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It was unlikely that there was going to be an 'accidental' reason why that car ended up where it did...
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Teslas get really high crash ratings, deliberate or not.

I initially thought "blimey!" - still do in fact - but if you actually do the maths, a 300ft drop would "only" get you up to a speed of ~100mph assuming you had a clear unbroken fall, which it doesn't look like this car had.

Would I drive off a 300ft cliff? No :D It does make you think a bit about driving at 100mph though!
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ZRX61 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:01 pm
Driver is facing three counts of attempted murder.
Does it say why. Speeding, drunk?
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Felix wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:25 pm
ZRX61 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:01 pm
Driver is facing three counts of attempted murder.
Does it say why. Speeding, drunk?
The assumption is it was deliberate.
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Felix wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:25 pm Does it say why. Speeding, drunk?
Tried to kill himself & his family
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ZRX61 wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:33 pm
Tried to kill himself & his family
Oh. Very not nice
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The manufacturers and distributors are too stupid to get the drugs to the shops who want them.
But somehow that's the Govt's fault :D

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-64168959
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:04 pm Just heard a story about a pervert who has been caught after years hiding on the dark web. The world's best couldn't find him.

If perverts can find each other on this web, why can't tech experts find him.

Keep it in simple terms for us numptys :D
They can and they do. I can't tell you very much because it is covered by very strict legal and confidential rules but someone very close to me has spent the last 5 years catching these people and getting them locked up.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:04 pm Just heard a story about a pervert who has been caught after years hiding on the dark web. The world's best couldn't find him.

If perverts can find each other on this web, why can't tech experts find him.

Keep it in simple terms for us numptys :D
It took all the worlds superpowers and trillions of dollars to find Bin Laden and most of the time he lived in a cave.
No wonder Batman did so well.

And evidently plod can't find burglars, muggers, drug dealers, etc on the streets even though there are millions of the buggers out there.
With the crime levels in the UK I'm surprised if the law can find their own arses with both hands.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:04 pm Just heard a story about a pervert who has been caught after years hiding on the dark web. The world's best couldn't find him.

If perverts can find each other on this web, why can't tech experts find him.

Keep it in simple terms for us numptys :D
Probably takes a perve to catch a perve. And all the perves you know about have been locked up, or have no desire to get implicated in something they haven't already been done for.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Jan 04, 2023 7:04 pm Just heard a story about a pervert who has been caught after years hiding on the dark web. The world's best couldn't find him.

If perverts can find each other on this web, why can't tech experts find him.

Keep it in simple terms for us numptys :D
We need perverted experts.
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An animal lover.
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JackyJoll wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:22 pm An animal lover.
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Imagine the cheer that went around when he got back to the farm and told the other bulls :lol:
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McCarthy just lost the 14th vote... Now they can't agree on adjourning until Monday or having the 15th vote tonight. It's now gone 11pm in DC...
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15th vote. They're done & dusted. About fucking time.
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ZRX61 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:38 am 15th vote. They're done & dusted. About fucking time.
I read that one of the key concessions that the ultra-swivel-eyed-loons extracted from the not-quite-so-ultra-sels is the removal of metal detectors at the entrance to the House so they can get in carrying their beloved guns.

Hands up all those that think that's going to end well next time they think a vote has been 'stolen'. :wtf:
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Count Steer wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:47 am
ZRX61 wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:38 am 15th vote. They're done & dusted. About fucking time.
I read that one of the key concessions that the ultra-swivel-eyed-loons extracted from the not-quite-so-ultra-sels is the removal of metal detectors at the entrance to the House so they can get in carrying their beloved guns.

Hands up all those that think that's going to end well next time they think a vote has been 'stolen'. :wtf:
I think you'll have to specify what 'well' means.
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Potter wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 3:26 am
JackyJoll wrote: Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:22 pm An animal lover.
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Imagine the cheer that went around when he got back to the farm and told the other bulls :lol:
That’s a nice thought, but there’s a saying on the farm: “They never come back.”
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Count Steer wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:47 am
I read that one of the key concessions that the ultra-swivel-eyed-loons extracted from the not-quite-so-ultra-sels is the removal of metal detectors at the entrance to the House so they can get in carrying their beloved guns.
Is there a reason you need to be armed for a bit of debating?
Is it so you can defend yourself when Trump/FBI organises a snap riot?
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DefTrap wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:38 am
Count Steer wrote: Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:47 am
I read that one of the key concessions that the ultra-swivel-eyed-loons extracted from the not-quite-so-ultra-sels is the removal of metal detectors at the entrance to the House so they can get in carrying their beloved guns.
Is there a reason you need to be armed for a bit of debating?
Is it so you can defend yourself when Trump/FBI organises a snap riot?
I assume it's so that they can take a few guns in each day and build an armoury ready for when the 'Proud' Boys need to come and defend democracy.
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