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On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:46:32 +0100, Zimmy wrote:

On 20/08/2012 13:57, lid wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:18:53 +0100, Bill Wright
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JohnT wrote:

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
Morrisons are selling a new range of chilled readymeals. They're the
first thing in the big chillers on the left as you go in. The meals
are abominable but the foil containers are perfect for making hats to
keep death rays out. If your head is rectangular you might even be
able to use one of the containers as a hat without modification.
Useful if you live near a mobile phone mast.

The nearest Morrisons is about 15 miles from here and I don't drive
nowadays. There is a mobile phone mast about half a mile distant, so
obviously I am in great danger. Could you get some of the meals? Heat
them up and give them to the cats. If you don't now have cats you can
borrow some. Then could you send the foil containers to me because I
think that I am in imminent peril? Thank you.

This is a mission of mercy and I will spring into action when I get over
my food poisoning.


There's a good design here. I know it works because I wear one every
day and they haven't got me yet.

http://www.stopabductions.com/


Thing is, its very difficult to tell whether these things actually work
or not, with advanced alien memory erasure, you probably won't remember
anything except one day waking up a bit sore where the probe went in.

as the bishop said to the actress's.

Presumably the action of the thought screen is reciprocal, ie as well as
keeping the aliens' thoughts out, it also keeps your thoughts in.

I guess that a certain level of thought leakage is essential for the
correct and stable operation of the human body (a bit like sweating). If
a thought screen stops your superfluous thoughts from radiating, is
there not a danger that the brain will overheat?
--
Iasn

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Martin wrote:
Interesting that the council paid for it. My mother wanted hers testing
- lead pipes throughout the house - and had to pay to have it done. Had
the results been 'positive' she could have claimed a refund. But
despite it being a soft water area, was well below the legal limit.

The result will depend on how much water was used before they took
samples.

Most run a fresh water tap before drinking from it - or even filling the
kettle.

--
*Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

Dave Plowman London SW
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Zimmy wrote:

When I moved in I soon realised that no mains water went directly to any
of the taps, it all went though the original lead-lined tank, so I got
the council out to test it for lead content. Turns out it was over
250µg/l whereas the then recommended limit was 50µg/l (soon to be
reduced to 10µg/l). That's right, he was drinking water with lead
content 25 times the recommended limit for most of his life. Still
seemed pretty sharp too.

Z
I expect the radiation from the local phone mast neutralised the lead.

Bill

On 20/08/2012 18:37, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Most run a fresh water tap before drinking from it - or even filling the
kettle.

He'd have to run it a long time to drop the lead level in the lead-lined
tank...

In article ,
Andy Champ wrote:
On 20/08/2012 18:37, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Most run a fresh water tap before drinking from it - or even filling
the kettle.

He'd have to run it a long time to drop the lead level in the lead-lined
tank...

Indeed. I'm amazed such things still existed in a tenement - they're not
exactly a tower block.

--
*Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch *

Dave Plowman London SW
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Zimmy wrote:

Thing is, its very difficult to tell whether these things actually work
or not, with advanced alien memory erasure, you probably won't remember
anything except one day waking up a bit sore where the probe went in.

And you'd probably just think that in the drunken stupor of the previous
evening you'd been out on the street selling yourself to any lascivious
sailor who happened along with a ten bob note in his pocket. Like you do.

Bill

On 2012-08-20, Ian Jackson wrote:
I guess that a certain level of thought leakage is essential for the
correct and stable operation of the human body (a bit like sweating). If
a thought screen stops your superfluous thoughts from radiating, is
there not a danger that the brain will overheat?

I can't see that being a problem for the people likely to use such a
device.

Justin.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Indeed. I'm amazed such things still existed in a tenement - they're not
exactly a tower block.

Tenements are exactly where such things lurk. They've been there a
hundred years, with plumbing replaced piecemeal over the years. A
tenement flat with sparkling new bathroom and kitchen plumbing may
well still have a lead tank or stretches of lead pipe.

-- Richard

In article ,
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Indeed. I'm amazed such things still existed in a tenement - they're not
exactly a tower block.

Tenements are exactly where such things lurk. They've been there a
hundred years, with plumbing replaced piecemeal over the years. A
tenement flat with sparkling new bathroom and kitchen plumbing may
well still have a lead tank or stretches of lead pipe.

Then it doesn't conform to building regs. Drinking water from the mains
has been a requirement for many a year in that type of flat. Remember
(most) tenements were built without either bathroom or dedicated kitchen,
so any major alterations must comply to later regs.

--
*It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

Dave Plowman London SW
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On 21/08/2012 13:41, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Indeed. I'm amazed such things still existed in a tenement - they're not
exactly a tower block.

Tenements are exactly where such things lurk. They've been there a
hundred years, with plumbing replaced piecemeal over the years. A
tenement flat with sparkling new bathroom and kitchen plumbing may
well still have a lead tank or stretches of lead pipe.

Then it doesn't conform to building regs. Drinking water from the mains
has been a requirement for many a year in that type of flat. Remember
(most) tenements were built without either bathroom or dedicated kitchen,
so any major alterations must comply to later regs.


Unfortunately building regs only come into force when you make a change
that requires a building warrant or when the council issue a statutory
notice. I'm sure there are still many tenement flats with lead tanks and
piping, not to mention the dodgy wiring, but that's another story!

Z