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General Discussion Area / Robots?
« on: 09 June 2012, 15:07:10 »
Robots 69 - Users 22! 
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General Discussion Area / Guests
« on: 07 June 2012, 21:40:46 »
There are 85 Guests on at the moment........Hello everyone, hope you are all well 
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General Discussion Area / Vigilantism
« on: 05 June 2012, 22:21:13 »
Myself & Swmbo were involved in the aftermath of a vigilante attack today 
Driving through town we came upon an Astra slewed across the pavement & a cyclist laid flat out still entangled in his bike frame with one leg at an unnatural angle through the front forks. There were two men present, neither taking care of the cyclist & one, who turned out to be the Astra driver pacing back & forth in a highly agitated manner shouting & muttering in turn. After checking the cyclist for Vitals, visible wounds, possible neck/spinal injury etc, we covered him with blankets & placed one under his head to make him comfortable as possible, and I had to jam my right hand, palm open between the cyclists spine & the rear gear cogs & wheel spindle to keep them from sticking in him. We then had to await the Police & Ambulance. The other guy had been travelling behind the Astra & told us it had been following the cyclist & suddenly cut in front of him across the pavement & mowed him down! He then had to stop the driver from assaulting the cyclist 
The Astra guy was very clearly high on drugs & or drink and extremely agitated & erratic and kept screaming,"He's a Paedophile, i've made a Citizens Arrest, you're all my witnesses." The single Policeman who arrived on scene first was a very impressive guy, had the scene sorted quickly and very professionally, definately the kind of bloke I would want on my side in any hairy situation
In no time at all, we had two Pandas, one Paddy Van & a Traffic car in attendance! there must have been a lull in activity in town! The downside was there were no ambulances available for twenty plus minutes & when it did eventually arrive it was called immediately to a more urgent job! A free ambulance eventually arrived after 35 minutes & they too did a splendid job & with our help disentangled the guy from the bike frame & had him on a spinal board & away to hospital in short order
The upshot of all this was the Astra driver said he had seen the cyclist watching some kids playing in the street & had seen him "licking his lips" and had run at him screaming obscenities at which point the cyclist rode off very quickly (no shit, sherlock! that's what i'd have done too! 
) The guy had then jumped into his car and gave chase until he had the opportunity to catch up, at which point he knocked him off the bike with the car! It turned out the cyclist had left his disabled wife at home while he popped out to buy cigarettes & a couple of videos & on the way home the carrier bag had split & he had stopped so as not to lose its contents, at which point the assailant had put the fear of god into him & he 'legged it'!
Now put yourself into the cyclists position, what would you have done in his place?
Now put yourself in our position, stopping to help at an accident scene & being told the injured party was a 'Paedophile', what would your reaction have been? Would you have taken things at face value, given the injured guy the benefit of the doubt & helped regardless? Walked away & done nothing? or helped the Astra driver in giving him a good kicking?
I've often thought and said that I would take the Law into my own hands given the provocation, but today's incident has given me much food for thought. A man is lying in hospital tonight because someone high on drugs/drink or both made a snap diagnosis of what he thought he saw & acted impulsively. He could just as easily have been stone cold sober & made the same misjudgement. That's why Vigilantism is Outlawed & why i've changed my view on the matter.
Driving through town we came upon an Astra slewed across the pavement & a cyclist laid flat out still entangled in his bike frame with one leg at an unnatural angle through the front forks. There were two men present, neither taking care of the cyclist & one, who turned out to be the Astra driver pacing back & forth in a highly agitated manner shouting & muttering in turn. After checking the cyclist for Vitals, visible wounds, possible neck/spinal injury etc, we covered him with blankets & placed one under his head to make him comfortable as possible, and I had to jam my right hand, palm open between the cyclists spine & the rear gear cogs & wheel spindle to keep them from sticking in him. We then had to await the Police & Ambulance. The other guy had been travelling behind the Astra & told us it had been following the cyclist & suddenly cut in front of him across the pavement & mowed him down!
He then had to stop the driver from assaulting the cyclist The Astra guy was very clearly high on drugs & or drink and extremely agitated & erratic and kept screaming,"He's a Paedophile, i've made a Citizens Arrest, you're all my witnesses." The single Policeman who arrived on scene first was a very impressive guy, had the scene sorted quickly and very professionally, definately the kind of bloke I would want on my side in any hairy situation
In no time at all, we had two Pandas, one Paddy Van & a Traffic car in attendance! there must have been a lull in activity in town!
The downside was there were no ambulances available for twenty plus minutes & when it did eventually arrive it was called immediately to a more urgent job! A free ambulance eventually arrived after 35 minutes & they too did a splendid job & with our help disentangled the guy from the bike frame & had him on a spinal board & away to hospital in short order The upshot of all this was the Astra driver said he had seen the cyclist watching some kids playing in the street & had seen him "licking his lips"
and had run at him screaming obscenities at which point the cyclist rode off very quickly (no shit, sherlock! that's what i'd have done too! ) The guy had then jumped into his car and gave chase until he had the opportunity to catch up, at which point he knocked him off the bike with the car! It turned out the cyclist had left his disabled wife at home while he popped out to buy cigarettes & a couple of videos & on the way home the carrier bag had split & he had stopped so as not to lose its contents, at which point the assailant had put the fear of god into him & he 'legged it'! Now put yourself into the cyclists position, what would you have done in his place?
Now put yourself in our position, stopping to help at an accident scene & being told the injured party was a 'Paedophile', what would your reaction have been? Would you have taken things at face value, given the injured guy the benefit of the doubt & helped regardless? Walked away & done nothing? or helped the Astra driver in giving him a good kicking?
I've often thought and said that I would take the Law into my own hands given the provocation, but today's incident has given me much food for thought. A man is lying in hospital tonight because someone high on drugs/drink or both made a snap diagnosis of what he thought he saw & acted impulsively. He could just as easily have been stone cold sober & made the same misjudgement. That's why Vigilantism is Outlawed & why i've changed my view on the matter.
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General Discussion Area / Wedding Anniversary
« on: 01 June 2012, 21:13:05 »
28 years wed today
I reckon every bloke thinks his wife is the best, but I KNOW mine is!
She has stuck by me through more thin than thick, so from the bottom of
my heart, Happy Anniversary my Darling Sylvia......you poor misguided fool you! 
I reckon every bloke thinks his wife is the best, but I KNOW mine is!
She has stuck by me through more thin than thick, so from the bottom of
my heart, Happy Anniversary my Darling Sylvia......you poor misguided fool you!
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General Discussion Area / Thanks to RobG
« on: 28 May 2012, 14:05:09 »
Big thankyou to RobG for excellent parts supply & delivery as always
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General Discussion Area / Sage Advice for Single Oofers
« on: 22 May 2012, 20:39:37 »
To all you single lads out there, heed this sage advice.....
Marry a woman with small hands, it will make your penis look bigger!
Marry a woman with small hands, it will make your penis look bigger!
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General Car Chat / f/l rear bumper
« on: 08 May 2012, 17:59:14 »
Anyone an idea how much a brand new f/l rear bumper would cost? I already have a rough idea how much it would cost to have it prepped & painted. Any input much appreciated as always
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General Discussion Area / New Red V5C?
« on: 08 May 2012, 12:06:55 »
Just opened a letter from DVLC containing a new Red V5C & explanation letter. Seems someone has nicked a number of blank blue V5C's so the DVLC are replacing blue with red to reduce the risk of unwary buyers getting a stolen or cloned vehicle? The tealeafs must have got away with a lot of the original V5C's to warrant replacing all of them! 
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General Car Chat / Tinworm proof?
« on: 06 May 2012, 18:24:07 »
The tinworm has been kind to this old nail!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300703532856?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300703532856?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
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General Car Chat / Jump Leads
« on: 15 April 2012, 21:13:36 »
I am on the lookout for a set of quality jump leads to keep in the car. Any pointers on the optimum thickness and length of leads would be very much appreciated
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General Discussion Area / Don't miss it!
« on: 13 April 2012, 21:48:15 »
Very rare car this, it's 'fully loaded' as is the seller!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE2001-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CDX-MOT-MARCH-2013-TAX-AUGUST-LEATHER-625-PART-EX-/180862246394?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a1c3addfa
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE2001-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-CDX-MOT-MARCH-2013-TAX-AUGUST-LEATHER-625-PART-EX-/180862246394?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a1c3addfa
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General Discussion Area / Poor taste!
« on: 01 April 2012, 18:00:36 »
I want to say how appalled I am at the recent remarks aired here after the fuel decanting incident in York. To say they are in poor taste is a mild understatement & I am at a loss to understand how some of you blokes have continued to turn this horrible affair into a running joke for pity's sake! I also can't understand how on the one hand, the same blokes would go out of their way to help someone they have possibly never met, and on the other, mercilessly denigrate another human being dreadfully injured for whatever reason! Quite frankly, remarks of this nature do not belong here imo, the OOF is surely better than that? We are always reminded that this is a Family Forum and a Worldwide one at that! What sort of message does it send out to others when they read heartless comments and 'jokes' like these? I'm no bleeding heart Liberal, i've been round the block more than a few times and seen serious injury & death more times than I care to remember both in the Service & out and yes, 'gallows Humour' was the order of the day as a way of coping with it then, but the victim/s were NEVER disrespected. no matter what the cause.
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General Discussion Area / Elixir of youth!
« on: 28 March 2012, 13:07:51 »
Blimey, I don't know what's happened with the postcounts but I wish the same could be done with my age!
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Omega General Help / Leaking Radiator
« on: 12 March 2012, 21:29:55 »
Saw wisps of steam coming out of front of bonnet, on inspection found tiny cracks in the plastic on flat top of the section supplying the radiator top hose. Has anyone had any success with a repair on the radiator plastic sections?
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General Discussion Area / Bad Day
« on: 08 March 2012, 21:20:36 »
I've had a bad day after an even worse night. I've taken 240mg of Codeine Phosphate, 4000mg of Paracetamol, 400mg of Tramadol , 30mg of Temazepam 60gm of Citalopram & 60mg of Lansaprazole since 2am this morning and it didn't even take the edge off! An hour on the OOF with a few glasses of a decent Red & STMO taking over Gen Diss & I 've had more laughs than any married man is entitled to! From the bottom of my Fart, Thankyou Steve!
An hour on the OOF with a few glasses of a decent Red & STMO taking over Gen Diss & I 've had more laughs than any married man is entitled to! From the bottom of my Fart, Thankyou Steve!