kevinjohnsonmbe

In comparison to a Cabstar: https://www.parkers.co.uk/vans-pickups/nissan/cabstar/2007-dimensions/

This rather caught my eye, heaven only knows what sort of category it would be placed in by VOSA though?

These look quite useful - almost like a mini-Mog. The 40 km/h is a bummer. http://www.ausa.com/media/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Urban_EN.pdf http://www.ausa.com/products/m-350-h/

I've got OEM back weights which I used to keep on the machine but found I was just carting extra weight around for no real benefit so I took 'em off and haven't missed them. Horses for courses an all that....

Bit of an aside, but if I’d just had my dog confiscated on the basis of ‘not being under adequate control’ and then been hit with a 2k bill to get it back, I’d be at every local hunt meet demanding parity of treatment such that the entire hound pack be confiscated.

Of course I do, you know that. And you know I see sense in many (not all!) of your posts. But that was just daft, unnecessarily provocative and to the detriment of the points you were trying to relay.

Did you take your previous post down yrself Vesp? It was the surest ticket on a one way journey to permanent exclusion as might ever be expected.... Totally inappropriate.

Clumsiness (as well as obviously wholly inappropriate) wording it as “oversee”. Just to really push the buttons, you could have made a complete ass of the job, smash the shed/fence/greenhouse, kill the cat and dump hyd oil all over the drive - LA overseeing (owning the job) so please refer any complaints to the green space man. Obvs an unrealistic scenario but funny....

Haven’t read to the end yet (Luther on Beeb!) But saw this on FB which made me (a) larf and (b) think of Stubby: A woman decides to have a face lift for her 50th birthday. She spends £15,000 and looks sensational. On her way home, she stops at a news stand to buy a newspaper. Before leaving, she says to the clerk, ‘I hope you don’t mind my asking, but how old do you think I am?”. ‘About 32,’ is the reply.’ ‘Nope! I’m exactly 50,’ the woman says happily. A little while later she goes into McDonald’s and asks the counter girl the very same question. The girl replies, ‘I’d guess about 29.’ The woman replies with a big smile, ‘Nope, I’m 50.’ Now she’s feeling really good about herself. She stops at a candy shop on her way down the street. She goes up to the counter to get some mints and asks the assistant the same burning question. The clerk responds, ‘Oh, I’d say 30.’ Again she proudly responds, ‘I’m 50, but thank you!’ While waiting for the bus to go home, she asks an old man waiting next to her the same question. He replies, ‘Lady, I’m Stubby and my eyesight is going. Although, when I was young there was a sure-fire way to tell how old a woman was. It sounds very forward, but it requires you to let me put my hands under your bra Then, and only then, I can tell you EXACTLY how old you are.’ They wait in silence on the empty street until her curiosity gets the better of her. She finally blurts out, ‘What the hell, go ahead.’ He slips both of his hands under her blouse and begins to feel around very slowly and carefully. He bounces and weighs each breast and he gently pinches each nipple. He pushes her breasts together and rubs them against each other. After a couple of minutes of this, she says, ‘Okay, okay.....How old am I?’ He completes one last squeeze of her breasts, removes his hands, and says, ‘Madam, you are 50.’ Stunned and amazed, the woman says, ‘That was incredible, how could you tell?’ ‘I was behind you at McDonalds’.

?? those 2 comments both make really good sense!

Sounds really suss to me!

I had this scenario in a local wood. 2x whippet off lead came at me and the old girl (GSD) like a pair of Exocet missiles. Owner 150m away shouting like a banshee. 1 came to the front of my dog, the other to the back - attack formation. Their owner was considerably less impressed than I was with the quick double kick which sent them squealing. I took no pleasure in it but neither was I going to risk the potential vets bills and the blame game because I had a GSD.

2k for what? An assessment to see if tis on the DD list? £75 tops. That's gotta be kennel fees by my guess. Do they charge storage fees for all evidence that is seized - I don't think so.

No "Hoose" was intentional - even had to correct the auto-correct ? (apparently, if you write bollox and fill it up with typo's nobody will say yome talking out your hoop....) And compo! Sounds like they seized the dog and sent it to a commercial kennel and now want to recoup they costs. Sounds well suss - but what can you do? You want your dog back first, then kick off like billy-O

Did the Rozzers put in an appearance at the scene of the incident then Stubby, or did they call by the hoose after the event and take the dog away? Putting myself in either, but especially the latter scenario, and mindful that we always have a slack handful of German Sheperd dogs here, I can't even imagine a situation where I'd surrender any of them without a warrant (and even then, things wouldn't be too amicable.)

Didn't have this job in mind for January, wasn't expecting to get the mower out of it's slumber for quite some time yet:

Realist!

The annual rush to call for bright ideas from the promotion hungry (who will likely be promoted before the true implications and ongoing liabilities of thier ineptitude is exposed) to spend other buggers money on rash projects and half baked ideas so as not to show budget underspend.

Phenology has no place in this decision cycle (it's just a convenient coincidence.) This'll be Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB.) Getting close to end FY with too much money left in budget = make rash decisions to exhaust in-year finances so as to avoid potential cut to budget next year... Classic!

It's quite (superficially) clever really... - Mock typo's, spelling and grammar that appears to subtly change in each post; - Creating a victim virtue signalling persona; - Posting a ropey old video and claiming to be outraged by comment; - Linking (after some considerable time) to what appears to be a well established and reputable outfit; (that's where it might fall apart for you "Mark") - They may well be really pissed off with you highlighting their work practices (I bet Techie Paul is like "...I'm not getting sucked into this one...") I'm in with another guess.... Have you recently been given your cards by this outfit and this is some form of petty revenge? I had a walk down the coast today, passed your holiday home and looked to see iffum ewe were home:

Detractors? To summarise the thread thus far: A new member excitedly posted a video which illustrated a notably routine task being undertaken in a rather cavalier fashion which gave rise to some prudent, relative and constructive comments presented by experienced operators. (And therein lies my understanding and appreciation of the popularity and ‘strength’ of the combined knowledge, experience and wit of the forum) OP donned hairy shirt and proceeded with princess tantrum whilst simultaneously hurling generalised insults and avoiding any invitations to quantify wild claims. Some members have been duped into thinking this is anything other than a wind-up whereas the more discerning observers can see it for what it is. What is it? It’s no longer worthy of any considered contribution since the OP is quite obviously beyond reason.

HNY Mark! Yes man for the establishment? You must, at least have an inckling, that that is about as far from the reality as could be possible? Had it been true I’d likely still be “in” and playing the game at a much more senior level. It is precisely my anti-establishment, dare to challenge, direct and undiplomatic nature that contributed to my early departure from Service under the voluntary redundancy scheme. We’ll have a beer and I’ll spin some dits one day. As to politics, or more precisely, pre-programmed political allegiances, here too we have a very early indicator of this deeply engrained anti-establishment tendency I’m trying to illustrate to you. By all of the ‘traditional’ levers of political allegiance (from a simpler, earlier, more binary era) I should, absolutely be like a stick of Blackpool rock, cut me in half and you’d find Labour written through the core. I vividly remember a conversation with father prior to the first election in which I was able to vote - “...this is a Labour house, I expect everyone to vote Labour...” In that respect, I can thank him for causing me to read all the manifestos prior to voting (a rather tedious and time consuming habit which has stuck with me.) And that brings us neatly back to the point under discussion, playing the ball rather than the man. Personally, I can’t bear Corbyn but it’s not just him, it’s the more lunatic, more dangerous, more radical cronies that elevated and surround him. Your article presented the case that people are blinded by party allegiance rather than policy - and I TOTALLY agree, but the point I was seeking to highlight is that it is exactly that point which applies across the ENTIRE political spectrum but that the article failed (intentionally?) to highlight this. I mentiined BNP & UKIP (not to illustrate any personal allegiance) because the argument being presented in the article is perfectly illustrated when “blind tasting” of policies (most notably foreign aid, foreign policy, military) are measured against those 2 parties policy positions. So, in many respects, I agree with the over-arching concept of the article - people are stupidly aligned to political ‘colour’ rather than political promises. What I found objectionable however was the lack of balance, nefarious misdirection and blatant bias. It was, in that respect, an almost PERFECT example of the fake news and influence ops that it sought to denigrate. I would have thought you’d have seen through it rather than flag it for broader consideration.

The theory in the article - if people voted according to ‘policy pledges’ rather than party bias, falls over (and reenforces the ‘threat’ of biased reporting that it purports to expose yet entirely falls into its own claims) when it suggests that Green & Lib Dem should have done better - but COMPLETELY fails to recognise that actually, the same could be said for BNP and UKIP. Its a self fulfilling example of the danger it claims to be exposing.

He shoots.... He scores! Geddin ??s

Who's Spartacus....?