Recent content by paul rich

I tend to agree. The when its comes to weed surely the gangs have a well established manufacturing process, supply chain and customer base. If any gangs product/service is not up to required standards the customers will buy elsewhere. I imagine it's been like this for decades and as a result...

I see your point, so searched out the article to reread it. This section helps explain: "But second thoughts are rising. In some countries open-air use of hard drugs is more visible; in others, such as Sweden and the Netherlands, gang violence is up. This has led some politicians to go back to...

The pushback on drug use decriminalisation in Europe was covered n an article (Drug decriminalisation in Europe may be slowing down 21-3-24, Economist) I read recently. The reasons for the pussback were: increased levels of violent drug gang activity and indiscriminate/open use of drugs in...

I only visited once (Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Miyajima Island, and Osaka), for 2 weeks. I loved the Japanese: a) their beautifully styled everyday items and older buildings, simple = beautiful and serene b) their kindness and helpfulness c) their ordered way of life d) the way they respected...

I often wondered where the weight comes from. I know its not bodyshells, I can't remember the figures now, but the difference between a Micra and a Qashqai bare body shell wouldn't have been more than about 50kg. I'd love a bare bones version of a car that has the safety devices but none of...

Even on this small forum we've had people report success from conflicting treatments. Probably clouded by cases where time would have healed the problem irrespective of what treatment was followed in the recovery period.

Anecdotally I think one of the commonest reasons people fail to maintain a long term healthy diet is because they believe "carbs are bad". I don't read about fad diets but I am guessing this is where this misinformation comes from. Or perhaps it comes from the person's experience of cutting...

I hope the suggestions I can offer help: Don't buy the fatty, unhealthy and excessive quantities of food that I am assuming are the cause of your problem. Trim the quantities in your pantry. If its not in your house you can't eat it. This might be as simple as stop buying biscuits and cakes...

Hello everyone. I intended to update you when I had reached some sort of conclusion, but in the meantime a few of you have kindly enquired about my progress. I purchased the book Older Yet Faster. After two months of carrying out their prescribed exercises for PF recovery and going shoeless...

I am on 3100 calories per day. BUT, what is right for me has no relation to what's right for you. Measure what you're on now, then drop a couple of hundred calories. That's your starting point I would say. Weigh yourself now. Then as Steve says watch your weekly weight loss. if its more than...

Such a high level of concurrence from two people who have "cracked it". We both can't be wrong :)

As a lifelong healthy lifestyle person who has maintained his adulthood 78kg body weight for 35 years I would say: a) Avoid forget fad diets. Plenty of them will work short term to lose weight. But they unhealthy and cannot be sustained for long. b) Choose a diet with a calorie level that you...

I think that its all to do with preserving a nation's economy. There are enough punters willing to pay big money for an overpowered, overweight and oversized vehicle and legislators have had their cards marked - don't mess with the countries income stream.

I agree with you. But I have less faith in human nature, most people do what is easiest/most comfortable, and checking over their shoulder will soon be dispensed with and complete trust in a less than ideal system will become their norm for high speed lane changes. In the accident investigation...

Think about it, how does the system know its failed? Failure to dangerous situation (the one we really should care about) is defined as a car is in the blindspot but the system can't see it. So the only true test is to place an object in the blindspot and check the system sees it. Short of this...