prescribed with calcium supplements.
Anyone can check out this information for themselves. Ivor Cummings shows the data sources and explains the mechanisms.

I have a friend who used to visit her mother on Trinidad 2x per year. When he mum died, she became ill. She put it down to depression. Her GP refused to prescribe medication but hinted she should check vitamin levels. She discovered the vitamin D issue, put herself on 5000 IU and her health turned around. When she told her GP, he explained that he is not allowed to discuss the issue even with dark skinned people. I don't see why he could not order a blood test. Rules is rules I guess.

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Firstly there is information out there from members of the medical community highlighting that the first guy you mention is neither a scientist, a physician or an economists and he is one of many people who have looked to capitalise on the spread of miss information via social media. This is all available information if you took 2 seconds to look this up.
So if he had to explain anything to a tribunal following prescriptions of hydoxychloroquine then the real question would be why is he prescribing any medications without a licence to practice medicine?

I don’t know who Ivor Cummings is but again why are you quoting supposed findings from someone who is not an expert who has made discoveries that apparently no one in medicine has made?? But this is nothing new and we’ve know since way before 2014 (when this guy came along) the benefits of vitamin D on mood and on bones so much so there is even a nice guideline on it please please do check it out https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph56 feel free to check it out.

If you don’t know why vitamin D Is prescribed with calcium then you don’t understand how vitamin d is used by the body And how vitamin d and calcium go hand in hand, the bones need calcium and vitamin D is vital to how the bones are made and maintained. So no vitamin d = osteoporosis or worst still rickets, which you should probably know.....?

You once told me as a chiropractor you where trained to the same standard as a GP, if that were the case obviously you would be an actual GP, but if you are so highly educated why are you looking to all the non medical conspiracy theorists and frauds you can find to try and confirm something that has been disproven time and time again !!! You have clearly firm ideas about what you want to be true so you are looking only to the resources that confirm your bias, this is not scientific by any stretch of the imagination and destroys any credibility you think you might have.

Try sharing these falsehoods on Twitter and Facebook and see how long it takes before you get it either removed as disinformation or a big warning label slapped on your post.

Also your whole post reads terribly which makes me wonder if you’ve just copied and pasted it or bits of it come from somewhere else.

Too warm..
Got to get in a hot car..
Then work a late shift..but it is airconditioned

Having online purchase hassles..

Checking the paypal website..I saw this

Doh...!!! And I still give them my business

Vitamin D is about far more than bones. Medical evidence proves it but for some some reason the medical system wont review its own data. I know a few GPs who find ways to hint at their patients that higher dose Vit D is needed.

In my case I order a blood test and prescribe vitamin D accordingly. I have no idea why that's so difficult for NHS GPs.

As for Martensen and Ivor Cummings pushng falsehoods, I suggest you listen to their reasoning and check their sources. They are not pushing you to believe them. Their data is freely available. The Cummings lecture on Vitamin D was given in 2014 certainly no Covid axe to grind on that one.

All of the US owned social media outfits are keen to squash anything controversial especially about Covid and China. They can't afford to upset China so they act as publishers and sensor the content. I have no problem if they want to become content publishers, but they should not be allowed to do that while pretending to be a free and open platforms for discussion.

Opposite my house, I look at the backs of a terrace of four houses, in a cul-de-sac off the next street. Two have gates in their fences, but rarely use them. This gives a run of space for about 8 cars, with the next bit included. This is used by those who overspill thier own drives. It is frequently full, but mostly will have one or two spaces available.

A few years ago, one tenant pulled down his fence and installed a dropped kerb. (With council permission). He parked his motorhome on his back garden. Was only there 18 months.

When he moved out, the housing association put up a fence, badly, but this has since been replaced with a proper one with a gate. Sometime over the last few days a notice has been pinned to this gate, so today I wandered over to read it. It starts with "Polite Notice". As soon as one reads that, it is assumed that it will not be polite in its message. It goes on to state that as of today, they will be using 'their' space by their dropped kerb, so it should be left clear for them.

I think they've misunderstood a dropped kerb. It allows access to property, but conveys no rights. It is not an offence to park across it, confirmed on the local authority website today. As the dropped kerb is not for access, as they will not get any vehicle through a pedestrian gate, it is meaningless.

For the odd occasion when I need to park on the road, that space will be my first choice. Looking out now, 11pm, I see the usual vehicles parked there, so no change yet then. The two usual ones will not take kindly to being asked to keep away, so we might get some excitement.

DaveMcT said:

In my case I order a blood test and prescribe vitamin D accordingly. .

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This is rather concerning. Remind me when chiropractors became prescribers

portland_bill said:

Opposite my house, I look at the backs of a terrace of four houses, in a cul-de-sac off the next street. Two have gates in their fences, but rarely use them. This gives a run of space for about 8 cars, with the next bit included. This is used by those who overspill thier own drives. It is frequently full, but mostly will have one or two spaces available.

A few years ago, one tenant pulled down his fence and installed a dropped kerb. (With council permission). He parked his motorhome on his back garden. Was only there 18 months.

When he moved out, the housing association put up a fence, badly, but this has since been replaced with a proper one with a gate. Sometime over the last few days a notice has been pinned to this gate, so today I wandered over to read it. It starts with "Polite Notice". As soon as one reads that, it is assumed that it will not be polite in its message. It goes on to state that as of today, they will be using 'their' space by their dropped kerb, so it should be left clear for them.

I think they've misunderstood a dropped kerb. It allows access to property, but conveys no rights. It is not an offence to park across it, confirmed on the local authority website today. As the dropped kerb is not for access, as they will not get any vehicle through a pedestrian gate, it is meaningless.

For the odd occasion when I need to park on the road, that space will be my first choice. Looking out now, 11pm, I see the usual vehicles parked there, so no change yet then. The two usual ones will not take kindly to being asked to keep away, so we might get some excitement.

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It still amazes me how many people still believe they have some sort of legal write to the road in front of their house.

portland_bill said:

I think they've misunderstood a dropped kerb. It allows access to property, but conveys no rights. It is not an offence to park across it, confirmed on the local authority website today. As the dropped kerb is not for access, as they will not get any vehicle through a pedestrian gate, it is meaningless.

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I got a parking ticket for parking next to a drop kerb in front of a derelict business premises, it stated some thing like i obstructed the use of drop kerb for push chairs and wheelchair users.

dave said:

I got a parking ticket for parking next to a drop kerb in front of a derelict business premises, it stated some thing like i obstructed the use of drop kerb for push chairs and wheelchair users.

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That would need to be a dropped kerb specifically for that purpose then, such as at junctions and crossings. A standard dropped kerb is for access to premises. I suppose too late now, but I would have disputed that one.

When neighbour started work opposite to drop the kerb, I was concerned about his effectively removing one space from the busy street. Thinking it needed planning, and expecting to be notified as a neighbour, I called the council. Got a call back from the local engineer, good conversation, no planning needed, but permission is, and had been granted, (refusal usually only on safety grounds), but not 'his' space, and not an offence to park across it.

Rules might be localised.

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I suppose too late now, but I would have disputed that one.

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about 25 years too late

dave said:

about 25 years too late

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Same here..

1996 Fiat Uno Travels Through Time, Reaches 2020 With Just 560 Miles On The Clock
BY DAN MIHALASCU | AUGUST 12, 2020


Its in Germany and up for grabs at @£5k

Courtesy of 'carscoops'

I loved our old UNOs.. better than a classic panda for me

portland_bill said:

Opposite my house, I look at the backs of a terrace of four houses, in a cul-de-sac off the next street. Two have gates in their fences, but rarely use them. This gives a run of space for about 8 cars, with the next bit included. This is used by those who overspill thier own drives. It is frequently full, but mostly will have one or two spaces available.

A few years ago, one tenant pulled down his fence and installed a dropped kerb. (With council permission). He parked his motorhome on his back garden. Was only there 18 months.

When he moved out, the housing association put up a fence, badly, but this has since been replaced with a proper one with a gate. Sometime over the last few days a notice has been pinned to this gate, so today I wandered over to read it. It starts with "Polite Notice". As soon as one reads that, it is assumed that it will not be polite in its message. It goes on to state that as of today, they will be using 'their' space by their dropped kerb, so it should be left clear for them.

I think they've misunderstood a dropped kerb. It allows access to property, but conveys no rights. It is not an offence to park across it, confirmed on the local authority website today. As the dropped kerb is not for access, as they will not get any vehicle through a pedestrian gate, it is meaningless.

For the odd occasion when I need to park on the road, that space will be my first choice. Looking out now, 11pm, I see the usual vehicles parked there, so no change yet then. The two usual ones will not take kindly to being asked to keep away, so we might get some excitement.

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Despite the threat of parking, for a week, only yesterday have they arrived. A VW SUV (Tiguan, I think). This highlights another issue. If cars park nicely, with adequate gaps, but none wasted, no car parks directly across that house. By doing so, they effectively lose the spaces in front and behind, so effectively losing two spaces for one car.

Others park poorly at times too. I'm currently looking across at 4 gaps, all of which I could just about squeeze the Panda into. No other car in the street is that small. I can see this situation getting heated very soon.

AndyRKett said:

It still amazes me how many people still believe they have some sort of legal write to the road in front of their house.

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I had many run ins at university. The car park was too expensive for students to use everyday (as was everything else on campus frankly) so most of us parked on the adjacent streets around the campus. Mostly old two-up two-down narrow streets of old, but converted into student houses. Cars parked either side of the street. No limit on how long you could park there.

There was the odd one who would put a cone out. I used to just stick them in the boot and park them there anyways. (My assumption being they also stole the cone originally since they rarely were ‘new’ looking ones). I dropped them off next time I saw a bunch of cones set out by construction work in case anyone’s wondering.

But back then with my silver Panda, it was already terribly dented up the side. I thought to myself they’re hardly going to waste their time thinking denting it will make any difference [emoji16]

I emailed the council back then and they confirmed that putting a cone out has no actual legal backing and that anybody can park there so long as they don’t cause an obstruction. But I did get some angry stares from time to time

SB1500 said:

I had many run ins at university. The car park was too expensive for students to use everyday (as was everything else on campus frankly) so most of us parked on the adjacent streets around the campus. Mostly old two-up two-down narrow streets of old, but converted into student houses. Cars parked either side of the street. No limit on how long you could park there.

There was the odd one who would put a cone out. I used to just stick them in the boot and park them there anyways. (My assumption being they also stole the cone originally since they rarely were ‘new’ looking ones). I dropped them off next time I saw a bunch of cones set out by construction work in case anyone’s wondering.

But back then with my silver Panda, it was already terribly dented up the side. I thought to myself they’re hardly going to waste their time thinking denting it will make any difference [emoji16]

I emailed the council back then and they confirmed that putting a cone out has no actual legal backing and that anybody can park there so long as they don’t cause an obstruction. But I did get some angry stares from time to time

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The angry stares were from people that thought you had put the cone there to reserve your space.

Update on the road opposite. A guy down the bottom of the road has just put one of his cars half across the 'reserved space'. When he does this, it will often stay for days, so here's hoping. He's a quite a stocky guy, so I cannot see the guy who put the notice up having much of an argument.

There's been a lot of fuss about student grades and university places.
Yesterday they're all upset because some of them got worse grades than expected, and couldn't get into their university of choice.
Today, their grades have been revised, but now the university places are all filled.

It occurred to me that if the grades were set by an algorithm, some fell below a threshold, but others remained above.
Those that remained above a threshold for entry into the 'best' universities got their places. If all grades had been higher, as they are after the revision, these would still have been higher than the ones that fell, so would have had priority for places. As the places were filled, with those that were not lower graded, the initially disappointed ones would have been disappointed anyway.

So it's not really affected anything.

portland_bill said:

There's been a lot of fuss about student grades and university places.
Yesterday they're all upset because some of them got worse grades than expected, and couldn't get into their university of choice.
Today, their grades have been revised, but now the university places are all filled.

It occurred to me that if the grades were set by an algorithm, some fell below a threshold, but others remained above.
Those that remained above a threshold for entry into the 'best' universities got their places. If all grades had been higher, as they are after the revision, these would still have been higher than the ones that fell, so would have had priority for places. As the places were filled, with those that were not lower graded, the initially disappointed ones would have been disappointed anyway.

So it's not really affected anything.

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wasn't that simple the ones who didn't get down graded were all from private schools, now the spaces have all been used up by private kids the poor kids get their grades, it was all a scam

But if there were that few places, they would have been allocated the same as they are now.

The media has been telling us that the poor universities will have far fewer international students, due to Covid, and more teaching will be on online. So surely, they can make more places available if more students have now achieved the grades ?

I didn't write this, it was sent by a colleague of mine during a work chat. He doesn't have children and has a much more mainstream upbringing than me:

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The best people to predict the grades of students are the teachers... hmmm I wonder if anyone has checked that hypothesis by cross referencing previous years predicted grades (predicted by said teachers) vs the actual grades obtained. A quick Google later (direct quote from the report below).

I find evidence that the system of predicted grades is inaccurate. Only 16% of applicants achieved the A-level grade points that they were predicted to achieve, based on their best three A-levels. However, the vast majority (75% of applicants) were over-predicted – ie their grades were predicted to be higher than they actually achieved. Students from disadvantaged backgrounds and state schools are more likely to be over-predicted, whilst those at independent schools receive more accurate predictions
https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/8409/P...ec-16/pdf/Predicted_grades_report_Dec2016.pdf

If this is true why is nobody reporting this?

End of quote. It is tragic that this situation exists in the system. Given that it does, proper analysis is better than a hunch.

I guess I should add that the algorithm that has now been withdrawn simply pulled down teacher predicted grades based on previous performance at that school, following the history data bias as above. I won't attempt to judge that, simply, that is why it was done.