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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:27:06 +0100, "Simon Mason"
wrote: The BMA also says it is bad for our health to consume more than two pints of beer a day, which is tosh as well. One of the more interesting points about this particular piece of work is that it is deliberately based only on case-control studies, with all conflicting evidence excluded. If they had adopted this policy in respect of HRT and coronary heart disease then they would be advising that HRT prevents heart disease. Luckily they investigated the conflicting evidence and found that all the case-control studies had similar confounding factors, leading to a conclusion which was wrong in both magnitude and sign: the risk is actually slightly /increased/. Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
On 19 Apr, 15:37, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. At the end of the day when the government decides that "something must be done" , whose advice will they follow - the BMA or Guy Chapman? We're dooomed |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
Simon Mason wrote:
"Andy Leighton" wrote in message The initial figure was plucked out of the air in 1987 due to "a feeling that you had to say something" according to Richard Smith a member of Royal College of Physicians who was on the committee that came up with the number. Googling alcohol "plucked out of the air" gets lots of newspaper columns on this. Well, I've drunk 100-120 units a week for 30 years, so I must be due to die very soon! Blimey, I couldn't do even a quarter of that and be a reasonable tester too. I'm even more impressed (sort of!). Roger Thorpe |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
Sir Jeremy wrote:
On 19 Apr, 15:37, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. At the end of the day when the government decides that "something must be done" , whose advice will they follow - the BMA or Guy Chapman? We're dooomed And again I would like to understand why anyone pays that much attention to body technicians? If I want to know how to cycle safely, I consult a cycling coach, not a cycle mechanic. If I want to know how to drive safely I consult a driving instructor, not a panel beater. If I want to know how to fly safely I consult a flying instructor , not a Queen Mary driver Why then are Doctors presumed to know something about the physics of accidents just because they are there to glue the body back together? |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
"Roger Thorpe" wrote in message Well, I've drunk 100-120 units a week for 30 years, so I must be due to die very soon! Blimey, I couldn't do even a quarter of that and be a reasonable tester too. I'm even more impressed (sort of!). Well, it's not something to boast about really! I never touch wine or spirits and can get on the road every day at 6-00am, so it doesn't do me much harm. Come to think of it, I've cut down a lot. In my 20's I'd have 10 pints of beer a day (3 at dinner) and now I might have 5-6 every evening, so I've slowed down in my old age. -- Simon Mason http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/ |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
Sir Jeremy wrote:
On 19 Apr, 15:37, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. At the end of the day when the government decides that "something must be done" , whose advice will they follow - the BMA or Guy Chapman? We're dooomed They are going to follow Chapman. -- Tony the Dragon |
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The BMA Promote Safer Cycling
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:31:46 +0100, "Simon Mason"
wrote: "Andy Leighton" wrote in message The initial figure was plucked out of the air in 1987 due to "a feeling that you had to say something" according to Richard Smith a member of Royal College of Physicians who was on the committee that came up with the number. Googling alcohol "plucked out of the air" gets lots of newspaper columns on this. Well, I've drunk 100-120 units a week for 30 years, so I must be due to die very soon! How do you make up this 100/120 units a week - if you don't mind me asking? -- "Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking. A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code. |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
Tony Dragon wrote:
Sir Jeremy wrote: On 19 Apr, 15:37, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Guy --http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/urc "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken Newsgroup may contain nuts. At the end of the day when the government decides that "something must be done" , whose advice will they follow - the BMA or Guy Chapman? We're dooomed They are going to follow Chapman. Is his advice cheaper? |
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The BMA Promote Cycle Helmet Use
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:12:13 +0100, "OG"
wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected That was very clever - does it serve a purpose? What's OG - own goal? -- "Primary position" the middle of a traffic lane. To take the "primary position" : to ride a bike in the middle of the lane in order to obstruct other road vehicles from overtaking. A term invented by and used by psycholists and not recognised in the Highway Code. |
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The BMA Recycle BeHIT Bull****
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:37:14 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:31:31 -0700 (PDT), francis wrote: Misleading subjectline corrected Francis Ditto :-) Gu Well done Guy - very mature. Excellent- I just love it when the children have to throw their toys out of the pram. Have you any suggestions for the next clarification? -- I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets. (Guy Chapman) I pointed out the web page He then quickly changed the web page - but "forgot" to change the date of last amendment so it looked like the change had been there for years. |
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