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Were I to be offered some surgical procedure by a medico, I would want to know "does this cure the cause of the problem?" or is it just a treatment for the symptom? In my limited experience it is very hard to get a medico to discuss symptoms v causes.

If eider known this maybe it would not have happened?

Thanks for suggestions one and all Don't think it was fowl play, I believe he had a lot of wind on the day or maybe caterwauling high speed Siameses Duck is laughing so much he may break the other leg

Thanks for suggestions one and all Don't think it was fowl play, I believe he had a lot of wind on the day or maybe caterwauling high speed Siameses

I have a duck who had new feet fitted in 2020 (3D printed) free on the DuckHS Recently he fell over and broke a leg at the hip joint! I have done a preliminary epoxy repair but need some epoxy putty to finish the job nicely Any suggestions for an epoxy putty make would be appreciated

No doubt about it modern printed RCM&Es have much worse eye appeal than those in older RCM&Es. So my observations tend to support a general cheapening of paper, printing technology and care. Some magazines are still printed on excellent paper with excellent photos e.g. BonsaiFocus The RCM&E decline does seem to match other declining magazines such as that produced by the RHS. The cheap paper/printing is not helped by the really daft design "feature" of printing very small greyish text on photographic and generally coloured backgrounds.

Don't forget that AI is neither artificial nor intelligent Lets call it DC (dumb code) written by people who don't know how to write bug free code (no one does) The main object as far as I can see initially is to separate customers even further from real people in the business Golly just imagine Doctors using "DC" to triage their patients, you could have your appendix out without seeing a real person, bad news if you just have a sprained ankle It is also worth remembering that the law is on the side of computers they are presumed right in the absence of any other evidence. Tell that to the wrongly accused post masters. Doom - the end is nigh!

Oh for the days when there was a new Beetles release every month 🙂

Un-controllability and harry-crashers. In a full size glider I used to set the CG position 1 inch forward of the aft limit. This gave sensitive controllability and nice flying for experienced pilots.

IMHO My test of any proposal is to see if I can explain it to my Siamese cats in at most two small sentences. If I cant do this (and they are very intelligent cats), then I have to conclude that the proposal is of no practical use. Is probably full of loose ends and inconsistencies that will continue over time to be a total nuisance. All of the rules and regs that we are inundated with seem to be of little practical use. They are in general invented by so called "civil servants" with little experience in what they are legislating about, we also are made to pay for the "benefit" of all this unnecessary work. My comment does not just apply to model flying. Anyway when one of these proposals are made everyone forums about what does it means and what is missing. However as I see it the fundamental question is why do we need it at all?

The banks have shut virtually all their branches, some "services" given over to the Post Office (that does not do a very good job of it) Bank share dividends are a fraction of what they were "n" years ago They are trying to do away with Physical money completely, this must be resisted strongly as there are many dangers hidden away there. Use cheques and cash as much as possible. All of it created by dumb directors who get ever bigger salaries and pensions, for bigger and worse mistakes?? My approach is to punish banks as much as possible. Other than a current account, I have moved all financial matters to other institutions. Why do clubs need "paid for" bank accounts? What about PO savings accounts or other non bank resources? We need to think in non traditional ways about this.

Was there ever a plan for this twin?

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In addition to the Bonsai, I must admit to several other time consuming activities, one of them being full size gliding: 1 - 21,000ft over wales, 2 - An Austrian geology lesson, 3 - Glacier Blanc Haute Provence

Bonsai Trees!!!