Does shouting "Sod off or you'll get a butt full of buckshot" count? If so maybe the home defence argument changes.

Quote from: Diasi on Yesterday at 08:34:11 AMOr since he's a King Charles just his head would do.

Hmm... I wonder if that was the portait inspiration 

Brendan the bobby is missing from his beat
All the local villains now loiter on the street

I quite often give tips to the woman who cuts my hair.

The last one was how to charge her clippers so the batteries last longer.

A truly valid post for the boring thread - Lidl

Quote from: muddy on Yesterday at 04:58:49 AMI am engaged in a much nastier , I won't say discussion because it's one sided on a.n.other place ( not PF )
It's a place where bigotry is rife and pensioners are treated like senile numpties.

Time will tell.
The way the young are behaving now, they are going to pay for it in several years.
I wonder whether they might, only then, realise that they should have paid heed to us.

There was a program about it on ITV Tonight called Ripping Off the Elderly where POAs were used to commit fraud.

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Quote from: Scrumpy on Yesterday at 07:47:21 AMI can't remember if I'm a pensioner or a twonk.. I'm sure someone will remind me..

You can be both, either independently or at the same time.

There's a very deep pool from which to choose but this one never fails to both amaze & enrage me.

The Occupier's Liability Act 1957 & 1984.

The 1957 Act legislated to ensure that invited persons, visitors or basically anyone with a legal reason to be on any land or premises were given reasonable protection from coming to harm.

The 1984 amendment of the Act, brought in by some clown called Lord Hailsham, extended the legislation to give the same protection to people who had no right to be on the land or premises which, of course, included burglars & other intruders.

For the purposes of the Act the occupier is the person who has control of the land / premises & if a person who is on the land / premises sustains an injury the occupier can be sued for damages unless they can show that all reasonable steps were taken to prevent any injuries.

Warning signs about any potential harmful risks being part of complying with the Act.

I, therefore, have to display signs warning that our fences have anti-climb spikes, so the signs are really there to tell a burglar that they need to wear gloves & be extra careful when illegally entering our property. 

I have heard the argument that persons who are authorised to be on the premises need to be warned but to date none of our visitors have ever been required to clamber over our fence so don't need to be warned about the spikes.

We let them use the door or, for our window cleaner etc, we unlock the gate.