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DefTrap wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:37 am Calm down Nostradamus - are there really no shed projects that you can show us FFS.? ;)
This morning I am mostly doing this:

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It's "The Secret Shed". The square frame shows the original height. Coincidentally two band stands high. It was made from bandstands and fence panels with a few zipties to hold down the roof.

Now the neighbour has installed a "lovely" new plastic fence (!). I can expand...
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KungFooBob wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:11 am I've always said that people who wear them are wrong'uns.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-66920778
From Yorkshire, eh.
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ZRX61 wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:03 am Canadian PM & Zelensky just honored a Ukrainian member of the Waffen SS. Apparently a lot of people are a bit miffed about this.
Someone must have forgotten what they once learned about keeping their head down.

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/09/26/ ... om-canada/
A Polish government minister has launched a bid to extradite Yaroslav Hunka, the 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian man who fought in a German-Nazi division during World War Two and last week received a standing ovation in Canada’s parliament.
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JackyJoll wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:18 pm
ZRX61 wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:03 am Canadian PM & Zelensky just honored a Ukrainian member of the Waffen SS. Apparently a lot of people are a bit miffed about this.
Someone must have forgotten what they once learned about keeping their head down.

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/09/26/ ... om-canada/
A Polish government minister has launched a bid to extradite Yaroslav Hunka, the 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian man who fought in a German-Nazi division during World War Two and last week received a standing ovation in Canada’s parliament.
I guess Putin was correct when he told the Russians they were fighting nazi's... bit awkward for the West...
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I'm sure even Putin can defeat 98 year old ex soldiers. Unless Nazis have some sort of special abilities I'm unaware of? Maybe Yaroslav Hunka is taking the same pills that are keeping Trump and Biden upright?
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It is, if nothing else, a good indicator of why a spontaneous standing ovation should not be a barometer of greatness.
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Biden damn near did a half-gainer down the *short stairs* from Air Farce One again today. That makes 11 in total (so far).
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DefTrap wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:31 pm I'm sure even Putin can defeat 98 year old ex soldiers. Unless Nazis have some sort of special abilities I'm unaware of? Maybe Yaroslav Hunka is taking the same pills that are keeping Trump and Biden upright?
Handed a great PR success to Putin...On one hand we have the Ukrainian PM denying there are Ukrainian Nazi's.. then the Canadian Parliament wheels one out for a standing ovation in his presence. Putin: "Told ya so.."
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ZRX61 wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 10:25 pm
DefTrap wrote: Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:31 pm I'm sure even Putin can defeat 98 year old ex soldiers. Unless Nazis have some sort of special abilities I'm unaware of? Maybe Yaroslav Hunka is taking the same pills that are keeping Trump and Biden upright?
Handed a great PR success to Putin...On one hand we have the Ukrainian PM denying there are Ukrainian Nazi's.. then the Canadian Parliament wheels one out for a standing ovation in his presence. Putin: "Told ya so.."
I suspect the "Ukrainian PM" would probably also like to extradite Yaroslav Hunka to Ukraine to face trial for war crimes.

There remain Nazi war criminals in other places in the world - for example in Bariloche in Argentina and still a few (very old men) there. Visited Bariloche years ago, interesting place.
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Didn't look like it was slowing much at all, brake failure?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dramatic-mome ... 00645.html

Other news agencies are claiming the aircraft had links to Wagner.
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Hard to see in the video 'cause these things get distorted, but it seems like it landed really far down the runway? So maybe the pilot should've "gone around", didn't, half bailed out and then changed their mind?

Dunno - maybe they were blinded by a laser fired from a Russian satellite?
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It will almost certainly have been a Russian (nee Belarusian) sponsored operation, apparently delivering military equipment and personnel. Headed for Turkey which is a bit odd under the circumstances (Azerbaijan v. Armenia etc.).

Are we at war with Oceania and allied with Eurasia currently or v.v.? I can't keep up...
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KungFooBob wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:36 am Didn't look like it was slowing much at all, brake failure?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dramatic-mome ... 00645.html

Other news agencies are claiming the aircraft had links to Wagner.
Didn't see any reverse thrust.
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Then you've got all the one's in between...jeez. 🤦‍♂️
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Potter wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:59 pm https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66950240

Woman demands to be treated equally, then when she can't pass a fitness test she demands to be treated like a woman, who apparently aren't equal to men.
I do wonder what happened to equal pay for equal work.
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Potter wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:59 pm https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66950240

Woman demands to be treated equally, then when she can't pass a fitness test she demands to be treated like a woman, who apparently aren't equal to men.
BBC wrote: Ms Brown repeatedly failed to meet the 7.6 level but the tribunal found she had not been given the opportunity to formally attempt a different test called the "Chester treadmill test". This involves running on a treadmill while the gradient is increased every two minutes.

She had been given one chance to try it as a familiarisation exercise but when she struggled to balance she wasn't encouraged to persevere, or given any guidance. The tribunal found no other means of reaching the equivalent of 7.6 on the bleep test were discussed.
She should have been encouraged to persevere with the "Chester treadmill test" and if she failed (as it seems she very likely would) then she would have had no grounds for her action.
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Mussels wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 5:50 pm
Potter wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:59 pm https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66950240

Woman demands to be treated equally, then when she can't pass a fitness test she demands to be treated like a woman, who apparently aren't equal to men.
I do wonder what happened to equal pay for equal work.
I think you will find that it's equal pay for work of equal value. It came about after women working in a canteen in a shipyard said their work was of equal value to welders - they needed far more qualifications than a welder and they weren't being treated properly.

This case had nothing to do with equal pay - it was about a women being expected to meet equal fitness test scores as men. If you read the article you'll see that the MoD police discriminated against her because they didn't allow her to take an alternative test. They were stupid as she'd have probably failed that test as well and they could have got rid of her with no comeback.
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Potter wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:59 pm https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66950240

Woman demands to be treated equally, then when she can't pass a fitness test she demands to be treated like a woman, who apparently aren't equal to men.
I'm not seeing anything in that report that states she 'demanded' to be treated equally :?:
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I feel like "Chester Treadmill" is a euphemism for something but I bet it's just named after the guy who invented the test :(
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:58 pm I feel like "Chester Treadmill" is a euphemism for something but I bet it's just named after the guy who invented the test :(
Is Chester Draws involved?