Genius at Work (No.2) [Archive] - The Art of Sound Forum

Minstrel SE

09-12-2017, 20:24

FFS!.... its got to be a form of mental illness. Do you tube viewings pay that much? He's not the only one and there seems to be one born every minute.

I've often thought I'm a bit mad but I don't go with life threatening schemes like that. At what point did that seem like a good idea?

Crazy! Send him the bill as that's often what it takes to wake them up :)

walpurgis

02-02-2018, 15:35

Genius at work again.

http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2018-02-02/driver-who-passed-test-in-november-caught-driving-car-without-tyres/

Where do they find these characters? There must be a lab somewhere that breeds them! :rolleyes:

walpurgis

15-03-2018, 11:12

Genius at work again!

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-03-15/youtuber-jailed-for-shooting-boyfriend-dead-in-botched-stunt/

So you expect a book to stop a bullet from a gun that can punch a hole through walls? Mad!! Didn't do him a lot of good. :rolleyes:

Probably the kind of people who think 'thick' is spelt with an F.

struth

15-03-2018, 11:21

Who could have thought this was a bright idea? Nuts! :rolleyes:

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-12-07/firefighters-spend-hour-freeing-youtube-prankster-who-cemented-head-in-microwave/

any more brains and he would be dangerous:doh:

Pigmy Pony

15-03-2018, 19:30

Should have read the encyclopaedia first, and look up 'dumbass', 'desert eagle' and 'death'.

walpurgis

05-04-2018, 08:33

A mention for the Police here. Derbyshire's Chief Constable has made an executive decision. This is idiotic if you ask me!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/04/police-force-kicks-all-male-choir-refuses-accept-female-singers/

What do we get next, rock bands censured for not including an accordion player?

struth

05-04-2018, 08:51

ALL rock bands must have equal amounts of women in them. women must also be allowed to use the gents toilet.

walpurgis

05-04-2018, 08:55

Folks should have an equal right to demand political correctness!

Pigmy Pony

05-04-2018, 19:48

I'm all for gender equality, and it annoys me no end that I can pursue my career as a drag artist, while Mrs. P got laughed out of the door. :(

And I think she would be very good, and quite convincing.

Primalsea

06-04-2018, 06:43

Thing is if the choir continued to be associated with the police and women tried to join and were refused a news story about that probably would have been published and the police dragged down with it, due to their association. You cant win because the press always look for the spin they can put on a story.

walpurgis

06-04-2018, 08:12

It's still bollocks though. There has to be a point where common sense takes over surely? Not that there's much evidence of that these days. Far too much pandering to 'sensitivities' in my view.

Pigmy Pony

06-04-2018, 18:54

It's like the saying, "it's the squeaky wheel that gets the oil", and wheels don't come any squeakier than the campaigners for "equal rights" for gender, race, sexuality and anything else they can find to be indignant about.

The British press, particularly the 'tabloids' are very good at winding people up. Even the television companies (BBC and C4 I'm looking at you) aren't above stirring it up, they're just a bit more subtle.

None of us are immune to this, as can be seen by our reaction to these nonsense stories.

In times of war, we have a bunker mentality which gives us a common enemy to rail against, but in peacetime we don't have this, so we end up sniping at each other. It could be argued that the "war on terrorism" is a war of sorts, but doesn't count, as the enemy is a bunch of nutjobs hiding in plain sight.

Am I allowed to call them nutjobs? Or should I be saying freedom fighters, or disenfranchised individuals. I'm sure there will be a group of something or other ready to tell me what I should be calling them.

These champions for the "downtrodden" minorities are actually doing more harm than good by speaking up for people who probably never asked for their help, and trying to make the rest of us feel bad about ourselves.

Maybe they just need a bit more protein in their diet, and an office with a window.

walpurgis

09-04-2018, 14:48

Macca

09-04-2018, 15:40

Yet another contribution to this thread. Hope they've got good insurance! :eek:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-silo-tower-video-demolition-vordingborg-collapse-wrong-way-library-a8295651.html

Would never have happened to Fred Dibnah. Although he might have dropped it on the cultural centre deliberately. Then gone home to knock his wife about a bit.

walpurgis

10-04-2018, 13:37

More loopy 'flat earth' nonsense.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/09/real-reason-many-people-now-believe-earth-flat-7451315/

Macca

10-04-2018, 15:08

More loopy 'flat earth' nonsense.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/09/real-reason-many-people-now-believe-earth-flat-7451315/

Notice it is the young that are more likely to believe it. And some people think they should be allowed to vote! Amazing.

Joe

10-04-2018, 18:14

Almost as daft as the 'ancient aliens pushed human evolution' theory.

Macca

11-04-2018, 07:35

Almost as daft as the 'ancient aliens pushed human evolution' theory.

At least there is circumstantial evidence for that one.

walpurgis

14-04-2018, 19:06

Here we go. An ideal candidate for the thread. Diane Abbott reinforcing her position as a useless waste of space.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/945506/Diane-Abbott-Syria-Russia-BBC-Radio-4-Today-Jeremy-Corbyn?google_editors_picks=true

They really should find her a job better suited to her skills. Serving in a chip shop maybe? Stacking warehouse shelves? Or would those be a touch too demanding?

Ninanina

14-04-2018, 19:18

Yes I heard this interview with DA last night

I can't stand the women and she is completely out of her depth; like you say a chip shop would be fine for her ;)

Macca

15-04-2018, 07:46

She does have a degree in History from Cambridge so she can't be as thick as she appears to be. Never had a proper job, though, so maybe that's part of it? Although that's true of most of the MPs these days I suspect.

walpurgis

15-04-2018, 08:09

Unfortunately she's not even any good at fudging answers and evading issues. The most fundamental skills required of politicians. Ask Grant Shapps, he should know! I reckon he could give a masterclass in bullshitting.

walpurgis

20-04-2018, 09:57

Today's example of stupidity. Bureaucracy going even madder!

http://www.euronews.com/2018/04/20/french-mps-ban-meaty-words-to-describe-vegetarian-food

So what do you call a vegetarian sausage now, 'long round brown thing with no meat in'? :rolleyes:

struth

20-04-2018, 10:09

madness... just sucking up to farmers

walpurgis

20-04-2018, 10:10

madness... just sucking up to farmers

Exactly what I thought!

Macca

20-04-2018, 11:10

I think they are absolutely right. Vegetarian cack should be labelled as such and be in a special ghettoised area of the supermarket so normal people don't have to see it. And you should have to register as a vegetarian with the police.

Not often I agree with the French but even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Firebottle

20-04-2018, 12:02

Macca

20-04-2018, 12:16

The French just don't do vegitarianism so this is no surprise to me whatsoever.

Their idea of a course in a restaurant is a few root vegetables on a plate and that's it.

Each to their own I suppose.

They have the right idea re meat in general but curiously they have no idea what a steak is or how to cook one properly. Although I'd take French food over British stodge any day of the week. Except for nouvelle cuisine which is just taking the piss.

Pigmy Pony

20-04-2018, 17:21

Macca

20-04-2018, 17:32

I think we're smart enough to work out what's what.

For instance if I fancy some 'beef curtains', or Mrs. P wanted a 'pork sword', we know we're not going to find them in the butcher's department in Morrisons.

:

Yeah you need to go to Waitrose for that sort of thing. Although I understand Aldi do the German versions. Not quite the same though. More guttural.

I for one wish Diane all the best with her new career in retail.

Pigmy Pony

20-04-2018, 18:06

Waitrose is a bit too posh for us northerners.

Is it true they call their fruit & veg department 'The Lady Garden'?

walpurgis

28-04-2018, 17:24

Yes, another 'genius'. What an idiot!!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/28/autopilot-driver-who-sat-in-passenger-seat-is-banned-for-18-months

walpurgis

02-05-2018, 15:55

More 'flat earth' daft nonsense!

http://metro.co.uk/2018/05/02/flat-earther-comes-bonkers-new-pac-man-theory-happens-fly-west-7515916/

walpurgis

03-05-2018, 15:33

And some nautical 'genius' at work! :rolleyes:

Looks a little tricky if you ask me! :D

http://i68.tinypic.com/28qw74w.jpg

http://www.core77.com/posts/45749/When-Cargo-Ships-Fail

Macca

03-05-2018, 15:58

That's broken. Quite badly broken.

Macca

03-05-2018, 15:59

Hey 20,000 posts! Ding ding ding ding ding.

never get a life, kids, and you can be just like me :)

Barry

07-05-2018, 01:18

That's broken. Quite badly broken.

I don't believe that photo is genuine.

Macca

07-05-2018, 07:34

I don't believe that photo is genuine.

Go on...

walpurgis

07-05-2018, 07:35

I don't believe that photo is genuine.

Click on the link I put beneath the photo.

struth

07-05-2018, 07:53

http://3kbo302xo3lg2i1rj8450xje.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Rena1.jpg

Pieoftheday

07-05-2018, 08:26

And some nautical 'genius' at work! :rolleyes:

Looks a little tricky if you ask me! :D

http://i68.tinypic.com/28qw74w.jpg

http://www.core77.com/posts/45749/When-Cargo-Ships-Fail

It's falling off the edge of the world!!

Pigmy Pony

07-05-2018, 08:49

The Boat Police should have pulled it over before it got that bad, it's clearly an unsafe load. Top heavy and not a bungee cord in sight! Seriously, what's holding those containers together? Goodwill and magnets? :scratch: And stacking them that high must obscure the captain's view out of the windscreen.

walpurgis

16-06-2018, 14:31

Genius at work again. Worked out badly for one young feller. Do people really not think things through? This is just so stupid!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5851277/Man-knifes-death-testing-stab-proof.html

struth

16-06-2018, 15:25

walpurgis

12-07-2018, 19:15

Yes, another genius here. We're doomed apparently.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/987906/Eclipse-2018-July-Friday-the-13th-bad-luck-solar-eclipse

Macca

12-07-2018, 19:28

“As I was telling you guys a week or so ago, this Blood Moon that’s approaching on July 27 – before it gets here you have a partial solar eclipse which will be over Tasmania.
“You’ve heard of the Tasmanian Devil, well demonic forces will be at play because this is a Friday the 13th partial solar eclipse.”

Quality stuff.

walpurgis

12-07-2018, 19:33

Quality stuff.

He's not in the 'genius' thread for nothing! :lol:

Macca

12-07-2018, 19:35

I don't know. I mean if he can make a decent living by just doing nutty predictions on the internet then he's cracked it if you ask me.

I'm looking for something that will bring in a bit of income when I retire, that could be it.

Pigmy Pony

12-07-2018, 21:17

Ann Summers parties not working out? Marco raves about them all the time. :bum:

Macca

12-07-2018, 21:43

No, that's doing well as is the Avon franchise.

Ding-Dong.

Pigmy Pony

13-07-2018, 06:18

Tupperware are struggling though. Problem is, they made their stuff so durable. I have a Tupperware bowl filled with water on bedroom window cill to tip over nuisance callers. Been there for years.

"Ding dong, Avon calling," SPLASH. More effective than not today thanks.

Macca

13-07-2018, 08:16

I want to catch one of those friggers who keep putting flyers for Farm Foods and Iceland through my door. I get about half a dozen a week and I wouldn't darken the doors of either of them.

walpurgis

19-07-2018, 21:51

Yes, Genius at Work again. I'm not sure this guy has his priorities right. :rolleyes: Takes all sorts though (obviously)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5967123/Man-90-cent-covered-tattoos-genitals-removed.html

Pieoftheday

20-07-2018, 19:44

Macca

21-07-2018, 06:27

That would be your postie, we get the joy of delivering them almost every week:)

Cards are being marked, I'm tellin ya.

Pigmy Pony

21-07-2018, 06:57

Cards are being marked, I'm tellin ya.

Nice to receive a card, even if it comes buried under a pile of junk mail.

What's happened to all the elastic bands? Three things I could count on finding outside my house - bottles of milk, white dog shit and elastic bands.

Marco

21-07-2018, 06:58

I want to catch one of those friggers who keep putting flyers for Farm Foods and Iceland through my door. I get about half a dozen a week and I wouldn't darken the doors of either of them.

Do what I do.... Save them all up, including all the other shite you're sent, menus, etc, then shove it inside one (or more) of the prepaid envelopes you get from the repeated (unwanted) loan applications you're sent, and post the lot them!

I'm sure they enjoy that.

Marco.

Pigmy Pony

21-07-2018, 07:32

Macca

21-07-2018, 07:58

Do what I do.... Save them all up, including all the other shite you're sent, menus, etc, then shove it inside one (or more) of the prepaid envelopes you get from the repeated (unwanted) loan applications you're sent, and post the lot them!

I'm sure they enjoy that.

Marco.

Maybe when I retire and I've got time hanging heavy on my hands. At the moment it all goes straight in the bin. I cleared up a huge pile of it out of the porch just two weeks ago today and there is already another huge pile in there.

Macca

21-07-2018, 08:02

And don't get me started on the credit card and loan applications. They only seem to want to lend money to people who don't need to borrow money. How does that work?

Joe

21-07-2018, 08:08

Maybe when I retire and I've got time hanging heavy on my hands. At the moment it all goes straight in the bin. I cleared up a huge pile of it out of the porch just two weeks ago today and there is already another huge pile in there.

I'm retired and I'm not that bored yet. Junk mail just sits on top of the meter cupboard in the porch, then gets added to the recycling bin on a Thursday. What's weird is that we're still getting junk mail addressed to the couple we bought the house from, twenty-five years ago.

Marco

21-07-2018, 08:10

Maybe when I retire and I've got time hanging heavy on my hands.

Lol - it doesn't exactly take long! Trust me, it's far more satisfying that just chucking it in the bin.

Marco.

Macca

21-07-2018, 08:11

I'm retired and I'm not that bored yet. Junk mail just sits on top of the meter cupboard in the porch, then gets added to the recycling bin on a Thursday. What's weird is that we're still getting junk mail addressed to the couple we bought the house from, twenty-five years ago.

So do I. 20 years I've been here and the last people still get mail. I saved it for them for the first couple of years, there was a carrier bag full. Then one day I spotted them visiting a neighbour down the road. You'd think they would knock on and see if there was any post for them but they didn't bother so I binned it all and still do.

Marco

21-07-2018, 08:11

I'm retired and I'm not that bored yet.

The problem isn't one of boredom, it's that Martin and you are interminably lazy!;)

Marco.

Joe

21-07-2018, 08:13

The problem isn't one of boredom, it's that Martin and you are interminably lazy!;)

Marco.

That's certainly true of me, but AFAIK Martin works quite hard.

Pigmy Pony

21-07-2018, 08:16

And don't get me started on the credit card and loan applications. They only seem to want to lend money to people who don't need to borrow money. How does that work?

It's the nature of banks isn't it? They're happy to lend you an umbrella while the sun is shining, but when the rain comes they want it back. :(

Pigmy Pony

21-07-2018, 08:22

The problem isn't one of boredom, it's that Martin and you are interminably lazy!;)

Marco.

Oh I'm lazy too, I could be lazy for England, got medals and everything, but I'm also simple minded and this looks like fun. :)

Joe

21-07-2018, 08:26

That would be your postie, we get the joy of delivering them almost every week:)

And what's more, you know where we live!

Marco

21-07-2018, 08:34

That's certainly true of me, but AFAIK Martin works quite hard.

Lol - I'm not sure he does out with of work. Lot's of folk work but also do stuff at home!;)

Marco.

Macca

21-07-2018, 17:03

Lol - I'm not sure he does out with of work. Lot's of folk work but also do stuff at home!;)

Marco.

I do nothing that is non-essential outside of work. I have to work pretty hard for not much money so I reckon I earn the right to sit on my ass the rest of the time.

Marco

21-07-2018, 17:18

Lol - I get that, dude, and fair enough. I'm glad that Del doesn't have that mentality though, after she's been working all day, or I'd never get my dinner, or my washing and ironing done!:D;)

I certainly do my share around the house and garden, though.

Marco.

Barry

21-07-2018, 17:56

All junk mail is automatically binned (actually put in the paper recycling sack. And yes, I do remove those little cellophane 'windows' from the envelopes). What really pee's me off are the 'blow ins' inside magazines and newspapers. They get binned as well.

Returning unsolicited mail will do no good at all, IMO, as the sending companies are just too stupid to react: they have their routine and methods and they stick to them.

Marco

21-07-2018, 18:29

Yes, but it's a giggle thinking about the reaction of whoever opens the envelope, and also mildly satisfying knowing that you've sent them a small message of 'fuck you';)

Marco.

Joe

21-07-2018, 22:08

Yes, but it's a giggle thinking about the reaction of whoever opens the envelope, and also mildly satisfying knowing that you've sent them a small message of 'fuck you';)

Marco.

'Whoever opens the envelope' will be some minion, who's paid buttons, and who will simply chuck the whole lot into the bin. They won't care.

Macca

22-07-2018, 07:09

'Whoever opens the envelope' will be some minion, who's paid buttons, and who will simply chuck the whole lot into the bin. They won't care.

I have been that minion and no, I didn't care. All the letters written in green ink used to make me smile though. That's more prevalent than you think.

Marco

22-07-2018, 07:12

'Whoever opens the envelope' will be some minion, who's paid buttons, and who will simply chuck the whole lot into the bin. They won't care.

I agree, but for me, there's still an element of satisfaction to it. Better it clogging up their bin than mine.

Marco.

walpurgis

26-07-2018, 08:09

Another person who hasn't a clue. https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/26/using-fan-bedroom-heatwave-bad-7760770/

This article about using fans to keep cool is rubbish. There are references to fans lowering temperature. This is nonsense. They actually raise it slightly.

Marco

26-07-2018, 08:17

They do keep you cool by circulating the air; they certainly don't lower the temperature, though!:doh:

I'll be switching my big fan on in a moment. The only way I can stay cool in this heat is by closing our (thankfully thick) curtains, to keep the sun out, and sitting with next to nothing on with the fan blowing cool air straight at me.

Thank goodness we have tiled floors! Later, if I'm feeling adventurous, I might venture outside [with clothes on:eyebrows:] and sit in the shade under a large parasol, with an ice-cold beer.

Marco.

struth

26-07-2018, 08:30

fans will cool you under normal circumstances, due to evaporation of water, which leaves the remaining water cooler. but when indoor air temperatures are hotter than about 95 °F, a fan may cause your body to gain heat instead of lose it. On very hot, humid days, sweat evaporates off the skin slower than normal, and fans make it even more difficult for the body to lose heat by sweating. It’s important to stay hydrated and use other means. you can also use ice in front of fan, which will cool air like a air con.

alphaGT

27-07-2018, 05:07

I saw a man on TV that collected all his junk mail, all his neighbors and family gave him theirs, and he had a machine that turns it all into fire wood! He heats his house for free every winter, burning nothing but junk mail.

Russell

Pigmy Pony

27-07-2018, 17:37

Now that is clever stuff.

Macca

27-07-2018, 18:12

I might look into that. I get enough of it through my door each week to power Birmingham. Must be the equivalent of an acre of rain forest at least.

Pigmy Pony

27-07-2018, 18:16

I might look into that. I get enough of it through my door each week to power Birmingham. Must be the equivalent of an acre of rain forest at least.

It's been widely advertised. Did you not get the flyer?

Macca

27-07-2018, 18:40

Pieoftheday

27-07-2018, 18:51

As a postie I can't get enough of junk mail, honest,no really:)

Macca

27-07-2018, 18:58

Ran into my postie the other day and he handed me my post. 'Thanks', says I, 'junk mail and bills'.

'Keeps me in a job' he says with a glittering smile.

walpurgis

11-08-2018, 09:38

Pigmy Pony

11-08-2018, 14:32

What are they thinking? :rolleyes: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45141149

To allow and encourage boxing in prisons? Do we really want criminals with a propensity to violence becoming better at it? And do we want those criminals who are uncertain about using violence, realising that they can become skilled at it?

No, I think the ones who are rubbish at fighting will give it a wide berth, leaving the scrappers with no one but each other to fight. Let them kill each other, that's what I say.

Stryder5

11-08-2018, 15:15

Are prisons really a place of repent or are they holiday homes with special deliveries by drone?

I think for good exercise a chain gang is more appropriate!

walpurgis

11-08-2018, 15:30

Macca

11-08-2018, 16:17

And what's this remission for good behaviour nonsense? If you don't behave, you should get more time.

Prison should be harsh. No TV or PC, no games room, the food should be the cheapest and only the minimum. They should definitely be forced to work, just starve the buggers until they do and give trouble makers hard labour and solitary confinement. It should be such a horrible experience, none will want to return!

I thought the reason they don't do that anymore was because it didn't work? I've known plenty of people who have done time and none of them were that keen on going back for some more so it can't be that much of a holiday.

walpurgis

11-08-2018, 16:23

I thought the reason they don't do that anymore was because it didn't work?

That's not really the point. Scumbags should have a hard time anyway. I bet they'd balk at the thought of facing victorian style prison conditions.

andyrlb

11-08-2018, 16:33

Are prisons really a place of repent or are they holiday homes with special deliveries by drone?

I think for good exercise a chain gang is more appropriate!

When I lived in Georgia you would often see chain gangs collecting rubbish along the roadside, we couldn’t have that here of course as the leftie’s would be up in arms [emoji35]

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alphaGT

11-08-2018, 21:29

That's not really the point. Scumbags should have a hard time anyway. I bet they'd balk at the thought of facing victorian style prison conditions.

I agree, prison should be harsh! And it would be far cheaper to give someone 5 years that they may not live through, than 40 years of pampering. Only for them to get out in 15 for good behavior. How can anyone hope to be reformed if they’ve got a 40 year sentence? The fear of a hard sentence would be more of a deterrent than a long leisurely sentence, that may be cut short.

And there should definitely be no gangs, sex, drugs, or any illegal shenanigans behind bars! Too many turning a blind eye to what goes on inside.

Russell

walpurgis

11-08-2018, 21:38

Pigmy Pony

12-08-2018, 12:17

Maybe doing the least possible to deter crime and generally depress standards and expectations is all part of a worldwide conspiracy to bring down normal society in 'civilised' countries in order to eventually enslave them (even more).

Have you ever thought about writing a novel Geoff? I reckon you could give George Orwell and Aldous Huxley a run for their money!

walpurgis

12-08-2018, 12:21

Have you ever thought about writing a novel Geoff? I reckon you could give George Orwell and Aldous Huxley a run for their money!

I like fiction :).

Actually, I used to consider writing years ago, but never got around to it. Wrote the occasional article that got published though.

Stryder5

12-08-2018, 13:07

Marco

13-08-2018, 08:44

I thought the reason they don't do that anymore was because it didn't work? I've known plenty of people who have done time and none of them were that keen on going back for some more so it can't be that much of a holiday.

The worst thing about prison. and indeed the main deterrent for not going there in the first place, is your loss of freedom and separation from your family/loved ones. For anyone who's not a seasoned criminal, with a normal life otherwise, *that* is the main punishment, and likely why it wasn't much of a 'holiday' for the folks you've mentioned above, regardless of TVs and games rooms.

Others, however, who have no such normal lives and no families, are often happy to go 'inside' [indeed will often commit crimes precisely with that intention], as essentially they get free lodging/entertainment, and the opportunity to hang out with others in the same position, so in general, see it as a bit of a 'jolly'.

Marco.

struth

13-08-2018, 09:20

was in a prison doing repairs and have to say i didnt like it. people should go into these places, if only to feel the releif of getting back out again.

walpurgis

13-08-2018, 09:22

was in a prison doing repairs and have to say i didnt like it. people should go into these places, if only to feel the releif of getting back out again.

Been in one a few times visiting mates. :)

Marco

13-08-2018, 10:34

Do you know some bad boys then, Geoff?:eyebrows:

Marco.

Stryder5

13-08-2018, 10:40

Had "opportunity " to visit the cells below the Old Bailey Court, the cell doors there were re-designed 3 times until they sounded nasty and intimidating.

Marco

13-08-2018, 10:45

Love it - that appeals to my sadistically warped mind!:eyebrows:

Marco.

andyrlb

13-08-2018, 11:07

Been in one a few times visiting mates. :)

Visiting [emoji23][emoji23][emoji16]

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walpurgis

13-08-2018, 12:17

Do you know some bad boys then, Geoff?:eyebrows:

Marco.

Maybe. ;)

walpurgis

13-08-2018, 12:21

Had "opportunity " to visit the cells below the Old Bailey Court, the cell doors there were re-designed 3 times until they sounded nasty and intimidating.

I appeared there as a witness for the defence. My mate was facing a charge of armed robbery. They banged him up! (well he did do it :))

Same thing happened with another mate at the local crown court. Same charge, same result.

Macca

13-08-2018, 12:30

The worst thing about prison. and indeed the main deterrent for not going there in the first place, is your loss of freedom and separation from your family/loved ones. For anyone who's not a seasoned criminal, with a normal life otherwise, *that* is the main punishment, and likely why it wasn't much of a 'holiday' for the folks you've mentioned above, regardless of TVs and games rooms.

Others, however, who have no such normal lives and no families, are often happy to go 'inside' [indeed will often commit crimes precisely with that intention], as essentially they get free lodging/entertainment, and the opportunity to hang out with others in the same position, so in general, see it as a bit of a 'jolly'.

Marco.

I'm talking about seasoned criminals! Two of them did time for murder (although one did get his reduced to manslaughter on appeal). The others were mostly robbery or drugs. One was GBH but he got it quashed on appeal. The beak in the original trial made a grave error of judgement.

My favourite story is one where the mate in question was caught with about 2 pounds of cocaine in a sealed jar. It took about 12 months before he went to trial, the brief had already told him that he was not going to get away with anything less than a 5 year stint even if he threw himself on the mercy of the court.

Then they brought the evidence out and the jar full of cocaine had next to nothing left in it, just a little residue at the bottom. Mate said he was so happy when he saw that he almost had a heart attack right there in the court. He got slung and the judge gave the cops and the CPS a right bollocking.

walpurgis

13-08-2018, 13:05

andyrlb

13-08-2018, 13:20

Is this guy a genius? As far as I'm concerned, he has the right idea about modern 'new build' homes!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6053337/Disgruntled-builder-smashes-row-new-build-cottages.html

Having worked for a private house builder now for many years I have seen plenty of naughty goings on and cover ups !!

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walpurgis

13-08-2018, 13:37

Having worked for a private house builder now for many years I have seen plenty of naughty goings on and cover ups !!

Ah, but those have always gone on.

I had numerous civil engineering contractors working for me. They tried it on, thinking I was green around the gills, but I'd spent many years doing their work hands on myself, I knew every little wrinkle and soon put them back on the road to righteousness! :D

I was having a road resurfaced and suspected the contractor was fiddling the aggregate, so I took a bit-mac sample and instead of sending it off to the lab, like the other engineers would have done. I took a handful, washed it in turps and poured vinegar on it. It started fizzing. The contractor had substituted limestone for the specified granite aggregate. He argued the toss of course, but I did the same demo in front of him and he gave in and re-did the work (at his cost of course). :)

andyrlb

13-08-2018, 13:42

Ah, but those have always gone on.

I had numerous civil engineering contractors working for me. They tried it on, thinking I was green around the gills, but spent many years doing their work hands on myself, I knew every little wrinkle and soon put them back on the road to rightiousness! :D

I was having road resurfaced and suspected the contractor was fiddling the aggregate, so I took a bit-mac sample and instead of sending it off to the lab, like the other engineers would have done. I took a handful, washed it in turps and poured vinegar on it. It started fizzing. The contractor had substituted limestone for the specified granite aggregate. He argued the toss of course, but I did the same demo in front of him and he gave in and re-did the work (at his cost of course). :)

In my experience all the contractors working on our sites were ONLY concerned about their profit, they would do whatever possible to inflate it too !! That’s why I resigned, well the contractors were paying for our contract managers holidays and weekends away ( including a fully paid weekend in Amsterdam) with ALL the trimmings ( if you know what I mean [emoji16])
Greedy bastards the lot of them.

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walpurgis

13-08-2018, 13:47

Yes. One day our contracts manager arrived at work in a new car. An hour later the main contractor's son turned up in a similar new car with only one registration digit difference on the plates. Eyebrows were raised!

andyrlb

13-08-2018, 13:49

Corruption all around!
One site of 77 plots only had 76 built [emoji848]

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Marco

13-08-2018, 16:49

Having worked for a private house builder now for many years I have seen plenty of naughty goings on and cover ups !!

For that reason, and many others, I wouldn't buy a new-build house if you paid me! Our very first house was a new-build, and we had problems from start to finish, plus we prefer the character and just general style of old properties.

Marco.

andyrlb

13-08-2018, 17:01

For that reason, and many others, I wouldn't buy a new-build house if you paid me! Our very first house was a new-build, and we had problems from start to finish, plus we prefer the character and just general style of old properties.

Marco.

Me neither and certainly never a timber framed one ( I currently live in one [emoji30])

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Marco

13-08-2018, 17:15

I'm talking about seasoned criminals! Two of them did time for murder (although one did get his reduced to manslaughter on appeal). The others were mostly robbery or drugs. One was GBH but he got it quashed on appeal. The beak in the original trial made a grave error of judgement.

Fair enough, but they would've probably had a life on the outside then (family, kids, etc), as many who don't, are often more than happy to be imprisoned....

My favourite story is one where the mate in question was caught with about 2 pounds of cocaine in a sealed jar. It took about 12 months before he went to trial, the brief had already told him that he was not going to get away with anything less than a 5 year stint even if he threw himself on the mercy of the court.

Then they brought the evidence out and the jar full of cocaine had next to nothing left in it, just a little residue at the bottom. Mate said he was so happy when he saw that he almost had a heart attack right there in the court. He got slung and the judge gave the cops and the CPS a right bollocking.

Don't quite get that... Surely the fact that he was caught with it in the first place, with no doubt plenty of police witnesses, was evidence enough of the crime having been committed? The fact that some negligent arses 'lost' the drugs in the interim, before the case coming to court, is surely immaterial?:hmm:

Besides, I'm sure that with some, erm, 'creative thinking', they could've 'found' some more cocaine to refill the jar, and the accused would've been none the wiser!;)

Marco.

Barry

13-08-2018, 18:04

For that reason, and many others, I wouldn't buy a new-build house if you paid me! Our very first house was a new-build, and we had problems from start to finish, plus we prefer the character and just general style of old properties.

Marco.

It always amazes me the way they build new dwellings 'inside out': a timber frame and chipboard/plasterboard inner 'wall', with an outer brick façade, which doesn't appear to be load bearing. Anyway, with a lot of new-builds being erected on flood plains, there are always problems with settlement and cracked walls etc.

All done for cheapness. The roof trusses are made of the thinnest of wood, relying on a multiplicity of them in order to support the weight of the roof, thereby restricting useful loft space. My parents' 1960s bungalow (which usually have larger roofs) had its roof supported by two massive triangular trusses using 4" square timbers: allowing lots of useful loft space. Not so my place - there are so many 'stringers' (to stop the roof 'doing the splits') placed at crotch level, it makes moving about inside the roof very difficult and greatly discourages storing anything there.

Pigmy Pony

13-08-2018, 19:59

Been in one a few times visiting mates. :)

I think I've worked out the subject of book you were planning. You could call it "Hatton Garden Geoff - The one that got away".

Macca

13-08-2018, 20:14

Fair enough, but they would've probably had a life on the outside then (family, kids, etc), as many who don't, are often more than happy to be imprisoned....

Don't quite get that... Surely the fact that he was caught with it in the first place, with no doubt plenty of police witnesses, was evidence enough of the crime having been committed? The fact that some negligent arses 'lost' the drugs in the interim, before the case coming to court, is surely immaterial?:hmm:

Besides, I'm sure that with some, erm, 'creative thinking', they could've 'found' some more cocaine to refill the jar, and the accused would've been none the wiser!;)

Marco.

IME I've never met anyone who was happy to go to prison.

Re the other: Not how it works. If the cops went up on the stand and testified that the jar was originally full of drugs when they seized it they would have to explain what had happened to them whilst it was in their custody. That wasn't going to happen so with no evidence and no witnesses it was end of trial.

Pigmy Pony

13-08-2018, 20:34

They have a thing called 'Chain of evidence'. Losing the evidence sort of breaks that chain. That and the copper giving evidence having eyes like saucers.

walpurgis

02-09-2018, 18:46

This is the biggest 'load of bollocks' I've heard of for a long time. Do people really have nothing better to do?

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-02/selfieccino-selfie-coffee-brisbane-australia/

andyrlb

02-09-2018, 18:53

This is the biggest 'load of bollocks' I've heard of for a long time. Do people really have nothing better to do?

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-02/selfieccino-selfie-coffee-brisbane-australia/

Yep ... Ffs

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Pigmy Pony

02-09-2018, 19:00

I sort of feel sorry for Angela Wang, making a living from pandering to the whims of the shallow, self-obsessed "me too" generation. So I feel a little bit bad saying that it would have to be a pretty big coffee mug to fit that face on it. Catty!

Macca

02-09-2018, 19:13

Youngsters today love that sort of crap.

Poor bastards - they've got no good music, no good films or tv shows, no counter-culture, they don't smoke, hardly drink, don't touch drugs, obsessed about what they eat, obsessed about how they look. In twenty years time they'll start regretting having such a bland, buttoned-down life when they were young and have massive, cataclysmic mid-life crises. Should be a laugh if we are still around to see it.

Pigmy Pony

03-09-2018, 09:46

Next thing they will be able to 'airbrush' the froth so even the ugly ones can enjoy a good-looking coffee.

Every day I find an opportunity to say "youth is wasted on the young".

walpurgis

07-09-2018, 20:16

Yes, another genius at work. It could only happen in America.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6143097/Police-Dallas-officer-mistakes-apartment-kills-man.html

alphaGT

09-09-2018, 11:16

Yes, another genius at work. It could only happen in America.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6143097/Police-Dallas-officer-mistakes-apartment-kills-man.html

The media in the US are hell bent to prove that all cops are racist. You can tell from the tone of this article that the fact she was white and he was black was more important than any of the other facts in the case. All I see is that she was extremely stupid and had no business being a cop! And there is no way to prove whether she would have shot if the man was any other color. I’m guessing she would have, being so drunk she didn’t know where she was! This case is big news in the US right now, splattered over every channel and paper. If you had footage of a cop beating a white guy you couldn’t give it to a news outlet, but footage of a black guy getting beaten will fetch you a heathy sum!

Russell

Macca

13-10-2018, 12:50

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/victoria-line-bomb-hoax-girls-14-sentenced-after-causing-mass-panic-on-packed-tube-train/ar-BBOjswH?ocid=spartandhp

walpurgis

13-10-2018, 13:33

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/victoria-line-bomb-hoax-girls-14-sentenced-after-causing-mass-panic-on-packed-tube-train/ar-BBOjswH?ocid=spartandhp

Stupidity knows no limits!

walpurgis

15-10-2018, 18:56

Ah, another genius. What were they thinking? :rolleyes:

http://www.itv.com/news/2018-10-15/motorway-police-stop-car-being-driven-on-metal-wheel-rim/

Pigmy Pony

15-10-2018, 19:56

That's :) Madchester for you - no more :) "happy mondays" for a while. :)

walpurgis

24-10-2018, 17:40

Classic. True genius. Somebody's business insurer won't be too pleased. :)

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-10-24/luxury-range-rovers-have-roofs-smashed-off-as-transporter-collides-with-perth-bridge/

Pigmy Pony

25-10-2018, 06:15

Classic. True genius. Somebody's business insurer won't be too pleased. :)

https://www.itv.com/news/2018-10-24/luxury-range-rovers-have-roofs-smashed-off-as-transporter-collides-with-perth-bridge/

Well that's a couple of cars that won't be clogging the roads during term-time :yay:

At Manchester Airport there is a high barrier displaying a height restriction of 6'6", and whenever we drive under it in our Civic, Mrs. P always ducks.

walpurgis

31-10-2018, 13:31

Does she really expect to be taken seriously?? :mental:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-who-had-sex-ghosts-2164958

Pigmy Pony

31-10-2018, 16:14

Does she really expect to be taken seriously?? :mental:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-who-had-sex-ghosts-2164958

A psychic friend of mine had a visit from Caspar who claimed this woman is a paedophile.

struth

31-10-2018, 16:25

Does she really expect to be taken seriously?? :mental:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-who-had-sex-ghosts-2164958

Next stop..ward 17

Pigmy Pony

31-10-2018, 16:30

Just glad she's a psychic for a living, and not an airline pilot or bus driver.

Gaz

31-10-2018, 16:31

Does she really expect to be taken seriously?? :mental:

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-who-had-sex-ghosts-2164958

What's really scary is that she's allowed to drive a car, vote and have children (not by ghosts)

Pigmy Pony

31-10-2018, 16:35

She claimed her phantom lovers were invisible.

Well I didn't see that coming! (she said).

Macca

31-10-2018, 18:31

It can't be true, I mean there's not a ghost of a chance.

But she seems to have a lot of spirit.

Pigmy Pony

31-10-2018, 23:27

It was reported in our local paper that a dwarf who was also a clairvoyant robbed a building society and is currently on the run. The headline read "Small Medium at Large".

Firebottle

01-11-2018, 18:23

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6343269/Man-penis-testicles-eaten-bulldog-room-animal.html

You can imagine the bulldog thinking 'nice topping for some meat and veg' :mental:

Mental or what?

walpurgis

01-11-2018, 18:33

Nuts...........well not any more. :)

Pigmy Pony

01-11-2018, 20:06

When an Old English Bulldog meets a young Scottish ballbag, the results are predictable. West Highland Terriers prefer them deep fried.

walpurgis

21-11-2018, 15:43

Yes, another genius (deceased). Ignores certain death warnings and like those before him, pays the price........Idiot!

https://news.sky.com/story/us-man-killed-by-tribe-after-ignoring-ban-on-visiting-remote-north-sentinel-island-11559343

The Sentinelese are renowned for their hostilty and the place is strictly off limits anyway.

antonio

21-11-2018, 18:52

Very interesting Geoff, can't understand why he would to go there.

walpurgis

21-11-2018, 18:56

Might have thought of himself as some sort of missionary?

Macca

21-11-2018, 19:52

Wealthy and bored?

walpurgis

21-11-2018, 20:01

Turns out he was a missionary. A pretty misguided one though.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6413235/American-tourist-27-killed-protected-tribesmen-remote-island.html

walpurgis

12-01-2019, 18:57

Yes, another 'Genius'. Blindfold driving!

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-12/blindfolded-driver-crashes-doing-bird-box-challenge/

Macca

13-01-2019, 09:49

Yes, another 'Genius'. Blindfold driving!

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-12/blindfolded-driver-crashes-doing-bird-box-challenge/

"We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes."

Although if you end up in hospital for some other reason presumably they're fine with that.

walpurgis

13-01-2019, 09:54

I think they should change the name from 'Bird Box Challenge' to Bird Brain Challenge! :rolleyes:

Pigmy Pony

13-01-2019, 10:51

I think they should change the name from 'Bird Box Challenge' to Bird Brain Challenge! :rolleyes:

Geoff, the sign on your avatar should read "please don't mug me, I'm doing a bird box challenge" :)

walpurgis

22-01-2019, 16:50

Ah, here we go. Red faces all round. As they say, 'one born every minute'! (several actually :))

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-22/stone-circle-thought-to-be-thousands-of-years-old-built-in-1990s/

alphaGT

26-01-2019, 06:33

Ah, here we go. Red faces all round. As they say, 'one born every minute'! (several actually :))

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-22/stone-circle-thought-to-be-thousands-of-years-old-built-in-1990s/

Well, the rocks they used were old!

Russ

alphaGT

26-01-2019, 06:47

Check out this genius! YouTube is slam full of videos about “Car Surfing”. How is this a thing? The same people who were eating Tide Pods maybe?

https://youtu.be/TrBqM2K_Zfs

Russell

walpurgis

19-02-2019, 23:04

Cor! Wish I'd thought of that. So logical!! :rolleyes:

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-02-19/boots-on-heads-next-trend-london-fashion-week-show-suggests/

Puffin

20-02-2019, 18:36

What a right load of burkas!

walpurgis

19-03-2019, 21:37

Ah yes, more genius activity. Try and talk your way out of that one! :lol:

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-19/drink-driver-caught-in-act-by-own-dash-cam-footage-after-traffic-lights-crash/

walpurgis

24-03-2019, 17:45

Oh dear. Not sure the insurance company will be too impressed.

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2019-03-24/campervan-pair-rescued-at-holy-island-causeway/

walpurgis

25-03-2019, 22:21

Bloody sat-navs, I'm sure it said turn left!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/25/british-airways-flight-dusseldorf-lands-edinburgh--mistake

Barry

25-03-2019, 22:58

Bloody sat-navs, I'm sure it said turn left!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/25/british-airways-flight-dusseldorf-lands-edinburgh--mistake

It should have said "turn around when safe to do so". :lol:

walpurgis

30-07-2019, 19:47

Going topless for the summer! :)

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-30/driver-charged-after-bus-roof-ripped-off-in-railway-bridge-crash/

Alex_UK

30-07-2019, 20:22

Thank god the bus was empty! But really, how could you get it that wrong? :scratch:

Pigmy Pony

30-07-2019, 20:43

Thank god the bus was empty! But really, how could you get it that wrong? :scratch:

Yeah, why do that to an empty bus? When Mrs. P used to drive buses for Stagecoach, and she got the school run (the short straw) there were plenty times when a low bridge would have been tempting, 'orrible little brats :D

walpurgis

30-07-2019, 21:18

Pigmy Pony

31-07-2019, 18:51

Sounds a bit of a wasted effort. You'd get better value by sticking the Tory Cabinet on the top floor.....and you could probably squeeze the Shadow Cabinet on there too. I'd call that a good contribution to the nation! ;)

Now that would be great, and no jury would ever convict the driver of anything more than littering. He could argue that he was distracted by all the bickering.

walpurgis

05-08-2019, 15:59

A word that begins with 'W' and sounds a bit like 'anchor'. :)

https://www.itv.com/news/london/2019-08-05/high-speed-boy-racers-wreck-luxury-cars-in-chelsea-crash/

Firebottle

05-08-2019, 16:19

Driver being treated for head injuries, pity it didn't take it off completely.

Hope he has to pay dearly!

walpurgis

05-08-2019, 16:26

Driver being treated for head injuries, pity it didn't take it off completely.

Hope he has to pay dearly!

I know what I'd do with him! :chainsaw::acid::guns:

AJSki2fly

05-08-2019, 16:27

What a complete and utter T@%%er!!!

He deserves to have a long spell inside. Sadly a trait of our age, no respect for anyone else let alone their property and if they trash somebodies gear then they think its a good laugh because it upsets people.

Pigmy Pony

05-08-2019, 19:44

Couple of questions:

1. Why was Ms. Pemberton-Pigstrotters washing up? We have a dishwasher, and we're really really poor.

2. Appearently these boy racers cause misery to the residents every year. So it's an annual thing then? They should spare a thought for those less well off who put up with this shit every night.

walpurgis

16-12-2019, 14:17

This is a Classic :). Idiot blows himself and his car up!

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-12-16/driver-hurt-in-car-explosion-after-cigarette-ignited-air-freshener/

walpurgis

21-12-2019, 20:33

Password stupidity!

https://www.techspot.com/news/83279-worst-passwords-year-bad-youd-expect.html

Ninanina

21-12-2019, 20:39

Crazy, just crazy.... :doh:

walpurgis

16-09-2020, 07:36

Genius at work again, what a plonker. Right in front of a police patrol, should know better at his age too!

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-09-15/biker-filmed-pulling-ridiculous-100mph-wheelie-while-passing-police-car

walpurgis

31-10-2020, 12:14

There's stupid and then there's really stupid! :D

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-31/three-men-rescued-from-tumble-dryer-in-essex

Macca

31-10-2020, 12:25

There's stupid and then there's really stupid! :D

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-31/three-men-rescued-from-tumble-dryer-in-essex

Is there really that little else to do in Epping of an evening?

''There's nothing on the telly lads, let's go down the old abandoned laundry and crawl into one of the dryers!''

''Yeah, great idea Wayne! I'll just get me car keys''

walpurgis

31-10-2020, 12:43

Is there really that little else to do in Epping of an evening?

''There's nothing on the telly lads, let's go down the old abandoned laundry and crawl into one of the dryers!''

''Yeah, great idea Wayne! I'll just get me car keys''

Well it is Essex. :)

Macca

31-10-2020, 13:00

I've never been.

guy

31-10-2020, 13:51

Me neither, but apparently it is one of the best places to live (perhaps it is one of the drier parts of the UK?)

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/epping-essex-best-places-to-live-in-the-uk-2020-896qpw3r0

Pigmy Pony

31-10-2020, 14:00

30 years ago I went to Harlow to see The Pogues live. And returned the same day. It's the furthest I've ever travelled to see a band I had no interest in.

Barry

31-10-2020, 14:12

30 years ago I went to Harlow to see The Pogues live. And returned the same day. It's the furthest I've ever travelled to see a band I had no interest in.

So why did you do it?

Pigmy Pony

31-10-2020, 18:07

So why did you do it?

For a friend who was a big fan and couldn't find anyone daft enough to go with him. Free ticket, and no costs other than a few beers. Actually was better than expected. What I would call a "party band", but not one I would sit at home and listen to.

Barry

31-10-2020, 19:35

Did Shane MacGowan look like he had just slept in a ditch? :D

Pigmy Pony

01-11-2020, 08:54

Did Shane MacGowan look like he had just slept in a ditch? :D

:D Looked like he'd slept badly in his ditch, a lot of tossing and turning.

walpurgis

03-11-2020, 19:24

Ooops!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54794723

Roy S

03-11-2020, 19:46

Ooops!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54794723

'A man, aged in his 30s, who lives in the area and asked to remain anonymous, witnessed the collapse.

He said it had been "extremely loud" with dust being kicked up "everywhere".

"There were a lot of people coming out of their homes in the surrounding area to see what was going on... It was quite bad, really surreal," he said.'

Well he was certainly worth talking to, painted such a vivid picture.

Macca

03-11-2020, 19:56

16 million quid house gone just like that. Difficult insurance claim coming.

What would it cost to build an exact replica in its place? A lot less than 16 million. Mine would cost more to rebuild than it's worth.

Puffin

03-11-2020, 19:57

Developers probably digging an enormous basement complex and got the wrong size nylon ties to support the structure.

guy

03-11-2020, 20:16

Developers probably digging an enormous basement complex and got the wrong size nylon ties to support the structure.

Think you may be correct - not much debris above ground level :whistle:

Pigmy Pony

04-11-2020, 06:27

A certain type of property developing in London is happening a lot, and is probably what is happening here: Not allowed to build upwards, no space to extend horizontally, so the only option is to build down.

I saw a TV programme about it recently, some of these residences have multiple below-ground storeys, with gyms, swimming pools, home cinemas, usually commissioned by people with too much money and not much sense. It's their neighbours I feel sorry for, their foundations are also compromised. One old dear that was spoken to showed the giant cracks that were growing on the internal walls of her house, but so far had no luck tracing the "new neighbour", whom she has never seen.

Even some sink holes have been found to be the result of this.

These folk are using the streets of the more affluent parts of London as their own giant Monopoly board, and need to be held to account, if they can be located.

Pigmy Pony

04-11-2020, 06:36

Developers probably digging an enormous basement complex and got the wrong size nylon ties to support the structure.

:D You're probably right - I used them to keep the wheel trims on my old car, worked a treat. Definitely need to be bigger than that.

Barry

04-11-2020, 21:16

I'm intrigued by the way the parapet is still there, whereas the rest of the house has collapsed.

Out of interest, legally how far does one's property extend below ground level?

Firebottle

05-11-2020, 07:19

I'm intrigued by the way the parapet is still there, whereas the rest of the house has collapsed.

Could be because that bit wasn't trying to support the rest?

walpurgis

05-11-2020, 07:36

I expect there's a steel beam through it.

Pigmy Pony

05-11-2020, 21:20

I'm intrigued by the way the parapet is still there, whereas the rest of the house has collapsed.

Out of interest, legally how far does one's property extend below ground level?

There will come a point where you could be charged with "Procurement of magma".

Macca

05-11-2020, 21:33

All magma belongs to the Queen, same as with swans.

Barry

05-11-2020, 23:28

I expect there's a steel beam through it.

That's what I thought, but I doubt if one was fitted when the terrace was built.

Barry

05-11-2020, 23:46

There will come a point where you could be charged with "Procurement of magma".

Well in law all land in the UK ultimately belongs to the Monarch.

When it comes to 'owning' the land beneath the dwelling, if minerals are found you do not have any rights to them: thus if a coal seam runs under your property you have no mining rights to extract the coal.

But I'm interested in how far down you can claim the land is yours. There must be a finite limit, otherwise the London Underground or Cross Rail would need you permission to dig the tunnels. So is it 20', 50' or more? Some of the subterranean redevelopment of properties can involve three levels, so that would extend 26' or more below ground.

Likewise there must be a limit to how far above your property you have rights.

Macca

06-11-2020, 07:38

I read somewhere that it is 3 feet down. But that may not be correct.

Macca

06-11-2020, 07:43

All the answers here

https://gizmodo.com/if-you-own-land-how-far-above-and-below-do-you-own-1617463782

guy

06-11-2020, 07:45

"Up to Heaven and down to Hades" :)

Pigmy Pony

06-11-2020, 07:46

Well in law all land in the UK ultimately belongs to the Monarch.

When it comes to 'owning' the land beneath the dwelling, if minerals are found you do not have any rights to them: thus if a coal seam runs under your property you have no mining rights to extract the coal.

But I'm interested in how far down you can claim the land is yours. There must be a finite limit, otherwise the London Underground or Cross Rail would need you permission to dig the tunnels. So is it 20', 50' or more? Some of the subterranean redevelopment of properties can involve three levels, so that would extend 26' or more below ground.

Likewise there must be a limit to how far above your property you have rights.

Must be different to how it is in the USA then - I remember Ged Clampet doing very nicely after finding oil on his property.

I doubt that the space above your property would be a matter of rights, though I expect any planning applications would be rejected on safety grounds or because of the visual impact on the area. At the very least you'd be made to put a big red light on top so as to avoid aircraft strikes.

walpurgis

06-11-2020, 08:02

You're not even allowed to keep the rain that falls on your land in some US states, as that deprives water companies of an asset.

guy

06-11-2020, 11:41

You're not even allowed to keep the rain that falls on your land in some US states, as that deprives water companies of an asset.

Interesting, you have reminded me of a trip to Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds that I went on many years ago. I am sure that I was told that even though they have their own bore hole for water, they still have to pay water rates.

walpurgis

03-12-2020, 18:19

Just a little typo. :D

https://news.sky.com/story/adolf-hitler-elected-in-namibias-local-council-elections-but-has-no-plans-for-world-domination-12150080

Macca

29-05-2021, 11:30

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/woman-died-after-sticking-head-out-of-moving-train-window-inquest-hears/ar-AAKuio4?ocid=msedgdhp

Some stunners in this one

Investigators told the inquest that the warning label above the window, a yellow sticker with the words: ‘Caution do not lean out of window when train is moving’, was not a sufficient deterrent

Yes, not at all clear what that means. Easy to misinterpret it as 'Please do stick your head out as far as you can.'

Later, Miss Hagland told police in a statement that by the time they caught the train they were not “drunk or disorderly”.

“We’ve all had a quite a few drinks but we are used to drinking like that.

“We had all sobered up by then and drunk ourselves sober,” she told officers.

drinking yourself sober being an actual real thing of course.

Miss Roper, from Penarth, South Wales worked for the Welsh Refugee Council charity and was chairwoman of Young Socialists Cardiff.

There's a partial explanation. Wasn't aware that there were refugees from Wales now. Although it's perfectly understandable that people would want to flee from Wales and start a new life somewhere else I didn't realise it was actually happening and they have a council for it.

Pigmy Pony

29-05-2021, 16:20

Macca

29-05-2021, 17:59

I know.

Let's hope it all works out for them like it did for that Gryf Rhys Jones. He lives in London now and has a job on the telly. So there is hope for a better future.

Pigmy Pony

29-05-2021, 19:13

I do feel a bit bad that Wales is used as a unit of measurement in a negative way, such as "an area the size of Wales is being deforested every year" or "Every year the Arctic loses sea ice the size of Wales" or "The food we throw away each day would feed Llandudno for a year".

Some of that may not be factually accurate, but I've seen no evidence to disprove it.

Macca

29-05-2021, 20:58

I have read that if we threw away more food then we could feed Colwyn Bay as well. But people just won't make the effort these days.

Macca

29-05-2021, 21:07

Pigmy Pony

30-05-2021, 05:14

I'm surprised Marco hasn't encountered any of these refugees when he's out in the Brabster. Clogging the roads and impeding his progress, with their pathetic belongings balanced on handcarts.

Or are they more the sort of refugees who turn up on boats, or who've got over the Berlin Wall? I suppose in this case it would be Offa's Dyke. I always wondered what the point of that was.

:lol: Choked on my cornflakes! Thanks for that.

Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Manic street Preachers, and many others, all come from Wales. But when did you last hear of anyone going to Wales, apart from Marco? I'm surprised there's anyone left, no wonder he enjoys such quiet roads when out in t' Brabster :)

Perhaps Mr. Drakeford could set up a scheme incentivising the people to have more kids, to get the numbers back up. If he drafted his proposal in Welsh he may just get it through.

Macca

30-05-2021, 08:01

I don't know. More Welsh children, more potential Welsh refugees. The Welsh Refugee Council might not be able to cope. Then they're coming to us with their hands out.

Marco

30-05-2021, 08:09

Lol, very good, chaps!:D

Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Manic street Preachers, and many others, all come from Wales. But when did you last hear of anyone going to Wales, apart from Marco?

What do you mean 'apart from'? I'm also a celebrity!:lol:

Fact: there are more sheep in North Wales than people, just how I like it....:eyebrows:

Marco.

Macca

30-05-2021, 08:15

Pigmy Pony

30-05-2021, 08:56

That's because so many of the people have become refugees and fled the country. Talk to the Welsh Refugee Council. It's a big problem and no-one is doing anything about it. There's not even been an article in The Guardian.

The WRC will remain ineffective as long as they just continue to bleat about the problem. They need to get the army onside (Oi! stop your singing and get your rifles!)

Because I think what is needed is a sheep cull. Sheep are better equipped to cope with the harsh winters, what with all that wool, than the fleecically-challenged indigenous population. Resulting in their numbers increasing exponentially. It wasn't too bad when they stayed on the hills, but now they're moving into the towns.

We once got pally with a Welsh couple while holidaying in Malta, and they predicted it would become a real problem in North Wales due to the lack of proper birth control. He also said that they are taking all the best jobs, and that they are colonising huge chunks of urban Wales. These areas were proving difficult to police as the sheep all look the same, complicated further by the widespread use of counterfeit ear tags. And at the weekend these woolly ghettos have become no go areas.

My Welsh holiday buddy wasn't too bothered himself though, he was from Cardiff :)

struth

30-05-2021, 09:00

The WRC will remain ineffective as long as they just continue to bleat about the problem. They need to get the army onside (Oi! stop your singing and get your rifles!)

Because I think what is needed is a sheep cull. Sheep are better equipped to cope with the harsh winters, what with all that wool, than the fleecically-challenged indigenous population. Resulting in their numbers increasing exponentially. It wasn't too bad when they stayed on the hills, but now they're moving into the towns.

We once got pally with a Welsh couple while holidaying in Malta, and they predicted it would become a real problem in North Wales due to the lack of proper birth control. He also said that they are taking all the best jobs, and that they are colonising huge chunks of urban Wales. These areas were proving difficult to police as the sheep all look the same, complicated further by the widespread use of counterfeit ear tags. And at the weekend these woolly ghettos have become no go areas.

My Welsh holiday buddy wasn't too bothered himself though, he was from Cardiff :)

keep your hands off our sheep.. they are Welsh citizens.. i'm honorary Welsh; i got caught in a field! mistakes were made on both sides... em:o

walpurgis

17-07-2021, 15:09

I wonder what he'll look like at eighty? :lol:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/human-satan-tattoos-tusks-missing-24461753?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=exchange

Macca

17-07-2021, 15:15

he's in Brazil, probably doesn't even get a second glance there.

prestonchipfryer

17-07-2021, 16:37

That's one of the problems of tattoos. Some people don't know when to stop and end up looking stupid!

walpurgis

17-07-2021, 17:01

Stupid somehow doesn't seem adequate. :)

Filterlab

18-07-2021, 12:32

I wonder what he'll look like at eighty? :lol:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/human-satan-tattoos-tusks-missing-24461753?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=exchange

As big a knob as he does now I shouldn't wonder.

guy

18-07-2021, 19:57

As big a knob as he does now I shouldn't wonder.

has he had a strapadicktome ?

Filterlab

19-07-2021, 19:22

has he had a strapadicktome ?

He's definitely had one somewhere.

Barry

19-07-2021, 21:10

His 'modified' nose is starting to look like a woman's vagina (or maybe two). Perhaps if he bends double he could fuck himself? :D

Filterlab

19-07-2021, 21:29

His 'modified' nose is starting to look like a woman's vagina (or maybe two). Perhaps if he bends double he could fuck himself? :D

:lol:

walpurgis

15-08-2021, 09:55

Pigmy Pony

15-08-2021, 12:35

Their hair's a right mess, I'd be wanting my money back

Firebottle

15-08-2021, 19:04

God almighty. They are freaks.

If they had aged naturally they would probably still be quite handsome. 'Nuff said.

Pigmy Pony

15-08-2021, 19:35

God almighty. They are freaks.

If they had aged naturally they would probably still be quite handsome. 'Nuff said.

It seems these folk think that looking young is the be all and end all. Without realising that often young people can be ugly as f__k.

As these "procedures" become more affordable, they are becoming more and more commonplace. Thankfully not to that degree, but I fear it is a slippery slope and can lead to a body "dismorphia" (or a word similar to that).

I count myself lucky as I have had a face like a dropped pie for most of my life, and am quite used to it :)

Marco

15-08-2021, 19:55

And next. Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should! :rolleyes:

Before and after.

https://i.ibb.co/PQL4w1r/Screen-Shot-08-15-21-at-10-53-AM.png (https://ibb.co/tXGc8YH)

Firstly, I don't know who the fuck they are - some Z-list celebs?:hmm:

However, bloody hell, what a freakin' mess right enough... They've turned into aliens!!:lol::spew:

Best tips for staying looking young involve NO surgery or make-up whatsoever:

1) Drink lots of water.

2) Get lots of sleep.

3) Eat healthily - DO NOT smoke!

4) Avoid stress.

5) Exercise regularly/get plenty of fresh air.

6) Feel genuinely fulfilled/happy and contented with life, and so more prone to smiling than frowning.

Job done, then let just nature take its course!:)

Marco.

guy

15-08-2021, 20:02

Firstly, I don't know who the fuck they are - some Z-list celebs?:hmm:

However, bloody hell, what a freakin' mess right enough... They've turned into aliens!!:lol::spew:

Best tips for staying looking young involve NO surgery or make-up whatsoever:

1) Drink lots of water.

2) Get lots of sleep.

3) Eat healthily - DO NOT smoke!

4) Avoid stress.

5) Exercise regularly/get plenty of fresh air.

6) Feel genuinely fulfilled/happy and contented with life, and so more prone to smiling than frowning!:)

Marco.

7) Embrace your failing eyesight - I look great in the mirror when I haven't got my glasses on :dance:

Marco

15-08-2021, 20:23

Lol - good one!:D

Also... Embrace the FACT that 'the look' you had in 1975, when you were 25 (e.g long hair and/or biker's jacket, tattoos), makes you look like a TOTAL TIT at 65!!:lol:

And, if you've clearly put on weight (and/or have a protruding beer belly) ENBRACE REALITY, and stop trying to squeeze into the same size of trousers you wore 15 years ago, by wearing them further and further down your waist, towards your feet!:rofl::rofl:

Oh, and lose that hair dye!!

Nothing worse than an oldie in denial:doh:

Marco.

guy

15-08-2021, 21:06

Spot on Marco - had a "no 2" (hair cut) for several years now, a sweep over or greying ponytail just isn't me.

Marco

15-08-2021, 21:47

Lol... Have you see those clowns in their 70s, etc, with lank, grey ponytails and big bald patches in the centre of their domes?:D:mental:

Get a fucking haircut, ya muppets!! And don't be in denial about yer bald patch. You're only accentuating it, by having what's left of your hair so long!

On the flipside though, what is it with youngsters now sporting big, bushy 'granddad beards', wearing 'granddad shirts', etc, and generally wanting to look three times their age? Jeezuz... When I was their age, I wouldn't have looked like that if you'd paid me!:nono:

It's NOT a good look, or particularly clever either, just because it's 'fashionable'. Take a good look in the mirror, 'trendy boys', and you'll see a TWAT staring back, so get the fuzz shaved off and wear something decent:exactly:

Marco.

walpurgis

16-08-2021, 06:36

There seems to be a standard 'uniform' that some guys adopt after the age of fifty, they aim to look like their grandads. I noticed on the recent TV series 'Secrets of The Transport Museum', that some of the older contributors wore tweed flat caps and tweed jackets, bet they didn't look like that at twenty. Everybody in the programme comes across as an 'anorak' type, but that's not surprising I guess, a bit like Hi-Fi in that way, go to an audiojumble and you'll see what I mean :D.

struth

16-08-2021, 06:52

walpurgis

16-08-2021, 07:01

The only thing thats 'fashionable', as always is money. If you look loaded, the world is yours!! :)

struth

16-08-2021, 07:06

The only thing thats 'fashionable', as always is money. If you look loaded, the world is yours!! :)

im fucked then:D

walpurgis

16-08-2021, 07:09

im fucked then:D

Join the club mate! :lol:

guy

16-08-2021, 07:27

.............. some of the older contributors wore tweed flat caps and tweed jackets, bet they didn't look like that at twenty. .......

Guilty as charged on that one :o

Given my short haircut and bald patches I decide to wear a cap sometimes - so I went for a tweed one (a few years before peaky blinders). it was either that or a "baseball cap" and there is no way on earth that I would wear one of them.

Must get a new one. Daphne, my puppy, has destroyed my rather nice tweed flat cap, perhaps she was embarrassed by my wearing it :)