Mandy Lifeboats

Exactly. The person making the SARS report is only reporting a suspicion. They have no way of knowing if there's a reasonable explanation or its linked to a massive terrorism plot. A clown telling the customer that they "almost" submitted a SARS has no way of knowing that there aren't other active reports being investigated. In my opinion it's serious misconduct by the bank employee. They are either lying as a sales technique or breaching several laws regarding SARS.

It seems to be an underhand way to get you to open a different account. Personally, I would complain and ask for a transcript of the conversation. I have dealt with many suspicious activity reports (SARS) in my previous job. They simply aren't used for the activity you describe.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/money-laundering-and-illicit-finance/suspicious-activity-reports

If it triggers the threshold for informing the Police they should/would not tell you. Nothing you describe warrants a referral. Were they trying to convert your personal account to a business account?

Really? Is that a victory in the sense of going 1 up after 10 minutes before conceding 6 before half time?

French military victories 1939 - 1941

Well worth a watch. 2 legends of the game.

I shot the sherrif.

NATO countries invaded Iraq for failing to surrender weapons they didn't actually have. NATO countries invaded Afghanistan lookingfor Bin Laden and his terrorists who were actually hiding in Pakistan who were our allies. Turkey still occupies North Cyprus. France, Spain and the UK all occupy distant areas with debatable ownership. The UN is a political stage.

Mods - we really need a font to denote sarcasm.

I dream of a world where a Birmingham Shitty fan can wear his shirt in public without fear of ridicule.

Or is it a painting of a helicopter on top of a real jet?

When I was a child a huge number of (now) inappropriate words were common place. Asians, homosexuals, mentally disabled, physically disabled and many others were referred to in derogatory ways and belittled on prime time TV. Our language is evolving and I really don't want a world where hurtful words are retained simply for tradition. But nor do I want a world where I am apparently held accountable for the actions of my ancestors. In my opinion the woke and anti-woke argument is another example of extremists looking for a hill to die upon. Let's just treat people like humans rather than by subdivision of the human race that they are perceived to belong to.

But it's much harder to draw pictures and write swear words. Drawing an outline of a dead body is always my starting point.

Has there been a more inaccurate film/TV title than "Mission Impossible"? Over 200 missions. None have been impossible.

That's a bit off topic. Shouldn't you start a thread for things you find interesting?

They are a comedy act. They are called the Cleverley Trio.

A Bluegrass cover of the Black Eyed Peas The instrumental break from 2.15 is just fantastic

And the five people that suddenly queued behind you were your nan, your teacher, a girl you fancied from school, the police and a Central News reporter doing a story on how easy it is for under 18s to buy porn.

In the 1990s I worked for OFFER (the Electricity Regulator). It was a relatively short time after the companies had been denationalised and they had financial incentives to invest is assets crucial to the running of the grid rather than frivolous corporate spending. One company (I shall not name them) purchased a helicopter for their Chief Executive and listed the expenditure as vital to the running of the grid. OFFER challenged it. We dropped the challenge when the company sent us a business case where it was to be used for essential and urgent visual checking of pylon lines during major outages. Where there's a rule there is a clever accountant and solicitor paid to bend it.

Absolutely. If its law and applies to all water companies then it would work. It's worth remembering that the law prevents the water companies getting together and agreeing common financial approaches. The government is at fault and the government needs to sort it.

They could. But their share price would crash. The shareholders would undoubtedly vote the chief executive out of office and ruin the plan. Welcome to the world of capitalism.

Teens today can access porn on their phone. I had to make do with" Sam Fox Strip Poker" on the Spectrum. Only 3 hours of boring and repetitive gameplay in order to see a green, pixelated image of Sam Fox's chest. I can't understand why I am so bad at poker. I played so much.

The alternative is a huge investment in infrastructure. The water companies can only raise the cash by massively raising prices. That would raise prices of most goods, fuel inflation and cripple government fiscal policy. Shit in the rivers is better than the UK public realising that our country has been mismanaged for decades.

As we grow older we develop a viewpoint that "youngsters today" are not as good as they used to be. I think we do this for 2 reasons. 1. Our aging memories don't recall or realise just how awful we were when we were young. 2. Our subconscious envy of their youth and health requires us to develop a balancing factor to make us feel superior. We tell ourselves that we are wiser, work harder and grew up in a much harder environment. I am sure the middle aged of WW2 thought their kids were wasters. Those kids went on to walk on the moon, connect the world with computers and make massive leaps in medicine and science. I was an arrogant, lazy, little sh!t as a teen. I'm now an arrogant, lazy, overweight sh!t. 1980s kids are different to 2010 kids. Not better or worse. Just different.