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I'm Canadian, but US usage is similar. Technically, I suppose the unit in the car is a GPS receiver, but it always gets shortened to GPS. Much like the thing on the car that receives AM/FM radio signals is an "Aerial Antenna" but nobody calls it that.

How come you cringe? The formal name for the system is Global Positioning System, thus GPS. Satnav is a rather colloquial name for GPS, and seems to be limited to the UK only. I've not heard it called satnav outside the UK.

One difficulty with statistics like this is knowing if the occurrences are actually increasing, or is the reporting of the occurrence increasing, while the underlying rate of occurrence remains similar? Has crimes such as assault against persons with disabilities recently been a new category of crime, whereas previously is was simply recorded as assault? If so, assault against persons with disabilities might look like it is increasing due to changes in reporting, when the real crime rate may be the same or falling. Or has there been greater public awareness and things are now being reported that previously were swept under the rug? A deeper dive into methods of data collection is needed to verify the statement that violent crime against disabled persons is increasing. Data can always be manipulated for political or other purposes too. In Canada the government created a gun registry and wanted to show how useful it was for police. Whenever the police did a search for a person or an address, the system automatically checked the gun registry, no matter if the originator requesting the search asked for it or not. Then the government could say the gun registry has been used million of times by police, when in reality the police hardly ever used the data coming back from those searches.

It was more thinking out loud. The Minister for Nefarious Purposes did mention this wasn't his first run in with the law, so maybe getting "protection" means that he now doesn't have to worry about being pulled over. It makes everything official and he can move about the country unhindered. RMW is definitely grooming Jamie to his purposes with the "nobody must know" mantra to ensure both his silence and compliance. Does seem a bit odd that the only connection between the murders so far is the one RMW has drawn isn't it?

Hmm, I'm thinking RMW is actually the murderer, as Jamie was conveniently blacked out when it happened. Jamie was simply there to add credibility to the story about why MW was out in the middle of the night in rural Cumbria.

The rent boys he keeps in a nice little place in the Valleys?

Did you notice that RMW only requested data for England, not Wales, Scotland or NI? Seems odd to limit his request to only England. I doubt the otherworldly beings really care about human lines drawn on a map. I wonder if some danger awaits Jamie in Windermere and RMW is simply getting him there on a pretext. Or maybe RMW has some funny business in Wales he wants to keep under wraps?

Used in this context, the word "Civilians" has always bothered me. Civilian is defined by the OED as "A person not in the Armed Services", which in that definition is the Army, Navy or Air Force. I.e, the military. Police are not a part of the military, so they are civilians themselves. Referring to someone not in the police as "Civilians" is very derogatory, and tries to elevate police to something the aren't (and shouldn't be). It's also quite disrespectful to real members of the armed forces. There should be a very clear demarcation between the military and non-military parts of society, and I don't think that the gradual militarization of the police forces is a good thing.

For giggles, I'd like Jamie to look like the Honourable Alexander Ogilvy. picture: Alex I think he looks like Prince Philip did when he was young.

On time I was in London for a conference and stayed in a nice hotel in Mayfair. As I was checking out, a pair of policemen came into the lobby, one presumably to use the Gentleman's Convenience. That other sat and waited. He had a Glock pistol strapped to his thigh and was carrying an MP5 sub machine gun. I though that sure isn't the stereotype for a British policeman!

It's a British colloquialism, means to mock or make fun of someone; usually with no malice intended. Or can also be used as an abuse of trust or generosity, such as if borrowing or using another's property and keeping it for longer than would be considered polite or reasonable. Another example would be borrowing someones car with a full tank of fuel and returning it running on fumes.

We were not highschool sweethearts, but I married the first guy I ever dated; and 25 years later we are still together.

I liked this chapter, it showed a real change in Jackson. Previously he has always been confident, cocky even, but here he has really opened up to Luke and shown him his vulnerabilities. It's a refreshing change and shows how much Jackson has matured in a relatively short time. Cinzilla is still bat shit crazy though.

I'm working my way through the series, a bit late after it was written though! I think Donovan has the patience of a saint, I would have never let Shane get that far. Between the belittling comments initially, to coming over to Donovan's house when he was explicitly told not to and basically assaulting him on the stairs all I see is Shane being very selfish - he does what he wants, when he wants, and so far has given very little regard for Donovan. Even coming over after Donovan said he was exhausted and wanted to sleep isn't respecting anything Donovan is telling him. Shane wanted to spend tine with Donovan, so Shane is coming over, when anyone with a tiny bit of empathy for a friend could see Donovan really just wants to sleep. Then after that the constant criticism of his grooming habits and movie choices again places no value on the choices Donovan makes, and belittles his choices compared to "real men". If I was in Donovan's shoes I wouldn't put up with that and Shane would be history. Shane clearly has no respect for Donovan and the way he chooses to live his life, why should Donovan waste any more time and emotional energy on Shane?

When you mentioned cheese curds my first thought was poutine, but I guess that's just a Quebec thing. If you ever get a chance to try it with smoked meat do so - heart attack on a plate, but so delicious!

You reminded me of the local railway museum was having a "Railway Days" event and brought in a demonstration of new and old. The idea was that you had to send a message to a person in a different room and there was two teams. One was a pair of 15 year olds and they used their phones to text the message from one to the other; the other team was a pair of 80-something retired railway telegraphers and they used morse code and a telegraph bug. Each team was given a printed message and whichever was the first recipient of the message was the winner. It wasn't even close, the old telegraphers were first. They have the advantage that recipient is receiving the message as it is being sent in real time, one letter at a time; text is all or nothing until it is received.

I just found this series and binge read the whole thing today. That was pretty much the whole day taken up, but well worth it! I know it's a good story when I get sucked in and when I got to the end of this chapter looked out and realized it was dark outside. Last time I looked out there was plenty of daylight. Thanks for writing a story with well developed characters that totally drew me in, I'm very much enjoying reading about "his lads".

My guess is Toronto.

Depends on what you call "Vancouver". The West End is (obviously) very gay friendly, but go up the valley a bit to say, Port Coquitlam or Pitt Medows and the culture changes drastically.

It is an older term, not as common as it once was as the influence of American TV is more prevalent now. See 1.1: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/chesterfield

Chesterfields my man! - use the proper language of Noah and Jordan's country 😉

Noah taking his Mom through the Village reminds me of a time when I went to Southern Ontario with a work colleague who was from a small town in rural Alberta, population 75. He wanted to see a hockey game, and for those of you who remember Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto it is at the south end of the gay village. So made sure I found a parking spot north of Bloor and we walked down Church street to get to the arena. On Halloween night. After the game as we walked back to the car, the village was full of energy; as we passed one bar a white Rolls Royce pulled up and a drag queen got out and went inside. I have to give my colleague full credit he wasn't bothered at all, he was a "live and let live" sort of person. He was amazed and awed and had never seen anything like this before, as this was pre internet, but wasn't bothered.

Good reason to call it a Chesterfield for greater clarity.

I would have calculated the area of the missing piece and the original area of the cake; then subtracted to find the net area, then placed the cut line where half the net area is on either side of the line. Mind you, I've also calculated the area of pizza's on a menu and then the dollars per square inch to see if it's cheaper to buy 2 mediums or a single extra large...

I'm quite enjoying this story so far. When I visited the UK in May we went to Bath, so this brought back many pleasant memories. It is such a beautiful place. I'm enjoying the interaction of the characters too, they are nicely developed. Now you've made me want to go back to the UK, but I can't right now!