Saturday 11 April 2020

what's in it. Yesterday's answers, old Thanet pictures etc

Anyone know what's inside this when you unscrew the end?

here is the rest of it.

Next some old Thanet photos












the answers


1 the bakelite plug allowed you to plug electric appliances into the the ceiling light socket where you would normally put the lightbulb.

Boarding school, my school was definitely worse than yours, had no wall sockets, no curtains in the dorms either, I had a record player, plugged into the ceiling with an earth wire clipped to the radiator to reduce the hum, with records being so expensive. After that poor student accommodation and slum accommodation, the rent included the electric light, heat and cooker were gas and supplied through a slot meter that took shillings 5ps., for music and when the shillings ran out. You could gauge what you could get away with from the smell of the wiring.

2 First mention of Thanet

Here is the actual text from the book Isidore of Seville's Etymologies

2. Britannia, an island of the Ocean, completely separated from the circle of lands by the sea that flows between, is called by the name of its people. It lies in the rear of the Gauls and looks toward Spain. Its circuit is 4,875 miles; there are many large rivers in it and hot springs, and an abundant and varied supply of metals. Jet is very common there, and pearls.

3. Thanatos, an island of the Ocean in the Gallic sea, separated from Britain by a narrow strait, with fields rich in grain and a fertile soil. It is called Thanatos from the death of snakes, for it is destitute of them itself, and earth taken thence to any part of the world kills snakes at once.

4. Thyle is the furthest island in the Ocean, between the region of North and that of West, beyond Britain, having its name from the sun, because there the sun makes its summer halt, and there is no day beyond it; whence the sea there is sluggish and frozen.

Isidore of Seville  C560 AD  Seville,  a scholar and, for over three decades, Archbishop of Seville.

There is a lot of confusion in textbooks and history books over where the text originated from and you will find other answers online.

The earliest reference to the town is in the Kent Hundred Rolls of 1274-5, "Christina de Remmesgate have stopped a common road at Remisgate" before spelling so Ramsgate is spelt differently in the same line.

Out and about photos, exercise and chemist so obeying the rules























If you came here to escape, pandemic at the end, so some photo fillers
























Ok here are the coronavirus stats and thoughts.

I think it is important to understand that it isn't Coronavirus that is killing people but peoples own immune systems reacting badly to a new virus. I think as this progresses treatment will improve, at the moment lots of people reacting in different ways and needing different treatments

Latest C-19 Death Rates by Country
NOTE:
1. This is daily deaths per ten million residents, counting from the day of first reported death.
2. The dotted line shows the three-day moving average.
3. The chart has been condensed, for clarity, by removing the first 11 days.

As you see we have now overtaken the others.

the table is from the Euronews website 

Country, Other
Total Cases
New Cases
Total Deaths
New Deaths
Total Recovered
Active Cases
World
1754267
+55,432
106997
+4,313
393739
1253531
Total:
1754267
+55,432
106997
+4,313
393739
1253531
Europe
844333
+24,224
72564
+2,501
204173
567596
Total:
844333
+24,224
72564
+2,501
204173
567596
North America
555884
+19,043
21251
+1,429
35683
498950
Total:
555884
+19,043
21251
+1,429
35683
498950
USA
520999
+18,123
20135
+1,388
28507
472357
Asia
286010
+10,969
10537
+313
142165
133308
Total:
286010
+10,969
10537
+313
142165
133308
Spain
161852
+3,579
16353
+272
59109
86390
Italy
152271
+4,694
19468
+619
32534
100269
France
124869
13197
24932
86740
Germany
123826
+1,655
2736
53913
67177
China
81953
+46
3339
+3
77525
1089
UK
78991
+5,233
9875
+917
344
68772
Iran
70029
+1,837
4357
+125
41947
23725
Turkey
52167
+5,138
1101
+95
2965
48101
South America
45766
+790
1844
+35
5028
38894
Total:
45766
+790
1844
+35
5028
38894
Belgium
28018
+1,351
3346
+327
5986
18686
Switzerland
25071
+520
1036
+34
11100
12935
Netherlands
24413
+1,316
2643
+132
250
21520
Canada
22575
+427
569
6013
15993
Brazil
20022
+233
1075
+7
173
18774
Portugal
15987
+515
470
+35
266
15251
Africa
13851
+312
728
+31
2383
10740
Total:
13851
+312
728
+31
2383
10740
Austria
13798
+238
337
+18
6604
6857
Russia
13584
+1,667
106
+12
1045
12433
Israel
10525
+117
96
+1
1258
9171
S. Korea
10480
+30
211
+3
7243
3026
Sweden
10151
+466
887
+17
381
8883
India
8339
+739
249
774
7316
Ireland
8089
287
25
7777
Oceania
7702
+94
60
+4
3688
3954
Total:
7702
+94
60
+4
3688
3954
Ecuador
7257
+96
315
+18
411
6531
Chile
6927
+426
73
+8
1864
4990
Norway
6403
+89
117
+4
32
6254
Poland
6356
+401
208
+27
375
5773
Australia
6303
+65
56
+2
3265
2982
Japan
6005
99
762
5144
Denmark
5996
+177
260
+13
1955
3781
Romania
5990
+523
290
+20
758
4942
Peru
5897
169
1569
4159
Czechia
5831
+99
129
+10
411
5291
Pakistan
4970
+275
77
+11
762
4131
Malaysia
4530
+184
73
+3
1995
2462
Philippines
4428
+233
247
+26
157
4024
Saudi Arabia
4033
+382
52
+5
720
3261
Mexico
3844
+403
233
+39
633
2978
Indonesia
3842
+330
327
+21
286
3229
UAE
3736
+376
20
+4
588
3128
Serbia
3380
+275
74
+3
118
3188
Luxembourg
3270
+47
62
+8
500
2708
Panama
2974
74
17
2883
Finland
2905
+136
49
+1
300
2556
Qatar
2728
+216
6
247
2475
Dominican Republic
2620
126
98
2396
Thailand
2518
+45
35
+2
1135
1348
Ukraine
2511
+308
73
+4
79
2359
Colombia
2473
80
197
2196
Singapore
2299
+191
8
+1
528
1763
Belarus
2226
+245
23
+4
172
2031
Greece
2081
+70
93
+1
269
1719
South Africa
2028
+25
25
+1
410
1593
Argentina
1975
83
+1
440
1452
Algeria
1825
+64
275
+19
460
1090
Egypt
1794
135
384
1275
Iceland
1689
+14
7
841
841
Moldova
1560
+122
30
+1
75
1455
Croatia
1534
+39
21
323
1190
Morocco
1527
+79
110
+3
141
1276
Iraq
1318
+39
72
+2
601
645
New Zealand
1312
+29
4
+2
422
886
Hungary
1310
+120
85
+8
115
1110
Estonia
1304
+46
24
93
1187
Slovenia
1188
+28
50
+5
148
990
Kuwait
1154
+161
1
133
1020
Azerbaijan
1058
+67
11
+1
200
847
Lithuania
1026
+27
23
+1
54
949
Bahrain
1016
+91
6
551
459
Hong Kong
1001
+11
4
336
661
Armenia
977
+40
13
+1
173
791
Bosnia and Herzegovina
935
+34
37
+1
139
759
Kazakhstan
859
+47
10
81
768
Cameroon
820
12
98
710
North Macedonia
760
+49
34
+2
41
685
Uzbekistan
729
+105
3
42
684
Slovakia
728
+13
2
23
703
721
13
619
89
Total:
721
13
619
89
Diamond Princess
712
11
619
82
Tunisia
685
+14
28
+3
43
614
Bulgaria
661
+26
28
+3
62
571
Latvia
630
+18
3
16
611
Cuba
620
+56
16
+1
77
527
Lebanon
619
+10
20
77
522
Cyprus
616
+21
10
61
545
Andorra
601
26
71
504

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