Nostr notes by Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

I regularly have similar dreams, but the cigs are tasteless ...

2026-10-27T15:52:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…58sy
_________________________

I regularly have similar dreams, but the cigs are tasteless and/or difficult to light, and also that I am using other substances but not getting the buzz from them (I've quit smoking since 2018 and been clean of other stuff for over a decade)

A young lad in #Yorkshire on an #Engineering #apprenticeship has ...

2026-10-25T16:10:50Z

A young lad in #Yorkshire on an #Engineering #apprenticeship has made a device that blocks #rats and other #wildlife from getting into #railway signal cabinets and gnawing #cables, which causes many delays to trains (it even protects the rats from electric shocks!)

#Education #MadeInYorkshire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqz0vnle17rzo

I suspect tooting the results of the LLM was as much a cautionary ...

2026-10-25T14:05:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…9z3n
_________________________

I suspect tooting the results of the LLM was as much a cautionary tale to warn others how bad this can be and not to try it (he ended up having to manually count the teeth anyway)

I tried something similar with a car part I had replaced myself last year and got equally bad results.

Incidentally many of these bicycle sprockets have the number of teeth engraved on them, certainly the ones I replaced on my e-bike a few years back did (but many of us are now middle aged and might have to use a magnifier to see these)

maybe some parts of the world permanently lose skills for ...

2026-10-25T13:17:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…3umk
_________________________

maybe some parts of the world permanently lose skills for decades/centuries (although I suspect East Asian countries may already be choosing to retain traditional skills but this is hidden from the West due to language barriers)

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

Spoke to the staff today about cursed maps - they had been ...

2026-10-23T00:24:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…axaq
_________________________

Spoke to the staff today about cursed maps - they had been generated in a rush using #Copilot as office was busy due to holidays and fewer staff to answer phones.

Person who generated them realised how bad they were, to the point they were causing her confusion (two important regions were reversed 180° !)

I managed to edit #Wikipedia #SVG of postcode areas using #Inkscape (to remove Norfolk, Cambs and Essex + places we don't operate in) and added some placenames to get an accurate #map below which everyone is happy with - if things are quieter later today might see if we can salvage the pretty graphics for the rest of the poster (it was intended to be both a map and a motivational poster) from the Copilot prompt (assuming it even exports them correctly as SVG)

Went next door to drop off 3 mobile phones prepped for new staff, ...

2026-10-22T00:10:01Z

Went next door to drop off 3 mobile phones prepped for new staff, and saw two of most cursed #AI generated #maps on the walls.

I can see why the admin staff made them as they wanted "Canva girlboss aesthetics" and they aren't used for navigation but to give overview of areas we cover (split between 3 coordinators), but *many* things are off on these maps - A12 and A14 in wrong places, Felixstowe shifted some km to left, blanco space where it should be, bits of Babergh area clearly in Essex, wrong postcodes and other parts of Babergh/Mid Suffolk shifted around

Whats worse is they are partially correct which is likely why they weren't rejected outright.

Later today I will investigate where they came from and see if there's a way of salvaging the pretty graphics but using some better maps

this would be relatively easy for Americans to get as the cartoon ...

2026-10-20T16:58:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…7jcn
_________________________

this would be relatively easy for Americans to get as the cartoon was widely shown on both sides of the Atlantic..

On the way home a young lad was stopped with his broken down ...

2026-10-19T03:33:44Z

On the way home a young lad was stopped with his broken down motorcycle - pulled over to see if he was OK, and got out my LED mechanics lamp to help him see what was wrong. he had a rough noise from his rear wheel, turned out a bungee cord come loose and wrap itself around rear sprocket and chain. I lent him the side cutters I keep in the car and he was able to cut most of the bungee cord, another chap who turned up got out of his car and helped yoink the metal bit of the bungee cord hook and the lad was back on the road and could get to work..

I had to look that up, it is indeed a somewhat bizzare UI ...

2026-10-15T22:45:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…8h7d
_________________________

I had to look that up, it is indeed a somewhat bizzare UI compared to every other tape recorder I have encountered (even since I was a boy in 1970s) - maybe this was done to prevent accidentally recording over something you wanted to keep (I noticed the channel buttons are recessed as well)

I don't know if corporate law is same in mainland Europe as ...

2026-10-12T18:27:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…hwdm
_________________________

I don't know if corporate law is same in mainland Europe as UK, but there's a lot of "serial entrepreneurs" around who will simply let their business burn and walk away from all the creditors (using limited liability as a way of avoiding personal consequences) rather than do things properly or hire the right people.

And its not just in tech but across the board, to the point I do full audits on any suppliers I deal with, checking Companies House and all sorts (including any personal info I can find out about the directors)

AI is going to unearth way more of these, albeit with quite a bit of collateral damage along the line..

LB: This is Norfolk in Virginia USA (not the one here in ...

2026-10-10T17:30:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…s9x7
_________________________

LB: This is Norfolk in Virginia USA (not the one here in England), both areas are prone to flooding

AI6YR Ben (npub1ucv…5a8g)

in contrast there's only about 1 MHz bandwidth on the whole ...

2026-10-06T17:13:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…ny64
_________________________

in contrast there's only about 1 MHz bandwidth on the whole 433 and 868 allocations which are also shared with a ton of other stuff (for instance the security alarm in here uses 868 MHz), with mesh only uses a smaller portion of this band..

if I want to listen to music in the car I have to use whatever ...

2026-10-06T15:16:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…p2yr
_________________________

if I want to listen to music in the car I have to use whatever methods necessary to download it as MP3 as I've not found a music app on Android Auto which doesn't fight with the navi sound announcements to the point the volume changes are jarring and a distraction from safe driving..

a cassette single is only worth $1 (unless someone wanted it for ...

2026-10-06T15:01:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…9k5d
_________________________

a cassette single is only worth $1 (unless someone wanted it for the cover artwork), and even the 12" original would have been quite widespread - Guru Josh was initially a successful crossover artist and that track has been remixed and reissued countless times - it even outlived him (he committed suicide in 2015 following a battle with addiction, a relationship breakdown and a failed business venture, but Infinity still gets remixed to this day)

I quite often see old skool rave 12" vinyl being quoted at ...

2026-10-06T14:41:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…l7mn
_________________________

I quite often see old skool rave 12" vinyl being quoted at silly prices, but increasingly even a lot of DJs who play this genre are using digital controllers anyway.

Also it was (and maybe occasionally still is) relatively easy to find rave vinyl collections in charity shops due to someone from the scene who overdid the substances and OD'd or got locked up somewhere and their surviving relatives are clearing their belongings and don't want to be reminded about that aspect of their lives (although nowadays a lot of Gen X charity shop volunteers would have been involved with the scene and know the perceived value of such tunes)

I can still remember how CB was often made mostly unusable by the ...

2026-10-06T11:38:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…scgr
_________________________

I can still remember how CB was often made mostly unusable by the mid-late 80s by a relatively small minority, and even ham repeaters haven't been immune from abuse either..

it occasionally happens in England as well, with fish as well as ...

2026-09-23T21:14:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…unje
_________________________

it occasionally happens in England as well, with fish as well as meat (and often fish being sold in places like Haverhill which are miles away from the coast). Trading Standards and the local constabulary warn against buying anything this way as its definitely sub-par and likely to make you ill..

been going on for a good few decades/centuries (I once had a ...

2026-09-22T14:40:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…0atn
_________________________

been going on for a good few decades/centuries (I once had a 1950s cycling book, which said you should cut down to 5-10 cigs per day if training for a race, and avoid drinking whisky or other hard spirits *during* the event 😁 )

even before AI there was TL;DR culture (where folk whinged about ...

2026-09-19T01:49:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…0ly0
_________________________

even before AI there was TL;DR culture (where folk whinged about overly "long" posts, even when they contained valid detail), especially when folk insist on using small screen devices for all their "social" communication rather than full size computers.

At least its not so bad on places like specialist forums where someone is posting a how-to guide about a subject where its important you get everything exactly right (like building electronics or car maintenance)

the whole reason I was born in London and not Kuala Lumpur was ...

2026-09-08T16:44:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…q6fh
_________________________

the whole reason I was born in London and not Kuala Lumpur was both my parents refused to have arranged marriage and met by "Western style dating" which was considered scandalous in late 1960s, they both got disowned and migrated to England in the early 1970s, and I was born in 1972.

My grandmother on my mums side did reconcile some time in 1970s even though she didn't approve of my dad, I'm not sure if my dads side of the family totally forgave him as he never said much about them (and language barriers prevented me finding out a great deal about them, to this day I don't even know the full scale of my extended family)

and also whole of the rest of Asia (such as East/SE Asia)

2026-09-08T11:25:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…0f8n
_________________________

and also whole of the rest of Asia (such as East/SE Asia)

RNLI should be given the same level of security protection as the ...

2026-09-08T10:47:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…l57p
_________________________

RNLI should be given the same level of security protection as the rest of the Emergency Services and anything like this treated as seriously as it would be for publishing personal details of Police Officers..

it would be a bit like the Noddy setup, which every so often used ...

2026-08-21T16:34:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…ws6a
_________________________

it would be a bit like the Noddy setup, which every so often used to go spectacularly wrong..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noddy_(camera)

similar happened about 10 years ago in England and Wales, and ...

2026-08-20T14:42:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…gmsv
_________________________

similar happened about 10 years ago in England and Wales, and even today there are warnings from health authorities about measles (but little overt discussion over *why* this could be happening)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5114485/

the problem here is it doesn't take super hacking skills to ...

2026-08-18T12:58:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…cex2
_________________________

the problem here is it doesn't take super hacking skills to get this info, and GDPR training seems to focus on major data breaches for commercial gain - whereas most people can remember a handful of street addresses in their own brain without even needing a computer or other device and pass them on to others.

The only thing that might make a difference is that this man is now in jail awaiting Court, but if its someone who considers themselves an activist and is willing to risk their career and do time then all the training in the country might not deter them..

as someone who does electrical safety tests and fire risk ...

2026-08-18T12:55:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…a7ve
_________________________

as someone who does electrical safety tests and fire risk assessments as part of work (and speaking to a work colleague whose young son had to be evacuated from a festival where a fire occured even before the heatwaves) I can understand this, but I wonder if folk are ignoring the real issue which is that *large* multi day festivals with 20-100k+ people travelling 100s of km and flocking to *same* area at once are no longer sustainable, instead there should be multiple smaller events where in local areas where its easier to keep folk safe - (but they often get refused licences due to nimbys complaining about a few hours of noise)

and in Britain, the right moan about both (and we are all in ...

2026-08-18T12:16:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…4xps
_________________________

and in Britain, the right moan about both (and we are all in windy Northern Europe, but there's still enough sun even in winter to keep solar going!)

I wonder though if the anomaly with Germany could be because the rightwing folk like cars (including EVs), the middle class ones often have houses with garages and 3-phase electric supply, so solar power is literally low cost fuel?

I can remember how the old DTI (forerunner to Ofcom) took a lot ...

2026-08-18T10:43:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…v06u
_________________________

I can remember how the old DTI (forerunner to Ofcom) took a lot of action against Laser 558 and Radio Caroline for pirate broadcasting in 1980s, in spite of neither being fully UK based (but both easily receivable in Britain).

Their owners claimed it was a "fun" project but both stations took advertising, and Laser was once partly funded by Philip Morris cigarettes and intended to get round EU-wide restriction on tobacco advertising (not the first time offshore pirates had done it). In the end the whole EU leaned on PM to pull the funding (and Laser eventually ran out of money not long afterwards)

lthough I don't think those are the ones, in 90s/00s my mates ...

2026-08-14T17:24:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…lph6
_________________________

lthough I don't think those are the ones, in 90s/00s my mates would have stopped to check if they were psilocybin shrooms (the smol ones grow wild in many parts of England).

Those with sense would have ridden back home *first* before consuming any (or else it would have become difficult and even risky to ride the bicycle..)

LTE mobile network is resilient provided base stations have power ...

2026-08-13T12:51:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…nvmy
_________________________

LTE mobile network is resilient provided base stations have power (which can be from both grid and solar/batteries), it would not be easy to fully destroy it (anywhere in the World) without bombing every Telephone Exchange in country flat and ground troops uprooting fibre optic cable, even in larger wars elsewhere (with older tech but similar locations required) combatants have struggled to achieve this.

I constantly have to use various security software to prevent what I assume is Israeli activists trying to overload the Gaza mobile telephone network by repeatedly dialling multiple numbers in the country all at once (they look for insecure VOIP telephone systems to target),which they wouldn't be doing if it didn't exist...

Trying to work out exactly what happened here - I suspect Ed got ...

2026-08-04T17:37:51Z

Trying to work out exactly what happened here - I suspect Ed got busted because he (or his personal assistant(s)?) simply forgot to SORN [1] the #AstonMartin *as soon as* it went in the garage for the conversion (not some years later) so continuous #insurance requirement kicked in (even though the vehicle was in bits in a workshop, DVLA won't know that if its not SORN) - a warning to anyone who is having long term restoration work done on their project #car !

I've had to take out temporary insurance myself for a car that was being assessed after a collision (on advice of insurers themselves, it was from different company so not even any gain to them)

[1] Statutory Off Road Notification, legal requirement in #GB

#cars #transport

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2026-08-04/ed-sheeran-fined-for-failing-to-insure-classic-aston-martin

Not sure if a late middle aged man who has had several spells in ...

2026-08-04T00:50:45Z

Not sure if a late middle aged man who has had several spells in hospital (including emergency admission for heart problems stents fitted for blocked arteries) is a particularly good advertisement for this #food

https://archive.ph/yH8ij

some truck drivers across Europe use lower powered ones in an ...

2026-08-03T21:04:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…jwl0
_________________________

some truck drivers across Europe use lower powered ones in an attempt to fool GNSS based electronic tachograph recorders (used to check drivers aren't working over their safe hours) as those use GNSS for time reference

These aren't supposed to go much further than the truck, but are sometimes enough to cause havoc to GNSS based apps my employer uses for frontline staff (whilst not safety critical, they are part of the audit process to confirm care staff were at the location they are supposed to be at the allocated time)

I wonder why YouTube recommended me a 1989 episode of #BBC ...

2026-08-01T21:29:57Z

I wonder why YouTube recommended me a 1989 episode of #BBC #Crimewatch - turns out there was a 1982 #GolfGTI used as a getaway vehicle in one of the segments (multiple armed #robberies on train stations in South #London)

There was a lot more #crime then compared to today, much of it seemed to be fuelled by rampant inequality (as well as #cars being way less secure than today, and a lot more #cash being handled by businesses)

in 2025 someone in same part of London had their Mk1 Golf (just normal model, but now a #ClassicCar) nicked, but it was all over Facebook and multiple folk saw it and called #Metpol - thieves soon got nicked and he got his car back..

they glorify every aspect of what is bad / wrong with British ...

2026-07-13T13:04:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…g42z
_________________________

they glorify *every* aspect of what is bad / wrong with British society..

officially a Typ 181 and (unsurprisingly, given its appearance) ...

2026-07-10T14:58:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…cm0m
_________________________

officially a Typ 181 and (unsurprisingly, given its appearance) originally intended for use by the Bundeswehr...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_181

I didn't know Napa was an actual place until today, thought ...

2026-07-09T00:27:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…0h7d
_________________________

I didn't know Napa was an actual place until today, thought it was just a brand of car parts (they have started to sell them here in England too, the mechanic at the shop next door to my work said the parts were OK, and the battery he put in our fleet car seemed decent enough)

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116862528952241826 TBH this just ...

2026-07-04T16:09:19Z

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116862528952241826

TBH this just seems like normality on the Fedi 😀

quoting
note1vzm…58l3

RE: https://solarpunk.moe/@vv/116862340401012931

this is a real thing
note1ln0…3s9z

This #Court case from #Wales #UK clearly shows the difference in ...

2026-07-04T15:12:41Z

This #Court case from #Wales #UK clearly shows the difference in #sentencing where a #vehicle is used as a weapon to deliberately injure or kill someone following an argument, as opposed to deaths/injuries caused by "normal" road traffic collision (charges are #murder and #GBH with intent rather than causing death / injury by dangerous driving)

#law #CriminalJustice #driving

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2026-07-03/19-year-old-who-took-nitrous-oxide-and-drove-into-woman-jailed-for-her-murder

seems what happened is rather than release on parole he reached ...

2026-07-03T15:40:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…kjmf
_________________________

seems what happened is rather than release on parole he reached the 66,67% automatic release point of his sentence (normal for all more serious crimes other than murder with minimum tarriff) and there seems to be no way of stopping the prisoner being early released without a further Court case?

This will cause a risk will all serious/violent offenders, and might also account for cases I've recently being monitored where a middle aged man commits a further violent crime or murder having previous served a substantial sentence in his youth (which also shows there is near 0 real rehabilitation in the prison estate)

An angry middle aged white man in #Birmingham attacked several ...

2026-07-01T17:15:30Z

An angry middle aged white man in #Birmingham attacked several #Police officers after being prevented by the arrival of authorities from attacking a Black man he had cornered in his garden.

He also threw boiling water at the Black man and a female Police officer (causing injury to both. It took multiple officers to arrest him (I'm surprised they didn't deploy Tasers, but maybe didn't have Taser trained units available)

He pleaded guilty at #Court and got a 14 year sentence (will likely serve about 8-9 years inside)

I couldn't find any previous for the offender, but this doesn't seem like normal behaviour at age 58 - I guess this is what these men mean by "take back are country?"

#Crime #Midlands

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2026-07-01/violent-thug-threw-boiling-water-over-police-officer-in-birmingham

the petition (which I have signed) is accurate - what has ...

2026-06-30T17:25:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…jmjn
_________________________

the petition (which I have signed) is accurate - what has happened since privatisation is that small parcels with tracked barcode have been cherry picked and prioritised, and letters delayed (whilst postage costs are still going up).

I can order a jiffy bag of vape juice or small car parts/accessories and Royal Mail will reliably deliver it the next day, but letters (even important stuff like NHS or DVLA) can take a good few days to arrive even if supposedly sent "first class"

I also remember a brief push for environmental awareness in high ...

2026-06-28T12:03:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…82rf
_________________________

I also remember a brief push for environmental awareness in high school (in SE England) around that exact same time, which seemed to originate from mainland Northern Europe, but not long afterwards the oil companies subsidised all our science education so it got pushed aside..

RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116770333053823108 I ...

2026-06-18T21:07:49Z

RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116770333053823108

I wouldn't sign up to this because Ursula is there, any more than I'd willingly listen to the Christian Schlager pop record she made with her family in the 1960s 😁

quoting
note1zhq…xfyw

Needless to say, do not sign up for W or give them your ID information no matter how simple they eventually manage to make it.

You simply don’t need to.

You’re already in a far superior – non-corporate, federated – space.

Do not sign up for W. And warn your friends.

The only time you have any power to stop this is now. If they succeed in gaining network effects, you will be as powerless to stop them as you are with X.

And yes, they’re just another venture capital funded surveillance capitalist, people farmer, and burgeoning Nazi Bar. They just happen to be based in the EU. (As Nazi Bars originally were.)

#WSocial #NoWNoX #surveillance #capitalism #BigTech #VC [@_elena](https://mastodon.social/@_elena ) https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116770291207686239

they may not be related, (George Hersee only had two daughters ...

2026-06-12T18:46:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…gvyh
_________________________

they may not be related, (George Hersee only had two daughters and not a son (who would be the right sort of age) but he turns up towards the end of this web page as a young trainee.

He's now retired / doing freelance work and living in Ipswich (I might check if anyone at the community radio station might know him)

http://tech-ops.co.uk/next/roger-bunces-behind-the-scenes-glimpses/

any car made before end 2018 generally doesn't have this ...

2026-06-12T14:42:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…gw0n
_________________________

any car made before end 2018 generally doesn't have this stuff (or if it does its been half implemented and abandoned as the mobile link used now obsolete 3G rather than LTE), so it doesn't even mean driving an old banger..

The criminals already do this, but they tend to pick older cars ...

2026-06-12T14:16:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…uk4q
_________________________

The criminals already do this, but they tend to pick older cars without this kind of tech.

At least some of them are linked to the modified car scene, so they know what is and isn't present in each variant of vehicle.

What often does get them nicked is carrying around their personal phone with the burner phone (as the burner phone can't do selfies, Facebook etc) and the two IMEIs being matched up in the same place by stingrays (or their LTE equivalents)

whilst it was (and probably still is) possible to identify an ...

2026-06-08T22:32:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…kj6s
_________________________

whilst it was (and probably still is) possible to identify an individual typewriter due to small and unique imperfections in the print, I suspect anyone with those skills is long retired or dead..

whilst I've not discussed technical stuff with a cat (I ...

2026-06-08T22:01:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…f95d
_________________________

whilst I've not discussed technical stuff with a cat (I don't even have one of my own, but a neighbours ginger tom regularly visits), we sit and meow together both indoors and out in the street, in full view of the neighbours, which makes far more sense than any AI 😸

its not clear what he got his licence suspended for in the first ...

2024-05-30T11:00:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…qmqy
_________________________

its not clear what he got his licence suspended for in the first place, I assume he was allowed online attendance to Court so he didn't have to travel there. He does mention visiting a doctor; so a wider problem is not having access to one within a reasonable distance (I could easily walk to my GP surgery, it is only 0,5km up the road)

#USA #CarDependency - this chap in #Michigan attended his online ...

2024-05-30T10:54:38Z

#USA #CarDependency - this chap in #Michigan attended his online Court hearing for driving on a suspended licence from behind the wheel of his car - unsurprisingly, the judge sent him to jail!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c133x22kzrpo

if you lurk on UK car forums they are full of middle aged men ...

2024-05-30T10:15:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…geml
_________________________

if you lurk on UK car forums they are full of middle aged men moaning that speeding and drunk/drug driving are no longer tolerated like they were until 2005-2015 (at least for white middle class drivers), I suspect a lot of the anti ULEZ and anti cyclist paranoia is a dog whistle for these "good times" (amongst those who don't want to openly admit to speeding, DUI and general reckless driving)

in my suburban area of England the cars either seem to be ...

2024-05-29T14:27:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…t770
_________________________

in my suburban area of England the cars either seem to be superminis *or* SUVs, with the saloon becoming much less popular - the big problem being the SUV increasingly becoming the default "family car" - I know of very few single people who drive one (or wish to do so) but they are definitely aspirational vehicles for young parents..

TBH I'm more intrigued that #ITV is reporting on this fairly ...

2024-05-19T22:52:54Z

TBH I'm more intrigued that #ITV is reporting on this fairly mundane #drugs bust from #Southend #Essex in the Meridian section rather than ITV #London (which Southend is in, in the old days Thames/LWT was the regional ITV)

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-05-19/red-bull-cans-and-paper-tags-used-by-couple-intending-to-supply-class-a-drugs

in my town they had two literal "twink cops" to patrol ...

2024-05-16T02:17:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…dlr6
_________________________

in my town they had two literal "twink cops" to patrol the Pride events a few years back, but they'd covered their shoulder numbers with rainbow flag badges! (Although this wasn't done to hide their identities from the event committee (its a trouble-free event, TBH they aren't even needed) but to protect them against bullying by their own fellow officers..

many of the young ones here are quitting because they think the ...

2024-05-16T02:04:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…w6k6
_________________________

many of the young ones here are quitting because they think the constabulary is too "woke" (they can't shoot people easily or even drive cars fast without extra training and the budgets have been cut for this), some are moving into construction and others becoming bouncers/security guards (depending on how much they want the power trip or just to make a living)