Chris Wilson Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I wouldn't open the fridge for less than 4 tinnies There are those on this forum that would be truly utterly horrified by what goes on in small Shropshire boozers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I wouldn't open the fridge for less than 4 tinnies There are those on this forum that would be truly utterly horrified by what goes on in small Shropshire boozers. Where's Shropshur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I remember having to sit on my Grandad's lap in the front while my Dad was drink driving on holidays. When I complained about his braking distances getting shorter and shorter to the point of nearly hitting the car infront every time we stopped, he threatened to leave me in Devon! It didn't do me any harm though. # we had simalar dads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 # we had similar dads Who, you and your multiple personalities? Oh, sorry, we as in us. Why, did he threaten to leave you on holiday too? New Zealand was great fun. NOT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I don't like being nannied, now I watch the news and pensioners are being cited as a high risk group for alcohol and drug abuse. Not being THAT far off pensionable age I am aghast at yet more meddling form think tanks that are no doubt currently emnbroiled on plans to make themselves look indespensable in these times of cuts, when, in reality, they are mere taxpayer funded quangos. A glass of red wine or half a pint of bitter a day is all I should take when 65 plus? You gotta' be kidding. The advocates of this looked and sounded as boring and as "jobsworthy"as you might expect. There's not one pensioner I know in my local that would deem it worth turning out for less than 3 pints a night. A good night would see that near doubled, on a regular basis. None look likely to drop dead anytime soon, and given a choice of abuse and a foreshortened old age, or boredom and near total abstinence, I am pretty sure what they'd decide. There there Mr Wilson. It's not good for you to get too excited at your age. (joke, just in case there's any doubt ) I see your point about not wearing a seatbelt being a victimless crime set up by a nanny state (I think that's what you're getting at). I can understand how people who remember when seatbelts were not compulsory are more prone not to wearing them, but the law's been on the statute books for so long now, there's not much of an excuse. If people genuinely forget after 25-odd years of legislation, then perhaps it's time for them to hang up their string-back leather driving gloves for good. That leaves the only other reason I can think of for not wearing a seatbelt: bloody mindedness (or deliberate resistance of nanny-state laws, depending on your point of view). Sure, the person most likely to be affected by someone not wearing a belt is the person themselves, with very little chance of other casualties. But the heartache it would cause families, the police time taken up by officers having to go knocking on a relative's door to give bad news, and the time taken up by paramedics having to scrape up the mess from the road are all costs of not wearing a belt; costs that are avoidable at not cost (money or time) to the passenger/driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I don't like being nannied, now I watch the news and pensioners are being cited as a high risk group for alcohol and drug abuse. That's not really what was being said. The study showed that people over 65 perhaps should have a separate unit limit than people of say 21 - because the doddering old fools might forget they're taking medication when they booze it up and their bodies aren't what they used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 That's not really what was being said. The study showed that people over 65 perhaps should have a separate unit limit than people of say 21 - because the doddering old fools might forget they're taking medication when they booze it up and their bodies aren't what they used to be. Face it - pensioners and old people - probably all high on crack As long as you're not harming anyone (including friends & family by drinking / drugging yourself to death) then I partially agree with Chris, what you do is entirely your choice & responsibility. The drink driving though I don't find tolerable of anyone, anywhere unless you own 50 hectares of land and doing it on there - as you're endangering others without their permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Face it - pensioners and old people - probably all high on crack Oh totally. My parents are barking mad (over 60), drink every night but are much fitter and more with it than a lot of my 20/30 something friends. I always say they must be on crack. As long as you're not harming anyone (including friends & family by drinking / drugging yourself to death) then I partially agree with Chris, what you do is entirely your choice & responsibility. The drink driving though I don't find tolerable of anyone, anywhere unless you own 50 hectares of land and doing it on there - as you're endangering others without their permission. Same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 ECrJaIOcCLs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I'd respond (slowly...) but I am too busy dithering over whether to take my Fortisan or have an egg cup full of wine. I spent so log dithering about the same thing last I had neither and fell asleep. Maybe I could risk two pills tonight, or two egg cup fulls? It's all academic, I think I've forgotten where I put them anyway. I went all the way to Wrexham today with no seat belt, just to be bloody minded, along a road considered one of the most dangerous in the country. But when I got there I thought, "Well if I kill myself on the way back that damned lot on the forum will chunter about it for months", so rather than give you the satisfaction I put it on on the way back Now it won't retract properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseys Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I went all the way to Wrexham today with no seat belt, just to be bloody minded, along a road considered one of the most dangerous in the country. But when I got there I thought, "Well if I kill myself on the way back that damned lot on the forum will chunter about it for months", so rather than give you the satisfaction I put it on on the way back Now it won't retract properly I'm surprised the buckle didn't seize shut that wouldve been the ultimate irony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I'd respond (slowly...) but I am too busy dithering over whether to take my Fortisan or have an egg cup full of wine. I spent so log dithering about the same thing last I had neither and fell asleep. Maybe I could risk two pills tonight, or two egg cup fulls? It's all academic, I think I've forgotten where I put them anyway. I went all the way to Wrexham today with no seat belt, just to be bloody minded, along a road considered one of the most dangerous in the country. But when I got there I thought, "Well if I kill myself on the way back that damned lot on the forum will chunter about it for months", so rather than give you the satisfaction I put it on on the way back Now it won't retract properly Hahaha! Like I said, doddering old fools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Now it won't retract properly That's down to lack of use, same principle for a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Now it won't retract properly Maybe you're just drunk on half a pint of Old Sparrowfart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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