Random Irritations

I watch the NHL ice hockey playoffs on Premier Sports. They seemingly only have about three different advertisers so you get the same damn adverts rammed down your throat. I might know who Car Gurus are but out of principle I would never use them.
 
People who appear on radio/tv shows to promote their new film or tv show and then proceed to tell you absolutely nothing about the film except they really loved all the other actors and the producer- and then go on every other show to tell you exactly true same. I know they can’t give away the whole story (that is the job of critics and newspapers) but at least change the record from “I can’t really say anything.....” It gets so boring and repetitive, especially when you hear the same ‘funny’ anecdote for the 5th time on a different program
 
Kellfire said:
People justifying the shooting of Jacob Blake.
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In a country we’re police are armed and Civilians too, you don’t walk to your vehicle while the police have their guns drawn on you.
I have a Stanley knife in my door pocket, should I be allowed to go get it while I’m about to be arrested? No.
Sadly the only intelligent person was the girl in the video who says “mom, you have to get back“.

Justified shooting, seven times appears excessive though.
 
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Imurg said:
DVSA
What a bunch of mindless jerks...
After the pitiful way they relayed, or more to the point - didn't, information during lockdown they finally removed their collective digit and managed to rebook driving tests that were cancelled...well, most of them.
Many haven't had their email inviting them to rebook as per the info given.....and yet.....
Yesterday, in their infinite wisdom, they reopened the booking website to the general public......and it promptly crashed as they received "unprecedented numbers of applications"
Really....?
I am surprised....Not!
Tests were suspended for 4 months.
From their own figures that's over half a million tests that didn't take place....
How many people did they think were going to apply on day 1?
5000...?
No, about 350000......and they weren't expecting it..?
Utterly hopeless.
Yesterday evening they said the site would be back up and running on Monday morning.
We've now been told that it's right royally screwed and wont be back up up until Wednesday ...
They have to be the worst Goverment Agency ever.....
I don't think they even know what a brewery is let alone being able to organise something in it....
Feeling less convinced than ever than I can continue my job as I have to deal with these cretins regularly.
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The absolute carnagethat was the driving test booking website today.
6 weeks worth of dates were released.
A total of just under 36k tests for that period......bear in mind that in normal times they had that many tests per week!
A queueing system was in operation.
By 8.30, 30 minutes after opening, the queue was almost 75k strong....by lunchtime it was over 250k
They launched a "Live" site so you could see where there was availability...it was showing slots at some locations but when people tried to book there were none but were still showing available.
Many thousands seem to have made it to the payment page only to be kicked out and dumped at the back of the queue which loses an hour ago as all slots have been booked.
More dates to be released on tuesday
Some people spent, literally, all day trying but didn't get to the front of the queue.
And some, who had tests cancelled twice due to lockdown still haven't had their priority booking email.
One of my pupils failed today..if she's lucky she'll get a test by December....
Disillusioned doesn't even touch it.......:(:confused::mad:
 
Jamesbrown said:
In a country we’re police are armed and Civilians too, you don’t walk to your vehicle while the police have their guns drawn on you.
I have a Stanley knife in my door pocket, should I be allowed to go get it while I’m about to be arrested? No.
Sadly the only intelligent person was the girl in the video who says “mom, you have to get back“.

Justified shooting, seven times appears excessive though.
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Just......no. I'm from this country....and I grew up with plenty of guns in my bedroom.....this is just plain wrong. Should the guy have stopped....yep. Should he be shot for not stopping....nope. Fine him....taser him..... being white, I can't imagine how many times this guy has been treated unfairly by the police just because he is black. If you think you can......you have spent your life in the same situation, and I don't think you have.
 
Jamesbrown said:
In a country we’re police are armed and Civilians too, you don’t walk to your vehicle while the police have their guns drawn on you.
I have a Stanley knife in my door pocket, should I be allowed to go get it while I’m about to be arrested? No.
Sadly the only intelligent person was the girl in the video who says “mom, you have to get back“.

Justified shooting, seven times appears excessive though.
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It says a lot about you if you think it was a justified shooting.
 
Kellfire said:
It says a lot about you if you think it was a justified shooting.
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I think you also need to see things from the viewpoint of the police

There is an unarmed man being pursued by police, guns drawn, He ignores calls to stop, he runs round the front of the car and opens the door and leans in, Why?
The pursuing officer will assume gun

Does the officer wait until he sees a weapon, which might be too late or does he take action.

I think 7 shots shows he panicked, but it should never have got to that point, Blake should have been stopped before he had any chance to possibly arm himself.

But once he leant into that car, I’m not sure that the officer had any other choice

This is what happens in a society where there are more guns than people
 
PhilTheFragger said:
I think you also need to see things from the viewpoint of the police

There is an unarmed man being pursued by police, guns drawn, He ignores calls to stop, he runs round the front of the car and opens the door and leans in, Why?
The pursuing officer will assume gun

Does the officer wait until he sees a weapon, which might be too late or does he take action.

I think 7 shots shows he panicked, but it should never have got to that point, Blake should have been stopped before he had any chance to possibly arm himself.

But once he leant into that car, I’m not sure that the officer had any other choice

This is what happens in a society where there are more guns than people
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I agree. Foolish to step back inside a vehicle but was there a potential to taser at that point? We'll never know the exact circumstances or how the police reacted. Hopefully common sense will prevail and the masses will stop bordering on rioting each night
 
Packet of cookies with seven cookies in it. That's just the worst number of cookies. Why would you have a prime number of cookies? So you can't share them evenly between two, or three, or four people/portions. Stupid. Put eight in so you can share evenly, or nine and you've got three lots of three, or even six would be fine, but seven - who's idea was that? Daft.
 
Orikoru said:
Packet of cookies with seven cookies in it. That's just the worst number of cookies. Why would you have a prime number of cookies? So you can't share them evenly between two, or three, or four people/portions. Stupid. Put eight in so you can share evenly, or nine and you've got three lots of three, or even six would be fine, but seven - who's idea was that? Daft.
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Yes you can... Your Mrs gets 3 and you get 4 as you are the best

It's the way of the world

Or 3.5 each

Or 3 each and hide one for another day lol
 
Imurg said:
The absolute carnagethat was the driving test booking website today.
6 weeks worth of dates were released.
A total of just under 36k tests for that period......bear in mind that in normal times they had that many tests per week!
A queueing system was in operation.
By 8.30, 30 minutes after opening, the queue was almost 75k strong....by lunchtime it was over 250k
They launched a "Live" site so you could see where there was availability...it was showing slots at some locations but when people tried to book there were none but were still showing available.
Many thousands seem to have made it to the payment page only to be kicked out and dumped at the back of the queue which loses an hour ago as all slots have been booked.
More dates to be released on tuesday
Some people spent, literally, all day trying but didn't get to the front of the queue.
And some, who had tests cancelled twice due to lockdown still haven't had their priority booking email.
One of my pupils failed today..if she's lucky she'll get a test by December....
Disillusioned doesn't even touch it.......:(:confused::mad:
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Similar to BRS then :ROFLMAO:
 
robinthehood said:
You'll have to let me know what he did to deserve being shot 7 times in the back.
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It's sickening how it's constantly happening

Glad I live here where the police seen much more professional than those abroad . America with their over the top gun ho approach and for example greece as we have seen this week
 
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