@slimfern posted:

Well I remember being quite excited by a visit of the Queen Mother when I was about 5...even have the newspaper clipping somewhere in a box

The cost of the Royals is high when you take protection into account, but when you look at how much they bring to this country via tourism & historical matters etc then I think we're pretty much quids in. though maybe not this past 12 months.

I would have thought that those charities that have Royals as patrons would do quite well? or at least no worse than those who are patroned by celebrities...but then I have quite negative feelings re charities.......especially where the funding they get is spent

I agree with all that Slim

Devil's Advocate    

Think that was Darcus Howe. Never liked him.

@velvet donkey posted:

Devil's Advocate    

Think that was Darcus Howe. Never liked him.

Can't say that I know much a bout him other than he was a writer & activist?

@slimfern posted:

Can't say that I know much a bout him other than he was a writer & activist?

And a wanker. I'll do it for you  

@velvet donkey posted:

And a wanker. I'll do it for you  

Hahahahaha! not quite a word I would use...but get your point

@velvet donkey posted:

Devil's Advocate    

Think that was Darcus Howe. Never liked him.

@slimfern posted:

Can't say that I know much a bout him other than he was a writer & activist?

He was also a professional WUM, as Velvet's follow-up comment proves perfectly!

@Eugene's Lair posted:

He was also a professional WUM, as Velvet's follow-up comment proves perfectly!

   We learn something new every day

@velvet donkey posted:

Meanwhile Wills and Kate being reported daily doing zoom calls and all that's perceived as good. The Royal Family is one big stage-managed con. And the press and sections of the media have free licence to do what they like.

Harry was useful when he was the army pin-up boy.

The country's effed everywhere you look.

I've posted this link before, but I've noticed sections of it appearing on Twitter today, so I think it's worth reposting one last time as hard evidence of how the UK Press have consistently treated Kate and Meghan differently. I think it just about passes as on-topic too, as the press remain one of my major, current, annoyances!

Meghan Markle And Prince Harry UK Royal Reporters Coverage Compared To Kate Middleton And Prince William (buzzfeednews.com)

Also; I see that those photos of Harry in a Nazi uniform have suddenly made a reappearance for some reason.   It may therefore be worth mentioning that William was also at that party (he went in a lion costume), but the press chose not to question the wisdom of him attending a party with a "Colonial and Native" theme ( ), nor why he (or anyone else for that matter) didn't have a word in his younger brother's ear beforehand...

I think we can all agree that the press are class A scumbags......... that link puts me in mind of the different ways Diana & Fergie were portrayed .....is lucky we don't really take any notice isn't it

Unfortunately there are many who do...

I don't remember Harry's error of fancy dress......I do know he had a reputation of being a bit of a rebel a while back. Have only recently began watching the news again cos of the covid...

My beef was not the interview being broadcast, but that it has become a dog with a bone....never letting go...it's everywhere... I didn't watch it and have no interest whatsoever...I want to see proper news! ...Aljazeera is pretty good at world goings on

@slimfern posted:

Have only recently began watching the news again cos of the covid...

My beef was not the interview being broadcast, but that it has become a dog with a bone....never letting go...it's everywhere... I didn't watch it and have no interest whatsoever...I want to see proper news!

@slimfern posted:

I think we can all agree that the press are class A scumbags......... that link puts me in mind of the different ways Diana & Fergie were portrayed .....is lucky we don't really take any notice isn't it

Unfortunately there are many who do...

I don't remember Harry's error of fancy dress......I do know he had a reputation of being a bit of a rebel a while back. Have only recently began watching the news again cos of the covid...

My beef was not the interview being broadcast, but that it has become a dog with a bone....never letting go...it's everywhere... I didn't watch it and have no interest whatsoever...I want to see proper news! ...Aljazeera is pretty good at world goings on

The best documentary I've ever seen was on there years ago. It was about oud. More valuable than gold.

I always check their docs. daily  

Not being able to talk to real people!

EDIT...no disrespect to all here...I just miss standing out in the street and talking to ...the homeless guy...the line of a bus stop...showing a smile to the passer by..

@slimfern posted:

Not being able to talk to real people!

EDIT...no disrespect to all here...I just miss standing out in the street and talking to ...the homeless guy...the line of a bus stop...showing a smile to the passer by..

@slimfern posted:

Not being able to talk to real people!

EDIT...no disrespect to all here...I just miss standing out in the street and talking to ...the homeless guy...the line of a bus stop...showing a smile to the passer by..

I could be the homeless guy very easily    

They don't give a feck though, do they?

@velvet donkey posted:

I could be the homeless guy very easily    

They don't give a feck though, do they?

Nope!

Which is sad being as we could all be but a step away...

Cancel Culture........

as it currently exists doesn't give people a chance to learn from or apologise for their wrongdoings?

A NEW PHONE SCAM ! This morning I had a call from a fraud office  to say that they had noticed that £600 had been transferred overseas from my account ! As I check my account a couple of times each day I knew it was a scam, but if someone only deals with paper statements then I can imagine them getting duped into giving away details ....barsteward.

And I have just this minute had an Amazon one !

@Baz posted:

A NEW PHONE SCAM ! This morning I had a call from a fraud office  to say that they had noticed that £600 had been transferred overseas from my account ! As I check my account a couple of times each day I knew it was a scam, but if someone only deals with paper statements then I can imagine them getting duped into giving away details ....barsteward.

And I have just this minute had an Amazon one !

They're a boil on the ass end of society Baz!
I've insisted my Dad let's all calls go to answerphone unless it is someone he knows in which case their name will show on the led screen..

@Baz posted:

A NEW PHONE SCAM ! This morning I had a call from a fraud office  to say that they had noticed that £600 had been transferred overseas from my account ! As I check my account a couple of times each day I knew it was a scam, but if someone only deals with paper statements then I can imagine them getting duped into giving away details ....barsteward.

I got a "fraud office" call this morning too. I'm assuming it was the same, but I realized it was a scam and slammed the phone down PDQ!

Bottom line: if there really is a problem, official bodies won't contact you like that, and certainly not by automated calls...

When my Dad had a nuisance call from someone claiming to be from his bank....he was advised by the bank itself to unplug the phone at the wall for 2 mins as these scammers have a way of staying online and collecting info from your outbound calls...don't ask me how?

Generally...if it is a scam or an automated call...they won't go onto answerphone ..

@slimfern posted:

When my Dad had a nuisance call from someone claiming to be from his bank....he was advised by the bank itself to unplug the phone at the wall for 2 mins as these scammers have a way of staying online and collecting info from your outbound calls...don't ask me how?

Generally...if it is a scam or an automated call...they won't go onto answerphone ..

I know that if it's a landline call, both sides need to hang-up to drop the call properly. The bank's advice to you father was correct in so far as I've experienced this myself several times: as soon as I realized I was on the receiving end of an automated call, I put the phone down. After a few seconds I picked it up again to check I was now getting the dial tone, but instead I could still hear the recorded message!   I think I disconnected the phone fully on one occasion, but usually I just leave it down for 5-10 minutes - although make sure you can hear the dial tone before using again!

There's a known scam where the conman will call you pretending to be a bank or whatever, tell you there's a problem with your account and advise you to end the call and phone your local branch. However while you hang-up, they stay online! When you then try to call your branch, they're still on the call: they can fake a ringtone, and then pretend to be bank staff on the other end of the line... In theory, this no longer works on modern phone networks (and it won't work at all on a mobile phone, which connects to the public network in a different way), but it's still best to be careful...

See "The 'hang-up' phone scam" here:

Common phone scams and how to avoid them - Which?

@Eugene's Lair posted:

I know that if it's a landline call, both sides need to hang-up to drop the call properly. The bank's advice to you father was correct in so far as I've experienced this myself several times: as soon as I realized I was on the receiving end of an automated call, I put the phone down. After a few seconds I picked it up again to check I was now getting the dial tone, but instead I could still hear the recorded message!   I think I disconnected the phone fully on one occasion, but usually I just leave it down for 5-10 minutes - although make sure you can hear the dial tone before using again!

There's a known scam where the conman will call you pretending to be a bank or whatever, tell you there's a problem with your account and advise you to end the call and phone your local branch. However while you hang-up, they stay online! When you then try to call your branch, they're still on the call: they can fake a ringtone, and then pretend to be bank staff on the other end of the line... In theory, this no longer works on modern phone networks (and it won't work at all on a mobile phone, which connects to the public network in a different way), but it's still best to be careful...

See "The 'hang-up' phone scam" here:

Common phone scams and how to avoid them - Which?

Absolutely !

Streetlights.......
Surly with modern techno they should all be sensory.........

@slimfern posted:

Streetlights.......
Surly with modern techno they should all be sensory.........

I agree ....especially the one right outside my bedroom .And I will add sensory house lights that aren’t angled right !

@Eugene's Lair posted:

I know that if it's a landline call, both sides need to hang-up to drop the call properly. The bank's advice to you father was correct in so far as I've experienced this myself several times: as soon as I realized I was on the receiving end of an automated call, I put the phone down. After a few seconds I picked it up again to check I was now getting the dial tone, but instead I could still hear the recorded message!   I think I disconnected the phone fully on one occasion, but usually I just leave it down for 5-10 minutes - although make sure you can hear the dial tone before using again!

There's a known scam where the conman will call you pretending to be a bank or whatever, tell you there's a problem with your account and advise you to end the call and phone your local branch. However while you hang-up, they stay online! When you then try to call your branch, they're still on the call: they can fake a ringtone, and then pretend to be bank staff on the other end of the line... In theory, this no longer works on modern phone networks (and it won't work at all on a mobile phone, which connects to the public network in a different way), but it's still best to be careful...

See "The 'hang-up' phone scam" here:

Common phone scams and how to avoid them - Which?

Yes, they seem to catch a lot of people out with the hang up scam Eugene .

@Baz posted:

Yes, they seem to catch a lot of people out with the hang up scam Eugene .

Over 30,000 scams have been discovered & stopped since covid began

@slimfern posted:

Over 30,000 scams have been discovered & stopped since covid began

Yes , barstewards

Peaceful demonstrations that are so clearly not....

IMO, holding large public gatherings of any kind during a pandemic, is reckless, selfish and beyond irresponsible.

@Yogi19 posted:

IMO, holding large public gatherings of any kind during a pandemic, is reckless, selfish and beyond irresponsible.

I agree 100% Yogi .....there is no excuse for it imo .

I've said it once & I'll say it again....Ads interrupting a tune on you tube.......soooooo chuffing annoying!

"Hello this is BT about you internet connection" - which we don't have

Told him I didn't believe he was genuine and asked if he was Muslim as he had an Indian accent. He asked me why I wanted to know. Asked him what the Koran said about stealing from people.

He asked me if I was Christian which I said I suppose I was and he said,

"I don't have to answer your questions you dirty f*#*ng Christian"   

@Saint posted:

"Hello this is BT about you internet connection" - which we don't have

Told him I didn't believe he was genuine and asked if he was Muslim as he had an Indian accent. He asked me why I wanted to know. Asked him what the Koran said about stealing from people.

He asked me if I was Christian which I said I suppose I was and he said,

"I don't have to answer your questions you dirty f*#*ng Christian"   

Cheeky fecker

Awww you take no notice Saints...

Want me to poke him in the eye for you

@Saint posted:

"Hello this is BT about you internet connection" - which we don't have

Told him I didn't believe he was genuine and asked if he was Muslim as he had an Indian accent. He asked me why I wanted to know. Asked him what the Koran said about stealing from people.

He asked me if I was Christian which I said I suppose I was and he said,

"I don't have to answer your questions you dirty f*#*ng Christian"   

Take no notice Renton….I hope you bliddy well told him to …beep off!

The need for Ambulance drivers to wear bodycams <<<<<<<< more than just an annoyance

What is wrong with these people who think attacking our emergency services is okay!

@slimfern posted:

The need for Ambulance drivers to wear bodycams <<<<<<<< more than just an annoyance

What is wrong with these people who think attacking our emergency services is okay!

It’s appalling Slim.Why would people want to attack folks who are coming to help them …..it beggars belief .

@Baz posted:

It’s appalling Slim.Why would people want to attack folks who are coming to help them …..it beggars belief .

Very often it's bystanders ....scumbags!

@slimfern posted:

Very often it's bystanders ....scumbags!

Yes

Children who stare

Men with cats

Huge sculptures at huge cost to me and you ... that nobody asked for (angel of the North being a perfect example)

Space travel - massive cost that's discovered nothing of any worth - ever.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

@Saint posted:

Children who stare

Men with cats

Huge sculptures at huge cost to me and you ... that nobody asked for (angel of the North being a perfect example)

Space travel - massive cost that's discovered nothing of any worth - ever.

Rocky Horror Picture Show

That darn Verisure alarm advert