Joke Thread 4 (closed).

[quintain]

Thank you, I accept the facts even if they are American.

 

[nickds1]

100 Swiss Franc equals

89.84 Pound sterling = BIG OUCH !!

I was at school in Chesières, Villars, Switzerland in 1967.

12 CHF to 1 GBP

Today...

1.1 CHF to 1 GBP

Just sayin'

 

[AES]

I was at school in Chesières, Villars, Switzerland in 1967.

12 CHF to 1 GBP

Today...

1.1 CHF to 1 GBP

Just sayin'

Yeah. And getting worse on an almost daily basis!

Part of my pension (earned while working in UK) are sent in £s to my (Swiss) bank every 3 months. Every time I see my bank account has been credited (by the bank converting the £s sum into CHF) I see a LOWER amount of CHF credited than for the previous quarter (same pension amount in £s). Has been so for at least the last 3 or 4 years. Due to a variety of factors of course. In no particular order - politics (both countries); the banks (mainly the Swiss); economy (both countries); etc, etc.

 

[AES]

This is American data but I expect it’s similar over here?
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Oh good! "We're" OK then (as we don't have very many "gas"-powered cars in Europe).

 

[Doug B]

 

[MF1000]

Don't they catch fire more than EVs?
NO EVs are a serious/higher fire risk. But their tank will not explode.

Modern fuel tanks do not explode ….plastic has a lower burst pressure than steel and melts/ruptures before pressure can build up….unless of course you believe what you see on Tv and in films !

And have you seen the speed at which a lithium battery erupts in flames …scary

 

[John Brown]

Modern fuel tanks do not explode ….plastic has a lower burst pressure than steel and melts/ruptures before pressure can build up….unless of course you believe what you see on Tv and in films !

And have you seen the speed at which a lithium battery erupts in flames …scary

Have you? Or have you just seen it on YouTube and Facebook?

 

[artie]

Oh good! "We're" OK then (as we don't have very many "gas"-powered cars in Europe).

I drove one for a while. It caught fire.
Totalled it eventually with the assistance of a reckless farm labourer in a large tractor.

 

[MF1000]

Have you? Or have you just seen it on YouTube and Facebook?

A) I’m not on Facebrag
B) I view lots of YouTube footage as contrived
C) BBC & other news reports have shown fire brigade footage of the pyrotechnics involved in a runaway thermal reaction on scooter batteries

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Yes. Quite a lot of recent coverage of e-bike batteries exploding.

 

[Robbo3]

 

[TRITON]

 

[Doug B]

 

[Yorkieguy]

I was at school in Chesières, Villars, Switzerland in 1967.

12 CHF to 1 GBP

Today...

1.1 CHF to 1 GBP

Just sayin'

I was there in1959: 22 CHF to 1 GBP

Then in 1963: 16 CHF to 1 GBP

 

[paulrbarnard]

A) I’m not on Facebrag
B) I view lots of YouTube footage as contrived
C) BBC & other news reports have shown fire brigade footage of the pyrotechnics involved in a runaway thermal reaction on scooter batteries

So only the anti EV propaganda then

 

[John Brown]

A) I’m not on Facebrag
B) I view lots of YouTube footage as contrived
C) BBC & other news reports have shown fire brigade footage of the pyrotechnics involved in a runaway thermal reaction on scooter batteries

Indeed, I think electric scooters are a problem, as they are illegal on public roads, and thus do not seem to be regulated at all. I think it's more to do with cheap crappy Chinese(?) imports. I haven't seen reports of branded cordless power tool battery conflagrations, and they're pretty much all Li Ion these days.

Tricky one, the whole eScooter situation. I'm in favour of lightweight, eco-friendly person transport, but my wife sustained a nasty wrist injury when a large girl on an eScooter shot round a street corner on the pavement in Palma.

 

[Doug B]

 

[Hutzul]

I was at school in Chesières, Villars, Switzerland in 1967.

12 CHF to 1 GBP

Today...

1.1 CHF to 1 GBP

Just sayin'

Google was wrong? Bite me !

 

[TRITON]

 

[Doug B]