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gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:22 am Phone ghouls.

As medics worked to save my dad, people shared photos online

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07ddyv15gzo


I had to perform CPR on a lady involved in a road accident a while ago. Whilst I was doing this, people were filming both me and the casualty. I just don't understand the mentality of it.

I'm sure you can find a nearby Met copper to explain why they do it.

Mussels wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:58 am

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:22 am Phone ghouls.

As medics worked to save my dad, people shared photos online

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07ddyv15gzo


I had to perform CPR on a lady involved in a road accident a while ago. Whilst I was doing this, people were filming both me and the casualty. I just don't understand the mentality of it.

I'm sure you can find a nearby Met copper to explain why they do it.

The incident I refer to, the Met coppers turned up before the paramedics. They set about securing the scene, etc. and I carried on until they took over. Even after that, there wasn't really an attempt to stop people filming, albeit from a longer distance. I guess they are inured to it after all these years and in trying to stop it, they'll just be filmed trying, and failing, to stop it. Sad, really.

Human tendency to stand and gawp at unfolding tragedy is as old as humans themselves. Cameras just let you extend that instinct.

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 1:02 pm

Mussels wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:58 am

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 11:22 am Phone ghouls.

As medics worked to save my dad, people shared photos online

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07ddyv15gzo


I had to perform CPR on a lady involved in a road accident a while ago. Whilst I was doing this, people were filming both me and the casualty. I just don't understand the mentality of it.

I'm sure you can find a nearby Met copper to explain why they do it.

The incident I refer to, the Met coppers turned up before the paramedics. They set about securing the scene, etc. and I carried on until they took over. Even after that, there wasn't really an attempt to stop people filming, albeit from a longer distance. I guess they are inured to it after all these years and in trying to stop it, they'll just be filmed trying, and failing, to stop it. Sad, really.

How would the police stop it? Go up to people and tell them to stop doing that perfectly legal thing that they're doing? It might be heartless, callous or in bad taste, but we don't (yet) have bad taste police.

BBC lunchtime news today. Footballer died in a car crash. FFS, for the amount of coverage it got you would think he was the PM or at least a minor royal. I am sure he was a good footballer but let's get this into perspective. A camera crew and a piece to camera from Spain, another from Liverpool and about 10 mins from the main news desk. How on earth will they cope when I cark it.

And he's still all over the radio & TV 'news' today , if he doesn't roll back the stone in another couple of days I'm going to be miffed

He's an international football star at the top of his game and died in a tragic and horrific way. Of course its going to get massive and international coverage! FWIW I'd never heard of him either, as I don't follow football, but fully understand why its a big story!

Taipan wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 2:58 pm He's an international football star at the top of his game and died in a tragic and horrific way. Of course its going to get massive and international coverage! FWIW I'd never heard of him either, as I don't follow football, but fully understand why its a big story!

I don't get it, the wife doesn't get it, at the end of the day he could have been the next Maradona (insert topical foozeball player of choice) but the coverage is still inordinately way OTT.
Extra coverage for where he's from, maybe a bit on local Liverpool news, but the national news coverage he's gettingis mind boggling.

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 3:17 pm could have been the next Maradona

Been a while since you've followed the sport eh?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 3:37 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 3:17 pm could have been the next Maradona

Been a while since you've followed the sport eh?

I've never followed it, I just can't get it, but he came up on something last week.
So him, Lineker, Beckham, the goalie with the tash, and Rooney are about the only footballers that I could come up with.

Had an appointment to get my wheels powder coated and was supposed to get to the place in Romford this morning, but the main A127 route at Romford is shut and the surrounding roads were gridlocked, so after over an hour of getting nowhere nearer i had to bail on it and come home. Wish I'd known this before I booked the appointment! Feel very sorry for anyone living or running a business in that area!

Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:00 am Wish I'd known this before I booked the appointment! Feel very sorry for anyone living or running a business in that area!

Not seen that type of mapping before.

But for planning ahead, there's this:

https://one.network/

View the map (dates), look for works, see what's happening.

. .
Traffic is moving around the closures. No idea of 'normal', Google showing 26 mins for Brentford to Romford.

Stupid insurance companies.

The boy got a text this morning "we are going to cancel your insurance as you've not provided your licence check code"

So after looking into it they need a DVLA check code....Sure, we get his NI number, licence number and get that..

I then have to sit and wait 40 mins in a queue.

I provide it and all good. However no-where in the application process does it ask for the check code or licence information.

"we send it out so we can get the check code"
"well yes, but it implies we've not provided the code when asked"
"well it's automated and we need it"
"yeah i get that, but we never failed to provide it, you never asked for it"
....

Grrrrrr.

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 7:34 am Mozzies.

It appears I gave blood overnight. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't react so badly. I'm in for a few days of itching.

Plug-in mozzicide dispenser #1 now deployed.

Better late than never.

On the side....we're not a malaria zone. Yet.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/krishnap ... 44161-OLkC

Horse wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:44 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 7:34 am Mozzies.

It appears I gave blood overnight. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't react so badly. I'm in for a few days of itching.

Plug-in mozzicide dispenser #1 now deployed.

Better late than never.

On the side....we're not a malaria zone. Yet.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/krishnap ... 44161-OLkC

Ah. My Linked-in password has gone through that space-time wormhole with all the biros.

Count Steer wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:58 pm

Horse wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:44 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Jul 02, 2025 7:34 am Mozzies.

It appears I gave blood overnight. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't react so badly. I'm in for a few days of itching.

Plug-in mozzicide dispenser #1 now deployed.

Better late than never.

On the side....we're not a malaria zone. Yet.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/krishnap ... 44161-OLkC

Ah. My Linked-in password has gone through that space-time wormhole with all the biros.

Try this

Horse wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 2:05 pm

Count Steer wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:58 pm

Horse wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 1:44 pm

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/krishnap ... 44161-OLkC

Ah. My Linked-in password has gone through that space-time wormhole with all the biros.

Try this

Brilliant! Want one.

Effing Microsoft and their attitude to, well, everything.

Currently boiling my piss is the fact that MS have (sometime in the past month), changed or "uprated" a setting in the spam-email-blocking for Outlook online (what "was" Hotmail), so that far, far less emails get through.

Great for blocking phishing and genuine spam message I'll not argue... however - when that system is silently blocking genuine, legitmate emails being sent from genuine companies: it's a f***ing shitshow. Yes, I've added addresses and domains to the "safe-senders" list - makes no effing difference whatsoever. Trying to tell any customer service rep that you're not receiving their precious emails is pointless.

Trying to talk to Microsoft as a "domestic consumer" is like communicating with .... I dunno... I've run out of crap analogies.


Put it this way... when the revolution comes, there won't be a wall long enough.....