Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Rioters smashing up Harlow town ctr. Essex, Just heard

10 pounds worth of damage

London: Violent looters attacking streets across the UK
Monday, August 8, 2011
9:37 PM



Rioting is now breaking out all over the UK with gangs taking to the street looting targeted shops and setting community buildings, shops and vehicles on fire.


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Police are facing gangs of masked and hooded youths armed with petrol bombs and metal poles wreaking chaos on this, the third night of violence ripping through the capitals streets.

Attacks began in Hackney, east London, this afternoon when rioters began throwing missiles at officers and setting bins and cars alight.

Within half an hour, rioting had begun in Lewisham, Peckham and Deptford.

And now, infernos are burning through cars and buildings on the streets of Croydon, Harlesden and in Birmingham.

Rioting has also now began on the streets of Redhill in Surrey.

The Metropolitan Police are calling in extra officers from neighbouring counties to help deal with the escalating situation and urging parents with children living in London and Birmingham make sure they have not been caught up in the violence.

In addition, Prime Minister David Cameron and Boris Johnson Mayor of London are returning from their summer vacations ahead of schedule.

Early this evening people travelling through Hackney on their way home from work were ejected from a bus when about 50 masked, armed youths surrounded it.

Hooded youths hurled missiles at police officers in the area while gangs attacked shops and set cars parked outside Lewisham Town Hall on fire.

In Peckham Rye, south London, a number of shops have been damaged by rioters and a bus was set alight.

Meanwhile, officers are stationed in roads in Harlesden and Kilburn High Street has been closed off.

Shopkeepers in many areas of London shut up early to avoid violent gangs and windows in Stratford and Islington have been boarded to deter looters.

Home Secretary Theresa May condemned chaotic scenes while Scotland Yard beefed up its presence before looting and violence spiralled out of control for a third consecutive night.

In addition Scotland Yard is urging people to stay in their homes.

At least 215 people have been arrested and 25 charged following the riots across London over the last two days.

cheap television,toaster, and 6 pairs trainers for sale.lol

It's ok.

Captain Marvel is coming home.

Interesting to see what cut backs he has dreamt up while on holiday.

Is cocaine legal in Tuscany?

The mindless violence of these criminal thugs is an indictment of the previous Labour government. The kids that are burning and looting grew up almost entirely under Labour and in Labour controlled boroughs..

Edit. Sorry wrong Thread.

And they wonder why black kid's are targeted by the Police . Why are those nasty white Police stopping and searching us ?, just because more black's carry gun's and do most of the mugging's.

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As a Police Officer you are bound to take people as they look.
I could often see someone yards away and think, I bet they have a CRO (Criminal Record Offense Number) and 9 times out of 10 I would be right. This is human nature, as we all make views on first impressions.
The main thing is we must always remember that there are many exceptions. My son has a friend who dyes his hair a different colour about once a month, he wears bother boy clothes, and has tatts and earing's. He is one of the nicest, well mannered people I have ever met, and holds a masters in micro bionics (whatever that is) and is sent by his firm to countries all over the world to lecture and advise on the subject.

So if it looks like a duck (yob), walks like a duck (yob) and sounds like a duck (yob), it's very probably a duck (yob), but sometimes you do see it wrong and it might just not be a duck (yob).

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Looking at all those school kids' shirts hanging out...

Frequently reading about how very difficult it is for teachers to maintain any kind of discipline in the class...

Reading about how illiterate lots of kids are...

Watching the kids on TV rioting and causing so much mindless destruction in so many different locations...

Knowing that kids can't get into university unless they go deeply into debt...

Knowing that there aren't jobs for lots of them, even if they do get a degree...

Getting low interest on my hard earned savings...

Getting stuffed by most professionals, banks, etc,...

Watching the stockmarket tank...

Seeing hedonistic crap on TV and having to turn to another channel...

Reading about so much binge drinking...

and much, much more besides......

......make me very much more than just a bit sad really.

I think I'm going to turn the telly off and go into the garden and do some tasks. Then I'm going for a walk in the forest. Then I'm maybe going for a swim. That should take my mind off it all.

I have to say that if I was a shop keeper,.....I would have no hesitation in shooting dead any of these complete rioting morons that are wrecking our suburbs......bring the army in.....no excuses for this intolerable behavior....they might be angry but this is not the way to go about showing frustration at unemployment and such...first shot in the air...second one....etc....

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Two big issues in this country...a crackdown (no pun )on drugs and some intelligent jobs to be created and not just to get the figures down....

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Oh dear!

I've just rung an aged friend of mine, who I hadn't spoken to for a few months. He's in a rest home in Croydon. (That's why I gave him a call, because he was 'going out and about a bit' last time we spoke and had actually swapped his really old well-loved Merc for a newer car):

Hi xxxx. How are you?

Terrible! I'm just hoping I die one of these nights.

xxxx! That's not like you to say that. What on earth is wrong?

I've got Shingles. I've had it on my body and now it's in my head. There's no cure for Shingles and nothing much gives me any relief. I am in utter agony with it.

Oh dear! How sad to hear you say that, (etc, etc - and then just a bit more)

The old guy is actually 83. This call made me cry, I don't mind telling you.

Shingles (herpes zoster) results from a reactivation of the virus that also causes chickenpox. With shingles the first thing you may notice is a tingling sensation or pain on one side of your body or face. Painful skin blisters then erupt on only one side of your face or body along the distribution of nerves on the skin. Typically this occurs along your chest, abdomen, back or face, but it may also affect your neck, limbs or lower back. The area can be very painful, itchy and tender. After one to two weeks, the blisters heal and form scabs, although the pain often continues.

The deep pain that follows after the infection has run its course is known as postherpetic neuralgia. It can continue for months or even years, especially in older people. The incidence of shingles and of postherpetic neuralgia rises with increasing age. More than 50% of cases occur in people over 60.

There is no cure.

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I have seen shingles on a person....not a pretty sight.....I thought that it was curable....