trivial things that make you smile,or make you feel good

[Bennett]

building historic datasets needs a forward vision of how they could be used, people to collect that data and data collection methods. I doubt there's an appetite for it at present because there's no financial driver

[Bennett]

Oh and I think finding an unbiased party wanting to report on what might be mundane data (ie there's no smoking gun/battery) isn't likely to pay for it.
Plus the multiple factors that'd mean the data from any smaller sample doesn't scale across the USA (alaska and Florida being both US states but with so many different factors)

As an example, and is inkeeping with the thread, I am involved in a project whereby the company wants to perform 16 interviews with customers and determine their strategy of investing potentially billions on their say so. Their customer base is so so so much bigger than 16 people, as to make their views a drop in the ocean

[Audrey]

building historic datasets needs a forward vision of how they could be used, people to collect that data and data collection methods. I doubt there's an appetite for it at present because there's no financial driver

Thought it would be a prerequisite for insurance companies when it comes to premiums.

[Bennett]

MOTS and road worthiness should ensure safety of the vehicle for insurance purposes.
I think car fires not linked to a crash are such a small occurrence in comparison it's not considered or just an accepted risk

[horlock07]

On the Luton fire, there were no EV charging points on the level that the fire started, it was a Range Rover, may have been a hybrid?

On the wider issue, the UK Fire Service estimates that there are 100,000 car fires every year. In 2020 there were 239 EV fires or 0.24%. That percentage is likely to be different in 2022/23 because of greater EV adoption. Swedish Govt has estimated that ICE are 19 X more likely to catch fire than EV.

[Batch]

I thought the BBC reports wasn't that EV started it, but that EV fuelled it.

Could be rubbish, will see what Trumpton say.

[horlock07]

I thought the BBC reports wasn't that EV started it, but that EV fuelled it.

Could be rubbish, will see what Trumpton say.

I suspect just about everything in their fuelled it, having c.1000 vehicles full of flammable liquids really isn't going to help.

On a more serious note I see it was a Range Rover again, same as started the one that gutted the car park next to the Liverpool Arena, https://anbeal.co.uk/page64.html

[Barry Scott]

Could go in either thread, but being positive is better than negative.

I keep getting intentionally scammed on eBay in the hope the “too good to be true” deals I’m “buying” are actually just a certifiable idiot.

Think I might’ve caught a live one with a MacBook £1500 cheaper than new with an “opened - never used” condition. Got postage tracking and a communicative seller. I wait with bated breath.

[mystical_goat]

Could go in either thread, but being positive is better than negative.

I keep getting intentionally scammed on eBay in the hope the “too good to be true” deals I’m “buying” are actually just a certifiable idiot.

Think I might’ve caught a live one with a MacBook £1500 cheaper than new with an “opened - never used” condition. Got postage tracking and a communicative seller. I wait with bated breath.

Hmm, let us know how this one turns out! Could they put a similar-weight object in the box and claim the courier nicked it - you get your refund and the seller makes a claim via the courier and gets £1500 for posting a small rock or something? I doubt the courier would pay out easily/at all, though

I had two good eBay results lately, and wasn't sure how to act, morally.

First one was a computer game that didn't turn up. Filed for a refund and got it. Around the same time of the refund, I got a Royal Mail card saying there was an item for me with £1.50 unpaid postage. I didn't have a clue what it was but paid the £1.50 to find out. It was the game, so I paid £1.50 for it instead of £40.

Second one was a computer part that also hadn't arrived after about 2 weeks. Filed for a refund and got it, then when I arrived back home the same day, it was sat on my doorstep.

[Samdy Gray]

Lots of that going on now that Royal Mail has turned into a once a week/fortnight service.

[Batch]

Lots of that going on now that Royal Mail has turned into a once a week/fortnight service.

That's because Leggett is a slacker

[Batch]

Being in the posh seats Saturday looking down on all you peasants

[Bob's Orange]

Talking of royal mail, it reminded me of something. (apologies if it's already been discussed)

What is with the items being sent in envelopes/boxes that are about 20 times the size of the item(s) inside? My wife ordered a wireless keyboard the other day and it arrived in an envelope that you could feasibly use as a child's sleeping bag, and a toddler rather than a baby.

[tans]

Talking of royal mail, it reminded me of something. (apologies if it's already been discussed)

What is with the items being sent in envelopes/boxes that are about 20 times the size of the item(s) inside? My wife ordered a wireless keyboard the other day and it arrived in an envelope that you could feasibly use as a child's sleeping bag, and a toddler rather than a baby.

I ordered an Sd card for my laptop and it turned up in an A3 package

[fuzzy]

Talking of royal mail, it reminded me of something. (apologies if it's already been discussed)

What is with the items being sent in envelopes/boxes that are about 20 times the size of the item(s) inside? My wife ordered a wireless keyboard the other day and it arrived in an envelope that you could feasibly use as a child's sleeping bag, and a toddler rather than a baby.

You should see some of the combinations we get at the shop.

The packaging inside the box to stop the item rattling around often weighs more than the box.