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Random Irritations

People moaning films are too violent or too scary

The joker movie is out and people are saying they had to leave , I'm sorry he is a murdering psychopath what did you expect?

Then in 2008 in the dark Knight heath ledger's joker murdered random people and he won an Oscar ..

It's a film ffs

Get over it
Agree with this so much! "Ooh it's so dark" So what? It's just a film.
 
Really good driving practice in New Zealand - especially for motorhomes and caravans - but for all drivers - if there are vehicles behind you and they could go faster but for you - then pull in to the side as soon as possible to let them pass. And they do.

Yup, NZ is a model country for safe and courteous driving. Speeding and tailgating are second only to rugby. Cruising the streets at night banging horns also comes close. When a car overturns nobody seems to care. Seen it all myself.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109688732/road-toll-increases-to-the-worst-it-has-been-in-10-years
 
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Yeah, lets bung a Gary Glitter song in there to get a bit more press coverage.
That's a bit of a leap or did you forget to add an emoji? What has happened is an old hat publicity trick. Spread word that people had to leave the cinema as they were sickened, outraged, disgusted etc. It is good old Father Ted, 'down with that sort of thing'. People then want to go and see what caused people to leave. When they realise it is nothing it is too late, you have bought your ticket.
 
Yup, NZ is a model country for safe and courteous driving. Speeding and tailgating are second only to rugby. Cruising the streets at night banging horns also comes close. When a car overturns nobody seems to care. Seen it all myself.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109688732/road-toll-increases-to-the-worst-it-has-been-in-10-years

Didn't notice much tailgating or speeding tbh - at least not at any level that bothered me. I thought most drivers seemed to use the 'slow' lanes as expected of them.
 
New Bluetooth headphones that worked well yesterday start skipping a lot today. Hoping it's not the case that they only work well when on 100% battery as opposed to 80. :cautious:
 
Dog owners...

So, she throws bag of her dogs mess into a hedge... When challenged it's, apparently, better than leaving it on the ground...

Similiar, last week, whilst visiting Saltburn... Beach was overrun with dogs... When challenged, by (guessing) a local, they respond that as the ban is being lifted in a couple of days "what's the problem? "...
 
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Dog owners...

So, she throws bag of her dogs mess into a hedge... When challenged it's, apparently, better than leaving it on the ground...

Similiar, last week, whilst visiting Saltburn... Beach was overrun with dogs... When challenged, by (guessing) a local, they respond that as the ban is being lifted in a couple of days "what's the problem? "...

First one can half see her argument as bags are biodegradable these days as is dogs mess so all disappears . However doesn't make it right. Put it in the bin like everyone else
 
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The Extinction Rebellion.
I wish they'd become bloody extinct!
Yet another actress was interviewed during the march yesterday. 'How do you square the fact that you fly a lot when making films'. 'Ah, that is for my job'. That's okay then. Stop people earning a living yesterday but it is okay for you to pollute to a far greater degreee in the name of art :mad:
 
House builders winning an appeal to build more houses in the town I live in. It was rejected twice but they know if they get to appeal to the Sec of State it will get approval as they are obsessed with building more homes. Why have local representation and local planning if it is always going to be over turned?

Before the shouts of NIMBY, we have fields and fields of new homes being built. No idea who for, we have no new industry, no new jobs, no influx of overseas migrants. Worse still this new lot are being built by a firm at the forefront of a govt scheme designed to help first time buyers but has in fact netted them hundreds of millions of pounds in profit as they exploit a loophole in the system. Oh yes, their houses are rubbish as well :mad:

Got that happening around where I am. The roads are rammed as it is. God knows where all the cars are going to go when all the new houses are build and filled.
 
Got up this morning to find Mog 2 had thrown up all over the kitchen sofa. Cleared that up, sneezed, and have put my lower back out. Great start to the day.
 
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