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Post by C@V on Feb 20, 2008 8:16:37 GMT -1
Population 40,000
In the last year 17 young people have committed suicide. What the fuck is going on? There can't be a person in the town who doesn't at least know someone who know's one of the dead!
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 8:31:49 GMT -1
Which might lead to further suicides. Stop killing yourselves.
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Post by Arnold on Feb 20, 2008 8:39:54 GMT -1
Without meaning to make light of this terrible situation but have any of you actually been to Brigdend?
Not a great place to be bought up, unemployment is high and there are basically no decent job prosepcts there.
Really scruffy town which, as it is the Wales Police headquarters, is probably not a great place to enjoy yourself in the evening either.
I ended up there earlier this year and it is probably the worst place I have ever been to.
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 8:42:55 GMT -1
What's that got to do with anything Arnie? 21 people since September 2006 that's a stat for you. That's probably around about the same number for the whole rest of England in a year. Just in one tiny town. I don't think we can ever understand this but your not going to kill yourself just because you live in a rubbish town.
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 20, 2008 8:43:08 GMT -1
There are worse places than Bridgend Arnie.
It's all rather tragic really. Not sure media coverage will make any positive difference either.
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 8:44:27 GMT -1
I liked your photograph of a cat by the way Jules.
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 20, 2008 8:51:52 GMT -1
I liked your photograph of a cat by the way Jules. The one in Avignon? Cheers dude, I was lucky, sneaking up and whispering in my head "don't run off, don't run off!"
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 8:54:10 GMT -1
;D Yeah I do that too when I try to photograph deer and things like that I just say to them "I'm not gonna hurt you" they still usually run away. ;D
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 20, 2008 8:57:54 GMT -1
;D Yeah I do that too when I try to photograph deer and things like that I just say to them "I'm not gonna hurt you" they still usually run away. ;D I think the key is looking smiley and friendly... and still being some distance away, with a half-decent zoom lens! ;D
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 9:06:08 GMT -1
;D Yeah I do that too when I try to photograph deer and things like that I just say to them "I'm not gonna hurt you" they still usually run away. ;D I think the key is looking smiley and friendly... and still being some distance away, with a half-decent zoom lens! ;D I ALWAYS want to try to get closer though, as close as I can before it runs away. Think I might go to the New Forest soon, that place is full of deer and ponies.
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Post by Arnold on Feb 20, 2008 9:06:31 GMT -1
What's that got to do with anything Arnie? 21 people since September 2006 that's a stat for you. That's probably around about the same number for the whole rest of England in a year. Just in one tiny town. I don't think we can ever understand this but your not going to kill yourself just because you live in a rubbish town. The suicide rate in Bridgend is not really any higher than a lot of other places and I believe certain places in Scotland are still higher which averages 30 in 100,000 per year. It is a measure of how bleak the outlook for a lot of these children are.
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Feb 20, 2008 9:10:22 GMT -1
Population 40,000 In the last year 17 young people have committed suicide. What the fuck is going on? There can't be a person in the town who doesn't at least know someone who know's one of the dead! Population 39,983 now then. About time the police took the link seriously i reckon and maybe an end will come to this sad affair.
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Post by jh1980 on Feb 20, 2008 9:15:35 GMT -1
I ALWAYS want to try to get closer though, as close as I can before it runs away. Think I might go to the New Forest soon, that place is full of deer and ponies. The only way you can do it is with a hide, dude... unless you learn to talk to the animals, that'd be some cool shit! Deer, Ponies, and Gorse bushes. And Beaulieu, those are what I think of. And the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award...
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 9:20:37 GMT -1
I ALWAYS want to try to get closer though, as close as I can before it runs away. Think I might go to the New Forest soon, that place is full of deer and ponies. The only way you can do it is with a hide, dude... unless you learn to talk to the animals, that'd be some cool shit! Deer, Ponies, and Gorse bushes. And Beaulieu, those are what I think of. And the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award... Not true man, sure that is ideal, but I was just crashing through the forest one time and saw a nice pony it wasn't scared of me so I took loads of pictures of it really close up, as I was doing this a young deer starting running up towards me. I turned round took a few pictures of little deer, then it ran away, but not too far and I got a few more of it in the distance. Then I came out to an open area and I saw about 10 deer walking across a feild, I got as close as I could. No if you're funky enough the animals will come to you.
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Feb 20, 2008 9:35:48 GMT -1
We get wild Deer in the woods across the road from my house.
Took our Freya down there a couple of years ago and we sat under a tree motionless just to see what came out. Within 5 minutes we had around 40 Deer come out of the trees. After 15 mins they were within 20 meters of us.
Did we have a camera? Did we fuck. Was a brilliant half hour tho'.
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 9:39:18 GMT -1
We get wild Deer in the woods across the road from my house. Took our Freya down there a couple of years ago and we sat under a tree motionless just to see what came out. Within 5 minutes we had around 40 Deer come out of the trees. After 15 mins they were within 20 meters of us. Did we have a camera? Did we fuck. Was a brilliant half hour tho'. Sweet as man, is that near a national park or forest?
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Feb 20, 2008 9:45:48 GMT -1
We get wild Deer in the woods across the road from my house. Took our Freya down there a couple of years ago and we sat under a tree motionless just to see what came out. Within 5 minutes we had around 40 Deer come out of the trees. After 15 mins they were within 20 meters of us. Did we have a camera? Did we fuck. Was a brilliant half hour tho'. Sweet as man, is that near a national park or forest? This is the village i live in. You can see the woods and they are full of Deer and alsorts of wildlife,myself included. We have a Badger set at the top of our garden too.
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Post by Dr LuKas on Feb 20, 2008 9:48:34 GMT -1
Funky you should take some photographs, I know I couldn't resist.
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Post by CHOPPER READ on Feb 20, 2008 9:52:52 GMT -1
I have never really been into photography but i am starting to like it. We have had several days of sub-zero temperatures here and all the plants and trees are crusted in frost. Looks lovely and would make great pictures.
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Post by URRZZZ!!! on Feb 20, 2008 12:39:08 GMT -1
Suicide is an underrated problem in the UK - I read that only car accidents kill more young people every year.
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