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I've raised points, you've agreed with them, then you tell me I'm too blind to see and have my head in the sand and then you tell me to provide a solution.

I'd be genuinely interested in your explanation of energy price rises as I really do not know why this is happening

Martin.

I'm not intending to have a go any individuals here, but the conversation within this thread goes to highlight one of the problems we humans have and that is that we can adapt to almost anything, even if it is to our common detriment.

I presume that most of us realise that there is no reasonable explanation with regard to the massive price hikes that have happend and are also scheduled to happen, yet this thread shows that not only are many accepting of it, but we are also chatting amongst ourselves as to how we are going to get along with it and somehow cope with whatever the consequences are.

Saving energy is always the best idea, but I'd like to know how, within the space of six or seven months, an average £1300-£1500 annual home energy bill has more than doubled, with some talk of an increase towards £4000+ by next year.

At this rate, charity, food banks, and soup kitchens are going to become the norm and I'm getting the feeling we're sleepwalking right into that scenario.

Martin.

You should be asking why the price keeps going up and why they're now preparing us for a £4000 annual bill, come January next year.

Martin.

Putin doesn't need to do anything. We're doing it to ourselves.

Martin.

I don't know about Womans Hour, just visit any town or city after closing time on a weekend and you'll see it in action.

Saudi Arabia is buying cheap Russian oil & gas and using it for its domestic market. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is selling its own very expensive oil & gas to the rest of the world, making a killing in the process and very neatly circumventing western sanctions against Russia.

It's could be a cold and expensive winter in the west.

Martin.

Aint that the truth!

Go woke, go broke.

The Halifax building society did it recently with their ridiculous personal pronoun badges and caused many customers to close their accounts in protest.

Martin.

Just got a TENS machine myself and I must say it is quite effective in blocking the back ache/sciatica I'm having at the moment.

The unit I have can be switched between 10-60 minutes in duration, with a default of 20.

There are about 20 programmed settings which can be varied in their intensity, but I find about 70% power output to be good for me.

I too experienced a couple enormous shocks the other day and thought that was due to me trying one of the other programmes, but it actually turned out to be that the gel pads weren't fully plugged in, so I'm assuming the unit must have generated a voltage sufficient to jump the gap.

Martin.

Take a stone to a 1.5mm drill to adjust its size.

It's all by design.

DeskProto is designed for this sort of work.

It has quite a few strategies to help optimise its toolpaths. There is also free version available, but with limitations.

Martin.

I'd give it a go with a diamond file. You'd have nice control of the taper & clearance that way.

Martin.

Edited By blowlamp on 11/07/2022 19:00:38

Because they're supposed to care?

It's clear from the comments, that day by day, our lives are being made smaller. Travelling anywhere will soon be seen as selfish.

The fact that relatively few have almost complete control of all the World's resources, means the availability & price of those resources can be altered as required.

Once resources are owned in totality, the need to extract a monetary profit ftom them starts to disappear, as there is nothing left to buy.

This is what we're moving into.

Martin.

I can't attribute this quote, to any particular source as it'll be seen as political.

"...'no point' in giving workers pay rises because price spiral would cancel out benefit".

So I'm not expecting much in the way of help for what's coming our way.

The 'Heat or eat?' way of thinking is gradually becoming the new normal, as is queueing at food banks.

Martin.

How far does one turn of the feedscrew move the cross slide?

Martin.

Welcome to the reset - isn't it great

What's its runout when being driven at slow speed?

The oil film needs to build up and stabilize in the front bearing, before taking a reading.

Martin.

Jason.

Don't think we aren't watching. I'm quietly appreciating the great job you're making of this model.

Martin.