Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
Discussion
Came across a bunch of cows* blocking the road today that had obviously done a runner from a farm...who is responsible if they get hit?The farmer for letting them escape, or the driver? And if I come across one that has been hit, can I take steaks home as "roadkill"?
* Also sheep seem to commonly do this
* Also sheep seem to commonly do this
Hugo a Gogo said:
P-Jay said:
I was told in Barca anyway it's not drains per-se, they use grey water to hose down the streets in the morning - well that's what I took from the conversation anyway - I was drunk and my Spanish isn't very good.
isn't grey water just untreated rain water?I know what you mean though, definitely smell it in Paris in the mornings when they hose the gutters down. On that note, is it true that they use the sewer system in Paris to collect rubbish? I.e. you see guys sweeping stuff into the gutters & the running water they hose carries all sorts away. is that by design or scum sucking French bone idleness?
kowalski655 said:
Came across a bunch of cows* blocking the road today that had obviously done a runner from a farm...who is responsible if they get hit?The farmer for letting them escape, or the driver? And if I come across one that has been hit, can I take steaks home as "roadkill"?
* Also sheep seem to commonly do this
Always in the way on our Alpine runs * Also sheep seem to commonly do this
FiF said:
Tyre Tread said:
SilverSixer said:
... If I'd have been told about the first 7 years before it happened, I'd have smashed my own knackers flat with a meat tenderiser. ...
Geuine 
ThanksFew have mentioned how tired they were. I thought I knew what tired meant. In the 70s I had competed internationally in rallying. Those days were not the sprint events of today. You were going, and really going, day and night. 36 hour sessions, few hours sleep then another 36 hours non stop.
Work wise I'd pulled a couple of 48 hour jobs, even one 72 hour one with the opportunity for a few hours kip.
Oh yes I knew what being tired was all about.
So wrong. Never been so tired in my life. It's the unremitting broken night after night, 3 years of it till we fathomed it out.
We considered ourselves a pair of reasonably intelligent sensible adults. Gibbering wrecks in 48 hours from bringing her home.
You have all the books, this works, that works, midwife days this, health visitor says no that's rubbish, this is what you do. Nobody bloody knows. You have to work it out for yourself.
Yep, knackers, meat tenderiser, good advice.
Edited by FiF on Tuesday 20th June 07:15
Our eldest is 4 this week and her sister was born just over a fortnight ago. Eldest slept through the night from about 8 weeks (was in her own room in her cot at 12 weeks) and has done ever since. Latest addition manages 5 hours between feeds at the moment.
The first couple of weeks with both were tough, but then I was on paternity leave and doing everything whilst my wife recovered from c-sections. She's much better than me without sleep so once back at work things are relatively normal for me and my wife just gets on with it.
We are in the fortunate financial situation that my wife doesn't have to go back to work so childcare costs aren't applicable. Yes, we did lose her £30k salary, but we go out much less than we did. It makes me wonder what we used to spend our money on. That said, I've spent over £500 in a fortnight at the supermarket (we normally spend less than that a month) but once we are in a routine things will settle down again. The day to day bills are a bit higher than when we had no kids, but then everything has gone up - it just becomes normal. We won't be paying for primary or secondary education either.
And the rewards of watching those 2 lives develop is so worth it (if you're that way inclined).
It's not all bad moving from 1 to 2 kids... :-)
SilverSixer said:
Why must an insect bite itch? Why can't they just have their bit of blood without injecting something which irritates the bitee? Surely this is contrary to evolution and survival of the fittest, as those of use who get bitten actively look to kill the creatures which bite, because being bitten is unpleasant. Surely if they left a gentle scent of lavender or bought us an ice cream or half a lager or something, we wouldn't try to kill them?
b
ds seem particularly keen on my feet and ankles at the moment.
Feet and ankles are the most targeted areas. Count yourself lucky, I've had the eye watering misfortune to be bitten in the worst place ever. Curse the morning wood, curse the mosquito.b
ds seem particularly keen on my feet and ankles at the moment.Anyhoo, the mozzie (or other bitey bugger) has to inject an anti coagulant in to the bite, along with its proboscis and numby spittle, so the blood continues to flow. The anti coagulant is a protein and that triggers a localised allergic reaction. The histamine released forms that welt and the itchiness.
Anyway, all is not lost. What is needed is something that contains anaesthetic (lidocaine) to ease the itch; zinc oxide to draw out the allergens and white soft paraffin to mellow the skin. All 3 components are found in germoloids ass hole cream. It's a couple of quid from any pharmacy. Blob that over mozzie bites, bee stings etc and whilst not instant relief, it will stop itching after 3-5 minutes. Best product EVER.
There. Tip of the day ass hole cream GERMOLOIDS is the best thing for mosquito bites
kowalski655 said:
Came across a bunch of cows* blocking the road today that had obviously done a runner from a farm...who is responsible if they get hit?The farmer for letting them escape, or the driver? And if I come across one that has been hit, can I take steaks home as "roadkill"?
* Also sheep seem to commonly do this
The farmer will have public liability insurance. It's quite likely that someone left a gate open, that someone is more than likely to be a member of the public using a footpath. Dairy cows will be used to a routine of coming back to be milked, so won;t go far and also, they're really placid and can't be arsed running about too much. * Also sheep seem to commonly do this
mickk said:
TheLordJohn said:
WELL! It's funny you should say that.
I work a night shift so our 2 aren't sat in the house alone all day.
They're no bother, don't get anxiety/tear the house up etc but I just prefer it this way.
That's our house rabbit, Roger, on the sofa, too.
This picture leads me onto another question, how the heck do you train a rabbit not to crap in the house or do they just pick a corner?I work a night shift so our 2 aren't sat in the house alone all day.
They're no bother, don't get anxiety/tear the house up etc but I just prefer it this way.
That's our house rabbit, Roger, on the sofa, too.
This means if kept in a house they can be trained to use a litter tray. If they start going in a particular place then put the litter tray there until they are used to it.
Edited by 98elise on Tuesday 20th June 20:46
Eddie Strohacker said:
I know what you mean though, definitely smell it in Paris in the mornings when they hose the gutters down. On that note, is it true that they use the sewer system in Paris to collect rubbish? I.e. you see guys sweeping stuff into the gutters & the running water they hose carries all sorts away. is that by design or scum sucking French bone idleness?
Thought Paris had a sewer system that 'mirrored the streets, according to Stephen Fry anyway. One of the best/cleanest in Europe.Cyder said:
Something I've wondered for a long time, why do foreign drains smell?
As a kid my abiding memory of stopping in a Brittany on the way back to the ferry was the aroma of the drains. Then last week I was in the Czech Republic in a town north west of Prague and the drains were whiffing there too.
Do we just have superior Roman plumbing to our European brothers, or is their poo just more potent than ours?
Probably due to having separate systems, our older systems tend to be combined (taking both surface and foul water) thus the odour is more diluted. it will also depend on the system design and how it is vented. Additionally, hot countries have a lower flush volume due to greater water scarcity, again leading to a lower dilution.As a kid my abiding memory of stopping in a Brittany on the way back to the ferry was the aroma of the drains. Then last week I was in the Czech Republic in a town north west of Prague and the drains were whiffing there too.
Do we just have superior Roman plumbing to our European brothers, or is their poo just more potent than ours?
Finally, with restriction in discharge rates for surface water, expect our systems to get smellier if they are combined; also water efficient appliances will make the foul system smellier and more prone to block if it has been designed by a f
kwit.Hugo a Gogo said:
isn't grey water just untreated rain water?
Plus anything that does not have faecal matter, or oils, chemicals etc.wiggy001 said:
Just to counter the tales of woe...
....
It's not all bad moving from 1 to 2 kids... :-)
Yep, our first was a nightmare for the first year, second is some heaven sent angel child of charm.....
It's not all bad moving from 1 to 2 kids... :-)
Two girls 26 and 7 months, can't imagine life without them even though I have days where I am bone crushingly tired.
One thing I do have now is The Fear, especially if I lose sight of the eldest for a second. Horrible feeling.
Oh and I also get teary eyed at anything involving kids now.
kowalski655 said:
Came across a bunch of cows* blocking the road today that had obviously done a runner from a farm...who is responsible if they get hit?
You I reckon, especially if you knew there was a farm nearby. Unless the herd is in a busy city then you'll be driving in the country and driving to the conditions. Same goes for sheep. Many bikers around here have 'made contact' with sheep when they cross over the moors, there are fields full of the buggers and yes...sometimes they get out. People are generally aware of this and drive more carefully.popeyewhite said:
You I reckon, especially if you knew there was a farm nearby. Unless the herd is in a busy city then you'll be driving in the country and driving to the conditions. Same goes for sheep. Many bikers around here have 'made contact' with sheep when they cross over the moors, there are fields full of the buggers and yes...sometimes they get out. People are generally aware of this and drive more carefully.
Fields full of bikers?Wiccan of Darkness said:
Feet and ankles are the most targeted areas. Count yourself lucky, I've had the eye watering misfortune to be bitten in the worst place ever. Curse the morning wood, curse the mosquito.
Anyhoo, the mozzie (or other bitey bugger) has to inject an anti coagulant in to the bite, along with its proboscis and numby spittle, so the blood continues to flow. The anti coagulant is a protein and that triggers a localised allergic reaction. The histamine released forms that welt and the itchiness.
Anyway, all is not lost. What is needed is something that contains anaesthetic (lidocaine) to ease the itch; zinc oxide to draw out the allergens and white soft paraffin to mellow the skin. All 3 components are found in germoloids ass hole cream. It's a couple of quid from any pharmacy. Blob that over mozzie bites, bee stings etc and whilst not instant relief, it will stop itching after 3-5 minutes. Best product EVER.
There. Tip of the day ass hole cream GERMOLOIDS is the best thing for mosquito bites
aAnyhoo, the mozzie (or other bitey bugger) has to inject an anti coagulant in to the bite, along with its proboscis and numby spittle, so the blood continues to flow. The anti coagulant is a protein and that triggers a localised allergic reaction. The histamine released forms that welt and the itchiness.
Anyway, all is not lost. What is needed is something that contains anaesthetic (lidocaine) to ease the itch; zinc oxide to draw out the allergens and white soft paraffin to mellow the skin. All 3 components are found in germoloids ass hole cream. It's a couple of quid from any pharmacy. Blob that over mozzie bites, bee stings etc and whilst not instant relief, it will stop itching after 3-5 minutes. Best product EVER.
There. Tip of the day ass hole cream GERMOLOIDS is the best thing for mosquito bites
hole...unless you are an American.98elise said:
mickk said:
TheLordJohn said:
That's our house rabbit, Roger, on the sofa, too.
This means if kept in a house they can be trained to use a litter tray. If they start going in a particular place then put the litter tray there until they are used to it.
Edited by 98elise on Tuesday 20th June 20:46
They are very easily litter trained. We have no accidents out of Roger.
Once they get a scent for where they go to the toilet, it's easy as pie.
Roger has lived in 4 different houses and has never had any trouble with re-learning his new layout.
Great pets.
Can you teach an old rabbit new tricks?
We've got a three-year old mini lop in a hutch out in the back garden and my boy would love to have her in the house. I'll happily give it a go if she can be taught the litter tray routine.
Thinking on, could we teach her to use a litter tray in the hutch then bring it indoors and hope she understands?
We've got a three-year old mini lop in a hutch out in the back garden and my boy would love to have her in the house. I'll happily give it a go if she can be taught the litter tray routine.
Thinking on, could we teach her to use a litter tray in the hutch then bring it indoors and hope she understands?
P-Jay said:
exelero said:
There is actually 2 questions
No1: Why do always the useless pieces of sts are the ones that get promoted?
No2: Is one of my colleagues the same one in the first question, how can you accumulate 10 kilos every bloody year you lived? That saying she's about my size, 178 cm, 25 y.o. and about 250 kilos fat? How is that even possible? It's easier to jump over her rather then going around....
1, It varies from workplace to workplace, but it's usually far more straight forward than you think.No1: Why do always the useless pieces of s
ts are the ones that get promoted?No2: Is one of my colleagues the same one in the first question, how can you accumulate 10 kilos every bloody year you lived? That saying she's about my size, 178 cm, 25 y.o. and about 250 kilos fat? How is that even possible? It's easier to jump over her rather then going around....
My place before last was renowned for promoting idiots, big corporate place, we were evaluated on everything but the guys getting promoted usually did poorly to average on all of them, maybe exceptionally on 1-2 (of about 3 dozen things we were evaluated on) we used to try to work out what they were looking for.
The answer was annoyingly obvious in hindsight - on the front page of the HR section of our intranet was a searchable list of requirements for each role. Whilst we all worked hard trying to be actually good at our jobs and tried to guess what we should do to get ahead the ‘idiots’ looked at the skills required for next logical position for them, or the one they wanted - and did that – and it was a fairly mechanical thing, you needed skills A, B, C he’s a list of in-house courses and online videos for you, do these, complete the test at the end and you’ve got the skills. Some had to be shown in day to day work which accounted for the few things they worked hard to be They rarely wasted any time trying to do a good job because performance in your last role rarely, if ever, factored – they could be 1 of 5 people applying for a new role, if they could show HR they had the skills and the others didn’t they’d get it.
In short, most employers over 50 employees or so are almost completely procedure driven ESEPCAILLY when it comes to HR, work out the procedure and it’s a case of ticking the boxes. IME HR people rely on quantifiable processes a hell of a lot more than who well someone can act at interview or how good a fashion sense they have. Can you prove or convince them you have the right Skills, Attitude, Qualities?
If your workplace is smaller or less procedure driven then you have to ask whoever decides such things what skills you should have for whatever role you want – then get those, if it’s smaller and less procedure driven still you need to tell the Boss your plans and then ask them what you need to do .
Guess work and hope held me back for 5 years.
I hate box ticking; its insane. So that's me living at the bottom of the ladder forever then
Interestingly enough, I think my OH is going through exactly the process you describe only without realizing it. Signs up for loads of courses and things, mostly because she sees them and thinks it'd be fun. But at the same time, in HR's eyes, she's destined for elevation up the pole (despite, seemingly never actually being at work to do anything useful because shes always on a course!).
Wiccan of Darkness said:
SilverSixer said:
Why must an insect bite itch? Why can't they just have their bit of blood without injecting something which irritates the bitee? Surely this is contrary to evolution and survival of the fittest, as those of use who get bitten actively look to kill the creatures which bite, because being bitten is unpleasant. Surely if they left a gentle scent of lavender or bought us an ice cream or half a lager or something, we wouldn't try to kill them?
bds seem particularly keen on my feet and ankles at the moment.
Feet and ankles are the most targeted areas. Count yourself lucky, I've had the eye watering misfortune to be bitten in the worst place ever. Curse the morning wood, curse the mosquito.b
ds seem particularly keen on my feet and ankles at the moment.Anyhoo, the mozzie (or other bitey bugger) has to inject an anti coagulant in to the bite, along with its proboscis and numby spittle, so the blood continues to flow. The anti coagulant is a protein and that triggers a localised allergic reaction. The histamine released forms that welt and the itchiness.
Anyway, all is not lost. What is needed is something that contains anaesthetic (lidocaine) to ease the itch; zinc oxide to draw out the allergens and white soft paraffin to mellow the skin. All 3 components are found in germoloids ass hole cream. It's a couple of quid from any pharmacy. Blob that over mozzie bites, bee stings etc and whilst not instant relief, it will stop itching after 3-5 minutes. Best product EVER.
There. Tip of the day ass hole cream GERMOLOIDS is the best thing for mosquito bites
The Mad Monk said:
Bullett said:
My kids were 99.9th percentile,
What does that mean?The World Health Organisation percentile charts "only" go up to 99.6%... Our boy is a fair bit above the 99.6 line for both length and weight, so 99.9 is a guess but it'll be in that region.
Luckily he was born "only" 80th percentile, which was big enough.
DRFC1879 said:
Can you teach an old rabbit new tricks?
We've got a three-year old mini lop in a hutch out in the back garden and my boy would love to have her in the house. I'll happily give it a go if she can be taught the litter tray routine.
Thinking on, could we teach her to use a litter tray in the hutch then bring it indoors and hope she understands?
They generally sWe've got a three-year old mini lop in a hutch out in the back garden and my boy would love to have her in the house. I'll happily give it a go if she can be taught the litter tray routine.
Thinking on, could we teach her to use a litter tray in the hutch then bring it indoors and hope she understands?
t in the same place so just put a litter tray there. The wife's got two rabbits for her class pets(primary teacher), she brought them home for the holidays, I suggested the above but it didn't work, they just st all over the house! Some rabbits are destined for a hutch life!Also, I had a rabbit when I was a kid and when it was in the house it would make for power leads and chew them, just be careful.
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