Things Noticeable this week - Page 3469

**Greenman** · August 15th, 2018, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Davemetalhead

I certainly wouldn't say Carry On Camping was the best, it's a pretty average film in the series as far as I'm concerned. For me the best was definitely Carry On Cleo (Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!), closely followed by Nurse, Teacher, Screaming and Constable.

Can agree on the worst ones though, those three are pretty damned dire.

Yeah Emmanuelle was awful, Williams hated it it was a waste of his and the other's talent and really we only watched it for the sexy sight of Suzanne Danielle. Speaking of Camping the friend of Barbara Windsor in that was Sandra Caron and she would later go on to find fame as 'Mumsy' in The Crystal Maze as Richard O'Brien(the then host's) mother.

**CARLTON BROWN** · August 15th, 2018, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wildtig2013

I am merely pointing out we men are not shy about pissing in public when we need to go unlike women need to have a whole stall enclosed in a building with privacy and so on. How often have you seen a woman pissing out on the street or sidewalk or a bush at the side of the road? Even when they have been out drinking and are drunk and need to go , they will still look for a public restroom. Men: nope!

It's potentially an arrestable offence in the UK for a man to expose himself and urinate in a public place and it really isn't something you expect to see. However, I have had the misfortune of being in a few city locations late at night when the young clubbers are out and about. Sadly, you may well come across drunken girls dressed like hookers pissing into the gutter, fighting with each other or having sex in doorways. That's not to say there haven't also been a few young men throwing up and taking a slash against a shop window or whatever happens to be handy. Speaking as an trainee old fart, this is not the kind of behaviour I would ever have been especially proud of at their age.

**DTravel** · August 15th, 2018, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rogerbh

Japanese toddler lost for 3 days (?) found a few hundred meters from where he was lost.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...cid=spartanntp

Something is wrong with this story or they have to be the most inept search party ever.

If the photo at the top of that article is representative of the woods the child was in, I can believe it.

**otokonomidori** · August 16th, 2018, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by xyzde69

they only need to contorting their pelvis a little bit.

It's great when they do that - especially if you're just reaching the vinegar strokes !!

**scoundrel** · August 16th, 2018, 06:18 AM

The tragedy of the Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa continues to unfold. Apparently the death toll so far is 39 and there are other cars still buried in the rubble of the bridge, and another 12 casualties in critical care units in hospital, not all of whom are expected to survive. The final tally will be more.

There is already a pass-the-parcel blame game being played, with even the EU austerity measures imposed on Italy being cited as a reason why this happened. But this is quite an old bridge and it was known to be deteriorating as early as the 1990s, with a lot of money and effort being expended on it all the time since then. It failed during a severe weather event and the part played by the weather has not yet been explained; this would be valuable to know so that the risk to other bridges can be assessed and preventive measures adopted if need be. It gets harder to learn from such an accident if there has to be a sacrificial scapegoat, so I would be more inclined to just follow the facts and only punish people where punishment is warranted, rather than look for someone to punish, someone to blame.

**Reclaimedwg** · August 16th, 2018, 07:02 AM

That autostrada was built in the 1960's when construction companies in Italy were ran by the mafia.

**Reclaimedwg** · August 16th, 2018, 04:18 PM

And if you go to Japan, you are screwed:

Code:

http://www.survivingnjapan.com/2013/...se-toilet.html

Code:

https://toilet-guru.com/japan/controls.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan

It's like trying to fly a jet fighter!

**haroldeye** · August 16th, 2018, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CARLTON BROWN

It's potentially an arrestable offence in the UK for a man to expose himself and urinate in a public place and it really isn't something you expect to see. However, I have had the misfortune of being in a few city locations late at night when the young clubbers are out and about. Sadly, you may well come across drunken girls dressed like hookers pissing into the gutter, fighting with each other or having sex in doorways. That's not to say there haven't also been a few young men throwing up and taking a slash against a shop window or whatever happens to be handy. Speaking as an trainee old fart, this is not the kind of behaviour I would ever have been especially proud of at their age.

Been to Middlesbrough then.

**CARLTON BROWN** · August 16th, 2018, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by haroldeye

Been to Middlesbrough then.

Sorry to say no. My list of fairly recent, rather exciting after-dark locations has mainly included parts of Norwich, North London and Newcastle I'm afraid :-)

**otokonomidori** · August 16th, 2018, 08:41 PM

I know Aretha Franklin was an important figure in popular music, especially to her fans, but does her death merit first spot on the BBC news bulletins?

Even in August there are far more significant things happening in the world than the demise of an elderly singer.

August 16th, 2018, 06:18 AM	#34685
scoundrel Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 26,239 Thanks: 162,401 Thanked 278,546 Times in 26,184 Posts	The tragedy of the Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa continues to unfold. Apparently the death toll so far is 39 and there are other cars still buried in the rubble of the bridge, and another 12 casualties in critical care units in hospital, not all of whom are expected to survive. The final tally will be more. There is already a pass-the-parcel blame game being played, with even the EU austerity measures imposed on Italy being cited as a reason why this happened. But this is quite an old bridge and it was known to be deteriorating as early as the 1990s, with a lot of money and effort being expended on it all the time since then. It failed during a severe weather event and the part played by the weather has not yet been explained; this would be valuable to know so that the risk to other bridges can be assessed and preventive measures adopted if need be. It gets harder to learn from such an accident if there has to be a sacrificial scapegoat, so I would be more inclined to just follow the facts and only punish people where punishment is warranted, rather than look for someone to punish, someone to blame. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

August 16th, 2018, 04:18 PM	#34687
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,946 Times in 3,089 Posts	And if you go to Japan, you are screwed: Code: http://www.survivingnjapan.com/2013/...se-toilet.html Code: https://toilet-guru.com/japan/controls.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan It's like trying to fly a jet fighter!

August 16th, 2018, 07:02 AM	#34686
Reclaimedwg Vintage Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,414 Thanks: 7,709 Thanked 26,946 Times in 3,089 Posts	That autostrada was built in the 1960's when construction companies in Italy were ran by the mafia.

August 16th, 2018, 08:41 PM	#34690
otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,316 Thanks: 39,023 Thanked 122,410 Times in 8,316 Posts	I know Aretha Franklin was an important figure in popular music, especially to her fans, but does her death merit first spot on the BBC news bulletins? Even in August there are far more significant things happening in the world than the demise of an elderly singer.