Jazz Posted October 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 ive been closing the back doors its that cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 We had a dry sunny afternoon which thankfully gave floods a chance to recede. Fin and I had a walk in Langold country park, good drainage there so the paths were mostly ok. Retford is a mess, so many people have lost everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 Where the floods have happened they have been extreme. In one report it showed the water had been over the roof of a car. People in Brechin are not going to back in their houses before Christmas as the devastation is so bad. The cost of it all is unimaginable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 In Retford area it is partly due to lack of essential maintenance. The town has had floods several times in the past 20 years, and nothing was done. £7m was allocated for flood prevention but only £50k has been used. The end cost of this neglect will be far greater than if the rivers had been regularly dredged and shored up where needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted October 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2023 CT scan at 2 on my shoulder. get this sorted out hope your all ok x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted October 27, 2023 Report Share Posted October 27, 2023 How did the scan go? We are ok thanks. I put central heating on for a couple of hours last night to help the dehumidifier keep the house dry. May do the same tonight. It's not really cold, but the damp makes it feel like it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted October 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 Machine broke as it was my turn. typical. people behind me went to a different machine but I had to have that one they said. Eventually fixed so home soon after wet here but back to basics with the pups housetraining. they were clean before it got cold. They have kept pulling different tops off so they are naked!! got to get out of this depression. coffee and custard creams arnt doing it. was going to try jelly babies and liquorice allsorts but got to keep my sugars down in case I get a cancellation for my op love to all x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 Hoping you have a peaceful day to help you lift the depression x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 Yesterday was sunny until evening , when it poured rain. Had a nice day at the Ceroc Scottish Championships. My son and DIL are very involved with this. Today is dark ( had to put the light on) and pouring rain. There is still flooding in the north east and more rain is falling on the already sodden ground. No trains are running north of Perth and the ferries to the islands are cancelled due to weather warnings. Got a citation for jury duty yesterday but as I am over 71 I can ask for exclusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted October 29, 2023 Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 Just seen another storm is on its way for the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted October 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 was doing a live but camera broke on laptop and no wireless on mobile. bugger but, nurse rung, want to assess me for aids around the place. i take it they mean for going blind. shes ringing in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 Everything still sodden here, no idea how Retford will manage through the next storm. Hope nurse can be of some help, Jazz. I never got called for jury duty, to my relief. One of my friends did, and found it hard going. He and one other guy thought the defendant might not be guilty, and they had to convince the other 10 who thought on no good evidence that she must be guilty of something anyway as she looked the type. Several just wanted to get it all over with asap and go home, and my friend and the other guy had to be quite forceful and insist on discussing evidence as they were duty bound to do. So against a chorus of grumbling and moaning from the dissenters, they went through it all and eventually managed to change all minds except one. This was a female juror of rigid beliefs who said the woman must be guilty as she was living in sin, and should be punished anyway even if she had not committed this particular crime. The judge took a majority verdict, and acquitted the defendant. It was like the old film "12 Angry Men". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 A friend who did jury duty had a similar experience. Some said that he looked the type to have done it but she was arguing that they were not there to decide if he did it or not. They were there to assess if the prosecution had proved, beyond all reasonable doubt, that he did it. it was a horrible case of child abuse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted October 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Its all about what they see in front of them. My ex got away with everything, even though I told them what he would do next waiting for the matron to ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 That is awful, Jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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