Devi

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tourists write-off uninsured rental BMW 4WD in river crossing gone horribly wrong in Iceland⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You are, there's a street sign code for different types of roads, some are more road and some are a bit more off-road like

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I need a license to kill a squirrel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to work at a zoo that had free roaming peacocks. The noise is the worst thing for me, it sounds like someone being murdered, they're also huge!

  But on an aside, Canada geese were also introduced by rich men showing off to their friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I need a license to kill a squirrel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In the 18th and 19th centuries big fancy estates in the countryside would import 'exotic' animals to have on their land to show off their wealth. It's where a few of our deer species come from, pheasants, partridge, the little owl, and the squirrels.

  Some others were popular but didn't naturalise, like peacocks, it's interesting to think how life would be if peacocks were as prolific as pigeons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I need a license to kill a squirrel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you know both are invasive? I read a study once that our native species of squirrels are extinct and went extinct some time ago.

  At roughly the same time rich landowners imported both the Eurasian reds and the American greys. We have decided to conserve the reds as they’re closest to our native reds but it’s very subjective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do I need a license to kill a squirrel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nobody has ever faced charges for it. If you find an injured grey, care for it, then release it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Headteachers in England tell of worsening behaviour of pupils – and parents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It's not a legal contract. A business has no obligation to allow you on the premises so a code of conduct is expected, there's an unwritten one for every business you go into. Schools just take time to explain theirs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Headteachers in England tell of worsening behaviour of pupils – and parents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The behaviour standards in school are much lower than in real life. In school telling your teacher to fuck off might get a demerit, or a warning, maybe isolation or in repeated circumstances suspension.

  Telling your boss at McDonalds to fuck off will mean you don't work there any more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Average UK gig ticket to top £100: 'People treating concerts like mini-holidays'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm questioning the term 'average'. There's a club in Newcastle that does a couple of free gigs a week, I'd suggest that's not an isolated case. Of course there's some big tours with £500 tickets but aren't they still pretty rare?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The amount of chips a fast food place serves. I had to throw all this away because I was full. They should serve smaller portions.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Five guys have different sizes, it's just that the smallest size is "fuckloads of chips" and then they go up from there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The amount of chips a fast food place serves. I had to throw all this away because I was full. They should serve smaller portions.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I do that at pizza places when it's an option. Sometimes a small pizza can be 1500 calories, that's too much. Kids will often be less oil and salt too which I prefer for health and taste reasons.