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Title: 29/01/18
Post by: Maik on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 11:17:20
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Thomas Cook sunbeds will be bookable ahead of holiday

UK holidaymakers are to be offered the chance to choose their sunbed before they have even left home.

Thomas Cook's trial scheme will allow customers to pay £22 to book a specific lounger in advance of their holiday.

They will be able to pick their preferred location from a map, which will also allow customers to work out when each spot will get sun and shade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42855169

Hm, could be fun and games ahead!
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: TonyKath on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 15:08:47
Is that 22 quid per day, per week, fortnight, even??!  Skala beach sunloungers and brollies were (??) €6 for two peeps when we last were there, so the Thos Cook price might actually be relatively cheap.   :blink:

Tony
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: Maik on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 15:37:27
Yeah, but these will be around the pool, i.e. ones that you'd probably expect to be f.o.c. Mind you, the charge is to reserve them.
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: Maik on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 15:56:36
Brief but beautifully photographed video of underwater Kef:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x5FlzGKUJY
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: TonyKath on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 16:40:27
Yeah, but these will be around the pool, i.e. ones that you'd probably expect to be f.o.c. Mind you, the charge is to reserve them.

Quite!  I wasn't suggesting they should be anything other than FoC!!  If they Ryanair-ise the accomm  what happens next - charges for towels, loo paper, flushing the bog?!

Tony
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: Maik on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 17:09:51
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German shock at car exhaust tests on humans and monkeys

The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42858668
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: Maik on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 20:33:44
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Have you signed up for a tracking app by mistake?
After users of fitness tracker Strava accidentally revealed the whereabouts of US military bases, we round up five tools and apps that have the ability to log your location
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2018/jan/29/have-you-signed-up-for-a-tracking-app-by-mistake


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Google's Location History tracking is creepier than thought
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/01/29/google-location-history-tracking-is-creepier-than-thought/
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: Maik on Monday, 29 January, 2018 @ 20:38:59
Firefox 58.0.1, a bug-fix update, was released earlier today.
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: pete.c on Tuesday, 30 January, 2018 @ 13:00:58
Is that 22 quid per day, per week, fortnight, even??!  Skala beach sunloungers and brollies were (??) €6 for two peeps when we last were there, so the Thos Cook price might actually be relatively cheap.   :blink:

Tony

This reminds me of the old Carling add https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuIJqF8av6I
Title: Re: 29/01/18
Post by: TonyKath on Tuesday, 30 January, 2018 @ 13:07:27
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German shock at car exhaust tests on humans and monkeys

The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42858668 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42858668)
Utterly shocking. I think we know breathing car fumes is bad for you. There might be a case for medical tests - I'm doubtful - butnot for the manufacturers.

 :rant:

Tony