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[sigh]

17 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Why would he build it again?

More money to be made from the sequel

[Ramandu]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-62561928

Portugal leading Brazil an old human heart for them to parade round the country. Going to go and see it @Grays Babylon 1875?

Brazil comes out of this looking a bit heartless. 

 

(I'll do my own tumbleweed thank you very much)

[Guest milne_afc]

https://news.sky.com/video/kyra-hill-father-leonard-hill-speaks-to-sky-news-12679276
 

Strange. Very strange.

[Fridge]

For the love of fuck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62630867

[Beachend Bootboy]

3 minutes ago, Fridge said:

For the love of fuck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62630867

Absolutely disgustin'.  I wonder if they'll dance on the picket lines when things go tits up there.  Utter cunts.

[manboobs109]

5 minutes ago, Fridge said:

For the love of fuck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62630867

The pigs are a fucking shambles nowadays.

[Guest milne_afc]

You could certainly show them how to run a Rapid Response unit, BBB, tfs(that’s for sure) x

[cheesepipes]

14 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

https://news.sky.com/video/kyra-hill-father-leonard-hill-speaks-to-sky-news-12679276
 

Strange. Very strange.

I was more emotional when Theo Snelders left.

[Don Fonte]

18 minutes ago, milne_afc said:

https://news.sky.com/video/kyra-hill-father-leonard-hill-speaks-to-sky-news-12679276
 

Strange. Very strange.

His demeanour disturbs me.  He's involved somehow.

[Beachend Bootboy]

Very strange.  Doesn't seem overly upset.  Looks like he's lookin' for somebody to blame.  Thought the 'race card' was gonna come out there.

[Don Fonte]

23 minutes ago, Beachend Bootboy said:

Very strange.  Doesn't seem overly upset.  Looks like he's lookin' for somebody to blame.  Thought the 'race card' was gonna come out there.

Not his fault his daughter can't swim I guess.

The water park's response is a bit vague also. Although it'd need to be legally it seems they're almost implying there's more to it.

One for the Hat PI thread.

 

[Ohjimmyjimmy]

There’s absolutely no excuse for a 11 year old kid not having been taught how to swim.

I’d not let a kid who cannot swim go to a swim party - whether there is a non-swimmers area or not.

Horrible to lose a kid but he needs to reflect and consider what more he could have done as a father to prepare his child for the world  imo.

Swimming is a life skill, however too many kids leave school still unable to swim. Unfortunately black and minority ethnic groups are amongst the worst - fucking awful at it. 

imo they should be called out for it - teach you kids to swim or save us the crocodile tears.

[Ke1t]

23 minutes ago, Ohjimmyjimmy said:

There’s absolutely no excuse for a 11 year old kid not having been taught how to swim.

I’d not let a kid who cannot swim go to a swim party - whether there is a non-swimmers area or not.

Horrible to lose a kid but he needs to reflect and consider what more he could have done as a father to prepare his child for the world  imo.

Swimming is a life skill, however too many kids leave school still unable to swim. Unfortunately black and minority ethnic groups are amongst the worst - fucking awful at it. 

imo they should be called out for it - teach you kids to swim or save us the crocodile tears.

Too many people shit out kids without a care in the world, and expect the kid to just succeed without guidance or life skills. 

Often there's natural attrition, (kid can't swim, send him to a swimming pool) and for the survivors we do need people to dig ditches. 

[frankie_mac's_4]

2 yearly HUET refreshers in schools. Sorted

[maryhilldon]

Water Based Activities it was called when I was in school (my school had its own 25m pool). I can only remember tying a knot at the ankles of pyjama bottoms then throwing them over your head to fill with air as a makeshift bouyancy aid. Oh, and learning how to do an Eskimo roll in a canoe. Valuable skills ive never had to utilise.

[Ramandu]

48 minutes ago, frankie_mac's_4 said:

2 yearly HUET refreshers in schools. Sorted

You can do the HUET training without being able to swim though.

[elephantstone78]

1 hour ago, maryhilldon said:

Water Based Activities it was called when I was in school (my school had its own 25m pool). I can only remember tying a knot at the ankles of pyjama bottoms then throwing them over your head to fill with air as a makeshift bouyancy aid. Oh, and learning how to do an Eskimo roll in a canoe. Valuable skills ive never had to utilise.

Haha brings back good memories. 
 

Did a school canoeing course at Strathclyde park. More likely to get cholera than drown in that water. Manky, but still better than history and tech every Tuesday afternoon. 

[maryhilldon]

16 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

We had to rescue a plastic brick from the bottom of the deep end. Thankfully never had to use these skills either but I know what to do should I ever encounter a drowning plastic brick. 

Aye, I remember rescuing a brick as well. It was a skill I'd already honed, we used to throw our locker keys in and rescue them at a much younger age. I reckon I could've been a competent pearl diver by the age of 10.

[For Fecks Sake]

45 years old, fucking hell ?

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressandjournal.co.uk%2Ffp%2Fnews%2Fcrime-courts%2F4693156%2Fmask-refusenik-called-sainsbury-staff-social-racists-and-laughed-at-space-alien-police%2F

[maryhilldon]

18 minutes ago, For Fecks Sake said:

45 years old, fucking hell ?

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressandjournal.co.uk%2Ffp%2Fnews%2Fcrime-courts%2F4693156%2Fmask-refusenik-called-sainsbury-staff-social-racists-and-laughed-at-space-alien-police%2F

Sounds like a ledge.

[Ke1t]

13 minutes ago, For Fecks Sake said:

45 years old, fucking hell ?

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressandjournal.co.uk%2Ffp%2Fnews%2Fcrime-courts%2F4693156%2Fmask-refusenik-called-sainsbury-staff-social-racists-and-laughed-at-space-alien-police%2F

Where do you even start with that? 

*"Defence agent Debbie Ginniver said her client had been self-medicating with alcohol at the time"

Is self-medicating with alcohol even a thing? Isn't that just getting pished? 

*“And when asked why he was going to murder them, he replied ‘because I am a muppet’.”

*The court heard how Sanders then resisted arrest, repeatedly kicked one officer and called others “muppets and gingers”

*The court heard Sanders had just completed a period of supervision and was in the midst of a separate unpaid work order for previous offending whereby he was going to rob a bank and murder a phone thief. 

This might be the single greatest serious article ever written. 

Just checking some of the other articles written by Kathryn Wylie.

That looks like a fucking brilliant job. 

* Whisky thief brandished Buckfast bottle at police during breakfast disturbance - "“A lot of this offending took place when she was under the influences of drugs or alcohol or both."

* Mum who crashed car into wall at 10am was SIX times the limit

* Landlord headbutted former tenant in brawl outside Tesco

* Neighbour posted lit cigarette through letterbox then brandished metal pole in woman’s garden

* Drugged-up council worker smashed car into railings at Haudagain roundabout

* Aberdeenshire farmworker denies inhumanely killing pigs – by hitting them with hammer

* ‘Get off me!’ - Tradesman attacked girlfriend in front of horrified friends

[Bournemouth Gee]

Got my 8 metre badge.

Just saying 

[maryhilldon]

15 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Castlemilk baths we went to as well for swimming lessons. The deep end there was 14 ft iirc. We weren’t rescuing anything from that depth. 

14 ft?  ?  That's quite excessive if there's no diving boards?

[maryhilldon]

1 minute ago, Sooper-hanz said:

There was three platforms I think. 

The main pool, or a separate diving pool?

[BitWait]

We all learned to swim in the harbour at the village I was brought up in. Pick a spot - jump in - swim to the steps or drown. No wetsuits.

[BrianFaePerth]

5 hours ago, Ohjimmyjimmy said:

There’s absolutely no excuse for a 11 year old kid not having been taught how to swim.

I’d not let a kid who cannot swim go to a swim party - whether there is a non-swimmers area or not.

Horrible to lose a kid but he needs to reflect and consider what more he could have done as a father to prepare his child for the world  imo.

Swimming is a life skill, however too many kids leave school still unable to swim. Unfortunately black and minority ethnic groups are amongst the worst - fucking awful at it. 

imo they should be called out for it - teach you kids to swim or save us the crocodile tears.

Agreed 100%

[maryhilldon]

I don't remember anyone being taught how to swim. It was just something you figured out,  like ridin lampposts.

[Poodler]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62633946
 

 

interesting that they won’t release the last footage seen of her (the body cam footage from the police/ ambulance)

 

suspect that’ll change the public opinion. I’m not convinced she’s the angelic student nurse they’ve been portraying 

[maryhilldon]

6 minutes ago, Poodler said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62633946
 

 

interesting that they won’t release the last footage seen of her (the body cam footage from the police/ ambulance)

 

suspect that’ll change the public opinion. I’m not convinced she’s the angelic student nurse they’ve been portraying 

Just scrolled through that article. She sounds like a right raver that's lost the plot. 

[CCB III]

4 hours ago, Poodler said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62633946
 

 

interesting that they won’t release the last footage seen of her (the body cam footage from the police/ ambulance)

 

suspect that’ll change the public opinion. I’m not convinced she’s the angelic student nurse they’ve been portraying 

Quite probable she's mentally unwell. 
 

Maybe she's a nice lassie going through something.