Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[Derry Alli]

3 hours ago, Sweet Pete said:

My response now is the same as it was then, if they want to listen to me they're welcome to. I don't know any national secrets, I don't recite nuclear launchcodes and I am not a remotely interesting person. 

That's exactly what a spy would say though.. 

[Sweet Pete]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said:

That's exactly what a spy would say though.. 

[Boghead ranter]

4 hours ago, johnnydun said:

 

Tin foil hat on, but I don't trust these voice activated devices in the home, like Alexa, Siri or Ok Google. I just don't believe that they are not listening all the time, whether it be for something innocent like Ad preferences or something darker like the Government.

Probably makes me sound insane but it's a 'no' from me.

There was a documentary a while back, "What Amazon know about us" or such like it was called. 

As well as going on about what Amazon gleans from your online shopping browsing and buying, there was an ex-exec on who explained how, yes, the Amazon devices are 'listening ' (but not recording) all the time. But, on hearing certain keywords or phrases, they do actually record, or instead send a message back to the Amazon network to update the customer algorithms. 

[invergowrie arab]

People asking for your availability via email when we have linked calendars through Teams which literally tell you who is available and when. 

[DiegoDiego]

That fundamental life saving services such as Mountain Rescue and RNLI are entirely reliant on donations. These should be funded by the government in the same way as the Fire and Rescue service. I'm also looking at you, R in RNLI.

[topcat(The most tip top)]

Fathers who can only express how much they love their children in terms of what acts of violence they’d be capable of if someone touched a hair on their wee heads


Maybe you should go and read them a bedtime story instead of boring strangers like me in the pub

[MacDuffman]

Fathers who can only express how much they love their children in terms of what acts of violence they’d be capable of if someone touched a hair on their wee heads


Maybe you should go and read them a bedtime story instead of boring strangers like me in the pub

That's been bothering you for a while now hasn't it. Can't remember the last conversation I had in a pub.

[Miguel Sanchez]

13 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

That fundamental life saving services such as Mountain Rescue and RNLI are entirely reliant on donations. These should be funded by the government in the same way as the Fire and Rescue service. I'm also looking at you, R in RNLI.

I subscribe to the @Sergeant Wilson school of thought - if you're dumb enough to get stuck up a mountain, you should be left there.

[tamthebam]

6 hours ago, johnnydun said:

Sure it can be utilised without it getting out.

Mind the papers had a phone tapping scandal and we already know the Government tap into calls listening for words relating to terrorism.

Imagine you're having curry for tea and you say

"The rice is in the pot. Korma or Dhansak?"

Alexa hears "Isis plot. Bomb and ransack" and calls the police...

[invergowrie arab]

1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said:

That fundamental life saving services such as Mountain Rescue and RNLI are entirely reliant on donations. These should be funded by the government in the same way as the Fire and Rescue service. I'm also looking at you, R in RNLI.

Dunno about RNLI but MRTs do get govt funding 

[BFTD]

1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

Fathers who can only express how much they love their children in terms of what acts of violence they’d be capable of if someone touched a hair on their wee heads

Maybe you should go and read them a bedtime story instead of boring strangers like me in the pub

Sometimes you get the disturbing impression that they really mean, "I've always wanted to torture someone to death, so here are the circumstances I'm hoping will happen in order for me to feel justified about doing it".

[DiegoDiego]

Dunno about RNLI but MRTs do get govt funding 

Okay, perhaps not entirely reliant but why have a fully funded fire and rescue service but not mountain rescue? I don't see the difference. You can have a nice career in Fire and Rescue but if there's an accident on a mountain you're relying on volunteers.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I subscribe to the @Sergeant Wilson school of thought 

Thought?

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Thought?

Shut up you. @Miguel Sanchezwill be at my side on the first day of power when I sign the order to disband the mountain rescue. They encourage people to go up mountains and deserve all they get.

[Shandon Par]

Replace mountain rescue with mountain lions IMO.

[Melanius Mullarkey]

2 minutes ago, Abby Normal said:

Replace mountain rescue with the coastguard IMO.

Let’s see them get their wee orange boat up Glen Nevis or whatever it’s called.

[Shipa]

20 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said:

Dunno about RNLI but MRTs do get govt funding 

Okay, perhaps not entirely reliant but why have a fully funded fire and rescue service but not mountain rescue? I don't see the difference. You can have a nice career in Fire and Rescue but if there's an accident on a mountain you're relying on volunteers.

The RNLI have made clear that they do not want government funding, and have actually refused it, as they don't want the bureaucracy and political interference that goes with it detracting from what they do.

[Shandon Par]

21 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:

Let’s see them get their wee orange boat up Glen Nevis or whatever it’s called.

That was the Vikings mate.

[Shandon Par]

The first outfit I remember wanting and then getting was some of those RNLI yellow waterproofs (neighbour was a fundraiser for them). Was so proud strutting about the garden in them when it rained. 

[Melanius Mullarkey]

17 minutes ago, Abby Normal said:

That was the Vikings mate.

The Vikings are Glen Nevis?

Huge if true.