B&Q Wind turbines

[Derek ^]

It's £12.00 per day BTW. And nurses coming off shift get fined 1 days pay if they don't move their vehicles quickly enough (say 'cos they went to the post office) .

If you refer to the old Edinborough R.I. I can assure you the premises (though quaint in an auld "Wee Scottty" sort of way) were totally unsuitable for a hospital in 2,006.

I liked the building BTW. Until I had to dismantle an instrument weighing 1,200 LBs at the top of one of the towers and take it down to the basement and re-install it into one of the labs.

The Lab boss said "We're no too sure aboot the floor, can you dismantle it piece by piece staying close to the wall (don't move it away from the wall in one piece) and take it down the steps".

Sure I can, just call me Indiana Jones.

Of course I jest, such is fairly normal for the NHS.

Who created that title ? Do I need to say more ?

Would you believe it if Arriva said Leeds was a centre of transport excellence ?

I think you will find (Should you chose to look) that significantly better medical services are available in the Scottish Highlands. They get more funding per patient (25% IIAC) and will pay airfares for patients to get to outpatients appointments. Better than crawling down Chapeltown Road. I think you know what I mean. :-(

BTW I was in Aberdeen R.I. on Wednesday and Dundee R.I. yesterday.

You have proof of that ?

Give over, it would have been the local, Regional Neurology Unit.

As regard Yorkshire, there is an excellent one in Sheffield.

One wonders why, (there might have been a good reason), since there is a perfectly adequate University, Medical school, and Neurology Department in Newcastle. IE.

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Significance = 0. Methinks.

Father in law died there of MRSA infection there in shitty squalor in

2,000. Deep gouges ran across the walls where beds had been pushed along. It is not possible to clean/sterilise a plaster surface broken like that. Disposable urinal bottles chucked out of windows into the quad, used syringes ditto. The lift was not cleaned in the 6 weeks we were attending there. Father in law fell out of bed 18 times in just 2 hours one Sunday afternoon because his bed could not be seen from his nurses workstation, oddly, *none* of the beds could. The wing was only built in 1972, the year we got married, how could it possibly be designed like that, there is no concievable excuse.

This is "Nursing" ?

The dirty bastards. !

And filthy wards catastrophic for others.

You neglect to mention what happened to the original "Chapel Alllerton" Hospital. Slight possibilty it was sold off for housing, what, what?

Tosh.

It's *MONEY* that directs it all.

There has been a titanic struggle in recent years between LGI and St James's to the detriment of patient care.

St James's has won, probably because of the open market value of the LGI site.

So it's Bye Bye LGI.

Killingbeck is already long gone, a fine hospital sold for housing.

Seacroft will not be long. :-(

DG

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:48:54 +0000 someone who may be Derek ^ wrote this:-

Excellent, rudeness as well.

[David Hansen]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:27:40 +0000 someone who may be Derek ^ wrote this:-

When people start off their replies with a personal attack like, "You really are a dim pillock.", the rest of their posting is not worth replying to.

[Derek ^]

That's your opinion.

Where your position really needs defending people see it as a cop out

DG

[Derek ^]

Rude, Moi ? Read it again.

DG

[The Natural Philosopher]

I dunno. I find a statement that on the face of it appears to be a bald statement of fact, usually bodes well for the rest of the post.

[Tony Bryer]

"The architect behind the eco-friendly makeover of David Cameron's house has admitted the wind turbine being attached to the Tory leader's roof is not as effective as was hoped.

..

Now Mr Michaelis himself has admitted their failings and Mr Cameron, who spent thousands on his model, may have to invest in a new one as early as next year. "It's early days for wind turbines and their efficiency can only get better," said Mr Michaelis, of architects Michaelis Boyd Associates in Ladbroke Grove."

if the wind isn't there, buying a new one isn't going to make much difference.

And this is the leader of the party which promises to slash wasteful non-productive expenditure

[Huge]

I don't care what he spends *his* money on. I only care about what he wants to spend *my* money on.

[Edward W. Thompson]

If he can't look after his own money what chance do we have he'll look after ours? Not much I suggest. The man's a clown!

[John Rumm]

Just as well he does not want to be chancellor then...

[Andy Hall]

He speaks highly of you.

[Matt]

More fuel for the debate, with emphasis on rooftop systems and their "capabilities" or lack of.

[DJT]

I could always sell you some wind, had a slight surplus over the last few days.

[Dave Liquorice]

Also been a bit windy here:

the 2006 to other year numbers back to 1999 for comparisons with other Novembers.

[AJH]

metres/sec?

What does the graph look like for the whole period so far?

I've looked through Steve Briggs's data in 10 minute intervals but the windspeeds are too low for most of the period. Bearing in mind my maths may be flaky but even so on the generous assumption 1kW was generated at 7m/s, cut in speed was 3m/s and cut out was 20m/s with a cube law obeyed in between it looked like a gross 500kWhr was available, 10% of this would be lost as the inverter's parasitic load, so a net value of around 35 quid. Now I need to super impose a typical demand to see how that could fit.

A substantially bigger turbine has recently won a German design prize.

[Steve Firth]

the feature that impressed the judges - the ability to withstand high gusts while still generating electricity - is hardly new.

[Mary Fisher]

chafing dish!

Mary

[Dave Plowman (News)]

And I love the optimism:-

"Depending on location it produces between 5000 and 12000 kWh per year."

[Staffbull]

I see they listed it as good for one peron or couples ! not likley!! It wouldn't feed my 16st frame at one sitting !!!, best/cheapest BBQ is the trusty wheelbarrow few bricks and a couple of decent size wire racks, will take 1-2 full bags of charcoal and you can cook for 10 - 12 on it, top bannana

[Dave Liquorice]

B-)

I like the juxtaposition of the wind turbine or solar power kit with the

40 tonne airport fire engine with 1,000bhp engine.