Too right
He deserved it !

For Rugby League fans

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/25/sir-billy-boston-first-rugby-league-player-to-receive-knighthood-dies-aged-92

I can't stand it when people think they are worse off than everyone else! My mate is brilliant....he lost his voice and legs in an accident...Does he make a song and dance about it!!!
No he does not!

Quote from: Raven on August 25, 2026, 09:51:52 AMI've always said it was a mistake to lose the village stocks. Being locked in a set of them is far more of a deterrent than prison IMO 🔒
Every knows about your crime, everyone pelted you with disgusting stuff it must have been so embarrassing and humiliating, most would never want to do it again. One hell of a lesson.

My wife's great (unsure how many greats) grandfather was the last man held in a local village stocks. The stocks were still in the village when we visited years ago but I think they had been moved from where they were used. There was a plaque to commemorate him with a slight alteration in the spelling of his name as was common when most were illiterate. His crime was drunkenness and beating his wife. The wording on the plaque as shown online now is either slightly different from the one we saw or I misremeber it.

 

Quote from: muddy on August 25, 2026, 08:48:23 AMYes but had those kids they lived the judges would be letting them out aft e r a paltry sentence as they have  the killers of Andrew Harper .

Exactly.  The best possible outcome for those yobs, saves money and any other support for them if they were to be put in clink for a couple of weeks.
Very sad about the two coppers, though, doing nothing but their job.

Similarly, I support hanging for murder, something I think should be brought back here, and a compulsory sentence by the soft judges who do nothing but encourage crime.

Quote from: Raven on August 25, 2026, 09:51:52 AMI've always said it was a mistake to lose the village stocks. Being locked in a set of them is far more of a deterrent than prison IMO 🔒
Every knows about your crime, everyone pelted you with disgusting stuff it must have been so embarrassing and humiliating, most would never want to do it again. One hell of a lesson.

That is a good idea.  Yes, sitting in the stocks for a few hours, or even days, and having people pelt you with anything (within reason, perhaps including effluent if you're guilty of something nasty).  Much more effective than spending a few weeks with your good mates in prison with food and everything supplied freely.

It's already raining here, I'm stuck at the house until the farrier comes, Clyde threw a shoe last evening, just hope he comes this morning and not late afternoon.

I've always said it was a mistake to lose the village stocks. Being locked in a set of them is far more of a deterrent than prison IMO 🔒
Every knows about your crime, everyone pelted you with disgusting stuff it must have been so embarrassing and humiliating, most would never want to do it again. One hell of a lesson.

Quote from: Ruthio on August 25, 2026, 08:50:38 AMDreadful, absolutely dreadful, and now it transpires video footage of daring/dangerous driving on TikTok is to blame for encouraging and influencing these crazy stunts.

Was Social Media ever a Good Thing?
I'm beginning to think we were far better off without it.

Yes I agree I could quite happily live without it. Looking back I was more focused on day to day living, I was a lot healthier and happier not reading or caring what went on in the rest of the world. I was very late to the internet and it became a habit that altered my life and has me sitting around a lot more, something I never did before. If we somehow lost the internet it wouldn't really bother me. After a few days I'd be ok.