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Just now, JWB said:

 

My father used to joke about a roads being 'Tank Proving grounds'. 7 years after his death (In fact, 40 years after he first said it) nothing has changed.

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You could mix some red dye into some ready mix concrete and pour patches...use just enough tint to make pink patches. 

 

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2 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Do you guys have this problem?

Yes. Though we don't have a history of having the roman roads to compare to. We had dirt tracks to improve upon. 

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Heh. Bankrupt the economy by 2030. Escalate costs through the roof. 

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In the 1990s the post office commissioned a computer system from Fujitsu to manage most transactions, to replace the paper system it previously used.  It was bugged, and due to an inability of Fugitsu, or the post office management to admit anything was wrong, they kept jailing or ruining post office masters and mistresses for 15 years. Many confessed to wrongdoing they hadn't committed,  just to stay out of jail.

There is a good summation here, containing things I wasn't aware of.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal

Basically it's the largest miscarriage of justice in British legal history. And worse, many of the people whom carried it out got titles or financial bonuses for good performance.

 

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On 1/17/2024 at 3:03 PM, Stuart Galbraith said:

Well, arguably they don't. They have just been spending what's needed, and been underfunded  for nearly 14 years.

In light of the nature of that post office scandal, this comment aged almost as fast as the chicken in City of Death. 


I'm going to dub this as 'Jagaroth's Chicken Rule'. 

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Not the UK...Apparently Baltimore. 



(November 8, 2022) Baltimore, Maryland - Officer ID'd In Fatal Police Shooting Of 'No Shoot Zone' Activist Baltimore Police Officer Zachary Rutherford fatally shot Tyree Moorehead, 46, in the area of North Fulton Avenue and West Lafayette Avenue the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 6, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. Moorehead was shot after he was found attacking a woman while armed with a knife. Moorehead was known around the Baltimore community for spray-painting "No Shoot Zone" at the site of shootings around the city. The incident was captured on video by bystanders and was widely shared around social media. The woman was reportedly treated for minor injuries.


One of the other tweets...
"The suspect was not located in a "no shoot zone" during the altercation."

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2 minutes ago, rmgill said:

Not the UK...Apparently Baltimore. 

 

Just as good either way.

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Well yes. But some British forum members will be confused and put out. 

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10 hours ago, rmgill said:

In light of the nature of that post office scandal, this comment aged almost as fast as the chicken in City of Death. 


I'm going to dub this as 'Jagaroth's Chicken Rule'. 

You are aware the Post office has been  privatized, right?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/11/what-is-uk-post-office-horizon-it-scandal-about-who-involved

The Post Office, which has about 11,500 branches across the UK, was formerly part of Royal Mail, but was split off in 2012 'when the mail service was privatised'.

No, the privatization didnt cause the problem's, clearly that existed with the systems development. OTOH, it is fair to suggest they contributed to the intensity with which the Post Office clung to the idea there wasnt a problem, because there would have to be a big payout to people unjustly convicted. And shareholders dont like payouts.

Ive no idea what Chicken of Death refers to, clearly you watch more high brow drama than I do.

51 minutes ago, rmgill said:

Well yes. But some British forum members will be confused and put out. 

Indeed, I thought everyone in America is carrying a CAR15, making police wholly unnecessary.

 

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5 hours ago, JWB said:

 

Might seem like an overkill, but it's better to put too many bullets than too few. When there's an excuse to eliminate, one should do so, this piece of shit would have been a burden to the taxpayer had he survived.

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2 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Might seem like an overkill, but it's better to put too many bullets than too few. When there's an excuse to eliminate, one should do so, this piece of shit would have been a burden to the taxpayer had he survived.

Did he shoot again after reloading or not?

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