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Bob Dodd

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11+failure with a M.Sc, C.Eng by profession, Enthusiast about cars, engines, aircraft, photos, industrial history, LFC. bit of a lefty. NB photo of my old place of work.

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Iโ€™m sure he was misheard
Blessed are the Geek, makes sense these days.

14.10.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Telegraph
A very old means of communication, not used much these days.
Also applies to the โ€˜Newspaperโ€™.

13.10.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, I believe they know what theyโ€™re doing.
But they hope their readers donโ€™t.

13.10.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Imagine that

11.10.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22178    ๐Ÿ” 9243    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 996    ๐Ÿ“Œ 664

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

10.10.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4615    ๐Ÿ” 2351    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 126    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

And house prices will increase by the amount stamp duty falls

08.10.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spot on, and it all started because Cameron was worried about UKIP, that strategy worked well.

07.10.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Much as I thought Thatcher didnโ€™t understand much, at least she understood science.

07.10.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great news, I worked on industrial steam plant, massive fossil fuel users, and I been wondered how they could generate steam from renewable sources (not wood pellets like Drax).

06.10.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hear many people like me saying the same or similar
Thing is, we sit on the couch, not working, not getting up till late, getting benefits
Weโ€™re all pensioners
Almost all out of touch with the modern world.

06.10.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just got a haircut, and my lovely barber, a Turkish guy who employs 6 people, and has a wife who's an IVF technician, is shutting up shop and moving to another country because his Indefinite Leave to Remain is under threat by these venal, stupid, posturing politicians, left and right.

06.10.2025 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1338    ๐Ÿ” 356    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Spot on
Just need him clutching his pearls as he falls

04.10.2025 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, if you see a clip of me saying the ID card contract has gone to Tony Blairโ€™s son: it hasnโ€™t. That was something I was given to ask about on HIGNFY last night, but turns out to be a false report from the internet. Which is bad news for the fact checkers but good news for social mobility.

04.10.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 392    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Iโ€™m astonished!
I thought heโ€™d been one for years.

01.10.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exactly, pity #BBC canโ€™t

01.10.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ouch

01.10.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By aircraft that would look at home in WW1 (Swordfish bi-planes)

30.09.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was born and brought up in Widnes, not a perfect place by any means, but working class at itโ€™s core. Sad to see it falling for the โ€œblameโ€ con regarding asylum seekers (aka any BAME person)

29.09.2025 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe they should look at people like Ijeoma Uchegbu
A single Mum with three kids who arrived in this country with ยฃ500 in her pocket
She was on desert island discs recently.

29.09.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

28.09.2025 05:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22607    ๐Ÿ” 5333    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 606    ๐Ÿ“Œ 260
Preview
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexistโ€”with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!

โ€œThe vertical panels produce slightly less electricityโ€”but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demandโ€ฆThe crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.โ€

22.09.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 993    ๐Ÿ” 402    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

I thought exactly the same, BBC is fast losing itโ€™s reputation

22.09.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Then the BBC have the bloody cheek to harangue Ed Davy about libs saying Farage gets too much airtime

22.09.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This. Musk's comments should herald the end of Twitter in the UK.

14.09.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Wouldnโ€™t bother
Most of them probably live there already.

14.09.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well said.

14.09.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well!

14.09.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, pool had a lot of players a bit more weary, as theyโ€™d been travelling and playing internationals. We lost at home to Forest at the same point last year.

14.09.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not yet, but Iโ€™m very worried
Whoโ€™s paying for all this nonsense though?

14.09.2025 07:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never forget that on the 20th Jan 2025 , Musk, in front of billiions of people watching on TV , performed a salute that left no one in any doubt of his real beliefs.

13.09.2025 22:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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