WBMT.....What baffled me today

Truly baffling...My wife has long-wanted us to have a cleaner in but for whatever reason, I don’t like having people around but as I don’t do a lot of it I’ve relented and tomorrow a cleaning lady is starting. Imagine my surprise when I come back onto the drive from the supermarket to see her dusting down the front room window sill :rolleyes:

I‘ve said that I don’t want my study done..I give it a dust down myself and the lady said that most husbands/partners don’t want their study done. Must be to do with personal territory.

It’s an old joke about people doing a quick clean before a cleaner arrives. I used to think it was just that..a joke. Seems not..:)

I shall retreat to the summer house for the duration which starts at 9.00am. :)
 
Why a dashcam needs to be connected to my mobile phone so I can talk to it via alexa amongst other
things I don't need it to do :thinking: :rolleyes:
 
Gremlin said:
Why a dashcam needs to be connected to my mobile phone so I can talk to it via alexa amongst other
things I don't need it to do :thinking: :rolleyes:
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Because they can do it......in other words a product designed by someone who has found a solution & is looking for a problem.
 
WBMT ( Well more recently anyway )
At the height of the lock down when you could walk a dog or exercise locally for an hour,
I used to see a steady stream of dog walkers going up and down the road.
(my man cave overlooks the front of the house)
And herds of Lycra (unsuitably) clad people on 2 wheels.

Now things have been eased, it seems the bikes are back into storage, the Lycra most Likely in the charity bags, and dogs no longer need walking.
 
Cobra said:
Now things have been eased, it seems the bikes are back into storage, the Lycra most Likely in the charity bags, and dogs no longer need walking.
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Heard on the news yesterday that Germany is going to make it mandatory that dogs have to have at least 2 walks a day

www.bbc.co.uk

Walkies could become the law for German dog owners

Taking your dog for twice daily walks, for a total of an hour, could become compulsory from next year.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
Cobra said:
WBMT ( Well more recently anyway )
At the height of the lock down when you could walk a dog or exercise locally for an hour,
I used to see a steady stream of dog walkers going up and down the road.
(my man cave overlooks the front of the house)
And herds of Lycra (unsuitably) clad people on 2 wheels.

Now things have been eased, it seems the bikes are back into storage, the Lycra most Likely in the charity bags, and dogs no longer need walking.
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They have all gone off to the pub.....
 
I got this today from compare the market

Summer has arrived and you might want to spend more time enjoying the great things that it brings - like visiting the beach, hanging out with your favourite people or planning a road trip. That's why we make comparing car insurance quick and easy and you could save up to £289** too, meaning you can spend the money saved on making memories this summer.

1) my insurance isn't due for nearly 9 months,
2) this years premium was slightly more than half the amount they could save me.
Seems like a real bargain to me (y)

:D



 
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A similar discussion was taking place in another thread, but I can't remember which one ....
Bletchley Landfill, run by FCC Environment, has been operating in Drayton Road, from a clay pit that was part of the Newton Longville brickworks, for three decades.
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Actually that's not true I remember as a child living close to that area and it was in its infancy about 50 years ago.

Throughout that time there have been numerous complaints about an "an unpleasant smell" it sometimes casts over parts of Bletchley and the new Newton Leys estate.
Residents also blame the site for a "plague of flies" that invades their homes every summer.
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Newton leys was being built about 15 years ago, and its now a lot bigger than first "declared" in the planning applications extending closer to the landfill site than was first declared ;)
Either way, you knowingly buy a house near a landfill and complain about the smell and flies?
Some people are so stupid :rolleyes:

Current planning permission for the site allows for the landfilling of waste until 2022. FCC has applied to extend operations for a further 10 years after that, saying the facility is not yet full.
But MK Council officers say a further fifteen years in operation would be "harmful to the relative enjoyment of the community."

Cllr Nigel Long, who lives only half a mile from the site, added: “I have long opposed the landfill site.

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Cobra said:
A similar discussion was taking place in another thread, but I can't remember which one ....

Actually that's not true I remember as a child living close to that area and it was in its infancy about 50 years ago.


Newton leys was being built about 15 years ago, and its now a lot bigger than first "declared" in the planning applications extending closer to the landfill site than was first declared ;)
Either way, you knowingly buy a house near a landfill and complain about the smell and flies?
Some people are so stupid :rolleyes:

Current planning permission for the site allows for the landfilling of waste until 2022. FCC has applied to extend operations for a further 10 years after that, saying the facility is not yet full.
But MK Council officers say a further fifteen years in operation would be "harmful to the relative enjoyment of the community."

Cllr Nigel Long, who lives only half a mile from the site, added: “I have long opposed the landfill site.

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Reminds me about the householder that moved into a house adjacent to the school where I was Chair of Governors, who then proceeded to complain to the school about the traffic congestion at the start & end of school day & noise from the students.....:rolleyes:
 
I've mentioned before, I have a young mixed race couple and their young lad, living next door.
They never took any notice of the lock down, and carried on as normal, right through, kids round to play, They'd go away for a long week-end, just like this past one.

I got home today to find 2 police cars and 3 vans outside their house!
We don't f*** about in MK you know (y)
Apparently they arrived around 6 am, I was long gone,


WBMT? I'm not quite sure where the sniffer dog fits in to that equation though :thinking:
 
Cobra said:
I've mentioned before, I have a young mixed race couple and their young lad, living next door.
They never took any notice of the lock down, and carried on as normal, right through, kids round to play, They'd go away for a long week-end, just like this past one.

I got home today to find 2 police cars and 3 vans outside their house!
We don't f*** about in MK you know (y)
Apparently they arrived around 6 am, I was long gone,


WBMT? I'm not quite sure where the sniffer dog fits in to that equation though :thinking:
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Drugs?
 
And now they are loading up one of their cars.
No idea where they went in that case :D
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Drugs?
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In all seriousness, you never can tell, they are a really nice apparently normal couple, they always say "Hi"
But he does occasionally have some very expensive exotic cars parked on the drive way Porsche Lambo's McLaren ...

Apparently he works for an exotic car hire company as a delivery driver It makes you wonder exactly what he was delivering ;)
 
Cobra said:
In all seriousness, you never can tell, they are a really nice apparently normal couple, they always say "Hi"
But he does occasionally have some very expensive exotic cars parked on the drive way Porsche Lambo's McLaren ...

Apparently he works for an exotic car hire company as a delivery driver It makes you wonder exactly what he was delivering ;)
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Or that's what he's told you. :D Some of the worst serial-killers are absolutely charming. I always smile when the TV people visit a road in a decent neighbourhood when a neighbour or neighbours have been arrested for criminal activity crime and what do we hear ? "I was really shocked to see all the police,you don't expect that sort of thing round here, it's a quiet neighbourhood " Yeah,....probably why they chose the location....lol. TV editors love the term 'shocked' You will also hear.."They just used to say Hi, seemed a very nice..chap/couple,don;'t know much about them, they kept themselves to themselves".

Did they have any regular visitors ?

BTW...What make of dog was it ?:)
 
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Or that's what he's told you.
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Well the Exotics were only there a couple of days, the family cars are quite expensive top of the range type things,
German mostly ;)


JohnC6 said:
Did they have any regular visitors ?
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As before about ignoring lock down, yes but it was mostly families that turned up.

JohnC6 said:
BTW...What make of dog was it ?
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A 4 legged one apparently. I was only told about that by another neighbour, it was long gone before I got home.

Chuckle time, I was outside getting something from the van after the police had left, a woman pulls up and starts telling me that she "Lived on the corner"
Err Ok I've never seen you before but OK.
She starts asking me all sorts of questions ..
Errr if you are that bothered go knock on the door I wasn't here when it all kicked off, You probably know more than I do
With that she got back in her car and drove off .. nosy bitch!
 
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Well the Exotics were only there a couple of days, the family cars are quite expensive top of the range type things,
German mostly ;)
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Yes, they make excellent top of the range cars, these Germans. They seem to (well, they do) do everything well. Their GDP loss re Covid is the lowest in the EU.

Client Challenge

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As before about ignoring lock down, yes but it was mostly families that turned up.
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Often, crime runs in families :D

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A 4 legged one apparently. I was only told about that by another neighbour, it was long gone before I got home.
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Lol. It was a bit of humour the what make bit. I just wondered if it was an Alsatian (for possible trouble) or an English Springer Spaniel which seem to be favoured...for their high sense of smell,I assume.

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Chuckle time, I was outside getting something from the van after the police had left, a woman pulls up and starts telling me that she "Lived on the corner"
Err Ok I've never seen you before but OK.
She starts asking me all sorts of questions ..
Errr if you are that bothered go knock on the door I wasn't here when it all kicked off, You probably know more than I do
With that she got back in her car and drove off .. nosy bitch!
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Years ago we had a gay chap (26-ish) living next door and the women on the other side of him was the original Mrs. Nosey, I'm sure. The chap had to move. She'd peer through his living room window and if she saw a new face turn up she'd ask him who his new boyfriend was. One day she was travelling home in their car and saw him on his bicycle on a bridge over a local dual-carriageway under which were public toilets which had (they've been knocked down) a reputation, shall I say and unbelievably asked him what he was doing there, knowing full well. Her family's moved since.
 
Allow me to tidy your quotes of my posts :p
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Often, crime runs in families :D
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Yeah who would suspect 5/6 year old's eh? :D

JohnC6 said:
Lol. It was a bit of humour the what make bit.
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And I replied in the same vein (y)

JohnC6 said:
The chap had to move. She'd peer through his living room window and if she saw a new face turn up she'd ask him who his new boyfriend was
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WTF? nosy cow indeed.
I'd open a window and stick a hose pipe out of it!
Or maybe better still, a bucket of water out of the window above (y)
 
Cobra said:
I got home today to find 2 police cars and 3 vans outside their house!
We don't f*** about in MK you know (y)
Apparently they arrived around 6 am, I was long gone,
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An update, I don't know for sure the guy next door was the one involved but "dawn raids" took place yesterday, as part of an on going investigation ....

Local police worked alongside specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) to raid 13 different addresses.
The addresses were in MK, High Wycombe, London and Kent.
Seven people were arrested on suspicion of serious offences, including conspiracy to supply class A drugs and conspiracy to supply firearms.

Source
 
Cobra said:
An update, I don't know for sure the guy next door was the one involved but "dawn raids" took place yesterday, as part of an on going investigation ....

Local police worked alongside specialist officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) to raid 13 different addresses.
The addresses were in MK, High Wycombe, London and Kent.
Seven people were arrested on suspicion of serious offences, including conspiracy to supply class A drugs and conspiracy to supply firearms.

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... and there you were saying what a nice couple they seemed ... :LOL:
 
Tigger.ufo said:
... and there you were saying what a nice couple they seemed ... :LOL:
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Absolutely.
He's only a young guy 30-ish always pleasant always ready to stop for a chat.
But they I guess they don't all look like the Cray's these days, eh?

Its his Mrs I feel for, especially if she didn't know ...
And of course their young lad, 5-ish.
 
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I guess its a possibility, not that I know everyone of course ... but I'd not seen her before ..
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Reminds me of an incident in our local pub years ago, it was just down the road from a training yard where that year's Grand National winner was kept. It was Sunday lunchtime the day after the race and this complete stranger toddles in and sparks up a chat with the locals at the bar "That was a good win yesterday for (name of horse), I was just driving past and thought I'd stop by as I heard the owner was going to bring him down here to show the locals this lunchtime?".

He was met with a round of replies such as "Not that we've heard", "No, he never comes in here", etc. at which point our chatty new friend decided to leave without even buying a drink. We watched him go out through the door and as soon as he'd gone we all looked at each other and muttered "Press!". It was a nice country pub and we all looked after each other's privacy... the horse could have been in the bloody tap room and we still wouldn't have told the b****r! :)
 
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I hate the press; when I was Chair of Governors at a secondary school we had a student who sadly died while on a school 'outward bound' trip. I managed to slip into school dodging the press circus that appeared..... the school entrance & surrounding roads were choked with media, the journalists were stopping students and staff on their way out of school , intent upon trying to find out more and find someone to blame.

When the truth emerged, that the child had a previously undetected heart condition and had gone to his room after a day of fun to lie down & died on his bed despite the frantic efforts of staff & paramedics who were on the scene in minutes the media circus vanished.... no story worth reporting. B@$t@rd$ !
 
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I hate the press; when I was Chair of Governors at a secondary school we had a student who sadly died while on a school 'outward bound' trip. I managed to slip into school dodging the press circus that appeared..... the school entrance & surrounding roads were choked with media, the journalists were stopping students and staff on their way out of school , intent upon trying to find out more and find someone to blame.

When the truth emerged, that the child had a previously undetected heart condition and had gone to his room after a day of fun to lie down & died on his bed despite the frantic efforts of staff & paramedics who were on the scene in minutes the media circus vanished.... no story worth reporting. B@$t@rd$ !
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My sentiments too. My near neighbour and I have,on a couple of occasions when press intrusion has been evident in the news, discussed how we'd react if something serious happened involving a neighbour and what we'd say if door-knocked and asked about the incident or what sort of person the neighbour(s) was. We'd say we'd just got back from holiday..not long moved in and knew no-one and if they explained what happed, don't react. Remember the days when they'd ask the appalling question when some close family member had been killed.. "How did you feel when you heard it was your husband/wife son/daughter etc ? We don't hear that these days but some questions still come pretty close .

We need an inquiring press and investigative journalism is vital but it's generally the 'bread and butter' stuff that gets them unloved.

Just as an aside there's the way they interview people where eg..floods have happened. They ask a question which they already know the answer to and we,the viewers, know they know. During the 2013/14 flooding in Somerset one TV reporter was outside the flooded house of a man being interviewed and he was telling the reporter about how it's affected friends and neighbours and then the reporter said 'Have you been flooded ?" "Oh yes," he said and went on to describe the state of his house. Why don't the reporters just say "..And you've suffered flooding yourself could you tell us how bad it was ? : I can't see the point of it.

Also..is it really necessary to say so and so, who is the son/daughter (even if they're well into adulthood) of and say who one of the parents is if he or she is in a prominent position in any organisation or worse..the son of a teacher at the local school.
 
WBMT?
It seems that I missed another highway code up date ...

I over took a BMW yesterday, I was doing roughly *cough* the speed limit, well the exhausts need the cobwebs blown out of them from time to time :D

The BMW then chased me down the road ( a long straight Dual carriageway)
Only slowing back down to somewhere near the legal limit once he passed me..

Maybe its it the drivers handbook to be offended once over taken and not the highway code after all?

( I totally out maneuvered him on the next roundabout ...
All he saw was a pair of tail pipes, briefly, and I never saw him again :D )
 
I was just wondering what that scratching sound was. Search 1.gif
Turns out it was the claws of a spider walking on the wallpaper. (y) Spider 1.gif
 
It was late, and he was in an awkward-to-get-to spot, so I just left him to wander round.
I'm sure to see him again when he's easier to reach (then, jam jar time).
 
Tori_T said:
It was late, and he was in an awkward-to-get-to spot, so I just left him to wander round.
I'm sure to see him again when he's easier to reach (then, jam jar time).
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Dyson? (other brands of vacuum cleaners are available)
 
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So did our cat, but watching it chomp on a spider with its legs hanging out of her mouth was gruesome.....
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My cats of years gone by, used to dine on Daddy long legs ( Crane fly's)
And then they'd come inside to puke them back up again :rolleyes:

Spiders of all sorts are welcome here, they keep down the less undesirables (y)
 
broc said:
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That's a bit harsh,Brian :D

I'm usually summoned by my wife when a Tegenaria domesctica..ok..a house spider...appears so,like TT I catch it in a jar/tumbler and relocate it in the garage as they are an 'indoor' species...domesctica ? :)
 
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