Things Noticeable this week

[Greenman]

Originally Posted by bloke57

I recognise that still. It is Yosemite Sam with a big red beard not wings who falls through a trapdoor he laid for Bugs Bunny to try and get rid of him when he arrives to tell Sam that he is in line to a big fortune but must be nice to Bugs for one week in order to get it. Of course whatever Bugs does really annoys Sam.

[Roubignol]

China has said it will no longer import recycled household waste from the UK, which has prompted concerns about where thousands of tonnes of scrap plastic will end up each year.

A quarter of the UK's recycling exports are currently sent to China and Hong Kong, often as compressed bales.

Plastic is a global commodity, which is used in the countries' vast manufacturing process. It can be melted down to make things like electrical appliances, children's toys or even computers.

However, China has announced that it will stop taking the UK's scrap from January and those in the industry are warning that the Government has no plan or infrastructure to deal with the situation.

Simon Ellin, chief executive of the Recycling Association, told Sky News: "We have been warning the Government for quite a long time that China will at some point say 'enough is enough. We don't want the world's garbage. We want to stimulate our own internal collection'. We have seen it coming."

In 2016 the UK exported 790,000 tonnes of scrap plastic. Of that, 55% went to China or Hong Kong.

That meant that household plastics going to those countries accounted for a quarter of all the UK's recycling exports.

Elena Polisano, oceans campaigner at Greenpeace UK, said: "Instead of confronting our growing problem with throwaway plastic at home, we have been shipping it off to places like China where it's easier for us to ignore.

"Now that China has decided they've had enough of our waste, it's obvious that the UK's recycling system simply can't cope with the mountain of plastic waste we generate. It's time to stop kicking the plastic bottle down the road and finally getting to grips with the problem at source."

The concern for many is where much of the UK's plastic recycling will end up if it is not being exported abroad. Some could be burned, but many fear scrap could make its way into our oceans, harming marine and bird life.

Plastic pollution in the ocean has been the target of Sky's Ocean Rescue campaign.

Reducing single use plastic and making products easier to recycle could help combat the problem, but with China's announcement and no clear plan from the Government, there are growing concerns.

When questioned about the issue last month, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said he hadn't given the subject much thought, which angered many industry experts.

In response, a Defra spokesperson said: "We are continuing to work with the waste industry and the Environment Agency to understand the impact across the sector of the Chinese government's proposed restrictions on waste imports.

"We are also looking at ways to process more of our recycling as part of our resources and waste strategy".

Sky News report:

China rejects tonnes of UK's waste plastic prompting fresh environmental fears

[alloverthemap]

I would also submit that in light of all the pussy-grabbing stories we're hearing of lately, Maggie was knowingly advertising her availability at 54.

Originally Posted by Rogerbh

I do recall Margaret Trudeau was going commando and showing bush in public in the late 70's. This was the 79 photo I remember - Studio 54 during her separation from the Prime Minister. I did not think I would ever want to see a president's wife do such a thing, but maybe with Melania my mind has changed.

She did announce that she was bipolar in 2006 which may explain her banging a Kennedy and half of the Rolling Stones - or maybe she just wanted to sell her book.

[Roubignol]

Originally Posted by rupertramjet

That makes two of us! I am quite happy jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft. They crash into the ground not the air, if I am not on it then I am safer! But wing suit? No chance!

Spent a while with this bunch of nut cases in the eighties!
https://reddevilsonline.com/about-us

Wow... it must have been fun.

I published on this forum some videos of a young former Italian wingsuiter, who sadly died one and half years ago: Uli Emanuele.

He was considered as a tenor in his domain, because he realised a technical prodige in this flight
To reach this performance, he studied this particular flight during 3 years.

I watched several interviews of him... he jumped in parachute since his early age with his father and begun several years later to become a pro wingsuiter.

He worked in a restaurant in the Swiss German Alps near the famous mountain called the Eiger.
He was used to jump twice a day... to sometimes go to work.


You can still watch videos on his youtube account filmed in the Dolomites or in the Lauterbrunnen area.

They are great to watch.

Thank you and RIP Uli.

[CARLTON BROWN]

And it seems that the next UK City of Culture in 2021 will be Coventry!

Is there really any point to this nonsense?

I better sign out while I try to stop laughing :-)

[trailmaster]

I almost forgot(shame on me). Today is December 7th, the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which led the Americans into World War 2. Those dumb Japanese did not get what they wanted which was to blow up all the U.S. carriers which they thought would be there and all our battleships also. They got just one: the U.S.S Arizona. A terrible tragedy, but just a few months later our carriers with all of our bombers, fighters and fighter bombers caught up with those same Japanese carriers and sunk them in "The Battle of Midway"

[Rogerbh]

The US got four of the six Pearl Harbor carriers at Midway.

Starting a war with the US with or without a sneak attack was a moronic mistake.

It is interesting to read US intelligence reports right after Pearl Harbor - they thought all that damage was done by 2 carriers.

[rupertramjet]

Originally Posted by trailmaster

I almost forgot(shame on me). Today is December 7th, the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which led the Americans into World War 2. Those dumb Japanese did not get what they wanted which was to blow up all the U.S. carriers which they thought would be there and all our battleships also. They got just one: the U.S.S Arizona. A terrible tragedy, but just a few months later our carriers with all of our bombers, fighters and fighter bombers caught up with those same Japanese carriers and sunk them in "The Battle of Midway"

Ennath did not!
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showpost.php?p=4257344&postcount=4934

There are two parts so you need to bring up the whole page!

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by Greenman

That's not good mate.

Nothing I can't handle GM, everything else was A OK
Even cholesterol oddly

[bloke57]

Originally Posted by Greenman

I recognise that still. It is Yosemite Sam with a big red beard not wings who falls through a trapdoor he laid for Bugs Bunny to try and get rid of him when he arrives to tell Sam that he is in line to a big fortune but must be nice to Bugs for one week in order to get it. Of course whatever Bugs does really annoys Sam.

Spot on Greenman

"From Hare to Heir" - my favourite

I love Yosemite's non-sweary swearing. He refers to Bugs as a "blatterspatting nazzer trap". Whatever that is, it sounds very rude!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ixo82