Preparedness for when

elona

I have ordered a couple of prescriptions and think it would be sensible to go down and get them collected and made up today as the medical centre is one side of the river and the two chemists are on the other side of the bridge.

Have just had a surveyor round to value the house and realised the sale is getting close. Decided to stop dithering and I phoned the EA and increased the offer on the chalet bungalow I liked. Fingers crossed they accept and I get safely and quickly downsized.

Mardatha

We are having a quiet family Christmas. Can't face the outings we used to do with DH but son in law has found a treasure hunt/ walk in York that should be fun before we get back and cook the turkey crown and gammon joint etc. DDs and SIL came round and put up the decorations and lots of fairy lights a few days ago which look very cheery. DH had a great sense of fun and when the cards that were hanging over my head on a ribbon fell on my head I could swear I heard him laugh!

mardatha

:D LOL I bet you did hear him too!

[Deleted User]

MAR I love Christmas, not the hype or the excesses, not the TV and all the parties or the rich food but having the family here for as much time as they can manage, having long walks and talking with them and having the 25th as a day when we can turn off the outside world and just enjoy
being us, having the fire lit and sitting and nattering with a slice of cake and feeling 'gathered in' is so lovely.

Frugalsod

pineapple wrote: »

This sort of thing needs nipping in the bud. When I become Dictator of all the World I will dish out the same sentence as for anyone planting a real bomb. That might concentrate minds somewhat...;).

I disagree. There are some things that we should be able to joke about. The case of the Nottingham airport Twitter bomber is a case in point. He was investigated and found not to be a threat and yet they still prosecuted him. Questionable joke but over the top response by the courts. He should have been banned from Twitter for a period, and maybe banned from flying for a period which would ruin his holiday plans for a while.

If you are going to get jumpy about jokes then just ban comedians, and face the backlash. I might joke amongst friends about such things privately but never do anything that could be misconstrued as a real threat, and certainly never anywhere near an airport. Plus I do not use social media for disseminating jokes.

Mojoworking

I read pineapple as passing the same sentence on the person who planted the fake bomb as someone who plants a real bomb rather than jokes made about it. I might be wrong. It all depends on how you read it I suppose. I'm not having any sort of dig just pointing out that as it is all text we can't always get the right message across with tone facial expression etc

pineapple

Frugalsod wrote: »

I disagree. There are some things that we should be able to joke about. The case of the Nottingham airport Twitter bomber is a case in point. He was investigated and found not to be a threat and yet they still prosecuted him. Questionable joke but over the top response by the courts.

From what I remember this was a different scenario. It was pretty clear to most that Paul Chambers had made an unwise tongue in cheek comment. As distinct from outright malicious claims. That's how I see it anyway. It's Christmas and we are allowed to disagree!

pineapple

Mojoworking wrote: »

I read pineapple as passing the same sentence on the person who planted the fake bomb as someone who plants a real bomb rather than jokes made about it. I might be wrong. It all depends on how you read it I suppose. I'm not having any sort of dig just pointing out that as it is all text we can't always get the right message across with tone facial expression etc

Indeed. Or even someone who just makes a fake claim in the way that people do when they want to get outr the fire/ambulance service for a laugh. Having a plane land/diverted for a bit of fun is no laughing matter and potentially dangerous. But a hoax bomb? Throw away the key I say.

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I may be missing a bit of sense of humour but I just cannot see what is remotely 'funny' about making a bomb hoax call at all. Why on earth would anyone feel it was fine to cause all the fear, disruption and commotion that would inevitably ensue if such a thing was done? I think perhaps people who do things like that are slightly out of touch with reality and ought not be surprised when the weight of the law comes to roost at their doorsteps!

Hobsons_Choice

A joke for Mrs LW:
Man goes to the doctor "I think I'm a moth". Doctor replies, "Ah, I see, but I'm just a GP and I think you need to see a psychiatrist, I'll make an appointment for later today".
Later that day, the man walks into another doctors; "I think I'm a moth" he says. "Oh dear", says the doctor, "you should be next door at the psychiatrists, why did you come in here?"
"Well, the door was open and the light was on ........"

Exits stage left.
HC x

Frugalsod

Mojoworking wrote: »

I read pineapple as passing the same sentence on the person who planted the fake bomb as someone who plants a real bomb rather than jokes made about it. I might be wrong. It all depends on how you read it I suppose. I'm not having any sort of dig just pointing out that as it is all text we can't always get the right message across with tone facial expression etc

Making a mock bomb on a plane is not a joke. So it probably should be treated as a terrorist act because it caused fear among passengers and crew. Even if the risk was zero.

Text messages might only be targeted at a few friends but if say the authorities read it they might come to a different conclusion. The person on the Air France plane diverted to Kenya was not joking. It is intent that should be the decider.