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6 hours ago, Crewton said:

I realise that the "no Road Tax" benefit was introduced as an incentive to switch to EVs, but it's completely iniquitous, unless someone is going to claim that EVs don't travel on roads 😉

Surely, eventually, they're going to have to either reintroduce RT for EVs or road pricing tolls for all, because roads don't come free?

Our 65 plate Nissan Note is zero road tax.

1 hour ago, Patrick Rams said:

Oh and for the record they rated Wayne Rooney 24th!

That will be interesting to see.

3 hours ago, cstand said:

Yes that’s right, part of that IT outage was train services related but I highlighted that I had traveled yesterday and the only problems was the normal cancellations by the ongoing drivers dispute. 

I bought my printed ticket in advance and always have cash readily available before I travel. 
 

Liz Truss has nothing to do with the I.T. outage but people have posted about her for some bizarre reason. 

 

Did you not have any problems making a doctors appointment or buying stuff from Morrisons either?

46 minutes ago, FlyBritishMidland said:

I’ve had mine coming up to 4 weeks now and I’d echo what @GboroRam and @Gritstone Ram have said.  It really is effortless driving.  I went for the Kona with the bigger battery and a marketed range of 319 miles.  So far, I’d say that’s about right but do expect it drop off in the winter months, just like your MPG in an ICE car does.  I’ve only charged at home and a 5 hour charge on the Octopus Go tariff adds about 50%, so about 160miles, to the battery for about £3.

I've test driven a Kona and I preferred it to the Niro. Not tried the newer Kona yet though. There's a works salary sacrifice scheme that has a few 'decent' choices, one of which is the Volvo EV. Always fancied a Volvo but never really had the extra money to justify buying one.

54 minutes ago, Gritstone Ram said:

Cheap as chips to run if you get an EV tariff. Pay less tax if it’s a company car. No visits to the petrol station. Summer is 25% better than winter.
 

Ermmm Ermmm apart from that it’s a car.

They're quite nippy too aren't they, although I'm comparing it with our sluggish Nissan Note. 😄

3 hours ago, GboroRam said:

Actually that makes a lot of sense. BMW are making everything a chargeable extra, so probably indicator stalks are on a monthly subscription. BMW drivers are choosing to not pay, and I don't blame them. 

I was listening to the golf commo and thinking how everything 'has to' move with the times. There's lots of inability to accept change in all sorts of areas it seems. But when focussing on negatives the greater positives are often (deliberately) overlooked.

So we're keen on getting an EV soon, so what is the best bits to 'embrace' and what do you really like about them. 🙂 👍

33 minutes ago, Ram1988 said:

If Osborn is going to be utilised in central midfield we desperately need a LWB.

A GK, LWB and another CM at least.

It's good to see we'll be able to play the 'who plays where' game this season too. 😄

12 hours ago, Magicman said:

Watch him in the video swimming pool meeting Ebou and others

He's still developing, and not everyone has the same body shape. What makes you an expert btw?

No messing with the job spec by the FA! Seems pretty specific...

THE ROLE

Lead and develop the England senior men's team to win a major tournament and be consistently ranked as one of the top teams in the world.

Provide inspiring leadership to a world class, multi-disciplinary technical team based at St. George's Park.

Develop and maintain strong relationships with clubs who employ English qualified players.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

Will hold a UEFA Pro License.

Will have significant experience of English football, with a strong track record delivering results in the Premier League and/or leading international competitions.

Will be an exceptional leader who understands and will enjoy the international football environment.

Will be experienced in successfully identifying, managing and developing English qualified players.

Will be highly resilient and comfortable in a very high-profile role with intense public scrutiny.

Will have a track record of creating a high performing, positive team culture and environment.

Will have strong personal values and integrity and understand and embrace the role that the England Men's Senior Team Head Coach has inspiring the nation.

OUR VALUES

Aim HIGH

Achieve TOGETHER

Embrace DIFFERENCE

Should you want to register your interest and you meet the criteria above, please do this via email to mannie.neville@thefa.com

This is a private address, and should you meet all the criteria you will receive a response.

The Football Association promotes equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from everyone who meets the criteria. If you have any requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please detail this in your covering letter.

1 minute ago, Animal is a Ram said:

Not even close to being a pen - Dom being a little dramatic, but don't know what his viewing angle is compared to RamsTV. 

I presume he was on about this? But no VAR so we'll never know! 😄

This might affect a few of you.

"British betting firm Ladbrokes reports problems published at 10:01

10:01

Ladbrokes says: "You might have seen the news about the global technical issue affecting airlines, banks etc.

"Unfortunately we're experiencing this too. We're working hard to resolve the issue but don't know when it will be fixed.

"Thanks for being so patient and apologies for the inconvenience."

4 minutes ago, angieram said:

Pronunciation has little to do with education. I am well-educated but am tone-deaf and have real difficulty picking up pronunciations. 

That's why I excelled in Latin - didn't have to pronounce it, just read and write it! 

"Pronunciation in the English language classroom is more than just 'listen and repeat'

What makes teaching pronunciation different from teaching other parts of the English language?

Pronunciation is more than 'listen and repeat'. Pronunciation includes features of language (vocabulary and grammar) and skills (speaking and listening).

Like vocabulary and grammar, we pronounce by noticing and understanding rules and patterns which lie beneath the surface of speech.

For example, if an English word has two syllables, the stress is usually on the first syllable for nouns and adjectives, and the second syllable for verbs."

A spokesperson for the UK's National Pharmacy Association says: "We're aware that due to global IT outages that services in community pharmacies, including the accessing of prescriptions from GPs and medicine deliveries, are disrupted today.

"We urge patients to be patient whilst visiting their pharmacy."

Some GP surgeries in England are having issues with booking appointments.

"There are multiple reports in relation to EMIS Web - which allows GPs to manage appointment bookings, conduct patient consultations, and update, store and share patient records.

Grimethorpe Surgery in Barnsley posted on X, external reporting a "major issue" saying it has "no access" to the clinical system.

The clinic later posted saying: "We are aware that users are still unable to access EMIS Web."

The Church Lane Surgery in Brighouse posted on X saying "our clinical system has not been working since 7am this morning".

"We have no access to patient clinical records so are unable to book appointments or provide information."

Central Lakes Medical Group in Ambleside wrote on X saying it has been "impacted by the IT outage".

Solihull Healthcare Partnership in the West Midlands said there is a "national issue" with "EMIS Web", the clinical computer system."

In the UK, railway companies report delays and say they're experiencing "widespread IT issues"

Some GP surgeries in England are having issues with booking appointments.

Delhi airport goes manual:

14 minutes ago, BucksRam said:

Saw that online but seems if people try it then their Bitlocker Drive Encryption blocks it (not that I really know what that means).  Back to square one it seems.  Crowdstrike must be

Think then you need a 15 digit key code but that means getting it from BitLocker... #oops

That reminds me of the Apple cockup decades ago when - you know they hate having any ways to attach external drives - their machines needed their modem drivers updated but they couldn't connect to the internet to download them. Lol.

"Ransomware is the single biggest threat to corp IT. CrowdStrike: hold my beer..."

I blame the education system for not having better language teaching. Oui.

This is big.

Planes grounded as mass worldwide IT outage hits airlines, media and banks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et

"7/18/24 10:20PM PT - Hello everyone - We have widespread reports of BSODs on windows hosts, occurring on multiple sensor versions. Investigating cause. TA will be published shortly. Pinned thread.

SCOPE: EU-1, US-1, US-2 and US-GOV-1

Edit 10:36PM PT - TA posted: https://supportportal.crowdstrike.com/s/article/Tech-Alert-Windows-crashes-related-to-Falcon-Sensor-2024-07-19

Edit 11:27 PM PT:

CrowdStrike Engineering has identified a content deployment related to this issue and reverted those changes.

Workaround Steps:

Boot Windows into Safe Mode or the Windows Recovery Environment

Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike directory

Locate the file matching “C-00000291*.sys”, and delete it.

Boot the host normally."

From Reddit

11 minutes ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

In fairness Nelson isn't a patch on some.

Ay, eye.