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The world's first public two-car electric crash test by Mercedes-Benz.

And, there was no fire.

Mike H wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:20 pm Anyone remember the conductive straps you could hang from your car? Dangled down behind the rear wheels or something like that. It was a 'thing' quite a few years ago.

Yes, I do. Normally attached to the rear bumper bar ?

shane wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:51 pm Does it stop you humming in your sleep?

I use a copper earth spike connected to a heavy duty crocodile clip (via car battery cable) clamped to the left testicle.

Paul Barker wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:36 pm I passed the virtual gas assessment.

Well done Paul.

Playing a musical instrument good for brain health in later life.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-68105868

What is your required capacitor capacity ?

Stop it just stop it Phil. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigation-into-bus-fires-reported-to-dvsa-from-2020-to-2022/investigation-into-bus-fires-reported-to-dvsa-from-2020-to-2022 Stop what ? I reported a vehicle fire in a topic headed "road vehicle fires". I make no com...

My late brother was a big Melanie fan, and I inherited his record collection.

I'll maybe play a few tracks, and remember both of them.

Bus operator Go-Ahead is carrying out safety checks on almost 400 electric buses after one was involved in a fire in south-west London. The bus caught fire at Putney bus garage, Chelverton Road, on Wednesday morning. No-one was injured and the cause is being investigated. A letter to staff from Go-A...

Went to see an orchestra tonight at Huddersfield Town Hall. Symphonie Fantastique, including Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. Also, catch previous Leeds International Piano Competition winner, Artur Pizarro, as he performs Saint-Saëns' ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 2 with the world-class Orchestra of ...

Dave the bass wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:41 pm

Not 'arf!

Perhaps that could be a new idea for an Audio-Talk 'award' scheme... when someones done something really 'cool' ...someone else can suggest a treat/award

I have a suggestion, you may guess what it is.

I got notification this morning that the parking charge has been cancelled.

I've got to be a good boy and follow the rules in future.

I thought I knew about most V8 petrol engines ever manufactured in bulk. I recently came across an 1100 cu in (18Ltr) all aluminium flat plane crank DOHC 32valve V8 petrol engine from the 1940s. Seems Ford USA got hold of some RR Merlin drawings and built their own V12 version, but for reasons it wa...

Of only itwere so simple... which film?! Hail Caesar ? Or Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good a...

Dave the bass wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:36 pm
There's good people, there's bad people.

If only it was that simple.