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To continue the cat theme:

Still pretty bad tho?

You will just have to enjoy the anticipation then!

This has been in my head for a while. Your turn!

Also

Any info for those of us who don't do Facebook?

Turns out I actually knew one of the injured - one of the trip leaders who's a former Aberdeen Uni student. Very good guy and I wish him a speedy recovery.

Same here. I hope he makes it back to full health soon.

Yes but not for a long time - However they are good.

It was this one the police told you to keep covered up wasn't it?

Nope!

Not as bad as it sounds I was very lucky - It went right through without hitting anything vital.

I don't hang around with macho bampot wannabe hardmen any more. Not for a long long time.

Who mentioned photos?

A genuine double belly-button!

As for the rest of my scars, quite a collection. The most prominent of which once got me lifted by Swiss police and told to keep it covered in future.

List:

Full laporotomy with multiple rows of stitching. From mid-chest down.

Scar on neck from removal of non-malignant lump

Scars on leg from motorcycle accident.

Seven large drain scars.

Scar on lower back.

Dog bite when very young - This only shows up as a red mark when I have a bath now.

Stab wound.

Bullet wound.

Smallish scar beside my arsehole from a perianal abscess that burst in a docs face when she had her head right between my legs, with a torch, saying - "I don't see anything..... OH!"

any ideas why theve flocked here?

As well as the berries, an open north-facing outlook is attractive to Waxwings.

Which probably explains Kincorth. I remember you used to get loads of them out front of Abottswell School.

Excellent shots Mr Owl!

There's Kinky, there's Very Kinky and then there's Sylvester Matuska

Sylvester Matuska Wikipedia

For an English version, just go to 'Other Languages' and click on 'English.'

Sylvester, so it appears had a passion for dynamiting passenger trains and having an orgasm at seeing them crash. His most notable effort was the derailing of the Vienna Express, unfortunately causing considerable casualties, simply because it seems to have been the only way in which he could get his rocks off.

I'm getting hornby just thinking about it...

Only two and school has nothing to do with it.

The rest, I have little if any desire to.

Dunno - The NUJ and various others have had quite some success with the jokers who pull this kind of stunt recently.

I'd have to go look-up exact details but OTOH, someone had a run-in first with Trump's security and then the police when they ere photographing the threatening and illegal signs plus other things put-up to deter public access across traditional tracks and paths on the estate.

A stushie ensued and Hobday cited "illegal photography" as the prime reason for having them detained. That's when I got involved and he crawled back into his hole pronto!

I understand a complaint was submitted to the police as a result of the incident but I have yet to hear the outcome. Personally I'm not expecting much more than meaningless wibble.

I hope the NUJ and the journalists concerned pursue this with the same vigour they have applied to similar matters down south.

As for Trump - This is not the first time they have tried to use the excuse of "illegal photography" at someone doing exactly what they are entitled to on on the land. They backed down fast that time.

Well yes those types of things are best avoided but my point stands that landlords who are not guilty of such approaches are quite within their right to ask for a deposit (I thought 1 month rent was standard?) to at least cover some costs should the tenants fail to look after their property. Because let's face it they could stand to lose a lot more and face attempting to recoup costs through the courts etc.

You are always going to get good and bad cases on each side....

Absolutely! A good landlord is someone to cherish.

Recently two or sometimes even three months rent rent seems have become common for a deposit.

Just that some names/firms do tend to appear quite frequently when the subject of crap landlords is raised.

That should scream NO DEAL right away.

I think that was what sparked the thread - Some poor sod was away to part with a four-figure sum in blisful ignorance of his or her rights.

Oh and their compulsory "credit check" is charged at a couple of thousand percent over the actual cost. Rip-off or what?

I'm sure you can get a copy before signing it, would be incredibly odd if they didn't allow it, as well as suspicious.

Check the last thread that featured APL - IIRC, they had just introduced some terms that insisted you put a substantial amount of non-refundable money up front before you even signed/got sight of the lease.

Why should landlords be out of pocket for other peoples actions?

Why should landlords look to find the flimsiest if any excuse to retain a (grossly overinflated) deposit or neglect/make extra charges for services that should be covered as part of a normal lease? Never mind the routinely argumentative, nay threatening exchanges every time you do need a bit of work done!

Then there is the matter of unscheduled and unannounced "inspections," without you getting the choice of being there or not, or workmen turning-up with no notice whatsoever, for work you didn't even know about in the first place. Imagine the surprise of waking-up one morning, with you and the GF naked in bed, to find a guy in overalls at the end of your bed, telling you that a plumber is currently dismantling your bog, after letting themselves-in for a non-emergency bit of work.

And yes - I did need a shite - urgently!

Welcome to the world of letting from APL!

I don't think anybody is going to try and defend the actions of those who flout agreements, routinely trash flats, or get into the various forms of antisocial behaviour but a tenant who does conduct themselves properly should not have to put-up with this (and much much more) crap.

Oh and that reminds me of another one - The cunts refused to act over a seriously antisocial tenant, claiming it was a landlord matter and of course the landlord they represented was working abroad and apparently out of contact. Except that when we did finally get hold of him after several months trying, it turned out that his agreement did cover them acting on antisocial matters.

Yup - I found Shelter really helpful for info and practical advice when dealing with an issue involving my ex's flat earlier this year.

This advice came way too late.

Sorry - I'm just back from holiday.

Murrr has it about covered. Get to know your own rights as a tenant and see they are applied to the letter.

Good luck.

Yes, on several occasions over the years, for my own (once) and others (many) behalf - Avoid like the plague.

Complete and utterly incompetent shower of shites who won't behave either legally or ethically once they have let you a property.

Try searching on here for an old thread with much more about them and other agents.

The Wild Fishing Scotland site and forums can be useful IME:

wild-fishing-scotland.co.uk - home page

One for the jelly baby connoisseur's amongst us:

A spokesperson for Tesco Home Plus in Staines, where the sweets were bought, quipped: "We expect better behaviour from our jelly sweets. We'll raise it with the supplier."

Odd - News - Woman 'finds masturbating jelly baby' - Digital Spy