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    Avoid Birmingham

    Yes, I know this is great general advice, there are too many squirrels, kebab shops and terrible drivers, but this time it's worse.

    https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/new...south-20437707

    First Law of Contracting: Only the strong survive

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    I ordered my pack of 7 lateral flow tests today. I think it's a rubbish test because the rate of false positives is too high but they're free and may come in handy.

    https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus...ral-flow-tests

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      #3
      Why 7?

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        #4
        Didn't Mark Thatcher, Maggie Thatcher's son, once get lost in Birmingham for a whole day? To be fair, it could happen to anyone, given its convoluted road system

        Or I may be thinking of some rally car race in the Sahara.

        edit: In the interests of accuracy, I did a quick Google and it appears that "On 9 January 1982 Thatcher, his French driver, Anne-Charlotte Verney, and their mechanic went missing for six days in the Sahara whilst driving a Peugeot 504 in the Paris-Dakar Rally". But I'm sure Birmingham is just as bad!
        Last edited by OwlHoot; 21 April 2021, 23:47.
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          #5
          Indeed avoid Birmingham, we don't want your sort here.
          Make Mercia Great Again!

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            #6
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            Why 7?
            No idea. You're supposed to do a couple a week so they're giving you three and a half week's worth.

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              #7
              Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
              I ordered my pack of 7 lateral flow tests today. I think it's a rubbish test because the rate of false positives is too high but they're free and may come in handy.

              https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus...ral-flow-tests
              Arrived earlier today. Made in China, of course, by Xiamen Biotime Biotechnology Co Ltd.

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                #8
                Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

                Arrived earlier today. Made in China, of course, by Xiamen Biotime Biotechnology Co Ltd.
                Just a warning - you may find one or two just don't work at all.....
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                  Just a warning - you may find one or two just don't work at all.....
                  That's a better result than a false positive.

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                    #10
                    covid or no covid , avoid Birmingham

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