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The engine driver did not open the doors because he was worried about people hurting themselves in the rush to escape the train, so instead, passengers had to climb out the windows. Good call, mate.
Can you c&p plse, Kiwias - it’s behind a long, white iCloudKiwias wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:45 am This is off the scale absurd
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Who do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
Intervener.Openside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
The dogs’ parents.Openside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
Unreal in what way?mat the expat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:50 am ^
I was in a specialist's surgery this morning, waiting for a consult, when this absolute Man-child came in with his elderly father.
The Father had to keep tapping him on the arm to be quiet - this is a guy in his 40s with a 70 Year old father.
Unreal
Frozen fish instead of cases on Heathrow Airport carousel
British Airways has apologised after passengers received crates of frozen fish on a baggage carousel instead of their luggage.
Becca Braunholtz, from Sherborne, Dorset, was among those who were left baffled when boxes of sea bass and sea bream mistakenly delivered to Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport on Monday.
She and her family had just landed following a family holiday in Cyprus.
British Airways said it was reuniting customers with their bags after noticing "something fishy" had happened.
Dog owners. Always.Openside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
I've had the "Oh they're only being friendly" when dogs frightened my grandchildren when they were toddlers. It struck me that people don't realise how big even a spaniel size dog seems to a small child.Plim wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:48 pmDog owners. Always.Openside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
You have no right to own a pet (doesn't apply to assistance animals, not that they're pets). No dog owner has a right to take their dog to any place (doesn't apply to assistance animals) and upset anyone, whether in a dog-off-lead area or anywhere else. I had a minor row today with a woman whose dog - one of three on leads - shat on the pavement. When I said she should pick up the mess, she said that she couldn't pick it up because the other dogs needed to be cared for.
I know that some dog owners are scupulously tidy and decent, but many are not. Still, the responsibilty lies on any dog owner.
Scaring children is in my opinion a reason to destroy the dog, whether or not the child is especially sensitive. If you don''t want your wretched mutt put down make it completely docile and drag it away when anyone objects.
You do seem to have skipped a particularly relevant bit of information. Father who takes his frightened-of-dogs little darlings to an off-lead area and proceeds to get all pissy at some dogs being off-lead is a wanker.Plim wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 6:48 pmDog owners. Always.Openside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
You have no right to own a pet (doesn't apply to assistance animals, not that they're pets). No dog owner has a right to take their dog to any place (doesn't apply to assistance animals) and upset anyone, whether in a dog-off-lead area or anywhere else. I had a minor row today with a woman whose dog - one of three on leads - shat on the pavement. When I said she should pick up the mess, she said that she couldn't pick it up because the other dogs needed to be cared for.
I know that some dog owners are scupulously tidy and decent, but many are not. Still, the responsibilty lies on any dog owner.
Scaring children is in my opinion a reason to destroy the dog, whether or not the child is especially sensitive. If you don''t want your wretched mutt put down make it completely docile and drag it away when anyone objects.
No - he was compos mentis - just a man-childshaggy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:11 amUnreal in what way?mat the expat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:50 am ^
I was in a specialist's surgery this morning, waiting for a consult, when this absolute Man-child came in with his elderly father.
The Father had to keep tapping him on the arm to be quiet - this is a guy in his 40s with a 70 Year old father.
Unreal
Unreal that the son possibly had additional needs, or maybe a disorder and that it was so impactful on his family that he needed support in his 40s, on unreal as in funny?
Choose carefully.
Both Parties were - I was just de-escalatingOpenside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
fair enoughmat the expat wrote: ↑Fri Nov 05, 2021 12:57 amBoth Parties were - I was just de-escalatingOpenside wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pmWho do you perceive was at fault?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:49 am Had to break up an imminent fight this morning walking the dog
A Couple with a pair of dogs off-lead (in an off-lead area) were getting irate back at an irate father who was filming them and shouting at them to put the dogs on the lead as his children were frightened.
It very nearly kicked off until I walked between them
Covid stress/Entitlement I guess.
Was working in rural Minnesota back in 2012 and a local guy died in a workplace accident. 40's or so with young family.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:22 am I know that the vast majority of people are decent and that is what we should focus on, but I've just read something from my bank that makes me want to hurl something through the window.
There is a "deceased family member" scam doing the rounds. These bastards scour local newspapers online for death notices. Then they knock up headed notepaper from legal firms and such like and send out demands for payments of debts from the deceased's estate. These amounts are not particularly large, a few hundred pounds, the relatively small amounts apparently make them less likely to be checked, but the totals lost to these scams are totalling over a million quid now.
I'd put these bastards through a bacon slicer.
That's a variation on a long term scam. A friend was winding up his company and received an invoice from a firm of solicitors (an actual, real firm) Apparently they look for companies being closed down - assume they are usually going bankrupt - and try to get on the list of creditors.Tichtheid wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:22 am I know that the vast majority of people are decent and that is what we should focus on, but I've just read something from my bank that makes me want to hurl something through the window.
There is a "deceased family member" scam doing the rounds. These bastards scour local newspapers online for death notices. Then they knock up headed notepaper from legal firms and such like and send out demands for payments of debts from the deceased's estate. These amounts are not particularly large, a few hundred pounds, the relatively small amounts apparently make them less likely to be checked, but the totals lost to these scams are totalling over a million quid now.
I'd put these bastards through a bacon slicer.
And your training in special educational or complex needs helped you in concluding that there was no underlying issue here?mat the expat wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:56 pmNo - he was compos mentis - just a man-childshaggy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 8:11 amUnreal in what way?mat the expat wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:50 am ^
I was in a specialist's surgery this morning, waiting for a consult, when this absolute Man-child came in with his elderly father.
The Father had to keep tapping him on the arm to be quiet - this is a guy in his 40s with a 70 Year old father.
Unreal
Unreal that the son possibly had additional needs, or maybe a disorder and that it was so impactful on his family that he needed support in his 40s, on unreal as in funny?
Choose carefully.
I’d write back saying looks like you have missed the boatTichtheid wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:22 am I know that the vast majority of people are decent and that is what we should focus on, but I've just read something from my bank that makes me want to hurl something through the window.
There is a "deceased family member" scam doing the rounds. These bastards scour local newspapers online for death notices. Then they knock up headed notepaper from legal firms and such like and send out demands for payments of debts from the deceased's estate. These amounts are not particularly large, a few hundred pounds, the relatively small amounts apparently make them less likely to be checked, but the totals lost to these scams are totalling over a million quid now.
I'd put these bastards through a bacon slicer.
Lol, he was talking to his business accountant - I grant you, businessmen do seem odd to me....shaggy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:52 pmAnd your training in special educational or complex needs helped you in concluding that there was no underlying issue here?
Openside wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 5:57 pmI’d write back saying looks like you have missed the boatTichtheid wrote: ↑Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:22 am I know that the vast majority of people are decent and that is what we should focus on, but I've just read something from my bank that makes me want to hurl something through the window.
There is a "deceased family member" scam doing the rounds. These bastards scour local newspapers online for death notices. Then they knock up headed notepaper from legal firms and such like and send out demands for payments of debts from the deceased's estate. These amounts are not particularly large, a few hundred pounds, the relatively small amounts apparently make them less likely to be checked, but the totals lost to these scams are totalling over a million quid now.
I'd put these bastards through a bacon slicer.
A British F-35 fighter jet has crashed into the sea during a routine operation in the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Defence has said.
The pilot ejected and has safely returned to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and an investigation has begun, the MoD added.
The incident occurred at 10:00 GMT over international waters and no other aircraft were involved.
The MoD said it would be inappropriate to comment during the investigation.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the jet came down soon after take off.
He said: "We are pleased the pilot is safe and well and back on board."
What is an 'off-lead' area? I have never heard of this. The name seems to explain, but worth checking.
Asda shopper left fuming after accidentally buying tiny mince pies
Have you seen the obligatory scowly faced picture with that article?tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:29 pm Quite probably one of the most mundane local news headlines ever...
Asda shopper left fuming after accidentally buying tiny mince pies
Off lead areas are where dogs do not have to be on a lead but under control. It is signed as such. Some off lead areas are actually within enclosed fencing so you actively have to choose to go in. Some are not enclosed hence the need for a dog under control expectation.weegie01 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 2:05 pmWhat is an 'off-lead' area? I have never heard of this. The name seems to explain, but worth checking.
I specifically take my dogs places I am unlikely to meet anyone, precisely because they are so friendly. Our Labrador is 13 months and big boy, and even though most people can see that the large hound rushing towards then is a typically dopey, friendly Lab, he is still intimidating. He has decent recall but sometimes circumstances conspire to make that unhelpful on winding paths.
If I see people with other dogs, I'll put mine on a lead if they do. If they do not, I'll leave mine off. If I see people I'll shout to ask if they are Ok with dogs if they are far enough away. If they are close when I see them, or answer 'no' the dogs go on the lead.
It makes things less stressful for me as much as anything else.
Happyhooker wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:42 pmHave you seen the obligatory scowly faced picture with that article?tabascoboy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:29 pm Quite probably one of the most mundane local news headlines ever...
Asda shopper left fuming after accidentally buying tiny mince pies
We don't have anything official like that here. But close to where we lived in Edinburgh JK Rowling set up a large fenced area on her land where dogs could be let loose. It had no official standing but it was clearly signed as a place where dogs would be running loose so don't go in if that bothers you.shaggy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 4:46 pm Off lead areas are where dogs do not have to be on a lead but under control. It is signed as such. Some off lead areas are actually within enclosed fencing so you actively have to choose to go in. Some are not enclosed hence the need for a dog under control expectation.
I think one of those shite; Ghost Hunter, shows visited Leap; if there ever was a place that would have souls in torment; I think it's a good candidate.Leap (pronounced "Lep") Castle in Ireland has a bloody history and is said to be one of the most haunted places in Ireland. It also has an oubliette. Built around 1250, the castle was the scene of attacks, sieges, massacres and battles between feuding clans, the O'Bannons and the O'Carrolls, who alternately occupied the castle. Perhaps captured members of the rival clan were thrown into the oubliette in those earliest years of the castle's history.
If so, they came to a truly terrible end. At the bottom of Leap Castle's oubliette were several sharpened wooden spikes, pointing menacingly up from the floor, eight feet below the trap door. A prisoner thrown into this oubliette would likely be badly injured and quite possibly impaled on one or more spikes, only to suffer horribly as his life slowly ebbed. So many skeletons were discovered in the oubliette in the 1920's that it took three cartloads to transport them from the premises.
During renovation of the castle in the 1900s, workers found an oubliette behind a wall in the chapel. At the bottom of the shaft were many human skeletons amassed on wooden spikes. When cleaned out, it took three cartloads to remove the bones. Today, the dungeon is now covered over in order to keep people away from it. It is believed that the O'Carrolls would drop guests through the trap door to be impaled on the spikes 8 feet below.[5][6] A pocket watch found at the same time, dating from the mid 1800s, shows how recently the oubliette may have been used.
