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Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait
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PasturesNew wrote: »How many NPs have knowingly been on the telly ... either as somebody being interviewed/stopped/spoken to (or running from the court room with a newspaper over your head) ....?
I was interviewed and all went well. It was then edited and used in a way that was completely the opposite of what I had said and intended to 'prove' a political point. I was incensed. A day later I had a major cardiac event.
On a better note I was invited to a discussion and briefing for a minister ..and heard him use my arguements and points on the Today programme a few days later as he had included them in a speech on a major policy decision.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »How many NPs have knowingly been on the telly ... either as somebody being interviewed/stopped/spoken to (or running from the court room with a newspaper over your head) ....?
A couple of times - once in a European Youth Parliament debating thing, once about legal stuff....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
But then again, given the size of my hangover today it's a miracle I can type, so I could be wrong about that.:o
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What happened to the diet?
I'm still on mine. Still grumpy, too.
It might have something to do with your choice of one of the most expensive towns in the UK as your search area.
Henley on Thames?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »Oh yes, ours eat horse poo too. I just try and think of it as a daily yoghurt for them....mmmmmmm probiotics
:eek:
Peoe always ask, 'doesn't it make them sick?' I guess not, it's a daily part of their diet.
Doglet (the younger of my parents' border collies) lies to roll in fox poo. Which is utterly revolting.Oh yes, I like my kitchen. I'm just aware it's not what "everyone" wants these days - nasty cold slippery breakage-inducing slate floor, pale colour scheme, granite worktops etc. It's not like that at all, but that's fine by me because I'm not "everyone".
I'm a fan of our nasty cold slate floor and granite worktops - but they aren't slippery....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »What happened to the diet?
Still on it.
With the occasional liquid lapse....“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
My terrier does the same. If we let him - we have to watch him like a hawk. The problem with keeping carnivores as pets is they have to find faeces fascinating and pleasant as they neeeed to track prey and consume them and thier gut contents.:eek:neverdespairgirl wrote: »Doglet (the younger of my parents' border collies) lies to roll in fox poo. Which is utterly revolting.
I'm a fan of our nasty cold slate floor and granite worktops - but they aren't slippery.
But why they need to roll in it!? His eyes glaze over so we can see it starting. A "fixed action response" but I'm !!!!!!ed if I know what its benefits are.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
My terrier does the same. If we let him - we have to watch him like a hawk. The problem with keeping carnivores as pets is they have to find faeces fascinating and pleasant as they neeeed to track prey and consume them and thier gut contents.:eek:
But why they need to roll in it!? His eyes glaze over so we can see it starting. A "fixed action response" but I'm !!!!!!ed if I know what its benefits are.
To disguise their own scent when hunting, and to confuse it with their own, and some suggest to bring that scent home to the pack.
Fwiw,my breed of big dogs IME have never been rollers. Dog dog is a roller but her coat is so short and easy to clean I can deal with it easily. Kiwi hasn't yet.....but I haven't counted that chicken yet.....we'll see.0 -
Once only. A group of Peruvian musicians were busking in a train station in a city near where DW was living. A TV crew turned up to film it while I was queuing for a ticket. When we watched telly that eveining I saw them on the post-news programme and there was me standing in the queue behind them to buy a ticketPasturesNew wrote: »How many NPs have knowingly been on the telly ... either as somebody being interviewed/stopped/spoken to (or running from the court room with a newspaper over your head) ....?
And that's it. The phone's never rung since.:(
Yeah but -they're only disguising themselves with another predator.:Dlostinrates wrote: »To disguise their own scent when hunting, and to confuse it with their own, and some suggest to bring that scent home to the pack.
Quite why a predator that hunts by scent needs its own scent's a bit of a problem for me. Owls have silent flight so they can hear their prey and their prey can't hear them.There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
I think the idea is probably confusion. Also, in human studies iirc peoe see what they are looking for, not the unknown oddity. So if prey are looking for 'fox' they might not register wolf. It's certainly ,y experience riding horses, often so busy seeing imaginary monsters in hedges they calmly deal with lorries or barking dogs.
Btw...try riding a young and naive horse past a field of pigs, donkeys (you would think they would deal with the visual and smell of a donkey , right?) and even sheep......prey 'minds' and instincts are not as we might think at first.....0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »I'm a fan of our nasty cold slate floor and granite worktops - but they aren't slippery.
I like granite worktops, and have admired them in other people's houses. If I were doing a new kitchen and had plenty of money, I might well choose them. I'm just not particularly bothered by not having them in the kitchen that was already in this house when I bought it.
Slate floors, OTOH, I would need to replace if I bought a house that had them. I like to walk around my house in bare feet, and I have kids who are prone to drop things. My idea of a good kitchen floor is something that's warm underfoot and gives dropped crockery a fighting chance of bouncing rather than smashing. If doing a kitchen from scratch I'd probably have cork tiles with some kind of everything-proof coating. When I was a student I lived for a while in a house that had cork tiles on the floor in the bathroom, and I liked them.
I'm very happy for other people to have slate floors if they want them, though - even when I visit other people's houses, I seldom walk about their kitchens in bare feet, and if something does break when dropped, it's unlikely to belong to me, so none of my reasons for disliking them applies. I do accept that many people like them, even though I can't for the life of me understand why, so I'm glad you like yours.
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Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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