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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill
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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill



Another failure of Care in the Community. At least she's apparently
rich enough to be ****ing nutcase.

Okay, so where do we get this cheap foil from ?


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On 22/01/2014 07:04, Artic wrote:
Bill Wright scribbled...


I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill



Another failure of Care in the Community. At least she's apparently
rich enough to be ****ing nutcase.

Okay, so where do we get this cheap foil from ?


"Range". http://www.therange.co.uk/



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On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:04:42 -0000, Artic wrote:

In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long

by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The

price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre.


33.75 sq m or 20.1p/sq m

At home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a

product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m

'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre.


2.925 sq m or 85p/sq m

Okay, so where do we get this cheap foil from ?


CostCo?

21 Jun '11 Foil 200m x 30cm £11.46 inc VAT

60 sq m or 19.1p/sq m (but note the date)

Cling film is also cheap:

9 Jul '12 Cling Film 400m x 34.5cm £3.69 inc VAT

These are "catering quality" and both are heavier duty than normal
supermarket foil and film.

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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has
moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each
location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the
windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead
which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went
near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt
were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly
from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog
developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the
cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and
other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was
75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong.
The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering
quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same
as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus
1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the
same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same
reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The
thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is,
the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on
it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be
delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil,
not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket
apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill



Another failure of Care in the Community. At least she's
apparently
rich enough to be ****ing nutcase.

Okay, so where do we get this cheap foil from ?




Looks like Russ Andrews has missed a trick here then?


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Artic wrote:

Okay, so where do we get this cheap foil from ?


The Range

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Artic wrote:

Okay, so where do we get this cheap foil from ?


The Range

Bill



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Hmm, wellits much the same for IPA. If you buy it for tape path cleaning
nowadays, its very expensive in little plastic bottles, but if you buy a big
can from cpc, its very much cheaper.

I suppose I should comment about this persons radio wave issue, but really
its hard to be sure if she is completely hat stand or just misguided.

Have you explained the inverse su quare law to her?

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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and making
her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest house had a
redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted and decided was
the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV set. The FM aerial
was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly reduced. She has bought
a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA) which give 'confusing'
results. Last year her dog developed a small cancerous lump which was, she
felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower that she could see from the
bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At home
I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product branded
'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'') at £2.49.
That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two products are
made in the same factory and have the same reference number on the little
tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness appears to be
exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil branded roll has a
faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this makes it a better
product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this news,
since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap around
her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks very
swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill



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Brian Gaff wrote:

Have you explained the inverse su quare law to her?


I've explained it several times. I've explained it in the context a
cellphone base 200m away versus a cellphone clamped to one's lughole.
Also in other contexts. It's a waste of time. There's no comprehension
whatsoever, plus an element of, "You might say that but...
"...many things are unknown to science."
"...I have to go on my own experience, not on theory."
"... etc."

Yet she's not stupid. It's as if the parts of her brain concerned with
logical deduction and evidence are missing."

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On 22/01/2014 14:54, Bill Wright wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

Have you explained the inverse su quare law to her?


I've explained it several times. I've explained it in the context a
cellphone base 200m away versus a cellphone clamped to one's lughole.
Also in other contexts. It's a waste of time. There's no comprehension
whatsoever, plus an element of, "You might say that but...
"...many things are unknown to science."
"...I have to go on my own experience, not on theory."
"... etc."

Yet she's not stupid. It's as if the parts of her brain concerned with
logical deduction and evidence are missing."

Tongue in cheek Maybe we should introduce her to Harry, then. They'd
have a lot in common.


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On 22/01/2014 14:54, Bill Wright wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

Have you explained the inverse su quare law to her?


I've explained it several times. I've explained it in the context a
cellphone base 200m away versus a cellphone clamped to one's lughole.
Also in other contexts. It's a waste of time. There's no comprehension
whatsoever, plus an element of, "You might say that but...
"...many things are unknown to science."
"...I have to go on my own experience, not on theory."
"... etc."

Yet she's not stupid. It's as if the parts of her brain concerned with
logical deduction and evidence are missing."

Tongue in cheek Maybe we should introduce her to Harry, then. They'd
have a lot in common.


I don't keep any rays out of my house.
I keep infra red rays in.


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Tongue in cheek Maybe we should introduce her to Harry, then. They'd
have a lot in common.



What surprises me about people like that lady is that they have
absolutely no concept of scientific method yet they are really confident
in their assertions about scientific matters. She's a member of the
Green Party by the way. Let that slip the last time we spoke.

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On 22/01/14 20:49, Bill Wright wrote:
John Williamson wrote:


Tongue in cheek Maybe we should introduce her to Harry, then. They'd
have a lot in common.



What surprises me about people like that lady is that they have
absolutely no concept of scientific method yet they are really confident
in their assertions about scientific matters. She's a member of the
Green Party by the way. Let that slip the last time we spoke.


Oh ..just as it was all getting interesting.

Tell her the green party is actually run by little green women.


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On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:04:41 +0000, brightside S9
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On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:49:47 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

What surprises me about people like that lady is that they have
absolutely no concept of scientific method yet they are really confident
in their assertions about scientific matters. She's a member of the
Green Party by the way. Let that slip the last time we spoke.


Thert's money to be made out of them. Look here
http://davidhboyle.com/ Trouble is he actually believes all the crap.


I sincerely hope the sluggish response is due to DDNS and not an
overloaded commercially hosted web server. I'm finding it slow going
trying to ascertain what his views are, other than what the link names
hint at.

Well, I've gotten to this page, 3 links on;

http://exhibitionoftheuniverse.com/

It seems clear to me that it's simply a money making scam preying on
the feeble minded. Similar to Russ Andrews' sales technique except, in
Russ's case where he's merely targetting the folk with way more money
than sense (and therefore excusable), this is a totally despicable
scam operation, targetting the folk who are obviously in need of "Care
in the community".

The trouble is, this David Boyle is far from alone in this activity.
The only unusual feature being that it's a UK based operation. Most of
his fellow sharks operate stateside, targetting an even bigger pool of
hapless victims of a failed education system.

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Brian Gaff wrote:

Have you explained the inverse su quare law to her?


I've explained it several times. I've explained it in the context a
cellphone base 200m away versus a cellphone clamped to one's lughole. Also
in other contexts. It's a waste of time. There's no comprehension
whatsoever, plus an element of, "You might say that but...
"...many things are unknown to science."
"...I have to go on my own experience, not on theory."
"... etc."

Yet she's not stupid. It's as if the parts of her brain concerned with
logical deduction and evidence are missing."


They've probably already been damaged by "those evil rays" :-)


Talking of strange senses, I have a friend whose her fingers are sensitive
enough to feel voltages as low as 5V. She apparently was quite popular at
university with the electronic engineers for her ability to run her fingers
over a PCB and diagnose which tracks had 5V and which didn't. Even with wet
hands to increase the skin conductivity, being able to feel a tingle from as
little as 5V seems remarkable. I tested her and she accurately sorted a pile
of AA 1.5V batteries into fully-charged and flat by holding each between
thumb and forefinger.

She once got a "severe jolt" when she happened to touch something in her car
that was at 12V as she was driving, and had to stop for a while to let her
arms recover before she could drive on. Having this sort of
hyper-sensitivity is no joke, it seems.



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On 22/01/2014 16:43, NY wrote:

Talking of strange senses, I have a friend whose her fingers are sensitive
enough to feel voltages as low as 5V.


She once got a "severe jolt" when she happened to touch something in her car
that was at 12V as she was driving, and had to stop for a while to let her
arms recover before she could drive on. Having this sort of
hyper-sensitivity is no joke, it seems.


Shocking!

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She once got a "severe jolt" when she happened to touch something in her
car that was at 12V as she was driving, and had to stop for a while to
let her arms recover before she could drive on. Having this sort of
hyper-sensitivity is no joke, it seems.


Try touching two terminals with a PD of 6V to two points half an inch
apart on the most sensitive part of your knob end.

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Try touching two terminals with a PD of 6V to two points half an inch
apart on the most sensitive part of your knob end.


If this is a lead in to one of your rigger's tales, in which
you explain how you discovered that, please, no pictures!

Especially not the high resolution ones you're famed for

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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill


Look at it as a "sales opportunity" to the desperate like Russ Andrews
does..


Buy these in and sell them to her at a 200% mark-up...


http://www.bioprotectivesystems.com/products/

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Bill

Bonkers! Don't pander to psychotic people like this, their delusions need
to be challenged according to the latest thinking on the subject. *Never*
humour them!



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Bonkers! Don't pander to psychotic people like this, their delusions need
to be challenged according to the latest thinking on the subject. *Never*
humour them!


Never is a very strong word to use in this context, and it's ********.
Sure, try a bit, but if you're not going to change their mind, so long
as it's not causing too much harm why not let people be a bit crazy?


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On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:53:16 +0000, Clive George wrote:

Never is a very strong word to use in this context, and it's ********.
Sure, try a bit, but if you're not going to change their mind, so long
as it's not causing too much harm why not let people be a bit crazy?


As a radio ham, I dread the prospect of these kind of nutty views
becoming mainstream. I get enough objections to my antennas on asthetic
grounds without dragging totally unsupported scientific claims about
radiation dangers into the picture!

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On Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:53:16 +0000, Clive George wrote:

Never is a very strong word to use in this context, and it's ********.
Sure, try a bit, but if you're not going to change their mind, so long
as it's not causing too much harm why not let people be a bit crazy?


As a radio ham, I dread the prospect of these kind of nutty views
becoming mainstream. I get enough objections to my antennas on asthetic
grounds without dragging totally unsupported scientific claims about
radiation dangers into the picture!

Dangers from radiation have indeed been used to support objections to
the erection of amateur aerials. Fortunately, in the case of VHF and UHF
aerials at the tops of masts and towers, the amateur can correctly claim
that the radiation at lower levels is reduced when the aerial is raised
well above roof-top level.
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Bill

Bonkers! Don't pander to psychotic people like this, their delusions need
to be challenged according to the latest thinking on the subject. *Never*
humour them!


I never humour her. I listen to her, and from time to time I try to
educate her. She knows how sceptical I am.

Bill


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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and making
her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest house had a
redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted and decided was
the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV set. The FM aerial
was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly reduced. She has bought
a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA) which give 'confusing'
results. Last year her dog developed a small cancerous lump which was, she
felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower that she could see from the
bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At home
I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product branded
'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'') at £2.49.
That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two products are
made in the same factory and have the same reference number on the little
tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness appears to be
exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil branded roll has a
faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this makes it a better
product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this news,
since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap around
her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks very
swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinfoil_hat


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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted and
decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV set. The
FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly reduced. She
has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA) which give
'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small cancerous lump
which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower that she could see
from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At home
I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product branded
'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'') at £2.49.
That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two products are
made in the same factory and have the same reference number on the little
tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness appears to be
exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil branded roll has a
faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this makes it a better
product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinfoil_hat


These are more stylish:
http://cloverfilms.x10.mx/galleries/signs/signs04.jpg

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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.


This was really designed for a more serious purpose, but it works to
reduce radiation as well. I find it very effective.

http://www.stopabductions.com/
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This was really designed for a more serious purpose, but it works to
reduce radiation as well. I find it very effective.

http://www.stopabductions.com/


Wonderful!
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On 22/01/2014 19:48, lid wrote:


This was really designed for a more serious purpose, but it works to
reduce radiation as well. I find it very effective.

http://www.stopabductions.com/


Wonderful!


I wonder if that explains the hoody fashion?


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That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!


Mediaeval aluminium??

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Chris Hogg writes:

That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!


Mediaeval aluminium??


Burkafoil.


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Chris Hogg writes:

That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!


Mediaeval aluminium??


Burkafoil.


ROFLMAO ;-)


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That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!



But does it constitute a CPC?

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On 22/01/2014 10:12, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
Chris Hogg writes:

That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!



But does it constitute a CPC?



More like an FC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=9tzga6qAaBA


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On 22/01/2014 10:12, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
Chris Hogg writes:

That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!


But does it constitute a CPC?



More like an FC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=9tzga6qAaBA


A job for Guy Martin types!
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I have occasional conversations with a woman who has moved house three
times because of radio waves entering her brain at each location and
making her ill. She has metallic mesh over all the windows. Her latest
house had a redundant VHF FM aerial with no downlead which she spotted
and decided was the reason she felt ill whenever she went near the TV
set. The FM aerial was removed and the symptoms she felt were greatly
reduced. She has bought a variety of RF meters (mostly from the USA)
which give 'confusing' results. Last year her dog developed a small
cancerous lump which was, she felt sure, caused by the cellphone tower
that she could see from the bedroom window.

Today I made a discovery that I think will help her and other sufferers.
In Range I found a roll of aluminium cooking foil. It was 75m long by
450mm wide, and was the thick stuff that is quite strong. The price was
£6.79, which is 9p per metre. It was labelled 'catering quality'. At
home I discovered that this product is exactly the same as a product
branded 'Bacofoil, which is sold in 6.5m rolls ('5m plus 1.5m 'free'')
at £2.49. That's 38p per metre. When I say 'exactly the same' the two
products are made in the same factory and have the same reference number
on the little tag that keeps the roll from unrolling. The thickness
appears to be exactly the same. The only difference is, the Bacofoil
branded roll has a faint criss-cross pattern embossed on it. How this
makes it a better product I don't know.

The woman who rings me from time to time will be delighted with this
news, since she uses a massive amount of cooking foil, not least to wrap
around her head and line her bra. The dog's basket apparently also looks
very swish with its silver paper covering.

Bill


That's OK for her head, but what about the rest of her body? She
really needs one of these: http://tinyurl.com/p9xruhx, a snip at £161!



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