Making the news today....

[trigger_andy]

15 hours ago, coppice cutter said:

It's a tricky one.

 

Do you then get to a position where those less crucial to everyday life can strike but those most valuable can't and therefore end up the worst off?

 

I really don't know what the answer is. 🤔

Completely agree with you. 

[scbk]

Sunderland man to stand trial accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a wild bird in alleged bizarre attack - Chronicle Live

WWW.CHRONICLELIVE.CO.UK

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David Lee will stand trial at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court after pleading not guilty to the charge

 

 

 

He seems a nice lad, he put his knob in a seagull 

[s.varty]

23 hours ago, scbk said:

 

Sunderland man to stand trial accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a wild bird in alleged bizarre attack - Chronicle Live

WWW.CHRONICLELIVE.CO.UK

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David Lee will stand trial at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court after pleading not guilty to the charge

 

 

 

He seems a nice lad, he put his knob in a seagull 

Is it still legal do do this with a goose?, just asking for a mate.

[GarethM]

Don't be a gander, obviously it illegal.

Use a funnel it might be foie gras tho.

Edited February 22, 2023 by GarethM

[scbk]

44 minutes ago, s.varty said:

Is it still legal do do this with a goose?, just asking for a mate.

I tried it once with an ostrich, but the poor thing was scared off by the step ladder

[s.varty]

53 minutes ago, scbk said:

I tried it once with an ostrich, but the poor thing was scared off by the step ladder

Same with horses mate,, so my mate said

[eggsarascal]

Something in the water today, lads?

[topchippyles]

1 hour ago, eggsarascal said:

Something in the water today, lads?

A little suck and see scenario.

[waterbuoy]

I may be missing something here, but I see in the news that Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli) has been awarded status as a dark sky sanctuary:

 

Dark Skies: Welsh island is first sanctuary in Europe

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Ynys Enlli, also known as Bardsey Island, officially has one of the best night skies in the world.

 

Yet when I think of Bardsey I immediately think of the bloody great lighthouse that is stuck on the end of it:

 

Bardsey Lighthouse | Trinity House

WWW.TRINITYHOUSE.CO.UK

 

[nepia]

But a lighthouse light is directed horizontally seaward surely so not affecting the sky away from it.

 

I guess