The Retirement Thread

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postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
My mother in law passed away last Thursday as you know But what you don't know was,she loved Thorntons chocolates,well she has a stash put away nine boxes in fact.So they have been divvied up,and we are eating ours with afternoon coffee,not all at one go.It's bringing a smile to my face.Bless her.
 

PaulSB

Squire
Permission? Eh? Who gave out the permission for the refugees from the M61 to divert through Chorley? I'm not happy. M61 closed.

Left home an hour early for appointment in Leigh. Plenty of time. Spotted the M61 was rammed so popped through town. Gridlocked!!! :cursing: 36 minutes to do four miles. Had to turn round and go home. :cursing:

I don't block up the M61 for you so stick to your own roads not mine! #grumpyoldsod

Thanks for listening. I'll make tea now. Mrs P needs feeding and she's either sofa or bed bound.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
There is a thread HERE about a robbery/attack on Mark Cavendish and his family. :sad:

What I'd like to know is why CCTV footage often seems so bloody useless! Affordable technology exists to take very good quality images even in poor light so why does CCTV often produce images that are so poor that you would struggle to even recognise a family member by them? :wacko:

Ok, to answer my own question (after Googling)... storage space needed! Good quality pictures take up a lot of space and footage is retained for a long time. Why not record at high quality, buffer that for a day or so, then archive it at a lower quality later. If something like this attack happened then police could download the high quality images before they got archived.
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
There is a thread HERE about a robbery/attack on Mark Cavendish and his family. :sad:

What I'd like to know is why CCTV footage often seems so bloody useless! Affordable technology exists to take very good quality images even in poor light so why does CCTV often produce images that are so poor that you would struggle to even recognise a family member by them? :wacko:

Ok, to answer my own question (after Googling)... storage space needed! Good quality pictures take up a lot of space and footage is retained for a long time. Why not record at high quality, buffer that for a day or so, then archive it at a lower quality later. If something like this attack happened then police could download the high quality images before they got archived.


We have trail camera that takes fabulous pictures even in the pitch dark. Many a time we have seen photos of otters in the dead of night on it.
 

oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
There seemed to have been a lot of rain here before I got up, and the wind was very strong and gusty. It had stopped raining though so I took my chance to get out for a quick walk to the station for my Metro. (It was too windy to get the bike out!)

I just checked - we have had more rain since then, but it has stopped again and the wind has dropped. I can even see some blue sky as the sun is setting.

The noise from next door seems to be being made by builders rather than the householders themselves. Hopefully that means the work will be completed more quickly!

The owner of dog-the-size-of-a-pony has let it crap bang in the middle of the pavement again and not picked it up. Once again, they didn't even bother dragging it 1 metre to the gutter... Why bother, eh, when there is a perfectly decent pedestrian path to cover with excrement? It's a bloody good job that I don't actually witness this happening or I could very easily get involved in a horrible neighbours-from-hell battle. (Scooping up the damn sh*t with a shovel and throwing it over their fence into their yard, then getting into a fight about that...)

I strongly suspect that I do know who is responsible. There are a couple of very large husky-like dogs owned by a family down the road. I sometimes see the dogs being taken on a tour of the local streets. I haven't see any other dogs round here big enough to produce those mounds. Still, suspicion is not proof, and it is probably better that I don't find out who is responsible! :cursing:
I had a similar problem with a large turd being deposited on our shop doorway every morning. Went down early and waited on the seaward side of the street. Sure enough the warden of the SYHA hostel came along with his Alsatian which proceeded to defecate on the shop doorstep. It was not a peaceful confrontation but he did clear it up and never reappeared.😠
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
We have trail camera that takes fabulous pictures even in the pitch dark. Many a time we have seen photos of otters in the dead of night on it.
Exactly!

I've just been hunting around and there are some very good videos taken by CCTV. I don't know why the owners of the crappy cameras are satisfied with theirs!

I had a similar problem with a large turd being deposited on our shop doorway every morning. Went down early and waited on the seaward side of the street. Sure enough the warden of the SYHA hostel came along with his Alsatian which proceeded to defecate on the shop doorstep. It was not a peaceful confrontation but he did clear it up and never reappeared.😠
It is such a bloody selfish, antisocial and disgusting thing... I am not sure that I would be able to control myself if I demanded that such a dog owner pick up but they just laughed and told me to eff off! :cursing:

That's why I think it is better that I DON'T catch them at it. I suspect that it is happening very early in the morning or very late at night so the chances of me spotting it happen are slim unless I made a point of trying to catch them. Fortunately, it is only a few times a year. (Here - they probably do it somewhere else on their walk every day!)
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
This is what made me mention the cameras...

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What use is that? :wacko:
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Bored? Got half an hour to spare? Looking for a distraction? Why not pop over to the Visibility thread?

:cuppa::popcorn:
I have, more than once, and been told what I meant to say.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
“ The need to indicate “ on the commuting section is heading that way .
This week a thread on garden waste collection has been locked. Amazing some people can get really angry that others choose to pay there council for garden waste collection.
I got banned from taking garden waste to the recycling centres, by the local council.
I've since got my waste carriers licence, no trailer operator license or need to become a registered owner required. These last two bits further annoyed the council, as they had their objections already planned. I get the appropriate license for my class of vehicle, pedal cycle, and I'll be there collecting my permit from the office.
 

BoldonLad

Not part of the Elite
Location
South Tyneside
I got banned from taking garden waste to the recycling centres, by the local council.
I've since got my waste carriers licence, no trailer operator license or need to become a registered owner required. These last two bits further annoyed the council, as they had their objections already planned. I get the appropriate license for my class of vehicle, pedal cycle, and I'll be there collecting my permit from the office.

Interesting. I have not observed anyone using our local Council Recycling Centre, on a bicycle, but, there is a prominent sign stating that Pedestrians may not enter.

Good luck!
 
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