felixthecat
are we there yet?
Sludge in the right places then...It’s being reported that they are ‘presumed body parts’ whatever that means.
Sludge in the right places then...It’s being reported that they are ‘presumed body parts’ whatever that means.
Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition - Wikipedia
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the lead in this one was wearing his cravat and suit to the north pole.
I couldn't believe that - and I think you've conflated figures there. the 49 is "healthy life expectancy" which is different from "life expectancy". so the gap isn't quite that big - and life expectancy not quite that shockingly low!
Male Life expectancy
(Most disadvantaged fifth of areas in Manchester) 70.9
Male Life expectancy
(Least disadvantaged fifth of areas in Manchester) 78.6
I expect an article in The Chap magazine.Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition - Wikipedia
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the lead in this one was wearing his cravat and suit to the north pole.
Fair enough probably expected to bump into some penguinsAndrée's Arctic balloon expedition - Wikipedia
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the lead in this one was wearing his cravat and suit to the north pole.
My Grandad’s buried with an unknown soldier in a German cemetery in France.They buried WW2 tank crews in shared graves when they couldn’t tell them apart.
Grim stuff.
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…But I’m not your mummy, so I’m not going to clap at the contents of your potty, still less sigh indulgently at the fact you’ve largely missed again…
Stick your patronising join the dots shite up your arse.
You can have it.This is the one of the most pertinent responses I have read in a long time. Would be tempted to have the first bit as my tag line!
Nothing, apparentlyWhat could possibly go wrong?
Virgin Galactic completes first commercial flight into space
Flight is milestone for space tourism venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, after years of setbackswww.theguardian.com
Yes, sorry - I do realise that. And tbf the whole kit is far more rigorously professionally engineered it doesn't bear any comparison with Titan.Nothing, apparently
(at least, not on today's maiden commercial flight- plenty of other chances ahead)
Virgin Galactic: Sir Richard Branson's rocket plane enters commercial service
It's taken nearly 20 years but Sir Richard Branson is finally taking paying passengers to space.www.bbc.co.uk
Yeah.This is the one of the most pertinent responses I have read in a long time. Would be tempted to have the first bit as my tag line!
So did Dick EmeryI know you’re soft trolling, but I like that kind of thing.
I think they might be missing a crucial piece of equipment, though.
I think they might be missing a crucial piece of equipment, though.
"Slight change to the terms of service on this trip, gentlemen..."The billionaires’ new submersible, tell ‘em it’s so fucking smart that you can’t see it, take them out 400 miles from the coast and lob ‘em in the sea.
This trip wasn't billionaires it was Italian Air Force officers conducting some experiments. some actual tourists next time maybeYes, sorry - I do realise that. And tbf the whole kit is far more rigorously professionally engineered it doesn't bear any comparison with Titan.
However, I couldn't resist the comparison: insanely rich men doing insanely pointless insanely expensive and potentially dangerous things.
Both shipbuilding/port towns - which will have a high number of deaths from asbestos-related diseases, some of which won’t be diagnosed. There’s massive death clusters around such towns.And there’s a marked difference between Glasgow and Liverpool, in Liverpool’s favour. Liverpool isn’t richer, so something else is going on too, and it’s not fully understood what that is. They’re both large ex industrial cities, they both have historic entrenched poverty, they don’t have significantly different weather or other natural risk factors that would lead to anything glaringly obvious. I believe there was another multi agency conference quite recently about this, with nothing further discovered or decided.
Within the Glasgow area there are more obvious patterns - you don’t need to compare it with Hampstead for shock value. Bearsden is well in excess of the city itself for the usual kinds of reasons. There is no accepted settled explanation as to why Glasgow itself scores so badly. What is accepted is that poverty and associated access to medical care/education isn’t the whole story - if that was it, Glasgow would do better than many similar English cities, but it very markedly doesn’t. There’s something else going on.
Not to mention other manufacturing industries especially steelmakers and iron forged, plus coal mining. Coal contains heavy metals, radioactive isotopes and mercury to name but a few. And Glasgow was a home to chemical manufacturers for a long time. The high flats at Sighthill were built by Cruden on a large chemical waste site.Both shipbuilding/port towns - which will have a high number of deaths from asbestos-related diseases, some of which won’t be diagnosed. There’s massive death clusters around such towns.
More's the pity. Buy an oil-powered sub off one of the Latin American nations then stuff it full of billionaires and scuttle it over the Mariana trenchThat company is finished. As if any more stupid billionaires are going to spunk vast sums again at this point.
Similar story in Teesside if I remember correctly (chemical plants, nuclear plant, blast furnace, etc.). Life expectancy in some areas was much lower than more outlying bits - obviously linked to the emissions from industry. On clear days it wasn't unusual to see a red smog across the area from the steel plant. Also the smell of ammonia if the wind was in the wrong direction (from ICI). And god knows what other poisonous chemicals that you couldn't smell.Not to mention other manufacturing industries especially steelmakers and iron forged, plus coal mining. Coal contains heavy metals, radioactive isotopes and mercury to name but a few. And Glasgow was a home to chemical manufacturers for a long time. The high flats at Sighthill were built by Cruden on a large chemical waste site.
And where were these places? Largely in communities that were affected by poverty when the employer was no more. Places like Pollok, home to the Saracen foundry and decorative ironworks, or Parkhead where one of the largest forge's in Europe was. Patrick was home to a number of boilermakers (for ships and steam engines) as well as shipbuilders at Pointhouse on the north side of the Clyde.
Collieries of all grades and sizes were throughout the city, and whilst some like beneath Glasgow uni were worked out fairly early on, others towards the east of the city were not.
When people breathe in the byproducts of these industries it's no surprise that life expectancy decreases, and even now we're seeing the legacies of heavy industries across the city. Poverty only makes it worse.