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fiatpower said:
vaud said:
They still do in the Nordic countries.
And in our village mums will leave sleeping babies in a pram while they grab a coffee from the deli (ok, always in sight)
When I visited Sweden about 10 years ago to visit family they all left their babies outside the front door for an afternoon nap in the freezing cold all wrapped up. Was quite weird walking around seeing a load of prams outside people’s doors with babies in.And in our village mums will leave sleeping babies in a pram while they grab a coffee from the deli (ok, always in sight)
Edited by BrownEaredDog on Sunday 9th February 09:31
The_Doc said:
Red9zero said:
We get a helicopter hovering low over the village rec every few months checking the power lines. Of course FB is full of air ambulance posts and asking why isn't it landing.
My brother flies that helicopter. He tells me it is more than fun to fly at 10m from a 44,000volt line. The NIMBYs and curtain twitchers can fill their boots with complaints.
His last job was helicopter surveying of all the schools in England for roof repairs, gutters, chimneys etc. They'd fly over 100+ schools in a day's work. Photos out the window with a 80Mpixel camera, surveyor examines them later
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Which raises some alarm.
But if you thought a kiddie fiddler had the means to circle the school in a £2mill helicopter, for the purpose of photography, then you've got your head screwed on wrong. But the company still got complaints.
Edited by The_Doc on Saturday 8th February 12:30
vaud said:
BrownEaredDog said:
Do we? That's news to me 
Prior to the 2000s some did, but now it's unheard of and frowned upon. I suppose some might still do it when they pop into their village co-op, but I've never seen it.
I saw it in the 2010s in northern Sweden, I may be out of date. Possibly a more rural thing?Prior to the 2000s some did, but now it's unheard of and frowned upon. I suppose some might still do it when they pop into their village co-op, but I've never seen it.
Edited by BrownEaredDog on Thursday 6th February 19:07
BrownEaredDog said:
fiatpower said:
vaud said:
They still do in the Nordic countries.
And in our village mums will leave sleeping babies in a pram while they grab a coffee from the deli (ok, always in sight)
When I visited Sweden about 10 years ago to visit family they all left their babies outside the front door for an afternoon nap in the freezing cold all wrapped up. Was quite weird walking around seeing a load of prams outside people’s doors with babies in.And in our village mums will leave sleeping babies in a pram while they grab a coffee from the deli (ok, always in sight)
Edited by BrownEaredDog on Sunday 9th February 09:31
I remember reading about this years ago. At the time it was being brought up when the SNP started introducing the baby box initiative which also originates from Scandinavia.
bimsb6 said:
Timothy Bucktu said:
Lonely single women where even their cat has taken to ignoring them .Other lonely people might converse back which encourages it
Sad really
"Why has the council been around, scraped all the moss and rubbish off the pavements and then blown it into the road? I pay my council tax!"
My suggestion that they were perhaps cleaning a large area and then they will run the street sweeper down to pick it all up, because its more efficient that way has been met with "What, street sweeper with cars parked on the road?!!"
Where the f
k else are they going to put it? Old people should be banned from social media
My suggestion that they were perhaps cleaning a large area and then they will run the street sweeper down to pick it all up, because its more efficient that way has been met with "What, street sweeper with cars parked on the road?!!"
Where the f
k else are they going to put it? Old people should be banned from social mediaTisy said:
First one is the reopening of a train line to connect the local villages to the city. A few months back everyone was really excited about it and it would be great for the area. Train line has been open just a few weeks and now everyone is absolutely outraged by it because they are all late for work due to having to wait at the level crossings for 10 minutes every morning when they can see the train at the station still loading passengers, so why are the barriers down?????? And "the trains are empty anyway. Complete waste of money, they should shut it down". 
Bicester?The_Doc said:
Red9zero said:
We get a helicopter hovering low over the village rec every few months checking the power lines. Of course FB is full of air ambulance posts and asking why isn't it landing.
My brother flies that helicopter. He tells me it is more than fun to fly at 10m from a 44,000volt line. The NIMBYs and curtain twitchers can fill their boots with complaints.
His last job was helicopter surveying of all the schools in England for roof repairs, gutters, chimneys etc. They'd fly over 100+ schools in a day's work. Photos out the window with a 80Mpixel camera, surveyor examines them later
...
Which raises some alarm.
But if you thought a kiddie fiddler had the means to circle the school in a £2mill helicopter, for the purpose of photography, then you've got your head screwed on wrong. But the company still got complaints.
Edited by The_Doc on Saturday 8th February 12:30
wolfracesonic said:
48k said:
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