Preparedness for when

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paidinchickens wrote: »

Surely it is up to the police you were up to no good with these items.

It depends on the nature of the item.

It is an offence to have in a public place, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof whereon lies on you), an object which has a sharp edge, or is sharply pointed *.

That you had it for work, religious or ceremonial purposes, is an absolute defence.

Other excuses/reasons will be judged by the court.

* The exception is a folding pocket knife, with a cutting edge of 76mm (3") or less. No excuse/reason is required, and it is for the police to demonstrate that you had it for nefarious purposes.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Are those £land 9-LED torches any good?

They're excellent.

I carry one in my coat pocket, at all times.

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Perplexed_Pineapple wrote: »

They look like the R0ls0n ones I got at T3sco last year, £1.50 for pack of 3
Very bright for the size of them and give a diffuse rather than focused light so could for general use about the house or campsite I think.

These must be different then, because they give give a spot beam.

They take 3 AAA batteries, held in a tubular "cartridge".

paidinchickens

Sorry I miss loads of words out when I'm writing, the problem is that because I'm a crazy cat lady there is always one of the cats pushing at my hands for a stroke every time I try and sit and type.

I use to have to sneak on while the kids were quiet but now I have to lock the cats out to type properly :rotfl:

PiC x

Butterfly_Brain

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Interestingly there was a short feature on the Beeb Breakfast programme this morning on the possibility that there would be not enough electricity generating capacity in this country to cover demand. The suggestion was to find ways to use less, WHAT A GOOD IDEA!!!! I wonder no one has come up with it before this??? or have they????? Smug, smug,smug xxx.

The thing is usage is down 17% so how are they still making obscene profits and not building new power stations

Nargleblast

GreyQueen wrote: »

Silly Bob! Everyone knows torches use semaphore not Morse Code.

Are those £land 9-LED torches any good?

And there was silly me thinking they were part of the clacks system (Discworld reference).....

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If usage is down, there'll be less cash to invest in new stations.

GreyQueen

Just checked the blade length on my dinky swiss army knife and it is 1.25 inches/ 3 cm. Think it would be hard to make a case that was an offensive weapon.

Gather around, lovely peeps, I wanna tellya a story.

The Scene; forty years ago on a bus running between Provincial City and the Hometown. Present is the girl who will grow into GQ, as a young 'un, and her Mum. Plus assorted bus passengers.

I have the window seat, Mum has the aisle seat. The subject of pocket knives comes up and Mum happily pulls lock knives of varying sizes from her pockets and handbag. It works out at a tally of 4 big knives, culminating in her pride and joy, the big Silver Hawk, a stainless steel locking knife most definately not street legal.

I'm trying hard to keep a straight face because I can see the guy on the opposite side of the aisle, one row of seats back from us (Mum has her back to him) and he's looking more and more alarmed with every passing minute............:rotfl:

Sir, if you're reading, that pretty 30-something brunette was perfectly sane. She still is. The redheaded brat is still bonkers and Mum still has all her lock-knives but they live indoors nowadays. Well, if you're popping up to go shopping in what passes for a metropolitan area in our dozy county, you need to have plenty of shivs, don't you?

Having pocket knives has their uses, such as the time when my parents were in a French park having a picnic lunch and a dubious type was lurking a bit too close in their personal space. Clearly contemplating some no goodness on their persons or chattels. Mum nonchalantly pulled a big folding knife out, ostensibly to peel an orange, and he suddenly decided to burger off elsewhere.:rotfl:

Butterfly_Brain

GQ I am a bit older than you and I have just received a letter telling me that I can't retire until I am 67:mad:

GreyQueen

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

GQ I am a bit older than you and I have just received a letter telling me that I can't retire until I am 67:mad:

Are you sure that's correct? I've just been playing with directgov's state pension age calculator and mine is 66. By putting in different years I've worked out that peeps born in 1967 retire at 66, for the same birthdate in 1968 it's 66.5 and for 1969 it's 67.

I thought you were in your early fifties, which makes you a few short years older than me but mine is showing as state retirement at 66.

This is the state pension age, was that what you were talking about or was it an occupational pension?

I is confoozed.

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension