What have you done today thread?
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Plus if you're doing what the chap in the photo appears to be doing, you probably want to get on and do that, not stop for pics.
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…and while we’re dealing with such details, the link includes the expression “bridal footpaths”. Are they the ones usually called Lovers’ Lane or similar?
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The Internet is dogging, I mean dogged, with such errors.
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Booked a week in Kos .
I understand it's about the only Greek island left with any tinder-dry vegetation just about ready to combust...
I understand it's about the only Greek island left with any tinder-dry vegetation just about ready to combust...
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Got an MOT for the CBR at FWR then came home the longish way via the A2 - saw traffic police doing speed checks with Handheld device (actually looked like pair of Binoculars) in Deptford .
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S'funny, but I haven't a cop with a speedgun for years, now they seem to be popping up all over the place?asmethurst99 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:06 pm Got an MOT for the CBR at FWR then came home the longish way via the A2 - saw traffic police doing speed checks with Handheld device (actually looked like pair of Binoculars) in Deptford .
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No idea, but it does look odd. I guess it was to improve the view inside the vehicle, kit bags, etc.
They track our location even when using our own cars.
@Yorick This is me driving, remember. I taught Captain Slow everything he knows. I doubt driver aids will get any use
Hmmm well perhaps. We are dressed in green ...
One? Dozens of them!
Photoshop cut & paste? Daz can check all the windows
If he's intending to carry the defibrillator in one hand, then swing out the kit bag with his right, he's a lot stronger than I am! The kit bag has an oxygen cylinder in it.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:39 am Plus if you're doing what the chap in the photo appears to be doing, you probably want to get on and do that, not stop for pics.
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Always, or just on work maters, commuting or similar?Horse wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:43 pmNo idea, but it does look odd. I guess it was to improve the view inside the vehicle, kit bags, etc.
They track our location even when using our own cars.
@Yorick This is me driving, remember. I taught Captain Slow everything he knows. I doubt driver aids will get any use
Hmmm well perhaps. We are dressed in green ...
One? Dozens of them!
Photoshop cut & paste? Daz can check all the windows
If he's intending to carry the defibrillator in one hand, then swing out the kit bag with his right, he's a lot stronger than I am! The kit bag has an oxygen cylinder in it.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:39 am Plus if you're doing what the chap in the photo appears to be doing, you probably want to get on and do that, not stop for pics.
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As 'people' we have individual ID numbers.
Each kit has a call sign (some CFRs share a kit), as does the vehicle which has its own kit bag and extra gear.
The call sign is allocated to a dedicated, charity owned, phone, so it's the phone that gets the alert.
Phone is only on when I'm going to log on to the system and be on call. From that point on they know where I am. Part of the alert is to automatically load the incident location into GPS and plot the route.
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Yes - and some bits of that route are 30 instead of 20 .Taipan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:32 pmS'funny, but I haven't a cop with a speedgun for years, now they seem to be popping up all over the place?asmethurst99 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:06 pm Got an MOT for the CBR at FWR then came home the longish way via the A2 - saw traffic police doing speed checks with Handheld device (actually looked like pair of Binoculars) in Deptford .
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Right. When I drove for the bank the vehicle walkround check was latterly done on a phone. As an occasional driver I didn't have a bank issued phone and the app they used was always on, even in the background and afair it couldn't be disabled in settings nor would it run with location being set to on.
I used a 2nd phone that was only turned on while I did the walkround and it had sent the data. Other than that it was either in airplane mode or off. After all, why would I need my phone to be on when I was driving, it's not like I could answer it.
I used a 2nd phone that was only turned on while I did the walkround and it had sent the data. Other than that it was either in airplane mode or off. After all, why would I need my phone to be on when I was driving, it's not like I could answer it.
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Probably listening to everything you said, monitoring your online activities, reading messages, so they could sack you if you were reputationally risky
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Pen's nephew and 4 pals are over and hired some leccy MTBs with me planned as guide.
All 19 and full of bravado in pub night before.
So yesterday I took them on 3 hour tough ride.
They had to get off and push for 3 or 4 short bits, but only way to get through.
Blunted by 3 punctures on 1 bike. Luckily I had proper tools.
But only gave them 2 spare tubes, so I'd to shoot home for the mighty Duster as recovery vehicle after 3rd punctures
They were impressed it got there.
Then 4 followed me home and I made it tough
They loved it as they'd never have found the routes and stunning scenery
All 19 and full of bravado in pub night before.
So yesterday I took them on 3 hour tough ride.
They had to get off and push for 3 or 4 short bits, but only way to get through.
Blunted by 3 punctures on 1 bike. Luckily I had proper tools.
But only gave them 2 spare tubes, so I'd to shoot home for the mighty Duster as recovery vehicle after 3rd punctures
They were impressed it got there.
Then 4 followed me home and I made it tough
They loved it as they'd never have found the routes and stunning scenery
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Reputationally risky? I'm pretty sure the transport manager celebrated when I handing in my notice. I was so far down the foodchain I wasn't even allowed on the internet. Yet my expenses claims were signed off almost instantly, they certainly weren't checked in any detail. My line manager being on a different island helped I think.
Locally at least I was indispensible, the service stopped after I left.
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Drove home from north Wales being chased by a big bastard weather front all the way.
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Woke up around 3am with really bad chest pains. Still got them now. My initial thought was that I was about to shuffle off my mortal coil, but in the cold light of day I think it's trapped wind...
Jeeeeez, is it uncomfortable though.
Jeeeeez, is it uncomfortable though.
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Ring 111 and they should fast track you to ambulatory services at your local hospital. If it is indigestion, I can assure you they won't think you've wasted their time as I'm sure @Horse will confirm! Worse case scenario, you'll be in the right place and that can literally be difference between life and death. Oh and dibs on the Trumpet !
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6 hrs with unusual “indigestion” pain - I don’t think so. I hope you’re ok, and I hope you contacted 111. That happened to me 2 years ago, I got a difficult stent put in and I’m fine now. And still alive, which is a bonus. YKIMS. Update?
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I trust that you you did the sensible thing and googled it?Taipan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 12:34 pmRing 111 and they should fast track you to ambulatory services at your local hospital. If it is indigestion, I can assure you they won't think you've wasted their time as I'm sure @Horse will confirm! Worse case scenario, you'll be in the right place and that can literally be difference between life and death.
As said, whatever they think privately (if you fart at them), it would be considered very seriously.
An ambo crew would ask about other symptoms*, and stick you on a monitor, and could probably see whether there is anything ongoing. If they take you in to A&E (or 'ED' now), a blood test could show if you'd had a heart attack.
And being really cheery:
“Most heart attacks hit during the early morning hours from 4 – 10 am when blood platelets are stickier, and there is increased adrenaline released from the adrenal glands that can trigger rupture of plaques in coronary arteries,”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mygrandstr ... 3famp=true
Hope you're ok.
* At which point you say: "pull my finger!"
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