Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

StevieJ

How fantastic, what a great job they have done.

Pictures are revealed of a woman who lost her eyes, nose, upper jaw, lips and hands when she was mauled by a friend's chimp.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/skyworld-25537618/chimp-attack-woman-after-face-transplant-26260752.html

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

Sue, if you had a blue badge you might find it actually gets you out more. Because you won't have the long walk from carpark to include in potential hazards of going out.

wheelchair too. Good for the boys to get a chance to take care of you/pushing...for a change!

We have just renewed MIL's blue badge for her, even though she does not drive. It's very useful for when we are driving her around, as we can usually find somewhere near the destination to park. Before we had it, I used to drop her at destination and go find somewhere to park, and by the time I got back she was getting fretful.

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lemonjelly wrote: »

Birmingham was rumoured to be quite bad. With the 3 men run down in a car, racial tensions are still quite tense. The father who has been speaking publicly is (imo) the reason why it hasn't got worse.

I vote he gets an honour in the New Years list. He's done more for this country than most of the people who will be on the list.

lemonjelly wrote: »

Wolverhampton & West Bromwich was (imo) just a load of chav youths going on the rob - no more than that.

The sequence was something like this:
Fairly minor riot in Tottenham, but Police caught unprepared and very muted response.
This is all broadcast by the meeja and overblown.
This makes the chavs think they can go thieving and nothing will happen to them.
Plus it's school hols and nothing to do.
Plus it's easy to organise on facebook and twitter.
Such fun!
It's then overblown by the meeja some more, so rinse and repeat.

The reality was that the Police were keeping tabs on who was involved and they have now caught up rapidly.

lostinrates

StevieJ wrote: »

How fantastic, what a great job they have done.

I don't know if you are talking about the chimps or the surgeons?

lemonjelly

Britain today:

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lostinrates wrote: »

I don't know if you are talking about the chimps or the surgeons?

Monkeys are really no joke, if they decide to attack you. I was walking with my daughter in a temple in India, when one of the local monkeys decided to launch a smash and grab raid on the carrier bag she was carrying. The whole thing was over in 2 seconds, but in that time he tore a hole in the carrier bag and made off with our chocolate bickies. I make light of it now, but at the time it was rather frightening. The monkey was around waist height, with rather large teeth, very strong for his size, and the attack was very aggressive. Also, the monkey was so much faster than us that he swooped in, did the raid, and he was off before we could react. I am sure that if he had decided to bite us there would have been nothing we could do about it. Monkeys are regarded as vermin in large parts of India, and I can see why.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Monkeys are really no joke, if they decide to attack you. I was walking with my daughter in a temple in India, when one of the local monkeys decided to launch a smash and grab raid on the carrier bag she was carrying. The whole thing was over in 2 seconds, but in that time he tore a hole in the carrier bag and made off with our chocolate bickies. I make light of it now, but at the time it was rather frightening. The monkey was around waist height, with rather large teeth, very strong for his size, and the attack was very aggressive. Also, the monkey was so much faster than us that he swooped in, did the raid, and he was off before we could react. I am sure that if he had decided to bite us there would have been nothing we could do about it. Monkeys are regarded as vermin in large parts of India, and I can see why.

I don't see why it should be a joke....they are large, strong, fit primates, with a lack of discipline and want something you have. Much like the primates on the street looting.


DH once had a sandwich stolen while taking the first bite, from his mouth, buy a seagull in Bristol. He was shocked and a bit angry...until he saw them swoop down and go for someone's nose :eek: and realised a prawn sandwich was a small price to pay.


All these sorts of animals we treat as vermin because they steal our food and damage where we live. I wonder what they think of us?

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Advice from the US parks authority: "If a bear steals something from you, do not try to get it back."

StevieJ

GDB2222 wrote: »

Advice from the US parks authority: "If a bear steals something from you, do not try to get it back."

Does that include Geneer?

Generali

Terrible joke (again from Popb!tch).

What do you get if you cross a boy from Eton and a polar bear?
A full polar bear.

Alistair Cook is playing a blinding innings over there. This is as good a knock as I've seen against India excepting the 333 Gooch scored at Lords. The concentration it must take to bat for over 700 minutes is amazing. I find it hard to do anything for 700 minutes except cycle perhaps.