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  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,220
    Andy_JS said:

    I want my hour back.

    Good job you weren't around in September 1752. The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 would have triggered you... "I want my 11 days back!"

    "The Julian calendar still in use in Great Britain and its Dominions had been found to be inaccurate, and that most of Europe had already adopted an (unnamed) revised calendar. The Julian calendar was eleven days behind this 'New Style' calendar. With this Act, therefore, Britain implicitly adopted the Gregorian calendar. To do so, it ordered that eleven calendar days be skipped in September 1752..."
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,063

    Andy_JS said:

    I want my hour back.

    Good job you weren't around in September 1752. The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 would have triggered you... "I want my 11 days back!"

    "The Julian calendar still in use in Great Britain and its Dominions had been found to be inaccurate, and that most of Europe had already adopted an (unnamed) revised calendar. The Julian calendar was eleven days behind this 'New Style' calendar. With this Act, therefore, Britain implicitly adopted the Gregorian calendar. To do so, it ordered that eleven calendar days be skipped in September 1752..."
    The Act also shifted the New Year from 25th March (Lady Day) to 1st January.

    Hence why the financial year ends on April 5th. It was too complex to change that for either one, so it was left where it would otherwise have been. And 275 years later we still can’t sort it out.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,855
    RobD said:

    Nigelb said:

    The new supersonic airliner in development might seriously screw up the current economics of airline long haul.

    From the thread on the economic case for the Boom Aerospace aircraft in development:

    https://x.com/bscholl/status/1906111973848461482
    ...Here's the secret of international airline economics: the ~40-80 business class flatbeds at the front of the airplane represent more than 50% of revenue and >80% of operating profit. Business class is where almost all the money is!

    ..,With 64 seats, fares close to today's business class (say, $5k), airlines can fill seats easily on many more routes. Overture works economically most anywhere a three-class airplane does.

    We see 600+ economically viable routes. More if we can also fly supersonic over land*...


    *Which they probably will be able to, as it's a lot quieter than Concorde.

    Posted by the CEO of the company designing them.
    That's evident.
    He's making the case for his product.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,309
    Nigelb said:

    RobD said:

    Nigelb said:

    The new supersonic airliner in development might seriously screw up the current economics of airline long haul.

    From the thread on the economic case for the Boom Aerospace aircraft in development:

    https://x.com/bscholl/status/1906111973848461482
    ...Here's the secret of international airline economics: the ~40-80 business class flatbeds at the front of the airplane represent more than 50% of revenue and >80% of operating profit. Business class is where almost all the money is!

    ..,With 64 seats, fares close to today's business class (say, $5k), airlines can fill seats easily on many more routes. Overture works economically most anywhere a three-class airplane does.

    We see 600+ economically viable routes. More if we can also fly supersonic over land*...


    *Which they probably will be able to, as it's a lot quieter than Concorde.

    Posted by the CEO of the company designing them.
    That's evident.
    He's making the case for his product.
    Or trying to squeeze a few more bucks from investors for his vapourware product.
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 45,107
    RobD said:

    Nigelb said:

    RobD said:

    Nigelb said:

    The new supersonic airliner in development might seriously screw up the current economics of airline long haul.

    From the thread on the economic case for the Boom Aerospace aircraft in development:

    https://x.com/bscholl/status/1906111973848461482
    ...Here's the secret of international airline economics: the ~40-80 business class flatbeds at the front of the airplane represent more than 50% of revenue and >80% of operating profit. Business class is where almost all the money is!

    ..,With 64 seats, fares close to today's business class (say, $5k), airlines can fill seats easily on many more routes. Overture works economically most anywhere a three-class airplane does.

    We see 600+ economically viable routes. More if we can also fly supersonic over land*...


    *Which they probably will be able to, as it's a lot quieter than Concorde.

    Posted by the CEO of the company designing them.
    That's evident.
    He's making the case for his product.
    Or trying to squeeze a few more bucks from investors for his vapourware product.
    I think it's a little unfair to call it 'vapourware'. BOOM have developed a development aircraft that apparently has proved the underlying concept behind the product. Although they still have a vast way to go before they have a product, and especially a reliable and safe one that has regulatory approval, they have done some very difficult work so far.
  • CleitophonCleitophon Posts: 576
    Scarpia said:

    Scott_xP said:

    Nigelb said:

    I saw Mr Beer today

    That's genuinely his name. The first time I knocked on his door was a very hot summer day. I told him that I got thirsty every time I delivered his mail; he immediately grabbed a bottle of Ramsbury Gold from his beer fridge in the porch and told me to quench my thirst with it when I'd finished work

    He also gave me beer for Christmas. So when I started brewing beer, I wanted Mr Beer's endorsement. I gave him a bottle a couple of weeks back, and saw him for the first time since this afternoon

    He loved the beer I'd given him, so I gave him a bottle of our latest batch. He gave me a box of Camden Hells lager in return, and said my beer was much better

    I think I have a thumbs-up from Mr Beer

    Please tell me his parents named him Rupert 😜
    Luke Warm…
    According to James Burke (Connections) British beer ferments in a different way than German beer, and specifically at a different temperature. Warmer...
    That is correct. Pilsner ferments at a lower temp than ales. Slower too.
    Different yeast action as well I think (Brewologists please explain)
    I do hobby brewing (did a west coast ipa a few weeks back). And the yeasts are literally dedicated to Ale and Pilsner. The reason I do ales is that I am not able to keep a stable 10-11c for long enough. So I rely on room temperature yeast in ale.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,236
    Andy_JS said:

    I want my hour back.

    If that means we stay on GMT the whole year then that would suit me fine.
  • dunhamdunham Posts: 11
    ydoethur said:

    Andy_JS said:

    I want my hour back.

    Good job you weren't around in September 1752. The Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 would have triggered you... "I want my 11 days back!"

    "The Julian calendar still in use in Great Britain and its Dominions had been found to be inaccurate, and that most of Europe had already adopted an (unnamed) revised calendar. The Julian calendar was eleven days behind this 'New Style' calendar. With this Act, therefore, Britain implicitly adopted the Gregorian calendar. To do so, it ordered that eleven calendar days be skipped in September 1752..."
    The Act also shifted the New Year from 25th March (Lady Day) to 1st January.

    Hence why the financial year ends on April 5th. It was too complex to change that for either one, so it was left where it would otherwise have been. And 275 years later we still can’t sort it out.
    Today (1st Nisan) is one of four new years in the Jewish calendar.
  • logical_songlogical_song Posts: 10,014

    Andy_JS said:

    I want my hour back.

    I want my GMT.
    To the tune of Money for Nothing.
    Actually I want BST all year round.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,404

    NEW THREAD

  • StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 9,585

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crldrrxz33ro

    Does anyone have an idea with what is really going on? The whole story spends a lot of time not saying what happened.

    Look at Meghan’s track record of effective collaboration
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