Steven P

Going right back though, the keys were locked away, no further action on 'drunk in charge' - just a couple of over zealous / bored officers. If the intent is clear that there will be no driving (sitting in PJs, keys stashed away) then all you will get is an inconvenience.

If varnish I wouldn't go for a high gloss, satin would feel better.

Takes me back a few years!!

I'd guess though at 1200 a point has been made and got the world talking to work out what they did. I'm favouring the battery idea - to get 1200+ pagers modified I think you'd need to do that at factory level, to know exactly who the customers will be (can't have them sent all over the world or indeed to civilians in the middle east... or Israelis). I guess they wouldn't have been so stupid as 1200 of them to get a pager update sent through the post would they without anyone higher up getting wind of that? Either way a massive data breach which I am surprised about, thought military of all nations would be a little more secure than that. Edit... that makes me wonder... if they can do it there they can do it anywhere... lucky trees are fairly benign.. and my phone doesn't do internets (personal choice can run about the moors with a £20 handset and not care if I trash it weekly)

which is quite scary stuff - a relatively low thing like a pager battery - but able to explode them at will. And we all have one in our pockets too

The Arbtalk forums are generally interesting, generally friendly and genuine funny comments all the time. I guess my comments on the political posts are a boredom of the same post... all the time... change the narrative and keep this thread interesting... Other posts are thinly veiled racist attacks and as a member of the forum cannot stand by and allow my participation here be seen as a tacit agreement on intolerance and abuse, so I will express my opposition to these... Likewise to an extent, the political stuff, not going to stand by all the time to allow my participation in the forums be seen as my agreeing with the comments that are an exact opposite to my values. I might be speaking out of turn, but most of us on here enjoy what the forums bring up. I might not agree with everyone all the time, but appreciate what they bring and what I can learn from them. If JohnsonD stuck to what he knows well without the constant political threads, these posts are also interesting and I learn from them - the shooting, the milling, the diving, pretty sure I wouldn't need to distance myself from them and he might (Hmmm...) get the odd thumbs up too.

No, still issues with comprehension. Must be the way I tell them. 2/2

Reacting to a post is different to a relentless tirade of the same daily post "Here is my agenda". You'll note that for example Sime42 rarely offers up a news story, and never the same news story on a daily basis. Comprehension check: The story is the same even if the details are different "Kier Starmer is a bad man, immigrants are bad people, foreign people are bad people, Farage is a hero and Trump (the rapist) is a demigod". Perhaps take stock and understand the type of news stories that the members comment about.. very rare these days that political stories are commented on apart from you team of fans (?).. those stories have been done to death... and even then it is mostly fact checking what you post and not actually on the story itself. A bit of variety if a good thing. However that is my view. Noting that the website "Arbtalk" is geared towards those in arboriculture or an interest in it, not a political forum... of which there are many others and might fulfil your desires for a good political debate.

Yeah it was something along the lines of having the keys in your physical possession - in a pocket for example that could be suggested being in control (and likewise, in the ignition, perhaps having the motor running to charge the batteries). Have them stashed away somewhere like in a box and you are not in possession of them and then not in control of the vehicle - I don't think just throwing them in the glove box was the same... but never needed to work out the exact rules before though

You need a safe box welded to the base of the van to stash the keys in when your drinking - I think if they keys aren't in the vehicle then you can't be drunk in charge of it unless the rules have changed in the last few years

If it is dry then I see no problem with it - what I do suffer from is other stuff in the sweepings that shouldn't go on the fire - nails, screws, cut off cable ties and so on. very similar to burning sawdust, don't smother the fire and a little and often works best.

Think you'll find your comprehension is lacking again, that comment was regarding your excitement at having a story to post containing your 4 favourite things to hate. The second paragraph in my comment was regarding the story making the news of course.

D'Oh!! The much publicised cut hasn't happened yet has it?

However with her salary her policies would exclude her from winter fuel payments of course.

Read this morning that reducing taxes on overtime won't affect those who do 2 or more jobs, since each is paying normal time and no overtime. Some employers can't give overtime so their employees get 2nd jobs to make ends meet, generally the lowest paid, tax breaks won't help them. True that the Americans can see taking paid time off as a weakness and at the discretion of their employer.

Don't all politicians campaign for change though? Otherwise the voting public would just say "why bother with change if they're not going to change anything"... helping you work out how the world of politics works, your welcome.

Your point being? Or are you just reitterating that you only started taking a note of the world outside your head about a year ago?... Rishi Sunak... investigated for his wifes share holdings not being declared Liz Truss... investigated over Britt award tickets Boris Johnson... amongs many others... investigated over a carribean holiday.. and that flat refusbishment of course David Cameron.... investigated for acting as a lobyist for Greenshill Gordon Brown... investigated for failing to declare rental income Tony Blair.. cash for peerages .... and your point is? (note the cases above were just the first that popped up on a google search while I was confirming what I wrote.. they are not the only investigations into any of the above)

Immigrants - check Muslims - check Not white - check A hint of Starmer - Check Have you just cum, JohnsonD with this story? Commenting on the story, this is the latest out of a lot of prosecutions and some serious jail time - deservedly - but "Took far too long for these animals to be locked up" is far far better than "rushed and botched the investigation, they got away with it". Noting that in cases of rape and sexual abuses there is often a massive time between the offence and prosecution - the victims often feel that they can't report it, nothing the police can do until they know of the offences. Without DNA (in historic cases) investigations and proof is harder.

I guess to round up the Haitians you could just 'grab them by the pussie' (I think that's what the rapist claimed he could do at will when your rich and famous?)

But back to the family on the couch, much more interesting really

Didn't the Tory Party release 10s of thousands early? 1500 low risk prisoners is but a drop in the ocean compared to that.

"hard to tip someone out if they don't want to go". So many questions. The paddle looks similar to some stilts I made for The boys from pallet stringers.

Banning adverts is all well and good but if it is available regardless, people will buy them. Look at smoking and vaping, no adverts but still happens. Education is the key to a lot of things, start young and keep at the education till the end of school and beyond and with luck they will have the knowledge to make 'good' choices (healthier food is often also cheaper than processed ready meals). However 18 years of targeted education is beyond the dreams of any politicians fix in a sound bite desires.

You're right - a matter of scale, I thought 2 were crammed onto an armchair!!

The requested synopsis of his speech plus a couple of links for background information. Every little helps.