Re: COVID-19 Heroes and Villains
Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 1:22 pm
Thanks for thatGfamily wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 1:06 pmIt must be a bit of hayfever
Heroic teenagers
https://mobile.twitter.com/snickerpants ... 1207201792
Thanks for thatGfamily wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 1:06 pmIt must be a bit of hayfever
Heroic teenagers
https://mobile.twitter.com/snickerpants ... 1207201792
At work, a couple of the engineers (a Pole and an Egyptian - about half my immediate colleagues and friends are immigrants) have been using the 3D printer in their lunchbreaks to make ear protectors for the nearby hospital.tom p wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:28 pmThe people behind this are being heroic in their own way.
I saw on t'wireless that they have donated thousands of the headbands to various hospitals and care homes too to help nurses & others who have to wear masks all day not get the burn-like marks behind their ears that you get from wearing them all day.
that's a lovely idea too.jimbob wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 7:02 pmAt work, a couple of the engineers (a Pole and an Egyptian - about half my immediate colleagues and friends are immigrants) have been using the 3D printer in their lunchbreaks to make ear protectors for the nearby hospital.tom p wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 4:28 pmThe people behind this are being heroic in their own way.
I saw on t'wireless that they have donated thousands of the headbands to various hospitals and care homes too to help nurses & others who have to wear masks all day not get the burn-like marks behind their ears that you get from wearing them all day.
I did a bunch of ear savers (and caused another local enthusiast to do some more) but got a bit of a brush off on the visors (which for my setup are a lot longer to print). Neighbour (retired nurse with familty still front line) is a bit outraged that a local hospital who had 2 porters die, wont allow any form of "home made" protective kit for porters and cleaners. Not sure of the full story - thats at 3rd hand at least - but sounds annoying.I managed 500 ear savers and 180 Prusa visor kits for our local CV resource centre before my trusty 3D printer went pop. Can't get spares at the moment though. Not bad for a Chinese piece of mass produced kit for £190. Our little local group of 3D loons have churned out tons of the things
<at the inquest>Imrael wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 7:25 amI did a bunch of ear savers (and caused another local enthusiast to do some more) but got a bit of a brush off on the visors (which for my setup are a lot longer to print). Neighbour (retired nurse with familty still front line) is a bit outraged that a local hospital who had 2 porters die, wont allow any form of "home made" protective kit for porters and cleaners. Not sure of the full story - thats at 3rd hand at least - but sounds annoying.I managed 500 ear savers and 180 Prusa visor kits for our local CV resource centre before my trusty 3D printer went pop. Can't get spares at the moment though. Not bad for a Chinese piece of mass produced kit for £190. Our little local group of 3D loons have churned out tons of the things
Do you have a ?CAD file? for them? My mate has a 3D printer and I'm sure he'd be interested in doing such a thingveravista wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 10:00 pmI managed 500 ear savers and 180 Prusa visor kits for our local CV resource centre before my trusty 3D printer went pop. Can't get spares at the moment though. Not bad for a Chinese piece of mass produced kit for £190. Our little local group of 3D loons have churned out tons of the things
Cheers. I'll check with my mate to see if he's up for it, then will drop you a line
My MP feels that the whole world has overreacted.Lew Dolby wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 9:43 ammy MP, yet again
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... -unopposed
and yet he still gets re-elected time and again - without ever setting foot in the constituency !!
and Fox is a doctor. Why isn't he working in the front line. Other medical doctor MPs are managing it.Fishnut wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:02 amMy MP feels that the whole world has overreacted.
He does at least set foot in the constituency (he likes doing photo ops with local groups) and he even attended the hustings for the last election though he really looked like he couldn't be bothered. Still won over 50% of the vote
At least the contract has gone to a firm that actually does testing. Chris Grayling would probably have commissioned an exam boardLew Dolby wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 9:43 ammy MP, yet again
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... -unopposed
and yet he still gets re-elected time and again - without ever setting foot in the constituency !!
Oh wow. Your MP is disgraced former Defence Secretary Liam Fox??Fishnut wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:02 amMy MP feels that the whole world has overreacted.
He does at least set foot in the constituency (he likes doing photo ops with local groups) and he even attended the hustings for the last election though he really looked like he couldn't be bothered. Still won over 50% of the vote
He's been an MP since 1992, probably not kept up with necessary professional qualifications and registrations, since they aren't necessary for disgracing yourself through griftLew Dolby wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 11:05 amand Fox is a doctor. Why isn't he working in the front line. Other medical doctor MPs are managing it.Fishnut wrote: ↑Tue May 12, 2020 10:02 amMy MP feels that the whole world has overreacted.
He does at least set foot in the constituency (he likes doing photo ops with local groups) and he even attended the hustings for the last election though he really looked like he couldn't be bothered. Still won over 50% of the vote