worst than bmw drivers

Ah c’mon now. That’s going too far.

I’d love to know what the stats are.

Edit: finding it difficult to get raw numbers but I did come across this little nugget:

BMWs are coveted cars, but their owners earned the particularly poor distinction of being most likely to drive under the influence. “BMW drivers had 3.13 DUIs per 1,000 drivers

Link.

Fully agree. Discretion needs to be removed from those who leave this kind of thing unpunished.

I believe where I live those mandatory sentences are merely guidelines for judges though. Their word is law.

80 years old and doing 70 mph / 115kph in a residential area. What the fuck. Under no circumstances should she have been left with her license. She’s a danger to society.

Where I live there’s a legal requirement to have a certified first aider as employee once you go beyond a certain number of people on-site.

My first job was in a large company and they paid for me to get certified along with a few others. It was open to anyone who was interested. Really cool learning tbh. I think it was three days of intensive training then a written test and practical on dummies for CPR etc.

You have to get recertified every few years if you want to be considered legal though.

My entire year got suspended, then un-suspended on our last day of secondary (high school).

So it’s the last day and pranks abound as is the case in most schools. The usual harmless stuff.

Three lads decided that it would be the height of hilarious to fill a balloon with water and drop it out of the library window onto some unsuspecting eejit. Now I mean proper balloon, not the little water balloons you buy.

Anyway, they heaved it over to the window and dropped it. The library was on the third floor though so by the time it got to ground you’re talking about a lot of momentum. It would have been dangerous if it had hit someone.

They missed and hit a teacher’s car, instantly smashing the back window.

Word spread like wildfire and we’re all called into the library for a meeting of the full year. They say to dob in the culprits or we’re all suspended. If they come forward we know they’re going to be expelled though. Everyone knew who it was but they gave us time to talk it over amongst ourselves. The consensus was to keep our mouths shut after quite a bit of arguing.

Well, they suspended us all. We were all over 18 so went to the nearest pub. It was a bad end to a good time in the school and the atmosphere was really weird.

About an hour later the lads involved owned up and we were all reinstated. They were expelled though and weren’t allowed to sit their state exams in the school.

That sounds like a really great school.

The absolute best was the video that came out shortly after with a short cut of basically “thank you”, “thank you”, “thank you”, “thank you”, “thank you”, “thank you” etc.

Magnificent. Bravo! 👏

Gotta seed.

u24.gov.ua is the official government site.

That was a cool read.

There have been 2,776 cases of intentional homicides and 3,290 people have been reported missing since the war between the factions exploded in 2024

Holy fuckballs.

https://youtube.com/@leisrealtalk

Plenty of interesting stuff going on that she covers (generals being ousted, political infighting etc.).

There’s a bias there but once you filter through that lens the information is really interesting.

I feel like tulips are the next big thing.

Separate question… How’s the maple syrup wine? I used to home brew but haven’t had the time in a while.

And how are the hangovers from it? It sounds delicious tbh but I can already hear my brain screaming.

Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom.

It’s probably easier than you think. First you find billionaires. That’s it.

Lower your blood pressure on one hand and raise it with the other. A perfect balance.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen those in the shops. Do you pickle your own?

People are good. Believe it.

If you need to see how much love there is in this world, drop by your local airport and wait in the arrivals section. Ten minutes will do it. There is so much love.

I know it’s difficult in these times of dread and upset, but the love and kindness is there.