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 should probably add that such systems here are all sealed pressurised systems - so nothing like the abortions with header tanks in the roof that are still used in a lot of systems in the UK. The hot water cylinders are all fed with full mains pressure so they are enamelled steel or stainless steel, not copper.
In the end the landlord didn't need persuading as the outer jacket of the cylinder sprung a leak and flooded the hall!
When we got the defective cylinder out, there were, as I suspected, pinhole leaks in the inner coil of the cylinder that allowed the mains pressure water in the outer part of the cylinder to pressurize the circulating water in the system.
A new cylinder fixed the problem completely!
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Yeah, so just in case you missed this, the #GOP's latest talking point is that being forced to give birth to your rapist's baby can be "the greatest healing agent" for #rape victims.
I swear I am not making this up.
https://jezebel.com/missouri-rejects-rape-exceptions-senator-says-forced-b-1851239306
#BidenHarris2024
#Democrats #healthcare #abortion #abortionishealthcare #DemsAbroad #Joe #Biden #reproductiverights #codifyRole #RoeVWade #Dobbs #womenshealth #prochoice
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Trump: "Immigrant vermin poison the blood of our country."
Media: "Here's why an incredible economy won't save Biden."
Trump: "I'll be a dictator."
Media: "Breaking: Biden gets a word wrong, kinda."
Trump: "1/6 was an insurrection."
Media: "Voters worry Biden is very, very old."
Trump: "I did nothing on gun control."
Media: "Biden is losing the religious vote."
Trump: "Also I'll end NATO, start WW3."
Media: "And now, the weather!"
Dear journalists: DO YOUR FUCKING JOB.
Indeed - rates in Europe are also rising but nothing like so fast!
At the current rate, more than half the US population will be obese within a very few years - scary!
Why don't Americans understand - Trump BELONGS to Putin - he was bought and paid for by Putin. Why can't American morons understand that?
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Good of Trump to personally remind us why Russia didn’t invade Ukraine again until 2022. Putin was expecting Trump to destroy NATO and gift-wrap Ukraine for him, with Europe on the menu.
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#Israel intelligence thugs are threatening the #children of a South African foreign minister because #SouthAfrica supports a #FreePalestine.
Lord Haw Haw got his neck fatally stretched for his efforts for the Nazi regime!
In an article about semaglutide (Wegovy) the author mentioned that 42% of Americans are obese - to me that's not only unbelievable but it has massive implications for general health in the US. Being obese has massive adverse health implications.
I used to be a builder and have supervised many a job in the past so I know a bit about what I am talking about.
We had a central heating engineer round servicing the boiler and he started berating me over the fact that the pressure in the system was miles too high. I assured him that no one would have even thought about increasing the pressure in the system (it was so high that the pressure release valve was blowing off excess pressure) and he absolutely insisted I was lying! I didn't take that very well!
A couple of days of deep thought and I had an answer - the only thing it could possibly be was a defective hot water cylinder. The problem then was persuading the landlord, firstly that that really was the problem and secondly that the bill for in excess of 1000€ really would fix the problem.
Thanks but really it's not that bad at all. The mildest of mild irritants. On the higher 25mg dose of Jardiance (empagliflozin), it increased to the level of very annoying, but on the 10mg dose it's not a problem and I am seldom actually aware of it except in dead silence (rare in modern life!)
Oh I do SOooo hope they succeed! He will certainly be no loss whatsoever to the civilized world!
Yeah - it's quite a list, isn't it!
I'm not sure about the USA, but us cis folk in Europe are utterly disgusted about both. It's not one or the other - it's both!
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
