In message <ufrgni$2bnuo$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 12:51:13,
Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> writes
>On 02/10/2023 11:36, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>> I have one I bought at Lidl or Aldi, and it seems to work well; it is
>>the wrist type, which the nurses etc. seem not to prefer, so I looked
>>into the upper-arm type, which had come down in price - Sainsburys had
>>one for twenty-something pounds (in the pharmacy). I haven't bought
>>one (not that I think it's expensive, I just would then have one -
>>the wrist one - that was redundant).
>
>Lidl have this one, starting from tomorrow (8/10)...
>
>https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/medisana-blood-pressure-monitor/p10007955?pageI
>d=10029723&tabCode=Current_Sales_Week
>
>...this has been a PSA.
>
Hmm, looks very tempting! I particularly like that it runs on 4 AA; my
wrist one uses 2 AAA. IMO the AAA size is an abomination: for the slight
saving in size of things that use them, the reduction in capacity just
isn't worth it, as well as having to keep both sizes. (Not that I'm not
impressed with what cell manufacturers have achieved; had you told me
two or three decades ago that you'd get an amp-hour in AAA and nearly
three in AA, I'd have been incredulous.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

J. P. Gilliver <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
> In message <ufrgni$2bnuo$1@dont-email.me> at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 12:51:13,
> Clive Arthur <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> writes
>> On 02/10/2023 11:36, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> I have one I bought at Lidl or Aldi, and it seems to work well; it is
>>> the wrist type, which the nurses etc. seem not to prefer, so I looked
>>> into the upper-arm type, which had come down in price - Sainsburys had
>>> one for twenty-something pounds (in the pharmacy). I haven't bought
>>> one (not that I think it's expensive, I just would then have one -
>>> the wrist one - that was redundant).
>>
>> Lidl have this one, starting from tomorrow (8/10)...
>>
>> https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/medisana-blood-pressure-monitor/p10007955?pageI
>> d=10029723&tabCode=Current_Sales_Week
>>
>> ...this has been a PSA.
>>
> Hmm, looks very tempting! I particularly like that it runs on 4 AA; my
> wrist one uses 2 AAA. IMO the AAA size is an abomination: for the slight
> saving in size of things that use them, the reduction in capacity just
> isn't worth it, as well as having to keep both sizes. (Not that I'm not
> impressed with what cell manufacturers have achieved; had you told me
> two or three decades ago that you'd get an amp-hour in AAA and nearly
> three in AA, I'd have been incredulous.)

I agree wholeheartedly about the abomination factor attached to AAA cells,
half the capacity but virtually the same price! I don’t think the
difference in diameter enables very much slimmer devices anyway - just more
waste and greater profits for the battery industry.

--
Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan

On Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:02:38 +0100, carolet wrote:

> Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.
>
> Cast :
> Alan Franks - John Telfer
> Usha Franks - Souad Faress
> Eddie Grundy - Trevor Harrison
> Emma Grundy - Emerald O'Hanrahan
> Brad Horrobin - Taylor Uttley
> Tracy Horrobin- Susie Riddell
> Azra Malik - Yasmin Wilde
> Jazzer McCreary- Ryan Kelly
> Lynda Snell - Carole Boyd
> Oliver Sterling- Michael Cochrane
> Adil Shah - Ronny Jhutti
> Miles Titchener- Adam Astill
> Rob Titchener - Timothy Watson
> Student - Ntombizodwa Ndlovo

That's interesting, I thought. Never mind the Archers, here we've
got four pairs, probably for the first time ever.

Some kind of tournament, surely, probably tied in with whatever the
current Ambridge fest is. I quickly ruled out contract bridge,
decided it must be tag wrestling, and was quite looking forward
to the Franks v Titcheners bout. A pity it didn't quite work out.

Iain

In message <ufusdd$36que$1@dont-email.me> at Sun, 8 Oct 2023 18:29:01,
Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> writes
[]
>That's interesting, I thought. Never mind the Archers, here we've
>got four pairs, probably for the first time ever.

Does four pairs beat a royal flush? (Sorry, couldn't resist ...)
>
>Some kind of tournament, surely, probably tied in with whatever the
>current Ambridge fest is. I quickly ruled out contract bridge,
>decided it must be tag wrestling, and was quite looking forward
>to the Franks v Titcheners bout. A pity it didn't quite work out.

(... though you may have been there before me anyway.)
>
>Iain
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

> > Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you. -Richard