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[Taff]

An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. They work very effectively. There's been numerous incidents where owners have been startled by a rescue helicopter hovering over their shed. Of course it went off by mistake and not because you were fiddling with it.

Wouldn't work under water

A radio one may not, but a locator beacon that operates on sonar certainly would, and they’re pretty cheap and readily available. Afaik aircraft that have cvr and fdr fitted have them

Right now, a sonar Ping every few seconds would massively improve their chances of being found

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

In the early 90s interest rates hit something like 15%, lots of people (including my friend Dave) had their houses repossessed because they couldn't pay the mortgage, it took Dave years to get past this economic issue, at no point did Dave ask for a handout from the Government to help him out, he got on with working and sorted himself out financially, as did lots of other people.

In the mid 90s I had negative equity and outgoings more than my incomings, I had to borrow money to get through this period and spent years paying it off.

And now you want people who went through house repossession and negative equity to pay the mortgages of people who aren't prepared to go through the same shit as we did.

That's like saying i went though the war and you lot should go through one too.

Isn't life about making things better, rather than just going around in circles?

Shouldn't people have learned from the lessons of the past and known that interest rates could go up?
I think that if you want help with your mortgage whoever helps you out should own part of your house.

[JackyJoll]

Pogue questioned CEO Stockton Rush about the ‘jerry-rigged nature’ of some of the components…

Is that a combination of the best bits of jury-rigged and jerry-built?

[irie]

Anyone getting into that jerry built submarine pile of crap without even a rescue beacon or worst case evacuation/rescue plan puts their lives in the hands of luck. Seems that the die is cast and they got unlucky and will therefore die. No sympathy here.

[Pirahna]

Man gets 24 weeks inside for wanking on a seagull!

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[Mr. Dazzle]

Man gets 24 weeks inside for wanking on a seagull!

https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/21/sunderla ... sfeed_news

That's not how you're supposed to seagull!

[Mussels]

Man gets 24 weeks inside for wanking on a seagull!

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Since when were seagulls protected animals, I thought they were vermin?

The court also heard that police discovered Lee had been watching porn which involved animals when they searched his phone. The prosecution argued this would have distressed the seagull even more.

Would it have been less distressed if it was just a topless woman in the video?

[Screwdriver]

Damn. I had no idea that was illegal.

[Ant]

What a beautiful set of teeth he has.

[JackyJoll]

Damn. I had no idea that was illegal.

That’s half the fun.

[Ant]

Maybe he just couldn't get a gullfriend.

[ZRX61]

An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. They work very effectively. There's been numerous incidents where owners have been startled by a rescue helicopter hovering over their shed. Of course it went off by mistake and not because you were fiddling with it.

We had a bloke working on an aircraft ELT at Duxford one afternoon. SAR Sea King shows up...He about shit his drawers & was in full blown panic mode. Actually ran away & hid.

Turns out they were on a check flight & just dropped in for a visit, but the timing was perfect.

In the US there is a certain time of day when you can test one without Thunderbird 2 showing up (I think it's about a 5 minute window)

[irie]

Man gets 24 weeks inside for wanking on a seagull!

https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/21/sunderla ... sfeed_news

Since when were seagulls protected animals, I thought they were vermin?

The court also heard that police discovered Lee had been watching porn which involved animals when they searched his phone. The prosecution argued this would have distressed the seagull even more.

Would it have been less distressed if it was just a topless woman in the video?

Seagulls are vermin.

But they are a protected species under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Go figure.

[Cousin Jack]

Man gets 24 weeks inside for wanking on a seagull!

https://metro.co.uk/2023/06/21/sunderla ... sfeed_news

Since when were seagulls protected animals, I thought they were vermin?

The court also heard that police discovered Lee had been watching porn which involved animals when they searched his phone. The prosecution argued this would have distressed the seagull even more.

Would it have been less distressed if it was just a topless woman in the video?

Seagulls are vermin.

But they are a protected species under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.

Go figure.

Blame the RSPB.

[Greenman]

In the early 90s interest rates hit something like 15%, lots of people (including my friend Dave) had their houses repossessed because they couldn't pay the mortgage, it took Dave years to get past this economic issue, at no point did Dave ask for a handout from the Government to help him out, he got on with working and sorted himself out financially, as did lots of other people.

In the mid 90s I had negative equity and outgoings more than my incomings, I had to borrow money to get through this period and spent years paying it off.

And now you want people who went through house repossession and negative equity to pay the mortgages of people who aren't prepared to go through the same shit as we did.

That's like saying i went though the war and you lot should go through one too.

Isn't life about making things better, rather than just going around in circles?

Shouldn't people have learned from the lessons of the past and known that interest rates could go up?
I think that if you want help with your mortgage whoever helps you out should own part of your house.

Isn't that my Bank managers job, oh no wait, his job is to take as much from me as he can, sorry, i forgot we were talking about bankers for a minute there...

I see your point, but do people realistically have time to be constantly looking at mortgage rates? Even if you are on the ball what changes could you make to get around having to pay the higher rates? They have you over a barrel as you obviously found out when you went into negative equity - why did you not think ahead and stop that from happening?

My first thought in the morning isn't "i wonder if my mortgage rate will go up in 2025, i must spend 3 hours today researching" - i just don't have the time, and nor do many others!

I rely on my bank to advise my correctly in the first place and to continue to advise me as thinhgs go along but we all know all they want to do is drain as much money out of you as possible so this doesn't happen.

[Mussels]

That's like saying i went though the war and you lot should go through one too.

Isn't life about making things better, rather than just going around in circles?

Shouldn't people have learned from the lessons of the past and known that interest rates could go up?
I think that if you want help with your mortgage whoever helps you out should own part of your house.

Isn't that my Bank managers job, oh no wait, his job is to take as much from me as he can, sorry, i forgot we were talking about bankers for a minute there...

I see your point, but do people realistically have time to be constantly looking at mortgage rates? Even if you are on the ball what changes could you make to get around having to pay the higher rates? They have you over a barrel as you obviously found out when you went into negative equity - why did you not think ahead and stop that from happening?

My first thought in the morning isn't "i wonder if my mortgage rate will go up in 2025, i must spend 3 hours today researching" - i just don't have the time, and nor do many others!

I rely on my bank to advise my correctly in the first place and to continue to advise me as thinhgs go along but we all know all they want to do is drain as much money out of you as possible so this doesn't happen.

When you take out a mortgage you should consider levels of risk, I decided that 15% was unlikely but 8% was quite possible. The last person I'd ask about financial products is my bank manager, that's what an IFA is for. As an IFA makes money on comission it isn't costing me anything so it's a bit of a no-brainer.
I've tried going direct but there's no way I can get that comission back for my efforts so there's little point.

[Taipan]

Looks like the Submariners are dead now. If it's under water and they find it right now, the recovery time is longer than the air supply will last.

[Taipan]

In the early 90s interest rates hit something like 15%, lots of people (including my friend Dave) had their houses repossessed because they couldn't pay the mortgage, it took Dave years to get past this economic issue, at no point did Dave ask for a handout from the Government to help him out, he got on with working and sorted himself out financially, as did lots of other people.

In the mid 90s I had negative equity and outgoings more than my incomings, I had to borrow money to get through this period and spent years paying it off.

And now you want people who went through house repossession and negative equity to pay the mortgages of people who aren't prepared to go through the same shit as we did.

That's like saying i went though the war and you lot should go through one too.

Isn't life about making things better, rather than just going around in circles?

Shouldn't people have learned from the lessons of the past and known that interest rates could go up?
I think that if you want help with your mortgage whoever helps you out should own part of your house.

For a lot of people this time is the last shot they'll get at getting on the property ladder. So for many its a risk worth taking. I'd rather take that risk and own my own property when I retire than be at the mercy of rents and landlords!

[Screwdriver]

Looks like the Submariners are dead now. If it's under water and they find it right now, the recovery time is longer than the air supply will last.

They still exist in a superposition.

Appreciate that's a kind of oxymoron.

WTF, I did it again!!

[Yambo]

Looks like the Submariners are dead now. If it's under water and they find it right now, the recovery time is longer than the air supply will last.

They still exist in a superposition.

Appreciate that's a kind of oxymoron.

WTF, I did it again!!

I think we should consult Schrödinger, he'll know.