The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

GDB2222

Pyxis wrote: »

:rotfl:



I didn't know that. Hmmm.
I've been in AmDram purdah all weekend, so haven't been following all the pre- and post-race discussions/analyses etc. so wasn't aware of Gatlin's past.

Was he actually punished for the cheatings, though?

I can see your point, that the one time may have been a bad error of judgement, so punish them and let them back, but a second time is taking the proverbial a bit.

Either he's allowed to compete or he isn't, and maybe allowing him to compete is a mistake. However, letting him compete but blaming him for winning seems very muddled to me.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

Birmingham bins: why have the BBC News interviewed perfectly tall/virile/fit looking men in their 30-50ss in affluent areas showing their uncollected bins and moaning about them?

As an older/small/lone female I'd have been taking the time out to pop to the tip with them, even though that's a darned nuisance.

:T that's exactly what I thought when I saw that news clip!

Be a bit pro-active.
Take stuff to the tip. (Assuming the tip isn't on strike either).

Food waste... if it can't be composted even temporarily, bag it up and freeze it until it can be disposed of. Don't leave it outside in a binbag to rot, smell and attract flies and rats. :doh:
If you regularily have loads of food waste, it's the time to start questioning your food-buying/eating habits, surely?

If you notice your bags splitting, rebag the stuff.

Ok, if the tip is closed, that compounds the problem, but by judicial sorting and bagging of waste, you can keep mess and smell to a minimum, and certainly by excluding food waste from refuse bags, and making sure that food containers are washed out before disposal, there won't be as much of a problem.
If you have to put food waste out, douse it in Domestos first, and/or use screw-top jars.

You could even, if you have a barbecue or a firepit, burn the food waste to ashes on it!

I'm not talking about people with no cars, no freezers, or who are physically or logistically unable to do that stuff, but as Pastures said, the guy in the news didn't seem challenged in any of those respects.

GDB2222 wrote: »

Either he's allowed to compete or he isn't, and maybe allowing him to compete is a mistake. However, letting him compete but blaming him for winning seems very muddled to me.

That was my point though; why let him compete after the second offence?

GDB2222

Pyxis wrote: »

That was my point though; why let him compete after the second offence?

Maybe the crowd should be booing the tribunal that let him off?

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

I read on old paper last night, interesting story, in as much as one can glean.

Born ~1840 a couple married and had twins (dau/son) and a boy (1864 & 1872).
1901 the couple decided to have an amicable split (he said just before he died) and the wife/adult children went off to London.
1905 twin boy went back to live with his father as he'd got no work; he found work and was seen coming/going. Then he disappeared.
Mother/sister wrote to neighbours to enquire if they'd seen the son/brother, but everybody said they hadn't.

1912 the old dad died ... as he was being taken into Hospital neighbours asked about his wife to get in touch and he said she'd not be interested. Once dead his landlord was sorting out the house and the neighbours suggested that the handyman should "go down that bit of the garden with a probe...see what you get...."

They found a skeleton buried under a pathway. Next door said he'd heard an argument between the father/son and a thud, never saw the son again (aged about 40 by this time) ...and assumed he'd left/been kicked out. But they did all know he'd "disappeared", but kept their thoughts of murder to themselves.

In 1913 the sister/brother went to clear their dad's house and found their brother's clothes/belongings.

The inquest said that while the skeleton would appear to match the description of the missing brother (tall, well built) and all evidence pointed to it being him, they left it open.....

Tragic story, but as you say, interesting. I don't think the inquest had any option about the verdict, though. You need modern forensics to get evidence of identity if all that's left is a skeleton.

vivatifosi

LydiaJ wrote: »

Tragic story, but as you say, interesting. I don't think the inquest had any option about the verdict, though. You need modern forensics to get evidence of identity if all that's left is a skeleton.

Very true. I find it hard sometimes to think about when things did or didn't exist. Hard to believe that at the time the story was written, they didn't even have modern antibiotics.

vivatifosi

The most bizarre thing has happened. Just looked at the DFS website, they don't have a sale on.

Pyxis

vivatifosi wrote: »

The most bizarre thing has happened. Just looked at the DFS website, they don't have a sale on.

You should start a thread about that in the Arms:-

BREAKING NEWS...... no sale on at DFS! Shock probe by our resident reporter, Vivatifosi.

vivatifosi

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe DFS are using advanced technology - and they only show the sale to those they think have less money

I see a sale! Summer Sale, Don't Miss Out. Final 5 Days.

I'll finally get a new sofa 2018/2019....

Now I have a sale. Didn't get that yesterday. How bizarre.

Pastures, do you want to pm the details of the family history search you want done?

chris_m

vivatifosi wrote: »

The most bizarre thing has happened. Just looked at the DFS website, they don't have a sale on.

That's unheard of, how very dare they break a national tradition !!!
:rotfl:

chris_m

PasturesNew wrote: »

I have this very bizarre confusion with Albert/Alfred and I CANNOT for the life of me ever get these names straight. It's because of my grandfather, registered as an Alfred, he then spent his life being called/written as Albert

People can be funny with names.
My father was christened Robert but the family called him Robin for short (not that it's any shorter, still 2 syllables) rather then the more usual Bob - because the dog next door was called Bob.
Dad went through most of his life happily being called Robin, except for on official documents, etc., but when he went into a care home for his last couple of years he suddenly preferred to be called Robert.