Suspect Device
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1 minute ago, Left Back said:
Dentistry is obviously in rude health not just in Scotland but all across the UK. People absolutely do not travel abroad for significant dental treatments according to the BDA.
https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-tourism-patients-need-to-know-the-risks/
I don't think they're talking about nipping over to India for a check-up.
It's actually in the headline (clickbait).
It's not a new thing though. I remember a story from 15/20 years ago about a guy in Aberdeen travelling to Hungary for treatment. I'm just calling out the BS about travelling to India for treatment.
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Has STV joined in the permanent Scotland is so shite narrative?
This 'story' is so full of holes it's unreal.
Is travelling to India actually cheaper than the cost of a private dentist? Mine certainly isn't.
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35 minutes ago, O'Kelly Isley III said:
It's a horrible prospect the lot of it, but conventional politics as we knew it cannot coexist with a society built around capitalist greed, jingoistic militarism and institutionalised corruption.
I'm more drawn to the 'none of the above' spoilt ballot paper; if a sizeable number of people registered that it would at least be an action as opposed to the inaction of sitting on your arse and not voting, which can be easily dismissed.
The problem with drawing a cock and balls on the voting slip is that it would count as a vote for the Tories.
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On 18/02/2024 at 10:34, Richey Edwards said:
Marx and Engels
Not Gorbachev himself.
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Get it in the fucking sea.
Along with the referees.
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3 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:
I would assume not voting is also a huge possibility.
It is for me.
I can't see myself ever voting Labour, Tory or LibDem but not exactly enthused by either independence party.
And the Greens can f**k off.
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OK I'll ruin it all with my bad feeling about today.
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3 hours ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said:
It's some laugh when Ravin Rodent Subortna is the most credible candidate.
Bold move by the LibDems having the deceased lead singer from neo-nazi band Skrewdriver as their candidate.
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37 minutes ago, johnnydun said:
But did he fix your roof? Was it a good job? Was it a fair price?
Fixed the leak but there is a leak in a different place.
I don't think it's a good job or a fair price (he 'found' other things wrong so the price kept going up after he'd taken off half the fucking slates on the roof) and it's in the hands of trading standards now.
That's the problem when you've got a roof left with nothing except the weathershield when he's half way through. Do you tell him to f**k off and then have a leaky roof or get him to finish the half arsed job and hope for the best then complain. I did the latter.
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On 10/02/2024 at 11:03, Barry Ferguson's Hat said:
Fair play to the lad.
Would it change your mind at all if I told you that he is a Celtic fan?
Edit: Obviously I didn't know he was a Celtic fan (or that he had ripped off some pensioners) before I got him to fix my roof.
Edit2: So just a reminder to everyone to carry out due diligence. I'll learn from my mistake.
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12 hours ago, Fullerene said:
So if your roofer is called Frank then that is fine but if his real name is Tom then it is not.
Not sure why that explains it.
To muddy the waters even more, he said his name was James.
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We're shite.
Our name's on the cup.
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Just now, Molotov said:
Twat?
It was my acronym to describe Tokely:
Tosser w****r Arsehole Thug.
Apologies if I never made that clear.
I'm just glad somebody else hates Tokely as much as I do.
An utter c**t of a man. Pardon my misogyny.
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18 hours ago, Rugster said:
Sophia is a lunatic best ignored, to be fair.
I can see what you mean.
17 hours ago, sophia said:Please desist with your misogynistic language. It's not a good look.
The substantive issue that the typical p&b pile-on ignores is the necessary and urgent health intervention that would be to our collective advantage.
I read rants but nothing to suggest that there is anything more than a broad aquiescence that our drinking culture* as it presents should persist. Maybe I'm flat out wrong and nothing needs to change.
*it's culture Jim but not as we know it
For instance.
16 hours ago, RH33 said:What mysoginistic language?
There was none. Unless she us trying to say that the term twat is misogynistic. Like c**t, I'd say it is gender neutral despite what it literally means. Males, females and everything in between can be twats or c***s.
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I see that Rishi is paying 23% of his income in tax. The same rate as someone earning about £52.5k PAYE.
Seems fair???
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21 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said:
You need to pay to read the Press and Journal. The tight, grippy bastirts.
QuoteConman roofer still at it despite being jailed for ripping off pensioners in 2016
Frank Docherty, who lied to customers that his name was Tom, was abusive and threatening to pensioners while working for his dad's firm, Granite Roofing Ltd.
A conman roofer is STILL working in the trade and threatening customers in Aberdeenshire – despite having been jailed for similar antics in the Highlands in 2016.
Rogue trader Frank Docherty – who lied to customers that his name was Tom – was abusive and threatening to pensioners while working for his dad’s firm, Granite Roofing Ltd.
The 30-year-old slater bombarded customers with phone calls demanding money, threatened to remove materials from their roofs, refused to leave without being paid and even denied receiving a payment of £10,000.
Aggressive Docherty also offered to drive one frightened pensioner to the bank to withdraw money to pay him.
But his brave victims reported the matter to the police and have now spoken about their ordeal in a bid to stop others from making the same mistakes they did.
These offences – in Portlethen and Blackdog in 2022 – come as Docherty still works in the trade despite being jailed for defrauding and ripping off customers in the Highlands to the tune of more than £9,000.
Docherty, of Lochside Crescent, Montrose, has now appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted charges of breach of the peace and allowing Granite Roofing Ltd to engage in aggressive practices.
Fiscal depute Peter Finnon said a couple in their 60s in Portlethen had contacted Granite Roofing Ltd in April 2022 to fix a problem with their roof.
Docherty, who lied and said his name was Tom, kept upping the price of the work and eventually turned aggressive turned up and a price of £2,400 was agreed for the work.
Despite a price of £2,400 being initially agreed, Docherty told the couple further work was required and they agreed to pay him £12,000.
Docherty was paid £10,000 in cash, but went on to advise even more work was needed and a total cost soared to £32,000.
However, when the work was completed, the couple had concerns about it and raised these with Docherty on April 29.
Mr Finnon told the court: “Mr Docherty called the complainer at work on May 2, demanding he pay the bill in full in cash.
“He offered to take the complainer to the bank to get the money.
“On May 4, Mr Docherty repeatedly called the complainer while he was at home with his wife.
“He continued to demand the bill was paid immediately and stated he would not be coming to finish the screwcaps, which was one of the issues the complainer had raised.”
Due to the number and content of the calls, the couple decided to record one of them.
During it, Docherty is heard to be “aggressive” and stated he “had the right to take his materials back by law” and he’d “just take all the materials back”.
Mr Finnon added: “He repeatedly denied he’d been paid £10,000 in cash.
“The complainers were so concerned that they called their solicitor and the police.”
The following day, Granite Roofing Ltd returned and finished the screwcaps, after which the couple immediately transferred the remaining balance of £21,600.
‘The whole point is to make sure that it doesn’t happen to other people’
Another couple, from Blackdog, contacted Granite Roofing Ltd in September 2022.
A price of £2,500 plus VAT was quoted for the roofing work, which the couple were told would take two to three days.
Docherty, who again called himself Tom, attended in September to give them the quote and other employees came back the next day to do the work.
Mr Finnon told the court: “Mr Docherty attended later in the day and said they had found further problems with the roof and it would cost another £850 plus VAT to fix.”
The couple agreed and were quoted £4,020 in total for the work, replacing the original quote.
Mr Finnon went on: “Mr Docherty returned to the property around 5pm that day and the work was finished.
“As the complainer had expected the work to take longer and realised he’d been charged £4,020 for a single day’s work, he sought to dispute the bill with Mr Docherty given it was, in his opinion, too expensive.”
The intimidating rogue trader stayed at the address for an hour and a half before eventually leaving.
The couple were initially relieved but Docherty soon began bombarding them with phone calls, even pretending to be his father, the director of the company, in some of them.
‘He got very, very aggressive’
Eventually, the complainer “reluctantly” agreed to pay £3,000, feeling like he had “no choice”.
Mr Finnon said: “When checking the roof, the complainer saw it to be substandard and reported the incident to Trading Standards.”
Defence agent Murray Macara KC said his client is married with three children.
He said that in the first incident, the entire roof had to be replaced due to various defects.
He added: “I don’t really wish to say very much about it. I don’t take issue with the narrative.”
Sheriff Shirley McKenna ordered Docherty to complete 190 hours of unpaid work.
Following the case, the Portlethen couple from the first incident spoke to The Press and Journal about feeling “intimidated” and issued advice for others to avoid becoming victims.
The husband said: “He had a very, very good and credible website.
“He came out and seemed very credible so we gave him the go-ahead.
“Every couple of hours after that there was always something different and extra needing done on the roof.
“Every time there was a knock on the door it was something else needing to be done on the roof.”
The man explained he was unhappy with the quality of the work and wished to hold back payment until various issues were rectified.
‘Don’t be fooled by flashy websites’
He said: “That’s when the phone calls started demanding payment – ‘I’ll easy take you to the bank’.
“It was quite intimidating talking to him.
“He got very, very aggressive. Aggressive when he got challenged when he was doing the work, then he’d calm down and fix it.”
The couple had to get another roofer out to do further work on the roof after Docherty was gone.
He continued: “The whole point of going to Trading Standards and everything else was to try and make sure that it doesn’t happen to other people.
“It wasn’t to get back at him or to try and recover any of the money we paid, it’s just to prevent him carrying on doing it and abusing other people.
“When we did research after the event we found he had a history of it.”
Asked if he had a message for others looking to hire tradesmen, he said: “Do your research and check out the testimonials if you can.
“Don’t be fooled by flashy websites.
“Don’t do anything verbally. Do it in writing.”
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Just a warning to avoid this c**t if you're looking for roof repairs.
Conman roofer still at it despite being jailed for frauds in 2016 (pressandjournal.co.uk)
Websites look legit but he;s a dodgy b*****d.
Roofing Services In Aberdeenshire - Granite Roofling LTD (graniteroofingltd.co.uk)
Roofers in Inverness | Granite Roofing (graniteroofinginverness.co.uk)
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11 minutes ago, sophia said:
There's an inevitability about this.
All that says to me its inevitably going to swing back and forward over and under 50%.
What I don't understand is why it isn't a continuous growth in support for independence for the last 14 years.
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18 minutes ago, Steelly said:
I am no fan of the Conservatives but to compare them to nazi's is way over the top.
Being a teacher I really hope that you do not teach our kids politics or share with them your political views.
It's not that OTT, particularly with this current Tory party.
In fact one of the essay questions in my last term's Politics and IR course was to what extent Fascism was just a radical form on Conservatism.
I chose that question to answer.
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Nikki Haley or none of the above.
Nevada GOP primary: 'None of these candidates' option wins, Haley loses | AP News
Meaningless but mildly embarrassing.
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2 hours ago, Left Back said:
I don't get the hostility, verging on hatred towards the monarchy. I'm pretty meh about it myself. Even if you accept (and there's an argument to be had about it) that they're a net cost to the country in the grand scheme of things it's trivial.
There's plenty other things tax money is spent on that I don't get any benefit out of but this spending makes some people in the country happy. The sovereign grant was about £120m last year whereas (for example) spending on libraries is about £700-800 million.
If neither the libraries or monarchy existed I wouldn't lose a seconds sleep about either but I don't really begrudge spending on either as some people like them and they both serve a purpose.
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Anyone tempted with the 11/1 for a Dons win? (Bet365) Edit: Ladbrokes and Coral offering 12/1.
No, thought not.
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The normalisation of the far-right continues
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It's interesting what you find when you google Braverman Hitler. I was actually looking for her with a wee pencil moustache for a joke.