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14 minutes ago, D Ash said:
With the current publicity surrounding out of control large dogs, I asked my dog's trainer how to get the attacking dog off should one attack my dog.
She said to grab the attacking dog by it's rear legs and hoist it off the ground.
Given Bully XL's weigh 60kg or more I'm not sure that I could lift one and in any case would then be worried that the dog's gnashers would be dangerously close to my crown jewels!
But you eventually have to release the dog from this position, and what will it then do to you?
people on internet say the only way to stop such big dog attacking is to chock them(either by twisting the collar or a using your arm), and wait for them to pass out. they are usually back on feet within a few minutes disoriented, so you need to escape within that time.
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Since the story broke, the internet is full of 'my dog wont hurt a fly, its the owners/breeders never the dog' from dog moms and dads.
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On 30/08/2023 at 11:32, IanD said:
Unfortunately I suspect it would need similar letters and articles in papers like the Daily Wail and Torygraph to have much chance of attracting the attention of government, not a lefty liberal woke one like the Grauniad... 😞
that's a good point. Especially if what 'lefty woke liberals' want, when added up will probably be many times UK govt income.
its better sold as 'preserving heritage, wildlife and beauty of UK' than some special interest group wanting taxpayer money to maintain their lifestyle.
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I have heard american boomers using LOL for 'lots of love'(as in: so sorry your pet rabbit died, LOL)
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Just now, D Ash said:
Is that an anagram?
I think its WTF ... for 'What the F'
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4 minutes ago, Jerra said:MY problem is what is considered bad language. For example, in a recent discussion on toilets, we were told not to use the four letter word for feaces. I have heard the four letter version used in public and on TV but it would appear it is unacceptable on here.
Equally using the first two letters then 1 and then the last letter has, for the 12 years or so I have been a member, been accepted. If it is why object to the usual word they both look the same.
There are times when moderation has driven me away for two or three months, if things get any sillier I will have to give myself another break.
moderating is hard, one needs to use judgement while being impartial. You dont want to be too harsh, else you will drive away traffic to rival forums. But you also dont want it to be free for all. Also its an unpaid job.
which is why I hardly ever get upset about moderators, they are doing their best, am sure.
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10 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
I was going to write, "don't use any word you wouldn't have said in front of your grandmother", but I don't doubt that there are people on here whose grandmothers habitually swore like wounded pirates, so that was never going to work.
i have been notified for using f-word, probably forum software flagged. I am a fan of using f-word as qualifier.
Anyway, I do want a crackdown on personal attack, no matter how tempting it is, one should not do it and consider it as weakness of character.(and we do fail time to time, its a failure nevertheless)
However its so prevalent on this forum, we probably need a start date of such enforcement. Otherwise people will complain, 'why did you not act upon xyz comment posted 2 days ago'?
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I think personal attack have never been enforced, but it should.
No view on bad language, some of them do add colour to conversation.
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12 minutes ago, blackrose said:
Would something cheap like this work, connected by bluetooth to your phone?
Dioche Wireless Web Camera Bluetooth Wireless Cfor OMPuter Camera Webcam Hd 1080P Wireless Wifi Remote Home Chargeable Camera For Desktop Notebook Tv Box (White) https://amzn.eu/d/idASJWi
assuming its a 30+ ft boat, not sure about the data transfer speed (and whether you can even connect). plus it seems to be an indoor cam.
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2 minutes ago, magnetman said:
This does work.
I have a 4G camera which I can view with the phone. It takes its own data sim £10 a month. Quite good and a sensible suggestion to solve this problem.
some brands like eufy/reolink have local storage option so in theory one might do away with £10 data sim(just use a cheap wifi router) if using for navigation. google says its fiddly but possible if you are a nerd
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can you not use an outdoor security cam and view on your tablet/mobile? like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eufy-eufy-eufyCam-Solo-2K
or a wired one.
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14 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
It's all part of the advertising economy. You use your card for any puchase, and that goes into the database to be flogged off for targetted advertising. Not a problem any more as most people have gizmos in their houses reporting to Amazon or Google whenever they mention anything that might be sold to them. Not worth worrying about.
I use cash whenever possible, at least in towns where there is still a bank. Of course the fewer people that use cash, the more banks can close branches, the more you have to use a card and the more profit they make. Everyone's a winner!
dont think the card (debit/credit) issuers know what i am buying... Some of them do allow you to group your expenditure so you can track where your money is going... but thats about it.
the store loyalty card may track buying habit.
Another positive about card apart from convenience is its all tracked and people cant avoid paying tax easily.
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11 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
This is one of the reason I went back to loose leaf tea. You can measure the portion you need for the size/number of mugs/cups to be made. Also, tea bags are not biodegradeable in any reasonable time frame. You can get tea strainers that have a fine enough mesh that you don't get a mouthful of tea leave on the last sip.
Drinking Yorkshire tea helps support the many tea plantations in the hills around Harrogate. 😀
loose tea is expensive... but then I drink normal tetley so probably every other tea is pricier.
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13 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
With CaRT's commitment to cycling, the Caldon, Little Venice, Birmingham and any other roundabout should be upgraded to a Dutch style roundabout to make it safer for cyclists to use.
By PRZ (Pierre ROUZEAU) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75491486
I quite like american freedom roundabout
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I voted indifferent, meaning do whatever is easy and cheap.
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9 minutes ago, Chris John said:
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Makes me chuckle a bit this. Forum members seem happy for others to be called a tosser (yes I did report it) but when someone posts something asking a question to someone that had a aggressive confrontation and that may help someone else avoid such a confrontation members are up in arms.
I can tell my reasoning... the issue is that the boat owner is quite possibly is not a member and has no way of telling his/her side of story. You have no idea in which forum what they are talking about you or your boat by taking picture(and everybody believing them).
I am in no way saying OP is lying, in fact I am pretty convinced that they are shaken from this encounter and may be should file a police report.
There is this thing called doxxing in which people post offline pictures of houses/addresses (against whom they have some missgivings), most of the time nothing happens but sometimes it does lead to vigilantism. The word is more appropriate in anonymous forums, against members.
Now its upto you whether you are convinced by my reason or not.
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11 minutes ago, Athy said:
This has already been discussed. Perhaps you have not read through the topic.
If you haven't, then it would be useful for you to do so. If you have, which part of "no" do you not understand?
To the door marked "Moderators", while you go and buy a lottery ticket. If you can get five numbers again, you could be quids in.
I have gone through posts, have not seen anywhere @Chris John saying 'no'. Happy to be proven wrong though?
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On 30/08/2022 at 11:39, Chris John said:
Is this the boat?. Moored opposite Debdale Wharf right next to a no mooring sign. I think I’d be inclined to fill out an incident report form with CRT..........
please remove this now that the OP has seen and responded.
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that's pretty scary, stay safe OP.
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is it because of wifi frequency, have you tried 2.4 as well as 5mz band
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16 hours ago, Goliath said:
You’ll need to PM him
Hope you find what you’re looking for.
I am after his boat, whatever gender it might be
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1 hour ago, Feeby100 said:
Well there you have it blind to it
everybody expressing their opinion and keeping it very civil including LadyG.
People are allowed to have different views. Hope you dont visit any political thread otherwise you will have a heart attack.
ontopic: OP are you looking for love? or a relation that can potentially be romantic?
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On 13/06/2022 at 15:08, doratheexplorer said:
The bit in bold above is hopeful to the point of naivety. Tax to the government will only increase if governments legislate to collect that tax and to close the loopholes which form. The current situation with huge global corporations had led to widespead tax avoidance which will only get worse. Automation will make these companies more efficient and productive but there's only 2 ways the rest of us will see the benefit of that:
1. Prices for products and services drop.
2. The state is able to claim far greater taxes off these companies than they do now.
As I said previously, I'd prefer option 2, which that wealth being redstributed in the form of a UBI. Option 1 would be problem because those remaining in work would be effectively richer while the rest of the population would be dependent on our current benefits system, claiming job seekers allowance for jobs which don't exist, so that cheaper product would still be unaffordable.
And remember, AI isn't just going to arrive fully formed. It will get better and better until it's used for almost all jobs. This would free up the human population to a life of leisure and the pursuit of those things which makes them happy and fulfilled (eg boating). But that can only happen if the wealth which is created is given back to us all.
since I dont know the amount needed(to implement UBC) I wont pretend that I know the extend govt should collect extra tax(additional tax on corporate / closing loopholes)
may be it will be more than enough, may be it will not even make a dent. There might be a moral case for govt to do it anyway but that's not the point of argument.
to repeat, without numbers its all emotions and feelings. Which is important but gets a bit boring to argue after a while. cheers.
Also please note, I am(from my first post onwards) talking about whether we 'can' not whether we 'should'. Avoid more copypasta trying to prove the later please.
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3 hours ago, doratheexplorer said:
Difficult to say. In simplistic terms the cost of handing out money is going to be high. The actual picture is more complex. Leaving people financially destitute has an actual cost and a societal cost. Reducing individual stress will lead to savings.
With the accelerating advances in AI, society will soon reach a crunch point because so many jobs will be lost. The choices will be:
1. Legislate against AI.
2. Allow half to population to be unemployed and destitute with the consequent societal breakdown which would inevitably occur. (This is the head-in-the-sand option).
3. Legislate for a redstribution of wealth by taxing the ever more profitable corporations to allow payment of a basic income.
Look at it this way: A few years ago supermarkets introduced automatic tills. Many people got cross about this because it led to people losing their jobs, but they were all missing the point. The supermarkets made the change because it was more profitable to them. In that situation it's the job of government to take some of those profits to provide for those who lost their jobs.
This change has been going on since the time of the Luddites and increase mechanisation in factories and farms. The ultimate solution was a bodge: the creation of the welfare state but also the creation of non essential jobs, to keep the masses compliant.
A huge shock to the system is coming, when all those calls centre jobs are gone; when all driving jobs are gone. We're talking millions of people. We need a sensible conversation about how to manage that. For example: do we want ever cheaper taxi rides, or do we want to pay the same for a driverless taxi but pay a universal basic income. I would prefer the second option, but I suspect we'll sleepwalk into the first option and then wonder why half the population are rioting.
I suspect the countries which have that sensible conversation will come out of it all the strongest.
The forthcoming "AI world" should be the greatest opportunity in history to raise the world's population out of drudgery, hunger and servitude. Will that happen? Probably not.
most of the countries in the developing world have welfare programs. Even with corruption(expected from immature democracies) its more or less in line with the income their govt can hope to get. Unfortunately their income is pretty less.
Most of the developed world(probably except US) has advanced welfare programs. This costs more but the govts can get more money out of their working population / corporation to be able to expand the welfare spending.
Now I dont understand why it has to be any different with onset of more automation. It will only increase the productivity and tax to the govt. Govt will be spending that extra money on the sort of welfare you want to see. With more global peace, they might get away much less spending on defence.
I lied a bit when I said most of the developed world has advanced welfare program because we have higher productivity compared to developing countries. Its also because our govt has access to cheap loans. So they have expanded the welfare beyond what their tax base will allow. One solution is to increase taxation to bring welfare spending in line. Increased personal tax is not very popular with british public, so 'tax the rich and tax the corporate seems to be go-to solution'.
I think we should increase taxation across the board.
I would say with much more automation, we will probably catch up and be able to massively expand welfare to include universal basic income. We don't begrudge the poor when they access NHS. Why would universal basic income be any different?
The issue is, the economy needs to produce enough for govt to take a cut and spread it across. I think for universal basic income, the pie need to be bigger, just taking a bigger cut wont suffice.
but then we are arguing without numbers, so these all words mean very little.
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in New to Boating?
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why not use a portable bidet
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water flosser if you are feeling adventurous