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From: AlanG on 27 Mar 2010 12:39 On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:48:24 -0000, "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote: > > > >Heh *I* would have mentioned it in Kev's shoes and I defy anyone here to say >they would have done otherwise! > > The chief constable is my best mate and I'm on my way round their for coffee.
From: Brimstone on 27 Mar 2010 13:54 "AlanG" <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote in message news:mpgsq5h2avra7n5oit4q28707a458opepj(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:16:50 -0000, "Brimstone" > <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>Indeed, because there's no coppers on the streets. >> > > In 1915 you would get 13 and 14 yr olds in full time work. In 2010 > they would be arrested for being out of their homes at night as they > went home from work Indeed, a good point.
From: Mr. Benn on 27 Mar 2010 17:26 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jg0tlf.gow04f1m8w8rwN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > Mr. Benn <nospam(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> > I've been stopped in entirely the same circumstances and had exactly >> > the >> > same attitude from the police. In my case the speed limit was 40 and >> > there was a speed camera part way along the dual carriageway. I didn't >> > trigger the speed camera but I was still accused of speeding, but the >> > officers had no evidence to support their allegation. They also >> > required >> > a breath test and then when they asked for ID were shocked when I >> > showed >> > them <something> that identified who I was and who I worked for rather >> > than my driving licence. Then their attitude turned polite to the point >> > of being fawning. >> >> Are you someone really important? > > Not at all. So why did the attitude of the police change when you showed them who you worked for? Were you working for the police?
From: Ophelia on 28 Mar 2010 02:50 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:SPadnWION-bY4jPWnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... > Indeed, I usually pass at an indicated eighty or so and never had a > problem, barring one idiot who was driving a Frontera, again sitting in > the middle lane and holding up the traffic. He was a bit taken aback when > I asked him why he was sitting in the middle lane cause an unnecessary > obstruction. How did you do that? -- -- https://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/
From: Brimstone on 28 Mar 2010 04:42
"Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message news:818cl7FjkeU2(a)mid.individual.net... > > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:SPadnWION-bY4jPWnZ2dnUVZ8v2dnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> Indeed, I usually pass at an indicated eighty or so and never had a >> problem, barring one idiot who was driving a Frontera, again sitting in >> the middle lane and holding up the traffic. He was a bit taken aback when >> I asked him why he was sitting in the middle lane cause an unnecessary >> obstruction. > > How did you do that? If you mean how did I ask him the question, because he invited me to stop for a chat. |