News Items - bonkers

[faraway saint]

As I listen to the radio all day I hear some news items that are, well, mind blowing.

Some baffling, some sad, some amusing but plenty, on the surface take the biscuit.

Today I heard that a 64 year old man had been arrested for the murder of two pensioners about 20 years ago.

Great I thought, improvements in forensics, bet he thought he was home and hosed.

Then the news item said he'd be standing trial in November...............................NEXT YEAR? 

Are they waiting in the hope he dies before the trial?

Surely this could have been much earlier if they have enough evidence to charge him? 

 

Edited September 28, 2021 by faraway saint

[rabuddies]

Oi, 64 is not old you young whippersnapper!  🧓

[faraway saint]

9 minutes ago, rabuddies said:

Oi, 64 is not old you young whippersnapper!  🧓

Apologies. 

[Slarti]

Oi, 64 is not old you young whippersnapper!  [emoji3179]

Aye, but it is really, isn't it?

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[rabuddies]

13 hours ago, Slarti said:

Aye, but it is really, isn't it?

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Nonsense, 60 is the new 40. 70 is the new, er, it'll come to me in a minute.  💤

[faraway saint]

46 minutes ago, rabuddies said:

Nonsense, 60 is the new 40. 70 is the new, er, it'll come to me in a minute.  💤

It won't. 😉

[faraway saint]

Today's gem, a competition and the prize....................A Mini Electric.

All the class of the classic Mini, no need to queue for petrol, genius.

Then the killer line................. up to 145 miles on the one charge.

UP TO....................................145 miles? 

Jeezo, you can shove that for a prize. 

[HSS]

1 hour ago, faraway saint said:

Today's gem, a competition and the prize....................A Mini Electric.

All the class of the classic Mini, no need to queue for petrol, genius.

Then the killer line................. up to 145 miles on the one charge.

UP TO....................................145 miles? 

Jeezo, you can shove that for a prize. 

Was that meant to be funny? 🤔

Edited September 29, 2021 by HSS

[faraway saint]

1 minute ago, HSS said:

Was that meant to be funny? 🤔

Naw, just, IMO, UP TO 145 miles is as good as useless.

Thanks for asking. 

[Slarti]

Today's gem, a competition and the prize....................A Mini Electric.
All the class of the classic Mini, no need to queue for petrol, genius.
Then the killer line................. up to 145 miles on the one charge.
UP TO....................................145 miles? [emoji38]
Jeezo, you can shove that for a prize. 

But it's a mini, you just need a couple of spare AAA batteries and you're off again. See, YOU obviously have no idea what you're talking about. [emoji848]

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[faraway saint]

10 minutes ago, Slarti said:

But it's a mini, you just need a couple of spare AAA batteries and you're off again. See, YOU obviously have no idea what you're talking about.

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The competition wasn't offering batteries, another reason it's a bag of shite..........................and a fiver to enter. 

[HSS]

34 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

Naw, just, IMO, UP TO 145 miles is as good as useless.

Thanks for asking. 

Read my reply again

(It’s never funny when you have to explain)

[faraway saint]

1 minute ago, HSS said:

Read my reply again

(It’s never funny when you have to explain)

Apologies, the new system hides parts of the quoted post, including the bit you had highlighted, which I just noticed. 

[faraway saint]

Heard this today, it seems London has the highest amount of wallopers per head of population, not a surprise really.

The fuel shortages across the UK appear to have hit London the hardest, with more pumps running dry in the capital as motorists flocked to fill up their tanks.

The surge in demand from consumers reached such levels that motorists were putting in less than £2 worth of petrol. Experts have said the situation should ease in the next two days.

[HSS]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58733754.amp

[faraway saint]

2 minutes ago, HSS said:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58733754.amp

Quite a few suggestions from forum members to apply? 

[Tommy]

Fuel doesn't seem to be a problem here in St Louis, and forecourt showing 2.99$ a gallon  🤑

[faraway saint]

1 hour ago, Tommy said:

Fuel doesn't seem to be a problem here in St Louis, and forecourt showing 2.99$ a gallon  🤑

Speaking of petrol, I'm going to attempt to get some tomorrow, fingers crossed. 

[Cumbriansaint72]

21 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

Speaking of petrol, I'm going to attempt to get some tomorrow, fingers crossed. 

Managed to get some today at what can only be derived as daylight robbery prices. Nothing like a bit of profiteering.😐

[Tommy]

27 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

Speaking of petrol, I'm going to attempt to get some tomorrow, fingers crossed. 

I have around 500 miles worth in my tank so I'm OK for when I return home next week. Glad I tops up before I came here 😆

[beyond our ken]

12 hours ago, Tommy said:

Fuel doesn't seem to be a problem here in St Louis, and forecourt showing 2.99$ a gallon  🤑

The downside is you’re in St. Louis

[faraway saint]

With yesterdays court decision to jail the vermin police officer for life, a real life sentence for a change, who brutally killed Sarah Everard, I'm not in agreement with the clamour for the met police commissioner to resign? 

Hindsight is becoming the new in thing, quite why she should resign is beyond me.

 

[faraway saint]

21 hours ago, faraway saint said:

Speaking of petrol, I'm going to attempt to get some tomorrow, fingers crossed. 

No problem at all, sailed in, no queue, filled up, a bit costly but hey ho, no option.

That should do me for the next 3 weeks. 👍

[faraway saint]

The BBC STILL trying to stir up more panic on the petrol non story.

Persisting with terms like "panic" and "shortages", don't they listen to me? (See post above BBC) 

[faraway saint]

Wasn't sure where this item should go but "bonkers" covers it for me........................the photographers offer of help was seen, by snowflake students, as ‘Inappropriate, patronising and unnecessarily gendered comment’  

No doubt the forum snowflake will agree. 

The whole item can be seen here............. https://uk.yahoo.com/news/cambridge-matriculation-photographer-asked-gentlemen-161657117.html

The row began on the evening of the photo, when several of those present raised concern on the Wolfson College Student Association’s 450-member Facebook group about the “gendered language”, leaked to The Telegraph.

They said the photographer, who was an older man, offered to help students dismount from a raised platform and told them: “For any women that are having any problems, there are a couple of gentlemen that are here to help you.”