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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun May 03, 2020 5:58 am

Ah, stupid internet. It was a sailboat like this one: Image.

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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun May 03, 2020 6:02 am

Ok. Thanks. Moving to Sweden?
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Post by JimC » Sun May 03, 2020 6:04 am

That table achieves the planing speed very effectively! And the legs would be good points for tying off at a jetty!
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun May 03, 2020 6:21 am

The principle of a flat bottom boat?
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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun May 03, 2020 6:23 am

I'd rather part the seas...
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Post by Sean Hayden » Sun May 03, 2020 6:24 am

Scot Dutchy wrote:
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Ok. Thanks. Moving to Sweden?
They would never agree to it. :biggrin:
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Sun May 03, 2020 6:28 am

A sign of the post-virus world?

China starts major trial of state-run digital currency
The e-RMB has reportedly been adopted into the monetary systems of several cities

China will begin trialling payments in its new digital currency in four major cities from next week, according to domestic media.

In recent months, China’s central bank has stepped up its development of the e-RMB, which is set to be the first digital currency operated by a major economy.

It has reportedly begun trials in several cities, including Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chengdu, as well as a new area south of Beijing, Xiong’an, and areas that will host some of the events for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

State-media outlet China Daily said it had been formally adopted into the cities’ monetary systems, with some government employees and public servants to receive their salaries in the digital currency from May.

Sina News said the currency would be used to subsidise transport in Suzhou, but in Xiong’an the trial primarily focused on food and retail.
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Post by pErvinalia » Sun May 03, 2020 6:40 am

Pointless if it's just another centrally administered fiat currency.
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Post by JimC » Sun May 03, 2020 6:46 am

Scot Dutchy wrote:
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The principle of a flat bottom boat?
Would only want to use it on an absolutely flat lake. Any waves and it's a table for one in Davey Jones Locker! :{D
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Tue May 05, 2020 6:39 am

Privatisation of the NHS thanks to the corona virus.

UK government 'using pandemic to transfer NHS duties to private sector'
Critics claim Matt Hancock has accelerated dismantling of state healthcare

The government is using the coronavirus pandemic to transfer key public health duties from the NHS and other state bodies to the private sector without proper scrutiny, critics have warned.

Doctors, campaign groups, academics and MPs raised the concerns about a “power grab” after it emerged on Monday that Serco was in pole position to win a deal to supply 15,000 call-handlers for the government’s tracking and tracing operation.

They said the health secretary, Matt Hancock, had “accelerated” the dismantling of state healthcare and that the duty to keep the public safe was being “outsourced” to the private sector.
Bye bye NHS. America will be so happy.
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Post by Cunt » Tue May 05, 2020 4:07 pm

JimC wrote:
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Scot Dutchy wrote:
Sun May 03, 2020 6:21 am
The principle of a flat bottom boat?
Would only want to use it on an absolutely flat lake. Any waves and it's a table for one in Davey Jones Locker! :{D
Nah, as long as you have power you would be fine. Might want to stick some chewed gum on the thing though...it looks a bit 'off' without it.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue May 05, 2020 5:31 pm

There is no 'post corona' btw. What we'll have is BP, before pandemic, and AP, after pandemic. The latter won't bear much relation to the former.
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Post by JimC » Tue May 05, 2020 9:06 pm

Brian Peacock wrote:
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There is no 'post corona' btw. What we'll have is BP, before pandemic, and AP, after pandemic. The latter won't bear much relation to the former.
You'll have old geezers in pubs, telling all the young people how they've never had it so good, and that living through a pandemic would be the making of them! :tea:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue May 05, 2020 9:18 pm

Pandemic? Luxury! Before social distancing was mandatory we used to have pack ourselves onto commuter trains like veal calves and then line up and be stabbed by our bosses every morning when we got to work!
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 06, 2020 1:01 am

Brian Peacock wrote:
Tue May 05, 2020 5:31 pm
There is no 'post corona' btw. What we'll have is BP, before pandemic, and AP, after pandemic. The latter won't bear much relation to the former.
I had to double check that Scot Dutchy didn't write this post.
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