What a dreadful scenario !

Quote from: Ashy on Today at 07:14:10 AMThis arises from a couple of things that the government facilitates: 1. Police don't attend shoplifting so there's no point in detaining a shoplifter, and 2. Staff are more likely to be prosecuted for assault if they stop a shoplifter.

Yet more 'progress' under Labour!
Police don't attend shoplifting, so what's new?  Police don't attend many such things these days, in fact I have not seen a copper on the streets for years (I'd pick it up if I did - sorry silly joke!).
If a store experiences regular shoplifting, it could become a 'collect only' outlet with nothing actually on the shelves other than images and prices.  You make your order upon arrival, pay, and await you purchases to be handed to you over the counter.
This need not be an inefficient process: staff would not need to stock shelves, but instead simply pick up paid-for goods.  No shoplifting, so no losses, so no unnecessary price increases!

A laughable law .

A new law banning horse and trap racing on the roads has been passed in the U.K. .

Now there is only one sector of society that trap races in the road .

Remembering poor PC Harpers policeman is going to stop them ? 

The fine is £100 

Wow 

No self respecting pie key would get out of bed for that .

I am not breaking into your garden might get eaten 🙂

Some good scores this morning.  


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Quote from: Scrumpy on Today at 09:22:24 AMWe don't have a hose pipe ban here.. But to water the plants in the garden, long enough for them to get any benefit, would send my bill sky high..
No rain here for at least 60 days..
I save most water in a washing up bowl in the sink.. I use this to water the four pots that are on my decking.. I do not use dishwasher..at the moment..

Same here Scrumps.  I've got a bucket outside the back door that I tip used water into,  and then use it for certain plants and roses. 
My evergreens, like the Camelias and Rhododendrons are not doing well this year though,  and they need to be making the buds for next years flowering.  They don't do well on tap water.

Talking of tap water,  my Carnivorous plants can't have tap water  either.  They are 'bog plants'  and can only survive with rain water, so its been both difficult and expensive to keep them alive this year.
I have been buying gallons of that Deionised water from garages this year as that is about the only substitute they can get by on.
This is one of my Trumpet Pitchers,  but I've got quite a few more as well.

Morning all.    Cool and cloudy here too.

A friend of mine is looking to maybe move into a retirement complex.  She didn't want to go on her own,  so later this morning I am going with her to look at the first two properties we've found.
After that we are going for some lunch in town.

So few decent eating places around here nowadays.   Everywhere is awash with Burger & chips type places,  or Greggs.    You can't get a meal with meat, veg and gravy for love nor money. 

My Lif is still not back to normal.  I would have thought if her meds were going to work, they would have done by now.  

We don't have a hose pipe ban here.. But to water the plants in the garden, long enough for them to get any benefit, would send my bill sky high..
No rain here for at least 60 days..
I save most water in a washing up bowl in the sink.. I use this to water the four pots that are on my decking.. I do not use dishwasher..at the moment..

Expected 25 here today.. cloudy.. thank goodness..

Just 6.5mm rain overnight and that looks like all we'll get. Disappointing - enough to streak all the muck on my car but insufficient to make it look like I may have cleaned it. Stupid cold out - not even 20°C - they were predicting an ice age back in the day. They could have been right.