Popped into Costco to do  some bulk shopping I was in the household aisle trying to get one of those big packs of toilet rolls, I pulled one pack out from the bottom when the rest fell on me.
I am ok just some soft tissue damage

Hiya,  I'm late clocking in today.   Had to go out this morning.

I had to take Liffey back to the vet for her check up,  and she is getting better every day now.
She is hardly itching at all now,  but they said to give her one more week on the pills to try and make sure the problem has gone.
We stopped on the way home for a nice peaceful little walk in the nearby fields.

I noticed yet more gipsy horses dumped in the adjacent field to where we were.   There is no grass for them to eat,  and no water either,  not unless they can climb down the banking and into the river for a drink.  

Oh deary deary dear 

The tape measures are still where I put them. I think they know I'm watching.

Too right
He deserved it !

For Rugby League fans

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/25/sir-billy-boston-first-rugby-league-player-to-receive-knighthood-dies-aged-92

I can't stand it when people think they are worse off than everyone else! My mate is brilliant....he lost his voice and legs in an accident...Does he make a song and dance about it!!!
No he does not!

Quote from: Raven on August 25, 2026, 09:51:52 AMI've always said it was a mistake to lose the village stocks. Being locked in a set of them is far more of a deterrent than prison IMO 🔒
Every knows about your crime, everyone pelted you with disgusting stuff it must have been so embarrassing and humiliating, most would never want to do it again. One hell of a lesson.

My wife's great (unsure how many greats) grandfather was the last man held in a local village stocks. The stocks were still in the village when we visited years ago but I think they had been moved from where they were used. There was a plaque to commemorate him with a slight alteration in the spelling of his name as was common when most were illiterate. His crime was drunkenness and beating his wife. The wording on the plaque as shown online now is either slightly different from the one we saw or I misremeber it.

 

Quote from: muddy on August 25, 2026, 08:48:23 AMYes but had those kids they lived the judges would be letting them out aft e r a paltry sentence as they have  the killers of Andrew Harper .

Exactly.  The best possible outcome for those yobs, saves money and any other support for them if they were to be put in clink for a couple of weeks.
Very sad about the two coppers, though, doing nothing but their job.

Similarly, I support hanging for murder, something I think should be brought back here, and a compulsory sentence by the soft judges who do nothing but encourage crime.

Quote from: Raven on August 25, 2026, 09:51:52 AMI've always said it was a mistake to lose the village stocks. Being locked in a set of them is far more of a deterrent than prison IMO 🔒
Every knows about your crime, everyone pelted you with disgusting stuff it must have been so embarrassing and humiliating, most would never want to do it again. One hell of a lesson.

That is a good idea.  Yes, sitting in the stocks for a few hours, or even days, and having people pelt you with anything (within reason, perhaps including effluent if you're guilty of something nasty).  Much more effective than spending a few weeks with your good mates in prison with food and everything supplied freely.

It's already raining here, I'm stuck at the house until the farrier comes, Clyde threw a shoe last evening, just hope he comes this morning and not late afternoon.