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Felix wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:59 pm Give it time. We will be loosing Black paint.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-59494786
They kept the Black. :roll:
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slowsider wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:52 pm
Felix wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:59 pm Give it time. We will be loosing Black paint.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-59494786
They kept the Black. :roll:
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irie wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:38 pm We have a Blackboy Lane near us in PO18, every time I go past it I'm surprised the name hasn't changed.
They might need to rename Blackboy village first.
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Potter wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:22 am These things might happen with recruits, a stray round left in a pocket accidentally gets loaded along with blanks in the field by a tired recruit with limited experience, but there is no excuse for a professional armourer doing it.
But it happens.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indepe ... html%3famp

Keith Tilbury, who worked in a control room at Thames Valley Police, was taking part in firearms awareness training when Pc David Micklethwaite shot him in the stomach, causing devastating injuries.
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Releasing its report into the incident today, the police watchdog said it was "astonishing" that procedures were not in place to prevent such an accident happening in the classroom.

Micklethwaite loaded live ammunition into a .44 Magnum revolver, failing to check whether it was a dummy round after taking it from a Quality Street tin used for storage.

He told the IPCC he believed all ammunition in there was inert, adding that he "wouldn't expect to find them (live ammunition) in a flipping Quality Street tin, just chucked in there loosely with all the other bits and pieces." He added: "It's just a no no."
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So - to ask a naive question - why don't blanks look different so that it's bleeding obvious?
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Potter wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 7:22 am Alex Baldwin fears career could be over and the armourer that handled the weapon in question is worried she might never work as an armourer again - let's hope so.
Incredibly, from the gist of this story it looks like they're going after the supplier, like it's his fault that an armourer can't tell the difference between live and blank rounds. If a stray live round found its way into a box of blanks then it's a big problem, but it still hasn't killed anyone until an armourer loads it into a gun. These things might happen with recruits, a stray round left in a pocket accidentally gets loaded along with blanks in the field by a tired recruit with limited experience, but there is no excuse for a professional armourer doing it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59514525
Swiss cheese thing, any one of them could have prevented it so they all need investigating and prosecuting as applicable.
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DefTrap wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:04 am So - to ask a naive question - why don't blanks look different so that it's bleeding obvious?
Some do - I've only ever seen one :) - it had a red plastic section instead of a bullet, that had 'burst' when used.

But I think it was said that they were also using lookalike fakes on set too.
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Felix wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:53 pm
slowsider wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:52 pm
Felix wrote: Thu Dec 02, 2021 5:59 pm Give it time. We will be loosing Black paint.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... e-59494786
They kept the Black. :roll:
Nay flies on you
So why will we be losing Black paint?
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News from France, https://order-order.com/2021/12/02/brea ... rst-round/
Michel Barnier has been knocked out of the Republican primary race in the first round, coming third with 23.8% of the vote:
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Maybe we should try voting again in the hope he gets the right result next time round?
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Bum squad called to hospital after man gets shell stuck up his poop chute, shocker!! Anyone on here?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-n ... r-22354925
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Pirahna wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 2:33 pm Bum squad called to hospital after man gets shell stuck up his poop chute, shocker!! Anyone on here?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-n ... r-22354925
Lucky Alec Baldwin wasn't involved.

Or Micheal Caine - he was only trying to blow the bloody back doors off.
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Potter wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 8:10 am
Pirahna wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 2:33 pm Bum squad called to hospital after man gets shell stuck up his poop chute, shocker!! Anyone on here?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-n ... r-22354925
I wonder if he gets fired.
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Potter wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 8:10 am
Pirahna wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 2:33 pm Bum squad called to hospital after man gets shell stuck up his poop chute, shocker!! Anyone on here?

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-n ... r-22354925
I wonder if he gets fired.
If it goes to court, will he get let off?
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Pirahna wrote: Fri Dec 03, 2021 2:33 pm man gets shell stuck up his poop chute
That’s clear proof of cowardice in battle.
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And two "motorcyclists" have been seen running over a seal pup in Norfolk........
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We’ll all be glowing soon, looks like Vladimir is winding himself up to invade Ukraine.
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Felix wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 8:34 pm Hippo's have covid

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59516896
Hippo’s what?
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David wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2021 6:38 pm And two "motorcyclists" have been seen running over a seal pup in Norfolk........
Probably a dead one. viewtopic.php?t=4335