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The bit of London Underground's District Line that until last year I lived next to was bolted. Possibly because it was a long, raised stretch with alternating bridges over roads and embankments between, but I don't know.
arbitrarily-picked Greenwich, UK,
Greenwich wasn't arbitrarily picked. The only options were Paris, Berlin, London and Washington DC -- they had the necessary observatories. London was already in widest common use, and the anti-meridian falls in a convenient place (not crossing anywhere important).
I am online all the time, I answer work e-mail from home at all hours. I can't technically discipline anyone for not replying to me off-hours, but it does get remembered.
British law states that, "workers have the right to 11 hours rest between working days (eg if you finish work at 8pm, they shouldn’t start work again until 7am the next day)." and "Workers have the right to: (a) an uninterrupted 24 hours without any work each week, or (b) 48 hours each fortnight". source
I set my phone to not check my work email outside working hours, and not at all while I'm on holiday. I don't think it would be a bad thing if the majority of people were normally prevented from accessing email (and other work systems) during these periods.
I already use a bicycle for my commute, and most local journeys. I intend to continue with that, especially as it keeps me fit.
Driving a car will let me transport more stuff or passengers than a motorcycle. I'll investigate the cost of owning a car for a while, mostly to get some practise after I've passed the test, but after that I'll probably just rent one as required.
I've not got around to learning to drive in the last 10 years, but it would useful when travelling, especially within my own country.
(It's not hugely useful in London -- only a couple of friends own cars -- which is why I've not made the effort since I moved here when I was 18.)
Europe and the USA are similar in size (the Baltic and North seas have to be flown over). The EU has 500M people, all Europe has 750M, but the GP is a bit out anyway.
It's more like $100, especially if we make the comparison fairer by not sticking only to Western European cities or tourist destinations. Frankfurt to Athens at the end of March is $200 return, for example.
Non-EU places can be more, e.g. Minsk to Paris is $350-ish return.
The $50 flights are for flights between some of the key global airports (e.g. London to Frankfurt) or tourist destinations (e.g. EMA in England to Venice -- $70 return).
We booked with Delta on the way down and US Air on the way back. It takes a little more work because you're shopping for plane tickets twice, but I'd bet in most cases, it's worth it.
I booked a flight to Greece and a separate return from Albania. That flight back from Albania was cancelled a few days before. I was refunded, but I had to book another flight (with a different airline) quite close to the date, so it cost me ~£150 more than the original flight.
European regulations mean that if I'd booked it as a round trip (even if it's A to B, C to A) the airline would have to get me home at no extra expense, and compensate me if there's a significant delay.
That probably affects the British recommendation -- it's permanently damp here. (amateur data in London, but the official data is only available as a download).
It's 3C outside now (17:09), with 86% humidity, changing to 0C and fog overnight.
Fahrenheit is still used (unofficially) in UK, along with pounds, stones (and hundredweight); inches, feet, yards, chains, furlongs and miles; Gas Marks; guineas etc.
Fahrenheit is used much less than pounds/stones or inches/feet/yards/miles, including unofficially. Many -- very possibly most -- old people use Celsius, and the BBC weather forecast (on TV) hasn't given temperatures in Fahrenheit for many years.
62F = 16.5C. Below 16C the World Health Organisation says vulnerable people are at risk of respiritory infection, they recommend at least 21C for such people.
In the living room I've got the windows closed, no heater yet, and it's 65. In the bedroom the window is open and it's in the 40s. I love snuggling under my pile of blankets, and sleep much better that way than I do in the summer when it's 80 in the bedroom.
British Government health advice is that living rooms should be heated to temperatures of 21C (70F) and the rest of the house to 18C (64F).
The World Health Organisation says "vulnerable people" are at risk of respiritory infection below 16C (61F).
My thermostat is set to 18C.
Getting used to cool temperature works even better when you're not wearing clothes at all in house.
It's 64F in my living room, I'm nude and perfectly comfortable (even sweating a little).
Thursday afternoon it's time for the annual new-year's dip in the 45F Northsea, going back to the beach-club in the 38F (predicted) air temperature should be an "interesting" experience.
Why did you bother to convert that to Farenheit? Now I have to convert it back to Celsius...
64F = 18C
45F = 7C
38F = 3C
18C is a reasonable temperature, and the British government recommended temperature for the "rest of the house". They recommend 20C for the living room. I think my house's thermostat is set to 17 or 18C.
Malaysia is the most obese country in Asia.
Malaysia: 44% adult men overweight or obese
USA: 71%
Western Europe: 61% average (e.g. UK 67%)
Thailand: 32%
Thailand's adults are a lot slimmer than the average European, but Thai children have mostly caught up to European children's weight.
Rum comes in all qualities. This one: http://m.tesco.com/h5/grocerie... is mass produced, though that didn't stop an American I met last summer buying everyone at the bar a drink of something "illegal".
If you're only used in big cities you're better off just going pure electric. The efficiency is much greater, the vehicle cost is lower and it's far more convenient to charge up at night than to have to wait in line at a hydrogen filling station.
The bus depot will have it's own diesel (or hydrogen) pump, so it's probably only a small saving. In a major city with a significant electric night bus service they'd probably need rapid charging points instead.
London has six electric buses on various trials. I saw a video clip about them -- there were so many batteries they'd taken up the whole back of the bus, and obscured the read windscreen. That might not be the newest ones though.
Trolley buses are a cheap solution, still used widely in the ex-Soviet Union, China, Pyongyang etc. The buses are light as well, so there's much less damage to the road surface. A small battery could add the flexibility to make minor route changes away from the wires.
Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable, and three parts which are still under development.
