Whilst fighting my way into a packet of 18month mature cheddar ( I spit in the eye of bad dreams!) I chanced upon the storage instructions. "Consume within three days of opening" What's that all about? I'll take my chances. If you dont hear from me in a few days, you'll know I've succumbed😵 Nice cheese with crunchy bits,though.
Just listening to radio 4 - a black Met Police inspector pulled over (for dubious reasons - ie going through a red light, speeding etc) when driving a car by his own force - so he's suing them. That's fine.
The person talking (from the National Police Association) was saying that because he's an inspector in the Met, that his word should be taken at face value. Isn't that wrong in so many ways? Why is a police officer's word and more trustworthy than any other person's word? Surely a person is either trustworthy and honest or not, NOT the role? Is a Dr more trustworthy than a retail assistant? Is a lawyer any more trustworthy than a used car salesman? Is .....
And isn't that the problem in the first place? That the people who pulled the inspector over (who potentially 'invented' the reasons for pulling him over), were also police, so their word should also be taken at face value - and would have been had not the person they pulled over been an inspector in their own force.
Presumably he was pulled over by police in the first place, so why should his version of events be given more weight than that of other police officers? Or does ethnicity trump all other requirements when deciding on the truth?
Police are entitled to pull over anybody they believe to be committing a moving traffic offence.
Just adding - I have just read a comment from the Inspector where he says "The officers did not believe or did not care that I was an officer". Isn't that the way it should be. If an offence has been committed it shouldn't be ignored simply because the offender is a police officer - it should make no difference one way or the other.
No, nothing should have any more 'weight' when deciding the truth than what the evidence provides. But that doesn't appear to be the case in the legal system does it? If I had a character witness in court, would anyone believe a bloke I new up the pub who was a scaffolder over a Dr? What 'level' of professional would you call as a character witness? Here you have two sets of police officers telling a different story - someone is telling porkies. Telling lies or the truth is not an attribute of profession,class, wealth, colour, age, sex....It's a personality trait. If the police pulling anyone over use speeding or going through red lights as the reason, then they should have 'proof' that that occurred. In this day and age, camera and speed diagnostics must be available eh?
Then it's not - 'he said', 'they said' - but - 'the evidence says'.
The problem is that there have and continue to be 'pull overs' for fishing exercises - and being a cynic, I would guess that the police 'make up' the excuse for pulling people over on a fair few occasions. Your second paragraph needs to qualify what 'believe' encompasses - although the outcome may at face value 'justify' pulling over a car and finding drugs or weapons or anything else 'illegal' - using a trumped (how that term has taken on a new meaning eh?) up excuse is in itself wrong don't you think? Believing can't be driven by '...flash car...black driver...therefore I believe he's a drug dealer...We'll pull him over for speeding...'.
The lady next door is a lovely lady and I couldn't want a better neighbour, but she has gone a bit crazy with the bird feeding lately. On top of the bird feeders she also leaves loads of bread and scraps out on top of the walls which attracts all the gulls, pigeons and corvids from miles around. She's also attracting squirrels now as well, which she thinks is lovely but they inevitably end up in my garden browsing for snacks. All my hazelnuts are gone and they're eyeing up my apples now We've managed to avoid attracting most 'pests' for years while still feeding the smaller birds. On the plus side I'm saving money on bird food as I'm putting much less out now.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We've got a similar problem with next door @wild edges. Big open bird table that predominantly attracts pigeons. They've become such a menace that another neighbour has taken to running into the back garden loudly blowing a whistle to disperse them. Makes you jump if you are out in the peace and quiet
Following the demise of the GW Facebook group I joined a few other gardening groups. Yesterday one member was accused of being racist by one of the Moderators. The reason? The member referred to the Black Country! Jeez - give me strength.
Following the demise of the GW Facebook group I joined a few other gardening groups. Yesterday one member was accused of being racist by one of the Moderators. The reason? The member referred to the Black Country! Jeez - give me strength.
The town of Bideford in Devon is changing its town sign as it says "little white town" . What about Whitehaven, and Blackpool?? And no more Black Forest Gateaux OBVS!
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What's that all about?
I'll take my chances. If you dont hear from me in a few days, you'll know I've succumbed😵
Nice cheese with crunchy bits,though.
And no more Black Forest Gateaux OBVS!