is essentially what Ukrainian Patronism is about They wouldn't have patronism If they didn't have hate towards Russians And the western parts of Ukraine Have with the influence of US Have been raised with us And essentially because of that It's all to divide Because, you know, you can clearly see the evidence Is there that Ukraine is an extremely Divided country And that is something that's not being told The east and the west completely divided The east parts predominantly Russian speaking And once to be part of Russia The west part of Ukraine Once to be part of EU So I suppose I don't No, because I was not raised To hate anybody I was raised to love myself of who I am And where I come from Um, in terms of being a phrase I suppose since I started speaking out And trying to get the Russian side of things out there I never wanted I suppose anyone to hate Ukraine Or I didn't want anyone to love Putin Or to love Russia But I did want people to look at the two sides Of the coin And, um, since I started doing that Yeah, absolutely I have been censored in the worst possible ways But Lucy, in that case That came in the form of Yeah, well, let me finish Yeah, go ahead That came in the form of threats It came in the form of losing my job It came in the form of my name being Blackened And used to kind of almost make me To be some kind of Russian spy or something All because I have good English Now apologies that I have a talent for languages You know, but that's just me I'm an ordinary person I'm a single mom I hold no trust But that is what I've been made out to be Which is an extremely, extremely dangerous position to be in In regards to my Russian community Yeah, go ahead In regards to my Russian community They have faced similar threats And the Russian speaking The likes of Latvians, Zatvanians here They have also faced similar threats People would be working in a company And there would be Ukrainians that would be hired People would have to move They would move them to a different part Just because Ukrainians are working there They don't want to be working with them You know And again, similar threats And I mean, these threats are very scary Well, Petro Balmier House You know, well, I have a daughter So, you know, they were threatening things towards her It was awful I did have to go to the guards You know, but of course it's very difficult Did the guards ever take an interest in you, Lucy Given your background You talked about Pardon? Did the guards ever take an interest in you? Have you ever been visited by the authorities? I have been guarded by others There's no, I'm fully transparent I've been guarded by others Sorry, you misunderstand the question Sorry, I'm not suggesting any impropriety Or that what I'm saying is that You know, you talked about people accusing you of being a spy I was just wondering, was that office whispers Or did you, you know, did you find yourself At the attention of Guardi? But you've answered that No, I'm not suggesting that you need Guardi never took any interest in me Why would they? I mean, I'm allowed to speak out, right? I'm allowed to have opinions Of course, it's just And I'm allowed to live my country and its people Yeah, and I'm not a bit But it's just when you mentioned That you've been called a spy That was the motivation for that question And that was, yeah By a few people insinuated that, all right Just on the ground, I get you okay Stay where you are Patrick, you've recently got married in Moscow Was it since the war in Ukraine began? Come on, Greg Yeah, it's since, yeah Two Sundays ago I was married August 6th So Congratulations You obviously married a Russian person Who has got Ukrainian roots What is their view? Your view on what's happening at the moment And I suppose how it's being more broadly reported Well, there isn't being broadly reported That's the problem I mean, there's a narrative There's a script that's written And it's written by the State Department I mean, the State Department Selected the government in Ukraine We saw that in 2014 With the State Department sponsored kill And then you had the infamous Roundcall between Victoria Newland and Chris Paya About who should run Ukraine And subsequently Yatsenuk was brought in That was Newland's election Not the Ukraine one Can you give us a sense of what The manifest is like in Moscow How, I mean, obviously it is clear Through Zelensky, he said he wants to bring He wants Russians to feel the war We're seeing drone attacks in Moscow And on Russian soil Or Russian claims soil But how are people talking about it in Moscow? Yeah, it's in the conversation, right, Greg? But I think people see Zelensky as a pathetic trigger He's been used He's basically a tool there at the moment There's a State Department melt-piece And I think he was a convenient choice For a president because Now I don't know whether he's a practicing Jew I don't know whether he follows up on his fate But of course there was I mean, if you look at Long Run in series By the BBC, Vice News, DW They did series about Nazism in Ukraine Which is one of the reasons for the SMO in the first place And so I think Zelensky was selected for that And because he was a TV personality Who had played the role of a president So, you know, he's a good actor What is Russia's role? Let's just say, for instance, that accusation was true What's Russia's role in ridding Ukraine of Nazism? What will be true? I mean, it's on record, Greg It's on record You can go and listen to that audio yourself You can hear Victoria Newland bragging about Look, and I've seen some of the tattoos That can be visible sometimes And I'm not saying it's not present there I'm not saying either that's there At the levels that you're talking of I'm just curious as to what's... I think those tattoos in Ireland If you go back to last summer Now, this summer, I haven't seen them so much And I think that's because they were told You need to cover up You're like this whole... I'd never seen a swastika tattoo Or a black zone Or an SS insignia on anybody Or silhouettes of snipers Bandera portraits I hadn't seen that before last summer Then suddenly I'm seeing them on the daily You know, we had a good weather Patrick, let me ask you this We are... Where we're at now is... I can't imagine anyone Well, I mean, there are obviously always people Who are going to benefit from war But I think normal people You, me, Lucy No one wants particularly these young people Being sent to their inevitable deaths Any longer And we don't also want to see this escalate Beyond what it already is What do you believe in? What do you believe an acceptable solution, Patrick, is? Listen, we don't think like you're... No, I want to ask both of you I was just going to go to Patrick first, Lucy I will come back to you Yeah, no worries Yeah, just so I don't lose my train of thought Like you or I wouldn't think Like the head of Dino Corp Or Raytheon or Boeing or whatever I mean, these are the guys that stand To make billions from this So it's in their interest to keep this going And if you... Like, there's three times now There's been peace settlements on the table And three times the State Department Have intervened to put a stop to this So, you know... What's an acceptable... What do you see as the... What do you see as the conclusion to this, Patrick? What do you... Greg, here's the point Here's the thing that... Annalena Baerbock Tobias Elwood Merviecki and Paul and Lindsay Graham Of Kill Russian's fame John Bolton Retired General Keith Kellogg Former National Security Advisor At least goes on of people who have said That we're at war with Russia And for the moment we don't need boots on the ground We can go to the last Ukrainian Graham has said this John Bolton has said this Kellogg has said this I'm not sure... I'm not sure anyone watching on feels that that's... You know, would not suspect to some extent That that's what feels... That's what it feels like what's going on But Lucy, I'll go to you then Maybe you can answer And I'll go back to Patrick as well I'm not suggesting you won't answer What do you see as the resolution to this? What would you think from a Russian perspective? And I'm talking of the leadership and its people As to a satisfactory conclusion to this What is a win for Putin? I suppose... Look, I think it's a win for everybody Involved That Ukraine's say a neutral state Okay, I suppose almost like a buffer state Okay That abandon all these NATO expansion ideas And I suppose, you know, create an economic rescue plan Which is something, you know, in connection with Russia Of course Which is something that Putin did offer Something that you weren't able to offer But Putin did offer And then of course guarantee minority rights To the people in the EU Russia did previously commit to Ukraine When it gave up its nuclear weapons to protect it Could you understand how Ukrainians might be suspicious Of any commitment Russia might give As part of a peace plan Considering that many might feel it reneged On its commitment to defend it really effectively To not invade it anyway I'll ask Luciana and come back to you Go ahead, Patrick Yeah Go ahead, Patrick Go ahead, do you have... No, no, because to be honest with you Like, isn't it strange That the Minsk agreements were agreed They were even confirmed by UN And then the next day It just... They'd completely abandoned that commitment And they didn't honor it So who here is actually not guaranteeing peace or security Who here is in the wrong in terms of us When there was a peace plan in place And everything was guaranteed But it was in fact Ukraine in connection with the US Of course That went and abandoned those plans And all because they wanted to give Ukraine time To pump them with weapons against Russia And Patrick, you can take over here Because you know we have... I'll come back to Patrick But I just want to ask you one more War question, Luci, because we will have to move on You know, you talk of here in this country And I get it that maybe the full story Is not being told That people like yourself Maybe feel you don't have a platform But we see incredibly strong controls Over the media in Russia A very specific... And I watch RT, right Because I think you have to watch all different media Outlets to sort of try and get sort of A nuanced balance view and somewhere in All of it is the truth So I do watch RT I do follow a few Telegram channels So I feel I do get a sense of Without it being fed to me by BBC or Sky News As to what's going on The narrative that's going out in Russia I mean, why is that being so tightly controlled By Russia? I mean, you want an open conversation here What is Putin afraid of With an open conversation in Russia? That's obviously untrue In what respect? An evidence would suggest that Because in Russia you're able to have that open conversation They're aware of everything that is happening They're aware Everyone is aware I'm talking to my family And both Ukraine and Russia They're well aware of what is happening That isn't true All right, Patrick Yeah, I think you're anti-censorship Are you anti-the censorship That's going on in Russia as well? I'm anti-the censorship that goes on here Ukraine is more censored than Russia And that's to be honest This is Zelensky made sure of that when he got the power But to go back I need to go back to where you said When Putin did decide to go in there That was in defense of ethnic Russians in Ukraine as well Who were being slaughtered And this has been catalogued I mean, the ECHR since 2014 In thousands of cases of murder and human rights abuses The OSCE, the UN, Amnesty And other human rights organizations All fully aware of this We're told about Russian war crimes We're not told about Ukrainian war crimes Which has been presented before the UN By the likes of Lord Nel And who's an investigative journalist Who's been in Donbass since I think 2015 Recording everything Kristallnayant Another one You have also Anna Lip as well Anyone who wishes to seek an ad We'll find information on what you're talking about I'm not finished on this Go ahead We can't forget as well Poroshenko's role in this as well It's Nachos Zelensky Poroshenko, the prior to Zelensky Was the one who said I think it was in 2014 He said Our children will go to school and kindergarten This is verifiable as well You can look this up There's no mistranslation And he said It's a long-winded speech But I think the main part of it is where he said Our children will go to school and kindergarten And theirs will hide in basements Now there was more to it There was about rights for them For pensions and things like that as well But he was talking about ethnic Russians there And how they were going to squash any dissent That they were It was basically the Ultra-nationalists were going to get their way Poroshenko was an ultra-nationalist themselves You know He's a russifold Well, I think if I'm not mistaken Poroshenko himself's in the basement So at the moment If that Well, he was He was So you might see that as part of it So what do you see Let me ask you directly one more time Patrick What do you see as the A solution to To this I mean I suspect and you're clearly very intelligent I suspect maybe Are you avoiding the question because you want to see Zelensky out No, no, no, I've got an answer for you I've got an answer for that Basically The collective West needs to stay out of Russian politics They need to forget their ideas on regime change And having every World leader lined up with the USA department And tone the line for US interests The era of the hegemony is over We're into the multi-polar world Now the only polar world is a thing of the past So they can forget about removing Putin Russian people are happy with Putin I'm happy with Putin I see how that country is being progressing And I just I found a hilarious fact that senator Was able to say Talk about censorship But when's the last time she was there You know When is the last That she can say that Russian people can freely speak How can she come to those conclusions Oh, that's what she was talking about Yeah, no, well Alan, it was a broad conversation as well I mean, there's no point picking up One particular element of it Because I think for the most part The senator was of a view That we need to hear other voices as well What it would It would be of an narrative writing Yeah, but what it would seem though What it would seem is And use both for saying it's not the case That what people can say publicly I haven't heard any Russian objection To what's happening in Ukraine So either 100% of the Russian population Believe that everything is going great And the way it should be Or else they don't speak out I do watch, as I say, RT News I'm not saying that's everything But I do see how things are presented And the interviews and Vox pops that are out on the street And I have seen people on the streets of Moscow If they're anti-war being rounded up And sent into prison Or both of you saying that that is not the case Do we have a free and open social media Opposing debates like we're having right now Are you saying that's happening in Russia? If you're just saying it's the case I'll take your word But it doesn't appear to be the case Lucy is that But that's not shown to you Because that's the way they would want you to think Yeah, but I don't see it on Russia today I don't see it on that channel either For an example, I'm not saying this Well, there's a lot of independent I mean, there's so many sources That you can view And absolutely a lot of Russians are Taking up having a debate about this Absolutely But in general, the Russians understand What is happening and what needs to be done And that is for their own future That this is important Lucy, thank you for your time For the safety of the people of Russia All right, thank you for your time In both Ukraine and Russia All right, thank you Patrick, thank you very much indeed Lucy and Patrick 08, 660, 25,000 WhatsApps and texts 08, 660, 25,000 Or 074, 9125,000 The county's number one talk show The Nine Till Noon Show on Highland Radio It's the Nine Till Noon Show In association with the Northwest Truck Fest This Saturday and Sunday at Milford Mart With live music, calmly fun And truck convoy and much more Over recent months, we've all been dealing With the reality of rising energy costs And we've all been making changes To reduce our energy use However, if you are having trouble Paying your energy bills Be sure to talk to your supplier As soon as possible There are a range of protections In place for customers Organizations such as maps And a loan can also help For information on these And all other supports available Visit gov.ie forward slash reduce your use Brought to you by the government of Ireland September 29th to October 8th Starring 35 bands including Tumbling Patties Derrick Ryan David James Declan Ernie Plus Blind Date and Speed Dating Book now for accommodation And entertainment package deals Log on to showtours.ie Or call Showtours on 0818-300TRAVEL8 Major match in Bondoran Join the Highland Radio Outside Broadcast Team this Wednesday afternoon from 240 at Letterkeny credit union for their first card draw of the year. first car draw of the year. 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Another who's making a fortune out of the war in Ukraine with their vested interests. They wish to prolong this. Another Lucy is very brave to come on and speak, but I'm inclined to think along the same lines as Lucy. I did look into some of the history at the start of this conflict and what Lucy is saying is true. No one wants destruction of life or property, and there's no genuine efforts, especially from the West, to have any peace negotiations or agreements put in place.  The West needs a market for all their weapons and artillery. That industry needs conflict to continue to provide a market for these weapons. Fair play to Lucy. There's only one sided media that's being heard on the airwaves. Another. I agree. Two sides to every story. I don't trust Ukrainian president. He doesn't want peace. He likes to keep conflict going. Interesting interview. Has Lucy experienced any negative effects of being Russian living in Ireland? Has people's attitudes towards her changed in recent times? Here, what you heard she has. The Irish have definitely sold the Ukrainian side of events, but how many are aware of that? Greg stop interrupting just because she's from Russia. She was vetted, not like the Ukrainians. You see, this is the problem.  I'm speaking to people on two delayed lines with time constraints, adverts stacking up. You can't win. Can you speak to someone with a different point of view? And then someone gives out for the style in which you're doing. So Lucy, I didn't challenge her opinion. I tried to have a conversation with her. Lucy's anxiety of her home being attacked should surely help her emphasize or empathize with innocent Ukrainian families being targeted by Russian shelling over the past 18 months. Man, there's a lot going on. All right. Tell her Ukraine were granted freedom as in living in a free democratic country when Soviet Union was broken up. Unfortunately, Putin wanted Ukraine under his control again. Ukraine didn't roll over as he thought they might. Another America fueling it for all their own reasons. Zelensky making millions out of it. Always two sides to every story. Good to hear that girl's story. I feel sorry for her. Ask Greg about the Minsk Accord Treaty. That's the crux of it all. And he should know about this. And if not, he needs to educate himself. I think I actually referenced that in the interview, but thank you. All right. Those are the views of mixed reviews, different views coming in on that issue. People always talk about the media putting across certain views and this that and the other. I think there are those that think they're awake to everything that they've woken up to what's going on. And I think they do the broad, I think they do the broad population a disservice. A lot of people out there do their own research, read their own stuff from many, many different places. 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The Irish Tourist Assistance Service helped 782 people so far this year. The last year really where it would make sense to compare figures would be pre-pandemic 2019, 721 people required assistance in that period so it's an increase of a considerable proportion. Lisa Kennedy is the Chief Executive Officer with the Irish Tourist Assistance Service. What's your read of those figures? I mean I don't know in terms of visitor numbers this year compared to 2019 or how comparable are the figures in your view Lucy? Lisa, I beg your pardon. Good morning. Yeah well just to state I suppose our service assists as you said international visitors to the country who experience crime and trauma so yeah we have seen an increase in the numbers accessing support from the service this year and it's mostly in relation to the kind of the very much opportunistic crimes of of theft where tourists would be you know as you are as a tourist out and about socialising attending visitor attractions that sort of thing and they're pig-pocketed. It can be very traumatic for tourists in this situation and we would assist and offer them immediate support if they need it so in relation to the figures what we're seeing is an increase in these types of crime and not thankfully and I know there's been a number of high-profile cases recently but those are not something that we're seeing an increase in crimes referred to us what we're seeing is an increase in the very much I suppose the opportunistic side of things where tourists are targeted for crimes more I suppose and I don't mean to trivialise it but the pettier crimes. I get that. I mean obviously listen we don't want to hear of anyone being seriously assaulted but we've had 16 serious assaults in Donegal in the last six days you know but the media have got their teeth into what's happening in Dublin and then the Guardi have to respond and then you know foreign departments then say well do we need to update our details on on advisories and what have you so if someone's travelling to Ireland they might google it and then they would for all intents and purposes think you know they're in danger in coming here but the experience is that not to belittle the experience of the 721 sorry the 782 people is is Ireland should we get the message out there that okay yes there are issues but fundamentally Ireland is saved by by international standards yes absolutely and I suppose when you consider the number of tourists that come into the country and I'm not sure of the exact figures this year but I mean if we compare to you know to when we go back to look at 2019 and there's over you know 10 million tourists visiting the country and so figures are very low when you put it into perspective like that now obviously as you say you don't want to trivialise that for the the tourists that to that you know have incidents such as the pickpockets and unfortunately the more serious assaults but very you know generally these type of incidents don't occur and we're seeing the you know the vast majority of tourists that come to our country have a very very positive experience and obviously that's what we would like them to have and itas our service isn't there because there's a serious tourist crime problem we're there simply because the needs of tourists are such that they require that immediate response as you can imagine you know you're left stranded in a country perhaps your you know your wallet has been stolen so your bank cards are gone on your cash you know your passport and you need that immediate support English might not be your first language you might be wanting you know have not booked accommodation for the night so you just need someone there to show that you know we've invited you into the country we're renowned for our hospitality and if something goes wrong there's also that caring support there to get them back on their feet and that's what we try and do get them back on their feet and get them back to enjoying their holiday and and the majority do nine out of ten so I again I don't want to diminish anyone's experience but I think we need a little bit of context here in that you're talking of the millions of visitors nine out of ten gets sorted they continue their their holidays and again not discouraging people from going to Dublin but if you go outside the capital you're even less likely to be the victim of a crime as a tourist that's correct and I suppose with all capital cities in every country around the world and I suppose that you're perhaps more susceptible to crime and as you say once you go out while incidents can occur they are far rarer and I suppose the majority of incidents that we deal with originating you know in the capital and nearly 90% of the crimes that we do deal with are in the capital and just to point out also that you know this year that Ireland was ranked seventh safest city in Europe to visit you know so we are seen as a safe country to visit and as we said for the vast majority of tourists coming into our country they'll have a very very positive experience and obviously that's what we we want them to have and if as I said if something goes wrong there is support available and hopefully you know it won't happen but should something go wrong then then our support is is there to get them said back on their feet and as you know as you can imagine in a foreign country you know you haven't got the support structures that you would have at home you can't go back to your house and you know just get up you know get on with things you're in a hotel or in a guest house and you just need that extra support to to to navigate the systems and that's what we're there to do. Maybe the narrative that's out there at the moment and I hate that word because it has connotations but I hope people understand the context I'm using it it wouldn't be the same maybe in except you know in October or January or February because there's more news about different types of news for someone who knows the the lived reality of the majority of tourists is there any part of you frustrated as to maybe the image of of Dublin but the country is a whole that's not only going out there nationally but internationally as well. Yeah I suppose um you know as you mentioned social media it's it's you know when something happens and incidents are put up and you know it has a global reach so obviously for our international reputation this is something that we don't want particularly when incidents like this you know occur very rarely and it's not something that tourists are genuinely targeted for you know so yes it's important that we you know remain a safe country to visit that we try and do everything that we can to you know to minimize these incidents and then when something goes wrong to deal with them as quickly as we can and you know you mentioned earlier on that you know embassies are perhaps updating you know farm departments are updating their their um security information and they do that regularly so I suppose it's also something that we shouldn't get too alarmed about but we have for many years issued a safety tips for tourist guide and it's it's you know not to be alarmist it's just a crime crime prevention information and general tips in him well there's not a there's not a there's not a city in Europe that I would walk around on my own in the early hours of the morning or down any side streets that's not to attribute any blame to anyone that has don't get me wrong but personally it doesn't matter where I was I wouldn't do that I wouldn't do it in Thatcher Kenny which is a small town not too far from where I'm sitting and it's just basic self-preservation if you know what I mean it's not because I suspect I'm going to be you know attacked at any given moment it's just the advice that you wish you to travelers who are interested in the same thing take caution and you know protect your personal and your your belongings and your personal safety and that's what we would advise anybody uh anywhere not only tourists but you know everybody obviously as well. Lisa lovely to chat to you thanks so much for your time and great to actually get that information it's really appreciated and you see when the media kicked up the storm in Dublin and again this is not to to trivialise anyone's experience or there was a gentleman that was attacked and he remains in hospital and it's an awful experience for him but it's something the media got their teeth into and as I said at that time here we go now we're going to have money thrown at policing in Dublin 10 million the allocation for overtime we had instantly we had instantly politicians coming out and saying Dublin is safe but they should they should have said lean on these statistics they should have said look we've got 10 million people coming to Ireland we've had 782 people that needed assistance because they were the victims of a crime most of it happened in Dublin but even on that scale it's relatively low of the 10 people that engaged uh with the irish tourist assistance service for every 10 nine where the situation was resolved and they continued on their holiday after support for the service that's the information that should be gotten out there but once again we presume that the money has to be thrown and God you have to be thrown at the situation in Dublin which is taking resources from elsewhere and the situation is being amplified and bad information like politicians saying I feel safe walking around Dublin you know at night time you feel you wouldn't feel safe walking around anywhere it's not to be afraid but it's so they should have put the message out there that the crime is very very rare um and so on and so forth but they didn't they just went down the other route of throwing money at it and so on and so forth but anyway have to take a break back shortly it's a nine to noon show in association with the northwest truck fest this saturday and sunday at milford mart with live music family fun a truck convoy and much more plus did you know there are more places than 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as with a much improved service in terms of availability of appointments and more efficient service we do understand that there is a cohort of customers who do not use online services and who may be directly impacted by this we've made the provision for these customers to pay by bank draft or by post lord which can be purchased from any on post office throughout the country the move will commence over the next number of months on a phased in basis and customers will be notified well in advance right so let me just sorry about this so effectively right in the press release we've got it's because we're not showing up for appointments on a weekly basis and it's impacting the level of service but on their their facebook it's a very different story uh we're saying goodbye to cash ncts ago and cashless over the coming months for your safety and convenience so that's how it's portrayed on facebook they're going cashless hashtag cashless hashtag ncts for your safety and convenience but in the press release the tone's very different it's because two and a half thousand he aren't showing up thousand lake cancellations so the mind boggles again mixed pr messages right my apologies for holding k there hi okay hello gregg i'm doing okay but you're not because i'm looking at the the the price difference in your electricity bill and it is that dropping through your door or into your email that's a oh my god what are we going to do about this horrendous so it's gone from an average of what to what 180 um 190 to 600 any explanation as to why it's skyrocketed why it's tripled i formed up the sb and asked them to do get a reading or was that an estimate and they told me that was actually a reading and i just couldn't believe it uh the only thing i could think of um my uncle lives with me and he's on oxygen around the clock and um this time i have it's the summertime and the bell has rocketed to 600 and like i'm i'm sure it's not the oxygen condenser let's put it up that high yeah and in the wintertime i would use tumble dryers i'm so afraid if it's a tumble dryer if it's 600 in the summertime what's it going to be like in the wintertime and k i'm not going to afford this does the new bill does it say that we've had to that you paid too little in previous bills or is there anything like that or is it just they're saying you use 600 euro worth of electricity 600 euros worth of electric because my bill was paid up to date every time yeah and as you've quite rightly say that's that's your summer bill where we can do a bit of drying outside where we're not using the lights as much you know uh that we're not using heating and stuff as much though with a with a sick family member i'm not sure maybe it's slightly different but uh that's worrying how can anyone normal person afford those bills i spoke to the woman at the esp and i said and how am i going to go forward with paying this bill like because it's very very high and she came up with a plan of um was it paying there's a 55 euro every week and then by the time the bill comes out it should be paid for yeah but 55 euro a week for electricity yeah that's weekly that's uh yeah um that's all right if you've a big income coming but i'm i'm a carer for my uncle yeah and you don't get that much in the carers you know what i mean of course like um you're saving the hospital a lot of money by keeping somebody at all yeah and and there's no help and if you look around that's very little help and it sounds to me okay you look around there's nowhere you can save here it's not like you are burning the midnight oil in terms of electricity here there's nothing you can do to sort of say right well i'll cut back here there and everywhere as it says you're already not using the tumble dryer and stuff so like you're facing into a worrying winter right i'm not so yeah yeah and i wonder where it's all come from what everybody's complaining about the people um uh uh is it electric electric carland electric ireland electric ireland sorry yeah i think they're really i think they're one of the cheapest on the market which is worrying so the shop around option the shop around option um right okay okay listen let's throw it out to our listeners to see if they've got i mean what what advice could anyone give um you know you're just wondering what's gonna what's gonna pop through the door and your email up for the next bill and you've enough to be dealing with and as you say you are uh we hear about all what's the solution to the health service well you're uh clearly keeping someone uh in a comfortable condition safe at home and not reliant on on the hsc or their services you shouldn't be penalized yeah for that okay okay um listen thanks thanks for your time i wish i wish it was a different situation i'm so sorry uh you know you get a bill for 600 quid and you wonder well where am i going to get the money to pay that um similar stories to 08 660 25 000 uh so more of your comments in fact i think we can dedicate the end of the show to your calls and comments um i'll uh we'll have that time good to get uh both sides to the ukrainian russian conflict i commend lucy for coming on to talk about a very difficult situation all loss of life is tragic solution to the war on ukraine greggis for ukraine to drop all aspirations of joining nato declare neutrality equal status for ethnic russians on the territory of ukraine and to demir militarization um but that really would be at the whim of russia and would we as a democracy and we are a democracy would we would we like to make those uh would we like to make have to make those uh recommendations or those commitments um to sort of stop us being you know blown up i enjoy the rose of tree with dahi but kathryn thomas know not the place for her i enjoy kathryn i find dahi a wee bit arab agarra and and i know it's who he is and that's fine uh i i thought she brought a little bit of a of a modern twist to it i didn't watch it all i didn't watch it all so um i'm not criticising him either i just thought she brought a little bit something else to it how come a bbc reporter can stand in the middle of mosco and report for the bbc news yet all russian media is banned in the west asks that listener read jim mcginnis congratulations to furgus in getting all this together that comes in from donal can you ask furgus how many were in the canty or in for the canty job today say i think he said a short list of eight i've quite a lot to uh balls to keep in the air here so sometimes i don't hear everything perfectly but i believe he said there was a short list of eight and jim mcginnis was top of that short list uh and then they went through all the procedures of contacting those that expressed an interest in the job uh jim mcginnis is back in donagall with his tail between his legs because he wasn't wanted elsewhere i thought he was going to make it big in the soccer world wonder what pat splannes analysis of the appointment would be i couldn't be less interested in what pats pats splannes analysis of it is but people do find that interesting i'm not sure that's a fair characterization of it but it is your opinion and i've read it out i got a scam message from revenue yesterday don't open any messages any links in any messages it's really the simplest advice because we can talk about revenue we can talk about banks we can talk about the tolls just don't open a link you get in a text and if you have any queries just go right that's shocking and ring the company and get clarification from them please ask your guests if the donagall canty board can do something to make all g a a events accessible to all classes of people young and old to bring back the use of cash at turnstiles so many fans would not be excluded i wish jim and the team well going forward i was surprised to learn recently that particularly for league games or uniquely for league games that counties were allowed to take cash but very few actually did the central council said you can take cash on the turnstiles for league games but very few actually did if my memory serves me correctly can i play two requests as an out for a change bridger mcgloughlin in 24 grantee role boncran a happy birthday is 24 that comes in from margaret and joan burnfoot mary mack entire eight well i won't give her full address who's in straban happy birthday mary you know where you are that's coming in from your brother gabriel and gabriel i don't want to give too much info on your sister away but we wish her a really really happy birthday that's where we have to leave it on the show today thanks to carla and all who researched and produced and neve shields working on the show and looking after the social media and what have you we're back with you tomorrow morning from from nine stay tuned john bresson's coming up around the northwest the nine-ton in show brought you


The number one thing a narcissist will never do, this is something that separates narcissists from the rest of us. It is a clear distinction between a normal relationship and a narcissistic relationship. It may even reveal to you that you are dealing with a narcissist because it's not normal behavior. It's not something that you should expect if you are in a relationship with someone but this is how narcissists behave. It's normal for a narcissist. If you are in a relationship the person you are with should be the most important person in your life. They should be of great significance and value so you should want to give them support rather than tearing them down or watching them being teared down by someone else if that happened to someone you care about. You would step in, you would intervene, you wouldn't allow it to continue but the number one thing a narcissist will never do is defend you. They will never protect you from harm or danger. They will never have your back. They will never speak in support of your ideas, beliefs or plans especially when no one else will. They will never support or defend you when you are being criticized. They will never show strength, confidence or determination on your behalf or as your representative. They will never take your side. They will never agree with you in an argument.  They will support and favor someone else. They will show approval and preference for them over you or they will walk away and leave you to figure it out on your own but they will never support or defend you. They will never stick up for you. They will join in or they will ignore it. They will find it amusing. They will see it as entertainment and if you ever confront them on it they will say that you're easily offended or upset. They will gas like you or they will shift the blame onto you which will leave you feeling unsafe. It will leave you feeling as though you were not protected as though you are exposed to danger or risk. It will leave you feeling very cautious because you know that if anything goes down they're not going to be there for you. It doesn't mean that they should be angry or aggressive but they could at least step in to confront the other person's behavior and tell them that it is not acceptable but the narcissist only cares about their own appearance. They only care about getting validation and they're not going to surrender that so that they can defend you. Sometimes they might be backed into a corner where they have no choice but to respond but it will be as they resort to their own preoccupation with themselves and the gratification of their own desires or because they took it as an attack on them rather than something that was directed at you. The narcissist will make it very clear to you that they do not have your back. They will defend anyone other than you. They will choose sides against you so that they can boastfully display their abilities and accomplishments so that they can attract people's attention and admiration. So if you are in a relationship with a narcissist you will always be left unprotected. They will always leave you to incur blame and punishment. They will always leave you to accept blame for something they did. They will never be at your side when there is a need or opportunity for it.  While they treat you in a strikingly different way they see anything close to them as being worthless and beneath their consideration. They have strong feelings of disrespect and disapproval for you because they just see you as something that is disposable. You're expendable. You're able to be abandoned or destroyed and then replaced with something else which is how they feel like they can treat you however they like but they also assume that you're not going to leave which is why they don't bother to defend you because their supply is more important to them and why would they defend something they think is worthless. The narcissist has an inflated ego so they will side with their family and friends and even strangers against you but if they are doing that recognize that it is a choice. There is another alternative. There is another option but instead they choose to go with the one that is against you which should tell you that they don't admire or respect you. They don't value your relationship and one day they may need to publicly support you in a situation that is very important for you which could involve a lot of risk or serious consequences. Maybe you could develop an illness or an injury and if this person cannot be there for you now do you really think they're going to be there when you need it the most? Are they going to take your side and defend you when you're in danger and when you need help? Are they going to fight for you? Are they going to go to war for you when you need someone to publicly support and defend you? I can almost guarantee that the narcissist will not. Thank you for watching. I hope this video resonates with you. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. If you would like to donate, my paypal link is in the video description. Coaching inquiries. You can email me at coachinganarchsafiver.uk. Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


So, nice to be here. We're going to talk a little bit about the OpenWallet Foundation and what we're doing there and why this is important.  So I've got mentioned I do identity, I also try to make sure that the identity works really well in payments, but Ola, you have quite an interesting job as well. Yes. Hi, everyone. My name is Ola Bernhard. I lead the developer relations team at Google for Google Pay and Google Wallets, so we work very closely with open source and very glad to be here. I also have an extended role where I represent Google, of course Google Wallet, but also Android and Chrome on the OpenWallet Foundation that Google recently joined. Yes, so let's talk a little bit about wallets before we get into the details of the OpenWallet Foundation. So, we know that wallets are, you know, the rapid digitalization.  I mean, my wallet has certainly got a lot slimmer, putting everything onto my phone. But what the wallet actually is, is more like an ecosystem. It's very much dependent on that loyalty card, the provider of that loyalty card, whether that was Waitrose or British Airways, can push it into the wallet. And again, when I come to the store, you know, Lufthansa, I can scan the boarding pass and so forth. So, it's an ecosystem. It's a trusted ecosystem as well, and it's a consumer's tool to interact with the digital world. So, it's pretty important. And in that context, the role of open source to create and to make sure that that ecosystem works based on open standards, I think is invaluable. It's also, like Gabel's mentioning, a very good opportunity for governments to participate with private sector to work to find solutions that are regulatory compliant, protecting their consumer and so forth. So it's pretty important. I know that there's some topics that are very close to you in terms of security, accessibility and so forth. Can you share some with us what your thoughts are and what Google is doing? Sure. Yes, so it's exactly true. So I think we are at the turning point where digital identities and digital wallets are becoming more and more important to global economies, to users and to governments around the world. So I think it's really important for us to think about what are the wallets that we would want to use? How would we want to use digital identities in the future? And I think anyone working on digital identities and digital wallets, to state the obvious, I think we need to think about making sure that we're building solutions that are highly secure and privacy preserving, right? And we at Google and also the Android security team, I think we're spending a lot of time to think about how do we make sure that we provide the right tools and open source reference implementations that can be used by the ecosystem to accomplish that goal. So for example, the Android security team is working very closely with secure element vendors around the world to build open source, hardware backed security applets that can be used for just new and upcoming use cases. So if you are interested to learn more, you can search for the Android ready SE, which is a, that's where Google also collaborates, as I mentioned with the SE vendors around the world to make sure that those technologies are available on Android across the world. Because I think, you know, there's one thing about making sure that we're building highly secure solutions that are available to everyone, right? Because we can be thinking about building very secure and privacy forward solutions that might be only available on a portion of Android devices. But I think if we want to build something that's truly beneficial and meaningful to everyone everywhere, I think that the broad accessibility is really a big topic and a big challenge for everyone. And then there are things like interoperability, right? And I think making sure that whatever solutions we're building the way how users will interact with those digital wallets and digital identities are ensuring that there is a good user experience across use cases, but also across borders. And I think interoperability will play a really important role in this area. Yeah, and it's very reassuring to hear all the efforts being put in on security. I know, so I spent a lot of my time in working on the European digital identity wallet, one of the headaches, how do we make sure that that works with payments is quite exciting. And I know one of the big concerns is making sure how can that satisfy the highest levels of assurance. So that's a harder back security. That sounds like a step in a good direction that will be appreciated. I'm sure, I'm sure. It's one of the big challenges. I just wanted to pick up, you started to talk about interoperability. I just wanted to pick up on that one. That's kind of what we do at Visa. It's kind of a part of our DNA. You know, we know, so for instance, for example, with cards being the obvious one, you can use your card in India. You can use it in Bilbao. You can use it in San Francisco. It works, right? It just works and it charges you exactly the right amount. That is one example of interoperability. You have another one. You can use your mobile phone everywhere. Whether that's again here in Spain or whether that's in the US. Again, a good example of interoperability. And underpinning these kinds of interoperability is technical agreements, standards, code that's developed that can work on all sorts of different platforms. And there are business processes. There are commercial agreements to underpin that as well. And I think that's going to be essential. So you can take your wallet and use it anywhere. You can share credentials or share information between wallets as well. So I just wanted to give one example. We just recently in the US allowed a Venmo holder and a PayPal holder to send money, person to person sending money. And I think that's kind of cool. It's one of the first places I've seen. And I'm an avid user of my VIPs wallet in Norway where I live. Fantastic service. But it doesn't allow me to send money to another wallet holder, like a Swedish one or a Bizim wallet holder here in Spain. So very much looking forward to working on the interoperability challenges, I think, together. We really need to make sure that any credential can work in any wallet and any relying party can access that wallet as well. So it's really about putting the consumer in the center. So we talked a bit about the consumer choice, the security, touch and privacy, a lot of interoperability as well. So let's now go back to the open wallet foundation. That's where we're hoping, I think, to address some of these challenges. So before we share some exciting news, I know you have a lot you want to share, why did Google join the open wallet foundation? What's important from your perspective? Yes. So I think Google has a longstanding commitment to building open interoperable solutions. That's also the ethos that we apply to Google wallet. And I think this is in a time where we will live in a multi-wallet ecosystem. I think it's really critical for us to come together as an industry to think about what are the gaps, what are the missing building blocks that we can make available to developers to make sure that we're building solutions that are comprehensive, that will be available to users everywhere around the world, independent of which device they use, and independent of their level of digital skills, and making sure that those solutions are interoperable across borders. For example, we all are global citizens. We travel across borders. So think about how can we use our digital passport, our digital identity to combine it with your fly ticket when you check into the hotel to get your digital keys, all from a single place without the friction as a consumer. And I think that's going to be a big challenge on how do we solve this across multiple use cases and across borders? How do we make it easier for issuers and for relying parties to accept digital credentials across borders again and across wallets? So I think there is a lot of work that needs to be done, and I think we all have a role to play in it. I believe that Open Wallet Foundation can be this global forum where the technology companies developers, governments, nonprofit organizations can come together in a dialogue to think about how what is needed, and out of the many different reference implementations that are being put together around the world, how can we provide those building blocks for governments and for developers around the world to make sure that we accomplish these goals. And I think we're very excited to also contribute our experience from the Google side, from our experience building a global interoperable multi purpose wallet, and also from the Android team to think about how do we make sure that we build highly secure solutions, privacy forward solutions that are available to everyone everywhere. What about you, Marie? How do you view this from the visa perspective? Yeah, why did we join? So it's all in two reasons, really. From our perspective, the wallets really are, as I mentioned in the beginning, the way that consumers interact with digital services. The takeover of wallets is impressive. It really is becoming everyday tool. It also means that it needs to be a good way to continue to pay. And it's still interoperable with existing payment systems. It handles a choice of payment for the consumers really well, whether that's card or whether that's account. So being part of that journey and making sure that consumers are being put in the centre, they're given the choice protecting the privacy, contributing what we can and what we have in terms of standards and guidelines and capabilities, again, here to participate really. So, yeah, I wanted to also mention we had an extended board meeting yesterday, which was quite exciting. It's always nice to meet in person. And one of our fellow board members painted a vision for us. I just wanted to share it because I thought it was so cool. In the future, thanks to the Open Wallet Foundation, if I can get in to go to a new city and I don't have to download anything, but I can get the bus pass straight into my open source code based wallet, I'll be really excited. Then I don't have to take a taxi anymore. So I guess it's sustainable as well. That'd be kind of cool. Any city, any bus ticket, any wallet. So you mentioned some of the code that you have been donated. Do you want to talk a little bit about that? Maybe share some more details? It's quite exciting. It is. Yes, exactly. So I think it's the success of this foundation and this initiative, this project will really depend on the code, on the open source code and components that we're making available to the community, to the global ecosystem. And so we also want to contribute code and actually we made an announcement yesterday that we decided to contribute the Android Identity Credential Library, which is actually a set of libraries and a sample wallet and a verifier application which deals with real world identity. So anyone building solutions for digital identity can leverage this library and kind of think about how or see reference implementation from provisioning, storage, presentment and verification of digital credentials. It's not restricted to Android. It's not restricted. It was originally meant to work with MDock and MDL, but it can be used for any, it's not restricted to specific standards. So I think it can be broadly used across a number of use cases. Yeah. But I think we also had more announcements yesterday, right? But that's a really good beginning. It's a bit like everybody's chipping in a bit what they can and then we create something bigger together. But we have a few more, as you're saying. Ping Identity just announced that they are also sharing their credential format presentation. And there's a few more capabilities as well that they're sharing. The same with Asatus and Neosphere as well. They have a wallet framework. This used to be the Hyperledger ideas. And it's a nice example of how this collaboration across Linux projects as well. There's a lot we can learn from each other. There's a lot that can benefit whether it's wallet or whether it's some other domains. So very much looking forward to, I think, to strengthen that collaboration as well across different Linux projects. We also have two new members. I know I've already hinted at that in his opening note. There's a blockchain for good. And again, I think there's a lot of interesting use cases and new capabilities coming with them as well. And Microsoft. Which I'm really excited about. And I think we're going to hear a lot more from Microsoft as well in future discussions. Their immediate interest is in going to solve the security challenges across the wallets and issues and verifiers. One of the really key and fundamental problems. I'm looking forward to hearing more about this. This is kind of hot of the press I think from this morning. So there's much more to come. And do feel free to reach out to them as well. So security really is one of the priority topics. I also just wanted to highlight the other, you know, it's not just companies that are working together, developers. It's also the government. As well as associations, industry associations, standard organizations as well, like the OIDF and the FIDO Alliance. In terms of governments, the UK recently joined. Which is really exciting. They're also just now planning to, they're also working on how the wallets can work with the identity framework that they've been establishing. And again, trying I think to get some interoperability with the EU. Which means I think as a foundation open source based, you know, in terms of developing problems, real problems. It's really a good arena for collaborating across governments as well to ensure that interoperability and to ensure common solutions as well. So yeah, that's going to be an exciting new future. And this is just after six months. I was just going to say, yeah. Yeah, I think it's fantastic that we can come together across technology leaders. But exactly as Maria as you said, I think it's a cross industry collaboration is required and I think everyone is welcome, right? So it's an open foundation. And I think the fact that we already after six months as you mentioned that there are major technology companies that are involved in digital identities, but also governments and nonprofits that are coming in this discussion, I think that's it's exactly what's needed right now because I think it's an opportunity to shape how we will all interact with digital wallets and digital identities in the future and I think we need to have this global dialogue today in order to set that foundation for how digital wallets are going to look like in the future. Yeah, very much agree. So as we see the wallets are the consumers tool, they're their way of interacting with the digital services, they deal with real data, they're trusted in order to have a wallet you need to be properly onboarded they're also valuable in terms of transactions so it also means it can be misused. It is a control point in the ecosystem so therefore one of the guiding thoughts we have within the Open Wallet Foundation as well is the consumer how do we find solutions that are putting the consumer in the center, striving towards privacy protection, security interoperability and a consumer choice and we very much invite anybody who's interested in joining, there's a lot of work to be done making sure that we are solving those major problems. Anything you want to add at the end before we So, yes, I think the next few years are going to be very critical in building the future of digital identities and I think Marie you already mentioned it that it's when we're building solutions, let's think about the user. How would we want to interact with digital identities with digital wallets in the future as a user? Let's think about comprehensive making sure that wallets are comprehensive that they protect our privacy and security but also making sure that they are broadly available and accessible across borders so I would join Marie also with the call here to say that we all are responsible for and I think anyone working on digital identities I would welcome you to join whether it's a technical discussions with a technical advisory board it's an open forum where anyone can join contribute and also work together on new solutions but there's also the Government Advisory Council if you are interested in discussions and thinking about how are we solving this for my country if you're a developer or a technology company I think this is really the time for us to come together and think about how do we build digital wallets that we all want to use in the future That's great Thank you very much and hopefully in subsequent Linux forums or other places we will give updates on the great work being done on solving these challenges and all the technology solutions that are being found Great Thank you so much Ola It's a pleasure to have you here Thank you


What's up everybody? What a beautiful day for trucking in the UK, live from the M4 Westbound baby. You are watching Trucker Josh Vlogs. Enjoy. Another day's here. It's delivery day. I have to deliver that load we picked up in Edmonton the other day. It goes to Gretna Manitoba which is a town right on the US border south of here. This was Highway 305 that we just turned onto. It connects Highway 59 and Highway 75 in southern Manitoba. 75 is the highway that turns into Interstate 29 once you get to the US for my American friends so you can sort of visualize where we're at. If you follow I-29 all the way north into Canada, turned into the 75 takes you right up into Winnipeg. But we're not going to Winnipeg, we're actually going right to the US border. So Gretna is a small little town in Yonzeet on the other side of the river. Just I guess that's west of the Red River when we say the river in Manitoba I'm referring to the Red River. Just got this small load. It's about seven skids. I mean I shorted to you on the way up here right if you saw my past videos. Every once in a while you'll see in my videos on the top left of your screen. There will be a little link that pops up there. The first link that pops up early in the video is usually a link to my playlist that has all of my TJB series from number one all the way to the one we're on today which is what 2577 somewhere in there somewhere I don't know somewhere around there. You can watch them all in order that way if you'd like to. Other links pop up to my last four videos other than that and then at the end of the video there's two links that'll pop up on your screen as well. I'll just take you to some other content of mine that I put up recently been doing this for quite a while. If you're new don't forget to subscribe. Follow my life daily as a truck driver. I'm based at a southeast Manitoba in Canada. It's just above western northwestern Minnesota. Usually I got my dog Deza with me but today is just a little day trip so it's not gonna take too long.  They're gonna take off their seven skids. I'll roll up the tarps. I gotta bring this trailer back to our yard and then I go home. Simple day today. Tomorrow we're heading down to Fargo in North Dakota with a load of lumber. So I got emptied very quickly. We're back here in I almost called it Balgoni. It's just gonna know I'm in St. Agath, Manitoba. Met a couple of followers here and viewers that came out here from all the way in the southwest corner of Manitoba. So hey again to you guys. Thanks for running over here to say hi. My fuel economy. This is what I've been waiting for. All I've been to hear with that light load with the wind pushing me most of the way. We did really good. We got under 30 liters per 100 kilometers and I'll convert it right away to miles per gallon right away for you. Barely but we got under 30. 29.99 liters per 100 kilometers. That's good. I'll check this out. Let's do this to let's convert this to America speak for my friends in the US. Leaders 29.99 liters per 100 kilometers in US miles per gallon. Not the regular gallons. The US gallon. The freedom gallons. Freedom gallons. US gallons.  Okay. It's not telling me. Usually it tells me right away. Two US oh two US miles per gallon. Got excited here. I typed it in wrong. Confused. 7.843 miles per US gallon. 7.8 miles per gallon.  Cha-ching. Ka-chow. Nice. Gonna write this in my book. How much do we fill up for 517 liters? I'm very happy with that. That was a good week. That was a good week. So tomorrow I got a load of lumber. It's already waiting for us at our yard. That's taking me down to Fargo, North Dakota. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna bring this empty flatbed back to our yard. Drop it. Hook on to my loaded lumber if I have to. Pull it out. Tie it down. Get it ready for tomorrow and then we'll go back to our shop and probably give all blue a little bit of a bath if I have time by that point. It's 2.30 right now. I want to enjoy the day at home yet too. This is sort of my weekend today just this afternoon because it's Sunday when I'm filming this and tomorrow is back to work already so I want to make sure that I do get home at a good time. So without delay let's be on our way. Oh it's window down. It is humid and hot out today. It is a July summer day and I love it. It's a really good week. I'll take more of those please. You know who you are. You load gods out there. That was wonderful. Good week to be trucking. The weather was great. The wind was in my favor. Good loads. I had sacrificed my weekend but that's okay. I get a longer weekend next weekend because of our IVF transfer. So I'll be home by Wednesday evening and then I'll be home till the following Monday. So Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. So I'll take this weekend next weekend. I get two weekends and one. It goes down. It doesn't cool anything down at all. It's like a heater blowing in there. I don't know. It was cool Trucker Dash. Half the year yeah and half the year the sun won't leave us alone. It just doesn't go away. Our new load and sometimes that happens. It's not a big deal. I'll show you how you can fix it.  But yeah that happens from time to time. It doesn't look pretty though. This load came in from Saskatchewan here in our yard. I'm gonna be taking it the rest of the way down to Fargo, North Dakota. I'm just gonna scale it right now and check to make sure that the weights are good with my trucks. I don't have to worry about that tomorrow yet. And if everything's good I'm gonna tie it down and go home. I'll go to the shop and then go home. So to scale it, this is our scale here. I've shown you it before. It's very handy having this in our yard. The display on here flips forwards and backwards like a mirror image that you come through this way towards us here now right. And in your mirror you can see it when it's flipped. So I'm gonna put you guys down here so that you can see me as I come on to the scale. You'll also be able to see how heavy I am. I need you guys to stay here okay.  This is my good GoPro. You know what that's a bad idea. I had you balanced on here and I don't want you falling in there okay. I don't know how I'd get you back. Look how big this thing is. You'd be like the bottom there. There'd be no way to get you out. I'd have to cut the pole off. Okay bad idea Josh. Let's find a different spot for you where you can see that. If I had a piece of wood I could put on top of there. You know I bet you I could find something. I bet you I could find something. Give me a minute. You think that'll work? Maybe. Guess we'll find out. The joy is behind the scenes with trucker Josh. Balance this on here.  Okay I think that's gonna work. Promise me you'll hold on okay. Don't let this wood fall. All right this is uh that's how that's how it's gonna be. You got to take risks in life to get ahead okay. I'm allowed to have 12,000 pounds on this axle. 9,920 pounds. Okay 34,000 pounds in the US on my drive tires. Those two axles behind the truck that's the drive tires. I was at 29,920. Now I've got the trailer back here. It's called tandem because there's two axles. I'm allowed 34,000 as well and we're at 31,540. So there's a little more weight on these than there are on those over there. If I had been there in Saskatchewan when this was loaded I would have definitely gotten them to load this freight further forward which would have put more weight on my truck and less on here. But we're legal nonetheless. The reason you want more weight on your truck than on your trailer is because you want to carry the weight you don't want to pull it. Or another way of saying is you want to carry the majority of the weight and not pull the majority of the weight. What this does when my trailer axles have more weight on it than my truck axles it gives a very bumpy ride. Every time I hit a bridge connection my truck will go over it and then my trailer will go over it and it'll want to oof. Call it a donkey kick. And over every bump it'll always donkey kick me so it's gonna be a little bit of a rougher ride going down. Nothing too unmanageable. It's not gonna be that bad. But it's also worse for fuel economy and in winter time it's worse for traction. You want as much traction on your drive tires as possible because that's what's gonna get you moving on the snow and ice. If you have more weight back here you're just gonna sit spinning on the snow and ice. So it's always a good practice. If you have a choice go right up to the max legal weight with full tanks on the truck. Whatever's left over put it on the trailer. You'll have the smoothest ride you'll have the most traction. It's just it's the correct way to do it. Not that there's anything wrong with the way this is loaded. It's just it could have been loaded further forward but this is legal and it's manageable.  We'll run with it. There's nobody here to adjust it for me right now if you only want to be one other guy here but it'll be fine. And that I'm gonna bring along stapler and some cardboard pieces tomorrow. I'm gonna staple the cardboard on top of that to the wood so that that keeps that from flapping around everywhere. It's it's either that or we rip it all the way off. It doesn't have to be on there. It's just it should be. It is what it is. The wind gets underneath it and rips it up. Pulled myself behind the tent here. The wind is coming from that way this way so I hid myself behind the tent here so I can strap without the wind. So I'm out of the wind and when I'm throwing the straps over the wind doesn't mess around with me as much. But yeah I'll show you how to how I fix that tomorrow. It's very simple. You guys get what I meant right with the cardboard. You could also use anything else that a staple will shoot through.  Anything not the staple can go through. You put it on here in the corner and you staple that on there to the wood and then that holds that on there right. Because if you just put the staple through this stuff the wind will rip right through that. The staples will rip through it and it'll be whoo back to flying around like a crazy wild and pluggable flailing arms man in no time. You know it's frustrating about wind? It's everywhere. I parked behind the tent here because the wind was coming from that way right this way. Well guess what it's doing now? It's coming around here. It's coming in here now. It's coming around the corner. It's still got a mess of it and deal with it. No use complaining about it because I've tried. You can complain about it all day and it won't stop. I don't know where the off switch is. I haven't found the off switch for the wind. The prairies it seems to be locked in the on position. It's always windy. Got her all tied down ready to go tomorrow. Another way you can solve the issue of the flapping covers on here is with just an extra strap. I put an extra strap in the center there and then that pins that corner down. That pins that corner down. The wind might still rip pull it out of there a little bit but it won't flap around as badly. So that's one option. You might not even need to staple it on again. This way this might hold it right. That's one way you can fix that. But look how shredded this is in the front here already from the wind. See that? It's only being held on by that little corner there. So I'm gonna bring my stapler in anyways. Just staple it on there so that it stays tight on there. I don't know why they make them like that but any of you guys who haul lumber know what I'm talking about. It doesn't happen on every load but sometimes the wind catches it just right and they staple these things on right. This is ripped through already. See this is gonna rip open soon too. They do staple them on and the yard there. What can I show you this? Usually they put little like corners on it but they didn't in this case. Okay so that makes sense why this is ripping off. Very often they'll have little plastic circles on here and then they'll staple through the plastic circles. So that the circle sort of stays on there like a washer almost. I see they didn't do that on this. I don't know if they always do it like this but that's why this is ripping off. See this is all ripped too. That's why. Okay. Some more staples in there. These are all ripped. This is all kind of shred open. Okay yeah I guess it all depends. Maybe got a little expensive getting those little plastic circles. Those washer type things to hold it on there but I mean if you don't put those on there this is what happens. The shreds open and what can you do right? Whoa what was that? What was that? Just got attacked by a weird bug. It's coming back. I'm gonna fight you. I'm gonna fight you. What are you doing landing on me? You see this link?  You can't fly forever man. There he is. What is it? What is it? What are you man? Whatever that was. Right on my neck. That's why I could never live in Australia. That's why I live in the northern part of the Empire or whatever you call it. Commonwealth. I live in the northern Commonwealth.  Man I don't know how you do it. I'd love to come visit you one day but I'm gonna need some kind of Steve Irwin type of guide because it's gotta be fun but someone's gonna have to protect me. I mean I'll fight a crocodile but I'll probably lose.  Crikey! Look at the size of that one! Alright jokes aside let's go park this trailer. Let's get this truck in the shop and let's go home. I've been saying that for a while now already. I want to go home. It's already host four o'clock now. I'll probably only get home like six. At least I'll get the evening tonight I guess. But remember next weekend I skipped this weekend but I get two weekends next weekend. Gave her a quick rinse. Still dirty. Not clean but rinsed. Got all the bugs off at least. Don't have time to polish her tonight but at least she doesn't have to go to sleep covered in bugs. So in the morning I'm gonna take that load of lumber down to Fargo and see what happens from there. I don't know what my reload is. Apparently there is a plan for me already so there's a reload they just haven't sent it through to me yet. I don't know I do what it is. I don't really care. So I think it's bringing me up to Yorkton to Saskatchewan unless that got changed. You have a good night alright. Just on my way home from the shop and we got some action going on on Main Street and Steinback today. Look at this! I dare say there's a fire. That's not good. Looks like it's at the feed mill here right on Main Street. Crazy! Just waiting for traffic to move along here but obviously everyone including myself is being the biggest rubber-necker in the history of Steinback. Got one fire engine there blowing water on it already. It might not be the feed mill like be this strip mall here. Oh we got an audience. Look at all the people gathered here. Oh the whole town came out to see. Oh no it's not the feed mill. Oh my it's uh it's the strip mall. Dude man the red hands still mean something. Look at all these people. Nothing better to do on a Sunday. I guess Sunday mattershelf is cancelled. You could see the smoke from our backyard here before. If you follow me on Facebook you probably saw the post about reporter Chevy. That's actually a photo bomb that he did. I was standing over there trying to get a picture of the smoke to show my family how we could see it from our place and Chevy was so excited that I had just gotten home he jumped up in front of the camera and photo bombed it. But yeah the fire looks like it's destroying a strip mall on Main Street. There's a flooring store in there. There's two paint stores so the smoke is considered toxic. There's a pet store and we went out to get ice cream this evening and we heard from a few people that only one of the pets in the pet store survived. I don't know if that's true or not. That's not confirmed or anything that's just hearsay on the street. I hope it's not true but I didn't think they had pets in that pet store. I thought it was just like a pet food store where you can go and get pet food. I'm pretty sure that's true. I don't know if any pets died but still. There's a pet food store and I said like I said two paint stores so you got to be careful with this smoke outside. It's drifting away from my house but it is drifting towards my sister's house on the other side of town. So everyone's you know obviously we got to keep our windows closed and if the smoke drifts our way we're supposed to go inside and shut off any vents that are sucking air from like our furnaces that are sucking air from outside and stuff or I guess people have furnace filters I don't know if those toxins would get caught up in the filter. I don't know better safe than sorry. Yeah it's devastating. That's actually our paint store. That's where we get the paint for our house. I don't know if you've noticed but we patched up the paint on our house and we're in the middle of it. I was about to go there in the next week or so and get another can of paint so we can paint the whole house. Let me show you what I'm talking about. The smoke's not drifting this well. I'll go outside and show you. We've had problems with our paint peeling on our house. We're going to redo the outside with proper vinyl siding yet but whoever painted the house last painted it with some cheap paint or the wrong kind of paint for the siding and it was peeling off pretty bad. I didn't show it in the vlogs because obviously I don't want to show my house with paint peeling all over. It looks pretty ghetto but like here's one place here that I had painted over and I fixed this the painted peeled off right out front here was really bad. All of this from here all around there was all peeled off. You can just see the wood siding underneath it. It looks so trashy. So obviously I didn't want to show that on my videos but now that I've got matching paint from the paint store there, Jantz. But you can see that the matching paint that I got was a perfect match. They matched the paint perfect but they put too much gloss in it I guess and it's shinier than the old paint or maybe the old paint is faded and the sunlight already. You can tell where I where I painted over it right over here too and up there and it looks better than it did right but I'm not finished. I just patched it up for now and now I'm going to put a layer of paint over the entire house and hopefully next summer we'll be able to afford replacing all of this siding with vinyl siding. We'll go with the same company that did our roof at our old house, Watson's roofing and siding. We're gonna get them to come here and do this as well. We really like them. You can sort of see it on the back as well. You can see how patchy it is. There's three there. See it was close. So close. It was just too glossy, too shiny. Anyways, the reason I'm showing you this is because Jantz's paint is burning right now. I guess you can't see the small guy standing right over here when Chevy photo bombed me. Can you still see it? It's mostly, oh you can see a little bit of it right there. You see that? A little bit of it but it was just black smoke coming up and it's drifting that way. But I don't know if they're part of the strip and I'll go burn. I'm pretty sure the whole thing is gonna be. I hope they got really good insurance. But anyways yeah I guess we may have to go to one of their Winnipeg branches or something to get our paint now because I was gonna go there next week and get a couple cans of paint so we can do a whole layer on this whole house and now all of that paint is currently on fire. Won't be much good to me now. But yeah, it looks like they're pretty much got it extinguished. The news is saying that they'll probably be there. The firefighters will probably be there all night. Just keeping an eye on it. And tomorrow we'll hear more about what the damage is and what the reason is. Chevy seems to think it's the cats. He wants to blame it on the cats. But I don't know, it's a Sunday. Everything's closed. I really hope it wasn't arson. That wouldn't be my first guess. I don't think it would be. It's not that kind of town. But you know, things keep changing. Pretty sure it's probably gonna be some kind of electrical or some kind of accident somewhere. We'll find out tomorrow anyways. Chevy everyone love your reporting. Everyone saw your Facebook post. Very good reporter Chevy. That's it for today. I've got to get ready for bed because tomorrow morning we've got to get that lumber down to Fargo. I don't want to leave too late. I'd like to get down there with enough time to get reloaded if possible. I don't know where my reload is yet but thanks for watching. Hit that thumbs up button if you like to hit the subscribe button to figure out what happens tomorrow. See you later.


Welcome to Toffy TV It's the start 11 show Frank Lampard's first game as the Everton manager It's Everton versus Brentford in the FA Cup fourth round Obviously we've got three new players who can't play in this game So take that into consideration as I'm picking my team. Let's get into it in goal Jordan Pickford, let's start strong Let's have Jordan Pickford in goal for the first of Frank Lampard's games Of course, we've got a game on Tuesday Against Newcastle, which is normally a big fixture for Jordan Pickford, but listen He's had a couple of weeks off Like everybody else so it should be fresh and he should be ready to go. So I'm picking him in goal Going for four at the back Right back. I am gonna go for Nathan Patterson his first Everton start obviously play for the under-23s A couple of weeks ago So I'm gonna start with him I think he'll have trained for his third manager this week at Everton It's fifth manager of the season and hopefully he should be ready to start the game So let's get him involved on the other side. I'm gonna go for Vitaly Michelenko again. He missed the last game So let's get him involved in this one We want full backs who push on who play high you who attack Who are Wit so I'm gonna go for the Tali Michelenko on the left-hand side the center backs I'm gonna go for Yeti Mina now yeti Mina played one game for Columbia then got he got booked in that game He missed their second game and he came back early. So No problem there. It's played one game. She'll be rested. She'll be ready to go Fingers crossed no issues with them whatsoever and next to him I'm gonna play Ben Godfrey bit of pace alongside them and hopefully can help Michelenko out on that side So that's the back for I'm gonna go for before we move on to the midfield if you're looking for the side hustle of 2021 you'll do no better than start with our video sponsored today Profit accumulator The gambling industry is fierce and bookmakers compete against each other making crazier and crazier sign-up Offers in order to get your business Profit accumulators dedicated team looks at these offers and presents them to you So you'll be able to use the offers against one another to produce a profit time and time again They've had over 150,000 customers to date so definitely go and check out this offer the link is in the description Make sure you check it out I'm gonna go for three in midfield. Listen, we don't have a hell of a lot of options No Ducati, no Delf, no Tom Davis. So this is the three I'm gonna go for Alan in there Alongside on Jay Gomez and with them. I'm gonna go for Andress Townsend. I think I should it's not perfect, but I just think that for me Could have gone for Gabam and maybe the manager might go for Gabam, but those three have played all season Various roles in various positions. I think if it's a proper three I Think that might be our strongest Maybe depends how well gabamans done this weekend. Obviously gabamans more of a natural fit than on just towns and days, but That's the three. I'm gonna go for obviously there's a good mix of different styles in there And Alan is the one obviously is gonna do all the the hard work Townsend obviously is gonna is gonna work hard as well and Gomez is gonna be the player on the ball for me and just of the I think we've got We haven't got many options. Have we so that is the three I'm gonna go for got either on yango as well And maybe the manager look at him, but for me, that's the three I would go for on the right-hand side I'm gonna go for Anthony Gordon. I think it's absolutely no brain and out that he starts He's gonna start a lot of games. I think going forward but obviously with deli Ali coming in and Donnie van der Beek, it's gonna be there's gonna be a lot more competitions Gonna be harder for everyone to secure their place for in this game He definitely starts for me on the other side the Marey Gray again answers place scored goals assists and He'll start on the left-hand side and up front. Obviously. There is no domicile living So Richard Wilson will start even though Rondon did get a nice hat-trick on international But it will be Richard Wilson who starts for me in this game And Let me know what your thoughts are of course as I said, there's no El Ghazi There's no deli Ali and there's no Donnie van der Beek available for this game. The core is injured as well So again, you know next week in the league will will hopefully have a few more available for this game We haven't got many so that is the 11 I'm going for let me know your thoughts in the comments You agree do you disagree? Who would you go for for the game against Breffenford in the FA Cup? Can we get through to that fifth round? Let me know your thoughts in the comments give this video a like subscribe if you haven't already if you want more great videos Join us over on page and for more on profit accumulator The link is in the description as well. Thanks for watching. See you later


Hello, this is Janis Varoufakis with an End of the Year message on behalf of everyone at DM25, our Pan-European Democracy in Europe movement, to all of you. This year's festivities come in the midst of a genocide that will stigmatize a whole generation. Yes, at this time of year, like throughout the year, we must look after our loved ones, celebrate their achievements, take care of our nearest and dearest who need our attention. But we can't celebrate freely, while thousands of children are being slaughtered in the Holy Land with the full complicity of our European Union. Our leaders, from Von der Leyen to Olaf Scholz and Manuel Macron, even the European party of the left, are being criminally complicit. And by the way, so are we, by association to the extent that we let them. Ever since the 7th of October, when Hamas broke out of the Gaza prison camp, as every Palestinian has a duty to, but with acts of atrocious violence that can never be justified, since then the entire European political class has behaved as morally superior to both Palestinians and Israelis, when in truth it was Europe that has been responsible for centuries-long anti-Semitism for the Holocaust. And since the 1920s the Nakpa, the steady, systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, an ethnic cleansing which today unfolds as a fully fledged genocide, by not intervening to stop the slaughter in Gaza, in the West Bank, but also in Yemen, in Ukraine, in Syria, in Kashmir, Europe is proving that human rights are to us that which the Bible was to the Spanish Inquisition. A cava, a veneer of ethicality with which to cover up our European settler imperialist society's utter brutality. We Europeans have lost sight of a terrible fact. Human rights are precisely that which Europe and the United States never intended to grant the oppressed, to those who needed them in the Middle East, in Africa, in Asia, but also in our depressed working class areas in Europe, in Britain, in the United States, in the West. The whole Western litany about human rights is a sham. It is only an excuse to bomb, to shoot and to violate those who actually need human rights. And to do this to them while pretending that we're somehow morally superior. What is happening today in Gaza, in Kashmir, in Yemen, in Syria, in Agorno-Karabakh will determine our capacity as Europeans to live freely in our own countries in Europe. To live without fear of oppression or indignity, here in Greece, in Germany, in France, in Spain, in Portugal, in Britain, in Ireland. As Julian Assange continues to rot away in solitary, in Britain's Guantanamo, for having dared to expose to us the crimes of our governments committed in our name against our interest, our right to know has been shattered. Why the European Union continues to fund the few have more money than they know what to do with, while starving the many and refusing to fund the green transition without which there will be no future. Our own societies are being poisoned spiritually and our species survival becomes less likely. With the toxification of our politics and our planet proceeding so swiftly, it is easy to lose hope, to give up. No longer to look up. But this is not inevitable. DiEM25 proves, by our very existence, our activism that a democratic, compassionate and radically progressive Europe is not just possible, but that it is here, in DiEM25, in our political parties, Mera25, here in Greece, in Germany, in Italy, soon in other countries. Next June, Europe is going to be staging another sham European parliament election. We, DiEM25 and Mera25, our political parties, are going to be running, not because the European Parliament can change anything in itself, but because your voice must resonate in its chamber. It must be amplified in there so that it can be heard loud and clear out there, across Europe, so that our voices, your voices, can expose a ruler's lies and hypocrisy to resonate in there as a first step towards liberating your voices, so that they can together become a surge of reason and humanism. A surge that reclaims our continent, our countries, our cities, our villages, our neighborhoods. From whom? From the Oligarchy, who feast on humanity and nature in the interest of profit and, of course, from exporting arms, weapons to their former colonies.  We need your help. Your support has been central, essential, in keeping DiEM25 alive in terms of our operations, the spirit of our democracy, our mission, our campaign. DiEM25 has been for years now fueled by uncommon people like your good self. People who demand a different peace-loving Europe, a Europe whose prosperity is common and divorced from the logic of profit. For that, our resolve and our commitment must walk hand in hand. Only so will we turn this bogus, sham of an election of the European Parliament, into a useful campaign. Our political parties met at 25 are geared to do exactly that. So on this holiday season we ask you to stand with us again. Your contribution can make all the difference. Together we can bring DiEM25's message, voice, to the floor of the European Parliament. That won't change Europe by itself. But it will give Europeans a chance, a shot, at reclaiming the right to know and to be heard. An important opportunity to empower the many, not the few. In the process, and since this is the festive season, let me add that as DiEM25 has proven in all our get-togethers, we can do this. We can do what is right by Europeans and by the world and by the planet, while having fun as well. So a happy holiday season for everyone. Carpe Diem.