Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
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I would argue with the 'best designed'. One of the reasons the rest of Europe and the world did not want to adopt the British design was that it was too big and too clunky. The designers could have arrived at something that was more compact & more elegant but still had all the safety features of the current design, had they wanted to and been encouraged to. However British exceptionalist thinking prevailed and the exquisitely clumsy 13 amp 3 pin British plug/socket is the result!
Some years back (80s/90s) I used to organize building work for Brits who were buying up property in rural France. Many of them didn't like the French electrical systems so they brought cocky electricians over from the UK to rewire their properties. Being completely unfamiliar with electrical practice and regulations in France, these idiotic British electricians brought their cable and 13 amp sockets with them and used those materials to rewire their client's projects! Since Brexit, many Brits are trying to sell their houses in France only to find that there are no British buyers because of Brexit and French buyers would not entertain a house fitted with foreign sockets. The boxes in the wall into which the sockets fit are not compatible with French sockets and the British style wiring using twin and earth cable doesn't meet the French regulation specifications.
A complete rewire from scratch at a cost of 1000s of Euros is the only solution for the cash strapped British owners.
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That some committees of the European Parliament are now in favour of rejecting this law is very alarming. We urge every member of the European Parliament to save this law - and by doing so save lives. Show your support and tell the decision-makers to restore nature here: restorenature.eu/en/take-action #StopExpansionStartRestoration
#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike 2/2
I needed to get a blood test done for my PSA level, this morning. The clinic took the sample at 09:34 this morning (it's marked on the result sheet) and I was notified of the result three and a half hours later. Three and a half hours from vampire to result which includes the sample waiting at the clinic to be collected (normally at at around 10:00) and driven to the central laboratory as they don't do the testing at the blood clinic. I reckon that is an impeccable service. What is more, so long as you are a subscriber to the healthcare system (by way of a deduction from your salary or pension), there is no charge for that or indeed for any other routine blood or urine tests. The entire cost is borne by the Luxembourg government!
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School strike week 249. Today the theme for our strike is biodiversity. It is crucial - both for the climate and biodiversity - that we #RestoreNature. This means restoring our greatest ally in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises. We now have an immense opportunity to turn the tide for nature in Europe: the Nature Restoration Law. 1/2
Paul Brownjohn
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“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars, it's where the rich use public transport.”
The gap in between these two is scientifically referred to as, the perineum.
Paul Brownjohn
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#Russia, #Putin and his cabal needs to be exterminated; Like the rats they are.
Remember that the #People has the power and the right to annihilate #Tyrany
Do not let the new czars breath and pollute the same air as your families.
The #world that matters is on your side.
And same apples for All being subjugated by #Tyrants around the #World
It is time to make that #scum Know hat there will be no safe Heaven in #Earth for them.
The very appeal of the man to people of dismally low IQ and poor education in the USA, is exactly that! Americans who vote for people like Trump and for the other GOP crooks is the very fact that he has gotten away with a lifetime of criminality and devious business practices.
Those people see him as a shining beacon of absolute amorality, sexual deviance, racism and misogyny that they aspire to emulate! They don't think being like Trump is bad - it's what they wish they were!
@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social
The USA has been trying to 'solve' its healthcare 'problem' for my my entire life and I'm in my 70s! The vested interests in the current healthcare system are too powerful, too rich and too well connected to back down and the daft bastards in America keep voting in the GOP!
@Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social
If I were you, I'd leave that shithole country and move to absolutely any civilized country that has universal healthcare with little or no contribution from the patient required (which is all of them)!
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IT'S CERTAINLY REFRESHING IN AMERICA!. WHERE A POLITICAL PARTY MAKES IT CLEAR THEY ARE A RICH PANDERING, RACIST, RELIGIOUS WHEN IT'S POLITICALLY CONVENIENT, OPENLY LEANING TO FASCISM AS IT'S PLATFORM BIGOTS!. AND INSTEAD OF AMERICANS REELING IN HORROR?. THEY F*****G EMBRACE THEM?. LMAO!
TELL ME AGAIN AMERICAN CHRISTIANS AREN'T THE WORST GOUP OF MOFO'S RIGHT ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE MONSTERS OPPRESSING THE WORLD!
@kentparkstreet@aus.social
There is nothing christian about De Santis; nothing whatsoever!
Ah yes "Viagrans" as some police officer from Florida christened them!
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
