General things that confuse you

Okay probably surprises me a little, rather thsn confuses me... But there isn't a thread for that sort of thing... But submitted a first Passport application for my Son yesterday, and the amount of Docs they need. 
For some reason they only require the Birth Certificate for one parent, but the Birth and Marriage Certificates for all Grandparents? 

Where the 10k Charlton supporters at Chelsea  game last week were yesterday.

valleynick66 said:

ForeverAddickted said:

Okay probably surprises me a little, rather thsn confuses me... But there isn't a thread for that sort of thing... But submitted a first Passport application for my Son yesterday, and the amount of Docs they need. 
For some reason they only require the Birth Certificate for one parent, but the Birth and Marriage Certificates for all Grandparents? 

Sounds odd. Are you sure you have that right? The guidance online says (for a postal application admittedly) you need:

• the child’s full birth or adoption certificate (the one with parent’s details on it)
• proof that your child has British nationality (for example a British registration certificate, parent’s passport details or parent’s birth certificates)
• any valid passports from a different country belonging to the child
• any court orders relating to the child (for example, that describe parental responsibility or residency arrangements)

So not as you seem to describe?

As an aside I was impressed that I renewed my passport and it was all actioned within 8 days ie new one back to me (and that was sending my old passport in via 2nd class post). No complaints at all. 

Every time I see DR Congo written down I can't help thinking of it as Doctor Congo.
The momentary confusion leads me to need a lie down and a nice cold glass of Democratic Republic of Pepper

IdleHans said:

Every time I see DR Congo written down I can't help thinking of it as Doctor Congo.
The momentary confusion leads me to need a lie down and a nice cold glass of Democratic Republic of Pepper

Like me with the Toyota MR2.

I have both a Apple watch and a linked Blink camera security system.

On yesterday's pooch walk I received the following new messages, which rather freaked me out!

"someone is in your garden carrying a large black container" then 2 mins later
"someone is in your garden carrying a plant pot" ..

got home and the missus is tinkering in the garden with a watering can ...

"someone is in your garden playing with a small dog"

appears that we had just been upgraded to the Blink AI identification service on a trial basis. I was half expecting a message
"some fat git has just wandered slowly into your garden, being dragged by a small dog"

We wont be keeping the AI.

A notorious self-publicist and peddler of "populist" hokum can resign as a Westminster MP in order to stand again in the resultant by-election, primarily for the purposes of self publicity and the peddling of anti-establishment hokum, all at the tax payer's expense.

An entirely unrelated observation: how often does MSM fall for the transparent tactic  of people in public life throwing a rancid "dead cat" on to the table of media attention when scrutiny focuses on troubling aspects of their backstory?  "look over there, there's nothing interesting back here..."

Forgot to mention it the other day but I'm sure we have 1 or 2 that know all about face masks who could help.

Walked past a lady at Chessington the other day walking around with a covid like face mask on. However, this one had 2 little nostril holes and a hole for her mouth and no I'm pretty sure it wasn't a gimp mask.

cantersaddick said:

The number of people on our road who have spent today Jet washing their drive or washing their cars with the announcement of the hosepipe ban coming in from tomorrow. Whilst I completely get why they're doing it what confuses me is how they are doing it during the day? Have they all managed to take a day off at one days notice just to wash the car? How are they managing this?

They likely don’t spend their time on here ! 😉😀

got me there to be fair. Tho 1:27 when I posted that was my lunch break 

valleynick66 said:

cantersaddick said:

got me there to be fair. Tho 1:27 when I posted that was my lunch break 

And another break less than 90 mins later ?

Stop digging ! 😉😉😀

Nah just slacking! 

Edit: Actually just complying with regulations "for office workers using Display Screen Equipment (DSE), government health and safety guidelines recommend taking frequent, short breaks—such as 5 to 10 minutes every hour"

https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/work-routine.htm

Couple of things that don't really annoy me, more confuse me.

Billy_Mix said:

A notorious self-publicist and peddler of "populist" hokum can resign as a Westminster MP in order to stand again in the resultant by-election, primarily for the purposes of self publicity and the peddling of anti-establishment hokum, all at the tax payer's expense.

An entirely unrelated observation: how often does MSM fall for the transparent tactic  of people in public life throwing a rancid "dead cat" on to the table of media attention when scrutiny focuses on troubling aspects of their backstory?  "look over there, there's nothing interesting back here..."

How did the same individual convince so many people, over so many years, to subscribe to his particular brand of "populist" hokum when he apparently lacks basic literacy?  Specifically: missing the fact that if returned to Parliament after his tax payer funded publicity stunt/by-election, he will be subject to all parliamentary standards watchdog scrutiny for all of his time as a parliamentarian i.e. after stunt and before stunt.
That stunt not looking so cunning now is it?