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I don't dream of using tech stuff, nor do I use tools, machines, drive, sail, fish, hunt,etc etc I used statins for the first time 15 or so years ago and I had awful dreams and nightmares (and a few other side effects) until I changed them for the second time.

I did the same a while back, they're still above ground, check first 👍

Yes, I don't understand why someone just posts a video or screenshot/photo and nothing else, I just scroll past. If you want engagement then explain your point in posting.

Agreed, but a better way forward than not even trying, which where Comes in as with the overload of information, other tools can help such Occams razor etc not exacting but useful.

Glad you got it sorted, one of my siblings has had stents fitted and has had 10+ years and is still going, sadly my father had one massive attack which he was never going to recover from. Hopefully you'll be back on your feet and getting fitter soon

No, however you must be if you think that's an explanation.

No requirement for an apology. Critical thinking can become second nature if you use it enough, but yes some things are not going to be known. Rather than choosing to accept things that we are told its better to check around for alternative viewpoints, the best recent story is the eggsarascal one, he either knew it was a lie or just took something on face value or saw something that sounded probable but didn't check the facts as it suited his view/bias. Lastly, bias. We all have them and part of critiquing is letting loose of biases, that's the hard thing.

No, go on just put up the information, what harm can happen, it only relates to you and is quite obviously bomb proof, no one could possibly use it apart from you.

Poor analogy, physical part of anatomy is still there just like the other things mention are. We can choose to differentiate between the micro, meso, exo, macro etc systems as Bronfenbrenner has shown but it requires one to actually use a modicum of critique of information we acquire.

Possibly, my mother got scammed and we got all kinds of letters etc to her address for unpaid card bills and applications for things that weren't in her name etc etc. Online, biometric and backed up by paper or plastic and what's the problem, no chicken little and sky falling on your head scenarios.

Tell you what DJ I try to avoid talking to fools but changing the topic slightly post up your NI number, passport, FAC/shotty licence numbers, DOB and mother's maiden name.

I knew I shouldn't have started. No I'm not saying it's to stop illegal working, its the government saying that. It is part of the government's strategy to stop or slow down illegal migration, it isn't a stand alone strategy. Start with making it harder for people to get employment and the uk is not a good place to go to for those who want to exploit the system, on top of that I'm sure that the laws around employers who have illegal workers will be tightened. This will have a knock on effect meaning less opportunity for criminal activities such as tax evasion and money laundering and human trafficking. I'm trying to show you how I see it, however you are the one putting up incorrect statements and barriers saying "how will it work?" No obfuscation, I have said from the start I want to make it as clear as possible for you.

That's the problem, a couple of days back, seems like a lifetime, you got totally lost when I quoted you and got all het up thinking I said it when it was your words. Just a bit of preamble to set the scene. Right, ID cards and why the government are introducing them. Here's a screenshot of the reason, as you seem to like a screenshot... the important part is "to work in the UK " not as you said (this is your quote)... "So all of us who live here legally already with NI numbers and multiple forms of Verifiable ID being mandated to carry digital identification will stop those crossing the channel “illegally” " Can you see the difference?

Shaddapaya face! 😆

Is that what I said? (Rhetorical question) No, it would take years of my life and you still would not understand.

And armed forces, some places of work too, and that's to stop those who have no right to enter...hey wait a minute! Sounds like a plan.

The bark certainly looks like the smaller acers we have in the garden

Been down a little while in mixed woodland along with a nice ash and sycamore, any ideas? Many thanks

Well it appears you aren't what's his face off the Hood!

"You are Kolley Kibber and I claim my £5!"

Yes, but pretty much like a lot of forums. Just checked THL and stalking directory, not been there in years, and SD has got its own political section away from off topic that you have to be a member to access, but there's a few political threads still on off topic, THL used to be anything goes including lots of illegality. The political side is much the same. I came here to learn a bit but in the first topic I got jumped on and from then on it was the same old same old. However the eye openers were lying to promote a political stance and being happy for people to die to save a couple of quid. Forums are becoming echo chambers that seem to be allowed so that there is traffic otherwise people just go to face ache and ask a question on a relevant page for a quick answer. Lots of knowledge is available across this and other fora, but as AI bites I wonder if eventually they will die away slowly and the knowledge is drawn up (givenaway?) into knowledge bases through AI?

Absolutely, though as others say, diagnosis is on the rise. My wife worked with many children and young people who were on the spectrum and we also knew several families where it was prevalent from grandparents to great grandchildren and across the whole spectrum. Taking Mencken into account, I wonder if it is just a case of keeping oneself in the limelight by saying something...anything?

Well let's just have a look shall we, out of nowhere you insult me and immediately ask what ships I was on. Normally if it is just a side issue a DM would suffice, but due to your nature in other threads this was unlikely as you have had a go at people because they aren't in the arb business, so that is why I asked why. If you had asked if I served on Richmond or Fort George then it would have been a quick conversation, however that's not good enough for you and you press on and so I give the only one that had been built at Swans, but rather than type in her full title I chose to use the pennant number, but that wasn't enough nor a single ship. So I gave you photos and all the seagoing pennant numbers and all the delightful and not so delightful places we visited and for some reason you still want me to put the names up? As others start to question why you need such info you double down. "There wasn’t really any point as such in the question nor any need for a random name to be thrown in or for it becoming a pissing contest of who’s been where and to what port or pub. " If there wasn't a point surely you drop it before those comments above? No, you have to fight your corner and start belittling people who are giving you an out, but you can't back away from the hole you dug. So you keep it up. I gave you the names of them, why you couldn't Google them I don't know. If you want I can look at my records and give you dates of joining/leaving and also the shore bases, Fisgard, Sultan, Caledonia, Nelson, Royal Arthur, Drake. "Don’t judge people by your own standards lad" Lad? More belittling and diverting and eventually off on a tangent about RN TV shows. You tried to call me out as a Walt, it didn't work, get back under your bridge.

Oh the irony!