Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[bargainbob] 02/1/2020 14:07

Pete no offense but would rather have a pint with you . :-)

[cheshire pete] 02/1/2020 14:00

stonedyou Master entertainer on this board, as well as diehard brexiteer...top man.

[mikemichael2] 02/1/2020 13:16

Why do you do that stoned??

[crossing_the_rubicon] 02/1/2020 12:52

"Thank you Donald Trump from Black Americans!!!!!"

California's Homeless Crisis Will Expose A Lot Of Political Malfeasance With Trump In Town

[minerve 2] 02/1/2020 12:42

You can't build bridges out of pork pies.

[minerve 2] 02/1/2020 12:29

See, there you have it, mm2's only chance to prove his knowledge is greater than Minerve's in this particular case and he's flunked it.

Predictable.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 02/1/2020 12:11

HNY peeps.

Let's hope 2020 brings us some good fortune here.

Suspect we're in for a tough one though as we near a debt implosion globally. Just a question of time really.

We are living in a world whose prosperity is a debt illusion.

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[jordaggy] 02/1/2020 12:10

A - yes, with a good Boris deal. Happy New year.

[freddie01] 02/1/2020 12:08

Foreign property investors poised to swoop on Scotland

[alphorn] 02/1/2020 12:07

M2 - Lol.

I think the idea that someone posted to get a specialist in with a camera is probably the best in the long run. A friend in the wilds of the Dordogne has the same problem and the local specialists sorted it with their equipment very cheaply.

[minerve 2] 02/1/2020 12:03

cheshire

Thanks. I may invest in a camera on string system. Just had a sweep use one to check the integrity of two chimney flues.

[minerve 2] 02/1/2020 12:01

Alphorn

Yes, there is a kitchen feed.

Funny you should mention Chelsea players. I nearly bought a house in Windsor next door to Petr Čech.

They get around a bit don't they on all that Russian State funding by proxy! Yeltsin must be so proud. LOL

[alphorn] 02/1/2020 11:46

J - good to read other views. In a nutshell much is surprisingly positive - can it continue to surprise???

[mr.elbee] 02/1/2020 11:42

The “consensusR21; on climate change – based on the statistic that 97 per cent of scientists agree – is not only groupthinkishly unscientific in spirit, but also invalid."

This statement is correct, but it's worth expanding upon There is a scientific consensus on climate change and the role of human-generated CO2 within it, but it is extremelty circomspect and in no way supports the political consensus.



The scoentitif consensus is that the climate is changing, specifically warmingat a modest rate, and that it is likely that this change is in part affected by the extra CO2 humans are putting into the atmosphere.



The does not support any certaintybeyond that point, but it is important to define what the science actually is at this point; it certainly includes the vast collection of scientists and institutions that collect and analyse observational data, but crucially it does not wholly include the work on the General Circulation Models, more often simply known as the computer models. In an ideal world where poltiical forces stay out of how science is conducted, these too would be scientifically controlled, but they are not; they are designed to produce predictions that serve political expectations. The truth of this claim I make here is supported simply by the fact that the models have been predicting the future for 30 years or so by now, and have always massively overestimated the warming trend, to a degree that should by rights have meant that the modelling is dismissed as hopeless.



Without the computer models, the extent of confidence that the science can express in the politics is extremely modest, and connot support the following commonly accepted notions:



1) That the warming trend obserrved is dominated by human activity

2) That the warming trend is or will be amplifed by a water vapour feedback effect

3) That the rate of warming is dangerous in the near or medium term

4) That the warming trend is part of a system possessing a tipping point beyond which it will be impossible to return

5) That the only rational response to the apparent dangers is to decarbonise humanity's energy and industrial systems

6) That the only acceptable ways for this decabonisation to proceed is via energy harvesting technologies sich as wind and solar, not with contrallable platforms such as nuclear power



The six points listed above, if rejected on a sceptical basis, tend to draw accusations of denialism from those who support the political orthodoxy of climate change, but such accusation are themselves denialist, because the statements in question have no scientific justification.

[poikka] 02/1/2020 11:42

No more Abu Hamza fuggin about :)

[cheshire pete] 02/1/2020 11:40

Min: Can also get contractors with CCTV cameras to identify blockages in drains, then clear / repair as necessary. Insurance companies use them sometimes for assessing claims.

[cheshire pete] 02/1/2020 11:26

We're on a septic tank, occasionally get the drain rods out maybe every few years but no problem and save a packet on reduced water rates. Re-invest it in LLOY lol.