St Landrew

Well same here, of course. Just that I never confuse quality with something that happens to quench the thirst. BTW, Skip. If that reference earlier was to me, I'm not fat and I don't have a beard. Go have a re-think.

It's a slight misnomer to think that when there's a bit of a calm inland, that the wind is not blowing sufficiently elsewhere, or at sea, to turn a turbine blade. Believe me, it's a bloody rare thing to have insufficent wind off-shore, and GB is very well suited for off-shore wind farms. Yes, we'll need conventional power backup too. Oh, maybe not. http://www.steorn.com/

What is it with Ducati..? They always go to the bloody Alps to have a party bash just before the new season, where they also unveil their new MotoGP bike. Surely it's warmer and easier almost anywhere else in Europe [OK, not here, not now]. http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2009/Ducati+Marlboro+unveils+the+new+Demosedici+GP10 Btw, I believe Ferrari and Ducati share the event. I see Alonso and Massa were there too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8454442.stm Just flicked through the photos. Yep Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner of Ducati were there too. Bernie Ecclestone looked a twerp on the new Ducati.

What I meant was, was that you said, I always say Ostember [or whatever] instead of... [whatever else he's actually called]. I mean, I've only just heard of the bloke. I've yet to utter his name. Yet you write as if you talk about these obscure players on a regular basis. No offence meant, just curious.

Now come on Ponty, that BMW v Prius test was absolute bollix. All it proved was that a particular bigger engine was more economical when driven behind a smaller engined car driven to its extreme. Complete tosh..! When driven correctly, the Prius DOES emit less, as a unit, on its own. I say nothing for the electricity produced elsewhere. I know the VW Bluemotion blows the Prius concept to smithereens, but that was not part of the subject before. Does the VW emit less pollution and CO2..? Off the cuff, I don't know. I'm always wary of diesel particulates.

Proper beer. Tbh, people who drink lager ought to have the p!ss taken out of them. They're drinking so much of it.

The shape of power to come in the distant future needs a source that is either almost entirely free of pollutents or greenhouse gases, or none at all. At the moment there is only one contender, and that is the hydrogen car. Its waste product is water, and its fuel is the most abundant element in the universe. However, on Earth it is almost exclusively bonded to oxygen, and it likes to stay that way. It takes plenty of electrical energy in the form of electrolysis to part those molecules, and that electrical energy has to be got ffrom somewhere. Nowadays, those sci-fi ideas, of the past, of sticking fields of solar cell panels in the desert are not so sci-fi. In fact, they are beginning to be taken very seriously indeed. But they are just one of several ways of obtaining power, along with wind turbines, wave and tidal power, etc... You'd have thought there would be enough alternatives to go around. Well how about one that might just be completely free..? In the last few weeks, Steorn have been making a few announcements and demonstrations. In the next few weeks they say they are going to demonstrate over-unity to the world. They will have their own test equipment, but they are inviting people to come along and plug their own test machinery into their power units to measure the amount of over-unity. There is a demonstration going on right now of a unit, said to be outputing 150%. It only manages that because it is a simple demonstration model, but they do have more complicated examples outputting 200% and much more - so they say. Not only that, but they have engineers who are backing it now and companies who are applying for licences to develop and manufacture. This has all been very hush-hush because, like heretics before them [anyone remember Eric Laithwaite and his gyros..?] the science community are going la-la-la, can't hear, can't hear, with their fingers in their ears and with their eyes closed. Now I know scientific method. I know that you postulate a theory and then try every means to disprove it, and if it stands up significantly then it might be worth considering. But science doesn't like the boat to be rocked hugely. It proceeds in the direction that it is facing. Scientists design test equipment for the things they wish to find. So if they are not looking, then it's either a done deal, or it doesn't exist. Well over-unity doesn't exist. That one was laid to bed a century and more ago. But perhaps science is actually wrong..? Or maybe science is just are not looking in the right direction..? Or perhaps it's not looking at all..? The future of power..? I wonder how the oil producing countries will take it..? Ouch might be an appropriate single word.

Always..? Christ almighty, you must have some varied conversations, mate. And what is all this making up songs for players have been on the books for all of 5 minutes..? I'll look forward to the day when we trot out songs for kids who have just been scouted for down Shirley wreck. I mean, give the bloke a chance to prove himself before singing his praises.

Lee Holmes..?

Big deal. Lagers in any case, so only any use for drinking when there's nothing decent to imbibe.

And there you go. Ta GS.

Not yet.

No guarantees.

Leaving aside the environmental manufacturing issues, the problem with hybrid cars is that they are a halfway house. Neither fish nor fowl. They carry extra weight, in the form of the dead weight of either motor when not running efficiently, or at all. Plug the car into the mains and the power has to be supplied somehow, usually by a fossil fuel. So hybrids are a step sideways. There are two good things about the hybrid car. 1, they emit less CO2, but it has to be emitted from somewhere. However, that other somewhere is a power station, where the control of pollutents and greenhouse gases oght to be more easily confined and controlled. 2, that they get people off the petrol or diesel car merry-go-round, and into thinking a little bit more responsibly. However, mains electricity efficiency is as low as 36%, once all the losses have been accounted for over the distance from power station to wall socket. So, as even a medium term replacement for the petrol/diesel engine, the hybrid car is a non-starter. And an expensive non-starter at that.

The 3 cell batteries are 1] on the left side of the picture, 2] behind the plug socket, and 3] on top of the skirting board to the right of the chair. The 4 conventional batteries are in the floor where the bolts were holding down the chair.

I grew up with Liverpool being the team. Leeds Utd had their moments, Nottm Forest, etc... but it was always Liverpool. They even denied us the league title, after all. But since the rise of Man U, the constant thorn that have been Arsenal, over the years, and the relatively new kid on the block, that is Chelsea, Liverpool are nowhere. They are now a class in quality behind Aston Villa and Spurs also. I don't tend to watch other teams, but occasionally I'll watch a match that doesn't involve Saints. And I couldn't believe how ordinary Liverpool were. What has happened to them..? This is the club that Bill Shankly made great and Bob Paisley took even further. I can only assume that Reading played that well that they made Liverpool look average. Benitez has to go. Mind you, I couldn't care less.

Hee-hee. I can't remember this one very well. I'll have to go back and do it again.

Bet you wish you hadn't got out the previous door.

Idiots.

Can't believe it. They didn't need to make a decision until sometime next month and yet they've decided ahead of schedule. Is this a first..?

IIRC, the sequence is C D E F G A B. That's 7 white piano key notes and lights. The notes in the briefcase are the code, and they are placed where they lie in the sequence. So, for example, if you had F/Yellow, A/Light Blue, C/Green, and E/Blue, you would lay them out as: Green | Grey | Blue | Yellow | Grey | Light Blue | Grey You leave the buttons untouched/grey that don't have the colour code. See how it goes..?

Get your gold bar and place in in the right corner of the room where the briefcase is. That tips the floor board up. The piece of string is cut with the swiss army knife. The black light is in the hole.

Indeed, and several of the squad are not going to make the journey with Saints up the leagues, so we need young players who can take the first step.

3.5 year contract. So he hopes to be a Premiership player.

Chuckle..! Know what you mean. Wait till you try the next one in the other thread. That's a real bugger. But still do-able.