WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

[PanBiker]

Logistics?

I have been tracking an order I made due to be delivered today. I had tracking info this morning at 09.30 that gave a delivery time of 16.30 to 18.30 today. I shoved the tracking info into their app and its showed the driver in Nelson at 10am, Colne at 10.45 and he was in Barlick by 11.30. Tracking showed him on Skipton Road and then on Monkroyd. I assumed my delivery would be shortly after. I checked again at 12.45 and found that he was back in Nelson? If they knew about my delivery by 9.30 why wasn't it on the van for when he was already in Barlick? Only reason I can think is that they have a distribution hub in Nelson and have to revisit throughout the day. Still seems daft though to me.

[PanBiker]

There is a notice on the app that says the courier already has my parcel. That was there when I first checked this morning so it makes even less sense.

[Tripps]

I pay no attention to all emails and text messages regarding ebay deliveries. I think the whole process is little short of miraculous, and I try not to organise the business of those runnng it on a daily basis. My tally to date is 634 purchases, and I have never had one that did not arrive.

[Cathy]

I don’t watch them either, the ads are bad enough.

[Big Kev]

My mother is 88 today

Here she is with me and my brother, pic was taken last year when she visited.

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[Stanley]

See THIS seek allows seek allowances
Surrey Police says it is investigating two separate allegations of "non-recent child sexual abuse" following the US release of the files related to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The force says that one relates to locations in Surrey and Berkshire in the mid 1990s to 2000. The other relates to the mid to late 1980s in west Surrey. No arrests have been made, it added. In a statement, the force said it took "all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of enquiry to verify information or establish corroborating evidence".

[Stanley]

See THIS update on earlier news....
A father has described feeling "unbearable grief" after his three "beloved" daughters died in the sea off Brighton beach. Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from the Uxbridge area of London, died in a "terrible tragedy" on 13 May, police said. Emergency services were called at about 05:45 BST to a report of a person in the water near Black Rock car park in Madeira Drive. Two other bodies were also recovered from the sea nearby. Paying tribute, their father, Joseph, said in a statement: "No words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters in the prime of their lives."

[Stanley]

Just watched Susan leave Perth on her way home via Kuala Lumpur. Flight MH0124.

[Stanley]

Susan arrives at Heath Row this morning.
THIS caught my eye....
US President Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been "largely negotiated" and details will be announced soon. The deal would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, he said on Saturday, without giving further details. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei earlier told state television that US and Iranian positions had been converging in the last week, but warned that did not mean agreements would be reached on key issues and accused the Americans of "contradictory statements". On social media, Trump said he had a "very good call" with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and others about a "Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE". "An agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed," Trump said. "Final aspects and details of the deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly."
I was saying yesterday I hadn't seen any mention of the Donald for a day or two. Looks as though I have got my answer.....
Is this the beginning of the end? Don't clap hands yet.....

[Stanley]

Margaret and Mick have just arrived in Vietnam and Susan is back at home with Mick. I think they are at Windsor Horse Show this week....
(I am in Barlick and have got my milk and onions.... )

[Whyperion]

See THIS update on earlier news....
A father has described feeling "unbearable grief" after his three "beloved" daughters died in the sea off Brighton beach. Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, from the Uxbridge area of London, died in a "terrible tragedy" on 13 May, police said. Emergency services were called at about 05:45 BST to a report of a person in the water near Black Rock car park in Madeira Drive. Two other bodies were also recovered from the sea nearby. Paying tribute, their father, Joseph, said in a statement: "No words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters in the prime of their lives."

Brighton' s beach is of large pebbles, they are arranged like staggered shelves with quick vertical descents . the currents run round the Black Rock Marina (which I think has been enlarged over more recent years) giving undercurrents too and the English Channel probably not warmed up from nordic flows as yet.

[Stanley]

THIS caught my eye....
Published
9 hours ago
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has described a case in which three teenage boys were spared custodial sentences over the rape of two girls as "appalling". He added that it was "right" that the sentences given by a judge at Southampton Crown Court were being reviewed by the attorney general. Two girls, then aged 15 and 14, were raped in separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in November 2024 and January 2025, by two 14-year-olds. Another boy, then 13, was also convicted for his involvement in the second attack. Sir Keir said the girls have "shown extraordinary bravery and strength in heinous circumstances". At a sentencing hearing for the boys on Thursday, Judge Nicholas Rowland said he wanted to "avoid criminalising these children unnecessarily". Instead, the boys were given Youth Rehabilitation Orders (YROs) - community sentences given to children, which can include unpaid work, curfews or a requirement to undertake treatment. But one of their victims told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that the decision was like a "rock straight in my face". The girl, now 16, said it "almost made it seem as if what the boys did was not OK, but it was OK in the eyes of the law because they were still children". She and her family want the sentences to be changed, and the boys sent to jail, saying the sentences amounted to a "slap on the wrist". "Why did I sit and put myself through the pain of going to court, going through a trial, reliving everything because of evidence and watching it all happen again?" the girl said.
Sentencing can be very hard to understand sometimes and my sympathies are with the girls. This seems far too lenient and almost feels like a criticism of them.....

[Stanley]

Message from Margaret.... "Bloody hell Ho Chi Min City is busy" !

[Tizer]

Stanley has sent me a message asking if I'm OK. I haven't been posting much on OG. I'm slower now, tending to lose track of my thoughts, although my long-term memory is fine. So I'm concentrating more on my hobbies and less on the outside world.

What caught my attention is that as I sent my reply to Stanley an email arrived from one of my cousins. He's a musician and recently I sent him a link to the lyrics of Bruce Springsteen's `Streets of Minneapolis'. His email was to send me this link to a long Guardian article: `Bruce Springsteen is a model for how celebrities should resist Trump' Guardian

[Cathy]

Oh Tize, it seems to have happened quite quickly. Glad you are well and occupied, I’m sure Mrs Tize is looking after you.
Enjoy your hobbies, and keep in touch. Miss you.

[Stanley]

I'm glad he's all right....