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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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Just heard about Rail Pastors on the news,PasturesNew wrote: »Seems a bit strange..... to wander round looking for "sad looking people" .
Hope they aren't wasting their time up here.
Almost everyone at the stations is "sad looking" but that's because Northern have cancelled their train.
Those who aren't sad looking are irate looking, because !*&*!%* Northern have cancelled their !*&*!%* train yet AGAIN.
To be honest, anyone standing on a railway platform in the Northern franchise area waiting for a train in front of which to jump is wasting their time - they're more likely to die of starvation first.0 -
There appear to be a couple of files with no extensions and "funny" characters making up the names.PasturesNew wrote: »Ah, the old ~ thing.
I remember those, not seen them since DOS 3.12 disk scans
Wasn't that how the system marked deleted files?
ISTR rather than deleting them at the time, it renamed and hid them so they only really disappeared for good when the sector was overwritten with a new file.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Having said that - this is a practical and free solution to loneliness... work out where the pastors hang out ... turn up ... then stand at the edge looking sad... they'll come and chat to you!
Beats paying for a bus ticket so you can have "The Nutter" come and sit next to you for a one-sided "conversation" :rotfl:
Jasper Carrott fans will know to what I'm referring0 -
Wasn't that how the system marked deleted files?
ISTR rather than deleting them at the time, it renamed and hid them so they only really disappeared for good when the sector was overwritten with a new file.
What's happened is that they've been transferred over with my "User" files with settings and so on from the old setup, pre clean install.
I deleted the folder after I'd finished, but those couple of files won't delete. Apparently they're known for being persistent. They haven't been "installed" on this setup, but once they're there, they're a job to get rid of.
I'll try the Linux boot disc thing. . .0 -
Wasn't that how the system marked deleted files?
ISTR rather than deleting them at the time, it renamed and hid them so they only really disappeared for good when the sector was overwritten with a new file.
It was most often found in chkdsk, when you had orphaned file pieces loitering ... run chkdsk, it identified the orphans and you could delete them to free up space.0 -
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PasturesNew wrote: »Seems a bit strange..... to wander round looking for "sad looking people" ... and "people who appear to be intent on going where they shouldn't be going" (e.g. climbing fences/bridges etc to throw themselves off.
Having said that - this is a practical and free solution to loneliness... work out where the pastors hang out ... turn up ... then stand at the edge looking sad... they'll come and chat to you!Hope they aren't wasting their time up here.
Almost everyone at the stations is "sad looking" but that's because Northern have cancelled their train.
Those who aren't sad looking are irate looking, because !*&*!%* Northern have cancelled their !*&*!%* train yet AGAIN.
To be honest, anyone standing on a railway platform in the Northern franchise area waiting for a train in front of which to jump is wasting their time - they're more likely to die of starvation first.
They are currently only operating in areas where there have been a high number of suicide incidents.
The link (posted again below fo your convenience) is quite short and explains it a bit more.
If they save only one life, it would be worth it, I would have thought.
https://www.btp.police.uk/safety_on_the_railway/safety_on_and_near_the_railway/rail_pastors.aspx
And the Rail Pastors are volunteers, not paid staff.(I just lurve spiders!)
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When I worked in a path lab in the early 80s the whole lab gathered around a bacterial specimen that we discovered was sensitive to penicillin. This was only 40 years after it was discovered and bacterial resistance was already so common that exceptions were seen as marvels.
LNE contracted endo-carditis a year or two before he died. It was determined to be a staphylococcus aureus bug (that's the SA on the end of MRSA). However, a few days into his hospital stay they gave us the good news that it was one of the only about 10% of staph aureus infections that were penicillin sensitive. He was still in hospital for weeks, though. You know how doses of antibiotics are in mg? He ended up with 6g (ie 6000mg) of the stuff through his IV over the course of his time in hospital. But he got completely better eventually. (For any new NP or visitors to the thread, I shall just add that the death referred to at the beginning of this paragraph was completely unrelated to the endo-carditis.)I developed a resistant bug to most antibiotics in my kidneys back in the 90s and I was never one who had antibiotics willy nilly, my only issue being kidney damage (from endometriosis and pregnancy) and resultant infections.
It doesn't make any difference what your personal behaviour around antibiotics has been. Even if you've never come across a single antibiotic in your entire life, if you contract a strain of bacteria that have evolved resistance through other people's use or misuse of antibiotics, then the drugs won't work on your infection.vivatifosi wrote: »What a brilliant idea! Thanks for the link Pyxis.
My SIL is a street pastor, I will ask her if her group do something like this. Street Pastors do a great job too, often helping the Police and Ambulance service by providing help and reassurance to those out late at night.
I have friends who are Street Pastors too. Much better to let the police and ambulance people deal with those who really need their expertise, and have other people to help those who just need a non-expert helping hand or listening ear.
Well, I caught up with the thread. It's good to be back. :hello:
Nothing's been wrong - I've just been busy.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.0 -
vivatifosi wrote: »What a brilliant idea! Thanks for the link Pyxis.
My SIL is a street pastor, I will ask her if her group do something like this. Street Pastors do a great job too, often helping the Police and Ambulance service by providing help and reassurance to those out late at night.
Something else I've only heard about in the last month is firms appointing mental health first aiders. Sounds like a good idea too. It's about time mental health was supported in the same way as physical health.
I thought people generally jump from bridges onto the track rather than at stations crowded with people.
Near me there is a footbridge known for jumpers. A while ago they reinforced the fencing to make access more difficult. Now they have also put signs with Samaritans phone numbers.PasturesNew wrote: »Seems a bit strange..... to wander round looking for "sad looking people" ... and "people who appear to be intent on going where they shouldn't be going" (e.g. climbing fences/bridges etc to throw themselves off.
Having said that - this is a practical and free solution to loneliness... work out where the pastors hang out ... turn up ... then stand at the edge looking sad... they'll come and chat to you!
Schools now have buddy benches in the play ground, where lonely kids can sit to find a pal.Hope they aren't wasting their time up here.
Almost everyone at the stations is "sad looking" but that's because Northern have cancelled their train.
Those who aren't sad looking are irate looking, because !*&*!%* Northern have cancelled their !*&*!%* train yet AGAIN.
To be honest, anyone standing on a railway platform in the Northern franchise area waiting for a train in front of which to jump is wasting their time - they're more likely to die of starvation first.
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PasturesNew wrote: »I always attract "The Nutter"... there are many forms of nutter, but they all find me!
DD1 always finds people start telling her their troubles at bus stops or train stations (or on buses/trains. She must just have a sympathetic face!0
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