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I think we have reached the end of this thread.
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Sunday morning me and my pal went out for a blast around Paphos hillsides on our quads.....it helped to clear the cobwebs after having spent all afternoon and night at another pals 40th birthday BBQ the day before.
It was an epic few hours that featured many many high points on the hills and valleys, and I really enjoyed being drenched in the river splash.....fortunately it was caught on camera you an see it here:
2019 Kymco MXU550i - Quick dash and splash in the river! - YouTube
However, the low point was when we were heading up a track and nipping on, but nothing too extreme, and went up over a bump on the track and to spot that the other side had been dug out by a digger, and the quad and me end up on our sides in the hole. I think instinct to avoid when I saw the hole kicked in, as I cannot remember turning, and its the only reason I can see for it to land on its side and not having ploughed straight into the opposite side of the hole face.
I don't know how, but I never had a single mark on me. My pal couldn't believe it either, he said I went up over the bump and then just vanished as he watched the quad topple over.
I remember the split second thoughts that went through my mind from "OH F>>>" to "This is going to hurt" to "I hope I don't land on thorns or a cactus". Once the bike had come to rest on its side, I remember pulling myself out and just think I hope there is no snakes as I was lying on dried out vegetation.
I then notices the fuel running out of the tank cap and then just had image of it catching fire! The way it was lying in the hole I did think at one point we were going to have to leave it and go and get a digger or crane to recover it!
We then took at least 30 minutes trying to get the bike out, even with the 4wd and diff lock engaged, it just dug down and bottomed, the angles were all wrong for the winches and there was nothing to secure to. We just kept having to bounce it onto different spots and try different angles, but there was really very little room to move and front was against the square edge face of the hole and the rear was a really steep slope. Brute force and adrenaline worked though and we got it out. Then took a few minutes to cool down, drink water, reflect and get the buzz to calm down. Checked over the bike there was a several scratches in front and left side, but no real body damage and didn't see any buckled steering arms or suspension parts. Of we went, then it didn't feel right, it wasn't steering properly, pulling funny etc. Then my pal mentioned the 4WD and diff lock and sure enough it was still on. It didn't even cross my mind to check it after everything that had just happened! 
One tyre needs to be taken off and re-seated as there is vegetation and a stone wedged in between the tyre wall and the wheel rim, but other than that...its a miracle!
I went onto google maps today to have a look at where it happened, and it looks like the track is an old back entrance up onto a shooting range, so maybe that why the hole had been dug to close the track, but think it would have been easier and safer to the close the opening in the fence across the track as it was fenced at both sides!
Oh well, just put it down to a learning opportunity on quad recovery! And hope it is along time before something like that happens again or preferably not at all! As for the water I am definitely doing that again 
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To quote Suzi Quatro:
Quote: I gotta hold on to me
I gotta hold on to me
Save me, save me, save me, save me
I gotta hold on to me
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Lucky you, I had a co-worker who lost an arm when his quad fell over.
He did hardware too, but continued working at the company in the same function, so that's pretty cool.
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I went snow mobile driving in Norway and ran off the track and parked the machine on a rock on a hill with the tail pointed down into 10ft of packed snow. It took 3 hours in a blizzard to get it out, thankfully we had the right clothing on if not the correct gear to drag it out.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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And it isn't me, in case you are wondering: New face of the Bank of England's £50 note is revealed as Alan Turing - BBC News[^]
I can't think of a more appropriate person: the work he pioneered lead directly to the shape of the world today. Pity the establishment treated him so terribly badly at the time.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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This always fascinates me. I have some old French and German currency from when we visited there shortly before their transitions to the euro and they had Planck on one bill and Gauss on another and I thought that was very cool. In the US all of the bills have various presidents on them and that's kind of boring except for Benjamin Franklin on the 100 who is a notable exception. Why some of those were chosen is beyond me like Jackson on the 20. Why? He really wasn't that notable as a president. I think it is much better to have prominent inventors on them so Nikolas Tesla should be on one although they would probably choose Edison instead.
Anyway, Turing is a great choice. Maybe they can have Steven Hawking on one someday.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I totally overlooked Hamilton. Maybe because I rarely get tens. Above a hundred, I have seen thousand dollar bills once but that was quite a while ago. They had Grover Cleveland on them. For a while McKinley was on the 500. Again, why? They were really not notable presidents.
A little more homework : no bills above the hundred are produced or circulated today.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: no bills above the hundred are produced or circulated today.
But you never know.
When I was a little tyke, $2's, although uncommon, were generally available. Certainly at banks. Then they weren't. Then they started them up again.
They could, of course, change the image for any of them. More than anything else, I think it depends upon inflation - and so I'd like them to remain historical (w.r.t. printing) a while longer. When that day arrives, you'll likely receive $100's at your ATM.
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Is this just virtue signalling? There were a handful of others equally pivotal in the role of breaking Enigma.
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Hear, hear, there should be a group portrait on the £50 note 
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Yeah, right, and, because you're Dutch, you want to print colour to be yellow.
Bluddy pervs.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yes, a handful, and can anyone name any of the others? I seriously doubt it. I even watched a movie about it and I still can't.
THAT is why he is on it.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Because he was gay, or because he killed himself, or because he gave his name to a computer test? 
I read a book some time back on it, the Poles did a heck of a lot before the war, and Turings machine just sped up the process, a process which had already been arrived at by others.
He was just part of the effort.
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So you think this is a real bill - not an artificial one?
You're sure this isn't just a Test?
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Churchill only got the fiver, so this must be, yet again, more LGBT cr@p, that says that there are ten times more gays than straights.
Joking aside, what I say above might just bear a whisker of truth.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Pity the establishment treated him so terribly badly at the time.
I'm positively surprised that you, British guy, aknowledge that. 
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He does have his moments
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Hi all!
Following this post about a set of speakers that allow bluetooth connections while in standby...[^]
At the end KEF told me no way they can solve my issue... So be warned wonderful sound, great value, but all your neighbors around can control them for free.
Once this said, those loudspeakers come with a IR remote...
I could buy an IR plug[^] to plug and unplug the loudspeakers comfortably from that remote without having to move half my desktop to reach the plugs there...
2 questions:
1. Have you used a plug like that? (I truly had no idea they existed).
2. Plugging and unplugging each day a set of powered speakers can be bad for them?
Thank you all...
modified 15-Jul-19 13:18pm.
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Joan M wrote: Thank you all...
You are more than welcome!
Just one question: what the heck are you talking about? 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Oops I've updated the original post...
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It shouldn't be any different from switching the power on and off via a power strip or similar, which is what I've been doing since the 80s. Monitors, speakers, printers, scanners, MODEMs, whatever.
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Jeeze, Joan, ditch the things, and buy some that use wires or wifi dongles.
bluetooth has never not sucked.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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