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<sucks air in through teeth in troubled-plumber fashion>
wouldn't do that if I were you, squire, it'll ruin the convective efficiency of your radiator, anyone would think you put that fancy radiator there just for the cat's benefit, no good will come of it I tell you, .....

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 1d

Gaaah. And there's me thinking you had caught the Guardian disease (500mw power station, anyone?)...

Every day is a school day for Clarion readers.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 1d

You know I'm a fan of yours, but can you *puh-leeze* patch your style guide to insist that the prefix M for millions must be CAPITALISED? Otherwise, sad old scientists like me will be thinking it means "milli" and will marvel at the dino tracks that are a mere six months old.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 1d

Open door duly pushed.

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

“Keep vast numbers of DVDs, CDs and vinyl in case of cyberattack, middle-aged dads told”

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 1d

Then: the office of the future will be paperless

Now: keep paper records

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 1d

Don't get me started on heating systems that are controlled via some service provider's cloud.

Heating system vendors, you're on notice. If the control can't be on-premises, I'm not buying it.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 1d

I never said it's wrong to cover the cars. I'm saying that *on a charging station* the solar isn't a serious % of energy requirement, so is unlikely to be attractive to developer/operator unless there's legislation or incentive. As solar gets cheaper, I will get more and more wrong. Bring it on!

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

It is odd that my childhood home phone number "Bramhall 1104" probably no longer exists, whereas my recollection of it most certainly does.

And then "Solihull 6557" morphed into "021 705 6557" with hardly a murmur.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

I was always led to believe it to be a good idea for tax returns to be accurate.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

Numbers? Each station has at best 25sq.m of panels over it. That's maybe 70kWh on a good day. Enough to fully charge 1.5 cars. Most days won't be so good. Of course it is a good thing to do, but its economic impact is very limited. Without legislation (car parks in France?) it won't happen.

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

Because numbers. It would of course be a good idea in broad terms, but there's no way it would pay at the level of the site operator.

See also "why don't electric cars have a solar panel on the roof".

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

phew

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

Does Rightmove have a secret search option, known only to @oldenoughtosay.com and a handful of specialist interior designers, for "has crapper in bedroom"?

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 2d

tbf I have yet to find an impressed-looking heron. I suspect this reflects herons' perspicacity and observational skills.

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Cllr Laurence Fouweather 🔶️ @laurencefouweather.bsky.social · 3d

Watching the Oxford 1/2 marathon today, I was struck by the runners being of every age, gender, height, build and ethnicity in contrast to Robert Jenricks comments last week. Charity fundraisers, members of athletics clubs and individuals with a common aim to finish the run. Well done everyone.

Oxford half marathon on Banbury Road, Summertown

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Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 3d

Saw this and thought of @abbeythelab.bsky.social

Gate across a track, with a straight-ish branch about 3 metres long lying in front of it. Part of a car visible behind, for scale. No labrador in shot.

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 3d

It would appear that this abomination is the work of @techuk.bsky.social who really ought to know better.

Their implementation of the requirement is shite, too.

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 3d

Visited digitalphoneswitchover.com to get information for older neighbours, and I'm outraged. To download their leaflet for home users, you first have to *enter an email address*.

STOP THIS BULLSHIT NOW. You should NEVER need to give personal info to get a public doc.

Read on for a direct link.

Digital Phone Switchover

digitalphoneswitchover.com

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 3d

You can pull the (quite useful) 2-page flyer directly from their site using this link:
digitalphoneswitchover.com/wp-content/u...

There, I feel a lot better now.

digitalphoneswitchover.com

Jonathan Bromley @bromleyj.bsky.social · 3d

Visited digitalphoneswitchover.com to get information for older neighbours, and I'm outraged. To download their leaflet for home users, you first have to *enter an email address*.

STOP THIS BULLSHIT NOW. You should NEVER need to give personal info to get a public doc.

Read on for a direct link.

Digital Phone Switchover

digitalphoneswitchover.com

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