Things that don't deserve their own thread

[Gumboot]

Unlike the Melbourne Cup, no horses were harmed during this entertainment production

ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JGBNkLM9_8

[Openside]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

[Torquemada 1420]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

Intervener.

[GogLais]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

The dogs’ parents.

[FalseBayFC]

Seeing Blatter and Platini go to jail would make my year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59133079

[shaggy]

^

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 in what way?

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.

[tabascoboy]

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.

[Plim]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

Dog owners. Always.

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.

[GogLais]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

Dog owners. Always.

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.

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.

[Kiwias]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

Dog owners. Always.

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.

[mat the expat]

^

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 in what way?


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.

No - he was compos mentis - just a man-child

[mat the expat]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

Both Parties were - I was just de-escalating

[Slick]

Is there any way to stop Globus starting threads?

[Openside]

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.

Who do you perceive was at fault?

Both Parties were - I was just de-escalating

fair enough

[Enzedder]

Is there any way to stop Globus starting threads?

He has started just one on the front page.

OomStruisbaai seems to be our threadstarter (nothing wrong with that either)

[Tichtheid]

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.

[Uncle fester]

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.

Was working in rural Minnesota back in 2012 and a local guy died in a workplace accident. 40's or so with young family.
For the funeral, a police officer was stationed at the family home in case burglars tried to use the funeral as a suitable time to rob the house.

[Dinsdale Piranha]

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.

My friend absolutely took him to the cleaners , got him struck off and invoiced them for all the time spent in court.

[Insane_Homer]

[shaggy]

^

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 in what way?


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.

No - he was compos mentis - just a man-child

And your training in special educational or complex needs helped you in concluding that there was no underlying issue here?

[Openside]

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.

I’d write back saying looks like you have missed the boat

[mat the expat]

Unreal in what way?


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.

No - he was compos mentis - just a man-child

And your training in special educational or complex needs helped you in concluding that there was no underlying issue here?

Lol, he was talking to his business accountant - I grant you, businessmen do seem odd to me....

[Tichtheid]

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.

I’d write back saying looks like you have missed the boat

That's always the option, but what makes this even worse is that they prey on the relatives' wish to "do the right thing" by the deceased. and because "it's only a couple of hundred pounds for his reputation" they don't check.

The bank advised to contact the company but don't use any phone numbers or email addresses which appear on the letters, if the company doesn't exist they will be found out easily enough and if they are impersonating a legitimate company they will likewise be exposed.

Otoh, if they are a legit company and there is an outstanding bill, that's the point where you can choose to say they missed the boat.

[FalseBayFC]

Dutchman bitten on De Kock. Vokken ouch!

[SaintK]

SPLASH!!!! £135M worth in the drink

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."

[tabascoboy]

[weegie01]

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.

What 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.

[tabascoboy]

Quite probably one of the most mundane local news headlines ever...

Asda shopper left fuming after accidentally buying tiny mince pies

[Happyhooker]

Quite probably one of the most mundane local news headlines ever...

Asda shopper left fuming after accidentally buying tiny mince pies

Have you seen the obligatory scowly faced picture with that article?

[shaggy]

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.

What 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.

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.

[tabascoboy]

Quite probably one of the most mundane local news headlines ever...

Asda shopper left fuming after accidentally buying tiny mince pies

Have you seen the obligatory scowly faced picture with that article?

[weegie01]

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.

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.

[fishfoodie]

Leap Castle

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.

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_Castle

The kicker....

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.

[Niegs]

Sure, these look like a breeding ground for bacteria, etc, but how much plastic are we ingesting now?

[SaintK]

Sure, these look like a breeding ground for bacteria, etc, but how much plastic are we ingesting now?

Look at the prices
Must have been mid 1970's

[tabascoboy]

Sure, these look like a breeding ground for bacteria, etc, but how much plastic are we ingesting now?

Look at the prices
Must have been mid 1970's

Very long before the infiltration of panini and focaccia for sure. And do you ever see liver sausage and luncheon meat offered for sarnis now? Very mid 70s!

[Happyhooker]

Sure, these look like a breeding ground for bacteria, etc, but how much plastic are we ingesting now?

Look at the prices
Must have been mid 1970's

It does the rounds on twitter every now and then.

It's from 1972

[SaintK]

Sure, these look like a breeding ground for bacteria, etc, but how much plastic are we ingesting now?

Look at the prices
Must have been mid 1970's

It does the rounds on twitter every now and then.

It's from 1972

Not too far out then
Golden Wonder crisp packaging a bit of a giveaway

[Happyhooker]

It's the chocolate eclairs on the bottom that get me

[tabascoboy]

Oh the delicious ironing - but feel sorry for kids who have been forced to wear any such thing by parents

Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive

Necklaces and accessories claiming to "protect" people from 5G mobile networks have been found to be radioactive.

The Dutch authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection (ANVS) issued a warning about ten products it found gave off harmful ionising radiation. It urged people not to use the products, which could cause harm with long-term wear.

There is no evidence that 5G networks are harmful to health. The World Health Organization says 5G mobile networks are safe, and not fundamentally different from existing 3G and 4G signals.

Mobile networks use non-ionising radio waves that do not damage DNA. Despite this, there have been attacks on transmitters by people who believe they are harmful.

The products identified included an "Energy Armor" sleeping mask, bracelet and necklace.

A bracelet for children, branded Magnetix Wellness, was also found to be emitting radiation.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59703523