Sally and the Police
Gordoboy
As I am in Canada ca someone in the UK tell me if the Police are always as
sarcastic, sneering and presumptuous of guilt as the obnoxious detective
today?
Whatever the circumstances I would have thought Politeness was the order of
the day rather than the abuse of power shown by the 'tv cop'
Barry
Gordoboy wrote:
> Ive just watched Sally being interviewed by the Police after the fire.
> As I am in Canada ca someone in the UK tell me if the Police are always as
> sarcastic, sneering and presumptuous of guilt as the obnoxious detective
> today?
No, they're not.
Also, in my experience, it's the fire department that would be first to
investigate and to note any suspicious circumstances surrounding a fire.
The police would use their findings when deciding if there is any
criminal case to pursue.
Strangely, in the plot line, it's the insurance company that's indicated
suspicious circumstances to the police.
I think the script is backwards, presumably for dramatic purposes.
Barry
pookie
In fact, after our own dealings with the great British Police, we
found Sally's lot positively charming! Friends in similar
circumstances have told us that they have had very similar
experiences.
Bogmyrtle
As I am in Canada ca someone in the UK tell me if the Police are always as
sarcastic, sneering and presumptuous of guilt as the obnoxious detective
today?
Absolutely not ..... they are always kind and very helpful at least until
they find out if you "done it" ...
Bogmyrtle
found Sally's lot positively charming! Friends in similar
circumstances have told us that they have had very similar
experiences.
That is very very unlikely at least if youre dealing with the Met .....
have you concidered what they have to deal with these days ? If youre in
trouble there is not a better sight than a policman ....of course if youre a
thug you would hate them ...
pookie
And of course, this applies to every single uniformed officer in all
the divisions. They seem to take the attitude that everybody is guilty
and work very hard to prove it so as well.
pookie
Can't help but describe them as we found them, rude to the point of
obnoxious, unpleasant, unsympathetic and downright belligerent.
Oh, and they didn't turn up until about three hours after our call.
We were the ones whose home had been ransacked but where left feeling
as if we'd done it ourselves.
If you're in trouble around here just about the last sight you see is
of a policeman, we're as law abiding and honest as they come so you
can keep your insinuations to yourself, thank you!
Ontcanuck
talk tough to reassure her authority, to compensate her absence of a
mean-looking threatening face, as her male counter part would naturally
possess!
Gordoboy wrote in message ...
Ophelia
"pookie" <askatNGdo...@NG.com> wrote in message
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Agreed !!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I never done it.. honest:)
O
Bogmyrtle
of a policeman, we're as law abiding and honest as they come so you
can keep your insinuations to yourself, thank you!
I hope you took note of everyones number and reported them to the Inspector
in charge ..... of course there are good and bad in every field but the
police is a public service after all and you are entitled to complain .No
harm or insinuations intended ......
MartinS
So I guess the friendly bobby on the beat, Dixon of Dock Green type is
no longer?
When I complained to the Toronto Police about the driver of a marked
police cruiser who broke at least six traffic laws in less than two
minutes - and was not on an emergency call - a sergeant came to my door
to apologise in person, but, although I gave them the car number and
exact time, they were "unfortunately" unable to identify the officer in
question. I must say that most Canadian police are at least polite,
unless they suspect you of committing a criminal offence, or are busy in
some crimefighting activity, e.g. chasing an armed robber. I once had to
loan a police office a wire coat hanger because he had locked himself
out of his own cruiser!
--
Martin S.
TC
my question is....
are smoke detectors not mandatory in either or both shops
(especially selling flammables like paint) and residences?
Here rental properties are required to have them by law.
Blair
Ontcanuck
have been using those flat jimmy rods to open car locks under 10 seconds.
Shouldn't cops have the same tools, confiscated from car thieves of course,
for just such occasion? Have to learn from the professional, you know.
MartinS wrote in message
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Roger T & Heather B.
--
> Unbelievable! A cop using a coat hanger. For ages, professional car
thieves
> have been using those flat jimmy rods to open car locks under 10 seconds.
A few years ago, Canadian Tire began selling "Slim Jims", as they are known
in the "trade" but they were soon withdrawn due to complaints from various
police departments.
A "Slim Jim" is easily made from a one inch wide piece of 1/16" flat sprung
steel. I've made one at the theatre, really handy for getting into patron's
cars when they lock themselves out. Always amazes them when I can get into
their securely locked cars in, as you say, under 10 seconds. :-)
Cheers
Roger T.
Ontcanuck
out, nothing and absolutely nothing else, right? I want you swear on the
Good Book, plus boy scout honour. :-)
Roger T & Heather B. wrote in message
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pookie
No such thing as mandatory under UK law, it's down to whatever you can
get away with, even "saving" costs by not having proper insurance.
Anyway, what's a smoke detector?
Roger T & Heather B.
--
> Now, confession time Roger. You only used the "slim jim" to help friends
> out, nothing and absolutely nothing else, right? I want you swear on the
> Good Book, plus boy scout honour. :-)
Cross my heart and hope to die. Aaaaaargh.....
Cheers
Roger T.
http://www.islandnet.com/~rogertra/
Ontcanuck
device ran on battery and hung on the ceiling, usually in the hallway. It
would give out a loud, over 100db shrieking sound when it detects excessive
heat or smoke. The problem is, it also goes off if you want your toasts well
done, or if your mrs. takes a hot hot shower too long, thus forcing her run
for her life out to the street, still in her birthday suit!
The core of the smoke detector is made with very low radiation materials.
May be that's the reason it's not mandatory in UK, what with the extreme
environmental conscious culture there. I'm thinking of the anti-GM food,
anti-fox hunt etc., not to mention anti-sex, we're British thank you, way of
thinking. OK, may be that was in the old days. Now everyone try to make up,
often much more than really necessary. :-)
pookie wrote in message ...
Bogmyrtle
device ran on battery and hung on the ceiling, usually in the hallway. It
would give out a loud, over 100db shrieking sound when it detects excessive
heat or smoke. The problem is, it also goes off if you want your toasts well
done, or if your mrs. takes a hot hot shower too long, thus forcing her run
for her life out to the street, still in her birthday suit!
The core of the smoke detector is made with very low radiation materials.
May be that's the reason it's not mandatory in UK, what with the extreme
environmental conscious culture there. I'm thinking of the anti-GM food,
anti-fox hunt etc., not to mention anti-sex, we're British thank you, way of
thinking. OK, may be that was in the old days. Now everyone try to make up,
often much more than really necessary. :-)
I have one on each floor ....not unusual at all in Uk in fact most of us
have had them for years .....
Bogmyrtle
Gordon Davie
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> Unbelievable! A cop using a coat hanger. For ages, professional
> car thieves have been using those flat jimmy rods to open car locks
> under 10 seconds. Shouldn't cops have the same tools, confiscated
> from car thieves of course, for just such occasion? Have to learn
> from the professional, you know.
I recall reading a news item about a councillor who was visiting the local
Young Offenders' Institution (purely in the line of her civic duties, you
understand!). When the time came for her to leave, she discovered she'd
locked herself out of her car.
Not to worry, said the Governor, since half the inmates were doing time for
stealing cars. He beckoned to the nearest one and asked him to help the
councillor get into her car. After making sure that the Governor was
serious, the youth shrugged and lobbed a half-brick through the side window!
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland
"Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"
Gordon Davie
> Anyway, what's a smoke detector?
It's a thing that stores a battery until you need it for something more
important.
Steve
> As I am in Canada ca someone in the UK tell me if the Police are always as
> sarcastic, sneering and presumptuous of guilt as the obnoxious detective
> today?
>
>
actually solve many real crimes nowadays.
TC
pookie
wrote:
>Welcome to the North American gadget world. A smoke detector is a small
>device ran on battery and hung on the ceiling, usually in the hallway. It
>
Good grief, it was an attempt at humour.
You think only North America has smoke alarms? Oi veh.
We use ours to warn us when the bacon is grilled to our liking.
MartinS
> Welcome to the North American gadget world. A smoke detector is a
> small device ran on battery and hung on the ceiling, usually in the
> hallway.
In new construction the smoke detectors are wired in, which isn't much
good if there's a power failure, so we have both types, plus a carbon
monoxide detector. In the City of Toronto, smoke detectors are
mandatory, as are CO detectors in buildings with oil or gas heating or
cooking appliances, which covers probably >95% of private homes.
--
Martin S.
Bogmyrtle
actually solve many real crimes nowadays.
No, they are too busy having to fill in countless forms and for what .....?
Renee
"Bogmyrtle" <Bogm...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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At least the great British 'bobby' still has a little courtesy left flowing
through his veins. When I visited my good friend Jenna Taylor last year in
Virginia, I happend to put a fag in my mouth in a public place. The
policeman who apprehended me was quite sullen, and when I refused to take
the offending cigarrete out of my mouth, he became positively rude. "One
more misdemeanour, lady," he said, "and you'll be feeling the length of my
nightstick." You can imagine what an impression that little contretemps had
on me: I cut short my whistle-stop tour of the USA and flew straight back to
Nanpantan. (Well, not Nanpantan itself, but East Midlands airport. Nanpantan
doesn't even have a bus-stop, let alone an airport LOL. By the way, for
those newbies among you who may ask, LOL means 'lots of laughs' . Hope that
helps. (Which translates as HTH. Yes, I know, it's a little confusing. But
not nearly so confusing as the acronyms generated on the religious websites,
where File Under Christian Knowledge is now nearly always typed out in
full).
your friend,
Renee
Steve
renee...@seepia.fsnet.co.uk says...
> "One more misdemeanour, lady," he said, "and you'll be feeling the length of my
> nightstick."
>
pookie
MartinS
> At least the great British 'bobby' still has a little courtesy left
> flowing through his veins. When I visited my good friend Jenna
> Taylor last year in Virginia, I happend to put a fag in my mouth in
> a public place. The policeman who apprehended me was quite sullen,
> and when I refused to take the offending cigarrete out of my mouth,
> he became positively rude. "One more misdemeanour, lady," he said,
> "and you'll be feeling the length of my nightstick." You can
> imagine what an impression that little contretemps had on me: I cut
> short my whistle-stop tour of the USA and flew straight back to
> Nanpantan. (Well, not Nanpantan itself, but East Midlands airport.
> Nanpantan doesn't even have a bus-stop, let alone an airport LOL. By
> the way, for those newbies among you who may ask, LOL means 'lots of
> laughs' . Hope that helps. (Which translates as HTH. Yes, I know,
> it's a little confusing. But not nearly so confusing as the acronyms
> generated on the religious websites, where File Under Christian
> Knowledge is now nearly always typed out in full).
Just goes to show, Renee, you can't go putting fags in your mouth willy-
nilly in public places in Virginia, no matter what may be your practice
in Nanpantan.
BTW, further to one of your earlier posts, I was browsing the Slug and
Lettuce website at http://www.slugandlettuce.co.uk/home.htm, but the
closest location I found to Nanpantan was in Nottingham. Strange.
--
Martin S.
Ophelia
Ophelia
"Renee" <renee...@seepia.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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ROFL... ..................
I was always mystified by IOW. Any idea what that means?
Ophelia
Enzo Matrix
Isle of Wight ? :-)
--
Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
"Ophelia" <Junk...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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Ophelia
O
"Enzo Matrix" <enz...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Enzo Matrix
In Other Words, you didn't have a clue? :-)
MartinS
> "Gordon Davie" <g.d...@btinternet.com> wrote...
>> pookie <askatNGdo...@NG.com> wrote...
>>
>> > Anyway, what's a smoke detector?
>>
>> It's a thing that stores a battery until you need it for something
>> more important.
>>
>> --
>> Gordon Davie
>> Edinburgh, Scotland
>>
>> "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God"
>>
And your point is?
--
Martin S.
Ophelia
UM.....no Sherlock:)
Enzo Matrix
Ophelia > UM.....no Sherlock:)
Ah say.... IN OTHER WORDS, you didn't have a clue?
--
Enzo
What were we talking about, anyway??? ;-)
"Ophelia" <Junk...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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Ophelia
> Ophelia > Yes that is all I could think of too:)
> Enzo > In Other Words, you didn't have a clue? :-)
> Ophelia > UM.....no Sherlock:)
>
> Ah say.... IN OTHER WORDS, you didn't have a clue?
>
> --
> Enzo
>
> What were we talking about, anyway??? ;-)
LOL I couldn't remember which is why I gave a silly remark about Sherlock:)
AH say....................................
O