Rant: ignore me if you don't want to know

[Jedadiah]

See you right there mate and, as a fellow West Yorkshireman, i think the minimum force necessary was to use the medium of the mobile phone. The best course of action was taken and if it had escalated everyone would have regretted it. Discretion being the better part of valour and all that.

 

[Dougster]

In the split second I had to thnk about it I came to the realisation that if I had hit the lad back, it would have been retaliation rather than self defence.

I require full Criminal records bureau clearance for my job and a mortgage dangling off that little wage packet.

No brainer really.

Not a nice situation, but not that bad really, I have a feint bruise on the centre of my chest, but one my wife had to squint to see.

Whenever I think of the weekend the two bits that stick out are when Jedediah told one of the 'youths' he was a "male chicken" end, and the 'give us a push' joke, both of which are making me chuckle as I write this. I laughed more with the fellas there than I have done for months, I greatly enjoyed the company.

Brilliant w/e, who's up for the next ruck? :BlueTeamE

 

[Bushcraft4life]

Glad you two restrained yourselves, knowing the way the justice system works here, you would have got it in the neck and the little chav buggers would have got off

 

[He' s left the building]

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[marshall4771]

lets arrange another meet and invite them along, Im sure we can educate them !!!!!

anyone up for it ha,ha,ha

Shaun

 

[Bushcraft4life]

lets arrange another meet and invite them along, Im sure we can educate them !!!!!

anyone up for it ha,ha,ha

Shaun

Yep, count me in, i'll bring the German Shepherd, she loves Pedigree Chav

 

[IanM]

‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’

 

[firecrest]

wow, sorry to hear you had so much trouble at the last meet. I dont see how people can care so little how much they spoil it for everybody else.
Though I did my fair share of naughty little fire lighting as a kid (and even the throwing of lighters and bottles on the fires), burning patches black, Ive never once littered.
Not so long ago, we went to one of favourite beauty spots in derbyshire , only to find a whole couch thrown over the bridge into a stream. Totally selfish, fly tipping like that should carry an enormous fine.

 

[h2o]

my local river is now covered in bbqs and empty meat wrappers!!! its hard to educate some people the words ;dragged up rather than brought up spring to mind!!!!

 

[He' s left the building]

... fly tipping like that should carry an enormous fine.

It does, up to £20,000 or six months in pokey: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAnd...etcleaninglitterandillegaldumping/DG_10029700

... but only if they are spotted doing it and someone reports it!

 

[TallMikeM]

well, I spent the day clearing up after yesterday. Between 2 of us we easily filled the back of the landy with rubbish sacks. I lost count of the number of those disposable BBQ's I picked up.

 

[Dougster]

Rich is a level headed and responsible member of the community.

Only just seen that - lucky I wasn't on lager then..... Praise be real ale and the placid feeling it induces.

 

[marshall4771]

And then it's means tested and they can pay at £5 per week - if convicted

 

[hedgepig]

Only just seen that - lucky I wasn't on lager then..... Praise be real ale and the placid feeling it induces.

Ah, you got me in the mood for a pint now. That's one thing I miss about living in England - proper beer

 

[Dougster]

What a good evening - another soporific pint and just heard kiddie was nicked, hours wasted and then he was given a formal caution.

Another pint is called for.

 

[Grooveski]

If anyone wants to see a horror story take a wander along the beach at Arrochar at the head of Loch Long.
The loch seems to act as a catchment for the Clyde, the wind blowing up anything that floats. Between the spring tide line and regular highwater is a carpet of empties and plastics, a band 20-30 foot wide and about a mile long running round the head of the loch, it's horrific.

Spent a couple of hours out on Loch Fyne last week clearing the beach at camp. Done once a year it keeps things tidy. Wouldn't know where to start at Arrochar, there's enough there to fill a dump truck many times over.

 

[SAS_MAN]

I think the amount of rubbish that neds (chaves) leave behind is awful. I once came across there site after the had left and a was horrified that they could leave such a mess. Talk about leave no trace they seem to have a competition of leave as much trace as you can. I think an less some one cleans it up it will leave a scar for many years to come. Not to mention the forest of trees they cut down. This tread has encouraged me to write a letter to my local schools and my MP to try and get them to educate them whilst they are in school. I feel this is the only way to stop it however it would be in the long term.

 

[Mike Ameling]

Years ago I stopped picking up all the trash left along the trout stream in my pasture by those "sportsmen" "fishermen". I now just leave it for THEM to all see and to have to walk around to fish.

A little less than half of them do clean up what they find left by the jerks, but the rest of those great concerned "outdoorsmen" just drop their trash right alongside what's already left there.

And this is private property and they are supposedly great concerned outdoorsmen enjoying the sport of trout fishing! We could POST the land to keep all of them off, but that only really hurts the good people. And those good people do help clean up the trash left by the social degenerants. But specific individuals have been banned, and face criminal trespass charges if they return. And the local authorities are really watching to teach them a HARSH lesson for their continued bad behavior.

But the public lands get hit worse.

Mikey - yee ol' grumpy blacksmith out in the Hinterlands

 

[JonnyP]

Praise be real ale and the placid feeling it induces.

I'll drink to that....

Glad your ok Rich, and well done for not retaliating, that takes courage..