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From: Ophelia on 9 Aug 2010 13:40 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:ngqf3iuxvj87$.11yk4qqmor6wu$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Sat, 7 Aug 2010 18:19:55 +0100, Ophelia wrote: > >> Yes, Mike, I have. While I agree that that old bloke was daft, the >> police >> action was way ott! If they really thought he was deserving of such >> treatment, they would have pulled him over Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy before he had >> gone 17 miles. > > I think they do it carefully nowadays, no dramatic overtakes, just deploy > a > stinger, as they did. ... and then after he HAD stopped..... jumping on the bonnet etc. They already knew he was an old guy! Had they thought he was some kind of terrorist, they would have done all that when they had him stopped the first time! -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: Ophelia on 9 Aug 2010 14:45 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:5bagyul9uyag.1kxibzd2pel7a$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:25:51 +0100, JMS wrote: > >>>Which means what? >>> >> >> >> I assume that you do not have a driving licence. >> >> It means exactly what it says in the Highway Code: >> >> Police stopping procedures. If the police want to stop your vehicle >> they will, where possible, attract your attention by >> >> * flashing blue lights, headlights or sounding their siren or >> horn, usually from behind >> * directing you to pull over to the side by pointing and/or using >> the left indicator >> >> You MUST then pull over and stop as soon as it is safe to do so. Then >> switch off your engine. >> >> >> Note the word MUST. > > somebody please accuse somebody of being a nazi, this thread needs to end > when it gets to the point of having to demonstrate this idiot should have > stopped for a police car with blaring twos and blues. Godwin's law is what you are looking for:) -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: bod on 9 Aug 2010 15:01 Ophelia wrote: > > > "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:5bagyul9uyag.1kxibzd2pel7a$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >> On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:25:51 +0100, JMS wrote: >> >>>> Which means what? >>>> >>> >>> >>> I assume that you do not have a driving licence. >>> >>> It means exactly what it says in the Highway Code: >>> >>> Police stopping procedures. If the police want to stop your vehicle >>> they will, where possible, attract your attention by >>> >>> * flashing blue lights, headlights or sounding their siren or >>> horn, usually from behind >>> * directing you to pull over to the side by pointing and/or using >>> the left indicator >>> >>> You MUST then pull over and stop as soon as it is safe to do so. Then >>> switch off your engine. >>> >>> >>> Note the word MUST. >> >> somebody please accuse somebody of being a nazi, this thread needs to end >> when it gets to the point of having to demonstrate this idiot should have >> stopped for a police car with blaring twos and blues. > > Godwin's law is what you are looking for:) > > I'm assuming from your vague answer, that the Veg prefix is indicative of the vegetable content and not the part of the trade name only? What does the Mar prefix in Marmite stand for?.....does it mean it contains Mar!? Not knowing whether Marmite contains vegetable content (or not), how would one know? I basically wanted to know if it tasted the same or similar. Bod
From: bod on 10 Aug 2010 04:18
Chelsea Tractor Man wrote: > On Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:01:23 +0100, bod wrote: > >> Not knowing whether Marmite contains vegetable content (or not), how >> would one know? > > yeast and "vegetable extract" are main ingredients > > Thanks. Bod |