@franksinatra – yup same – always wanted to follow my old man as a pilot in the RAF, that was a definite no, then fire brigade – no, police – no, army – only admin (whoopee).

Then you get into areas where colourblindness has an effect on you being able to do the job properly – it’s huge – railways, electronics, all sorts of jobs.

Did you get the pencil crayon treatment all through school? As soon as someone finds out you are colourblind, out come the crayons “What colour is this?….”

@cougar – it’s impossible to describe as we have never seen the world as you see it, we have no perception of how the coloured seeing person sees the colours.

That website is the best thing I have ever seen as a way of trying to show the effect.

This site helps explain to non colourblind people precisely what the world looks like to us.

http://www.colourblindawareness.org/%5B/url%5D

I’m Protanopic, showed my mum a few months ago, she was staggered by the difference – there are pages to compare various images – she was very upset at what I had had to struggle with, but as I have never not been coloublind it’s not an issue for me.

However, it is a real **** when you start to look at the jobs that rely on colour vision. Not only that, not having someone to tell you your blue cords are purple and you look like Robin Hood in all green when you had no idea, is a bit of a pisser too.

Ci Baroni

@Cletus – sadly not. The Leppings Lane terrace was small front to back with a large central tunnel. The surge down the tunnel and onto the terrace was a common sight. Sadly, the opportunity to spill left and right was hard to achieve and contributed to the crush at the front.

MrsCat is fine with everything living – spiders, ants, moths, all manner of insects, arachnids and such like, except when they are dead, then she freaks.
I am the household undertaker.

paulosoxo – Member

Has anyone commenting on this thread ever actually stood on the terraces at Hillsborough?

Yes, me, on the East Bank for my sins and for too long, in the dark, dark days of Jack Charlton, Tommy Tynan, Roger Wilde, Jeff Johnson, Chris Turner et al.

You were hardly likely to be crushed as the standing joke used to be “I turned to the bloke next to me and said -OI!”

I kicked our flask over and it went down about 20 steps before it hit the person in front.

Only when big clubs came did it fill up, they were just crap at managing large number of fans in an era when fighting came first, then the football.

Unless you have clauses in your employment contract that stipulate that you have to sell the shares upon resignation as a director (been on the wrong end of one of these) then I’d go for the equity increase. Others have given good advice on the Newboy.

Poor, there are so many other reasons to dislike certain types of teacher, being in your way as you use a car to drop off a kid at school is probably the least of them.

Scary to say this but Hora has made a good point. I was dragged to Hillsborough as a kid by my uncle & my dad from the late 70s to the early 80s and it could be bloody scary at some games. Fights on the terraces, attacks on players, missiles from the crowds and lots of drunken fans.
The Leppings Lane terrace was an accident waiting to happen but not unique. I recall a nasty incident on the pitch at Oldham sparking Wednesday fans to riot and wreck the ground. It was all a bit Clockwork Orange at that time, the football was just something that happened at the same time.

Can’t help thinking that by the end of this series the Dr and Sherlock will interchangeable.
Since the return I’ve been like a big kid on Sat nights, Russell T Davies was a better show runner than Moffatt but he got a bit self indulgent towards the end. Matt Smith could have been very good if not hampered by the writing and the annoying Amy Pond. Capaldi is heading in the right direction but the writing needs to tighten up. Robin Hood was weak but Listen was better, I like the slightly unpredictable nature of the character. Looking forward to this Saturday.

MrsCat suggested the bulge under the blanket was an enormous erection!!!

Took eldest out for a driving lesson earlier, just before we left he was having a brotherly verbal abuse session aimed at his younger brother during which he called him an arse, to which the youngest responded “you can’t possible an arse, they have a sphincter that shuts them up!”
Still chuckling now.

Awesome! Remember you telling me about her after the Pootle – sounds like a brilliant mum.

+1 for The Great Game – breathtaking hardly does it credit, ties back into current affairs too!

+1 Paddy Leigh Fermor – especially the one about capturing the German general on Crete, just reading a biog about him now – inspirational stuff.

Peppered Mushroom and Stilton

First Xmas lights spotted on a house in Sheffield yesterday!!! 😯

Quite often they are used to drop your details into a CRM system so the sales monkeys can peter you indefinitely.

I believe that email addresses on a website can now be masked using Javascrpt, but they used to be harvested and used for spamming – forms stopped that and forms with captcha worked even better.

They also make sure you give sufficient info to allow the company to have a clue what you really want, etc.

Also, I’m pretty sure you are required to have a full address, tel no and company reg no if you are trading on line and you are a limited company – meeting our tech director later this morning so will check the last one.

[Paisley]
Otter, otter rubbish!
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@hedgehog – just arrived and seen what you meant. 😆

Love it, best riding is in winter. Empty trails, fewer tourists and every ride feels like an adventure. 😀

Yes, as said ^^^ plug the gaps so there is a dead air layer between the glass and the film. You apply double sided tape to the frame, stick the film in place and shrink it tight with a hair dryer. Works a treat. We work in a listed barn and it made a massive difference but stopping cold draughts will help.

If you are constantly wondering if you are doing it correctly, you probably are.
If you think you’re the perfect parent you are probably not.

Enjoy every second it goes soooo fast, our eldest was born a couple of years ago, he’s now 17! 😯

EDIT: if you are fed up with them not sleeping wait until they hit their teens you’ll be fed up that the don’t wake up.

Hmmmm….no!

Looked more like this:

Too busy watching Drac jousting with a speed freak on the dead biker thread.

People from Rotherham on holiday?

Keasea’s other login?

But Pook, is it safer than Rotherham?

We’re booked in.
No riding sadly, MrsCat’s metalwork in her back stops her riding, I shall view it as a reconnaissance exercise as well as a chance to buy some comfortable shoes, Tofu and hummus.

😀

circle one is reasonable gear, sale shouldn’t come into it unless it was a seconds sale rail. I’d pop in and see if they will swap it or repair for free, worth an ask.

Not sure what you mean by “exclusions” and depends on make and value of the suit, cheap one from a ‘beach’ shop or a decent brand from a proper shop – more chance with the latter. Some places do repairs if the lack of receipt is a problem – was the seam just glued or blind stitched and glued?

I, for one, am ready.

Colleague is a Swede – vapes like a chimney, pops snus like a champ and drinks fully leaded thick black filter coffee with 2 teaspoons of sugar.

He’s the most tranquil and laid back person I know, if he stopped his ‘habits’ he become completely sedentary!

twinw4ll +1

First thing my instructor told me before I got on my bike was “All those bastards out there are out to kill you, remember that and ride accordingly.”

Tragic for someone so young to die in such a pointless manner, but I would say he was riding recklessly by not reading the road, adjusting his speed accordingly and observing the hazards. V sad.

Still a little amazed by the documentary last night, it would seem Rotherham attracts those groups who have patterns of behaviour are ones that most would consider antisocial or even illegal.

Maybe this is a result of the less than rigorous attention of the council & plod to their behaviour & ‘culture’.

Onzadog – I would look elsewhere or very, very carefully, there are a few nice bits (Pooksville) but most are still close to grim bits. Ask for local advice.

Me too, he’s being generous 😀

Pockets!?! Pockets!?! With the exception of the ‘stockbroker belt’ of Wickersley the town resembles an entire suit made of pockets.

I’m guessing that this documentary was from the same series produced by Rotherham Tourist Board that brought you Rubber Lips Teaches People in Rotherham Not to Eat Rubbish and Mary Portas Tells Everyone in Rotherham to Open a Shop!

My eldest worked out that the model Mallard would be just under a grand! 😯

Join the Scouts* – you get a fetching uniform, badges and a nice warm Scout leader to keep you warm in the evenings!

*(I may be doing the Scout Assoc a bit of a disservice here 😀 )

Superb article.
Wonder what effect the drive to have academic qualifications ahead of life experience has in these cases – qualified to the hilt but clueless about real life?

Gurniad reporting there may be an issue with SYP – big shock after Orgreave and Hillsborough – do some folk live completely disconnected from reality?!

“South Yorkshire police was under further pressure today after an audit by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) concluded that officers in its public protection unit spent “a great deal deal of time trying to disprove” victims’ allegations.”

“…inspectors had examined 53 reports to South Yorkshire’s specialist departments. Out of those, 34 crimes should have been recorded – but only 18 were, the report said. Of these 18 crimes, eight fell outside the 72-hour limit allowed to record incidents.”

Hard to make this stuff up! That’s less than 1 in 3.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/aug/28/south-yorkshire-police-hmic-report-rotherham

Ferris-Beuller – Member
The more i hear about what goes on, the more i believe David Icke is right.

Why, did he break the grooming story?

Loved Rhodes out of season – 95% of the island is beautiful.
Crete is probably my favourite – so much to see and do from sport to culture.

Firstly, good luck to all those undergoing medical attention or waiting for new arrivals.

I’m looking forward to:

The next Peaks Pootle – come on Pook, finger out chap!
Winter, inc log fires, riding in horrendous weather, frost and snow
Work settling down again and having time to get out on the bike.
Finishing the house extension before we are ready to downsize!