Random Irritations

[Tashyboy]

Hmmm. Not sure I’d want be a paedophile in prison.

I know what you’re saying but I would love to see him in prison. I think he is a very very lucky man not to be. Apart from being a drug taking ex premier league referee that slags off ( on camera) the people who he is supposed to work alongside, he is now a convicted nonce. He has been warned re his future actions. Only time will tell if it sinks into his thick skull.

 

[Slime]

For one Category A image I think he could have considered himself a bit unlucky in the event he had got a custodial sentence, if I’m honest.

Not condoning his behaviour, far from it. Merely drawing a comparison with others guilty in similar circumstances.

It wasn't an image, it was a sex video involving a 15 year old boy.
He shouldn't see the light of day for many a year.

 

[Billysboots]

It wasn't an image, it was a sex video involving a 15 year old boy.
He should never see the light of day for many a year.

In legal terms, a video is classed as an image, hence the reason reference is made to him being prosecuted for making an indecent image.

The terminology in itself can cause all sorts of confusion - because “making” in this case refers to downloading. I’m sure when people saw this news many thought Coote was responsible for actually recording the video, which he wasn’t.

I know what you are saying, but the reality is that if the likes of Coote are banged up for this sort of offence, and therefore others for comparable levels of offending, then you would have to increase the prison estate size several times over. There simply isn’t room for them.

 

[Slime]

In legal terms, a video is classed as an image, hence the reason reference is made to him being prosecuted for making an indecent image.

The terminology in itself can cause all sorts of confusion - because “making” in this case refers to downloading. I’m sure when people saw this news many thought Coote was responsible for actually recording the video, which he wasn’t.

I know what you are saying, but the reality is that if the likes of Coote are banged up for this sort of offence, and therefore others for comparable levels of offending, then you would have to increase the prison estate size several times over. There simply isn’t room for them.

Ten in a cell would do for starters.
If they don't like it, THEY SHOULDN'T COMMIT THE CRIME!

 

[Billysboots]

Ten in a cell would do for starters.
If they don't like it, THEY SHOULDN'T COMMIT THE CRIME!

Oh, I don’t disagree.

 

[Robster59]

Radio ad for a TV series Red Eye..it sounds...well, frighteningly bad....
JHC... an ad is supposed to make me want to watch/use/buy whatever the ad is about.
The delivery of the abysmally written script makes me cringe every time I hear it...
I will not be tuning in...gnawing my leg off would give me more pleasure...

We watched two episodes, and that was at least one too many.

 

[Neilds]

Total over reaction by the media and schools/transport/councils etc because we have a spell of winter weather in winter.

I know some parts of the country have got it really bad with deep snow and very high winds, but the majority have a light covering, if any at all. All the advice about keeping warm is patronising to say the least.

 

[Lucifer MorningStar]

Total over reaction by the media and schools/transport/councils etc because we have a spell of winter weather in winter.

I know some parts of the country have got it really bad with deep snow and very high winds, but the majority have a light covering, if any at all. All the advice about keeping warm is patronising to say the least.

Was watching the news this morning and a reporter somewhere in Wales was saying how it’s brought everything to a halt with a whole 8cm of snow! The advice they were giving you’d think they were on an Arctic survival course

They then went to a video stream of Worthing beach front telling people to be extra careful because you could see violent waves crashing due to high winds! Only for the woman in the studio to point out the obvious what we could all see on screen that there were no waves crashing onto the beach at all and it’s a a calm sea what the guy reporting could actually see moving around was a crane with a flashing light not waves

 

[Billysboots]

Total over reaction by the media and schools/transport/councils etc because we have a spell of winter weather in winter.

I know some parts of the country have got it really bad with deep snow and very high winds, but the majority have a light covering, if any at all. All the advice about keeping warm is patronising to say the least.

I’m always reminded of a ski holiday in Meribel a few years ago. All week it snowed really heavily. And I mean proper snow. When I handed my lift pass back at the end of the week and asked how much had fallen during the week I was told around 20 feet.

Yes, I get that they are set up for that sort of weather, but everything still ran like clockwork. Shops and restaurants getting deliveries, transfer coaches running bang on time. They adapt.

We, on the other hand, cannot. We grind to a halt after a heavy frost. Perish the thought it actually snows. A number of local schools announced last night, before a single flake had fallen, that they would be closed today. Well, having woken to no snow I’ll bet those responsible for the decision feel ridiculous. And so they should.

When our kids were still at the village primary, if it snowed and the school was actually open they weren’t allowed to play out in it at break and lunch. You know, just in case Little Johnny fell over, or copped a snowball in the chops, and the parents sued the education authority.

I’ll bet the rest of Europe wets itself when it sees how we fail to cope with (not so) adverse weather.

 

[Neilds]

Was watching the news this morning and a reporter somewhere in Wales was saying how it’s brought everything to a halt with a whole 8cm of snow! The advice they were giving you’d think they were on an Arctic survival course

They then went to a video stream of Worthing beach front telling people to be extra careful because you could see violent waves crashing due to high winds! Only for the woman in the studio to point out the obvious what we could all see on screen that there were no waves crashing onto the beach at all and it’s a a calm sea what the guy reporting could actually see moving around was a crane with a flashing light not waves

And usually the reporters are telling us not to travel unless absolutely essential - was it essential for them to travel to stand in the rain to tell us this? Even pets know when the weather is bad and they don't want to go out!

 

[WorldHandicapSystem]

I’m always reminded of a ski holiday in Meribel a few years ago. All week it snowed really heavily. And I mean proper snow. When I handed my lift pass back at the end of the week and asked how much had fallen during the week I was told around 20 feet.

Yes, I get that they are set up for that sort of weather, but everything still ran like clockwork. Shops and restaurants getting deliveries, transfer coaches running bang on time. They adapt.

We, on the other hand, cannot. We grind to a halt after a heavy frost. Perish the thought it actually snows. A number of local schools announced last night, before a single flake had fallen, that they would be closed today. Well, having woken to no snow I’ll bet those responsible for the decision feel ridiculous. And so they should.

When our kids were still at the village primary, if it snowed and the school was actually open they weren’t allowed to play out in it at break and lunch. You know, just in case Little Johnny fell over, or copped a snowball in the chops, and the parents sued the education authority.

I’ll bet the rest of Europe wets itself when it sees how we fail to cope with (not so) adverse weather.

Cool story, but as you say they are geared up for it, so that sort of weather is perfectly normal to them.

That said, the day we left Avoriaz last April they had a huge dump of snow which blocked many roads and caused havoc in the area. Luckily we had a red eye flight otherwise we’d have been stuck there.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

When I was at school in Lancashire and we had some frost or snow, slides were made in the school yard. Icy lengths were made especially icy to slide on. I was not allowed on one or two, the best ones, because I didn’t have clogs on. They had metal rail soles… best for sliding on Leather soles were likely to make the slide less slippery!
Jeez, today I bet the teachers would have apoplexy at the thought of such activity by the kids.” You might fall over”…etc
What a country we are now….

 

[Orikoru]

I don't know what's happened, but the icons at the top of my Outlook are now absolutely MASSIVE, which looks ridiculous - like it's a setting for partially-sighted people or something - and there is no way to turn this off and make them normal-sized again, other than hiding them completely.

 

[Slime]

Tim Sherwood, what a plank.

 

[irip]

Was watching the news this morning and a reporter somewhere in Wales was saying how it’s brought everything to a halt with a whole 8cm of snow! The advice they were giving you’d think they were on an Arctic survival course

They then went to a video stream of Worthing beach front telling people to be extra careful because you could see violent waves crashing due to high winds! Only for the woman in the studio to point out the obvious what we could all see on screen that there were no waves crashing onto the beach at all and it’s a a calm sea what the guy reporting could actually see moving around was a crane with a flashing light not waves

My parents live in Worthing and just spoke to my dad.
He took the dog out for the normal walk this morning and said it was warmer than he expected although a little windy and he walks right along the sea front and didn’t mention it.
He did notice a new bar is opening up though

 

[Voyager EMH]

When I was at school in Lancashire and we had some frost or snow, slides were made in the school yard. Icy lengths were made especially icy to slide on. I was not allowed on one or two, the best ones, because I didn’t have clogs on. They had metal rail soles… best for sliding on Leather soles were likely to make the slide less slippery!
Jeez, today I bet the teachers would have apoplexy at the thought of such activity by the kids.” You might fall over”…etc
What a country we are now….

I loved schoolyard sliding. I thought I was particularly good at it too.
One lad did a spectacular fall one time. He was holding a Mars bar. As he went down he held the Mars bar up and out to protect it. Unable to use that arm to protect himself, his chin hit the ground and he bit through his bottom lip. Went to hospital and missed most of that day's schoolwork. Hero of the week.
When a teacher try to warn us of the dangers of sliding we took no notice. All we needed to do was not combine the activity with confectionary consumption. And a mistake resulting in a day-off was a bonus.

 

[Swinglowandslow]

One year the snow was good. We were 10 or 9yrs old.
We were all having snowball fights in a small yard when the headmaster stopped us. Apparently someone had thrown a snowball with a stone in it and it had hit one of the kids in his head.He’d complained..
The Head demanded that the responsible child own up, or we’d all be caned.
( No one did because it turned out the kid had thrown it himself, which we learned later)
So, we all had one on each hand as we left the yard.
The lad concerned was “advised” later, I understand.

 

[rudebhoy]

Richard Keys. Talk about being self obsessed.

 

[Hobbit]

One year the snow was good. We were 10 or 9yrs old.
We were all having snowball fights in a small yard when the headmaster stopped us. Apparently someone had thrown a snowball with a stone in it and it had hit one of the kids in his head.He’d complained..
The Head demanded that the responsible child own up, or we’d all be caned.
( No one did because it turned out the kid had thrown it himself, which we learned later)
So, we all had one on each hand as we left the yard.
The lad concerned was “advised” later, I understand.

Ah, the winter of ‘63. The best(worst) winter I can remember.

There was one in the early 70’s I remember. Our school was one side of the shared school pitches with the welsh speaking school being the other side. During one 200+ snowball fight between the schools the headmaster went into the middle of the field to remonstrate… 200+ pupils suddenly had just one target - utter carnage!

 

[Billysboots]

I loved schoolyard sliding. I thought I was particularly good at it too.
One lad did a spectacular fall one time. He was holding a Mars bar. As he went down he held the Mars bar up and out to protect it. Unable to use that arm to protect himself, his chin hit the ground and he bit through his bottom lip. Went to hospital and missed most of that day's schoolwork. Hero of the week.
When a teacher try to warn us of the dangers of sliding we took no notice. All we needed to do was not combine the activity with confectionary consumption. And a mistake resulting in a day-off was a bonus.

We used to use heavy duty black bin bags. Great for doing our Cool Runnings impersonations.

And when I was at high school most of us had our shoes re-soled with heavy duty leather soles and got the heels clipped. That was primarily so we sounded cool when we strode into assembly. But they made for epic winter sliding.

Happy days.