On Thursday, 26 May 2022 at 16:58:25 UTC+1, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> On Mon, 16 May 2022 14:49:43 +0100, Whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Friday, 13 May 2022 at 02:05:22 UTC+1, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >> On Thu, 05 May 2022 14:01:01 +0100, Whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Thursday, 5 May 2022 at 12:24:55 UTC+1, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, 04 May 2022 23:16:42 +0100, David Brooks <D...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > On 04/05/2022 11:04, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >> >> >> On Wed, 04 May 2022 10:32:40 +0100, David Brooks <D...@nomail.afraid.org>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> On 04/05/2022 09:28, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >> >> >>>> On Wed, 04 May 2022 09:09:19 +0100, David Brooks <D...@nomail.afraid.org>
> >> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>> On 04/05/2022 08:18, Commander Kinsey wrote:
> >> >> >>>>>> Hey, you're here at 8 in the morning! I got up at 11:30pm, so I'm not
> >> >> >>>>>> sure what time this is for me. I'll be going to bed late afternoon.
> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >>>>> I was watch-keeping for a large part of my working life. It's no big
> >> >> >>>>> shakes WHEN one sleeps, but sleep IS necessary!
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> I've removed myself from the 24 hour religion of life. I get up when
> >> >> >>>> ready, and go to sleep when tired, whenever that may be.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> A bit like being retired - like me!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I'm 46 and have decided to retire now. I can get my pension in 9 years.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I used to sell pension plans. How will you qualify for your at the age
> >> >> > of just 55?
> >> >> I thought it was a law. Maybe it's because mine are government plans. 55 with no reason given, even lower if you can prove you're ill.
> >> >
> >> > Yes I think that is correct but you can lose quite a bit by taking it so early .
> >> > Normally it's about 60 is reasonable.
> >> I haven't checked the amounts, but I assume they assume you will die at a certain age. So if you're taking it over twice as many years, they halve the amount (with adjustments for interest and inflation etc).
> >
> > Yes and why some of my slightly younger friends retirment date is 67 or 68
> That was simply a stupid change in the law to make people work longer despite there being more people than jobs already.

That wasn't the reason it is because pensions not being able to last until death due to the average life expectancy increasing over the years.

> > They use life expectance to calculate such things, same problem the NHS has.
> How does that change my point? If I take my pension over twice the number of years, I get half the amount per year, I lose nothing, they lose nothing.

But if you live longer than expected then you draw more money than you were expecting.
It's very simialr in inflation.

> >> >> >>>>>>> I've now installed it on my main computer and will put it on my other
> >> >> >>>>>>> one shortly. I've also publicised the programme on my Facebook
> >> >> >>>>>>> timeline
> >> >> >>>>>>> and the group which I run.
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>> Excellent, thank you. People aren't flocking to it so much now covid
> >> >> >>>>>> research has declined. People don't seem to care about cancer, which
> >> >> >>>>>> kills far more.
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>> Pay close attention to when you complete the tasks and the "timeout" -
> >> >> >>>>>> it has a habit of giving slower computers stuff it can't do in
> >> >> >>>>>> time. If
> >> >> >>>>>> it passes the timeout it's not the end of the world, but if it gets to
> >> >> >>>>>> the expiration date the task has been a waste of time.
> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >>>>> Thanks for the warning. I didn't like the way it started to trigger my
> >> >> >>>>> cooling fans so have 'turned it down' now.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> I doubt you'll complete much in time if it's not maxed out. Fans are
> >> >> >>>> meant to spin. Most of my fans run at 75% speed.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Understood. Thanks.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> To reduce fan speed, ensure they're dust free for better cooling, a
> >> >> >> sharp blow from your mouth into it will shift it. Be ready to inhale a
> >> >> >> lot of dust, or hold the end of a running hoover hose nearby!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Have you ever tried blowing into a 27 inch Apple iMac?!!!
> >> >> I wouldn't be seen dead near one, so no.
> >> >
> >> > This boy obviously has no sense of style ;-)
> >> A computer is a functional item, not a fucking ornament.
> >
> > It can be both. Why buy an ugly, noisy, biege box .
> Do you buy a certain colour of fridge freezer too? Are you female?

No more than I would with a car or bike or even clothes.

> >> >> > We could connect them together with strong tow bars and operate them
> >> >> > like a train!
> >> >> Volvo suggested with their very close speed matching radars they were safer. An impact would be reduced a lot, because you're only a foot away, so you're almost a part of the car in front.
> >> >
> >> > That doesn't really much much sense if you take into account breaking distances.
> >> What?! If you're 1 foot behind the next car, and it jams it's brakes on, you will hit it with a closing speed of about 2mph and do no damage.
> > What even if yuo're doing 60MPH, I doubt it.
> How much do you think a car would slow from 60mph in 1 foot?

not by much and that is the problem.

> >> This will make you go "shit!" and jam on your brakes too.
> > Bit late them with thinking distances let alone with reaction timnes.
> Reaction times in the highway code are about 3 times longer than any normal person.

I wonder how long it takes to put down the mobile phone or finish reading the latest post before looking up
and colliding with a stationary vehicle.
The local road was closed this morning as a car had driven into a house.
The house had been there fopr about 100 years so not sure what excuse the driver
might have for not seeing it and being able to stop.

> >> > I know in F1 cars can be 6 inches apart and be doing 200MPH but they have really good brakes and drivers.
> >> > I wouldn't have thought a couple of volvos doing a ~70 MPH and if one hit the brakes the other could stop within 2 metre social distancing.
> >> You don't have to stop in 2m, you have to react in 2m.
> >
> > Still takes a distance to come to a stop.
> But the car in front also takes some distance. The only difference between the car in front and the car behind is the point in time the brakes were pressed. So just reaction time.

even if reaction time is instantanous no car is able to stop instantanously.

> >> Driverless boys?! No no, they must be tied up and given strict instructions.
> >
> > You back in fantasy mode or the french version of DIY.
> The French are less prudish than the Brits and therefore more sensible.

No I had 2 french GF and one french flatmate they can be quite arrogant.
I think it is in their nature, you only have to know what happend regarding whatever at cup final
this weekend .

> >> >> >>>> I was once chased to my house by a neighbour who objected to me
> >> >> >>>> overtaking his wife. She was going 20 in a 30 zone because of roadworks
> >> >> >>>> signs. For another road. He claimed it was because of the detour and
> >> >> >>>> more people using our road that our road had a limit. What a crazy idea
> >> >> >>>> - if you have more things to do, you have to do them faster!
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Of course. The real answer is to do LESS things! ;-)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> And delegate?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Yes, that too!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Remember the adage that I was taught.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 'Tis the duty of a wealthy man to enlist the services of an artisan.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > In truth though:-
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
> >> >> > Himself. It struck him dead: And serve him right!
> >> >> > It is the business of the wealthy man
> >> >> > To give employment to the artisan.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hilaire Belloc
> >> >> This is why people shouldn't grumble about rich folk, as they spend that money much faster than anyone else. The moaners should just go work for them, or make things they want to buy.
> >> >
> >> > For me it depends on how they get rich. Don't really want to bring back slavery
> >> I do. I'd love to have someone else doing things for me, preferably naked.
> >
> > Back to your chimney boys & mary poppins fantasies are we ;-)
> I never said they had to be male.

But they were.

> >> And actually most slaves were very happy, they got a free home in a nice place. They didn't have to concern themselves with finances either.
> >
> > I doubt most were happy.
> They were, look it up. Easy life.

That's a fantasy mostly only reanacted in fetish clubs.