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Despite all the pantomime, the smoke and mirrors, the egos and chest beating on all sides, the result is exactly what I believed all along it would be ... a zero quota, zero tariff deal. Big business was never going to let a no deal happen, there's just too much money wrapped up in it all, so I had few doubts about the result. The only potential fly in the ointment now is if one or two EU states decide to veto it. That's probably unlikely, but who knows. I think the unity of the EU isn't all it is made out to be.
Whether people feel the deal is good or not, whether they wanted Brexit or not, is all a bit academic now. We are where we are and in my opinion have more important problems to worry about. We can each have opinions about how good or bad Brexit will prove, but the reality remains that only time will tell. I for one will be pleased to move on from it.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas and I wish you all a Happy New Year.
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For those that are interested in the work undertaken by the TR SDF, there's are recent update at . . . https://www.trsdf.uk/news
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I hope everyone here on the forum is keeping well. I doubt that many of us will have a particularly merry Christmas, but I hope you all have the best one possible under the circumstance. Hopefully the vaccine will turn the tide and we can all look forward to a better New Year. Stay safe.
Best wishes,
Darren
P.S. Thank you to all involved in running this forum and to those that contribute with interesting things to read.
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It's quite simple ... you're electric, Vicky
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Glad to hear that all is well with you Phil.
It would be great to see you and your cousin at one of our meets if you can make it next year. You'd both be most welcome. Perhaps you can make a few days of it and see some of the area. We have several Ford owners in the club now, so your cousin's Escort or the RS Focus would get lots of interest I'm sure.
Here's a link to our club site, where if you scroll down the news page you can see some of our "dangerous" members! https://www.whitehorse-cve.com/
Best wishes,Darren
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Thanks Phil. It does help to know that there are still a few that remain appalled about what happened, as I suspect many will have forgotten now. I'm still saddened and bewildered by it all, but that doesn't do me any good to think on it, so I just crack on doing what I can to help with those clubs I belong to the best I can. Our independent, multi marque club continues to do well and still has a majority of TR owners that prefer it to the other option. And it's a great crowd of people, all just enjoying the friendships and the cars. It's exactly what a club should be in my opinion. I'm also pleased to be helping with the TR SDF, as it's run out of a genuine desire to help TR owners keep their cars on the road.
I hope you and your family are all keeping well.
Best wishes,
Darren
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9 hours ago, RogerH said:
The directors were members of a TRiumph car club and were allowed to leave the club quite amicably even though they ripped off many club members.
Outrageous
Roger
Unlike some, who did nothing more than question the practices of the management of that certain club!
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Thanks Peter. I'm keen to support the TR SDF in any way I can, especially as the great work it has carried out to date seems to have gone largely under the radar for far too long.
Best wishes,
Darren
P.S. I hope you are keeping well and safe Peter. I'm still taking the D3 and so far I've avoided anything nasty.
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Just to follow up Rod. Following your feedback, we have now made some changes to the site that hopefully improves it.
Best wishes,
Darren
P.S. I hope you are keeping well.
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Thanks Rod.
We are tweaking the site at the moment and probably will be for sometime. Initially the thought was to have the "Members" page for TR SDF members only and when complete send everyone the password. However, thinking about it more, it makes more sense just to have a "News" page instead of one specifically for members. In that way, everyone can see what the TR SDF is doing and it makes the site more dynamic. We need to make clear that it's an organisation that aims to help the entire TR community, so the more we can spread the name and links the better.I can see that the Committee tab is confusing, as it might suggest that the page contains details of Committee members. Such a list appears on the About the TR SDF page. The Committee page is intended for private committee discussions and will only be for committee members. I'll have a think about the sort of popup explanation you mentioned, although that might be beyond my skills. What we probably will do is give the tab a different name in the hope of making it less confusing. In fact, we'll probably remove the link completely.
It's a bit of a work in progress at the moment, so feedback is helpful. Let me know if you spot anything else that you are unsure of.
Best wishes,
Darren
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Hello all,
I hope everyone here is keeping well.
As some here will already know, there’s an organisation called the “TR SDF”, which helps keep Triumph TRs and derivatives such as Italia, Peerless, and Swallow Doretti on the road by funding projects to remanufacture unavailable parts for these cars. It’s a non-trading, not for profit organisation. Yesterday, the TR SDF launched its website and Facebook group. The TR SDF aims to serve the entire TR community (regardless of country, TR model, or club affiliation) and works independently of any other organisation.
If you’d like to find out more, please visit www.trsdf.uk
And if you are on FB, please see ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/481394215834908
Best wishes,
Darren
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Sorry to hear that the op has been postponed Roger. Hope it'll be back on track soon.
Best wishes, Darren
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5 minutes ago, PeterC said:
Hi Darren, Her doses are higher than Schwalfenberg's, who invented the 'hammer. I suspect she is advising pts who have not previously dosed with D3 and so are very low to start with and need to get their serum 25(OH)D3 up fast. Schwalfenbers pts were all at 100nmol/L or above and his 50000IU hammer was added to an already replete patient.
The risk form the hammer is very low, I suspect negligible, certainly comapred with COVID. Schwalfenbergs advcie is here:https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m810/rr-44
Peter
Thanks Peter. I'll read up on that.
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On 4/11/2020 at 8:38 PM, PeterC said:
EXCELLENT VIDEO, covers the several roles of D3 in defending lungs against the virus, including modulation of the ACE-2 virus entry site and nullification of its spike protein. She uses ng/ml as blood level. multiply by 2.5 ot get nmol/L. Her advised doses are higher, aroiund double we have seen earlier in this thread. Pls fwd, get the message out to friends etc. Peter
I saw this elsewhere yesterday and was going to post here, until I saw that you already had Peter. I know we have discussed the D3 hammer before and I think it was 50'000 IU over three days. However, in the video, the 60'000 IU a day for three days is talked about. What are your thoughts on that Peter? Do you feel that is too much and presents a risk?
Best wishes,
Darren
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Many happy, slightly belated, returns, John.
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2 hours ago, PaulAA said:
Steve
Zeit on Line has an excellent analysis and breakdown of the German figures (and critique of the RKI 'official' figures) here. No need for much German - the graphs and images are clearly understandable.
Paul
Interesting article, thanks Paul. There's a translation option.
Some of the comments are also worth a read.
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On 3/30/2020 at 2:12 AM, Chris W said:
Update:
Seems that my German colleagues were misinformed!!!
I came across a 'tweet' from British Journalist Andrew Neil, who had been suggesting the same thing in a discussion about the merits of the German Health system vs the NHS. As a consequence he shared some further research.
It turns out that the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) who handle the death statistics in Germany, had felt the need to clarify their death statistics due to 'claims that they were massaging the numbers'.
They state that although they include other underlying possible causes, any person who dies with CV-19 is included in their CV-19 death statistics. In fact, they go further, by testing all people who die (post mortem) for CV-19 and if it is found, they get included also.
So sorry to mislead, it wasn't intentional
Cheers
Chris
That's interesting Chris.
It's clear that the German's are doing more testing than many other countries, and I can see that the detection of more cases would influence the percentage of deaths (i.e. higher numbers of detected cases would probably push the mortality percentage down). However, Germany is recording lower absolute numbers of deaths. It's obviously not testing alone that makes the difference.Why is the absolute number of deaths in Germany lower than in France for example. France has recorded 20K cases less cases than Germany, and yet has over 2K more deaths attributed to CV19. Are the Germans putting in certain measures off the back of testing and if so what are they? Nowhere can I find what it is exactly that the Germans are doing differently. There are a few theories, but little conclusive. It seems to baffle many. Taking France as the example again, it could I suppose be that France has far more cases overall than Germany (just undetected), but does that seem likely.
I've come to the conclusion that trying to compare absolute figures for different countries is a waste of time. As for the figures coming out of China, I've zero confidence in the reality of them. Only the trends seem to be useful, and only in countries where there likely to be a high level of accuracy in recording and reporting.
Darren
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It's difficult to get an overall picture of what's going on out, especially if observing the lockdown rules. My son works part time on weekends in the village grocery shop and tells me that it is still quite busy. It's nice that locals are supporting the shop, perhaps rather than go to a supermarket, of which we have two within 10 miles in either direction, but my son says that a lot of those coming in are doing so just for a newspaper or alcohol. I imagine those doing this can claim that they are also getting their exercise, but the items do not sound that essential. He also says that a lot of those going in are older people, although he thinks 40 is old, so who knows.
Looking over the front gate, there's a lot less traffic and the distant hum from the bypass has gone, so I think the bulk of people are following the rules. Although, my wife who is a children's social worker, has lots of cases of teenage tearaways who still head out with mates each evening. I suppose those who had scant regard for rules before all this are not going to start bothering now.
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6 minutes ago, Hamish said:
Na not diet.
don’t do the synthetic sugars.moderation is the key
or so they tell me
I've been drinking diet for many years and it's never done me any harm
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I might be in the minority these days and it's probably an unfashionable view, but knowing a few serving and retired police officers, I believe that most are decent people who get little thanks for putting their lives on the line. I'm sure most officers will be reasonable providing anyone out has a reasonable reason to be so.
Darren
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18 hours ago, Hamish said:
Perfectly happy with that offering Hamish. But, I'm on a health kick, so it's a smaller bar and diet coke for me
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26 minutes ago, DeTRacted said:
Wind gusts here have been vicious enough to snap three of the 6ft posts on my garden fence. This morning's job was to temporarily support the fence with guy-ropes before it had chance to thrash itself to bits.
How long 'temporary' turns out to be depends of course on this bl**dy lock-down. I doubt if fence-posts are deemed to be vital even if any supplier is open for business.
My back fence took a battering a few weeks back from the last storm. It didn't collapse, but the neighbour behind told me a week or so ago that three posts (his side) had snapped at ground level. He said he hadn't got time to repair it at the moment as he is home schooling his children, so I'm going to put some posts in my side as it is leaning my way. Bought posts on eBay and they were delivered last week, but as you say, they might be more difficult to get now. Thankfully, I used the posts I got to prop the fence last night, as I'd seen some heavy wind gusts were due.
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3 hours ago, mattius said:
Saying that at the last Islay whisky festival i was at, they were feeding us Lagavulin 16 and coke! called a smokey cokey! try ordering that in a bar without getting a stange look!
I've got a couple bottles that are now worth over £200, i never paid that for them, and i never would, there are too many good whiskeys for a lot less. The one on the right in my photo is now £300 a bottle, i'd say its worth about £50, its not great.
If you like A'bhuna, Glen Scotia Victoriana is another good one!
Problem is when they are good, they put the price up!
Hmmm, I'm in a difficult spot now. I've been thinking about replacing the Aberlour for a while now, but the Glen Scotia Victoriana sounds good, as does the Tomatin Distillery Exclusive (although I cannot find a bottle at the moment). Another one that would fit the bill I think is a Glendronach Allardice 18 year old. About 10 miles from where I live is a strange little whisky shop, on a housing estate. It seems so out of place, but has a fabulous stock ... https://whiskyandwines.com/ It was the owner who suggested the Glendronach to me the last time I was in.
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1 hour ago, mattius said:
Hah i thought i was bad, just counted, 36 different Malts and close to 20 Gins...
Lagavulin is amazing, if you get the chance in your life, goto the Islay Whisky festival, the Lagavulin open day is incredible, free whisky all day (16yr old and Distillers Edition (my personal favourite)).. We've been 3 times now for Lagavulin and Bruichladich, you need a liver transplant after it, but its well worth it.
Tomatin is also a fantastic malt, if you are ever near try and get a bottle of the Distillery Exclusive Oloroso cask, everyone i have given it too agree's its the best whisky they have tasted, and 2nd best whisky i have tried (far too many), but Bruichladich Black Arts is around £300 a bottle so never again lol
A G&T on a nice summer's evening goes down a treat, but other than that I'm overly bothered with gin. Your 36 malts is impressive Matt. Puts my 12 on the go at present to shame! It's the Distillers Edition Lagavulin that I'm making my way through at the moment. I've two bottles of Highland Park 12 year old, but I'm not a huge fan. I only have it because I got married on Orkney three years ago and my Stag Do was at the distillery. They bought out some of the old stuff for me to sample in celebration, which was nice, but the 12 is so so in my opinion.
Although peaty is my usual preference, I do like some of the heavily sherried whiskies I've tried, particularly the Aberlour A'Bunadh, so the Tomatin sounds very interesting. Definitely one for my list. Not sure which I'd class as the best whisky I've had; it wouldn't be the most expensive one. That was a Macallan 25 year old, that I had a flash bar in Boston, Mass. many years ago, on a drunken night out with my business partner celebrating signing a deal. It was $80 a shot I seem to remember, and we had a few. It was nice, but I've had others since that I've preferred. I didn't rate the 12 year old Macallan I had.
Along with the malts, I also collect single malt branded water jugs. Haven't got a clue why!
As you say, a single malt whisky is to savour. I have other stuff for necking.
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Sorry to read this John. As you know, having been on the end of such appalling behaviour myself, I can sypathise. My advise is to just walk away from it. Decent people will see the wrong in what has happened and will support you. Your friends in the Triumph world will remain your friends. As for the others, they matter not.
Best wishes, Darren