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Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer
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vivatifosi wrote: »Slept really badly the night before last. Decided to have an early night last night and dropped right off. All great, except I then woke up at 4.30am. I'm not convinced that helps my sleep deficit.
Is this a one-off, or are you having trouble sleeping often? Sending hugs either way.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
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.
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That's interesting.PasturesNew wrote: »You'd be in less trouble shooting a BT engineer than a magpie, which has protected status.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/m/magpie/legal_status.aspx
They aren't seen as pests, then.
Mind you, I suspect a BT Engineer might have other ways to invoke the law of the land!
Corvids are pretty intelligent birds, as birds go. Not sure where magpies sit on the Corvid intelligence scale, though.
It's interesting, because if they had a melodious song instead of that witchy cackle, I'm sure they'd be liked more.(I just lurve spiders!)
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Conrad wrote:Now my eyes suddenly make sense of all these inputs as a BT engineer in high vis vest emmerges seemingly out of the bush!!!
Maybe BT engineers need high vis hard hats!I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Interesting......
If the BT engineer were on a public highway, it might be a contravention to fire it even on your own land.......
"It is also illegal to fire an air rifle:
closer than 50 ft [15mtrs] of the centre of a highway, if by doing so you cause any member of the public, using that right of way, to be injured, interrupted or endangered.
*This offence could be committed, for example, by someone on private property close to a road who uses an air rifle in a way which endangers people on the road.
closer than 50 ft [15mtrs] from the centre of any bridal path or footpath".
And, also interestingly...........
"Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
All birds and animals are protected by law. It is often thought that those birds and animals designated as pest species can be shot at any time and by anyone. This is not so.
Only ‘authorised persons’, that is those who have proper permission, are allowed to do so. For this purpose the Secretary of State issues a general licence every year. "(I just lurve spiders!)
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All I can say is, I'm extremely glad that the pigeons which nested under the eaves last year haven't done it this year. It's because we had problems with the overflow from the water tank in the loft so there was a water source.
Now that we have a combi boiler, the tank's empty and there's no overflow into the guttering :T
BTW, Australian/NZ magpies are just black and white, and don't have the long tails; not nearly as pretty as ours!0 -
I checked the cartoon of Putin that was published after the Malaysian airliner was shot down. Even he doesn't appear to have bagged a BT engineer.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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When you say packed bag, were you going to go away?(I just lurve spiders!)
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When you say packed bag, were you going to go away?
No, just out... but I have to pack a bag to make sure I've got everything I'll want ... cigs, drink, money ...
No point getting wherever I was going to, only to discover I'd forgotten my cigs.
I was going to go out and drive around until a random decision was made by me to park in a random spot ... then I was going to get out of the car and "walk around aimlessly for a bit".0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »No, just out... but I have to pack a bag to make sure I've got everything I'll want ... cigs, drink, money ...
No point getting wherever I was going to, only to discover I'd forgotten my cigs.
I was going to go out and drive around until a random decision was made by me to park in a random spot ... then I was going to get out of the car and "walk around aimlessly for a bit".
Oh Pastures! You can't be driven out of your home!
Start googling for that sonic transmitter! It would be a good investment as it would save you on petrol and shoe leather.(I just lurve spiders!)
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