I'd say WTF don't people actually look at the road the satnav is suggesting and make the extra decision as to whether to trust it or not - but I've seen too many photos of cars that have followed sat nave that doesn't realise a lot of roads are pistes (or just inaccessible) in the winterFelix wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:00 am Oops. Remember folks, keep your sat nav up to date
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmgvnnjgq9o
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Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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TBF it always has the pavement in front but you could still drive over it with caution to get down the lane. It was the stage door for the Playhouse but of late it was more just for delivery's. then with no warning its not got stairs. I checked this morning with my sat nav what also routed me down that streetNoggin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:12 pmI'd say WTF don't people actually look at the road the satnav is suggesting and make the extra decision as to whether to trust it or not - but I've seen too many photos of cars that have followed sat nave that doesn't realise a lot of roads are pistes (or just inaccessible) in the winterFelix wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:00 am Oops. Remember folks, keep your sat nav up to date
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That's a strange way of reading it. I took it to mean that out of a random sample of, say, a million men, half a million will be diagnosed with cancer.
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It's called ambiguity.
Statistics are meaningless (or can have many interpretations) when not put into context.
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According to the NHS, 1 in 2 people will get some form of cancer in their lifetime.Yambo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:29 am
It's called ambiguity.
Statistics are meaningless (or can have many interpretations) when not put into context.
According to what Hull's chief anatomical pathologist told me several years ago, more people die with cancer than from it, and many don't know they have it, with it being picked up at post mortem. Tests for cancer are better these days but if you don't know you're ill, you probably don't get a test.
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Needs a bit more data. Does the 1 in 2 include non-melanoma skin cancers? (Most major stats metrics don't, but if you want to beef up the numbers....).Bike Breaker wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:11 amAccording to the NHS, 1 in 2 people will get some form of cancer in their lifetime.
According to what Hull's chief anatomical pathologist told me several years ago, more people die with cancer than from it, and many don't know they have it, with it being picked up at post mortem. Tests for cancer are better these days but if you don't know you're ill, you probably don't get a test.
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If you avoid heart attack, stroke and fatal accident, cancer gets you in the end.
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Or whitevanman asleep at the wheel.
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Sharks. Don' forget sharks. There you are enoying your holiday swim and one of those sneaky, big toothed bastards ends you. Just like that...
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Are there loads of Hell's Angels on your patch?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
https://news.sky.com/story/nestle-axing ... y-13066140
IMHO it all went wrong when the got rid of the foil that you could rub over the top of the bar to pattern the foil.
https://news.sky.com/story/nestle-axing ... y-13066140
IMHO it all went wrong when the got rid of the foil that you could rub over the top of the bar to pattern the foil.
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Pish. Poor mans Penguin.KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:22 pm NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
https://news.sky.com/story/nestle-axing ... y-13066140
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Yes.Count Steer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:20 amNeeds a bit more data. Does the 1 in 2 include non-melanoma skin cancers? (Most major stats metrics don't, but if you want to beef up the numbers....).Bike Breaker wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:11 amAccording to the NHS, 1 in 2 people will get some form of cancer in their lifetime.
According to what Hull's chief anatomical pathologist told me several years ago, more people die with cancer than from it, and many don't know they have it, with it being picked up at post mortem. Tests for cancer are better these days but if you don't know you're ill, you probably don't get a test.