Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[Toast]

Will be loads of this as well btw.
Especially once China get involved as well.

 

[larbert toffee]

Morning everyone.

I hope that you are all well and that @larbert toffee and Mrs L T are making a good recovery from covid.

We wake to terrible , terrible news from Ukraine. We can pray that this ends quickly and with minimal bloodhed but I don't think that those prayers will be answered.

Chucking it down here so my distraction from events in Eastern Europe will have to come from the gym rather than the garden.

I hope that you all have a good day.

Morning All, I'm feeling a lot better today thanks Jazzy, Mrs a few days behind, still a bit groggy but still within the bounds of flu like symptoms rather than anything serious.
Yes Jazzy, bad bets with regards to Ukraine, it was going to happen, I don't think they were ever going to step back from the brink after such a build up, Put in just confirming what they've been saying about him all along, I also hope the conflict ends soon also for everyone's sake.

 

[larbert toffee]

That "consoling " has me worried for a man of your age !

I wish ?

 

[blue1948]

As I’ve said in other threads at the time, I actually spoke to the scammers on an old fellas phone once.
I was pretending to be the old fella to buy some time for the police to get hold of them.
It’s remarkably common in retail for older people to come into shops and buy hundreds of pounds worth of Amazon or iTunes cards and give them to someone to ‘pay off a debt’.
That call I had was chilling but it was well worth it in the end.
I logged into his online bank and transferred his money to a secure account just before they got hold of it.
You wonder how people fall for stuff, but these guys are ruthless.

Have you seen the film "Tinder Swindler" these people are professionals .

 

[blue1948]

Good morning all on this fearful day ,what makes a person like Putin tick ? We might be lucky in Finland that he hasn't taken a fancy to us and that we are far from Ukraine but I pity the people living there .As if Covid wasn't enough and now China backing him is really worrying ,he has to have a big d**k contest every so often and it seems he escalates ,he has a mental problem . We can all just wait and hope and wish the Ukranians good luck .
Sadly I cannot see diplomatic sanctions doing anything especially in the short term.
For all the benefits we have today we still have crazy rulers .

 

[Barnfred 55]

Hi T , hope everything is OK with you.
Raining here but snow forecast even on lower ground as we are.
Might be heading your way too.
Get that walk in with Daisy whilst you can.
Lovely weather forecast for the weekend

Very showery down here. Combination of beautiful sunshine, hail, squallish rain and high winds. Weather hasn't got a clue what to do, so it's just your normal day down here in Cornwall. Best weather forecast for tomorrow but as sod would have it my new washing machine is being delivered tomorrow sometime between 8am and 4pm. If it comes early I'll deffo be out on the cliffs as I've been climbing the walls a bit the last week or so.

Woke up to the disturbing news about Ukraine. I don't think anybody has any clue how this is going to play out. All we can do is hope and pray that they come to a diplomatic solution sooner rather than later and not too much blood is spilt in the meantime. Can't pretend to be optimistic about it though.

 

[Toast]

Good morning all on this fearful day ,what makes a person like Putin tick ? We might be lucky in Finland that he hasn't taken a fancy to us and that we are far from Ukraine but I pity the people living there .As if Covid wasn't enough and now China backing him is really worrying ,he has to have a big d**k contest every so often and it seems he escalates ,he has a mental problem . We can all just wait and hope and wish the Ukranians good luck .
Sadly I cannot see diplomatic sanctions doing anything especially in the short term.
For all the benefits we have today we still have crazy rulers .

Europe and the US used to have strong rulers.
Now we seem to have absolute duffers all round.

 

[Barnfred 55]

@Harryflashman havent seen you on in a while. Hope all is well and we see you again soon mate.

Not been active on here for over a month.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Good morning all on this fearful day ,what makes a person like Putin tick ? We might be lucky in Finland that he hasn't taken a fancy to us and that we are far from Ukraine but I pity the people living there .As if Covid wasn't enough and now China backing him is really worrying ,he has to have a big d**k contest every so often and it seems he escalates ,he has a mental problem . We can all just wait and hope and wish the Ukranians good luck .
Sadly I cannot see diplomatic sanctions doing anything especially in the short term.
For all the benefits we have today we still have crazy rulers .

I think the way they will go is full out financial sanctions. But that is likely to hit the West hard too, especially with fuel prices. Also, this will likely back him into a corner and who knows how he'll react when that happens. He must be completely irrational otherwise he wouldn't have gone into Ukraine.

I agree that China is also a concern as they'll have their eye on Taiwan. Scary times. Have you raised the alert level on your border with Russia Blue, or are the Finnish government trying to downplay things? How close are you to the Russian border?

 

[blue1948]

I have just seen a report in the Mail ,amazing how similar it looks to the invasion of Afganistan ,whilst never supporting Putin I think The US and The UK should perhaps look in a mirror .
Once again the people will pay the price whilst the politicians make lethal decisions from afar . We have the audacity to think we are the supreme being on earth .

 

[blue1948]

I think the way they will go is full out financial sanctions. But that is likely to hit the West hard too, especially with fuel prices. Also, this will likely back him into a corner and who knows how he'll react when that happens. He must be completely irrational otherwise he wouldn't have gone into Ukraine.

I agree that China is also a concern as they'll have their eye on Taiwan. Scary times. Have you raised the alert level on your border with Russia Blue, or are the Finnish government trying to downplay things? How close are you to the Russian border?

No signs other than indignation from the Finnish prime minister yet ,we are not very far 400 km from St Petersburg .
I don't think at this moment the "nutter " has eyes on us but who knows .

 

[Toast]

My lad who works for Tesco says they are having panic buying again of fuel.

We never learn.

 

[blue1948]

Just for the veggies in here :- Asparagus with lemon juice and grated parmesan .

 

[anjelikaferrett]

Morning all. Grey and drizzly here this morning. Just had a phone call from my neighbour, the one who was scammed the other day. She is worrying now that her replacement card hasn’t turned up yet, and she won’t have access to any cash, which she doesn’t need at the moment anyway. Have just spent 15 minutes trying to reassure her that it is on its way and may turn up today, if she gets desperate for cash I’ll sub her. If only these people could see the distress they cause but then again they have no heart so why would they care?. Hope everyone has a good day.

You're so lovely and kind x

 

[anjelikaferrett]

As I’ve said in other threads at the time, I actually spoke to the scammers on an old fellas phone once.
I was pretending to be the old fella to buy some time for the police to get hold of them.
It’s remarkably common in retail for older people to come into shops and buy hundreds of pounds worth of Amazon or iTunes cards and give them to someone to ‘pay off a debt’.
That call I had was chilling but it was well worth it in the end.
I logged into his online bank and transferred his money to a secure account just before they got hold of it.
You wonder how people fall for stuff, but these guys are ruthless.

I always keep them talking for as long as I can. I usually start the conversation with "will I need my bank card?" I keep going for as long as possible, ask loads of questions and then lay into them for being such horrible awful people. I have absolutely no regret doing it. I went through a phase of getting loads - some saying they were from Amazon Prime, some saying there was fraudulent activity on my National Insurance number in wales and one saying that there was a warrant out for my arrest for tax fraud. That was a fun one. I asked which Court had provided the warrant, what Grade was the person I was speaking to and then told them I worked for the Government and they were talking rubbish ( except I wasn't that polite) I did ask one why he did it and he actually replied "you always get your money back, you don't lose anything."

A bloke I know through Union activities in this area who passed away recently was scammed out of £6000. He was very socially awkward but also very intelligent. He got beat up very severely by the National Front in the 1990s and it left him with some residual brain damage. He was always having problems with his phone or laptop - I don't think he really knew how to use them but he got caught by the ones who say they are from Microsoft.

They really are the scum of the earth.