But if a loved one had dementia and was prone to roaming and getting lost, being able to find them before hypothermia had set in would be a life-saver … like so many things, in the right hands it’s wonderful but in the wrong ones it’s horrendous …
But if a loved one was a female, had their drink spiked and one of these slipped into a pocket or handbag it could be a life-taker. My understanding is that the device needs to be within 10m of a bluetooth enabled phone or similar device to provide location data so it's not the best thing to trust the life of a dementia suffer to. I see very few benefits vs the risks that this kind of technology offers at the moment. Especially at a time when drink spiking etc seems to be rapidly on the rise.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@KT53 I understand that things are cheaper because the Chinese worker is cheap but I very much object to European jobs being exported to countries where working conditions are appalling and not hat far from slavery and the dreadful conditions in UK factories 200 years ago. We're supposed to have evolved to expect better living and working conditions for all and I don't want to add to the profits of exploitation. For those same reasons I won't buy clothes made in Indian sub continent sweat shops or an electric car dependent on batteries made from minerals extracted using child labour in Africa.
@floralies - I thought M&S France was closed down after Brexit. Will have a look. Thanks.
I didn't mean to suggest that I like the situation, simply stating it as it is. Any company trying to create mass market items in Europe to compete on price with imports is almost bound to fail. Luxury items are a different matter, but obviously a very small part of the market.
Even call centre jobs have been exported en-masse to India, despite the difficulties many customers experience trying to understand what is being said to them.
I've just bought a gtech hand held job. It seems to do the job ok. Unfortunately it has stinky scented cartridges and it doesn't work without them apparently. I really hope the cartridge wears out soon. I wonder if you can buy unscented cartridges or maybe someone on eBay is selling worn out ones. Definitely worth more than the stinky ones.
There you are B3, be innovative and start a new business buying the used cartridges, giving them a quick rinse, and sell them as au natural.
Mine didn't have stinky cartridges @B3, but after cleaning it one day...different story I love my gtech hoover I'm annoyed it took me so long to do today's Wordle though
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've been diligently saving up the tokens off the kid's yogurts for ages now in the hope of cashing them in to claim the offer for a box full of organic meat. I need 3500 tokens for the meat box and I've got 3488 at the moment. The latest shopping delivery brought yogurts with no codes on them I think we've got some on the milk bottles though but they're less value so I'll just be waiting a bit longer to claim. I hope they don't withdraw the offer before I can get the final few now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
It took us an hour to do a journey which normally takes 20 minutes. Three options of routes to use - in theory. The one we would normally take is closed for a year due to bridge repairs, so traffic on the other two is obviously heavier. Both those alternative routes seem to be being used as training grounds for hole digging! Temporary traffic lights on both routes.
@wild edges, if your tokens are the ones from the company beginning with "Y", it may be worth contacting them with photos of the labels with the missing codes. * My FIL received his meat box last week, l have 2 steaks in my freezer ready to try
If you compare the regimes in the two countries there is less to contrast. Both extremely controlling of their population, and not accepting of any form of dissent.
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I love my gtech hoover
I'm annoyed it took me so long to do today's Wordle though
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My FIL received his meat box last week, l have 2 steaks in my freezer ready to try
* https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/faqs/yeokens/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60091003
Compare and contrast. Words fail me.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.