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posted on 5/12/20

comment by Ole-dirty-baztard - You want ole in, ole out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about. Do the ole Koke (U19119)
Fair comment. You are correct, they will get better. But I still suspect there will be degradation. I don’t think there’s any rechargeable battery that’s immune to that

For sure all batteries do degrade, as do car engines. But if batteries can have a life of 1 to 2 million miles, it really puts that concern to bed.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - Son of the Soil (U1282)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Garry Brady (U1734)
posted 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

It will be like the smoking ban. In a few years we will think, why did we let other people fill our lungs with pollutants due to their selfish behaviour? Being in a pub with people smoking is the same as walking down a street with people blasting out poisonous gases in my face. Should I collect it in a container and go and deliver it through their letter box? "Excuse me you left this behind on my street and it made me choke".
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Give us a break with this preachy bulsheet. Why would you walk down a street with people blasting poisonous gases in your face? Why not use another street? Or go to another pub? F off.
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They should allow pubs for smokers only to be fair so you can kill eachother faster. Rather than other people. Also roads with bubbles over them so you can breathe in your toxic gases instead of everyone else having to. Also resulting in death. If that's what you want then you're welcome to have that.

posted on 5/12/20

It was a strange argument, as if you can walk down a street without cars?

posted on 5/12/20

Germany and Holland have smoking and non-smoking pubs.

Oh to live in a country where you can make your own choices.

posted on 5/12/20

It doesn't matter to me if people choose to waste their money and health smoking. I have an issue when it affects me.

I have never smoked, but grew up going to pubs with other peoples smoke filling the air and coming home stinking of smoke.

I couldn't even go to a wedding or on a bus without having to put up with it. By all means waste money on cigs. But it shouldn't impact other people.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 2 minutes ago
Germany and Holland have smoking and non-smoking pubs.

Oh to live in a country where you can make your own choices.
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Choice is good. However in Holland, a lot of cities are dominated by bikes so you wouldn't be able to be brexity in a smoking pub and then drive home. You'd have to get on a bike like a hippy. So only half good for being brexity. America is where you want to be at.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Amigawolf no longer MIA (U18508)
posted 54 seconds ago
It doesn't matter to me if people choose to waste their money and health smoking. I have an issue when it affects me.

I have never smoked, but grew up going to pubs with other peoples smoke filling the air and coming home stinking of smoke.

I couldn't even go to a wedding or on a bus without having to put up with it. By all means waste money on cigs. But it shouldn't impact other people.
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That's why there should be a choice when it comes to pubs.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Garry Brady (U1734)
posted 19 seconds ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 2 minutes ago
Germany and Holland have smoking and non-smoking pubs.

Oh to live in a country where you can make your own choices.
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Choice is good. However in Holland, a lot of cities are dominated by bikes so you wouldn't be able to be brexity in a smoking pub and then drive home. You'd have to get on a bike like a hippy. So only half good for being brexity. America is where you want to be at.
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Dutch motorways are the most congested I've ever been on.

posted on 5/12/20

Like I said would make no difference to me, as long as I don't have to put up with it.

Smoking is a mugs game.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Amigawolf no longer MIA (U18508)
posted 54 seconds ago
It doesn't matter to me if people choose to waste their money and health smoking. I have an issue when it affects me.

I have never smoked, but grew up going to pubs with other peoples smoke filling the air and coming home stinking of smoke.

I couldn't even go to a wedding or on a bus without having to put up with it. By all means waste money on cigs. But it shouldn't impact other people.
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That's why there should be a choice when it comes to pubs.
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And what about the people working in the pubs?

posted on 5/12/20

That is a good point Hobo, totally forgot about them.

Again the people putting out all this $hit are more interested in themselves than others.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Garry Brady (U1734)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 2 minutes ago
Germany and Holland have smoking and non-smoking pubs.

Oh to live in a country where you can make your own choices.
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Choice is good. However in Holland, a lot of cities are dominated by bikes so you wouldn't be able to be brexity in a smoking pub and then drive home. You'd have to get on a bike like a hippy. So only half good for being brexity. America is where you want to be at.
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To be fair you’d also be quite stoned. I certainly would be if I lived in Holland, so riding a bike would be bloody hard, given I’d also balance out the hippiness by going all brexity in a pub drinking pints of laaarger and eating egg and chips.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Drunken Hobo (U7360)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Amigawolf no longer MIA (U18508)
posted 54 seconds ago
It doesn't matter to me if people choose to waste their money and health smoking. I have an issue when it affects me.

I have never smoked, but grew up going to pubs with other peoples smoke filling the air and coming home stinking of smoke.

I couldn't even go to a wedding or on a bus without having to put up with it. By all means waste money on cigs. But it shouldn't impact other people.
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That's why there should be a choice when it comes to pubs.
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And what about the people working in the pubs?
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Only employ staff that smoke like they do in more liberal countries like Germany and the Netherlands.

posted on 5/12/20

I guess Boris you are against the new car petrol ban?

posted on 5/12/20

No I'm not.

It's the way it's being implimented in my area at the moment I'm against.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 10 minutes ago
No I'm not.

It's the way it's being implimented in my area at the moment I'm against.
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And how is life in Mordor?

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 13 minutes ago

No I'm not.

It's the way it's being implimented in my area at the moment I'm against.

Ok fair enough, what is the problem in the area you are in?

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Ole-dirty-baztard - You want ole in, ole out, ... (U19119)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 10 minutes ago
No I'm not.

It's the way it's being implimented in my area at the moment I'm against.
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And how is life in Mordor?
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Fek off, you think a penny-farthing is cutting edge technology.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Amigawolf no longer MIA (U18508)
posted 49 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 13 minutes ago

No I'm not.

It's the way it's being implimented in my area at the moment I'm against.

Ok fair enough, what is the problem in the area you are in?
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Because they are targeting taxis and delivery vehicles before gas guzzling SUV's and there's a total lack of charging points

posted on 5/12/20

Gas guzzling vehicles are not specific to your area, and many businesses are now moving to electric vehicles, so again pretty normal.

Most people generally charge from home, but I can't believe you are in some kind of charging desert, as charging stations are being fitted everywhere.

Check zap map app, to find the ones nearest you.

posted on 5/12/20

Most people within a 4 mile radius of central Manchester either live in a terraced house or a flat so they can't charge at home.

Some of the available public chargers are either too slow or too expensive.

posted on 5/12/20

I agree for those unable to charge at home, owning an EV is more challenging. For those with off street parking however it can be almost liberating to no longer be tied to the petrol pump.

But yeah if you are one of those unable to charge at home, then it is probably worth waiting. But again not specific to Manchester.

posted on 5/12/20

comment by Garry Brady (U1734)
posted 4 hours, 16 minutes ago
comment by Thorgen Kloppinson - Son of the Soil (U1282)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Garry Brady (U1734)
posted 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

It will be like the smoking ban. In a few years we will think, why did we let other people fill our lungs with pollutants due to their selfish behaviour? Being in a pub with people smoking is the same as walking down a street with people blasting out poisonous gases in my face. Should I collect it in a container and go and deliver it through their letter box? "Excuse me you left this behind on my street and it made me choke".
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Give us a break with this preachy bulsheet. Why would you walk down a street with people blasting poisonous gases in your face? Why not use another street? Or go to another pub? F off.
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They should allow pubs for smokers only to be fair so you can kill eachother faster. Rather than other people.
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Fine by me. That's already happening by the way. Next time find a pub that suits your needs. Don't go to the smoking section and then start crying about the smoke like some crusader looking for something to campaign about. Smokers keep to their places now, so should you.


Also roads with bubbles over them so you can breathe in your toxic gases instead of everyone else having to.
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Good idea. They should put this bubble on cars and even factories so that drivers and factory workers can breathe in their toxic gases instead of everyone else on the street having to. I figure a cigarette pollutes the street with fumes more than a car, right?

posted on 5/12/20

The point you are missing Thorgen, is that where possible we should be looking to clean up pollution and the air that we breath.

That is not going to happen overnight, but we are on the journey to a better future for everyone. Yes even you.

posted on 5/12/20

No one seems to mention costs when this topic comes up.

Are they giving them away where you live?

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