The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[kenny]

21 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

They are improving the planning system for house builders though. 

Volume house builders perhaps. Though they will only build out if people are buying.

 

Crap for the environment, sustainable communities and food security though. It also doesn't help to improve our cities or urban design.

 

Were it a Tory government, it would be described as deregulation, bad for environment and pandering to big businesses.

[leicsmac]

11 minutes ago, kenny said:

Volume house builders perhaps. Though they will only build out if people are buying.

 

Crap for the environment, sustainable communities and food security though. It also doesn't help to improve our cities or urban design.

 

Were it a Tory government, it would be described as deregulation, bad for environment and pandering to big businesses.

If this is true, why would the prevailing Tory attitude be to criticise it, beyond contrarianism?

[kenny]

14 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

If this is true, why would the prevailing Tory attitude be to criticise it, beyond contrarianism?

Probably because the regulations bought in in recent years have placed more consideration to BNG and that has made development very difficult, which I doubt was the plan. What it would have done was forced development onto brownfield sites with low biodiversity rather than ripping up the countryside which is a finite resource.

 

Labour are ripping up the rulebook at the moment which is no bad thing. On this though, it encourages poor urban sprawl rather than sustainable design.

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, kenny said:

Probably because the regulations bought in in recent years have placed more consideration to BNG and that has made development very difficult, which I doubt was the plan. What it would have done was forced development onto brownfield sites with low biodiversity rather than ripping up the countryside which is a finite resource.

 

Labour are ripping up the rulebook at the moment which is no bad thing. On this though, it encourages poor urban sprawl rather than sustainable design.

I express doubt that many on that side of the spectrum are really interested in either biodiversity or sustainability when profit is available (or sometimes even when it's not), but appreciate the explanation.

[The Year Of The Fox]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14496239/Staff-hospital-Lucy-Letby-face-prosecution.html
 

 

Paving the way for an unsafe conviction here 

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14496239/Staff-hospital-Lucy-Letby-face-prosecution.html
 

 

Paving the way for an unsafe conviction here 

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, Parafox said:

Is that your opinion- what she’s been made to be?

Edited 13 March by The Year Of The Fox

[Unabomber]

I need a good plumber NW leices. Anyone have any recs? 

[Parafox]

1 minute ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Is that your opinion- what she’s been made to be?

 

Both.

 

Convenient target if the investigation into gross negligence manslaughter turns out to be a reality.

 

It wouldn't surprise me that she was used to deflect the wider issues at the hospital and to make her the scapegoat for infant deaths.

 

It's already been disclosed that there were issues within the neonatal unit before, during and subsequently.

 

Understaffing, poor clinical interventions. Lack of fully trained staff.

[The Year Of The Fox]

5 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

I need a good plumber NW leices. Anyone have any recs? 

CD Northage

 

01530682599

[The Year Of The Fox]

4 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

Both.

 

Convenient target if the investigation into gross negligence manslaughter turns out to be a reality.

 

It wouldn't surprise me that she was used to deflect the wider issues at the hospital and to make her the scapegoat for infant deaths.

 

It's already been disclosed that there were issues within the neonatal unit before, during and subsequently.

 

Understaffing, poor clinical interventions. Lack of fully trained staff.

Fully agree. Try convincing some of my mates that though, especially those who refuse to watch that documentary last year.

[UniFox21]

49 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

Both.

 

Convenient target if the investigation into gross negligence manslaughter turns out to be a reality.

 

It wouldn't surprise me that she was used to deflect the wider issues at the hospital and to make her the scapegoat for infant deaths.

 

It's already been disclosed that there were issues within the neonatal unit before, during and subsequently.

 

Understaffing, poor clinical interventions. Lack of fully trained staff.

What's even scarier to think is the majority of trusts probably have a few of these "skeletons" sat in a cupboard just waiting to be found

[Free Falling Foxes]

Another post from me to suggest/evidence Alexa/ Google or whatever, monitor you ALL the time.

 

We had a conversation yesterday about the merits - or not, of a towel rail in our bathroom  as opposed to a conventional radiator.

We only chatted about it. No Internet searches, calls, nothing.

 

Today, I keep getting ads for radiators whichever site I'm on - including FT.

[blabyboy]

Apple were recently fined for doing this.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/03/apple-siri-privacy-lawsuit-settlement

 

They need to listen before you interact so that they have better context to a request 😉

[FoyleFox]

8 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Another post from me to suggest/evidence Alexa/ Google or whatever, monitor you ALL the time.

 

We had a conversation yesterday about the merits - or not, of a towel rail in our bathroom  as opposed to a conventional radiator.

We only chatted about it. No Internet searches, calls, nothing.

 

Today, I keep getting ads for radiators whichever site I'm on - including FT.

I've had this happen when I've just thought about something, not even a conversation. A friend said similar last week.

 

Who said that vaccine didn't contain a chip

[splinterdream]

8 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Another post from me to suggest/evidence Alexa/ Google or whatever, monitor you ALL the time.

 

We had a conversation yesterday about the merits - or not, of a towel rail in our bathroom  as opposed to a conventional radiator.

We only chatted about it. No Internet searches, calls, nothing.

 

Today, I keep getting ads for radiators whichever site I'm on - including FT.

There's a switch to turn listening off i believe 

[The Bear]

6 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

I've had this happen when I've just thought about something, not even a conversation. A friend said similar last week.

 

Who said that vaccine didn't contain a chip

These companies have so much information about you from browsing data that they don't need to hear you talk to anticipate what sort of things you might be interesting in buying. 

[FoyleFox]

14 minutes ago, The Bear said:

These companies have so much information about you from browsing data that they don't need to hear you talk to anticipate what sort of things you might be interesting in buying. 

Indeed,although, sometimes it's not that clever. I've recently also had adverts for children's clothes and toys, neither of which I've been interested in or looked at for 40+ years. I don't even know any children. That one was very odd.

[The Bear]

Just now, FoyleFox said:

Indeed,although, sometimes it's not that clever. I've recently also had adverts for children's clothes and toys, neither of which I've been interested in or looked at for 40+ years. I don't even know any children. That one was very odd.

Yeah there's nothing stopping you getting random, untargeted ads too. 

[FoyleFox]

2 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Yeah there's nothing stopping you getting random, untargeted ads too. 

I prefer those, it saves me lots of money

[lcfc278]

Not sure if I am I imagining this or not but before the word 'Chav' came about, did we used to call those kind of people 'Townies'? 

 

Hearing the term Deano's a lot now as well, is that like the next level up from a Chav?

[RoboFox]

32 minutes ago, lcfc278 said:

Not sure if I am I imagining this or not but before the word 'Chav' came about, did we used to call those kind of people 'Townies'? 

 

Hearing the term Deano's a lot now as well, is that like the next level up from a Chav?

Townies was the pejorative term in the 90s for sure, although it wasn't as derogatory as chav IMO. 

 

Chav started around the turn of the millenium and "Broken Britain". 

 

Deano seems to me to be more "Barratt Britain" , the petit bourgeois, new-build commuter-belt-dwelling "lad".

[HighPeakFox]

22 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Another post from me to suggest/evidence Alexa/ Google or whatever, monitor you ALL the time.

 

We had a conversation yesterday about the merits - or not, of a towel rail in our bathroom  as opposed to a conventional radiator.

We only chatted about it. No Internet searches, calls, nothing.

 

Today, I keep getting ads for radiators whichever site I'm on - including FT.

There are reasons not to use such tech, this is one of them. 

[Nick]

 

Somebody really enjoyed making this up or maybe making a threat... still, I won't lie – it made me laugh.

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clydxyv94k8o

 

[Parafox]

The Tour De France starting in Scotland and progressing through the UK. 

I don't want to think about all the mamils that are subsequently going to fill our lanes for weeks on end.