Some children at 13.. 14 upwards are not as innocent as we would believe..
Teachers male and female must have a worrying ti The kids were 16me when a pupil fancies them..
They can make a teachers life a living hell.

But.. She was supposed to be the adult here and was in a job working with young people.. Who, for want a better word, were in her care..

I have worked in the schools doing meals.. I worked at a college for some time.. The kids were 16-17 year olds.. The boys would sometimes have a joke with their mates about me.. In front of me.. They were cheeky.. I just smiled .. Sometimes I would say something in fun.. Never crude or suggestive..
Would I have had sex with any of them !!!.. Certainly not.. They scared the living daylights out of me... They were far too knowing .. 

Quote from: klondike on Today at 09:35:31 AMI'm pretty much certain that you don't wonder that at all. I certainly don't. I have no doubt whatsoever which direction we are headed and it ain't up.

Of course.

I consider myself very lucky.  Born in 1952, I missed the war.  The 1960s were, apparently, swinging.  We stupidly handed the country to the EU, but pretty soon afterward we reclaimed at least some of what we owned.  Aged 72 this year, I shall hopefully be gone before the muslim conquest of England.

It could have been worse.

Quote from: muddy on Yesterday at 06:57:56 AMThey are scared of them and are reluctant to act .
Pikeys are vindictive and will wreak revenge on the families of police .
There is a big camp near Reading where the police only go in in riot gear .

I believe this to be true too,  Muddy.

In fact, in the village where I used to live,  the local Copper told me exactly that.  I remember him saying to me   - "Trouble is,  they know where all the local coppers live."

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:48:29 PMI don't think this was a case of having toyboys. I think it must have been more of a perversion. In my mind a toyboy is more of a 20 or 30 year old for a forty something woman not a 15 year old for any adult woman.

Yes,  I agree.

Nice warm day here, Himself has blackmailed me into helping him muck out the Clydes this afternoon, ponging bonfire time. 

A lot depends on your body shape, I'm not talking about fat here but your natural shape. Unfortunately for me I fit into the Pear Shape so it means I'm actually 2 sizes. It's why I don't wear dresses but separates, one size bigger on the bottom half. (most of the time) 

Perhaps she went through the floor? 

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:41:55 PMFrom observation (not careful observation I hasten to add) it seems a lot of young girls do have them. Maybe it is deliberate. Maybe it is with some but with others it must just be too many pies.

I remember not so long ago, that TV woman, the one who was a maths genius (I can't remember her name) had an enormous arse enlargement, to the extent that she looked completely overbalanced.

For some reason, she now seems to have disappeared from our screens.

Quote from: JBR on Today at 09:39:11 AMThere is also the possibility that the government, or one of their successors, will eventually realise that achieving nett zero is as likely as stopping the Earth rotating.  I believe that one day, hopefully in the not too distant future, the woke politicians will eventually realise their stupid mistakes.

Except that the first rule of thumb in politics is to never admit you've made a mistake.

Absolutely.
Electricity generation will never become completely reliable, regardless of how many more windmills they insist on building.

Quite apart from that, you list several other reasons why EVs will never replace ICEs.

There is also the possibility that the government, or one of their successors, will eventually realise that achieving nett zero is as likely as stopping the Earth rotating.  I believe that one day, hopefully in the not too distant future, the woke politicians will eventually realise their stupid mistakes.