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Maybe it's because she's a Londoner.

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I think they pronounce their aitches in Oxfordshire?

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There's no sign that anyone has realised that yet. In fact if we all knew that the only thing left would be all that immigration gubbins, and only about 3 people actually know much about that.



(Yes I do realise it's slightly more than 3 :nod:)

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That looks like the one I used to keep my Playboys in.

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'Witchcraft' in 2017

"A man who calls himself “Master Raghav” has been charged with witchcraft, extortion and fraud after allegedly charging a Toronto man $101,000 to remove an evil spirit."

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...t-removal.html

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That seems a bit oxymoronic. If it's genuinely witchcraft, surely it can't also have been fraud? And (the more likely scenario) vice versa.

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It's not quite explicit about where he is being charged. Are there actually laws against witchcraft on the Canada statute book?

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So he's been charged with witchcraft.. There are any number of people describing their services as 'an astrologer and psychic', shall we lock them all up? Perhaps they should be locked away, but not up. I suspect that he would not have been charged had he not asked for such a sum in return for his services. So I think it's the possible question of fraud that attracted attention.

A Websters definition states that fraud is an ' intentional perversion of truth in order to induce another to part with something of value or to surrender a legal right'.

The issue as I see it is one of proof. No doubt money changed hands voluntarily.. but is there any evidence of deception? Tricky where the evidence is by definition so intangible.

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See:
Criminal Code

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The premier of the Ontario province, a woman generally agreed to be well educated, confident, thoroughly in tune with the times, is virtually keelhauled in recent polling where she resides at an appalling 11 per cent. She is only slightly more popular than traffic tickets and overcooked broccoli (and even those are within the margin of error).

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:rofl::rofl:

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I am relieved the laws are against pretending witchcraft. I will be careful at Halloween though.

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I think it's ok as long as you don't charge a fee.

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Interesting. How does this square with various religions who extract contributions from their membership?

Religion? On a par with witchcraft to me.

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So how am I going to recoup all the cash I waste on sweets for random costumed kids?

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Isn't Wicca a religion?

Anyway it says pretend. Should be ok if you get it right.

But you eat all those sweets yourself.

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Busted. :o

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I got up to pee during the night and in the glow of the light from my bedroom I saw a little pile of fluff on the carpet in the middle of the landing.

I reached down to pick it up only to discover it wasn't fluff as my finger went into something wet and stodgy.

The cat had 'left something' in the night. :eek:

Fortunately it was from the front end. :rofl:

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Unless you got the cat yesterday, you should have known better. I step in the occasional hairball, (first thing in the morning even reach into the dining room first to turn on the light), but have never been inclined to probe them. I hope you didn't taste it to make sure. :rofl:
Nancy Boy (my sister's cat) has long sheddy hair and gets a steady diet of Hairball Care IAMS to try to keep those down.
Thanks for sharing, being half German I can appreciate the misfortune of others.

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I don't think you need a cat to find fluff. I could come across hairy fluffy bits before we had the cat. :o
There are three haired people in the house. :nod:
:ohmy: No, but I was curious to find out which end it came from; it had a cat food smell to it. (that was the polite, relatively tasteful way of putting it) :rofl:

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Nothing about this is remotely tasteful.:thumbdown:

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[QUOTE=BristolUK;12221312]
:ohmy: No, but I was curious to find out which end it came from; it had a cat food smell to it. /QUOTE]
Hope he/she/it isn't sick. Count yourself lucky that it's an isolated incident, but if it recurs you could try some of those treats.
I wrote a beauty of a post but didn't think it worth the backlash. :lol:

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Thanks for the imagery. I now can't remove from my mind the little ditty that goes with this scenario:

Quick, quick!
The cat's been sick!
Where, where?
Under the chair.
Hasten, hasten,
Fetch a basin!
Alas! Alack!
All in vain,
The cat has licked it up again....

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Life isn't all iced gems :rofl:

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I just did a search for The Hairball Song, and one had been posted a month ago. Don't click on it, it's terrible. Ok, maybe not terrible, but more spirited than in tune.

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Perhaps it should go on Canuck74's thread? :sneaky:

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Bad shedder, this one, was half wild and half dead when my sister stole, er, rescued him.

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Why I don't like Paypal.

I wanted to make a purchase yesterday on ebay - something else I'm not keen on.

According to the blurb on the listing I could pay by credit card.

Except that when I got to the important bit I couldn't and I needed a paypal account.

So I registered for one. But my payment wasn't accepted - apparently because I was only a guest on ebay. So against my better judgement I registered an account on ebay and went through it again.

Only for my paypal sign in to not be recognised. But I only just did it. I don't forget that quickly.

Nothing for it but to choose forgot password option. As prompted, I entered my email address. Which wasn't recognised. :blink:

Today I get an email confirming my PayPal registration and extolling the advantages.

But I can't sign in again. Again I tell them my email address but they still don't recognise it even though they just used it to email me.

"Problems signing in?"
Too bloody right.
"click to contact us by email."

Righto, I click. New page.

"Please log in to send email."

:frown::frown::frown::frown::frown::frown::frown:

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I always knew that ditty as:

Quick, quick!
The cat's been sick!
Go get a mop,
To mop up it!
Too late!
All in vein!
The cat has licked it up again!

:eek:

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My dad sent me an amazon US gift card for my birthday, so I ordered a few things we needed Tuesday morning at 8am. I paid for normal shipping which said 7-10 days.

Got home today, and a box sitting outside. It was the amazon US ordered I did yesterday.

Tracking says they went Newark, NJ to Louisville, KY, to Seattle, WA to Vancouver, BC.

Not bad but no idea why Amazon sent it overnight express.

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Maybe they just had room on that flight? Sometimes you get really quick delivery. I got fishing reels from England in about 5 or 6 days with no charges and it's lucky to get anything that quick.

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My Dash and Dot wonder package arrived in reasonable time so maybe things are changing. Can't see me getting any work done in the next two days though. At least not until I've taught Dash to play beer pong. :lol:

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My wife sent 2 commissioned paintings to customers in England via Canada Post back in February. Neither have arrived. They are covered by insurance, but it's such a waste of time, energy and money when a simple delivery can't be achieved.

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Nil desparandum..
My wife ordered a small present for christmas from China in November. Shortly afterwards tracking showed it to be in Vancouver, we are in the Fraser Valley. It arrived last week after 4 months waiting somewhere.

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I've ordered Amazon stuff from China/HK. Takes anywhere from a 1-3 weeks to UK. Very efficient customer service too.

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Issue with parcels coming to Canada from Asia seems to be CBSA from what I have gathered from Canada Post.

Anything from China I have sent to Washington to pick up. Takes on average 3 to 6 days from China vs 2 or 3 months to Canada.

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Begs the question: Where does CBSA store it all?

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Snap.

Actually I feel quite bad because I filed an ebay complaint and got fully refunded only for the parcel to show up after 4 months.

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I've had stuff stuck in a CBSA warehouse in Ontario, but usually the culprit is Canada Post and they're just inefficient. I've had more items from the US flagged for charges than from China or the UK, and customs can hang on to it for a few months. Where they get off charging me tax and a $5 fee on used fishing rods from the US is infuriating but there is no real recourse. It's been my experience that large parcels are more likely to get stopped than small ones. When ordering from any internet seller like ebay or ali or dhgate or amazon it's important to go through the steps to extend coverage time if something is late just in case. I placed 2 similar orders from 2 sellers at the same time and one came 2 months later than the other, but I made sure to contact him and let him know I was waiting. I got ripped off for $35 once but now I know better, and I've save a lot more than that, or at least get more than $35 of enjoyment shopping online.

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I've had two Canada Post parcel deliveries in the last week both arriving on the date Best Buy, Walmart and Canada Post tracking said they would arrive.