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General Discussion / Re: Lanes for texting pedestrians
« on: August 26, 2019, 08:13:47 PM »
Just think how much fun you could have with, say, a broom handle, or a length of washing line.

It would be worth the trouble you'd get into, just to film it for Youtube... :-)

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General Discussion / Re: The new £50 "Mona Lisa"
« on: July 16, 2019, 11:02:37 PM »
The reason you never see £50 notes in general circulation is because most places won't accept them.

When banknotes were all printed on paper it was no more difficult to forge a fifty than a tenner, but if you got stiffed with one it was five times the loss. So shops simply put a sign up saying "No £50 notes" and left it at that.

Now that the new polymer notes are supposed to be so difficult to forge, we will probably see them making a comeback.

At least until the back-street mints figure out how to do a convincing copy.

 



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General Discussion / Re: 'Watts' happened to electric light bulbs?
« on: April 17, 2019, 10:21:48 PM »
At one time Chesterfield used to be involved a significant amount of this country's lamp manufacturing.

(They are called Lamps, by the way, not bulbs.)

We had our own standard bayonet fitting, called B22. Everyone used it, and British factories produced all that we needed. We didn't really know, or care, what the rest of the world did.

But things changed, like they do, and suddenly we were a small part of a global market, dominated by Far Eastern manufacturers.

They don't care how confused you are, they just want to give diverse markets the choice.

And then, of course, the EU banned "normal" incandescent bulbs lamps.

So the CFL and LED makers ramped up to meet the sudden increase in demand. Of course the old wattage ratings don't apply to new technology. They were based on how much current the lamp draws from your house supply (how fast they make your meter spin).

LED lamps produce a ridiculous amount of light for very few watts, so the makers wanted to let you know this. The Lumens rating is supposed to be a standard measure of how much light a lamp produces, regardless of how much power it uses to do it.
It's not, of course, it's a con. There are so many ways of measuring Lumens that it makes the whole thing a farce. The good makers stick to the NPL certified standards, everyone else just makes the numbers up as they wish.

If you want advice, then buy the most expensive lamps in the shop, or at least one from a well known name. I know this goes dead against what most people in this country do, but seriously there is a big difference between quality manufacture and cheap Chinese-made supermarket own brand.

Don't know what kind of range Wilco's stock, but if it was my money I was spending, I'd be looking for something a bit better than their stuff.
 

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: 38 Clifton Street, Brampton
« on: February 26, 2019, 05:34:00 AM »
I seem to think that it was used by police ?
Is this it ?

Yep, that's it, although as I say, all the vegetation has been cleared out from around it now.

I guess it being some kind of police box might make sense.

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: 38 Clifton Street, Brampton
« on: February 22, 2019, 10:11:29 PM »

...

A few years ago now Someone I knew was interested in a field to graze a few horses he'd got, try as he might he could not find out who owned the field, no one knew anything, so he put his horses on the field, in less than 24 hours he had the owner banging on his door wanting to know what he was playing at. Apparently the horse owner said something along the lines of "Well now YOUV'E stopped playing hide and seek we can talk".

Now there's an idea. Maybe I should change the lock on the gate and start painting the place up.

If it is Council owned I'll probably get a rates bill for it... ::)

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Chesterfield Discussion / 38 Clifton Street, Brampton
« on: February 22, 2019, 06:42:35 PM »
Is a small, derelict-looking brick building with two doors, near the back of Brampton Infants School, but facing out onto the street.

It looks like it might possibly have been a public toilet at some time.

Anyone here know anything about it?

It's only a matter of curiosity on my part, I don't want to buy it or anything. I've been walking past the place for years and it's never looked any different, nor seemed to have served any useful purpose.

Somebody must be responsible for it, as the brambles and weeds that were almost burying it have recently been removed.

As I say, just idle curiosity. An itch I'd like to scratch.

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Chatsworth Christmas market
« on: November 19, 2018, 09:46:56 PM »
That looks like the bottom end of the Ladybower Dam kromercap, I can see the boats in the middle.
The village ruins most people are on about seeing recently are up in the other bit nearer to the Derwent Dam.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53.3940&lon=-1.7250&layers=6&right=BingHyb

That'll be why we didn't see them then... ::)


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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Chatsworth Christmas market
« on: November 19, 2018, 08:10:06 PM »
We went to Ladybower yesterday, too.
A few days ago someone told us you could see the old village.
Guess it must have rained since then. The level was very low but no sign of the buildings.

Yes, there were a lot of people there, but we on a motorbike, so didn't really bother with the queues, or have any trouble parking...;-)

Snapped a couple of pics anyway.





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Sport / Re: Football
« on: July 07, 2018, 11:13:10 PM »

Sounds lovely. i hope you enjoyed it.


We really did, thanks.
Brampton to Matlock, to Darley Dale, to Rowsley, to Beeley, through Chatsworth to Baslow, to Calver, to Stoney Middleton, off through Eyam, and the winding back roads to Owler Bar, then down through Barlow to home. Not a long trip, but enjoyable enough, thanks to warm, dry roads, and hardly another vehicle in sight.

When we got back to Chessie it was obvious from the number of drunken, flag-draped people dancing in the streets, who'd won.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really pleased for England, and love to see them do well.
It's good for the whole country when the national side give us something to be proud of.

Let's just say, I'm really looking forward to missing the semi-final match next weekend... ;)



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Sport / Re: Football
« on: July 05, 2018, 10:51:37 PM »
A week last Sunday, me and the wife were out on our motorbike. Not really going anywhere, just cruising about, enjoying the fact that the roads were surprisingly quiet.

It was only when we stopped for a cuppa at a cafe, that we realized that the whole nation was watching that ball-kicking contest in Russia.

Personally I find the sport about as fascinating as sand, but I'm really looking forwards to Saturdays game.

We won't be watching it. The UK forecast is for good weather.

Imagine 1437km2 of Peak District. All to ourselves...  >;



 


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General Discussion / Re: Sheffield road improvements et al
« on: June 08, 2018, 11:23:52 PM »

If you get an estimate to say re-point your chimney, the guy says yes it will take me 2 days and the cost is £250 and everyone is in agreement. Then it takes him a fortnight and your presented with a bill for £1000 you wouldn't be very happy, and rightly so.

Yet Government and local council schemes end up like the above all the time, and we as the taxpayer are just expected to accept it.



Actually the whole scheme, re-surfacing the roads and replacing all existing public lighting with LED, was paid for by an EU grant.
So it didn't really cost local council tax payers anything.

Of course the UK taxpayers overall chipped in a portion of it, via our EU budget contribution.
And let's face it, some over-paid, under-employed button pusher in Brussels doesn't care where the money goes, or how much gets wasted, as long as he can file a report saying how well they have done improving Sheffield's environmental impact.

Because that's his next promotion, and pay rise, sorted out nicely, thank you very much.

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: Essential Information For Shoppers
« on: February 03, 2018, 05:09:55 PM »
So you get home, with the tag still attached to the item.
And then...?

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: First Snow
« on: December 13, 2017, 05:23:57 PM »
Meanwhile, in Japan...




 :)

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: First Snow
« on: December 12, 2017, 10:07:50 PM »
Well, Snowpocalypse Unprecedented Climate Armageddon Cyclone Storm Hitler, was a bit of a let-down really.

If I remember right, we just used to call it  "Winter", back in the day. And get on with our lives... :(

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Chesterfield Discussion / Re: CCTV CAMERAS
« on: December 08, 2017, 10:57:02 PM »
Anyone who owns, operates, or is effectively in charge, of a CCTV system that covers an area that is accessible to the public, is required by law to be trained and qualified to SIA standards.

This means that they have to be aware of, and abide by, the letter of the law regarding your rights to access any recordings that you may be involved in, as well as your rights under the Data Protection Act.

Breaches of these rules are a criminal matter, and if you believe they have occurred then talk to a solicitor.
Tampering with video evidence always leaves a digital imprint on the records, and a court can require any licenced operator to provide the records as evidence in a hearing.

If you are serious about these allegations then you need to get advice from a legal professional, and not, with all due respect, the unqualified members of this forum.

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