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Reply | anyone on here currently driving an electric car ?
at 16:11 26 Jun 2025
Ridiculous isn't it?!
So it turns out the congestion charge wasn't about reducing emissions in the centre of town at all?
Kahn really doesn't help himself sometimes does he? If the tube network was better, then it would be a viable alternative. Its still rattling away using Victorian infrastructure, while costing more per mile than rail transport in most other countries, absolute state of it |
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Reply | anyone on here currently driving an electric car ?
at 16:03 26 Jun 2025
You don't need to plug in every night, this is not a good idea.
--unless you mean to just charge at night if your tariff is cheaper?
The battery technology is similar to your mobile phone, just on a larger scale.
For the health of the battery array its better to run it low before charging.
I've heard it described as seating in a theatre. It's quick to fill up when its empty, but the last 10% takes a while (more effort) to fill up, if you think of everyone else moving to allow the electrons to find an empty seat.
Range anxiety is a thing though, and if you are the kind of person who worries when their fuel light comes on, then maybe an electric car isn't for you!
We've driven to France, Belgium and Holland in ours with no issues. Superfast chargers are much more prevalent abroad, however you can get fed up with the volume of apps you need to download, unless you have access to a TAP card for charging, you might find yourself entering your credit card details on pony websites in the dark at Centre Parcs in a forest in Belgium...
-- More of a UK problem, I've found a few chargers vandalised. I'm guessing the cables get stolen from forecourts to be weighed in for the copper? Can be a pain in the arse if you need a charge on the move, although a few of the apps do show if the chargers are free and working, so again its all about preparation.
Only leased, I wouldn't advise buying these, as the resale on a 4 year + eV is poor.
They are great fun to drive though, I used to be able to commute without touching the brake in my i3 and in traffic they can be very smooth to drive with the CVT gearboxes |
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Reply | anyone on here currently driving an electric car ?
at 13:10 26 Jun 2025
Yep, we've leased a few over the last ten years or so. Currently have the Audi Q4.
Infrastructure is better in Europe, but we have solar at home, so most of the time its free for us to run. This one is heavy and chews through tyres though |
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Reply | Latest WLS podcast - Koki Saito
at 12:19 25 Jun 2025
I don't always see this barometer as players coming in.
I think some of the outs, like Anderson are also positive moves, which will free up wages for new squad members, this is all progress in my opinion |
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Reply | Taylor Richards finally going?
at 10:55 24 Jun 2025
I'm guessing the club set its own precedent with the signings of Taraabt and Eze.
Where it was a perceived attitude problem, rather than any lack of skill, or poor injury record which saw them end up at QPR.
It sounds like it was Beale, who thought he could nurture Richards and help develop the correct work ethic.
The part that worries me is the mentality of a player who stops striving once they have got that large contract. I listened to that Mac Bonne interview, where he says that QPR paid him way too much, and after that he couldn't be bothered (or words to that effect).
I fully support the idea of taking in waifs and strays.
They might be sh1t but try hard like Smyth
They might be good, but made of glass like JCS
But, the common theme has to be to keep them hungry.
If that means that the player wants to move on once they progress (like Varane) then it means the model is working in my book |
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Reply | Varane being sold?
at 13:48 23 Jun 2025
Hang on, can we step through this logic?
If I'm selling something, like a car, I wouldn't tell the potential buyer I was desperate to sell it. That doesn't push the price up, it pushes it down.
Or am I looking at this the wrong way?
Reminds me of Odemwingie driving down to the training ground on transfer deadline day.
I realise, he would have been invited, he didn't do this himself off spec, but when the deal collapsed it wasn't his agent of was on Sky Sports News was it? |
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Reply | Taylor Richards finally going?
at 10:38 23 Jun 2025
We weren't the only club chasing him though. Don't forget the much lauded recruitment at Brighton also signed him.
I think this is the reality of where QPR is, we have to take chances with our recruitment.
On paper Eze was also a massive punt, released from stacks of other clubs, just looking for the clouds to align and a career to develop.
I think the issue with Taylor is 100% down to personality, which is why the Human part of scouting should never be replaced. I'm sure a Mark Warburton/Neil Warnock experienced person could have worked out his character in 5 mins and decided it would never work out |
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Reply | Leicester in more do do
at 12:38 20 Jun 2025
I'm bored right now to be fair
EDIT: Actually just to ease the boredom I re-read your post using Russel Brands voice, and I'm now slightly entertained.
Have you ever written a booky wook yourself? [Post edited 20 Jun 12:40]
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Reply | How about a few “not a lot of people know thats”
at 09:54 20 Jun 2025
I always thought there was some relation to fußar which I thought was German for terrible...
-- internet does not support this ^^
I'll check in with a German colleague later |
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Reply | London / Cockney slang
at 14:04 19 Jun 2025
You are all doing it wrong!
It's not a straight mirror. You need to swap the first letter and then reverse it, otherwise its not really a code |
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Reply | Renewing MicrosoftFamily365 - But not with the AI stuff
at 13:43 19 Jun 2025
Can you get by with OpenOffice?
Its free, and if you are just doing home based stuff its more than adequate.
If its for work, can you run it through a business and get the VAT back at least? |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 13:40 19 Jun 2025
And Joey Barton, and Adel Taraabt.
It's common to ship a player out on loan if the coach thinks they are disruptive and we cannot sell them at that point in time.
I guess a lot of the time the club loses a lot of money on these deals.
Do they budget to pay for two managers salaries? Last year we must have still be paying for Ainsworth for a chunk of time, until he worked again? |
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Reply | London / Cockney slang
at 12:17 19 Jun 2025
I always thought backslang was a prison thing, ended up going over to Aus as well |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 12:05 19 Jun 2025
Yeah, you normally get to see the managers on SKY acting as pundits during this period.
I think it signals "I'm ready to work again" to other clubs |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 11:45 19 Jun 2025
Is this true?
I thought, even when a manger is paid off its a "settlement" that means a percentage of the contract, so they are able to work again.
Also, like a transfer its not all the money in one go is it? |
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Reply | Leicester in more do do
at 10:11 19 Jun 2025
I know you are a self proclaimed wordsmith, but is "mythologised" really the right word for Stanley Bowles?
There wasn't much need to make up stories about Stan, the truth was usually far more entertaining.
You could have just used legend, but I guess it wasn't clever enough |
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Reply | Manager situation
at 10:03 19 Jun 2025
100% ^^^
We've finally got a tangible asset with the new training ground. Imagine if we got a poor owner in who sold this and leased it back to us? |
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Reply | The Big Match - ITV4
at 16:48 18 Jun 2025
I used to have a login for Redux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Redux
It was really good, you could do archive retrievals at different bitrates.
You could even submit searches for old content that would trigger a Human to go and find the content on a dusty shelf somewhere and digitise it.
Some old series were famously recorded over, but everything new is kept now, just not always available on IPlayer due to licencing |
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